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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Need help creating local user accounts on 6 remote computers in a Windows workgroup
I am trying to create a simple script that prompts a local admin user to create a local user account on 6 remote computers in a Windows Workgroup. The script should prompt for the name of the user, ...
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New-ADUser -Manager from different domain
My Powershell script to create new users does not work when the "Manager" is located in a different domain.
For example, I am creating a user in the domain contoso.com, but the manager is ...
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cannot set a variable within a wmic useraccount request
Folks,
I'm trying to set some attributes for a large set of user accounts on a W10 system.
To do so, I create a table of usernames with get-localgoupmember, which I parse with a foreach command.
Let's ...
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Two Microsoft accounts with same email - how to delete the non-personal one? [duplicate]
When I enter my email address to log in to https://outlook.live.com, a dialog is shown that says:
It looks like this email is used with more than one account from Microsoft. Which one do you want to ...
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How to change the user icon in taskbar from Chrome Browser?
I found a way to change user avatars by changing them in C:\Users \...\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Avatars:
And they've changed in Chrome profile header:
But haven't changed in taskbar:
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Windows 11 - How to stop "To see work results, please verify your account" in Start Menu [duplicate]
Having fully disconnected from a work account (or so I thought), I find this verification popup keeps happening. How do I actually fully disconnect from the account it wants to verify?
I tried the ...
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Can't add new Microsoft account because dialog closes
I can't add a new Microsoft Account because the dialog closes... I tried everything here : Can't add new user in Windows 10 Settings because dialog closes
but the problem is not solved.
https://...
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Google account differs from other accounts
This is a weird issue and can't find any information online.
When we log into the one account (right-side), and search for images - the images load with low quality and the "more like this" ...
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Error in C:/users/<username>
I have a users folder with name of "Kevin & Keith". I would like to rename it to just "Kevin". My issue is that whenever i try to ruin any programming command like npm install ...
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Remove an account from "Microsoft: Pick an account" screen
Somebody used my computer for a one-time sign in to a service which requires Microsoft Account. Now every time I want to sign in to the same service, I see that person account in "Microsoft: Pick ...
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Create admin user without permission to change password of other admin
We have two administrators who are responsible for maintaining a machine running Windows 10. Both administrators need to have the ability to install any software on the machine (including software ...
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Is there a trick to add an unix user with '@' inside its login on debian
On Debian, there is not a lot of limitations to add an unix user. Ie: the login may contain dots and uppercase letters.
Is there a trick to add an unix user with an '@' inside its login ? I understand ...
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Can .profile file be deleted in a Linux system?
I recently added a user account in linux system. The system created a folder with the user name and also a file called .profile within the folder.
My question is this. Can it be deleted and the user ...
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Windows 10/11 disable WiFi for Users group
I would like to disable WiFi access for all user accounts on a specific laptop. Is there a way to do it via the OS? I would like administrators to still be able to use WiFi while users can only use ...
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duplicated/stale user directory when changing admin user with local account on windows
After installing Windows 11 I was forced to use a microsoft account.
I temporary created one called Foo.
I didn't want that option, so I later created a new local admin account Bar, and deleted the ...
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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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