Windows 10: Failure to sign in

Hello,I desperately need help with this issue with my laptop. I've had mine since 2017 and it refuses to update since 2018/19 I believe, and has no more storage matter how much I clean. But what is worst is that I can't sign in to the admin user meaning I can't make any admin changes from my normal user. I've tried multiple ways to retrieve the forgotten password I've tried command prompts and so much more. not only that but I can't log in whether the password is correct or not as it pops up with "user profile failed sign in". I would like to completely wipe everything on my laptop, keep noth

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Sign in failure

Hello IanMcCaffery,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with sign in failure after creating a new user account in Windows 10.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

This issue can be caused due to pending updates or corrupted user account. Let’s try to identify the actual cause and troubleshoot accordingly.

I would suggest you to check the following settings and may sure they are all aligned to the same languages and region:

• 
  Go toSettings
  > Time & Language > Region & Language.
  
• 
  Check the Country or region settings.
  
• 
  Check the Windows display language
  (set as English US) settings.
  
• 
  Then go to Settings >
  System > Speech.
  
• 
  Check the Spoken language
  (set as English US) settings.
  

If the above settings are correct and the issue still persists, then you may
convert the Microsoft account to a Local account and switch back to Microsoft account
and check if it helps. To do so, follow the steps given below:

Step 1:

Convert the Microsoft account to a Local account:

• 
  Sign in to your
  Microsoft account on Windows 10 Insider Preview.
  
• 
  Click Start and then PC settings.
  
• 
  Click Users and accounts and under Your Profile click Disconnect on the right of the screen.
  
• 
  Enter your Microsoft account's password, and click on Next.
  
• 
  Type in a Username, Password, and Password Hint that you want set for your Local account and click
  Next.
  
• 
  Click on Sign out and Finish button.
  

Step 2:

Switch back Local account to Microsoft account:

• 
  On the newly converted Local account, click Start and then PC Settings.
  
• 
  Click Users and accounts and under Your Profile click Connect to a Microsoft account.
  
• 
  Enter the Microsoft account ID and Password and click Next.
  
• 
  Choose if you want OneDrive as your default file saving location, click Next.
  
• 
  Click Switch.
  

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

Regarding the issue when you shut down your system it restarts,
I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Shahzaib S” replied on July 3, 2015 in the Microsoft Community link and check if that helps.

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The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

password sign in

Hi,

About your concern with typing the password after being idle, it is actually recommended to activate for security reasons.

If you wish to disable it, I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Settings.
• Click on Accounts.
• Click on Sign in options.
• On the right side, you will see required sign in.
• Change it to Never.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.