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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linux remembers passwords of deleted accounts
When an account is deleted the line in /etc/security/opasswd for that account is not deleted. Intermittently, we are unable to re-create that account with error "password has been used".
Why is 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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How to mount remote samba share from local host with multiple groups?
I am using mount.cifs to mount a remote samba share (both client and server are Ubuntu server 8.04) like this:
mount.cifs //sambaserver/samba /mountpath -o credentials=/path/.credentials,uid=someuser,...
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Logon box not appearing after pressing a key or Ctrl-Alt-Del to log in
"This is not a "bluescreen" (BSOD), it's a "blue screen"."
I (which also means people at the company) have a problem that seems to have persisted through the years of ...
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How to set up user account from terminal in M1 Mac Big sur?
I am trying to set up a user account on a new M1 MacBook pro, in the terminal in recovery mode.
I use the following commands:
dscl . -create /Users/luser
dscl . -create /Users/luser UserShell /bin/...
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Office365 Users SSO for Atlassian and Slack
So we're currently using Office365 and we have just started to use the Atlassian product range and Slack. I want to try and have a central place for all my users and add / remove staff as when ...
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Being prompted to convert local account to a Microsoft account -- how to stop this?
I had to switch my Micrsoft account back to a local user account due to issues with offline file sharing. When I had switched back to a local user account, every time I click on the start menu I get ...
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Cannot access certain websites
I'm using windows 8.1 and all of a sudden, I cannot access certain websites (like facebook, youtube) under my own user account. But I can access google or yahoo. It's the same either I use IE or ...
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Show application on second screen even when logged off
I have second screen attached to my computer and I would like to use the screen to be showing something permanently. Actually I want just one special application to be running there in full screen. ...
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How to share a bookmark folder between two google chrome profiles
Use case: Google Chrome I have a work profile and a home profile, and both are synced with google's mothership.
The problem is, sometimes I want to bookmark something while I am using the first ...
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How to create limited user accounts in Linux
I want to create a user account for each of the key programs installed on my debian server. For example, for the following programs:
Tomcat
Nginx
Supervisor
PostgreSQL
This seems to be recommended ...
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Executing Commands at Cmd Prompt Result in "Access Denied"
I am running Windows 7.
Whenever I try to run commands like 'ping', 'ipconfig', 'taskkill', 'tasklist', etc from the command line I get an "Access is denied" message.
I checked the "Advanced ...
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Where are Windows 10 default user credentials for network logins stored?
When I try to access any file server in my network for the first time, Windows is always trying to connect automatically with a wrong username:
Please don't mind that the screenshots are in German. ...
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User's folder missing in Windows 10
When I turn on my computer, I receive error:
We can't sign into your account
I Logged in with the temporary account and can still open my user's files within C:\Users\Admin\Desktop. I followed Option ...
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Windows AD event to detect new administrator user
I would like to know which event ID can be monitored in order to check if an existing user or a new one become administrator.
I search for 4720 and 4738 event IDs but the information displayed in the ...
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unix user account start and end dates
Where I used to work the operating system was Solaris, and I found that in addition to the standard utility functions for looking up information about UNIX user IDs and group names such as getpwuid, ...
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When 2 users are logged in simultaneously in Windows 10, is it possible for the audio from both to play, like in Windows 7?
I keep my personal Windows account and apps separate from my work account. I'm usually logged into both at once, and just switch with Win+L.
I'd like to get the "message received" audio ...
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Windows 10: Change account type without signing out?
I am trying to write a script to automatically change my account type every week for a few hours.
I know this can be done via the following, however I want to finalize the change without having to ...
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How to map a Windows user to root in WLS 2?
I just upgraded Windows 10 to version 2004 which has WLS 2. It works great.
I do not understand however the relationship between users on Windows (say, john, the user I am logged to in Windows) and ...
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Removing Microsoft Account Without Access To Said Account
There have been similar posts in the past, e.g. "You need to fix your Microsoft account" notification. This post, however, did not have the extra caveat which is that, in my situation, I no ...
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How do I make Windows 10 log off the current user when another user logs in?
I'm running Windows 10 Education on a Windows domain, and I'm running into problems with computers running out of resources because some people don't log out. Some of the worst machines have 10-15 ...
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After I moved files from my hard disk to my new folder from help of geek squad, my administator's folder name is changed, how do I changed it back?
So my old laptop crashed, and I was lucky enough to get a new laptop with no cost. With help from geek squad, they were able to moved all the files from my old laptop to my new laptop. The username ...
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Task Scheduler Windows 10 : when editing a task, user account is set to Medium Mandatory Level
When I edit and then save a task in Task Scheduler, the "user account' is changed.The user account which was my username is changed to "Medium Mandatory Level".
This prevents the task from running ...
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Why does Outlook repeatedly requests user passwords?
Since a recent Windows 10 update I have had several issues with applications not working. Most I have resolved but the one that is casing most concern is Outlook. It refused to run and after may ...
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Create an application specific user on windows
I need to create a specific user for an application, and I want to know what kind of user I should create, and best way to use it on current logged user account.
