Sometimes, when we update our Windows 10 operating system, not everything goes as planned and problems or problems begin to appear. One of the most common problems is the inability to log into your user account after upgrading from Windows 10.
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This problem is usually seen when after entering our username and password, the Windows 10 login process begins indefinitely but without finally accessing your account. In this post, what we will precisely address is this error so that you do not have problems logging into your Windows 10 account after logging in.
First of all, you should not worry because in principle, you will be able to log in after completing several steps that we address in this tutorial. What’s more, sometimes the inability to log in in a large number of cases is due to the fact that after the Windows 10 update, the operating system still has to make a series of changes.
After making these changes, the login screen for your account will be displayed again and you will be able to access it again after entering your password.
Having said this, below we show you step by step how to solve the error that prevents you from logging into your Windows 10 user account after an update:
1) Start Windows 10 in safe mode or advanced startup options
When you have the operating system configured to automatically log into Windows 10 after performing the Update, it may be the cause of the error.
When we update Windows 10, they are done in 3 phases: Prepare for the update, Update and Finish the update. This last phase is carried out during the startup of the operating system after the update. It is precisely here that the problem occurs as the login may be hampered by the completion of the update.
In this case we can choose to deactivate the automatic login after the update, starting in Safe mode or using the Advanced Start option, to continue deactivating the automatic login.
This will allow you to complete the update process without any interruption.
After deactivating the automatic login, the update completion process will be done without a switch and then you can log in without problem and even re-enable automatic login. the update process without any interruption.
– Login in safe mode in Windows 10
– Once inside, you will have to go to: Settings> Accounts> Login Options.
– Here you will have to deactivate the function that says: Use my login information to finish configuring my device automatically after restarting or updating it.
– Finally restart your computer, wait for the update to complete.
2) Uninstall the recent Windows update
Start Windows 10 in Safe Mode with an administrator account.
Go to Settings> Update & security> View update history
Click on the link that says: Uninstall updates
In this screen you will have to click with the right button of the mouse on the most recent update.
Line followed in the contextual menu you will have to proceed to uninstall said update.
Restart your computer and check if you can log into your Windows 10 user account.
3) Hide the problematic update
Once you can log in, you can choose to use the Show or Hide Updates tool.
Hiding updates not only means that they will be removed from the list, but it will also prevent the operating system from trying to reinstall the update automatically.
Download the free and official Microsoft tool: show or hide windows 10 update
As if that weren’t enough, as you can see, thanks to this tool you can even remove specific functions from a Windows 10 update.
4) Repair Windows 10 using the media creation tool
The last option is to repair Windows 10 using the Media Creation Tools.
If you don’t know how to do this, we recommend reading the following tutorial: How to troubleshoot Windows 10 from startup with a bootable USB
After verification, it will begin to diagnose the computer and resolve any boot-related problems. Once the problem is resolved, your computer will restart normally and you will now be able to log in without a problem.
This process will not delete or remove any personal files from your user account, so you don’t have to worry about it.
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