Windows 10: Lock start "Pnputjup" phantom user

Jaspreet Singh, are you still there?Please see my earlier last post.Thank you.Mikael ben David

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Phantom User

Hi,

Thanks so much for answering me.

I printed out your instructions so that I could be sure to follow them to the letter. The steps actually made my problem worse.

Before the steps when I turned my computer on there would be a scenic pic with just my first name & no user pic. I don't know why this user is there and manage accounts only shows me.

So today, following your steps.

When I got to sign in options, I did not have an option that said sign in with a local account. So I entered my old password and tried just a blank box for new password. That did not work and so I tried my old password again but then was prompted to change
my password so I did. I did type in netplwiz and the phantom user was not listed there so I shut down my computer, waited, started up again to find the same scenic pic with just my first name. I have to click on that to bring up two users in the lower left
hand corner of my screen. One is the phantom and the other is me. So I logged on with my new password, and now I have to log in everywhere, One Drive, (never used), , Windows, Email so somewhere I did something wrong and hope that this reply is not too poorly
worded to make any sense to you.

Thanks,

Mika

 

Phantom User Account

What "user list" are you talking about specifically? Where exactly do you see this extra account?

There is "User Accounts" applet in Control Panel. There's "Users" list in Computer Management applet. There is user list that drops down from your name in Start Menu (if you have Fast User Switching enabled). There is user list on Welcome screen (for interactive users). There is a list of user profiles in Advanced System Settings... Etc etc etc.

Do you see that mysterious user in all of these places? Some of them? Just one of them?


Anyway, what you are seeing must be this

oymlgoleopw user account - ESET Beta Products for Home Users - ESET Security Forum
Unknown User Account - ESET Smart Security - ESET Security Forum

The account is created by Anti Theft feature of ESET Smart Security, if you have that feature enabled.

 

Windows 10 has phantom user's account

Vjay B,

Im having the same issue.

To your questions:

1. The activity "user logoff" occurs at start up and disappears. This did not occur with Windows 8 or Windows 7 or Windows XP, or Windows 98 or Windows 95 or Windows 3.0. The Phantom user issue only occurs on the Windows 10 the free software download.

2. Mcafee provided by AOL.

3. The phantom user account is not listed under control panel account settings. The only user account is the administrator account set up when I downloaded the free software. Maybe thats why some are calling this a Phantom User.

If I can add another question? Should I uninstall Windows 10?