Windows 10: Windows 10 user profile switched

I have a problem. I did a remote access with the support team to try and figure out how this problem happened. They suggested this forum. We have two computers. One in my office, one in my husbands. Wireless. This am when I went into my computer, my husbands favorites were across the top, not mine. I went into his computer and my favorites were on his fav bar. I have no idea what happened. But the support person went in remotely to my computer and said I had one profile, etc. She said my PC looked fine. I haven't done a remote session on my husbands computer yet. How could they just switch like that? My support person also said that it looks like it was synchronized. We didn't initiate that. Help.

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Switch User Profiles in Windows 10

Hello Amy CarolHunter,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Windows has a concept of Switch User in which multiple users can share one device and work on it. If you are sharing your PC with another person, ensure that you have saved all open documents to keep it secure. To know the list of accounts present
on your PC, you can press Windows + R keys and type netplwiz and click
OK. It will help you with the list of account entries.

If you have more than one user account on your PC and want to switch between users, kindly follow the steps listed below and see if it helps.

Method 1: To Switch User from Start Menu.

When you click on the Start menu, tap on your user name and click on the user account you want to switch. For better understanding, you may refer to an article on -
How to switch users (accounts) in Windows 10.


Method 2: Switch User from Classic Shut Down Windows Dialog.

• Click on the empty space on your Desktop and press
  Alt + F4 keys.
  
• ‘Shut Down Windows’ dialog opens, select Switch user from the list and click on
  OK.
  
• Else, you can press Ctrl + Alt + Del keys on your keyboard and select
  Switch user.
  

Let us know how it goes. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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.