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How do I require password complexity in Windows 7?
Is there a way that I can require a Windows 7 user account to maintain a password with a certain level of complexity?
After expiration, I want to prevent a password such as 123 or password.
The ...
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How can I reduce the time Windows takes to report a password is wrong?
I use Windows 7 on a Lenovo laptop. When I enter a wrong password, either when I'm connected to our network or when disconnected, it takes quite a lot of time for Windows to report the password is ...
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Mac Connect to Server doesn't show login screen:
Using Connect TO Server function, I entered credentials once, incorrectly, now I use connect to server and it doesn't show me the login screen but goes ahead and tries to mount the share ...
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How can I enter Unicode characters (e.g. ♥♦♣♠) when logging into Windows?
As far as I can tell, it is possible to put a ♥ character in a Windows user password. The problem is, when you get to the log on screen, how can this be typed?
As far as I can tell, any symbol that ...
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Is there a default password of Kali Linux OS after first installation?
I installed Kali Linux OS on my hard disk and set nothing as username and password. Now at the time of login, it asks for localhost username and password. I tried root and toor as default but it didn’...
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Auto-login when I enter my password, not requiring pressing "Enter"?
On Win8, you can chose a "Pin" mode, where you enter four digits. Without pressing enter, it will log you in if you enter the correct password.
Is it possible to do this with characters? The amount ...
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Strange - ALL applications suddenly "forgot" their credentials
Even with years of troubleshooting, I'm not sure how this is even possible. Today, I logged into my Windows 7 account on my personal computer and it appears that all applications that required ...
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Encrypting or protecting my ID for all applications
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I work in an environment where I have to use my LDAP ID+pass for running various applications as admin, sending emails, or for letting the application access the internet and so on..
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Cannot access my desktop on windows 8 using my windows live account
It tells me to change my password which I do from my xbox since I cannot get online with my laptop.
I have changed the password multiple times.
I cannot get into the BIOS.
How can I log into my ...
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Windows 8 locked because the password were lost, how can I change it without needing to reinstall it?
I installed Windows 8 on my mother's notebook, she typed a new password for her and she lost it, she can't remember what she typed and no notes about it were made(my fault), now her Windows 8 ...
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How to transer/execute a script on remote Unix server from Linux machine
I am trying to deploy an executable and execute it on a remote Unix machine (Linux/Solaris) from Linux without entering the password manually.
I tried scp and also SSH key-gen utility to interact ...
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How can I give my wife emergency access to logins, passwords, etc.?
I'm the digital guru in my household. My wife is good with email and forum websites, but she trusts me with all our important digital stuff — online banking and other things that require ...
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How to get past the login page with wget?
I am trying to use Wget to download my private GitHub pages, but I cannot get past the login screen.
How do I send the login/password using post data on the login page and then download the actual ...
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Is it possible to use a Microsoft account and don't log in with a password?
I'm evaluating Windows 8 and there's something that's bothering me regarding the new user accounts.
First I used a local account instead of a Microsoft account for my user but to use some ...
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Getting Windows 7 admin account password?
I don't want to reset the password nor delete it. I need to know the password. What can be done? Specific software for that? Easier way of getting the password from inside a non-admin account through ...
