Windows 10: Switch User Profiles in Windows 10

Hello all, I might happen to be tech support/customer care remotely......… but trust me when I say that I just created my first gmail in 2014 when I went back to school while in my thirties.....stayed steady only taking one semester off while raising 3 children and 3 part time jobs. Little did I know how much more efficient my life would become while simultaneously becoming wayyyyy more complicated. I created my first email and Microsoft account in January of 2014 on my new laptap purchased through the community college book store. That is still my account with the same password that I am using here. The trouble is this...….. the computer I am currently using belongs to my fiancé outright and he made me a profile for myself for work or leisure so that I would not be on his things and really create chaos in his computer world because I have been known to do it...….accidently of course.....nonetheless...doing it.

ok, so this morning I was on his profile because I was trying to apply for better paying stay at home job and just did not want to download tests or things without him being aware....as this is a new build and I REALLLLY do not want to mess it up.....and staying on his is easier. BUT...I logged into my Microsoft account........this being after a windows 10 update finally after so long of keeping 8.1....and all of a sudden...my Microsoft account has taken completely over and I cant even find his profile anymore. PLEASE IF YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT I SHOULD DO TO FIX IT........FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS SACRED... PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME WITH THE ANSWER!!!! GOD BLESS AND MAY HE HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL IF SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ALL HIS GAMING FILES........HELP LORD!!


***Modified title from VERY STRANGE OCCURANCE/PROFILE SWITCHAROO***

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USer profile switching to another user interface on Windows 10 computer.

Hi Pedja,



Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• How many user profiles are managed on the computer?
• Are you facing the above issue on a personal computer or a shared computer?
• Have you ever converted the current user account to Microsoft account?

I suggest you to take backup of all the data saved in the system on an external drive due to the behavior exhibited by the computer.



For observation purpose, I suggest you to create another user account and check if similar issue persists after one week or more. Refer to
Set up accounts article to create a new user account on the computer.



The corrupted user profile does not function normally such as not launching
Start menu, Cortana, Search bar, Store and other
Windows applications. In such cases creating a new profile and checking for the same will help in identifying if the is specific to corrupted user profile or the OS.



Write to us with the smashers to the above questions and the status of user profile switching to another user screens on the computer in the same post for further assistance.
Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

(WINDOWS 10)"The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded."

Hi Ashley,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience caused to you while logging-in with the guest user account on Windows 10.

This issue might be due to the User profile Services, please follow the below and check.

I suggest you to Check the status of User profile services.

Steps:

• Press Windows + R to open Run command, type
  Services.msc and press Enter.
• Search for User Profile Service, right click on it and
  start the service.
• Also, set the Startup type to
  Automatic.
• Now check if you are able to log-in.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Cant switch users in Windows 10

Hi Sarah,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are glad to help you.



Please share a few details:

• 
  What exactly happens when you try to switch users?
  
• 
  Do you receive any error message/code?
  
• 
  Did you make any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
  

I suggest you to follow the below steps to Switch users.

• 
  Press Ctrl + Alt + Del key altogether.
  
• 
  Click on Switch User.
  
• 
  Select the user with which you want to login.
  

If computer starts up with a user other than the one you want, login to that user account and switch user to the account that you need and check.



Hope this information helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist you.



Regards,

Jenith