Windows 10: I have this error "This user can't sign in because this account is currently disabled"

Discus and support I have this error "This user can't sign in because this account is currently disabled" in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I just buy a new pc and when I boot it there is this message and when I press "Ok" there is defaultuser0 with a password.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Hayden S2, Apr 20, 2025.

  1. Hayden S2 Win User

    I have this error "This user can't sign in because this account is currently disabled"


    I just buy a new pc and when I boot it there is this message and when I press "Ok" there is defaultuser0 with a password.

    :)
     
    Hayden S2, Apr 20, 2025
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  2. Error: User account is currently Disabled. Please check with your administrator.

    Hello,



    Welcome to Microsoft Community. I appreciate your efforts towards resolving the issue. I will certainly help you with the issue that you are facing.



    You may try the following methods and check if it helps.

    Method 1:

    Crete a new User account

    To create a new user account, refer to the steps mentioned in the following Microsoft link:

    Set up accounts



    If you are unable to create a new user account, enable default administrator and try again in the default administrator account.

    Method 2: Enable Default Administrator

    To do so, follow the steps.


    • Press Windows + X. Click on command prompt (admin)

    • Type the following command and hit enter

      net user administrator /active:yes

    • Log out and sign in to the default admin account and try to add a new admin user.
    Let us know the results. We will be glad to assist you further.
     
    Sahil Bali, Apr 20, 2025
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  3. Rose W Win User
    Your Microsoft account needs you to sign in again-recent credentials

    Yes the correct or current info is in the Settings/Accounts/Your email and accounts.
    The steps in the tutorial included signing in after deleting a listing. I couldn't see where that was relevant since its a second listing. It looks like I have to voluntarily do the 'sign in' so I can avoid doing that. I'm locked out for 30 days anyway.
    Perhaps its time to set up a stand alone user account in that laptop <grin> Too nerve wracking dealing with this MSAccount.
     
    Rose W, Apr 20, 2025
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  4. jimhoyle Win User

    I have this error "This user can't sign in because this account is currently disabled"

    How to troubleshoot an error that appears only at Restart or Sign out?

    I get an error pop-up error message not every, but almost every time I Restart or Sign out. It's the screen with blue background and on top of Restart or Sign out text an error window says:

    Explorer.exe - Application error. The instruction at 0x000… referenced memory at 0x000... The memory could not be written.

    Sometimes the error code is just zeros, sometimes random numbers. I have tried so much already to troubleshoot this. For example these did not help in any way:
    • MemTest86+ (no problems)
    • Disabling any Services, Autoruns/ShellExView entries
    • Low resolution mode
    • BIOS settings are fine, no overclocking etc.
    • DISM.exe and sfc
    • etc.

    However, these do make the error go away:
    • End process for explorer.exe before Restart or Sign out
    • Safe Mode
    • Creating a new user profile (almost the same as clean installing Windows, many full days of work)
    • Uninstalling NVIDIA graphics driver (then the card is unusable, of course)
    • Disabling Device Manager / Display Adapters / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

    I already contacted NVIDIA and the graphics driver is not the culprit. Something has gone wrong with the user profile as the same driver works just fine in a new profile (and there's nothing wrong with the driver anyway, it's just the Restart or Sign out process that has a problem).

    What can I do to fix this? One useful thing would be to have a step-by-step procedure for the Sign out. So that it'd ask before continuing to the next step and list what it's doing. Or if I could just disable whatever it does when the error appears.
     
    jimhoyle, Apr 20, 2025
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