account management

If I install a program under one user profile, how do I make that program accessible by all users? Example: I have installed Google Chrome as my browser under my admin. profile. But I can't seem to find or use the program when I'm logged in under my wife's profile? Anybody know how to fix this...

Hi, all.. got a problem, i've got 2 user accounts on my Windows 7 x64, Today when i done a reboot i've suddenly got only one account showing at the welcome screen and a new item called "Other User" with no picture, when i click this i can enter the 2nd user account details and i logon ok, I just...

Hi there! I have a huge problem. When I was installing Windows 7 Pro I left Administrator password blank. I used it few times without passord. Now I need to use it again but there is a password that I did not set. Why I got this issue? Only me use this PC. Got any idea how remove this...

my dad and i have a account on the laptop gateway nv52 but i am a limited account and my dad is a addminitrator but my dad will not tell me his password so i can change my limited account to addminitrator. please help me. i want to delete my dad's account when i am a limited user.

This is possible the lamest question to ask, so late in the OS game, but I can't seem to find anything on it anywhere (probably just don't know how to google for it!). I run Windows 7, and of course have the normal Administrator account that one creates when installing. I wan't to create a...

is this disabled in some way for some reason? for learning purposes i have setup a samba pdc and have win 7 pro installed at home which is joined to the samba pdc. i also have some win xp pro systems joined to the same pdc. the xp boxes have no issues caching passwords and have just about the...

I am sick of being restricted to some stupid actions such as as simple as deleting folders. sometimes some folders will not be deleted and it says i need administrative privileges to do so, but those folders are not in use or they dont have any executables running from inside or used by one or...

Hello, Firstly, I am fairly technologically apt, but am certainly worlds away from being well versed in IT. I run Vista Ultimate on a Dell laptop, and I have been unable to edit or remove any of the multiple user accounts I no longer need. I will also mention that the laptop has 2 drives, C...

Hi there. I would like to have my current user as a real administrator and not just be in the administrator group. I know that command: net user administrator /active:yes but it adds a new user at the log on screen. I would like to have the same privileges of the real admin but with my...

When I attempt to change my user account picture, nothing works. I click on pictures that I want to change to, the picture highlights, but the picture won't change. It's as if I am not double clicking on the picture at all. Any thoughts?

I've had a couple of problems with my Windows services and I was working my way fixing them and I got most of them to work except for the "Windows Time" service. I tried to restore the default registry keys/values for this service but I kept getting the "Access Denied" error when trying to start...

What is this horrendous crap? I'm trying to play GTAIV which I have done in the past but now its saying I can't due to Parental Controls. I've added a password to my user account (the only account) and I still cannot disable this crap. Can it be found in the registry etc? I want this...

Hi there, I am new to using Windows 7 and have a question some of you might have the answers for. I am using the build 7201 windows ultimate and have 4 different internet accounts that I use for various reasons. One of them is called a local account which I use when I play battlefield2 online...

I have been testing Windows 7 on a work laptop within our company domain. I have run into something that seems to be a regression in productivity. For the Windows XP logon screen, the user is prompted with a drop-down listbox for selection of the Domain or Local PC. For Windows 7/Vista, the...