Windows 10: Lock screen problem

HI!

I was trying to disable my lock screen with the run - netplwiz - User Accounts method.
I think I may have mixed up my password and pin numbers. It let me change the settings but when I restarted I get the lock screen with a message "The username or password is incorrect". Upon clicking "OK" I then have 2 separate listings of my user name "even though I only have one account" and can login from there. And the settings are now set to NOT require a password at startup. It's just stuck on the wrong password/username thing.

Can someone please .tell me how to get fix this?

:)

 

Lumia 930 Slow to Wake Up

It's actually not the Photo lock screen that had the problem. It is Live Lock Screen. So you can still use Photo option for your lock screen. However, if you install and reactivate Live Lock Screen, the problem will come back. I suggest you wait reinstalling
Live Lock Screen until it is out of beta.

 

My mouse pointer is a pixelated square on Windows 10 startup screen

You should find the "beach cave" picture in the Lock Screen menu :

Settings > Lock Screen

I don't think it was the problem because my lock screen (welcome) picture was a personal one and I had the problem.

 

System Restore? Do you have any restore points?

Failing that, you could restore your registry backup offline if it's not been overwritten. I.e. boot from a bootable rescue disk and restore it.

And of course if you use disk imaging routinely as we recommend, you will have one or more images you can restore if all else fails.

Here's a safe way to do what you were trying to do:



Free tweaker- full explanation via the URL.

And a tenforums tutorial:
Enable or Disable Lock Screen in Windows 10 Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

 

Hello cedar, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you like, set netplwiz to automatically sign in to your account at startup again, but be sure to enter the account's password this round to see if it may sort this for you.

*Arrow Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

 

Thanks for responding dalchina.

I just bought this computer.
!st day using it.
Don't even know if system restore is turned on.
I'm going from windows 7 to windows 10 for the 1st time so everything is new/different to me.
Let me look at some of the thing you posted.

 

Hey Brink!

Thanks for responding.
After reading your post I got to thinking and just changed the settings back to require password to login, restarted, logged in and THEN changed it to have windows log in automatically for me and it seems to be working.
I should have tried resetting it in the 1st place.

Thanks to you and dalchina both for your help!

Now if I can only figure out why I don't have a "control panel". lol
Mine doesn't come up when I right or left click start button like I have seen in other windows 10 videos.

 

Great news cedar.

Entering your PIN instead of the password is what caused netplwiz to fail signing you in at startup.

The tutorial below can help show you how to open the Control Panel. Be sure to look at the related tutorial links at the bottom for more options.

*Arrow Open Control Panel in Windows 10 Windows 10 General Tips Tutorials

 

Wow you're just full of it Brink!

And by "it" I mean helpful, timely information.
Thanks again for all your help!


cheers

 

You're most welcome cedar. *Smile

 

Well tried the settings changes in Local Group Policy and still didn't get control panel showing in my right-click start menu.
I just did a search for control panel and pinned it to the start menu.

*Thumbs

 

If you mean the Win+X menu, then this below should work for you.

*Arrow Show Control Panel or Settings on Win+X Menu in Windows 10 Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

 

That video was of an earlier version of Windows 10, the Creators Update (aka version 1703) changed that part of the Start menu from 'Control panel' to 'Settings' because with each new version of Windows 10 more settings have been moved from the old control panel into the Settings app. Microsoft apparently see 'Settings' as the more useful of the two now.

Over the years there have been a lot of such changes, you'll find a lot of out of date information on other sites. Not on TenForums though, Brink works hard to keep the tutorials bang up to date.

 

Glad you're up and running again.

Please consider using disk imaging routinely to support your computer now it's up and running again. That should be your first priority before something happens to make your PC unusable again.

Here's my write-up on the value of disk imaging.

Everyone who contributes regularly here uses and recommends disk imaging.

If you use it, you can recover from:
- a failed disk drive (restore to a new one)
- ransomware (which encrypts your disk)
- user error
- unrecoverable problems from failed updates to problem programs
- unbootable PC (hardware faults aside)

Images also act as a full backup- you can extract files too.

You can even use images to help you move more easily and quickly to a new PC.
Can be used with Laplink software to transfer your build automatically to another PC

Imaging can even help you sleep at night knowing you have a second chance.

Creating disk images lets you restore Windows and all your imaged disks and partitions to a previous working state from compressed copies you have created and kept updated on external storage media, quickly and probably without technical help.

Many here recommend Macrium Reflect (free) as a good robust solution and more reliable than some others. It’s
- more feature rich
- more flexible
- more reliable
than Windows Backup and Restore system images.

It's well supported with videos, help and a responsive forum.

There are other such programs, free/commercial, some with simpler interfaces, but Macrium R is one of the most robust and reliable.

How long does it take?
SSD+ USB3 - maybe 15 mins for the first system image, less thereafter
HDD + USB2 - maybe 40-50 mins
That’s with little personal data, few programs installed.
- of course, depends how much you have on C:
(You can and should image all your partitions and disks)

Once you've created your first image, keep it updated with e.g. differential imaging- which images just changes from the first image, more quickly, and creates a smaller image file.

You need a backup medium - say- twice as large as the total amount of data you are imaging to keep a reasonable number of differential images. This will vary dependent on the number of images you keep, so is only a rough practical guide.

Some comment that system restore isn't always reliable; if it works and solves the problem, great. But sometimes restores won't work or fail. And of course a restore point only covers a limited number of aspects of the system. That’s where disk imaging comes in.

(There's a tutorial on Macrium in the Tutorials section, and a couple of videos in the user videos section on this forum)
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials
Windows 10 instructional videos by Ten Forums members