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Windows 10 How to Securely Manage and Backup Passwords Without Writing Them Down
I am getting to the age where I am forgetting passwords or logins sometimes to easily. Writing them down is not a great option because of lousy handwriting. Is there a way I could automatically save what I change, when I make a change so that I have a current dated backup or something like...- lorenkjr1
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- backup credentials data protection lastpass login password password management security suggestions user experience
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Use Your Microsoft Band to Unlock Your PC
An upcoming update to Windows 10 will allow Microsoft Band owners to login to their PCs using only the wearable. read more Continue reading...- News
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- bluetooth computer access login microsoft band productivity security technology update wearable tech windows 10
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Windows 7 Fresh Start Each Startup
Hi. How do I fix this? Every time I login to my Windows Account, it says "Preparing your Desktop" or something like that, and when it finally does, my settings are not from this account. Instead it logs me in as "temporary account" and therefore nothing saves. How do I have it to log in and have...- Ilya Byk
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- account recovery desktop login settings startup issues temporary account troubleshooting user account windows windows account
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Removing or resetting windows log password when don't know password
Hi I purchased 2 all in one msi pcs from big w late 2014. My sons was used straight away in box no issues. My daughter was too young at the time and I stored at risk of not testing. It was the display. Since setting up had no power cord, company said too bad. I brought one. However it has a...- Paula lee jones
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- account recovery all-in-one autism boot dvd boot external drive instructions login msi password remove reset safe mode tech support troubleshooting tutorial usb user guide windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to force windows to boot to screen saver
I have a computer that runs a security program that records my video cameras. I have it set to bypass the login screen and auto start my security program. I am wanting it to boot to.the screen saver since I have it set to ask for password on resume. That way if someone restarts the computer...- billkater
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- autostart boot camera computer login password resume screensaver security windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Open WebMartix3 on Windows Startup
Please advise me how to setup WebMartix3 open when Windows Server 2012 R2 bootup. I want it to start the program (WebMartix3) before I login my account. (meaning it will start the program before I keying my password in the login screen of Windows Server 2012 R2) I had tried Task Scheduler but...- Jin Chua
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- application launch automation boot configuration login server 2012 startup task scheduler webmartix3 windows
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 10 Stuck at windows login screen
I started my computer in safe mode with active directory repair to see if it would help mr with a seperate problem, which isnt important to this right now, and now I am stuck at the windows login screen. It does not have a text box or anything where I would actually log in, and nothing works...- Slick85906
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- access active directory app computer desktop error help issues keyboard login repair safe mode screen issue support system technical troubleshooting user interface windows windows forum
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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outlook password failure
I was trying to start working with my outlook and just found this: The password you typed is incorrect. Retype the password. But it IS correct. I know it. What should I do?- heinrekurreginnsson
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- access authentication email error login outlook password settings support troubleshooting user account windows
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 10 Changed admin - locked-out
I have never had different accounts on my computer nor a password: I switch on and go. Somehow my little daughter has managed to change something so she appears as Admin and we cannot get in without a password. She says she does not know what she has done (but at least she managed to guess...- RAHB
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- access administrator child configuration control panel help locked out login management password removal security settings troubleshooting user account users windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 RDP issue - The logon attempt failed
Hello all, this is my first post in the forum, New member here... I upgraded to win10 recently and RDP keeps giving me error above... I have tried with both accounts I have and I can't rdp in. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? I've been trying for a few days already and everything...- Chenlo
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- login rdp win 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows Password Issue: Incorrect Prompt on Startup Despite Successful Login
Every time I start my computer I get the error "Password is incorrect. Try again". I type in my Windows account password and the desktop opens. The computer doesn't seem to remember my password. Should it?- john92210
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- authentication desktop error login password settings troubleshooting user account user interface windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to set up Windows Hello on your Surface device
Sign into your new Surface device faster and easier with these easy-to-follow steps. Windows Hello offers a more personal way to sign into your Link Removed or Link Removed. Using biometric security, Windows Hello on Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 allows you to bypass entering in complex...- News
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- biometrics camera facial recognition fingerprint how to instructions login pin code security setup guide surface surface book surface pro touch id type cover update user account user experience windows 10 windows hello
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How to: Set Up Fingerprint Login for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Pro 3
Here's how to successfully setup the Surface Pro 4 or 3 to work with the new Fingerprint ID Type Cover. read more Continue reading...- News
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- biometrics fingerprint login security setup surface pro type cover
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 hanging with screensavers
If I choose a screensaver under Windows 8.1, the screensaver will occur after the designated time but if I afterward come back to my computer after doing something else where I live I will see a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner, and Windows 8.1 is completely...- eldiener
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- hanging login screensaver
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Log in problems admin/users/guests
Turned on my computer and clicked on my admin profile, it blink with black screen and took me back to the user selection screen. I did the same with the other users and it did the same thing... it's frustrating :| I have exams due :-(- Joeljrincon
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- administrator black screen exams frustration guest login troubleshooting users windows error
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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log in problem
Before I explain my problem, first let me say that after twenty years of using a PC my new laptop I always keep clean (hardware and software), virus-free and optimized. I never have any problems with PC or Windows or browser. Since yesterday when I want to log in happens this: Like always I...- krosslin
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- browser ccleaner forum freezes issues login optimization problem windows
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 10 Question about Password Expired message?
Hi I've never had my computer tell me that my Microsoft password has expired. But this has happened to a friend of mine. What's this all about, I think there is a way to tell it not to have your password expire but I don't know how to get to it. I'm guessing that mine is set that way, I want...- MikeHawthorne
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- accessibility configuration expiration policy expired friendship guidance help login microsoft password password change safe mode security settings support troubleshooting user account windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Two Stage confirmation
Unfortunately, I signed up for the two stage check when you log in to this web site. I have found it a nuisance and want to cancel it. Can someone please tell me how I do that? Thanks, RonBin79- Ron Binmore
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- check login stage
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows Freezing On Start Up
Hi, I have a big problem getting my Alienware MX14 to work with Windows. A few days ago, Windows forced me to upgrade to 8.1 which I did and it was working fine… then shut down my computer that night and booted it up the next day and it would freeze at the login screen every time, no matter...- justins8
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- 8.1 alienware backup error freezing hardware issues laptop login repair reset safe mode setup startup tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows windows refresh work
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 OneDrive issues since Sept. Patch Tuesday
Has anyone else been having a issue with OneDrive since installing update KB3081455 on September 8, 2015. Ever since this update OneDrive say's it can't find my OneDrive folder's and I have to relog into OneDrive every time I restart or turn on my pc. Extremely annoying, especially as my...- brkkab
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- bugs folders issues kb3081455 login onedrive patch pro restart security update windows 10 x64
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support