Two users on logon screen

[BattyVamp36]

Hello,

I have two user names on my log on screen and I don't know why. The only accounts on my user accounts in the control panel is the administrator and the guest. I want to know how to fix this problem it's very annoying I will attach a picture of what the screen displays. If someone can help that would be great

 

[problemshredder]

you can go to control panel-computer management-users and groups. then on the users list there should be all the users available. now, you need to make sure which one you are using right now to access the pc, then you can just delete the one's not needed. careful not to delete the active user or administrator.

 

[BattyVamp36]

Ok I went to control panel but I didn't see the computer management feature However, I clicked on start ---> right-clicked on computer --->properties and computer management came up but I didn't see users and groups :huh:

 

[BattyVamp36]

By the way I took a picture of the local disk I think it might help

 

[problemshredder]

ow i forgot sorry, in the contol panel before disk management, you should go to administrative tools first. the disk management is inside administrative tools. i'll look into the attached picture now.

 

[problemshredder]

from the picture, i guess the lowest in the list, users refer to standard user group that doesn't have full control over the pc. you may not be using this profile right now. what you need is the users in the administrators group which, consist of the administrator himself and some other users who are granted full control just like the administrator. in the computer management page, there are descriptions of every groups and users of the pc. when you click on the administrators group it will show all members of this group, this is what you need to keep. because other users, though they have same names, they belong to groups other than administrators.

 

[BattyVamp36]

Ok ok soo what do I do?? O.O I'm like totally lost Do I delete the last option in the local disk picture??

 

[Shadowjk]

Before you do anything we need to see a screenshot of all the local users on the machine. To do this press Start and then in the search bar enter the following exactly:

lusrmgr.msc

   Note

You will need administrative privileges to be able to complete this action

Upon launch you should find a windows like the one below, here can you open the users folder and then upload a screenshot by following this tutorial:

How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista



Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[Layback Bear]

Josh I don't believe that command will work on Windows 7 Home Premium. At least it won't work on mine.

 

[Shadowjk]

My apologies, I had forgotten about the restrictions. In that case follow the same steps but instead search for the following command:

netplwiz.exe

From here you will be shown all of the users on the machine and then be able to delete the replicated user

(Option Four)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/181036-user-account-delete.html



Hope This Helps,
Josh!

 

[Layback Bear]

Works for me using Windows 7/64 Home Premium.

 

[BattyVamp36]

Ok I did exactly what you wrote and I posted a screen shot of what I got. I'm thinking I have to delete the first one but I don't want to do anything hasty since I'm not sure O.O

 

[Shadowjk]

It appears as though you have a home group system user on the system which may be why the second account is showing. Do you use homegroup on your network? When sharing files via homegroup the system will use an internal account called homegroupuser$ instead of your account to avoid security issues as well as allow other users access to the public folder even if there are no local users on the machine. If you don't use homegroup then I would delete that account and then see if the replicated account on log on has disappeared

Hope this helps,
Josh!

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
Why not log straight on to the machine bypassing the Welcome screen in the first place.

Do this
In command mode enter : control userpasswords2

then in the popup click the box User must enter a password to use this computer against the user you want to automatically start the computer with. I.e Uncheck it.

Then the computer will prompt you for the user and password for the user you automatically want to start the computer with.

At next W7 boot you'll get straight into the start screen. -- Job done. !!

(Note though this can be insecure if other users share this machine so once you've finished your session just LOGOUT rather than shut down -- but you would have to be the FIRST user of the machine if you didn't want other users being able to use your user account).

I use this method on a machine that has a local SAP (ERP) test system running -- the SAP software creates 3 or 4 "phantom DB users / accounts" which appear on the login screen such as the DBA - Data base administrator - for the SAP DB system -- but as I'm the only user of the machine I just use the above procedure so I get logged on straight away not having to even see these other "accounts".

Cheers
jimbo

 

[DavidE]

In the OP screen print it shows users named LOGAN and Logan.
Did you rename your account from LOGAN to Logan so it is not all uppercase?
Can you select either name and log in to Windows, or does only one of them work?

 

[Shadowjk]

In the OP screen print it shows users named LOGAN and Logan.
Did you rename your account from LOGAN to Logan so it is not all uppercase?
Can you select either name and log in to Windows, or does only one of them work?

I have a feeling that LOGAN may be the homegroupuser$ account since the '$' represents a variable. Just a thought that is all

 

[DavidE]

You could be right...
I do use HomeGroup and have 2 User accounts on this system, 1 Admin and 1 Standard.
For me homegroupuser$ is listed in netplwiz.exe, but is not displaying an additional name on the Windows Log In window.
I'm wondering if a rename from uppercase to mixed case caused an additional entry in the registry for Current Profiles...Just guessing...

 

[BattyVamp36]

Jimbo45: I don't know how to access command mode. I don't really understand what I'm supposed to do
DavidW7ncus: They both work I think they're the same I think the problem was the backup. I had a problem with the computer so I reinstalled the operating system. I restored my files from an external hard drive and soon after that this problem started happening Maybe because I had a different name in the computer when I did a backup...I don't know
Shadowjk: I don't really understand the whole Homegroup thing it's not something I really pay attention to :huh: I could try deleting the one that says homegroup

 

[Shadowjk]

If you do not wish to or do not use homegroup at all then yes please delete that account and report if the duplicated account disappears

Many Thanks,
Josh

 

[problemshredder]

first, like what shadowjk has said, the pc is using windows networking called 'home group'. let's turn off this first, just follow this guide here :
How To Disable or Enable the Homegroup Feature in Windows 7

hopefully after disabling home group, the user profile will be gone automatically. if not, you can manually delete the unneeded user profile, which is the one that doesn't belong to administrators group. if you're still unsure, just make a system restore checkpoint first or make a backup of the suspected user profile to flash drive or external hd. the profile should be located inside the folder users in the root directory of windows 7. this link is a simple and clear way of doing this :
How do I delete a user profile on a Windows 7 machine that is part of a domain? - Super User