[SOLVED] Freakin' Lock screen

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by JBenal, Feb 11, 2017.

  1. JBenal

    JBenal MDL Addicted

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    #1 JBenal, Feb 11, 2017
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    Starting today my computer (Windows 10 1607 14393.693) starts up with the lock screen in place. I have disabled the lock screen using Winaero Tweaker, dobbelina LockScreenGone, as well as netplwiz.cpl (user doesn't have to enter username and password to log in. And yet the lock screen is back. Worse, it doesn't even offer me my own user name to click. It defaults to Other User. Is this happening to everyone, or have I got something screwed up?

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  2. Hadron-Curious

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    Go to Settings | Account | Sing in with a local account instead. Enter your previous information and sign out. Enter a name and click next without entering any password.
     
  3. sml156

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    Stop updating Freakin' Windows 10
     
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  4. JBenal

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    I've always used a local account since install. Never logged in with a Microsoft account.
     
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  5. JBenal

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    True, true. o_O
     
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  6. Hadron-Curious

    Hadron-Curious MDL Guru

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    If you have your installation media try to do system repair with it or hold down SHIFT key and click on the power button at the lock screen and select restore at the 'Advanced Boot Option' to do a system restore.
     
  7. oneextraid

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    If you are using OO Shutup there are 2 settings that can cause this behavior. Under Lock Screen be sure you didn't change the Do Not Display Last User and Do Not Show USer ID. I had the same problem when I changed the defaults.
     
  8. JBenal

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    That was it. Thanks! In fact, I had re-run OO Shutup last night after Windows updates! :p
     
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  10. Hadron-Curious

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    It is appalling how people can easily blame Microsoft for their own doings. You just have to do a system restore or repair.
     
  11. JBenal

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    I don't remember blaming anyone for this problem, in fact I asked if I had screwed anything up. :biggrin:
     
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  12. WindowsGeek

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    Thats what happens when u use a 3 party app to tweak a service .
     
  13. Espionage724

    Espionage724 MDL Expert

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    That's what happens when Microsoft restricts user-choice and the user has to rely on a 3rd-party app to tweak settings :cool:

    If Windows wasn't a restrictive locked-down unreliable mess (in regards to settings), most of those tools wouldn't need to exist.
     
  14. Hadron-Curious

    Hadron-Curious MDL Guru

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    Ironically, there is no restriction in OS X and no lock screen as well. I for one think Windows 10 is more flexible than Mac OS X.