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    Windows 10 MS OneDrive Program necessary to run Win10? De-installation?

    As far as I can see MS OneDrive is (oftentimes) pre-installed on Win10 systems. Can I uninstall this "Feature"/Program without affecting Win10? When I setup my Win10 computer I did NOT specify a MS account. I use just local accounts. Peter
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    Windows 10 Local account, Microsoft app and disconnection from Microsoft account

    Hello, if I installed Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1 too, as dual boot), both with local account, no Microsoft account. I have only Microsoft account created on Microsoft site. I would only install Microsoft application from Microsoft Store according to this description (with "Sign in to just this...
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    Windows 10 Bitlocker Recovery Key not working

    Hi, I have a Dell M4800 on which I have Bitlocker enabled with TPM on the system disk. Everything worked fine, I could unlock the encrypted drive with the pin code I had set and log in with administrator privileges to my domain account. I decided for some time ago to remove the computer from...
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    Windows 10 Hidden administrator account: No password

    An elderly neighboor has a HP laptop that was managed mostly by her deceased husband. It has one Local account on it and she /we have the password full access to all their documents etc. She says the unit has become very slow, not sure why an i am starting to help her clean it up, backup all...
  5. Windows 10 2 windows10 computers, 1 microsoft email account, use 1 account on both?

    microsoft always asks me to sign into my microsoft account and stop using a local account to sign in, i've been thinking about doing that a long time ago but, i have 2 desktops, one that i use for gaming and mining, and then other one i use just to surf the internet watch movies, the...
  6. Windows 10 You'll need the Internet for this 0xCAA30194 Error

    Hi! I've been trying to Set Up a Work or Education Account in Windows 10, but I've been getting an error saying that I need to be connected to the Internet (but I am). [/IMG] How can I resolve this issue? I've tried some of the possible solutions that I found online - such as changing to...
  7. Windows 10 Hiding an active user account in Windows 10?

    I am trying to hide an active user account from sight in:: Desktop> Right-click This PC> Manage> Local Users and Groups> Users> Q. Is there a way to make one of these user accounts hidden from sight without the account itself being disabled? (Tried to add an image but this site apparently...
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    Windows 10 How I can manage the accounts on PC

    Hello everybody! I have more local accounts on my PC and I want to know, how I can change that when I install an application and an shortcut on desktop, I don't see it on the other account? Thanks for every Help!
  9. Windows 10 Why I can't sign-in with a local account, into my Windows 10, when offline?

    I think its the very reason I choose to sign in with a local account instead - that I will not face any problem offline. Guess what? It says to sign in with my last password used on my PC, because I am offline. The last password is ofcourse of my local account, as thats what I use, but when I...
  10. Windows 10 Need permissions for EVERYTHING again after update!!

    Windows 10 Pro (Business) (x64) (build 14393 My 'Administrator' Rant! Permissions required for EVERYTHING, again, coincidentally, after this mornings update!! How many times do I (we) have to go through this? Today, even to change the name of a shortcut!! I live alone, am the only person to...
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    Windows 10 Account lost after someone associated their Microsoft account to this computer.

    So i have been using windows 8.1 and only had one local account in this computer. I come back to find that someone has associated their cloud account to this computer and now my account is missing and now i have their accounts instead and windows 10. My question is, can i somehow retrieve my...
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    Windows 10 Changing Windows 10 user accounts

    I have a new Acer Aspire E5-574 laptop that cam with Windows 10 pre-installed. I now have a single admin user account using MS Live. I now wish to change this account to a local account but I find that this is impossible. I have found on the internet simple instructions as how this can be...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 File Share Asking for Credentials

    Here's the setup on my home network: Win10 Machine A - Win 10 Pro, Automatically logs on Using a Local Account (In Netplwiz I Unchecked that users need to enter a User Name/PW and have an admin account automatically logging in). Win10 Machine B - Win 10 Pro, Normal Logon process with a...
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    Windows 10 UAC appears everytime I log in to local account.

    I have a relatively new laptop and am setting it up. I created one local administration account and one local standard account for my one of my Laptops. However, when i log in to my local standard account I am prompted by UAC asking if windows command processor can make changes to my PC. I have...
  15. Windows 10 Special characters and programs compatibility

    I upgraded to windows 10 from 8.1.on 8.1 my user name(not my Microsoft account name), was using special (non English) characters. After upgrading to 10,I noticed that I couldn't install a specific program, an Android emulator called nox.I made a local account on my pc using standard English...
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    Windows 7 setting permissions in windows 7 home

    Hello all, First off I'd like to thank anyone who helps me with this in advance. I recently built a dedicated server system for my home to serve movie files, music, pics, things of that nature and we have a few kids in the household who like to click without thinking and delete things and I'm...
  17. Windows 10 How do I re-enable another account on Win10?

    My elderly dad's machine got updated from Win7 to Win10 without me anticipating it, and it brought a raft of issues that I'm having to deal with, but I'm just going to focus on one of them for this thread: I had TWO user accounts set up on the machine under Win7, the one that was originally...
  18. Windows 10 Can't switch from local account to microsoft account

    Hi. I'm on the account settings, and the link to "Sign into a microsoft account" isn't working from the menu. Any suggestions?
  19. Windows 8 Windows 8 Password Reset

    Good Day, I hope I am posting this in the correct location, I have come across a laptop with Windows 8 on, the user forgot the password, it is a local account with no admin account, how can one go about resetting the password? I have tried ntpassword, but it does not support Win8. Any...
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    Windows 8 Internet explorer flash problem

    I found out lots of websites with flash video would not play correctly in internet explorer. This problem on local users and Microsoft users accounts, but internet explorer in Administrator account does not have this issue. I have tested flash player is installed correctly, shocked wave is...