Questions tagged [user-accounts]
Usually a personal account on a computer system that allows access to a system's (advanced) functions.
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Rename User Account on Windows 10
I got a Windows 10 machine at work which was used by UserA who is not working any more with us.
To avoid having to go through setups, installations, etc, I want to rename the existing account to ...
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Problem after moving users folder on Windows 7
I've just tried to move my users folder to another drive on 64-Bit Windows 7 Ultimate. However, I can no longer log in as I get the error message: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User ...
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Are there no default user pictures to choose from in Windows 8?
I am customizing my Windows 8 installation and when I went to change the picture of the user accounts I saw there were nothing to choose from besides images you may already have or photos you can take....
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Completely remove user account and create another with same name in Windows 7
Here's my question simply and then the details in case they help to get me an appropriate answer.
Question: How can I completely and permanently delete a user account in Windows 7 so that I can ...
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Weird linux problem: user is in www-data group in /etc/groups but groups command doesn't show him
I've come into something strange.
I just added a user to the www-data group, the user appears in both /etc/group and /etc/group-, however when I use the groups or id commands the group isn't listed; ...
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Can 'Switch User' in Windows 7 work with Active Directory?
In Windows 7 you can 'Switch User' to anyone who's been configured locally on the machine.
Can this be extended to allow someone to switch to a user defined in Active Directory (the same directory ...
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Account folder moved to "Administrator.000"?
Before the Anniversary Update (which I only installed recently), Win 10 Pro 64 had one main account (mine) :
Its name was Administrator (it was the built-in admin account)
Its full name was different ...
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force user logoff script for Windows 7
Is there any way to force another user to logoff via command line in Windows 7 Home Premium?
My work VPN policy requires that there be only 1 user logged in, to log the other users off I have to run ...
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Windows 7 x64 %userprofile% and %username% are wrong
2 days ago my PC was fine, no issues. I turned my password off so I could send my PC in to my dad's office so he could plug it in and I could download stuff remotely from my phone (the office has a ...
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Run interactive task even if user is not logged on Windows
I have an application which automates my everyday task of logging into some website and doing repetetive actions. This app starts as a scheduled task everyday at 7.30am.
The problem arises when I ...
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Remove password of user on OSX
As much as I would like to figure out the problem, at this point too much time has been invested in deleting a stupid key when I already had a solution (the command line creation) that works. I'm ...
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How can I delete a Mac OS X Snow Leopard user account from Command Line?
I need to create a script to delete Mac OS X users automatically from command line, not from GUI, just in Terminal, but I haven't found how to do it in Snow Leopard.
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Cannot login to Kali Linux
I just created a Kali 1.0.6 live USB using a tool called "Mac Linux USB Loader" and everything seems fine up until the point where you are supposed to login.
At the login screen I'm greeted with the ...
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How to change users picture in windows 10 of others users being administrator
I know how to change my own user.
I want to know how to change the users picture without having to have to login into each account.
I have Windows 10.
My question is not answered in Windows 7 in ...
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always run programs as administrator in Windows 10
The title is a bit misleading, but I cannot think of a better one. See the following example to explain what I want:
Under Windows 7, the current User I am using is a "Computer Administrator" account....
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Is there any way to change the password of the current user account using the command line?
Are there any commands for the Windows command line which allows you to change the password of the account? What about without using the current password?
(I saw a video about it once and it worked ...
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Is there a way to give NTFS file permissions to users from other Windows installations?
I am trying to set file permissions so users from two Windows installations can access certain files from a shared NTFS hard disk, withouth resorting to give "Everyone" permissions.
From within an ...
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Auto Relogon after remote access by admin
I see this article about auto login when joined to a domain. How do I enable Automatic Logon in Windows 7 when I'm on a domain?
I have a similar scenario. But there is an occasion when a user may ...
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Clear history of usernames in Skype [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove username suggest function in Skype 4.2, Windows Vista?
I'm looking for a way to clear the login name history on my Skype (Windows 7).
I don't know where it is hidden. ...
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Windows user just for one thing
Is there a way to create a Windows user that all he can do is open one program? I give one of my computers to someone for a specific purpose only and I can't watch if he's using other things or ...
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Old user still there in OOBE after sysprep and deleting it
I want to sysprep a computer before giving it as a gift. I want this since I want it to keep all the drivers already installed and everything. However, if I sysprep it using Administrator account and ...
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Clone Windows User Settings
I have a windows 10 user and I need to create another user with the exact same permissions and setup. Is it possible to clone a windows user and their settings? I have the password to the original ...
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Locked out of Admin Account
I created an admin account in windows 7. Did the "Special Accounts" registry edit to hide the admin account. Changed the current logged in user to a standard account and restarted the computer. The ...
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How do you run windows explorer as a different user?
I can't believe this question wasn't already asked. I came across the answer when asking a slightly different question.
Lets say I am logged in as user Bob and I open up a command prompt via the ...
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quick way to adduser and userdel in multiple machines
Currently I just go to each of our servers to type
adduser <username> --firstuid 1101 --gid 1001 --disabled-password
to add a user. Is there a quicker way to do so on all servers at the ...
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Restrict access for users on Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to apply group policy settings to specific local accounts in Windows
The internet cafe where I've just started working has just received some new Windows 7 computers. We ...
