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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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-10T13:22:06+00:00

    This happened to me after a repair install of Windows 10 1709 from an ISO file.

    I can confirm that, as suggested by G.M.P. van Dam, turning off 

    “Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart”

    under

    Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options

    will solve the issue (on a per-user basis). Good luck.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-12T18:35:32+00:00

    Go to Settings>> Accounts>> Sign-in options, set the radio button to OFF. 

    Let us know how it goes.

    It works for me. Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-22T20:40:26+00:00

    The easiest way to sign out another user without having to restart is using Task Manager. Press CTRL/ALT/DEL and open Task Manager. Go to the Users tab. Right click on the user you want to sign out and click "Sign off".

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-17T13:58:44+00:00

    This works ONLY if you are an admin user. Regular user cannot log off other users.

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