Windows 11 ghost account issue

josey99

josey99

josey99

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So all i did was change my computers name in windows 11. It asked me to reboot but when it did, it wouldn't auto login. Basically it's created a ghost account. A duplicate account of sorts with an identical name that my password and pin doesn't work on. It's set that as default account. And it wont log into it. I have to go to the bottom left, click the correct account and manually login.

Here's some pics showing what i mean.

When i boot, instead of auto logging in, i get this...
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When i check the accounts, i get this...
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Basically the account with the picture/avatar is the real one. The account underneath is a ghost account that was created when i changed the computers name.

It's obviously a bug but does anyone know how to get rid of this ghost account or how to set my proper account as default? I have tried going into windows account settings but it didn't show the ghost account and i wasn't able to delete it.
 
If you Smash the start button and type in Computer Manage the first result should be Computer Management, open that up and you can drill down on the left to Users & Groups. You should see the ghost account there and be able to delete it. Not sure how it's made it the default account but essentially the logon screen shows the last account logged into as the first one you see next time unless you have regedit flags changed to forget these things. You can also check your real account here too to make sure it is still valid like it is a member of the administrators group etc assuming it is an admin user and not a standard one to begin with (depends on how you use your computer I guess).
 
My main account is set to admin. It's the only one i have. I basiclly sorted this though. All i did was disable auto login and the ghost account just disapeared. Then i re-enabled auto login and that's it sorted. Everything working as it should. I have no idea why changing my computer name could have caused this but at least it's fixed now.
 
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