User Question.  

Hi,

I have a query regarding how users are seen in W10.

When I look in C\users there are the standard users, public, default and my user name but not my admin user name.

When I look in the Task Manager there is my other admin user as set up with Microsoft which is what I have logged into the PC with.

I do not understand how that works am I using my local user name or the Admin one that I logged in with?

When I use the Task Scheduler it only displays my local user name not my Admin name that I am signed into the PC with even although I have opened the scheduler as Admin!!

If I also look in the User Accounts app there is only my Admin (Microsoft) account.

Any idea why that is, please?

Martin

Arnak said:

Any idea why that is, please?

Martin

The first account you created was a local account. When I install Windows, I start with a local account, "John". It is an administrator account. That establishes my user account name as John, which is the way it appears in C:\Users. Then you "converted" the local account to a Microsoft account, by entering your Microsoft account user name and password. When you did that, you did not change the underlying user account created, all you did was change the way that you log in to it. I changed my account to my Microsoft account, john.xxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com. My underlying user account that was created first did not change - it is still user name "John", but the way that I log into that account changed.

Hi Try3,

Aha! That explains what happens!

Whoami returns marti.

To me, that is a very confusing way of doing things as it is not at all clear which user I am logged in as, although I understand it now.

The odd thing is still what happens when I attempt to make certain changes to a task in the task scheduler.

As the author of the task is shown as marti then when I wish to make certain changes to the way the file runs it asks for a password which is not accepted, I assume because marti is not being seen as the admin user with the full name, if so why not?

Does this mean that I have to setup passwords for both marti and admin in the local accounts section in order to make changes to the way a task runs?

If I attempt to do that I get the warning box so I have not attempted to set those passwords yet as I am not sure if it is safe to do so?

Martin

Hi Try3,

Thanks again for your help.8-))

I have done as you suggested and everything is now working perfectly, I assume it will be fine again tonight.

What I believe I was doing is I was hitting the wrong key in my password when I entered it....8-((

The password is now being accepted perfectly, so I am putting it down to a Senior Moment rather than admit it was a PEBCAK error!

Martin