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 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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How can I make Windows 10 stop asking me to confirm my login for everything, everyday?
A few months back, I switched the login used for Minecraft and the Microsoft store for my son's (in order to check if it was working since his Minecraft was crashing). I then switched back to my ...
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Deleting organizational account under Windows 10
I want to delete a 'work or school account' that I once added using the institutional email address, but which now has become obsolete (Windows 10). There does not seem to be a 'delete account' option;...
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Is it possible to show the Other Users option without hiding available users on the lock screen?
I have a hidden user on my computer. To log into it, I need to disable show last logged in user in the group policy. Unfortunately, this hides all of the available users and I need to type in the ...
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How to remove user folders with nonexistent symlinks?
I noticed that there are duplicate user accounts on users' Windows 10 computers that prevents in place upgrade to Windows 11. So I'm trying to remove these user accounts in a "prepare-for-win11-...
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How can I access the administrator password as a guest account? I don't want to reset the password [closed]
My husband put an administrator password. If I try to download, it wants me to enter his password but I don't know it. He doesn't like it that I download things (it's his computer but I use it more). ...
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gpo to allow local standard users to install software on windows
I have one admin account and 2 standard user accounts on a local computer and not on a domain. For example,
User A -> (Admin Account)
User B -> (Standard Account)
User General -> (Standard ...
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change the default download location from c drive to R drive for all apps
We have implemented a new policy in the company to lock the C drive for all employees. We have created a new partition using a PowerShell script. However, the issue is that when the C drive is locked, ...
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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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windows 10 prevent one admin from changing other admin password
I have 3 user accounts. Two admin user accounts and one standard user. I don't want any admin account to be able to change the password of the other admin account. In short I want all the 2 admin ...
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Granting Users Access to Burn to CD - Windows Server 2022
Having trouble allowing normal users to use the Burn to Disc function on Windows Server 2022.
It allows administrators to burn to disc if in the Regedit /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/...
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Batch file running in one account but not another
I wrote a batch file to run a schtasks for a Windows 7 Home machine. When I tested it in my account (standard user), the script runs correctly, but when I migrated the script to the account (also ...
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Is there a widely accepted, or intelligent way, to do user privilege setting and mount with Docker?
I am using Docker to set up the development system for the whole team using R/Python/...
My way is create seperate container for different develop language.
However, since there are 10 people working ...
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How can I completely delete a user in Windows via the command line? [duplicate]
There is a user Alice that logged in a lot of windows machine using your AD account. In every computer, the windows create the user's files like: c:\users\alice
Now I want to complete remove this user ...
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Can you link your Microsoft account with OS (for app services, etc) but still remain signed into a local account?
If it matters, this is regarding Lenovo ThinkPad running Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (OS build 22635.3130).
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Please refer to example screenshot below. I would like to know if I can sign-in — as to link ...
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