Windows 10: Today, I accessed the Recent activity page. It only shows my current sign in - which seems odd.

My laptop was at the repair shop for a keyboard issue over the last two days. I picked it up yesterday and worked on it in the evening. Other than they'd cracked my screen while tightening up the hinges ! all seemed well. This morning, I woke up the laptop and the display was frozen. There was a Microsoft window open that suggested I update the Remote assistance app. I couldn't reboot so switched the power off and back on - all seems well again.What conditions might give me this result?

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Deleted account on sign on page

I have read through a lot of the threads and posts concerning Ghost accounts already on this forum but some are extremely old and none of remedies offered seem to fit my problem.

This forum has recently helped me to deal with an extremely confused set of User Accounts (see
thread User Account Confusions ). During this process I substituted 2 new User Accounts for the previous ones, and completed a Repair install as it appeared that Windows 10 was corrupted in some way. The upgraded Windows 10 is working quite well. However:

1) One of the old user accounts shows up on the sign in page in spite of the fact that it does not appear in the list of users (cmd command wmic useraccount get name,sid) nor in the registry Profile List because I deleted it from both of these before I started the Repair instal although to access the admin account currently in use, I have to click on its name in the list on the left of the sign in page. It does not show up in the directory.

2) The other 2 accounts which I also deleted from the sid list in Windows Powershell and from the registry Profile List are showing up in the Users Directory but not on the sign in page.

None of them appear in Control Panel User Accounts.

I am starting a new thread because the "User Account Confusions" thread is now extremely long and the present problem is more of an irritation than anything. I have external backups of the data from the "ghost" accounts. I will create a clone of the laptop system system image using Macrium Reflect before I do anything else.

Can anyone advise best way to banish these accounts from my system ?

 

W10 can connect to wider internet but cannot access web pages

I have an odd issue with my W10 laptop linked to Sky broadband in the UK via wifi using a Sky router. The effect is that while I can actually access the internet (I can send and receive emails using Outlook and can connect to other machines using TeamViewer) I cannot access any web site (Google, BBC etc). There is no specific error message, merely that the access request timed out and a suggestion that it may be to do with proxy.

I have tried the following:

1. Other systems (W10 and ios) can access web sites using the same Sky router (therefore probably not a router problem)
2. I have sent and received emails using Outlook, so the broadband connection is working (probably not a Sky problem)
3. I have tried two different browsers (Firefox and Edge), no connection (not a browser problem)
4. I am using Windows Defender and have:
   1. Made sure that Firefox is in the list of allowed systems in its Firewall, no connection after a reboot
   2. Turned off the Firewall and tried again - no connection

My next step will be to re-install Windows, but has anyone got any other suggestions? Could it be some sort of virus (I have carried out a complete virus check using Defender)

So - any suggestions?

 

Recent items not showing in quick access or start list


Hi there,

I've only just upgraded to windows 10, so still getting to grips. I have the recent items option enabled in both the quick access panel and jump lists, but they're appearing in neither. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks