How to avoid having to log in with passord or p.i.n. ?

Just thinking, is there any good reason why I shouldn't keep using the Admin account instead of struggling to get a normal one?

Hi,
Nope not really standard is supposed to be more secure but people just enter the password when prompted anyway so mute gain

Since the admin account was giving the least trouble I decided to delete my user account.

In the C/users file there are two accounts, Administrator and Public. (looks promising)

In Settings/Accounts there is one, Administrator (local account). (still looks promising)

BUT

When I switch the PC on I eventually get a screen with my old, incorrect account name ..........@yahho.com, and there's an OK button.

Click on that and I get a screen with the same name as above, plus, at the bottom left Administrator, ...... @yahoo, and the incorrect .....yahho.

I wait, without clicking on anything, and a few seconds later Microsofts "photograph of the ocean from inside a cave" screen opens up.

I press any key on the keyboard and I get a screen with Administrator in the middle of the screen and a ..... yahoo one bottom left.

I don't understand why the old incorrect name and the "deleted" user name appears.


The system needs a good dose of software laxative. Any ideas?

I tried to make a video of the startup sequence but the result is not satisfactory. So I took some still shots.

They might make it easier to understand what I said in my last post.











There's only one user in the accounts section. Why are the other two names being displayed, and how can I eliminate them?

Brink said:

Just to verify, did you sign in to the built-in "Administrator" account, delete the Microsoft account(s) you created with the wrong email address, create a new Microsoft account with the correct email address, and make it an administrator account?

Next, verify that the box in netplwiz is checked.

Yes Shawn, I did.

However, netplwiz keeps showing two accounts;



User accounts shows only one;



And Users on the C drive in Windows/Users shows only one bedsides the Public one;



I can't see any mention of the others, but perhaps I don't know where else to look.

Yes, But to do so I have to tick the "Users must enter a username ...." box first or I can't highlight the other username.

If I highlight it, then the Remove button becomes active. I haven't done it yet though.