Windows 11 ghost account issue

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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.
 
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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