Questions tagged [user-profiles]
Questions about a user's profile, home folder and user space files.
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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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Ways to get into windows 7 safe mode
Long story short, I own an Asus Zenbook (UX32A) which is running windows 7, the only user on the system has a corrupt profile (user profile service failed the login error). I've researched how to fix ...
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Apparently I've got a temporary profile which needs fixing, but the fix didn't work
Over last weekend my Windows 10 machine got the May 2019 update (1903). At first it seemed fine, but I began to notice some issues. First in Outlook, as it lost track of where a .pst file was. Also ...
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How to keep integrity of profiles in dual boot Windows / Linux when updating Firefox and Thunderbird?
I'm sharing my Thunderbird and Firefox profiles between Windows 10 (as portable app) and Ubuntu 16 (dual boot).
I install all recommended updates.
This worked for quite some time, until the version ...
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Domain controller infected with ransomware. How to transfer DC clients to a new domain?
Our company DC got infected with a ransomware & now unable to access to it. Is there any solution to transfer DC clients to a new DC without losing their user existing profiles? Need an urgent ...
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Issue with Error 1310 when installing an app on Windows 10
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I've been having issues with a particular desktop app that I've never had before. The app is having issues writing to a folder in the Documents folder. After verifying ownership of the ...
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Why would one user not have permission to run explorer.exe until after a different user had?
User profiles on a win7 box I have the displeasure of administrating all got corrupted (windows would create a default fallback profile on each login).
I created a new profile (an administer) and ...
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Windows and Linux using same Firefox profile
I dual-boot Windows 10 and Lubuntu 16.04.3 on one machine. I use Firefox on both OSs. For a long time, I had them both using the same Firefox profile. In Windows, I left the profile in the default ...
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Copy Profile to New Profile on Windows 10 Machine
I was having many problems with my Windows 10 installation, nothing crippling, but I was unable to use features like Windows Hello I could not change from local to a MS account. I contacted MS and ...
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Data not recognized in transferred Thunderbird profile
I transferred the Thunderbird profile from a Debian Wheezy installation to a Mint 17 installation. Thunderbird recognizes the add-ins and layout preferences in the profile, but not any of the user ...
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How do I remove all traces of a user on a Mac without formatting?
I have a work computer that has lots of certs and configuration on it that I would like to keep.
How do I remove all traces of a user on a Mac without formatting?
I've updated Mac OS by signing in ...
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Where does sysdm.cpl,EditUserProfiles get the data from?
Running this command rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditUserProfiles will display the 'User Profiles' window showing details about the profiles stored on that machine. The speed at which this screen loads ...
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Duplicating a chrome user (incl. bookmarks, passwords etc)
I sometimes need to open the same sites on different sessions for testing purposes.
Until now I did it with an incognito window, but I'd prefer if it was through a different chrome user, which is more ...
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How can I Transfer Google Chrome's Data and Settings to another Google Account?
I use Google Chrome and I have 100s of bookmarks, history, search preferences, search engines, extensions, and apps installed.
I want to have a new Google account, and I need to move everything from ...
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Elevation: Accquiring the Admin Token in Administrator vs Standard Accounts in Windows
I've recently been confused by how UAC works between Standard accounts and Administrator accounts,
As we all know, when UAC is turned on, UAC allows Standard Accounts or Administrator accounts in ...
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How can I create a Windows 7 user profile without the user logging in?
I've created a new user in Windows 7.
I now want to FTP into the PC as that user but it fails because the user profile does not yet exist under c:\users\
If I log in as that user first, it creates ...
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Could I have problems if I create directories inside /home?
On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /...
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New user profile creation error - Windows cannot open *.exe
I have a Windows 7 laptop with the user "mydomain\boy" that cannot log in to the laptop. The error message is something like "User profile service cannot log in the user boy".
I then logged in with ...
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using junctions and moving the Recycle Bin to the right partition
I have got two partitions on a PC running Windows XP:
C: system partition
D: data partition
Usually every user has got his user profile on
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>
But I have moved ...
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How can I connect two Ubuntu VMs so that I can log in with the same user on both of them?
I'm not sure as to how I have to approach the task since I can't find any explanation to it on the internet. Both VMs are running with Ubuntu ver. 18.04 and I'm using Virtualbox.
Thanks in advance.
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Removing user profile junction point
Initial state:
My user account profile (on my Windows 10 system)
was on C:\Users\<my account>.
Due to partition size limitations,
I created a folder on E:\Users\<my account>
and created a ...
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Extracting identifiable data by websites from one VM to another
Apologies I'm not a techy..... I currently use Windows 10 virtual machines on VMWare Workstation for a few projects and wanted to know if there is a way to export all the identifiable data that a ...
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explorer.exe, windows 10 slow login with one user
I have 3 users on my computer using Windows 10. One of them recently became slow to login (6 seconds instead of 2). I looked in event viewer and both users have the same history when loging in. It ...
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Setting up personal notebook for BYOD [closed]
Like most of the employee, I have a company issued notebook which can let me do most of the normal work (e.g. send/receive email, browse the web...).
However, much of my responsibility is involving ...
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Local Mandatory Profile doesn't work after joining a domain
In our training environment we want to run several laptops with temporary profiles. This means that all changes should be deleted after the shutdown. Therefore we use a Mandatory Profile.