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User-account missing from "Manage Accounts" in windows-7 64bit
I recently installed windows-7 home premium 64-bit on my computer. I had two accounts on it. One admin account and one account of the type "homeuser" (I think it was).
This morning when started the ...
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Is there a way to change windows local account profile to a domain account profile? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Migrate desktop user to domain user
I have a user who has been using her local windows xp user profile. Now with Active Directory implementation, I want to have the same ...
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How do I "clone" a user account, i.e create an account using another account as default settings in Windows
Is there a way to create a new user account in Windows (Server 2008 R2 we are using, but Windows 7 would be much the same I'm sure) using another one for default settings? I.e. let's say I have an ...
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How do I copy a user profile when changing domains?
I am going to be joining my computer to a different domain than the one it is on right now.
How can I copy my current user profile and preferences to the new user profile that will be created when I ...
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Can I move Windows 7 C:\Users more easily using 2 installs of Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Moving users folder on Windows Vista/Seven to another partition
I am trying to move my Windows 7 C:\Users folder off of my 64GB SSD onto another drive (A partition on an hard ...
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Win 10 Login Accounts Without Password
So I upgraded my parents computer to Win 10 which went well, however I want both accounts to not have passwords, and just boot to a account selection screen so they can just select which one they want ...
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Replicating user accounts on multiple windows 10 laptops
We use multiple identical laptops to introduce new students to Windows 10. It is helpful to have user accounts on all class computers that are identical. Is there a simple way to configure one system ...
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What's happened to my Windows 7 account?
As we all know, Microsoft released a bundle of updates on Patch Tuesday yesterday. I dutifully told Windows Update to install and I went to bed. This evening, when I finally got back on my computer, ...
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How can I create a shared workgroup account for a Windows 8 Online account?
I have a number of machines ranging from a Windows Server 2003 based Home Server, a couple of Windows 7 machines and now a Windows 8 Surface.
I'd like to be able to seamlessly access my media library ...
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How to avoid the login screen when returning from standby?
When my computer comes out of standby mode. It still ask me which user I am. Still, I'm the only user. So this seems a bit useless.
How can I prevent this extra click? Standby settings don't seem to ...
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how to mass change chrome custom search engines
Background
I use chrome custom search engines very often (i wrote a post about how to copy search engines from one profile to another here).
Problem
I recently switched from github to gitlab, and ...
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Administrator account in Windows Vista
I have a Windows Vista (Home Premium) machine with a unique user for which the owner forgot the password. I have physical access to the machine.
I gave a try with the Ophcrack Live CD, but it couldn'...
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Logging in to Windows 7 with one specific user account is very slow. Why?
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) and I have created 3 user accounts, two regular users and one administrator.
When logging in as the administrator or as one of the user accounts I get to ...
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How can I duplicate a user account in Windows 7?
How can I create a duplicate user account in Windows 7?
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My account will not allow Windows Help to come up (apparently corrupted), but the Administrator account's help works fine.
Also, when I ...
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Easy way to restrict permissions in an elementary school computer lab?
I'm putting together an elementary school computer lab. I have nine Windows XP Pro machines that are not networked and do not have internet access (no money to do either).
I've created separate ...
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Disable Use the Welcome Screen in Windows 8
In Windows 8, I want users to type his/her name and password instead of clicking on a user name and typing password. It is similar to disabling "Use the Welcome Screen" in Windows XP. Is it possible ?
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Enable Access to Programs in Guest Account in Windows 7
I have a default administrator account with Open Office installed. I've recently enabled the Guest-Account for others to use. Open Office isn't available in the Guest-Account. How can I grant access ...
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How to choose user account when multiple user accounts are used by the same person, so the same biometrics (fingerprint, face)?
I want to use windows hello, but due to constrains related to corporate policies, I must have a separate administrator account. This means that I normally use and log in to the standard user and ...
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Creating limited user account on Windows 7
I'm sharing my PC (Win 7 x64 Home Premium) with a friend, and I wanna create a guest user for her. I don't want her to reach my files, Windows settings, program adjustments etc. She should just surf ...
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How to allow VB scripts to run on an admin account
I'm encountering an issue with the VBscripts while I try to run them. I'm working on Windows 8.1 update 1 Enterprise, connected to an Enterprise domain, and I'm logged with a domain account. This ...
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NGINX, FastCGI PHP with FTP Access, How to setup users/permissions?
I have been playing around with Ubuntu, NGINX, PHP, etc. recently.
I want to be able to setup FTP and user(s) ... the problem I am having is that FastCGI PHP runs under www-data (user) but when ...
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Unable to add myself to any ACL while using Azure AD
When I received a new laptop at the beginning of the week, the initial setup walked me through gaining access to my workplace's domain using my work email address, which is also associated with my ...
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"Slave" user accounts in GNU/Linux
How to make one user account to be like root for some other user account, e.g. to be able to read, write, chmod all it's files, chown from this account to master and back, kill/ptrace all it's ...
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Share Application Program for All Users on Windows 10
Just setup a Windows 10 Laptop, I have one base account which is administrator and 2 user accounts to be used by two other users.
I installed an application ( Scratch Desktop ) from base user account ...
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