admin account

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 Today I was just looking through stuff, and I came upon my users list. Why do I see so many Users listed and can I safely remove some of them. I don't even know where these come from? Link Removed Link Removed What are these accounts that say Account Unknown? It would seem...

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...

I've forgotten my windows 7 password to the admin account and so now I'm using Offline NT & Registry Editor to try and reset it. I keep getting stuck on step TWO: Select PATH and registry files. The default is not working and I have no idea what else to try, thanks in advance :frown:

My personal account is setup as admin by default but prefer to set it with user rights. Before I do that I would like to create an Admin account to cover admin issues when needed. When the admin user account is created it only shows one field for entering the new password and no 2nd field to...

Hi I noticed a few days ago that my computer power plan was wrong so went to control panel to change and it says some settings are managed by your administrator and wont let me choose anything. - UAC is disabled - My account is only admin account - Global built in admin account is disabled -...

I am try to help my friend with her computer. I know some about computers. Her problem Is that the other day she went to sign on to her computer and the computer would not let her In. It was just her user profile. She has a admin account and I have a admin account. I was able to logIn but she...

Well hello and hope someone can help me with this problem take a look at this image Link Removed due to 404 Error as you can see my proxy settings are blocked and i cant change them, im using the administrator account in that computer. I cant access any webpage but i can use SKYPE chat...

Hello I wrote this post once but it did not appear so I will try again. When I put a folder in my admin acct it also appears in the guest acct which is dangerous. I need both acct's but how can I put is only in admin. When I delete it from the guest acct is disappears from the admin acct too...

Hello When I place a folder of data in my password protected log on pc 's admin account, it is ok but, it also goees to the gest account. if I remove it from the guest account, it also is removed from the admin account. I need both accounts but how do i set it up so only the admin acct has the...

I have a Gateway computer, 64 bit, DX4822-01, with Intel pentium E5300 Dual Core, 2.6GHZ each, 6GB ram, and 1TB HDD, running Windows 7 Home Premium x 64 bit. :(Four days ago I did a complete hard drive backup. On the 6th, and last disc I was told that it didn't properly close the session. 3...

I have a problem.... I have two programs that I need to run when the PC is on late at night. I have my BIOS set to boot up the PC @ 1AM every day; then I "wanted" to run the backup and virus scan automatically then use shutdown.exe to shot down the PC @ 4AM. Here is the problem... First I am...

it is purported that creating a separate admin account then setting your admin acct to a std user helps with warding of malware. In order to do any admin tasks u must enter a PW. The purpose of UAC is to help ward off malware. If set at default, in order to perform admin functions u must...

Just want help on an error message. I tried to log on to my admin account. The error message I received was "The User Profile Service service failed the log on. User profile cannot be loaded." Is any one familiar with this problem?

Hi! I have windows 7 ultimate installed, with multiple admin accounts. What I want is a private folder, that would be not be accessible to other admins. The problem is that other admins can take ownership of my folder and change permissions. What can I do? (besides using specialized third...

Hi all please can someone help?. I am running win 7 64bit and all of a sudden all my desktop icons disappeared along with my start menu and my right click function. Ctrl-alt-del brings up the option to access the task manger but it fails to display it. safe mode is fine and when I create a...

Hi, just joined the forum to ask for help with a laptop I'm working on. I've researched the problem in a load of forums but nothing seems to work on it, so I'm hoping someone here knows of a solution I've missed. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5732Z, the specs are: cpu - T4400 ram - 3.00 GB OS -...

Greetings, I downloaded a file to my desktop. I plugged in my USB external hard drive to transfer my downloaded file to the USB external hard drive. I got a dialog box telling me that "You need permission to perform this action" I am the only user on my computer. I have an adminstrative...

Problem networking Desktop + Laptop Problem: Desktop can access laptop. Laptop cannot access desktop. Whether both are hard wired into the router, or just the desktop is. What I can do so far: Oddly enough, after going into the Network sharing center and turning off all PUBLIC sharing options...