Windows 10 - Shutdown, but user stays logged in

Anonymous
2017-10-26T11:43:26+00:00

When I shutdown Windows 10, (latest version, fully patched up to date 25-Oct-2017), I find that it shuts down without issue. However, when the PC is restarted, the last logged in user (who initiated the shut down) is still logged in. 

I noticed this when I shutdown as User 1, then restarted the PC and logged in as User 2. When viewing the 'profiles' button at the top of the Start Menu, (which shows your user picture), it showed me that User 1 was still logged in. Furthermore, when I went to shut the computer down as User 2, it warned me that other users were logged in to this computer. I had to log out as User 2 and login as User 1 to shut down the computer. 

The only way around this is to log out and then shut the PC down from the main login screen. All my users have complex passwords assigned and in all other aspects Windows 10 appears to be working correctly. 

I assume this is a feature, but is there a switch or a registry hack that allows the shut down process to log off the current user, like Windows 7 used to?

Please can someone advise? 

Many thanks 

Paul B.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-26T17:25:08+00:00

    I completely agree!

    A lot of these new features may 'help' a few or even many users, but often result in severe collateral damage in some cases.

    The fact that they are turned on by default and more pertinently the inability to turn them off is greatly increasing my frustration with an OS that is becoming bloated, inept and out of touch with its users.  It's becoming more and more about serving Microsoft's needs instead of serving the users' needs.

    Moreover, there are so many niggling issues in Windows 10 that really deserve some real  attention and that are not addressed at all it's becoming a joke:

    • latency in explorer (even with SSD's).
    • unwanted 'features' in explorer that cannot be removed (OneDrive, quickAcces).
    • confusing explorer 'library concept' in 2-3 flavors ...
    • icons that keep moving around.
    • poor support for multiple displays and high density displays.
    • confusing settings UI (keep clicking and the old control panel may even popup again ....)
    • privacy issues, unwanted telemetry,
    • forced update issues resulting in bricked PC's (the last shop I went to was using pen and paper because their PC was doing a forced update even after having refused the update)
    • glitches in the taskbar (mine becomes transparent when a display goes to sleep)
    • and on and on ...

    Ah well, end rant ....

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-26T20:58:22+00:00

    I would turn Fast Startup back on, then, probably. But what about the other possibilities I posted on page 2 of this thread - the Sign-in Options setting & the DOS shutdown?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-27T10:32:45+00:00

    Hi,

    I am aware of this, but these are not lies:

    • yes, you can uninstall OneDrive, but the entry in explorer remains and cannot be removed, taking up valuable screen estate. That is clearly a blatant oversight!
    • similarly for Quickacces, you can turn it off, but you need to modify the registry to remove it completely from explorer. Besides being very user-unfriendly, this also caused problems for non-adminstration users on my computers, with explorer not starting up properly anymore.

    I think this again proves the point made in this thread!

    Yves

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-27T12:16:01+00:00

    Epic fail because there isn't an option to select another account for the login screen. The switch user account option is disabled in that only one user can login at a time. 

    So with the system not login out the previous user, the system is locked to the user account that is logged in with no option to log another user account in (including the admin user). So yes Epic fail.

    Can't believe there's isn't a way to force sign out someone. 

    How is this an "epic fail"?

    When you start your computer (assuming you are using your Microsoft Account) the screen will offer you a choice of sign in options (accounts) and you sign in with your own account info and password/pin/whatever.

    Yes, that will sign out anyone else who may have been logged on previously and they would (possibly) lose unsaved work. But, unless they are unbelievably thick they would have saved their work before shutting down the computer anyway so, really, any such risk is negligible.

    The same is true for local accounts. Just go ahead and sign in with YOUR password and account info.

    And when you're ready to sign out say "Hey, Cortana, sign out."

    You can also tell her to shut your device off or lock it if you're going to be away for a bit.

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