Fix Windows Errors with a New User Account: A Simple Solution

The Unexpected Fix: How a New User Account Saved My Windows

I still remember the day my friend frantically called me, saying his laptop was driving him crazy! The Windows start screen looked like a scattered mess, and the cursor seemed to have a mind of its own. He'd tried everything, but nothing worked. That's when I suggested creating a new user account - a trick I'd learned from experience.

As we delved deeper, I realized his account was corrupted, causing the chaos. I explained to him that creating a new account would give us a clean slate, allowing us to isolate the issue. We opened the User Accounts in Control Panel and created a new administrator account.

Once the new account was set up, we restarted the laptop and logged in to the fresh account. To our surprise, everything worked smoothly! But here's the amazing part: when we logged back into the erroneous account, it had been repaired to its original state! All the issues vanished, and Windows worked like new.

This experience taught me the power of creating a new user account. It's a simple yet effective solution that can fix corrupted profiles, permission issues, registry errors, app conflicts, and Windows Store problems. So, the next time you face Windows errors, try creating a new account before resorting to more drastic measures.

How to Create a New Local User Account

To create a new user account follow the below given steps:

1. Open Control Panel and type "Control" and hit enter.

2. Now select "User Account".

3. Again click "user Accounts".

4. Click "Add a new user in PC settings.

5.  Now click Add someone els to this PC.

6.  Select I don't have users's sign in information

7.   Enter The User Name, Password, Select a question and give an ansewer to all question.

8.   Now Select the New User that you have created and click on manage type of account if you want to change the type. 

9. after cliking change account type then select between "administrator" and Standard and press ok. However both are ok for error solving and you may skip it and follow the next.

10. Press Alt + F4 and select "Switch user" and press ok  to switch the new created account to take effect.

11. When the login screen displayed select New User, Enter Password and hit enter or the arro next to Password box.

12. After completion of auto process, Make selection for the services and terms and condition and click accept.

13. If you want to keep using the new user account then keep it otherwise press Alt+F4 and this time select sign out to delete the new user account. 

14. Login to old account and reach out User Account in control panel again.

15. After click user Account now click remove user Accounts.

16. Click the New User Account.

17. Click Delete Account given at the left of New User Account.

18. Select "Delete Files" if you don not want to keep the data of the New user Account or select "Keep Files" if want to keep the data of the account. 

19. Click delete again for confirmation and the windows will delete the new user account. The Same deletion procedure can also be applied for any accoun whether it is new or old. Here is a step by step procedure in a series of screenshots.

Remember, this trick won't fix hardware issues, system file errors, driver problems, boot troubles, or Windows installation corruption. But for software-related issues, it's definitely worth a shot!

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