New user doesn't work!

I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.

What now?

Juan Wei wrote:
I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.

What now?


Can you switch to that user from inside another Windows account?
If not then something has gone drastically amiss with the creation.
Otherwise it might be repairable from Control Panel.

Ed

"Juan Wei" wrote in message ...

I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.
+1 (to Wolf K's comment)

The 'home directory' is created/finalized after the new users logs on to
Windows.

Remove the account:
- Logon with the initial Windows 8 created admin account, remove the
secondary recently created 'new user' account, agree to the prompt to remove
it, once done shutdown/restart, logon with the same admin account and create
a new user account as an admin account ensure you assign it a password (and
remember the password)

Logoff of the admin account, sign on with the new user account.
- when you sign in with the new user account the balance of the account and
folder structure will be created. Do not interrupt the process.

If you wish to change the new user account from an admin to a standard
account do so with the admin account that created the new user account.

Note:
There are two types of user accounts on Windows 8
Admin and Standard
- upon first use of Win8 the first account created is an admin account.
Win8 does this since only an admin account can create another account (admin
or standard). While not necessary, it is best to use the first admin
account to create all subsequent accounts.

A user account has two options
- Microsoft account or Local account
A MSFT account is necessary to access the Windows 8 MSFT Store (and also to
obtain the Win8.1 update later this month).
- i.e. at least one account (preferably the initial Win8 created) on Win8
should be a MSFT account.

....w

Ed Cryer has written on 10/1/2013 8:25 AM:
Juan Wei wrote:
I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.

What now?


Can you switch to that user from inside another Windows account?

If I press the back arrow on the login page of the main user, I get a
window with three accounts: main, new and guest.

If not then something has gone drastically amiss with the creation.
Otherwise it might be repairable from Control Panel.

How?

Wolf K has written on 9/30/2013 11:15 PM:
On 2013-09-30 11:01 PM, Juan Wei wrote:
I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.

What now?

Remove that user, and create another one. Make sure you remember the
password.

-
That worked, Wonder what went wrong with the first try? Oh, well.

Juan Wei wrote:
Ed Cryer has written on 10/1/2013 8:25 AM:
Juan Wei wrote:
I created a new user via Control Panel. I cannot log in as that user and
she has no home directory.

What now?


Can you switch to that user from inside another Windows account?

If I press the back arrow on the login page of the main user, I get a
window with three accounts: main, new and guest.

If not then something has gone drastically amiss with the creation.
Otherwise it might be repairable from Control Panel.

How?


Glad you got it working. Was the original there to be deleted? It sounds
as if it wasn't.
For one that does exist go to User Accounts, change user account.

Ed