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Is it possible for a user to change an elevated account's password? (Windows)
We have a (windows server) machine that we rdp into, we don't want to allow connecting over rdp as an admin, but we want to have access to admin on the machine.
So, we have an admin account for each ...
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Windows 11 Pro does not accept a local and a remote connection on the same PC
I have a computer with Windows 11 Pro.
I need two people to be logged in at the same time: Jhon logged in locally and Carl logged in via RDP (each with their respective accounts).
The problem is that ...
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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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Why a unlocking a locked out local account on a Windows Server immediately gets locked out again?
There's a Windows Server 2022 with two administrator local users. This is not Active Directory topic. One of the admins got locked out. I go ahead and uncheck the locked out status in the Local ...
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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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Log Out Local Admin Remotely
It's Friday night, hooray!
Except that my colleague has left the local admin account logged in on a machine I need to access, and everyone (including me) is at home.
I have a user level account that ...
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Allow an SFTP user to change password on Windows Server
We have a Windows Server instance hosting some web applications and an SFTP server. There's a single user with access to the SFTP server. How do I allow them to change their password remotely?
Note: ...
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Allowing RDP connections for secondary user only
Is it possible to have a secondary (admin) Win10 user with a password be the only user that allows incoming RDP connections, while the primary account has no password and does NOT allow them?
Owner (...
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RDP login with domain account fails
Background: I trying to do a RDP login to a domain client (Win10) (client A) with a second client (Win10) (client B) while both a connected on a network without connection to the domain controller. ...
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Windows Server: Multiple remote desktop user logins but the same setup (programs, files, shortcuts etc.)
At the moment we are remote desktoping into a windows server with the same login credentials to be able to use the same setup (programs, files, shortcuts etc.)
But for security purpose we want to ...
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Remote desktop authentication on home network - Microsoft account vs Windows account?
I have a desktop PC and a laptop both at home, and I'd like to remote into the desktop from my laptop. Both are running Windows 10, and for both I used my Microsoft account to create a user profile. ...
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Running two Windows Accounts Simultaneously while remote to one of the account?
I want one/single computer to be running two users.
The first account should be kind of restricted, like Parental Control, but when the computer boot up it should automatically Log In to this account....
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Remote Desktop account always on
Assumptions:
1. I have set up a Remote Desktop Server
2. I have set up an account on the RDS namely RA01
3. LAN based network
Scenario:
1. I logged in on my remote account namely RA01 on computer ...
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RDP Session from Windows 10 into Ubuntu creates different user sessions on Ubuntu machine when new user log in
I have an EC2 instance running Ubuntu with a GUI.
I am able to connect to it with standard RDP (remote desktop connection).
However, When a second user logins concurrently with same user credentials, ...
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Windows 10 how to make two identical accounts with shared access to files / programs
I need to know how to make an account that has access to all my main account's files (e.g. Desktop folder), programs, and permissions. Essentially, I need an extra account that has access to ...
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