Questions tagged [multiple-users]
Questions regarding software or devices usable by more than one person.
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Disable ability for specific users to lock computer Windows 10
I am trying to make it so that specific users cannot remain logged in while not on the computer. I know I can kill their session through Task manager, but is there a way to force them to log off vice ...
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Allow to users to RDP into same Session on Same User
So im running a console application that logs a lot of information and also contains a user interface that 2 people will have to access, so hear me out - The 2 people the developers me and a friend, ...
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See which users are logged in from lock screen on Windows 10
I've recently upgraded from Windows 7 to 10. Now on the lock screen I just see a list of usernames - I can't see which of them is logged in, like I used to on Windows 7. Is there a setting or ...
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How to Hibernate Just Current Session in Windows
If we hibernate a PC, it writes everything to hard disk for all users. However I need it only for one user. In other words other users should be able to use the PC. When we lock the current session or ...
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"Seamless" multi user session in linux/X11
The goal
I would love to have a multi user system (based on linux) using only one X11 session with multiple screens and pairs of mouse and keyboard. So two (or more) people can work with the same ...
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Prevent zoom changes in Windows when switching users
Whenever I switch between two users in my Windows 10, it keeps readjusting the zoom level. However both users have the same 150% zoom level set. I am not sure why Windows goes back to 100% for a short ...
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how to have multiple user logged on the same machine with diffrent sesions
Is it possible to have to have let's say two users on the same machine where each one of them has their own monitor and keyboard can they both be logged on the same machine on the same time and work ...
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Windows 10 Start menu: "These results may be incomplete", won't find settings
When searching in the Start menu of Windows 10, the results usually include items from the System Settings app. On a fresh install of Windows 10 Enterprise, either 1607 or 1511, this works as expected ...
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2016: 2 users simultaneously on one Win 7/ 8 PC, 2nd user only edits few Excel files?
2 People Usage Scenario:
Must have 2 keyboards and Mice, and 2nd monitor too (unless some way to split monitor and 2 people sit next to each other and use the same, simultaneously)
Unlike the ...
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X11 forward with multiple logins for the same user
we use a server at work which runs byobu. Everyone of my colleagues logs in with the same Debian user account and gets the byobu session presented. This works quite well as we are all sitting in a ...
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Multiple OSX users to multiple spaces
IS there a way to have multiple users on OSX active at the same time, and switch between them by swiping to go between spaces, rather than using "fast user switching"?
I want to do this, because I ...
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Access company files with Quickbooks multi user mode
We're using Quickbooks enterprise 7.0 contractor edition (I know, it's old...)
We have a computer set up in the office that has the company server/copy of QB install, it's running in multi user mode ...
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Editing the same file from multiple computers
My friend and I need to view and edit the same file at the same time. We were using Google Docs, but the firewall is now blocking it.
If we connected our computers with a network cable (no hub or ...
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Disable background loading of user profile before logging in
I have a multi-user installation of Windows 10 (a private and a work profile). When starting the computer, the last logged-in user is preselected and when logging in, the profile is loaded immediately,...
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Selectively mount network drives for non-root users
How should one specify different mounts for different users?
The simplest use case is, that different users have their own dedicated storage space in a server (NFS or CIFS), what only they can access.
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Audio not playing in an application with setreuid() & setgid(), but works with sudo -u command
I have a Arch Linux system with alsa and pulseaudio configured. alsa is set to use pulseaudio default device. Pulseaudio is rumming with tcp module enabled on 127.0.0.1 and anonymous set to true. The ...
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Forcing ssh to a login using a specific user when requst is made to a specific port
I want to set up a small thing where friends of mine can ssh into my server and join a tiny chatroom. Now I have most of it setup, but I don't know how to make it so that the client username is ...
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Should I be concerned? My terminal says that someone's iPhone is connected to my Mac
Recently I've been using a lot of public WiFi and fidgeting with my network settings to use network proxy tools like Burp.
Today I opened my terminal and saw this a foreign device as the user:
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2 players on 1 PC
I have a really good PC, Ryzen 1700x, GTX 1080Ti, all watercooled and overclocked and for now I was just playing alone and all was easy out of the box, but now my wife is interested in gaming, and ...
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Would HDMI Splitter work with Softxpand or Userful setup
Trying to setup a multi-user system at my school (1 desktop with 6 users). Just wondering if I could avoid additional vga/hdmi graphics cards in the host computer and use an HDMI splitter like this ...
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Locking a file for editing by only one user at a time
I have an issue with Excel whereby when I am working on a file it is allowing other users edit the file at the same time and then when I select save I am asked if I want to overwrite the changes of ...
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Pivot table pulling from another excel file not updating when the file is updated
I have two excel files. One has all the data that is entered by multiple people periodically thru out the day. The second one pulls data from the first file and then a pivot chart is created. If ...
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Network Printers, Group Policy & Normal Users
I have a strange issue and I am wondering if someone can explain the answer to me. My system is running a GPO with a security policy. Within that policy I have the following setting enabled:
Devices: ...
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Windows 10, user with different font-size rearrange other user's desktop icon
I have this problem with Windows 10:
I have one user with font size at 150% and other with standard dimension.
When the user with greater font-size logs on, the icon on the desktop of the other user ...
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How may multiple LAN connected users control a single Windows instance (or run multiple Windows instances) simultaneously?
I am thinking of something like the combination of Synergy and TeamViewer but where multiple mouse pointers and keyboard inputs can work in parallel.
Does anything exist to achieve this?
