password management

Hello, I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10. My daughter and I share this laptop and each of us have our own user profile to choose on start up. With Windows 10, the computer boots automatically to my desktop (bypasses the user selection screen) without allowing the person who...

Hey guys, new member here in need of some serious help! So, I ended up deleting my other account and creating a new one with the same name on my computer. Any browser I'm using, when I choose to save a password for the website, it doesn't save! If I choose "Remember me", it doesn't. I originally...

The "Local Administrator Password Solution" (LAPS) provides management of local account passwords of domain joined computers. Passwords are stored in Active Directory (AD) and protected by ACL, so only eligible users can read it or request its reset. Link Removed

Platform: WIN 8.1 Spring Update Using a local (domain) account to login to Windows Using a MS Live account just for the purpose of installing Store apps The first time you go to install a store app you are prompted for your Live account credentials. Once entered, the only choice is SAVE or...

Original release date: January 02, 2014 Systems Affected Point of Sale Systems Overview Point of Sale Systems When consumers purchase goods or services from a retailer, the transaction is processed through what are commonly referred to as Point of Sale (POS) systems. POS systems consist of...

When you install Kaspersky, it asks to disable the browser's password manager, saying that it might cause it's password manager problems, but I chose not to, and it seemed to work okay. However, when I installed an update for Kaspersky, it disabled it anyway. Maybe the option was there not to...

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Original release date: June 24, 2013 Systems Affected Any system using password authentication accessible from the internet may be affected. Critical infrastructure and other important embedded systems, appliances, and devices are of particular concern. Overview Attackers can easily...

The Credential Manager (control panel) appears to have an entry that I did not put there myself. Generic Credentials Internet or network address: virtualapp/didlogical user name: (one that I do not recognise) Password: (unknown 8 character password) persistence: local machine (I am new to...

Original release date: April 10, 2013 | Last revised: June 24, 2013 Systems Affected Any system using password authentication accessible from the internet may be affected. Critical infrastructure and other important embedded systems, appliances, and devices are of particular concern...

Hi All - This is my 1st post on this Forum. Apologies if I get things wrong. I just bought this computer from a friend who has emigrated. My previous one suffered 'electrical strike' to the MB. So I am getting used to a load of new stuff. (Windows 7, 64 bit) These problems are giving me a lot...

Hello all, I work in IT and I run into a problem quite often where we know how to fix the issue but we are unable to because they cannot get connected to the network. We use static IP's as a standard for all computers in order to organize and prevent from being able to used outside of the...

Management/removal of passwords saved in Internet Explorer More...

The upcoming new OS will offer users the ability to store and retrieve their Web site and application passwords through Internet Explorer 10. Link Removed

Hi This isn't really about Windows or American's Elect but about the way that stuff works online! Yesterday I was curious about the American't Elect thing, it sounded like a good idea to me. So I went to the web site took the test and became a member. I just watched the guy who founded it on...

I cannot open mail services from the icon in MSN Live Mail or in Yahoo Messenger I also have URL's saved in a Password data file that used to open when I clicked them; now doesn't work I think it has something to do with Permissions. It happened once before and I accidentally corrected it but...

Hi I have steam, Last week I noticed my steam account was showing hours of gaming time for games that I always use and some games I haven't played at all. Then the other day I got home and saw "This Account is Currently Being used Elsewhere", and according to my Profile I was playing...

Some games (e.g. Spore) REQUIRE Administrator rights to run properly. I have my son setup as a standard user and everytime he wants to play he needs me to come upstairs to "Run as administrator" and enter a password. Is there any way around this, perhaps some way to save the password for just...

:confused: Once again someone has checked the box that says, "Do not ask me this question again." when presented with the, "Do you want Windows to remember this password?" dialogue. How do I re-enable it in this flavor of Windoze? I did the Tools - Internet Options - Content - Autocomplete -...

I read this in the Help file, but it does not work, any ideas how to get it to work?? Turn on automatic logon Turn on automatic logon [This content is preliminary and subject to change.] You can use automatic logon to log on to your computer without having to type a user name or password...