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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How to get rights of admin after I disabled all admin accounts in my computer
I accidentally disabled my admin account.
After I login to another account I found I can not get admin rights, because all admin accounts on my computer are disabled.
I clicked on 'run as ...
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How do I start Chrome using a specified "user profile"?
I use the new built-in "Users" feature of Chrome to switch between Home/Work accounts easily. However, Chrome remembers the "last" user profile you had selected when launching new windows. This is a ...
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How to set default user for manually installed WSL distro?
I have cloned a WSL distro using wsl --export and wsl --import, but now, running wsl newdistro always logs me in as root. I understand that the lxrun command is deprecated and want to avoid it. The ...
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Can two users simultaneously share one pc
It's easy to have multiple user accounts on one computer and even switch between accounts without logging off. It is also possible to have more than one display connected to a single computer.
Is it ...
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How do I change a user name in Windows 7?
I have an install of Windows 7 that I've already put a few days into. Today I realized I've made a mistake in the username and it's driving me nuts (my personal OCD).
While changing the physical ...
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How to apply group policy settings to specific local accounts in Windows
I created a limited user account and want to restrict USB and CD drive access using group policy settings. Hence I want to use gpedit.msc to enforce restrictions on the limited account and disable ...
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Windows 10 - Users already logged in at boot
Since the recent Fall Creators Update I'm facing a strange behavior while using Windows 10. My brother and I are using different accounts, both protected by password. When I turn on my PC and sign in, ...
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Disconnect Microsoft account from my local account
I was happily using local account on my Windows 8/8.1 machine. Was. Today I wanted to install some app from Windows Store. I wanted to assess some UX scenario in it. To do so I had to sign in using my ...
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Locked out of Windows 10: login no longer shows Administrator, but only an account that I never used
I downloaded and updated my Windows 7 pro to Windows 10 today. I had two user accounts in Windows 7 before update; Administrator and Ritesh. I never used Ritesh account, so over the time I even forgot ...
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mysql how to fix Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'
Before I screw up something, when I login using $ mysql -u root -p, and show databases:
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql ...
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Is "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" a user or a group?
In Windows the user System is displayed with the group symbol:
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(Using the internal Win32 API LookupAccountSid also reveals that it seems to be a group SidTypeGroup.)
On the other hand processes can ...
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Hide account from login screen but can be used in UAC
So I have a Windows 7 home machine with 2 user accounts. One is a standard user account and one is an administrator account. Now this is going to be put in the hands of a very low-tech user so I don'...
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How to hide admin account and only show main user at logon screen in Windows?
When a user boots Windows is there a way to only show a single user that then asks for a password. For example, I have an admin user and a regular user. When the computer boots I do not want the user ...
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How to create new user and set the privilege for this account on windows 8
How to create new user and set the privilege for this account on windows 8?
Since 3 of my family share the same computer, and I hope I could keep their privacy from each other.
How can I do that?
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How to add a domain user to Administrators group in Windows 10
I just reinstalled my work computer to Windows 10 Pro, created a local account, connected to our VPN, joined our domain and logged in with my domain account, no problems so far.
Since the local ...
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Samba+Windows: Allow multiple connections by different users?
I have a machine running Ubuntu with Samba that I use to share stuff with my family's Windows machines in our local network. Currently they access a share for movies/music/etc with one user.
I want ...
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Why is the guest account missing/broken in Windows 10?
In older versions of Windows and even in Windows 10 previews you could enable the built-in guest account in control panel
Control Panel\User Accounts\User Accounts\Manage Accounts
In Windows 10, ...
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Hide users from Mac OS X Snow Leopard logon screen
Somehow, I managed to set a passwd for my _postgres user on my OS instead of setting it on the postgres role I have as my superuser / root. Anyways since this, I've been struggling with that user ...
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How Do I Allow A Standard User to Install Programs?
Yes, I realize that defeats the purpose of standard user. But here is the situation. A friend of mine wants to set up time limits for his home schooled son, and his son needs to be a standard user in ...
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Can I set my Windows to boot without stop on password verification even when having a password set? [duplicate]
Is there some way to configure Windows 7 to boot up without asking for a password (on password check phase) even if I have a password set on my account?
What I wan't to do with it, is boot up ...
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Enforce user time restrictions to log out or off from Windows 7
How can I limit the time spent on the computer or force a log out from a Windows 7 machine?
I used to use Windows Steady State to limit users (kids) from being on too long but SteadyState does not ...
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Is there a way to recover my username in Kali Linux?
I forgot my username in Kali Linux and can no longer login. Is there any way to view usernames?
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How to get back-to-work with a Windows 7 PC that has no admin account?
I have a PC which doesn't have the Administrator account active and the only user account left is a Guest user. I want to get back the admin account but I don't know how to do that with a guest user.
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What is the "wheel" user in macOS/OS X?
I recently reinstalled iTunes and I noticed something peculiar.
The original version of iTunes has a user in the permissions known as wheel that is set to "Read Only".
I dragged this version ...
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Lock your computer after 5 minutes of inactivity
I know you can automatically Sleep and Hibernate your computer with a timer. But these affect running programs and stop downloads ... so I was wondering if there is a way to automatically Lock your ...
