account settings

Hi, After many attempts I still can't remove the start-up password from my laptop. Its a password with complex requirements (like AAAaaa1234@$%^#) that needs to be changed every 2 months. That's way too much trouble just for editing bird pictures on this old machine and annoying to use for...

My PERSONAL Win8.3 PC has always requested a PW to login. It was just a local PW. Today, we lost power for a little while, then when it came back on and I rebooted, my PW didn't work. Windows told me I have to use my Windows live PW. It also sent a confirmation to the Windows...

My tools menu has disapppeared from my outlook 2007 program. I am unable to locate account settings, send receive settings etc. how to restore tools menu menu bar back to my outlook 2007 program?

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...

I need an expert who knows MS windows and the mail systems. Please read this carefully as I streamlined the problem as much as possible. This is on my Desktop computer. I want to disconnect my GMail account from that annoying Microsoft window for Outlook. I read GMail in Chrome. If I do...

This summer, my daughter was home. She needed to update her resume for some auditions, so she used my computer. Once she was on my computer, in my account, she logged onto her school account (with school OneDrive, etc.). No problem. Now she's back at school for her final semester. And I'm...

I have a piece of software (Norton antivirus) that I want one of the accounts to use but not the other: How can I disable the software on one account but not the other? (both accounts are admin and I'm on windows 10) Thanks

Windows mail does not work. I cannot Manage Accounts. When I open the Manage window and click on any account, nothing happens. I cannot add or delete accounts. Mail does not come in on the accounts I have previously set. One of my accounts can send messages but it does not receive them; the...

I have removed log-in password requirement (netplwz > uncheck password requirement). Then when I reboot, the password is no longer required. However, if I log off (ctrl-alt-del), a password is required to log back in. I have Windows 10, and the issue occurs on both my HP and Lenovo PC's. How do...

Hi, whenever I switch my pc off and switch on the next day I have to re sign in on web pages I have ticked "keep me signed in", I have windows 10 with the latest update, any help would be appreciated

I am trying to hide an active user account from sight in:: Desktop> Right-click This PC> Manage> Local Users and Groups> Users> Q. Is there a way to make one of these user accounts hidden from sight without the account itself being disabled? (Tried to add an image but this site apparently...

Is there a Microsoft Account associated with my Windows 10 computer and if so how to I change the address to something else? Microsoft has a bad habit of claiming my account is being used by others and blocks me from the account. For example this message keeps appearing: You need to fix your...

Hello everybody! I have more local accounts on my PC and I want to know, how I can change that when I install an application and an shortcut on desktop, I don't see it on the other account? Thanks for every Help!

I just installed Windows 10. During installation, I created a sign in password at the login screen. Within 30 minutes of using Windows 10, I went into the Windows Store App and tried to download the Free version of Photoshop Express. To do this, I had to sign into one of my Microsoft...

My elderly dad's machine got updated from Win7 to Win10 without me anticipating it, and it brought a raft of issues that I'm having to deal with, but I'm just going to focus on one of them for this thread: I had TWO user accounts set up on the machine under Win7, the one that was originally...

When I go to Control Panel and click on User Accounts there is a user named CAG, but when I go to drive C and click on Users CAG does not appear. However there is an account named Owner that appears to contain all of CAG's sub-accounts. Therefore, I tried to rename the Owner account to CAG but...

Hi. I'm on the account settings, and the link to "Sign into a microsoft account" isn't working from the menu. Any suggestions?

Hello I signed up for this on Instagram thinking it would be ok. Link Removed But now its always having me tag random people in it. How do I undo this move? Thank you

I signed into Windows 10 calendar with my Google account instead of my Microsoft account. I cannot find a way to cancel the Google account and use my Microsoft account. Can't cancel (or delete) the Google account in Calendar settings.Account. Any way to fix this?

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