The ...
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Move Evernote folder to %USERPROFILE\AppData
I don't like application data clogging up my user folder, so I'm trying to move my Evernote folder, which contains the databases and the main logs, from the default location on the user folder to %...
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Remove profiles completely on Windows [closed]
I've set a Group Policy to remove user profiles not used for 30 days, they are training machines. This functions and removes them from the user profiles list (see borrowed image) but leaves the ...
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chrome guest permantly on
I would like chrome to always start in guest mode. NOT --profile-directory="Guest Profile" which gives me options.
ALWAYS in guest mode and not sharing profiles.
incredibly frustrating and annoying....
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Windows couldn't connect to Profsvc service
I tried loging into windows and it throws me this error. This happens for my Visitor account. For admin account it just goes into 'Preparing Desktop' for hours. So i generally restart after that.
I ...
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How to set up a computer with two hard drives?
I recently had to do a clean reinstall of my OS and took the opportunity to get my first solid state drive. The plan is to have my OS and programs on the SSD, and all my files on the mechanical drive. ...
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Disable Chrome / Google Login synchronisation
Is it possible to disable the synchronisation between Google Webpages and Chrome?
I mean: If you login to your gmail account you are also logged in Chrome and vice-versa. To be clear I don't ask if ...
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Completely Reset Windows 10 Account
My issue is as follows:
I have a default user account ("Administrator") on a Windows 10 machine, a built in account that comes with the operating system. I'd like to reset this account (possibly not ...
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Elelevated local admin Runas (or Start-Process -verb Runas) within profile of other user domain user. Is it possible?
I log in as domain user and i want in powershell (or in simple console, no matter) to run a program. the program clean user appdata unnecessary files so it has to operate within user profile. I can do ...
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Mouse clicks stop working shortly after login
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I am really out of ideas:
When I log in (Windows 10), my mouse works fine for a short duration. Then this sound appears when you plug in a ...
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Where is the registry location for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable Drive"
Where is the registry location, presumably under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, as the setting is user specific, for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable drive" option?
The user has the option ...
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Windows Command prompt - Allow user / user group to run a specific command
I want to allow a specific user group the right to run format command.
I have checked Microsoft documentation and this is what I have found :
You must be a member of the Administrators group to ...
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User Profile seems to reset constantly
I have a user on my domain that when she logs out, her profile seems to get removed and recreated. First it was C:\Users\Username, then Username.Domain, then Username.Domain.000, and the numbers kept ...
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Reset windows 10 user profile periodically
I have a windows 10 pc for presentation purposes. I want tot reset the profile and clean the desktop, my documents etc periodically.
Preferably every time windows boots up.
This way if a person ...
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New user profile, can't rollback? - Windows 10 Update April 2018 (1803)
I've just updated my Windows 10 to the April 1803 version, to find a new user profile established in place of my old Windows login. The /mr_g.MR-G directory is the now currently used profile, which is ...
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Unload User Data in Windows 10
How can I totally unload User Data Session when I sign out, restart or shutdown my PC in Windows 10? Because I always have continuously error recorded in event viewer every time I sign out from my ...
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UsrClass.dat not loading when booting directly into profile
Came across a strange issue with Windows 7 on 7 April 2018. Suddenly my computer would not load UsrClass.dat due to the file being open. This Means that the desktop is loaded without my personal ...
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How do I force Windows 7 to create a new domain profile with same name as an existing one?
I had a corrupt user profile (let's call it bob) affecting xslx files for Excel on a Windows 7 Pro x64 workstation. I verified that the issue was not present on other profiles on the same machine.
I ...
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"The User Profile Service failed the logon” error. No solution working
The User Profile Service failed the logon
error is popping up each time I start my computer (on Windows 7, workgroup environment). Even Safe mode starts with Default Profile
I have tried following (...
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Windows 7 Embedded set to auto login as admin, but occasionally loads with a temporary profile
We have a system with Windows 7 Embedded. It's got Microsoft Security Essentials 4.10.209.0 installed. Automatic Windows Updates are disabled, and the last updates were installed last year in April. ...
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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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Windows 7 update changed user profile path to temp/moved old files
My aunt has an old HP G7 laptop. She was in word and saved stuff to her desktop and documents. She shut the computer off and it must have updated windows. When she restarted, her files were gone from ...
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Backup Modified PowerShell Console Colors Properties (Windows 10)
I don't quite understand how this works. So when I open up PowerShell as administrator, I can right click on the title bar, go to "Properties," then go to "Colors" and make changes. For example, I ...
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Chrome multiple-people/profile-switcher feature - how to set active person so that new opened web will go that person 's window
I use profile switcher feature in Chrome browser and want to have new web opened from my OS to be in a selected person aka. set active person so that new opened web will go to that person 's window.
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During windows logon process, what is the sequence for Profile Load and GPO?
According to this article: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrenoden/2015/07/28/windows-enterprise-client-boot-and-logon-optimization-part-13-boot-phase-winlogon/, User Profile loads after Group ...
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How to stop Windows from loading the default account at startup
Is there a way to prevent Windows from loading the default account at startup?
One can press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to stop the loading but by then the default account is already loading.
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