Wed, May 27, 2026
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Can't Sign In to a Local Account on an Entra ID-Joined PC — Fix It by Prefixing the Username with ".\"
#windows#entra-id#local-account#troubleshooting
I set up a loaner Windows 11 PC with Entra ID Join and created a local account, user01, for the trainee. When I tried to sign in as user01, the password was correct but it would not log in. Here is the cause, and why prefixing the username with '.\' fixes it in one step.
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