multi-user

Hi. I've just registered to this forum because I've issued a problem on my Windows 7 computer. Well, this is what happened. I was making a new user on my computer for one of my family members. I had three users already made, and active. So this was the fourth one. When I made it, and logged into...

Hi this is my first post here, I recently installed Mac theme (Lion Skin Pack 13) I really liked it but there are other users that didn't like on the same PC, because when I install it it's being installed on all the other users, so how can I install it on only on one user?

I have a New User Account on someone's computer (so there is just the two of us as separate Users). My question... do we share the same Program Files folder (the one that shows up when I click "Computer" on the Start Up Menu and then click on the "C" drive)? It didn't seem to me that I have my...

I am running Windows 7 64 bit in a multiuser environment and one of the users needs 2 programs that, for some unknown reason, require administrative privileges to run. I am the administrator and when I am logged in I can run the programs, however, when the user attempts to run the program while...

Fixes an issue in which the home folder is not mapped to a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when more than one user logs on to the computer. Link Removed

I've watched, waited and read literally hundreds and more likely thousands of posts, both here and elsewhere across the the internet, regarding opinions both pro and con as a result of folks dipping their virtual toes into the arguably troubled waters that is the Windows 8 Metro UI. I listen to...

I have a small network of six computers. Five of them run XP and I just added a Windows 7 machine. I've got a Microsoft Access 2003 database that all of the computers share that is hosted on one of the XP machines. The Windows 7 machine can access the Access database through the network just...

I am running Windows 7 32-bit Professional and I have two local user account on my computer (Administrator Profile and Students Profile). Problem is once I join computer to domain, at logon screen only last logon profile is shown and if I want to logon as a second user I have to choose "logon...

I am setting up a brand new laptop with Windows 7. I have not used Win 7 before. I have set up two user accounts, both "administrator" accounts. I have downloaded Google Chrome using one of those accounts, but when logged on as the second user, I cant see the Chrome shortcut, or find the program...

Fixes an issue in which data corruption occurs when one user updates a shared file in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when the shared file is opened by mutiple users who are using the SMB Version 2 protocol from remote computers. More...

Here is how its setup. Main computer is the office computer. Its a desktop that a person is constantly on and doing stuff. There are 3 others that need the same information and documents at any given time. These 3 people have their laptops that are constantly switching wifi hotspots...

Hi All I appear to have an issue with Offline files. I have a redirected Start Menu and Desktop so that users get the same interface as if they were online at work. This is an AD domain environment using GPO for all settings detailed below. Before I try the below error testing, you should...

Two users Turn on computer user #1 starts normal Switch to user #2 50% of times logs on as temporary profile Must shutdown and log on again. I've posted this before and have never gotten any help

Hi, is there a way to be able to click Switch User and have Windows 7 automatically move to the other user's desktop? I want to bypass the small additional hassle of having to click on the other user's account in the "logon" screen. Obviously this would only make sense on systems with two users...

I've used this site for good advice, esp by Kari to whom I send hopes for speedy recovery. I'm trying to enable multiple users to access programs via XP mode, through Win7 64-bit computer (Win7 Professional). Using Admin Profile, when trying to open Win XP mode within All Programs from Start...

I am running Windows 7 professional. The problem is as follows. I need to connect to work through a VPN. While this VPN is active, I want to be able to visit websites and do things that do not run through the VPN. The VPN client is the one provided with Windows 7 that you get to when you go...

I am at a State U and want to create a temporary directory, say, C:\Users\temp, that can be used by multiple students that authenticate through a domain. A trivial task in Linux but are there other ramifications in windows 7? I have found %temp% is C:\Users\staff\AppData\Local\Temp. Would...

Ubuntu closes root hole A flaw in the module pam_motd (message of the day), which displays the daily motto and other information after login (to the shell), can be exploited under Ubuntu to expand access rights. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain root access. Ubuntu...

My laptop has six user identities and I would like a script to log onto all of them on startup rather than doing this manually. Windows 7, like Vista fails to find logon profiles sometimes whan certain programs have been run withing a particular profile but logs on fine before any of this...

I have three accounts set up on my windows 7 machine: Sys_admin, Bil, and Myra. Sysadmin has sysadmin privileges, Bill and Myra do not. While i'm logged in as Bill, win7 seems to put some documents in sys_admin's documents library and some in my Bill documents library. Should I just remove...