Windows 10: DUPLICATE USER

I have a second user in my Windows 11 account. It is the reverse of my given name and surname, with a period between. I did not create this user account. It requires a password and I do not know that password.

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Duplicate User Account

Hi,

Thank you for providing the screenshot.

It looks like the in build administrator is active on the computer

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if that helps.

• Right-click on the Start button and choose to open a command prompt that way.
• Type the following command:
• Net user administrator /active:no
• Access netplwiz and check if the issue persists.

Please let us know the results. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

Duplicate User Account

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

I suggest you to follow the steps to delete the account.

• 
  Press Windows + R keys from the Keyboard.
  
• 
  Type netplwiz and click on Ok.
  
• 
  If prompted by UAC, click on
  Yes.
  
• 
  Check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box.
  
• 
  Click on a user you want to delete, and click on
  Remove.
  
• 
  Click/tap on Yes to confirm.
  

Please let us know to in future if you need further help.

Thank you.

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.