Some ...
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Install program to single RDS user
I'm looking to install an application to a single user in a RDS environment without installing it to the other users. The user is an Admin. I have very little experience with GPO but imagine it's ...
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How to defocus a program without letting it know it is out of WinAPI focus
There is a need for two of us with my friend to use one PC at the same time. I have a gaming PC, 2 screens, a gamepad — sounds like a great multi-user environment, eh? Not so fast.
The problem is: ...
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Using another computer's resource (windows), hiding windows
Linux supports multiple X servers, but I was wondering if there is any proprietary software that let you do something similar for Windows 7 (Pro). I am trying to run some app 24/7 on my family member'...
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Is there software that allows multiple users to simultaneously and independently share a personal computer running Mac Os?
Like BeTwin. For example, I have Macbook Pro with one Mini DisplayPort (for additional monitor) and two USB port (for additional mouse and keyboard).
How can i implement it on Mac OS Snow Leopard?
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Windows-7 audio: controlling volume of applications on different user session
My usecase is as this.
The PC is shared and there are two users logged in at the same time.
The first user puts internet radio on speaker, has got browser running with some rogue tab opened that ...
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Cannot access Vaultwarden admin page and cannot get more users
I need some help because I do not know what I am doing wrong: The first issue is that I cannot get to access the admin page. When I access https://myvaultwardendomain.io/admin I get a 401 error ...
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How can I allow all users to read/write/modify/delete files on Samba share? (re: home network)
I'm having difficulty understanding file/directory permissions especially with Samba.
On my server (Debian 11, Samba 4.13.13), I've created several different users and added them to samba (ie. ...
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Is it possible to change an installed application from a specific user to all users?
For example, when installing python - I had the option to select all users during the installation but did not choose the option.
If I wanted to change the installation such that the program would be ...
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How to block Users for backup?
I have Windows 10.
I'm using "iDrive" to backup 600GB to an external hard drive (4TB) using USB 2.0.
Last time estimate it gave me was over 24 hours.
I need to block all my family (3 other ...
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command not found after switching users
Using debian, (running as an image for docker container), I run these following commands.
user>>service
(shows hints)
user>>su - root
root>>su - docker
user>>service
(command ...
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Linux permission in someone else folder?
If I create some files in a folder with permission 700 in a folder witch is not mine.
The owner of this folder will see it empty and will remove it with my files inside right?
Is there any way to ...
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Lockfile in multi-user Excel
A friend of mine posted this on facebook:
Original post in Norwegian
hvis du åpner Excel med en bruker og deretter åpner samme filen med
en annen bruker så åpnes ikke filen på nytt fordi Excel ...
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Unable to disconnect VPN dial-up connection started by another Windows user
On Windows 7 Pro, I have a VPN dial-up connection, I start it manually as needed (connects to VPN server over the home DSL) while logged in as UserA.
However, when I switch to my other Windows ...
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Multiple access session to a master virtual machine in my local host
My local host computer is Ubuntu Desktop 16.
I am using libvirt KVM and Vagrant to create virtual machines.
I have a master machine that is considered as a web server as well (sudo apt-get install ...
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Using Media Player classic as default video viewer for all users
I have set up a number of terminal servers and and we have media player classic installed as some users need to view video files.
I (administrator) have set mpc-hc64.exe as my default video player ...
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Evenly split Internet traffic cap among multiple people
Our Internet connection has a data cap. We have been going over it recently.
A friend somehow split the data cap into parts so that everyone gets their own part but cannot use up others’ parts. How ...
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Multiple users setup for Debian
I'd like to have a cron task that will be launching apps and taking screenshots on Xfce environment and in order not to interfere with that I'd setup another user that will be running with no GUI for ...
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Can I run 2 sessions with 2 displays on windows server 2008 R2?
Can I connect 2 displays to my PC and configure it to log in under 2 different accounts and show them on different displays?
My goal is to connect 2 TVs to 1 PC and run different media servers (xbmc/...
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Photoshop - Multiple user woes
Our office is currently having a problem with Photoshop with regards to multiple users working on the same file. For example 2 users can be editing the same file on the network creating confusion when ...
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Using su with screen
When I am under one of my user-names, I can fire off, say, screen -S -p 0 -X eval 'stuff "say command"\015'. However, I cannot su username screen -S -p 0 -X eval 'stuff "say command"\015'; it ...
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Multi user and guest accounts sign in WIN 8.1
Guest account has been enabled, other user accounts created. However, the sign in page allows only one (the originally created) user to sign in. I spent a considerable amount of time on the Web and ...
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Can i7 4770 take 2 GPUs?
I want to use 2 AMD Radeon HD5450 GPUs and a Intel i7 4770 for a multi-seat gaming setup. I have found a motherboard that has 2 PCIe x16 ports ports but I am wondering if the CPU will support it ...
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How can I get Chrome multiple users to recognize symlinked extensions?
I have multiple Chrome users.
To save time and space on extensions that are the same (state / prefs / etc) across all users, I've symlinked most extensions (e.g. Profile 4/Extensions/xyz -> Default/...
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Propagate file change to text editor
I'm pretty good at programming (made a few apps and done a few internships), but really don't have much experience dealing with the nit & gritty workings of text editors/file systems. Here's some ...
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Connecting Single CPU for Dual (Monitors, Keyboards and Mice)
I have seen in some schools and cyber cafes, multiple monitors, keyboards and mice connected with a single CPU and act independent of each other. I have a good performance PC having Windows 8 Pro OS. ...