Attempted to bypass login screen, now have two accounts. Stuck.

That's what happens if you accidentally record the wrong pasword when using NetPlWiz.

To fix things
- go back to NetPlWiz, undo it so you are forcing yourself to log in every time,
- reboot
- go back to NetPlWiz, set it up with the correct password.
Sign in User Account Automatically - TenForumsTutorials

By the way:-
- That Guest account should already have been disabled. Windows 10 does so by default.
- It is always worth having fallbacks in case your Admin account ever suffers from user profile corruption - my ditty - Create two spare local, password-protected Admin accounts [post #2] in Windows 10, 11 - TenForums


All the best,
Denis

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asully102 said:

I was trying to get Windows 10 to log in without requiring a PIN/Password, and now somehow it's booting to the login screen saying incorrect username or password. When I click OK I can enter in my password, however, but now on the bottom left there are two accounts. Both same name. One with icon, other without. It's attempting to log in using account without icon.

Yes, that is typical behaviour when you have set up the PC to sign in automatically, but have set it up with an incorrect password.

If you turn off automatic sign in you'll be back to only one account on the sign in screen. Or set up the automatic sign in again, being careful to get the password correct this time.

Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

No, undo it first as a separate operation - Set the checkbox not clear it.
Then reboot.
Then do it correctly.

Denis

I think you did not see post #2. When you get a notifications of replies there might have been several of them so you always need to look back up the thread to the point you had previously seen so that you look through all replies since then. And then do look at the bottom for any indication that there is a new page with further replies; it is surprisingly easy to miss them too.

I'm glad it has been sorted out.

Now would be a good time to make a system image and to check that you have the password written down somewhere secure yet accessible.


All the best,
Denis