admin account

I have an admin account, but it's the only account for my computer. I used to have plenty of old accounts, some of which were also admin accounts. When I decided to delete them, I chose to keep the files just in case. Now I realize I don't need them but it won't let me delete them. I went to...

hi everyone as this is my first thread I run Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio, and never had issues. recently I had this situation where some software doesn't run properly on my main account (admin) but only in a secondary account I had created the software is installed without problems, but then...

I do not know how I got a second admin account with my name probably i was doing something in a windows program and their i gave admin rights to my first account, now i cannot delete this new account i searched how to geek and according to that the delete account is not where it should be it...

Hey guys, I myself have a problem that sounds simple but I can't seem to figure out. The question is simple. The "My Computer" icon is missing from my desktop. It's also missing from the Administrator account and I can't get it show either on any new account that I create. I use here at home...

I am not sure when this issue occurred, but I noticed it today Problem: I am unable to acces certain CP from the admin account. These CP include "advanced system settings" and "remote setings". When clicked, nothing happens. So far all the unresponsive CP I have identified are "admin CP"...

I have an Admin account and a Guest account. I've worked out how to share folders (not just by using the "Libraries > Public" section) -- I right click a folder, go so Share With > Advanced Sharing > Security > go to Users section > select Full Control. That way both accounts can play and save...

I did a system restore a while back after I installed an incorrect sound driver that kinda left my speakers void.. after doing the restore I noticed that a few of my features on 7 didn't work any more.. Not to say that the restore is what caused the problem.. It just happened around the same...

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). When I installed it on my new home-built PC, I entered the account name 'Admin' when prompted. This creates the default administrator account. I subsequently created two standard user accounts for me and my wife. However, I have since had problems...

I am/have tried to create a new user account, specifically to take the place of a suspected corrupt user account (per MS Moderator posts re Excel not responding repeatedly when copying). I have looked around the web, MS support sites, and read posts all over a couple of forums and am trying to...

I am using Windows 7 for my home PC. Upon clicking on my admin profile and typing in my password, the following message appears, "The user profile service service failed the logon." I can only logon to my wife's account (that does not have a password nor admin capabilities). When I try to...

This is probably a really easy-to-solve problem, but to me a very annoying one. Win 7 has done something with its files that makes it more difficult to find them in certain occations. Say for ex that I have done an ordinary search via Start on the whole computer to find an old document that I...

OK, full story. I was meddling a bit with the security settings for my C: partition (where my Windows 7 resides) by right clicking the drive and selecting properties > security. The reason for doing so was because I thought someone had meddled with it first, so I was trying to get it back to...

I've just installed Windows 7 x64 Home Premium and it's a nightmare thanks to UAC. Things have finally come to a head now I've tried to delete a folder in Windows.Old only to be told I require permission from administrators. Things is, I'm the only user of this machine. I AM the administrator...

Running Windows 7 starter, Dell netbook. I hid one of my two administrative user accounts with REGEDIT by setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList [hiddenaccountname] [DWORD(32bit) Value=0. To logon to the hidden...

Ok. I changed my SID number last night and after I rebooted most of my stuff was gone. Well, I dont know if its gone or it is just not available to me because Im not able to log in to my my administrator account. I am not able to perform most functions because I dont have the rights to do...

I have set up several user accounts in our new family Windows 7 PC. My own account being the admin one. Problem is other standard uses can’t see or use any of the programs I installed such as MS Office, Itunes, etc, etc. They are not in the program list or start menu in their standard...

Hello windows7forums community, I've made a bit of a whoopsey in lusrmgr.msc and have managed to set the password for the hidden admin account; which is fine - the problem is that I also removed the only local user's membership of the administrators group forgetting to check that I had enabled...

How to prevent other users from using removable driver and other security option via Group editor policy. I have 2 accounts. One is named admin and the other as user. How to change these setting for the user named user. Its a limited account,so the GPE is not accessible in that account. Tell me...

I just formatted an 8GB thumb drive to NTFS under the admin account. After I was done, I right clicked and set "everyone" to full control and removed all other permissions. I coped a huge file to the jump drive on another machine, then I get back to this one - and I can't copy the file off...

For some reason, some of the Microsoft Office icons are not working correctly on some accounts. What the heck is going on? I installed under the Admin account so it shoudlbe available to everyone. When I double click on it - they work fine, its just not the correct icon. see the attached...