When using Windows 10, the user account managed by your PC is set as the default user. This automatically takes into place as you start your Windows 10 PC. While this is normal, many times you may set up a separate user profile and for some reason, your PC now, starts up with this new profile automatically.
This can be annoying since, you did not want it to be the default user account at the 1st place. And, you now want to change the default user at startup in your Windows 10 PC to the original one. Alternatively, you may also want to change your system to boot with your Local account instead of Admin account.
The good thing is, it can be done pretty easily. Let’s see how to change the default user at startup in Windows 10.
Solution: Through Control Panel
Step 1: Navigate to the Start button on your desktop and in the search box, type Control Panel.
Step 2: Now, left-click on the result to open the Control Panel.
Step 3: In the Control Panel window, go to View by on the upper right and set it to Large icons (select from the drop-down).
Now, scroll down and find User Accounts. Click to open.
Step 4: In the User Accounts window, go to Manage another account option on the right and left-click to open it.
Step 5: Now, in the Manage Accounts window, select the Local Account you want to be the default user on Windows startup.
That’s all. You have successfully changed the default user account on startup in your Windows 10 PC to the Local Account. Similarly, you can change it back to the Administrator account when you feel the need.
However, you must remember that when signing in with a local account, you won’t see the personalized settings you had in the Microsoft account.
Sean Andre says
Thanks for the info, but I still have problem 🙂
I don’t see any additional account on my Windows 10 Manage Accounts or on My Settings/Users and accounts, but when I start my computer on my Log in page i have two accounts and very often my computer try to log in on this strange account that don’t exist on my computer??!!
How to remove that??
Thanks for your help 🙂
Sean
Crystal says
I do not have an account like that one you showed above. I have default and public only in the list view of the users in windows explorer. I use on local account Admin and one Microsoft Account, but I don’t know where the heck the Default came from. It does not show as a choice to login, but I am having trouble getting a program to work properly and I wonder if that default account is causing the problems. Can I delete it from the Windows explorer list? There is really not much in it.