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Windows 7 administrator security bypassed?
I've an old system at home in which I've installed Windows 7 Professional. I use it seldom, although it contains important data and software for my use. I've created two accounts in it- one is mine, ...
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Blank Control Panel and most system icons are missing
I have recently got into a strange problem with a specific user account(standard, non-admin) in a Windows 7 64Bit installation. Desktop icons in that account is shown without a shortcut icon, actually ...
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Windows 7 keeps turning off the auto logon
My windows 7 ultimate recently has started pushing me back to the logon screen on startup. Even tho this is my private machine and it has no administrator password. Somehow every now and then it ...
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Windows 7 domain user incorrect password, can't login
I have a remote employee who works from her laptop, which is joined to the domain. The only connectivity she has with the domain is when she logs in and connects to VPN.
She was on maternity leave ...
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Windows 7 can't login from lock screen - says invalid password
for the last couple of weeks if I lock my pc with windows key + L, when I try to login I get 'Invalid user or password', then I click on change user, then I can login with my password.
If I try to ...
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Recover Windows 7 password of admin account with auto-logon enabled
I have a Windows 7 installation with just one (admin) account (guest is disabled).
It is set to auto-login so I can get in without any problems and I can also 'right click' -> 'run as administrator' ...
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How can I force users to change login passwords every 30 days?
I want to make users in my home network change their login passwords every 30 days. All are Windows based 7/8/XP. I have access to all of them. I have admin access to all computers.
Is this possible ...
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Windows 7 unable to log in [duplicate]
I have a laptop that is running Windows 7 (had it for a couple of years).
Recently, I turned it on, and was presented with the Windows log in screen as usual. However, despite entering my password ...
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Windows Won't Recognize Login Password
I have a friend who has a laptop and it was working fine until two days ago. It won't accept his login password to get into Windows. I believe this may be a user profile corruption. When he was ...
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Cannot login to Windows 7 because of missing keyboard layout
Recently one of my friend change the password of his Windows 7, which contains Arabic alphabets. And he mistakenly removed the Arabic language from keyboard layout. So he is stuck behind the Windows 7 ...
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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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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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Windows 7 Auto logon
I'm using Windows 7 professional Service Pack 1 on my desktop computer.
Every single time I turn on or wake up my computer, I must enter my password which is quite annoying.
I'm the only user of this ...
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Can't we set the old windows password again?
Consider this scenario:
I'm using windows 7. Initially I had the login password as "first". After sometime I changed it to "second". If I try to set the password as "first" again, windows not ...
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