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We have in place Microsoft System Center 2012 which houses our imaging server. We have one 'gold' standard image that we use for all of our devices. When migrating to Windows 7 32-bit, we discovered that the computer when first booting up after imaging that users have issues with double...

I have a desktop system that had WinXP on it. I bought a copy of Win7, put the install CD in the drive, and booted. After waiting a long time(*), it finally booted and offered me a choice: Upgrade Complete install I'd swear I chose fresh install, but when it finished installing all my user...

My friend has a fairly new stand-alone (not network or domain) Windows 7 Professional desktop PC with MS Security Essentials as protection. Using a Win7Pro User account which has administrative privileges, when attempting to access any USB flash drive (tried using a selection of flash drives)...

Hi, for some reason today I signed in as usual & it boots in a black empty screen with a small window saying " Win explorer is not responding". in CTRL-ALT DEL I choose change user to "Administrator" & it boots OK. On this user I do not have all my usual progs & dada. Any way to recover this...

Among other problems, the admin account on my computer is probably corrupted. About 7-8 months ago, when you signed on to the admin account, the wallpaper was black and all of the desktop shortcuts and icons had disappeared. Soon later, the password for logging on didn't work at all, so it was...

Windows ( in the case Vista home Premium a system i am restoring on a VAIO for a friend). Setting it up with an Admin account and a standard user account. a Few questions: When is the best time to add the standard user account for everyday use? Here is why i ask, i notice that sometimes certain...

Selling an old laptop of mine on EBAY. Did a fresh install of Windows 7. For some reason I cannot get permission to delete the "old windows folder" I keep going on to the security tab and setting permission for administrators to have full control of that folder, but it is still not letting me...

I upgraded to windows 8.1 from windows 8 and worked well for awhile but now I cannot log on to my user account . I can only log on using guest account .Would welcome any solutions please Regards Patrick

Hi.... i am using windows 7 ultimate(32-bit) & i am using secugen fingerprint so now i want add more than one fingerprint as windows logon password to single windows admin account but i am unable to do this so plz help me to sort it...

So i have a pretty good understanding of computers, i like to change my password often just to be secure. When doing so i change it via CMD prompt, because for me this is just the fastest easiest way. Well today something went horribly wrong, i have no idea what happen. All i know is i can no...

Have an Admin user acc. and a personal user acc. When I'm in personal acc. always see 2 'Pictures' folders in Libraries pane, there is under each a sub folder each named 'My Pictures' and both have different amount of photos, most are similar Photos. First 'Picture' has a 'My Pictures' and a 'My...

As in win7 I got a super admin account, and a normal working account. When installing win8 I had to enter the username of the administrator (mine), then I created my working account (also mine). To distinguish betrween the 2 I would like to call my administrator account 'administrator'. How to...

i run cmd in Elevated Command Prompt mode. i used commands such as; net user administrator * (but can not change password, the system error 5 has occured) net user administrator /delete (access is denied) net user administrator set /inactive net user administrator /inactive:yes but all these...

HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop, only computer in house. Was using HP All -in -One 309G printer for a few years and everything worked great. One day I noticed that the printer icon wasn't showing up in Device and Printers folder. Well went into the other forum for HP and Windows 7 and several...

I have a windows 7 laptop and a windows vista desktop. There is a wireless router connected to my desktop and I am able to connect to it and use the internet on my laptop. But I am having trouble connecting to my desktop and viewing files on my desktop from my laptop. When I open up the file...

First of all i was unable to configure my advanced power options, i.e- create new power plan, choose what power button does or closing lid does? I restored the settings & restarted but couldn't solve it. This is what i get while trying to fix this:- Link Removed Somehow, then i thought of...

I have just tried the below tip and later I end up in deleting my admin account.:( Login Directly Into Windows 7 Without Entering Password By Aun on Jul 21 2009 20 Comments Every time Windows 7 is started it asks you to select the username and enter the password to access your system, there is...

I've had my Windows 8 computer for several months... it's been working really well, absolutely no problems. But today... when I turned on my computer... I signed into my account like always (the only admin account on the computer)... and it keeps signing me into a temporary profile instead. A...

Hi, I have a "SanDisk Ultra CompactFlash" 4GB card and an internal card reader (HP desktop). When I insert the card into the reader, the green light above the slot turns on as if it recognizes the device, but it doesn't show up. Device Manager says that the driver is installed and working...

Hello, I recently had to reinstall (format and clean install) on my home PC. The admin account could access the internet right after the install. Once I added standard user accounts for each of my kids, those accounts can access the internet, but the admin account cannot. Any ideas? Thanks...