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I recently had an Edge Browser Update and a Windows 11 security update about a week ago. I went into password management and was going to do some cleanup, and I was asked to give my Windows password to make changes. No problem, I entered my password, and it said the password was incorrect. So I...

I just finished updating my Windows 10 laptop to with August 2025 patches. After rebooting I didn't see any option to sign up for ESU but then I read that instead of being logged in with my local admin account I needed to temporarily be logged in with my Microsoft account instead. The...

Navigating the landscape of user management in Windows 11 is a task that quickly reveals its importance, whether you're configuring your home PC for multiple family members, preparing an office machine for a new colleague, or troubleshooting a system issue that requires elevated privileges...

If you've found yourself locked out of a Windows 11 device, losing access to your password can be a source of immense frustration. But as of the latest updates, there are several robust, Microsoft-supported methods for password recovery and reset on Windows 11 devices. One of the most secure and...

Brace yourselves admin warriors! Microsoft has dropped some big news aimed at bolstering the security fortress. Starting February 3, 2025, the Microsoft 365 Admin Center will demand accounts to utilize Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to access its powerful dashboard. Phased rollouts of this...

Microsoft has been making waves this week in the world of Windows. Between critical feature rollouts for Copilot+, a surprising revelation about Cloud PCs, and enhanced security measures for administrative accounts, there's a lot to unpack. So, let’s dive into these developments, what they mean...

If you've encountered the ominous "Error writing the value's new contents" message while navigating the Windows 11 Registry Editor, you're not alone. This pesky issue often rears its head when users attempt to modify registry keys without the necessary permissions. Fortunately, this article will...

The recent AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs have sparked significant discussion among users and tech enthusiasts due to their disappointing performance compared to previous generations. While many expected substantial improvements, particularly in gaming, the reality has only seen marginal...

Hopefully someone can help or confirm that a reinstall is the only solution In addition to my user accounts, I created a specialist admin account with elevated rights I don't know how I did it but I accidentally removed the elevated rights from my administrative account so now it is a user...

My Win 10 boots to the Admin account and I have to navigate from there to my private account. How can I make it boot directly to my private account?

Hi, I hope this is in the right section. I've got a Windows 10 machine running in virtualbox. What I want to to do is make one of the fake users that I have created have a corrupt profile so that when they try logging on, they get an error message saying they are being logging on with a...

This method works on Windows 11,10, 8.1 & 7 as well. All programs for this guide are free. Download links PsTools PsTools - Windows Sysinternals FePsTools Front-end for PsTools | DaviTools Nircmd (At the bottom of the page. Not the 64 bit one.) NirCmd - Windows command line tool Winrar...

I am really stumped on this one. I have a Windows 10 PC with 3 user accounts all of which are admins. One of the admin accounts is the user 500 the one windows makes during install. Everywhere in the operating system command prompt, settings, Computer Management, netplwiz and so forth the user...

Hi! I got problem after modifying startup services of Windows 10.20H2 Pro x64. I forgot single value and tried in command line of Windows recovery to start programs allowing to repair my problem. But it needs higher permissions and even WinPE supports not starting other than 64bit...

Good day. my windows 10 suddenly keeps on signing in on a temporary account every time turn in on and i cant log in to my administrator account after restarting it several time so i decided to reinstall windows. unfortunately after the process all my files went missing and i cant even see it in...

Hi, I decided to set my computer to sign in without a password, I had tried to do this before but had problems but I couldn't remember what they were. So I tried again tonight, I brought up the run box and un-clicked the box that says to require a password of pin to log in. It asked for my...

So, I was tinkering around w/my Dell Latitude E6440 laptop some weeks ago, let's say a month now and I mistakenly changed my permissions. Now almost no programs work, not even Windows Explorer. See the attachments for the messages I get... "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or...

So i know WMI Diagnosis Utility -Version 2.2 is no longer supported and theres not a lot of overlapping when it comes to similairities, or at least thats what I read. But i ran the program anyways. Im having trouble with VSS and creating system restore points, back ups, and recover. I get...

I have a admin user account which can access all computers on the local n/w. I created another user account (Standard), but it cannot access other computers on the n/w. Why so? How can we solve the prob? I get a message - Log on failure: the user has not been granted logon type at this computer.

Windows 7, I can't add user accounts The ASUS X73T computer with WIN 7 64 bit began to announce that the version of Windows I use is not genuine even though it is the machine's original system. The factory settings for the reset machine and the operating system were activated with the original...