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Tagged with login user-accounts
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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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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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Hide account from login screen but can be used in UAC
So I have a Windows 7 home machine with 2 user accounts. One is a standard user account and one is an administrator account. Now this is going to be put in the hands of a very low-tech user so I don'...
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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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How to hide admin account and only show main user at logon screen in Windows?
When a user boots Windows is there a way to only show a single user that then asks for a password. For example, I have an admin user and a regular user. When the computer boots I do not want the user ...
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A proper way to create non-interactive accounts?
In order to use password-protected file sharing in a basic home network I want to create a number of non-interactive user accounts on a Windows 8 Pro machine in addition to the existing set of ...
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How can I work out which user is currently logged into a Windows 7 machine?
I have a machine running Windows 7 which I set up a long time ago to autmatically log into Windows.
That's still working fine, but how can I work out the username of the currently logged-in user when ...
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linux - enabling system user to login?
This user was created using this command:
sudo adduser --system --home=/opt/user --group user
But now I want that user to be able to login. I can become that user using sudo, but also would like to ...
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"The username or password is incorrect." without entering login details
Usually when booting up in Windows 7, you are presented with the normal login screen. On my computer, I am first presented with this screen:
After clicking OK, I can login with my correct login ...
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windows-8 : Certain process running under username "DWM-1" and "ANONYMOUS LOGON"
I have window-8 installed on checking the taskmanager I found the following details :
dwm(Desktop Window Manager) was running under username "DWM-1".
"SandboxieDcomLaunch.exe", "SandboxieRpcSs.exe" ...
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How to hide user account from Windows 7 welcome screen, without changing registry manually?
Can I hide user account from Windows 7 welcome screen, without changing registry manually and without disabling the account?
I've done this once by following instructions on a website, now I cant ...
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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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How do I enable automatic login in Windows 10 Pro with a local account?
I have Windows 10 Pro computer with a local non-microsoft Admin Account. How can I enable it to login automatically at boot time? The corresponding checkbox in netplwiz isn't visible.
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Is there a way to recover my username in Kali Linux?
I forgot my username in Kali Linux and can no longer login. Is there any way to view usernames?
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Cannot login to Kali Linux
I just created a Kali 1.0.6 live USB using a tool called "Mac Linux USB Loader" and everything seems fine up until the point where you are supposed to login.
At the login screen I'm greeted with the ...
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