Login Identity problem


  1. AllanP
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    Login Identity problem


    I have W10 configured to boot without asking for password. Now for some reason it requires a password. The setup for no password is still the same. However, when it asks for a PW there is another identity for me. I am signed on as ​[EMAIL REMOVED] but there is a duplicate of myself and it is trying to boot with "allan". So I have to click on the [EMAIL REMOVED]profile and fill in the password. The allan identity doesn't show up under user accounts.
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  3. NavyLCDR
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    Did you use netplwiz to set up automatic login?
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  4. Brink
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    Hello Allan, :)

    It does sound like you have Windows set to automatically sign in to the account, and something changed. Setting up netplwiz again should sort this for you.

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  6. AllanP
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    NavyLCDR said:
    Did you use netplwiz to set up automatic login?
    Yes I did
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  7. AllanP
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    Brink said:
    Hello Allan, :)

    It does sound like you have Windows set to automatically sign in to the account, and something changed. Setting up netplwiz again should sort this for you.

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    OK thanks I'll give it a try. There is one thing I did that maybe affected login. I was messing around in settings and there was an option to change the PC's name which was some weird characters and numbers so I renamed the PC "AllansPC". Could that have been the cause
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  8. Brink
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    Yep, changing the PC name would cause this. Netplwiz would still use the old PC name causing it to no longer be valid.
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  9. AllanP
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    Brink said:
    Yep, changing the PC name would cause this. Netplwiz would still use the old PC name causing it to no longer be valid.
    OK thanks. I was going to restore an earlier image, but tried a reboot and surprise surprise it booted sans PW. Which surprised me because I had Netplwiz opened and for some reason I had no users at all. I'll just r\try another reboot and if it works will mark solved.
    Edit: Solved:Thanks for the help; back in business.
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