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Old 10-10-2007   #1 (permalink)
ma1k47


 
 

Mirrored Administrator Account

I have Windws Home Premium. About a month ago I installed updates for my
computer. But after the computer restarted there were two administrator
accounts. (when before there was just one) The accounts both have the same
user name and they both are administrator accounts. I don't think the extra
account is doing anything bad to the computer. But I would still like to have
just one account. Has anyone had this problem and how can I fix it.

P.S. It won't let me delete the account since the computer thinks its the
main account. And I reformatted my computer and there was only one account
but when I updated the same thing happened.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-12-2007   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Mirrored Administrator Account

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by ma1k47 View Post
I have Windws Home Premium. About a month ago I installed updates for my
computer. But after the computer restarted there were two administrator
accounts. (when before there was just one) The accounts both have the same
user name and they both are administrator accounts. I don't think the extra
account is doing anything bad to the computer. But I would still like to have
just one account. Has anyone had this problem and how can I fix it.

P.S. It won't let me delete the account since the computer thinks its the
main account. And I reformatted my computer and there was only one account
but when I updated the same thing happened.
Hi Ma1k47,

I have seen this when you set the account to logon automatically and entered the incorrect password for the user account. See the note for step 8 in this tutorial. Putting in the correct password solved the problem.

Logon Automatically

Have you narrowed down which update is causing this problem?

Hope this helps,
Shawn
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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