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3062591 - Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) Now Available - Version: 1.0
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 1, 2015): V1.0 (May 1, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is offering the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) that provides a solution to the issue of using a common local account with an identical password on every computer in a domain. LAPS resolves...- News
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Windows 8 How to repair an external disk
Hello My external disk fell on the ground. And since, it did not function. It did a bip when I plug or unplug it. The light indicator does not appear. The disk is visible when I go in computer management --> "computer-manage-device manager-disk drive" but it does not appear on "disk management"...- reynald pierre
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- computer management data recovery device manager disk management external drive hard drive hardware issues repair storage issues troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Recover Unallocated 250GB HDD After Windows 7 Reinstallation
backed up my files on a 250g HDD reinstalled win7 on 500g HDD During install, I ignored the 250 and partitioned the 500g HDD like I have done thousands of times before. Then choise one of the partitions on the 500G HDD to install wnin7. Install complete and win 7 is on the proper partition...- paulmars
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- backup computer management data recovery disk management file recovery hdd partition storage issues unallocated windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Conflicting Storage Info
I've got an Asus T200 with a 32gb eMMC, 64GB sd card and a 500 GB hdd. My problem lies basically with the eMMC storage for which Windows seems to have conflicting data. The storage comes with approx 21GB assigned to drive C and 8GB assigned to a recovery partition. Computer Management and...- patcooke
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Windows XP Securing XP Pro
Various books and websites advise getting rid of certain administrative shares (usually FAX$ ,IPC$, & PRINT$) to better secure the OS. I've tried several ways to uninstall or disable, but every time I turn off the PC, these shares return. After a lot of searching, I found this explanation. Link...- Varsel
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- administrative shares computer management disable shares network sharing remote access security server system administration uninstall windows xp
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Windows 8 How to change owners
I have a laptop that I set up as normal when I installed win 8, with my account as the only one. It has some personal files and data that I don't mind losing but I don't want to leave them on the laptop. I want to give it to my daughter and put her on as the main computer user/administrator and...- Surfer Joe
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- account management administrator computer management delete account laptop personal files privacy user account user settings windows 8
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Saying Not Valid, sound not working as well help!
Hey all, I have a mac that I installed windows 7 pro (legit disc/serial been running for 2 yrs) on the partition running via paralells, no issues till very recently. It all started about 2-3 days ago I noticed firefox was saying every page in my bookmarks was untrusted, this was only on the...- Bill Austin
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- antivirus audio issues boot issues chkdsk computer management error firefox legit installation malware not genuine parallels red x error scan system restore time settings troubleshooting user experience windows 7
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Windows 7 Trying to replace windows vista with windows 7
Hey guys, not so sure if this is the correct section to post it in. But my HDD broke not long ago, it had windows 7 on. My friend gave me a HDD he isn't using anymore and it fits well into my laptop. The HDD he gave me has vista on it. I started up my laptop with my windows 7 CD and it came...- retep
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- backup computer management format drive hdd replacement installation issues laptop tech support upgrade windows 7 windows vista
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Windows 7 Drive shows up in Computer Management Not My Computer
I have a Dell Inspirion E1705 laptop. It powers on but nothing on the screen and no keyboard response. Its old so all I want to do is get some files off the drive. Not worried about fixing the laptop. I took the drive out and plugged into my desktop as a second drive. It doesn't show up in...- Boceefus
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- computer management data retrieval dell disk management drive file recovery initialization failed laptop issues storage unallocated space
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Fk Windows "Automatic Maintenance"
Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...- IHateWindowsEight
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- action center automatic maintenance background processes chkdsk computer management disk maintenance driver installation frustration performance issues programmers services software distribution system settings task manager tech support user control virus scan windows 8.1 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP HDD Visible in Explorer but Not in Device Manager on Windows XP SP3
my hdd works fine but does not show up in device manager or in computer managements. Shows up in explorer. The led also blinks ocassionally. Asus motherboard, Seagate 1T hdd. Windows XP sp3. Indexing is turned off. Partitioning and formatting was done with Partition Wizard v7. Could someone...- terry
