A. Accessing Safe Mode

1

Shift Key + Restart

Press and hold the 'Shift' key, and then 'Restart' the system.

Screenshot of the power menu with Restart highlighted.

Press Shift and click Restart.

2

Follow these steps

> From the "Choose an option" screen, click on the 'Troubleshoot' option.

> the Troubleshoot screen, click on 'Advanced options'.

> the Advanced options screen, click on 'Startup Settings' (Change Windows startup behavior).

> the Startup Settings screen, click the 'Restart' button.

> After the system restarts, press the number '4' key to Enable Safe Mode.

Screenshot of the 'Choose an option' screen with Troubleshoot highlighted.

Steps to follow

B. Registry Fix and Final Restart

3

Log in

Now enter the password to log in to the system in Safe Mode.

Screenshot of the Windows 10 login screen for a user named Hitesh Kumar.

Enter the password.

4

Open Registry Editor

Go to 'Run' by pressing the 'Windows Key + R'. In the dialog box, type 'regedit' and click 'OK'.

Screenshot of the Run dialog with 'regedit' entered and 'This task will be created with administrative privileges' visible.

Type regedit and click OK.

5

Navigate to Credential Providers Path

In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\Credential Providers
Screenshot of the Registry Editor showing the path to Credential Providers.

Navigate to the Credential Providers registry path.

6

Modify EnforceSingleLogon Value and Restart

Search for the subkey {B12744B8-5BB7-463a-B85E-BB7627E73002} under `Credential Providers`.

Inside this subkey, find the value name 'EnforceSingleLogon' on the right side. Set its value from '1' to '0' and then restart the system.