Windows 10: Unable to login to Windows 10 after changing username

Hi


I changed one of my staff members user account name as they started using a previous employees PC. This is for a local user account. There is only one account on the PC which has administrator rights.


I followed the following process to change the username.

- Go to control panel

- Click on User Accounts

- Click on change your account name

- Entered a new name and clicked on change name

- Then went to settings

- Sign in options

- Password

- Tried to change the password but id did not accept the old password or blank password


We just left it a at that.


Then when the staff member turned on there PC he next morning it shows the new Username but does not accept the old password of the previous username or a blank password.


Tried to login in safe mode, that did not work.

Tried to do a system restore but it shows the user account name and asks for a password we don't have.

Tried to get to the command prompt but it again gives the username and asks for a password.


Can you advise what can be done.


Thanks

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How to change list of clickable usernames on login screen?

Hi,

customer has Ad domain with a lot of Windows 10 pro workstations. Users are frequently changing at same workstation and it is kinda annoying that Windows 10 login screen displays only 2 usernames on bottom left corner:

- <Last loged in user>

- Other user

Is it possible somehow to edit and set the list of usernames displayed there, to be, for example, list of 4 specific users?

 

Change username - result: two login accounts, delete 1 unable to login


Microsoft does indeed pick the first 5 characters of your email address when setting up a new Microsoft Account login. If you create a local account first you can specify the username you want and then change it to a Microsoft account later. In that way you will keep your original [AccountName] for the user folder.

Changing the [AccountName] is very difficult, I am not sure what you did in step 3 of your post but that is most certainly where things started to go wrong.

I hope I have understood your question properly.

 

Change the username in Windows 10 login screen

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern, as you are looking for an option to change the name on the welcome screen for the PC that is used by your husband.



In that scenario, ask your husband to create a Microsoft account with his details and then ask him to login to the PC and perform these steps.

1. Press Windows + I key from the keyboard, to launch
   Windows Settings.
   
2. Select Accounts and click on
   Your info from the left pane.
   
3. Click on Sign in with a local account instead and follow the onscreen steps.
   
4. Once the user account converted to a
   local account perform step 1 & 2.
   
5. Click on Sign in with a Microsoft account instead and use the Microsoft account created by your husband.

As an Additional reference: Create a local user or administrator
account in Windows 10

We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator