Here's something really silly. Thing is, I have 2 accounts on my home desktop one for me (admin) and the other for my wife (standard user/non admin account).
Strange thing is that after a few days my wife's account (or any other account even if I create a new one) doesn't appear on the logon screen. There's neither a 'back' arrow, nor does her ID show in switch user. The screen only shows my user ID.
I checked the profile in the C:\Users directory, in Control Panel --> Users. All seems to be perfectly ok except she cannot login coz the screen doesn't display her ID.
Now Win8 Pro has been really getting me annoyed. This is the 2nd time Win8 has done this while Win7 ran without a single issue for years.
The 1st time Win8 went wonky I got around it by restoring my C drive from a backup image. But this time around all my backup images probably have the same messed up Windows backed up so restoring one of them won't solve the problem.
Can someone help?
Cheers!
Viv
Strange thing is that after a few days my wife's account (or any other account even if I create a new one) doesn't appear on the logon screen. There's neither a 'back' arrow, nor does her ID show in switch user. The screen only shows my user ID.
I checked the profile in the C:\Users directory, in Control Panel --> Users. All seems to be perfectly ok except she cannot login coz the screen doesn't display her ID.
Now Win8 Pro has been really getting me annoyed. This is the 2nd time Win8 has done this while Win7 ran without a single issue for years.
The 1st time Win8 went wonky I got around it by restoring my C drive from a backup image. But this time around all my backup images probably have the same messed up Windows backed up so restoring one of them won't solve the problem.
Can someone help?
Cheers!
Viv
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3970x
- Motherboard
- Asus Rampage IV Extreme
- Memory
- GSkill RipjawsZ 1600 MHz 32GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus-Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
- Sound Card
- Asus Xonar Essence STX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Viewsonic VP2365W 23" LCD professional monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 (HD)
- Hard Drives
- Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD x 1
WD Caviar Black 2TB x 3
WD Velociraptor 300GB x 1
- PSU
- Corsair AX1200i
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 900D
- Cooling
- Corsair H100i liquid cooler
- Keyboard
- Logitech K800
- Mouse
- Logitech Performance MX
- Browser
- IE11/Chrome/Firefox
- Antivirus
- NIS 2014