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The available space on my C "system" volume was low, so I moved the Users folder to my D "data" volume and edited the registry accordingly. After rebooting, I logged in to my "1st" account and checked everything was okay. So far, so good. Then I rebooted and tried to log in to my "2nd"...

I suspect someone logged on to my computer (this is someone I know who might have access to my password), I see so many logons that I can't be sure which were mine, but what I do know is that while I do have a 4 digit password setup I always logon using fingerprint. Is there a way to know in the...

I have tried several different methods to eliminate the need for a PIN when logging on, but every time on startup it's still there. Why?

On a Windows 10 Pro system, a printer is added that is connected to a Windows 2012 R2 server. Both Windows system are member of the same Domain. When, on the Windows 10 Pro system, the Service "(Print) Spooler" is Running, +/- every 30 sec a successfull logon and logoff is performed from the...

Hi I want to make the system sound when ever I Logon, Logoff or Shutdown my PC. I already went through the process (regedit) of enabling the option in the sound scheme but any sound I put in there doesn't sound. There are work around that I found that use .vbs and PowerShell Commands using Task...

Hello everyone, I am new to networking and spent the last few days setting up a Windows Server 2016 environment with a domain controller, dhcp server and file server using VirtualBox following tutorials and doing research. All is working well and now I am now trying to wrap my head around Group...

Every time I temporarily install Anydesk, it installs a sshd server. This also creates a new user account. After I un-install Anydesk, my W7 starts requiring me to click on a single User button to finish booting. How do you stop this? I am the only user on my machine. Before installing...

Hi I have domain with server2012R2 i have created user who has permited logon to another machine in domain. In account properties he has restriction to logon only for one machine. But when i try to log on i received such warninng : " the system administrator has limited the number of...

is there anyway to change the logon background image in Windows Server 2012 r2?

Hello All, Greetings!!! In our environment we monitor windows events 4624 and 4625 on AD for other workstations as all workstations can not integrated in a SIEM. However, in event 4624 and 4625, we are not getting any type 10 or type 2 logon type that could tell us the interactive logon has...

Specifics: I use a Dell core i3 laptop (10 months old). The operating system is windows 8.1. There are two users: myself being primary (admin), and my daughter being secondary. I switch the laptop on, then enter the password, what the laptop refuses to accept. Though, my daughter (as secondary...

Have a Windows 10 notebook and this may not be an OS issue but I write to inquire. Have an online email account and now find that the username now shows the email address instead. Tried to delete, backspace, etc with no effect. Could this be a cache issue? Guidance sought

It appears I have two Windows 10 log on accounts. However, I don't know the password for one of them. When I restart the computer the log on for the account that I don't have the password for is the default. I have to switch to the other account to log in. Apparently the Accounts window in...

I want to skip logon after standby in Windows 10 so that I can make automatic backups. One way should be to go to Power Settings and change the settings for logon, but in my computer there is no possibility for changing these settings perhaps because I do not have a Microsoft account and do...

I have a batch file that runs on logon as a task, but it does not work on non-admin desktops because it uses admin level commands. I want it to run as administrator without prompting the user for a password. I tried going into the file properties, clicking compatibility, and checking "Run This...

Logoff, Logon, shutdown, restart, startup sounds not playing in Windows 10. What should I do?

Hey guys, my computer takes like 45 seconds to do log into after boot. It flies through the boot drivers, and then display the advanced boot options and completely stalls. After it has logged on applications are able to load immediately without delay, just not sure why it takes so long to reach...

Forcing a Ctrl-Alt-Del logging into Windows 10 adds an extra level of logon security. read more Continue reading...

This has been bugging me for some time now so I finally decided to post. When I start my computer up it always stops at the login screen asking for a password and I do not have a password so all I do is click enter on my keyboard and it finishes booting me into Windows 7 so how can I get rid of...

Hi there, I would like that my Firefox starts automatically after logon . How do I do that? Please be as simple as possible, I am just fairly good in following instructions:)) Thanks and have a good day!