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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 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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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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Can I keep my local account user name for the user login list when I add sign in with Microsoft Account?
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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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How to keep myself logged in on PCs that are shares over a domain?
I'm in a broadcasting class at my school, and the classroom has a computer lab that consists of Dell Optiplexes and Dell Precisions. The Dell Precisions are used to edit video as they have Nvidea ...
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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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my windows login is connected to a deleted google account that can't be restored; what do i do?
The username for my login is a gmail account that existed before I was thirteen, and before Google decided to say "no kid under 13 can have their own account." I was turning 13 in literally ...
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Same named system user accounts distinguished by password
Is there a specific OS or some setting on linux/windows that will allow having at least two same named accounts which will look as one until is user logged in? Imagine it as having one main account ...
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Is there any way to initialize a new user profile without logging in from the administrator account?
Let's say I'm logged in to this Windows machine with administrator privileges. Once adding a new user, the initial login with the account takes some time. After taking the time, I can quickly login ...
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Can't add/switch to Microsoft Account from Local Account
I had a snafu during Windows setup where I initially created my Windows install using my Microsoft account. However, the install created a user profile name that didn't match older machines which ...
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Windows 10 tries to login with the local user instead of Microsoft account [duplicate]
Background for the story:
I had created a local Windows user on my laptop, lets say dummyuser. Later on I connected that local user with the Microsoft account [email protected].
I want to login ...
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Can I log on to a Windows user account on a different computer
I have an unfinished project folder in a Windows user account back in my school's computer. Is it possible for me to retrieve that file by logging into that Windows user account in my home computer (...
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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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Windows 10 logging in says - "Preparing Windows"
I have a dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10. On the partition with Windows 10 I used to have Windows 8.1.
Once in a while (when I had Windows 8.1), I would login to find the it say Preparing ...
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Active Directory login
I have a machine with a strange error when logging into ADS. (Local logins work fine.)
Profile invalid
But when I look through the hard drive I don't even see the account. I know the user has been ...
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