Windows 10: Duplicate accounts

Recently had to reinstall Windows due to hard drive failure. Now when booting up I see 2 accounts on the lower left screen. Same name, same password. I can choose either account with no differences in programs or functions. I'd like to eliminate one account & be able to sign in without a password. Here’s what I’ve done. Using netplwiz, checked “require password” & restart. Duplicate accounts not showing now. Had to choose a PIN, and then proceeded to load Windows. Using netplwiz again, unchecked “require password” and rebooted. Now

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delete duplicate account

Hi RogerBlair1-

Thank you for keeping me posted and I do apologize for the delay.

When you open the settings and navigate on the account settings, how many account did you see?

Kindly follow the steps below and check how many accounts is registered in your Windows computer.

Press windows key + R

Type: netplwiz

Press enter.

User accounts will appear, check how many accounts are listed.

If there are any duplicate accounts on your computer even if they use the same Microsoft account, then the duplicate account should appear on the list.

If there are 2 accounts listed, verify which is the duplicate account and remove it.

Kindly ensure to back up all your files first before doing the process to avoid data loss.

Hope this will help and have a bless day!

Thanks.

Kevin B.

Independent advisor

 

Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:

 

Windows Live Mail duplicate contacts

Hi Bruce,

I understand that there are duplicate contacts in Windows Live Mail and I will be happy to answer your query.

I suggest you to follow the steps below to do a cleanup of contacts that are duplicated.

• Open your Live Mail.
• Click Contacts on the lower left corner of your page.
• Click Clean up contacts on the Home Tab before your name, this will lead you to connect on your web page account.
• Click Save.

Alternate way to clean the duplicates.

• Sign in to
  http://people.live.com.
• Click Manage towards the top.
• Click Clean up contacts.
• Click Save and continue button.

Hope the above information helps. Please reply to us with the status and we will be glad to help you further.