Solved Suddenly auto login isn't working. Another user on the logon screen only.


Calab

Calab

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A few days ago my automatic login failed to work, and still does not. Windows tells me that it could not connect to my account. The user shown has my name, but not my picture. In the lower left corner there are two users, both with my name and one with my picture. If I click my picture and enter my PIN I get logged into the machine.

Where did the other user come from? Why the same name as me? Why are there no other accounts showing in the Settings? There are no odd users under Computer Management/Local Users and Groups either.

I'm suspecting an update happened, as I haven't installed any new software lately, except WSL with Ubuntu, and it's installation didn't coincide with the issue.
 
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22H2 build 22621.1635

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For what it's worth...

I disabled the automatic login, rebooted and logged in, the re-enabled the automatic login and everything is back to normal now.
 

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    C.S.D.
    CPU
    i9-12900k
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z690 UD AX DDR4
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    32 GB DDR4
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    Strix RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG QNED75URA 43" TV
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    3840x2160
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    One 1tb M.2 for Windows, one 500gb M.2 for Linux, and a 8 TB HDD for data
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    850 watt
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    Cougar
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    upHere D6SEC CPU Cooler
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    Logitech G213
    Mouse
    Logitech G305
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    1Gbit/100mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Bluray optical writer drive

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    SpartaDOS
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    Atari 600XL
    CPU
    6502C
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    Ultimate 1MB
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    Sophia 2
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    Sony MFM-HT95
    Screen Resolution
    320x200
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    SIDE3
    PSU
    USB
Calab said:
For what it's worth...

I disabled the automatic login, rebooted and logged in, the re-enabled the automatic login and everything is back to normal now.
Click to expand...
I ran into this after changing my windows password,
Netplwiz or Control userpasswords2 would show greyed out box to enable autologin

What worked for me was
adding these two keys to registry at
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PasswordLess\Device
DevicePassword value 1
DevicePasswordLessBuildVersion REG_DWORD value 0
rebooted
then after repeating control userpasswords2
Checking the Box Users must enter a user name and password then unchecking it
and the option to add password popped for me to enter username and password ( only allow Windows Hello is disabled ofc)
 

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