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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...

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...

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 set up a password for my admin account a couple of weeks back. I did NOT set up a PIN. I have been logging on without incident until today. Today at login, windows 10 will not accept password but wants a PIN. I want to use my password NOT a PIN. Can someone guide through this. Thanks again.

I have a HP laptop from Costco that runs windows ten, on a 64bit amd processer. Recently I was editing the registry and instead of renaming my file (the file had to do with command prompt) I deleted it be mistake. I have a back up reg file but due to the error it did not load. I figured this was...

Apparently when setup is complete, the user is the administrator. It's been so long since I set up a new system I don't remember how it played out. Should I set up a standard account or is win10 so protected (which I have heard) that I can just have one user account, admin? Thanks.

I am using remote access to Server 2016 on a Virtual Private Server and wish to configure a user account Test to terminate after 1 hour of being disconnected. From the server Admin account I have accessed Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups-> Users -> Test and in the Sessions tab of...

I have 2 accounts on my laptop. Earlier today I received a malware message saying my account had been compromised. I ran Norton Full Scan and Eraser no issues found. When logged in under the non-Admin account and prompted to supply the admin user password this is accepted - however when try...

So I wanted to take out the signing in everyday by going to the netplwiz program and I accidently disabled/deactivated my account. This was the admin account and now I cant get it back. Even when I go into another basic account/user it doesn't have admin controls so it cant activate it. please...

I'm starting fresh with Win10 and I'm restoring from a Win7 backup, which had three users: one admin account using a first name, and two standard accounts using names like "John's iTunes" and "Mary's iTunes". My restore will have these names under "Users". I thought I should set up the...

At my age I'm not keen on climbing stairs, so I'm experimenting with transferring files from the PC laptop in the kitchen to/from the PC desktop upstairs. TeamViewer is working fine, and both machines are now in the same home group, for whatever that buys me. Both machines are Win7 SP1. Today I...

Dear All, I have been searching a solution for this strange issue for long. I'm an IT Admin in a windows domain where few PCs are affected with this issue. When users delete files, it gets deleted permanently and do not go to Recycle Bin. Users do get alert that file will be deleted...

I have a new Acer Aspire E5-574 laptop that cam with Windows 10 pre-installed. I now have a single admin user account using MS Live. I now wish to change this account to a local account but I find that this is impossible. I have found on the internet simple instructions as how this can be...

Windows defender detected an attack and after it has been removed I am unable to access "my computer, my documents, folders I have created etc". I still have access to things such as icons on my desktop that are for games and programs but anything for file access and viewing that I get that I do...

Good Day, I hope I am posting this in the correct location, I have come across a laptop with Windows 8 on, the user forgot the password, it is a local account with no admin account, how can one go about resetting the password? I have tried ntpassword, but it does not support Win8. Any...

This problem appeared on my brother's computer, I'm not sure when. On his Child account he can not access certain secure connections, however, on the Admin account I have set up, I can. There is obviously either a problem with the account or a problem with the Family Safety settings, though...