Windows 7 login screen show only last user and "Other User" icons after profile problem.

Posted by Mike Thompson on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Mike Thompson
Published on 2010-04-04T00:56:35Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 1:03 UTC
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I recently had a profile problem with my Windows 7 PC. My original profile in the registry had ".bak" appended to it and a new profile was created. I was unable to login with the new profile. I fixed this immediate problem by logging on in safe mode. This enabled me to restore my original profile.

However, since that moment the login screen now operates differently. Instead of showing icons for all the users with accounts on the PC, it now only shows two icons. The first icon is the last user who logged on and the second icon always shows "Other User". I have tried several different solutions recommended by other people with similar problems, but none of them have fixed the problem. I think the person who started this thread has the same problem, but none of the proposed solutions helped him either.

Any help much appreciated.

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