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Tagged with login user-accounts
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How can you find out the currently logged in user in the OS X GUI?
Trying to find out if a particular user is logged into the machine, specifically the user using the graphical user interface.
Is this possible via command line?
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Guest account unable to login when graphic logon disabled
I have disabled graphic logon on my Windows 10 Pro PC so that users have to type in their username when logging on. This throws up an error when I try and log in on the guest account, though:
The ...
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How I can hide a user from the login screen?
I have Kubuntu 9.04 and I want to hide a user from appearing in the Login Screen, I shouldn't remove it permanently of course, but I need to make it visible again when needed.
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Why doesn't the login screen show a created New-LocalUser or the Administrator account?
Login is with a pin code and right clicking on cmd allows running in an elevated mode as Administrator so that new accounts can be created:
adding a user:
PS C:\Windows\System32>
PS C:\Windows\...
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How to hide an account on KDE login screen?
I am running a CentOS 7 virtual machine on my laptop and I'm using KDE (version 4.14.8). That VM serves as an Ansible control tower, from which my Ansible descriptions are applied to the other (...
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Log in interactively as TrustedInstaller in Windows 10
We have Process Hacker and other utilities that allows us to launch processes in interactive mode with system security principals as their user for elevated permissions. But, is there a way to log in ...
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How to change user without closing applications running, when using RDP on a Windows machine?
The problem I have is that multiple users need to RDP to a machine to check the status of an application that is running. Normally, when users login/logout, the applications will stop and the user ...
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How to alternate between login screen types in Windows 7?
When already at the default login screen in Windows 7 where you click on an icon to select a user, is there a way to switch to the mode where you enter both a username and a password?
In Windows XP, ...
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User profile cannot be loaded, after creating new standard account
I am trying to create a standard -not administrator- account on my Windows 10 PC. The account gets created but, when I try to sign-in, I get the error "The User Profile Service service failed the ...
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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 check User login history on a Windows 11 machine (without third parrty tools)
I was following this tut: https://ourtechroom.com/fix/how-to-find-or-check-windows-10-user-login-history/ suggesting that Event Viewer tool might help discover user login history, but when i apply to ...
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Is it possible to use local account password for shared folders access with Microsoft account?
Now I use Microsoft account for Windows 11 and login with PIN. But for shared folders in my local network I need to enter the long and hard Microsoft account password. Earlier I use my local account ...
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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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Can I keep my local account user name for the user login list when I add sign in with Microsoft Account?
Background
I have separate local Windows accounts for work, home, my own projects and my involvment in software communities.
I created a 'Rob Davis (Work)' local windows account (administrator level). ...
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Can PC use both local and domain account same time?
I'm trying setting up a domain for local company network and some users take their laptops to home. and my question is can they use local and domain accounts at the same time? for example at home ...
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