Update

I finally got the reinstall to complete and I'm back into Windows 10.

The bad news is rather than setting up a new/fresh user account it somehow remembered the original one and used it...

update - as I actually suspected the 1st option was he temporary state. It didn't work. The others attempted to reset but failed part way through. So I optioned to try a complete reinstall. This is...

I created a windows 10 boot disc on usb drive and was able to get back into windows recovery options. When I got to 'Reset this PC' and choose 'keep my files' I get a screen that says Choose a target...

So shit guys need more help. I told it to repair Windows (basically reinstall but keeps files and list of previously installed software) it got stuck at 9% progress all day long. Finally I had no...

Thanks. Yeah I knew what I was getting into. I could tell from the stuff I was researching that attempting this on win 10 was extremely risky .. but I already have everything backed up from all my...

yeah figured that was going to be the case. Oh well

I can't create a new account. When I go into user accounts and click the button to add a new user nothing happens. Another issue I created doing all of this. :(

Hi thank you. Perhaps that's what happened. I knew I was taking a risk when I did it. I've got everything backed up and able to start over if I have to but wanted to try it

The changes I did are...

I am running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.
(upgraded from windows 7 ultimate 64 bit)

I was annoyed that it chose a username that I didn't like so I updated the registry & so forth to change it and it...