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  1. johnhoh
    Posts : 82
    Win10 pro v1903
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       New #21

    Got it solved.

    When the successful repair install did not fix the issue I figured it was due to a tweak I had made to the system. Trial and error brought me to the UAC setting of winaero tweaker...

    How to turn off and disable UAC in Windows 10

    On my system, using this tweak to enable UAC then rebooting makes settings > accounts work normally, while disabling UAC (my normal setting) makes settings > accounts crash when clicked.
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  3. dalchina
    Posts : 42,985
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       New #22

    Good- that's the risk with using tweaks affecting settings MS don't want you to change.
    An in-place upgrade repair resets some things to system default but not everything.

    Now's the time to start a new disk imaging sequence starting with a new base image after the in-place upgrade repair. Also check whether System Restore is still enabled.
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  4. dacrone
    Posts : 117
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       New #23

    dalchina said:
    The lock screen is the trivial item- the in-place upgrade repair failure significantly harder.

    Do you have these log files from the upgrade attempt?
    The following log files are created when an upgrade fails, and the installation rollback is initiated:

    • C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback\setupact.log
    • C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback\setupact.err


    Given setupdiag.exe reported nothing, I'm guessing the upgrade failed very early on- too early to create them.

    Please have another attempt as I suggested in post #4.

    Superficially, the limited view of partitions provided by Macrium (it's not a partition manager) look fine.
    Please use Minitool partition wizard (free).

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    Just by way of comment, noting johnhoh said all such settings have been removed manually:




    N.B.


    Home does not have the Group Policy Editor so this is likely to be ineffective in Home.
    see:
    Reset Local Group Policy Editor Settings to Default in Windows 10


    How To Enable Gpedit.msc In Windows 10 Home Edition
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  6. dalchina
    Posts : 42,985
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       New #24

    Not something I recommend. Partially applicable.

    Policy Plus is free and includes a useful find feature. E.g. via Google.
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