Windows 10: Win 10 Preloaded User Accounts

What are the Win 10 preloaded user accounts? I used to have Administrator, Public, and our local accounts.


Recently that changed. Public was dropped and Default Account, defaultuser, Guest, and WDAGUtilityAccount took its place.


Was this from an update?

:)

 

Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

win 10 user accounts

Hi Colin,

Welcome and thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Please provide us additional information to assist you better:

• Are both the accounts are Microsoft accounts?
• Have you tried to login with local account with out password and check if the issue persists?
• What exactly do you mean by "my partners name and email are now linked to my side of the hard drive and hers to mine"?

I suggest you to perform the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps:

Step 1: I suggest you to Run Microsoft Account Troubleshooter on both the accounts and check.

Link: Microsoft Account troubleshooter


I would like to inform that if both the accounts are Microsoft accounts, then you cannot delete the password for any of the account.

Hope it helps. Kindly reply us with the required information, we will be happy to help you.