Windows 10: Enabling Shared PC Mode via a provisioning package deletes the local administrator account,...

I'm setting up this PC for use in a public library and i wanted an alternative to DeepFreeze and other third-party programs like it.Shared PC Mode seems to be the best way to handle public PC use, with guest accounts that get deleted after a logout. Of course, it's still important to have a local administrator account to manage the PC, but after installing a provisioning package with EnableSharedPCMode set to "true", the local administrator account that used to be on the machine just disappears, and i'm not able to perform any checks or maintenance on the PC. The only settings that i've change

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Deleting an Local Administrator Account

Hello Thanks for your reply, I red the article and followed the steps within my capacity, however still having the same problem technically I do not see the delete link at the Administrator Account like it is at the other one...So confusing pls check the image - Thanks

 

Deleting an Local Administrator Account

Welcom to TenForums @Shahjahan

OK, let's get this problem clearly defined.

You say you created a local administrator account, you also talk about your 'original' account. Can you tell us which is which in the images you posted? You also say you followed the steps in the article. That would have enabled the built-in Administrator account.

Your first screenshot shows a gmail account with the name obscured. This would be a Microsoft account as it has an email address as its name. I assume this is the one you call 'original'.

The second screenshot shows the built-in Administrator account. This is a system account, it cannot ever be deleted as is a necessary part of Windows. You cannot create an account named 'Administrator' either, this is a reserved name, along with others like 'Guest', so that is NOT the account you think you created.

It would appear you have just the two active accounts, your original one with the gmail name and the built-in Administrator. What was the name of the local account you thought you had created?

To see a full list of all the accounts on your system, whether enabled for log in or not, open a Command Prompt (Admin) and type the command net users

You will see your user accounts, along with a number of other accounts used by the system. Administrator, DefaultAccount and Guest are built-in accounts, WDAGUtilityAccount is used by Windows Defender in version 1803, but may not exist in earlier versions. Any other names are your user accounts.

For each user account, type the command net user accountname (using each actual name instead of 'accountname'). Only accounts that say 'Account active Yes' will be visible in the screenshots you posted.

It may be that the account you tried to create is not active/enabled, if so, you need to make it active (as you did for Administartor) before you can manage it in Settings.

 

Provision Package to control Start Menu tiles

Hello Stephen,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I suggest you to refer the article on
Building Windows 10 Provisioning packages.



However, the issue you posted is related to Provisioning packages with Windows 10 and would be better suited in the TechNet community. Please post your question in the
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