guest account

Hello friends, I have a strange problem. My account was an administrator account, but since I made a Guest account then my admin account has been restricted as well and I cannot change the security settings nor through safe mode, nor built-in admin account and nor using netplwiz. There all...

Here is what happened. I went to administrator tools > Computer management > Local users and groups > Users. Now I double clicked on the main user account. Then I switched to the 'member of' tab. I deleted the things whatever present over there. Then I restarted the system. Now I can...

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...

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...

Hi there, As written in the title my problem is about win7. This is what happened. Ive been working on the administrator account for more than 2 years, left it as it was yesterday. When I came back my account was assigned with guest authorization instead of administrator's. While I was working...

Hi I created a guest account. I didn't wan't the d drive accessable to the guest account. Some how I now can't access d drive at all.

I was a little insecure about losing my files at one time and I created a 2nd account with Administrator priviliges. And I have the Guest Account active. Now I always log into the same account that supposedly has the administrator privileges yet at times I get a message that I need to contact...

Hello, I can't login in Guest user. My administrator account is working properly and without any problems, but my guest account doesn't. When I login to that account then its automatically logging off and coming back to the login Screen. I created standard user, but anyway I can't login there...

I hope I'm in the correct section. I was refered to this site by another. Great community. To the problem. I was trying to set up a guest user account for others to use my laptop for school work and I tried to block areas of my computer by editing the permission or security. Without paying...

I can't great new accounts or activate the guest account, but was able before. When I create a new account, Windows creates the new user login icon. When I try to login to that account I get this error: "The user profile service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." then the account...

When I log into any administrator account, after the "Welcome" screen finishes, it hangs for about 6 seconds on a black screen (if aero is enabled) and a 'windows blue color' screen (if classic theme is enabled) This does not happen on a standard/guest account This happens on a new and...

How can I make a Word document that was saved by a guest user available to all users? Its an interesting family history written by my aging mother. My daughter had to use my laptop while hers was in repair - she loggind in as a guest and saved the word document from an email. I can switch to...

Hi all, I wanted to prevent the guest users on my laptop from accessing D: drive. So from my admin account, I set the permissions on my D: drive to deny all for the Users group, without even looking at all the permissions listed. I thought these permissions would affect only the non-admin...

I turned my computer on this afternoon and my admin user is missing. ALL my documents and programs are linked to my admin account. All I'm showing is a guest user. How can I fix this?

Hi. My PC have two user accounts: Admin (Administration) and Guest (Standard). i sat time restrictions for Guest account. then, for testing, i restarted my pc and tried to log on with Guest account at certain time. but it showed me this error: "Your account has time restrictions that prevent...

Hello all, I am dealing with more of an annoyance than a serious problem. When I start up I recv. a msg stating that I am not logged on as an administrator. I then have to switch users at the start menu and then no more pop up and I do have administrative capabilities.I am not that computer...

My friend set up a guest account on his computer for me to use. Windows7 copied the administrator's desktop icons to the guest account desktop, where I deleted them. Deleting those icons also deleted them on the administrator's account. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

why does my command promt read c:\users\[same user twice\> and takes up twice as much room? what do i need to do ? Example, say i want to go to a picture, i go to pictures and its empty. i have to then go to computer then into drie C,then into users,then into user name,then into that' pictures'...

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