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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Is there a way to change a Windows 11 username?
My name is Fausto and my W11 account got somehow broken when I set it up. For some reason it appears as "faust" in C:\Users folder collection and in the cmd prompt:
Microsoft Windows [...
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About denying full-control for other users in folder-files security permission?
Windows 10, have two profiles and also two partitions, one mine, Administrator account, and another newly created guests account for cousin... but, when I logged in, I was shocked to see, that it had ...
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Sign in with password when only PIN set up (Windows 11)
I recently bought a new computer which came with Windows 11. During setup the following options were selected:
PIN (Windows Hello)
Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Additional settings ...
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Can AMD DxcCache, DxCache, Dx9Cache cache files be shared across users?
On Windows 10, playing games mostly from Steam and Epic, multiple users have large cache files in %AppData%\Local\AMD, eg %AppData%\Local\AMD\DxCache. Across 4 users playing the same games, the DX (...
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Disconnect Microsoft account from my local account in Windows 11
I have a local account called 'user'.
I gave another person laptop to do some work and they logged into their microsoft account in Edge.
Now their Ms account has tied itself to my local account
Is ...
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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 delete account for which I have no access?
I want to delete the first account:
I am not able to log in (using manage) as I do not have access to the account.
Could someone please advise?
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How does one remove the annoying "One account for everything" Sign in under Accounts section
This is a Windows 11 Professional 22H2 Build 22621.2283 machine, un-modified.
I don't want users to be able to sign in to a Microsoft account and wish to remove all options and annoying options like ...
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After Adding then Removing Active Directory/DNS Server Roles to Server, All User Accounts were Deleted
I used to have 6 user accounts other than Administrator, and after removing Active Directory and DNS Server roles, the accounts are missing from lusrmgr. The data still exists in C:\Users, and I can ...
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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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Why hasn't Bitlocker recovery key been uploaded to Microsoft account if I am the Administrator
Basically, I inherited my mom's HP laptop in 2022. I created a MS account for myself, gave myself administrator rights, and deleted her old account.
Fast-forwarding, I was prompted to upgrade the OS ...
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Automatic credentials of administrator account (Windows 10)
Using Windows 10 with two user accounts:
One "standard user" (USER-S)
One "admin user" (USER-A) who is an administrator on the local machine
Typically, USER-S is logged in. Most ...
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Copying user folder from a crashed Windows 11 laptop
I had a Windows 11 laptop that crashed. I had some very important files in my user-folder. So I left the laptop to an Italian computer shop and they removed the internal SSD hard drive and copied the ...
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How to sign in to my microsoft account without it replacing my local account?
I just got a new SSD and new windows on it. There's currently no OneDrive, or Office, or other Microsoft services on it. So I want to sign in to my Microsoft account on this laptop because of that.
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signed in accounts folder location for google chrome
I recently had to reinstall windows on a different SSD which wiped all chrome settings. I was able to sync them back using my main account but I had other signed in accounts that are gone. I have ...
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