Questions tagged [user-accounts]
Usually a personal account on a computer system that allows access to a system's (advanced) functions.
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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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Replace Old Email Account with New Email Account
Have an email account to be retired, and wish to continue MS Teams (free, classic) as before with an existing MS Live account.
To sign in with a different account is as with a new user, and there are ...
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Convert another microsoft account to local account when logged as administrator
I'm logged as the "administrator" on the windows 8.1 machine.
Another account is "microsoft_user" (an Online Microsoft account).
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Disconnect Microsoft ...
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Win 10 : Is there any way to give my user account FULL admin rights? Not make it an administrator account
By default, a new installation of win 10 creates an account with administrator rights (belongs to the administrator group). The problem is that windows will still keep prompting me to provide admin ...
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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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How do I stop the annoying prompts to log into Microsoft Account
I havent signed into my Microsoft Account for years. Since I was about to change my motherboard, I got it working, in case I needed it.
After changing the motherboard, Windows was deactivated. Even ...
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Transmission on Ubuntu: daemon is running but transmission-remote says Unauthorized User?
I installed Transmission on Ubuntu 20.04 with sudo apt install transmission-daemon.
After starting the service, when I try to get the status with transmission-remote -si I get:
Unauthorized User
I ...
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How can I change Windows user name through the filesystem?
I changed my Windows' user name and now I can't log in. Windows shows me the previous user name at start up and denies any passwords.
Hopefully, I have access to my Windows directory through Linux ...
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do service/system account used for running daemon (webservers, databases) need to have home
I created a system account on Fedora using following commands
useradd -r -s /bin/false sysacct
Then created a directory and gave permissions to sysacct
mkdir /var/sysacct
chown sysacct:sysacct /var/...
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Azure Active Directory Users Cannot Log in via Windows Remote Desktop, How to Fix?
I'm working on setting up a Windows 10 Pro machine so that its user can log in using RDP.
The user is logging in with their AAD credential, [email protected]. When using this credential, RDP asks for ...
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How do you manage users on shared always-on PCs that can run long processes and need to have GUI always on?
We use Microsoft Active Directory for authentication and user group management, and it works great for "normal" office work.
In certain manufacturing scenarios you can run a PCs with a ...
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How to change User folder name
Hi I just refreshed my W10 with a clean install and I made some changes from my last windows install
On my last pc I had my Users in C:\Users and I changed my Picture, Downloads and all the user's ...
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Logging in to new Windows 11 PC with school account
I have created a local administration account on a new Windows 11 laptop. Is it possible to use my school account as a laptop signin account? The school accounts have access to MS cloud services such ...
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Why is the user account type selection missing in my windows 11 setup
I am trying to set up a new (used) PC with Win 11. I used the official media creation tool, created a usb-stick and started the setup.
At the point where (according to several online step-by-step ...
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Admin account lost in windows 11. (To continue, enter an admin username and password)
I have updated to windows 11 and I wanted to delete oracle so after deleting the registry files I tried accessing users and groups from computer management but was unable to delete the db user. By ...
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