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How to copy a windows 7 user profile when changing domains [duplicate]
I need to connect my machine to a new domain soon. When I do so a new user profile will be created and I would like to copy all the settings/data from the old profile to the new one. This is a local ...
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Why is it bad to run as root?
I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. ...
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ALWAYS display the last / default user Windows 7 welcome screen
I have three user accounts on a Windows 7 machine: share, admin and standard.
I only want the standard account to appear on the welcome screen.
I know about the special accounts/user list registry ...
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How to make ssh log in as the right user?
I use ssh on a variety of machines, mainly linux. Accounts on these machines vary in naming scheme: if my name is First Last, then I have accounts: first, flast, last_f, lastf, and sometimes I need to ...
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What's the difference between a Hidden Administrator Account and normal Administrator account in Windows 10?
I'm asking this because my D-Link Dongle (datacard) app doesn't run in normal administrator account. It displays a message like: "An administrator has blocked you from running this app..."
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How to backup a user profile and restore it in Windows 7?
I want to install a fresh copy of Windows 7, and remove the old one.
How can I backup and restore my user accounts to the new installation to be as the old ones??
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Change user for automatic login
Windows-7 is configured to automatically login on boot. I want to change which user it logins to.
more details
I have 3 accounts:
Administator
administrator
no password
default for auto login
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Account not acting as an administrator correctly
My account, david, is in the Administrators group on a Windows 7 machine.
I am still having problems with programs that I should be able to use, such as SQL Server. Specifically, my account seems to ...
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List Samba users?
So yesterday evening I was pulling my hair out (figuratively -- I'm bald) for over an hour trying to figure out why smbpasswd kept rejecting my attempts to reset the password for one of my Samba users....
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How do I create an administrator user on Ubuntu?
I want to create a user having sudo powers in Ubuntu. How can I do that?
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SSH permission denied on correct password authentication
I could successfully SSH into my machine yesterday with the exact same credentials I am using today. The machine is running CentOS 6.3. But now for some reason it is giving me permission denied.
Here ...
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How can I change the user icon in Chrome Browser?
I have more than one user in Chrome Browser (chrome://settings/ Add new user) and can't find out how to specify a custom icon for each user. Chrome allow me select an icon from a list of icons set, ...
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Why is the output from `groups` different from `groups user` if Im currently logged in as user?
Im not sure why the following have different output. My understanding is that groups without specifying a user give all the groups the currently logged in user is a member of.
jacob@box:~$ groups
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How do I change the User Profile location in Windows 10?
The default location for User Profiles are C:\Users. I would like to move this location to another drive (i.e. D:\Users). I've already been able to customize the library locations, however there are ...
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Can a Linux user belong to more than one group?
Can a Linux user belong to more than one group?
If it is allowed, then one use may access files from two groups, that would be quite nice!
If not, is there any alternative way to have this function?
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How to delete a user's folder in Windows 8.1?
I have a laptop which is being given to a different employee. I added a new Administrator account and deleted the old one.
I deleted the User from the Windows 8.1 user utility thingy.
So the user is ...
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"Run as" for a .bat file
I'd like to run a .bat file as a different user to troubleshoot a rights problem which I suspect.
For normal .exe files, you can Shift-right-click to get "Run as...". However, for a .bat file, this ...
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Skip "Sign in to your Microsoft account" (Windows 8.1 Setup) [duplicate]
I have an RT tablet and updated it to Windows 8.1. The update basically performs the new PC setup.
I can't get past the "Sign into your Microsoft Account". Clicking "Next" does not allow me to ...
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Using a custom keyboard layout without being administrator in Windows
I am used to typing in the "Programmer Dvorak" keyboard layout. To be able to install it, you need administrative rights, making it impossible for me to use it at school. My school runs an XP-...
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Can't run File Explorer as different user
Following on from this question about opening file explorer as a different user, I've tried navigating to C:\Windows, shift+right-clicking explorer.exe and clicking "Run as different user". ...
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What gets synced across computers using the same Windows Live ID?
When using the same Microsoft Account login on different Windows 8 machines, do any apps, settings or files get synced by default?
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Is it okay to use an administrator account for everyday use if UAC is on?
Since I switched to Windows 7 about 3 years ago, and now using Windows 8.1, I have become familiar with the concept of User Account Control and used my PC the following way: a standard account which I ...
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Moving users folder on Windows Vista to another partition - bad idea?
I am aware of two questions - one here and one on serverfault which ask HOW to do this. I even provided answers myself, having done it a few months back.
But now I'm having second thoughts.
My plan ...
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Cannot Create User Account Named 'Con' Under Windows 7
I'm unable to create an account named 'con' in Windows 7. I can create the account but each time I login, I see a notification that I'm working under a temporary profile and my files are wiped off ...
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Is it possible to have two Win 10 user accounts running simultaneously, with one used locally and one used via RDP?
I need to allow someone to remotely connect to my windows 10 computer, and am wondering if this is possible:
I have two user accounts right now on my computer, one for me to work on and one for my ...