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Win 8.1 does not remember last user after reboot - [Solved]
JohnCoool:
Tweaking.com is certainly a unique forum. I have joined many forums and I rarely get support. But not here. You are strangely dedicated to doing this I have never seen anything like it on other Windows support forums, not ever on Microsoft. I am wondering if it is your job or just your hobby.
I can see that you have over 9k posts on here which is a lot. So I can understand why you are pushy and relentless and kind of robotic. You don't really have time to waste on small things.
But that is me. I like to take hours doing each thing for skills sharpening and what not. Each thing that I do wrong is a new chance to learn something new for future reference. So I need to make mistakes... But then I will try to never do them again...
A perfectionist does not mean a person does not make mistakes. It means that he tries to do a perfect job.
Nothing is damaged. The machine has no known errors and I need to make mistakes to learn. Most people just stick the disk in and repair or reinstall everything but I delay that as much as possible to learn more. The reason I am trying to fix something I don't even need or even though there are no errors is because I am a perfection. Otherwise I can just carry on.
Over the past week, I learned so much from your tips and that is of good value to me and will always server and very grateful for it. Maybe I will do a repair and learn something new... For me it is just a new great thing to learn.
I only found a brief post about booting into Win media and going to the repair Menu. I did that be fore the last post and I only saw two options... One is to refresh and one is to reset. The same like what I get in mine.
I also requested for a video about the subject if you know one.
Perfection is not easy. That is my statement :)
JohnCoool:
I also want to thank you for the time spent on this.
I do think that you should take a step back when giving tips and allow for a margin of error.
Boggin:
Thank you for what you have said and I'm glad you say you have learned from my tips.
In some instances it is also a learning curve for me.
For me this is just a hobby as I like to help people where I can.
For the repair install, if you go back to the link I posted on that, you will see pics of what you can expect to see during the process, so you don't need a video.
Most people who post on here with problems just want their machines fixed as soon as possible, which is why I always try to go for the most direct route.
As with you, things were more difficult because of the modifications you had made to your system which had caused other problems.
As this became apparent, I realized that the easiest course would be a repair install to overwrite the mods you had made.
This may be the only course of action that will resolve the residue of problems you still have.
JohnCoool:
So I am correct, it is done like an upgrade from within Windows...
However, in the screen shot it requires the key before even starting it.
So I am not sure if it can be done as I don't have a copy of it. I think it was on the screen when I started the system the 1st time in 2015.
I saw this in the thread The product key should have been embedded in the BIOS/UEFI firmware and entered automatically during installation. Time will tell as more people report their results.
I gave it a quick run to see if it will ask for it and it did not. It did some checking and then went to Install. So it might have picked up the key. I am not sure.
But I am worried about this.
I know that there is a way to backup the product key from windows files. I never did it but I will try it if I can find the method.
JohnCoool:
The above is mentioned for pre-installed OEM systems.
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