I'm sure it was that s a clean copy of 10 installed by some local computer shop that supplies the refurbed laptops for them to sell. I dont think anyone at the pawn shop is capable of setting up such...

That clarified it for me.... I reread...and did it correctly...
This time all files came over except a couple programs (which I reinstalled)...(a few more will also have to be reinstalled)

Only...

I appreciate the instructs

Well ...already had yet another account set up as admin...with correct name....but a new ms email... so deleted those..


When I followed the instructs while freshly...

Problem with creating a new admin user account (which I did) ....is that original I set it up with a miscrosoft email account ...and when creating the new user, and using the emails or name...

I went into the stated user folder ...and copied all the files to a new user folder I placed in the user folder....but it doesn't show up on the sign in page.

Thanks for response....
so , will all permissions, access to folders, programs (and their data) be accessible by the newly created admin user,,

Ok... original user account in fresh copy of win 10 was 'moneytogopawnshop' , where I bought laptop
Apparently they used this to be able to display the win 10 OS ..and had their own screen saver.......