Context:
I’m working on a software ...
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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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How can I delete a file from /tmp, as a regular user?
You are logged in as a regular user and working directory /tmp/. How, using two commands, you can delete the file labul.txt, which is owned by root?
This is a task that my friend was given by the ...
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Corrupt Install message when Bluestacks run on different user
I installed BlueStacks on the admin account recently, and have used it on that account only, until now. I tried to use it on another account, only to have it say "Installation is corrupt".
I ...
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Unable to add a Microsoft account after upgrading to Windows 10
After upgrading to WIndows 10 I am unable to add a Microsoft account nor am I able to add a new user. The screen just flashes. Others have reported this problem. It will let me add a "work" account ...
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How do I remove a device from Firefox Sync?
I've got some old devices and Firefox profiles that used to sync with my Firefox Sync account, but those devices and browser profiles no longer exist. And yet their browser tabs still appear in ...
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How to change default user directory to a different drive in Windows 7
How do you change default user directory to a different drive in Windows 7?
I need a comprehensive recipe to change all of the followings.
Default directory where future user folders are created.
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how to run bat file as administrator automatically from a non-admin account
My work account is a non-admin but I have the admin password. I need to run a .bat file as admin automatically when windows starts from my non-admin account. I couldn't figure out how to feed in the ...
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How can I duplicate a mac user account including username and password?
I have an account on my friends mac that I would like to move to my mac, so is there any way to duplicate everything in that account, including username and password? By the way, I am using OS X ...
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Reinstall Linux by keeping user accounts
I am going to upgrade Linux Mint 13 to Linux Mint 17.1 on a home computer. I am going to do a fresh upgrade. There are three partitions for swap, / and /home. I will preserve swap and /home. The ...
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Change exe file association for single user
it is relatively easy to set the file association for exe files in windows (a nice way to lock yourself out, btw). This is typically done in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, which is valid for all users. But is ...
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Not able to create a user account in Linux Mint 17 Qiana with Mate desktop
Recently I installed Linux Mint 17 Qiana with Mate desktop, downloaded from the Linux Mint website. All works fine but I am not able to create new user in "Users and Groups" GUI tool.
Opened "Users ...
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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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Should i use AWS IAM or my root credentials for my webapp access to S3 bucket?
I have a webapp that requires uploading/deleting/reading files inside a S3 bucket.
What I did was I created a brand new Amazon WebServices (aka AWS) account. Let's call this AWS account team@webapp....
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Set up Windows users that can only write to a specific folder
I bought a new Windows 7 PC and I want to create three user accounts, which should have no permission to create anything in the C drive or on the desktop. The only place where they're allowed to write ...
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Persitently map local folder to drive only for a single user profile
In our setup we need to map a local folder as a drive to get rid of the username in the path.
We used "subst" to map the drive and everything was fine.
Now we are migrating to Windows 7 and company ...
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How to move a win xp installation from two partitions of same HDD to two separate discs?
I have a question regarding windows setup:
I have a win xp installed like this:
one disk drive with two partitions
C: - system data, etc.
D: - all user data (user accounts)
now I bought an SSD ...
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MacBook user name I thought I deleted still works for logging in to my account
I (Katy) am giving my old computer to my husband (Andrew). I mucked it up somehow and now I can log in to the admin Katy account using "Andrew" as the login name and the Katy password, despite Andrew ...
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Does associating a Microsoft Account to a Local Account provide at least the same Windows 8 functionality as using only an MS Account?
When installing Windows 8 you are asked I you want to use a Microsoft Account or a Local Account.
If you want to control the name of your USERPROFILE path you need to create a Local Account with the ...
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2 users cannot share one encrypted offline files share
This question I asked over a year ago in the MS social forums, with the answer being that by design it is not possible. I still wonder whether one could hack around this limitation, without using ...
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How to find out when my windows XP account was reset?
My sister told me that her windows XP account has been reset but she did not reset it personally. By reset, I mean all her documents and settings are gone but the account still exists. She is not sure ...
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Why are user-specific startup items starting for all users?
On my Win7 machine I have a number of programs in my user's startup folder (%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup). A few of them like ZumoCast and OpenDNSUpdater pop up at logon ...
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Windows Server 2008 - Scheduled Task Multiple Users
I am setting up a scheduled task on a Windows 2008 server to run a utility. I am able to do this without a problem with my user account, but no one else can access it when they login. I need to create ...
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How to Create User with specific folder c:\users\name in Windows 10 for secondary microsoft family account
I like to have simple none-spacey folder names like C:\Users\Alex of my windows login account and use login with a microsoft account. I get this by creating Local user account, login, then change to ...
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Restrict user access to certain apps in Windows 10
I have a simple goal, create a local account and limit its rights:
Hide & Secure certain folders/partitions.
Limit access to certain apps.
For restricting App access, I've only found some ...
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How to disable/remove administrator account in windows 10?
I'm using windows 10 home version. I somehow accidentally enabled the administrator account when trying to fix another account and couldn't seem to remove it. It keeps showing up in the login screen, ...