Windows 10: Windows 10 signing me out immediately after logging in

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Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

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Windows immediately signs out after signing in

The steps I was finally able to follow to fix the problem (Note that steps 1-3 might not be necessary, these are just the exact steps I followed):

1. Boot in Safe Mode (if your problem is like mine, you should be able to log in using Safe Mode)
   • How do I start Windows 10 in Safe Mode?
2. In safe mode, open File Explorer and go to `This PC > Local Disk > Windows.old > Users > Default` and copy the
   NTUSER.DAT.
   • If you can't see this file, show hidden files: View hidden files and folders in Windows 10
3. After copying the file, go to `This PC > Local Disk > Users > Default` and overwrite the existing file with the new one
   • Note: You can rename the original if it makes you feel better
4. Boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt (Should be option 6 if you go through the link in step 1)
5. When command prompt opens up, create a new admin account by typing the following commands:
   • net user /add [*username] [password]
   • net localgroup administrators [username] /add
     • (for reference: How to Create an Admin User Account Using CMD Prompt (Windows) « Operating Systems :: WonderHowTo)
6. Now that you have a new admin account, you can restart your computer using
   shutdown /r
7. Log in to your new admin account.
8. Similar to steps 2 and 3, use
   File Explorer and go to `This PC > Local Disk > Windows.old > Users > [BrokenUser]`, and copy the
   NTUSER.DAT file, pasting it in `This PC > Local Disk > Users > [BrokenUser]` to overwrite the existing file
9. Sign out of new admin account, and you should be able to again sign in to the old account!
10. At this point, if you wish, you can delete the new admin account you created in step 5, and your computer should be back to functioning as normal.

Sounds like I had a similar issue mentioned in the solution on this post: New Windows 10 user is logged out immediately after login

Thanks! I hope this can help someone else in the future... It's ridiculous that this happens at all..

 

Windows 10 user account immediately logs out

Hi Edward,

• Have you tried the steps provided above?
• If you have tried the steps provided above, is issue still persisting?
• What was the result of SFC scan? Did it find corruption or not?

Try to create new user profile as an administrator and see if issue persists in new user profile. For creating new user profile you may refer to the steps provided below.

• 
  Press Windows key + R
  
• 
  Type control userpasswords2 and click OK
  
• 
  Click on add under users tab
  
• 
  Click the option, "Sign-in without a Microsoft account
  
• 
  Click on Local account
  
• 
  Choose a name for the account
  
• 
  Add password if you want to
  
• 
  Apply and click OK.
  

For more information you may refer to the article mentioned below and see if it helps.

Create a local user account in Windows 10

Do get back to us with all the information required and result of proposed suggestion. We will be happy to assist you.

Regards,