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- asus computer management device manager disk issues drivers explorer file system formatting hardware hdd indexing motherboard partition partition wizard seagate sp3 storage issues support troubleshooting windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Device Manager doesn't Run
Thought I'd try to get some insight here -before- I drive myself nuts and spend hours troubleshooting why I can't get the device manager to start. I even went to the system32 folder and tried to run it from there. Also from the start menu, services, performance monitor, computer management...- AST
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- computer management device manager error performance monitoring services startup issues troubleshooting user support windows issues windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Need help with data transfer
My wife's laptop broke. Sony Vaio running windows Vista. I took out the hard drives. (It has 2 of them) I plugged my SATA/IDE to USB adapter to one of the drives and I got a message saying I must format the drive before I can use it.im running a toshiba laptop with windows 7 64 bit. I plug it...- cmartin
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- backup computer management data transfer disk formatting drive letter external drive file access file recovery hard drive lost files recognition issues sata sony vaio storage tech support toshiba troubleshooting usb adapter windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows Update Trashes 2 Windows 8 PCs
I have never had this happen with any other operating system on any of my computers in any time of my computer experience, but this is what happened to me during the past 2 weeks. I had one laptop with me while I was out of town. I allowed it to update, and suddenly found that Windows was...- SteveIsDead
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- boot issues computer management file recovery hard drive laptop issues microsoft support new install personal files refresh repair software installation system restore troubleshooting user experience virus scan windows 8 windows update zorin os
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Windows 7 Win 7 connect 20 devices - fact or fraud ?
Hi, I've just tried to replace an XP Pro computer used as a P2P server for a 10 workstation network with a Win7 64bit computer. XP's connection device limit is 10 and in Win7 EULA it states 20 devices. But that doesn't seem to be true !! I have one program on each workstations which accesses 3...- ian100448
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- client-server computer management connection issues connection limit device limitations eula file access hidden shares installation issues microsoft network network sharing peer-to-peer retrogression security tech support windows 7 windows pro windows server workstation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Dynamic Disk takes forever
Hello friends I just installed 2x4 TB disk from HGST. When I first connected them I only saw 1.6 TB per disk and I had to install a third party driver from HGST first. After driver installation I could see the whole 4 TB per disk. Since I wanted mirrored drives I went on and converted them to...- tydd
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- boot issues computer management data management device status disk capacity disk formatting drivers dynamic disk hard drive hgst installation led indicator mirrored drives os installation performance storage system freeze troubleshooting user experience windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8 Partitioning Question
When I go to Control Panel>Administrative Tools> Computer Management>Storage then Disk Management I see this: Link Removed So my question is there a way to combine the volume that says "Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition)" and "(C:) Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dumps, Primary...- techgeekcasey
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- active partition boot drive computer management disk management partition primary partition recovery partition storage system partition windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to get deep info on System Tools and Computer Management
I would like to get more knowledge on system tools and computer management focusing only on how they can help in a troubleshooting. I was humiliated in a job test and so I am trying to avoid that it happens again .... In internet I found the standard things....I would like to get as much...- epulone
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- computer management desktop engineering experience it skills job test knowledge tech support troubleshooting user data windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 NTFS being read as RAW, not accesible
I have a computer with Windows 7. I have Windows 7 on a 750 GB HD. Along withthis I have a 3 TB HD that is working, formatted with 1 test file on. I removed the 750 GBdrive and in its place put in a 256 GBOCZ Petrol SSD I disconnected the 3 tb drive I installed Windows 7on a 256 GB SSD...- jimdog38
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- access issues blue screen boot issues computer management data recovery disk management drive issues drive letter error file access file system formatting hard drive ntfs partition raw ssd storage troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Scheduled Tasks not working with run whether user logged in or not option
I tried posting this in another section but got no respnses, so hopefully somewhere here can help with it. I am accessing a remote computer through regular remote desktop. I have admin rights and all that good stuff and can schedule tasks. The problem that I'm having is when I select the option...- datagopherdan
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- admin rights computer management remote desktop run whether logged on task execution task scheduler windows 7 workaround
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support