Windows 10: Can't log into laptop because of defaultuser0

I decided to fully wipe my drive on my laptop and after everything was done it got stuck on the just a moment screen for hours. I decided to restart my laptop and when it came back to the login screen defaultuser0 replaced my existing account.

All the options I've found online such as using the command prompt haven't worked because it requires me to login as an administrator with the defaultuser0 account that has no password.

Anyone know how to fix this?

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Get rid of Windows 10 defaultuser0

Hi,

I realize that it must be difficult for you when things are not working as it should. Sorry to know that you are facing this issue. I will try to help you with this issue.

I suggest you to follow these steps to remove the user account from your computer and check if that helps.

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  Press “Windows key + R” and type “netplwiz” press Enter.
  
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  Select the user account (defaultuser0), click the remove button.
  

Follow the on-screen directions to complete the process. Once this is done restart the pc for the changes to take place.

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

"defaultuser0" created on clean install of Anniversary Update

I just bought a new Dell laptop (2017-05-18) With W10 Home ed. factory installed on it, and I face the same problem. Doing what you recommend, deleting the Defaultuser0 and then opening registry, I cannot find anything named: "Defaultuser0 registry entry"
on the advised search path. I therefore restored Defaultuser0 from the recycle bin, in waiting for better advice. What do I do?

 

Defaultuser0

Hi,

I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the user account.

Defaultuser0 is a system user profile used when Windows is setting up, before any user accounts have been created. It should and usually does disappear after first reboot after installation. If the profile folder remains in Users folder, it's safe to manually
delete it.

If you don't need the user account, you can delete it.

Delete the 'DefaultUser0' folder from C:\Users\

Delete the 'DefaultUser0' registry entry from:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\

Click on each of the listed profiles and check the 'ProfielImagePath' entry to verify the associated profile.

Delete the user with net user defaultuser0 /delete

Thank you.