Go to Start Menu, type in ‘ netplwiz’ and open it up. We will use this utility to disable the autologon attempt of HomeGroupUser$ account. Netplwiz is a built-in utility in Windows that lets you remove, add users, enable autologon etc. Note: The accounts with the downward pointing arrow mean they are disabled. In the Properties window, click the ‘ Account is disabled’ box. Right click on ‘ HomeGroupUser$’ and click Properties. In the middle pane, you’ll see all the accounts on your system. Once the Local Users and Groups window pops up, click on the Users folder. Hence, to remove the HomeGroupUser$ account from the login screen, you’ll have to disable it in Local Users and Groups utility. This utility shows you all the accounts that are present in your system hidden and unhidden both. Locate HomeGroupUser$ and type in the following (for the sake of the article we’ll be using the account ‘Example’): net user HomeGroupUser$ /active:no Command Prompt – net user Method 2: Using the Local Users and GroupsĪnother way of disabling the account would be to use the Local Users and Groups utility. This command will show you the list of the current accounts on your system. Once it loads up, type the following command:ģ. Press Winkey + X and open ‘ Command Prompt (Admin)’ from the list. This will require an elevated command prompt so make sure you’re logged in as an administrator. 
To start off, you can disable the account from the Login screen using the command prompt. Now, let us get into the methods of removing the account: – Method 1: Using the Command Prompt If you’ve made changes to your system prior to the appearance of the account, that could’ve been the required kick. If your user accounts have been corrupted due to some recent update, malware etc. The main cause of this error is user account corruption.
Windows Homegroup user account corruption.
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