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Windows 11 duplicated accounts issue

Hello there,

First of all, I have read some other articles and even though the issue is the same, I cannot found in Settings -> Accounts -> Other accounts no accounts at all.

My issue is that neither searching for "netplwiz" I can't reset any passwords or edit the admin account, even though I'm the admin.

Any suggestions here? You can see the screenshot as well.

Thank you.

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Hi Tiberiu, This is Ramesh.

Where do you see the duplicate account? Does it help if you enable the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" checkbox in Netplwiz.exe?
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Hi Ramesh,

I am seeing the 2 identical accounts at Windows restart. I cannot change anything when accessing Netplwiz.exe, but only the password in the Task Manager I think.

The only thing I want is to remove the duplicated account which it seems I can't find anywhere.

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Hi,

Do you see a "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" checkbox in Netplwiz.exe?
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Sadly no, you can see the screenshot attached.

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Any other suggestions?

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Thanks for the info.

Please download Autologon from Microsoft
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/...

Run the tool.

Click "Disable".

Restart Windows.

Does that fix the duplicate user issue?
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This is one of the nicest tips ever received, now the 2nd account was removed.

Thanks and all the best!

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Last updated April 17, 2025 Views 47 Applies to: