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Hello, I created a folder named "Hello" and shared it and set Everyone user access on it to full: On the destination computer, when I want to open this folder, it asks me for a username and password: Why? What is wrong? Thank you.

On my Windows 10 desktop server I have been running auto startup (no password needed). Suddenly today startup is asking for a password on startup. It is showing two identical userid, one of which uses the normal password and the other is a new one. Investigation said to use netplwiz to...

Good morning all. I am desperately seeking help with this annoying problem. My Windows 10 Acer V5 laptop has until last week booted into my account without requesting a password or pin - great. But a few days ago I was prompted to download and install Windows Upates and this is when everyting...

Good morning. I would appreciate help/advice with the following. I have recently bought a new laptop with Windows 11 and set it up correctly or so I believe. My old laptop is using Windows 10 and when I start it I am usually asked for my BIOS password. However, since setting up my new laptop...

i purchased a pc from pc wo—d, they gave me a setup usb. I set it up, but continued to use my old pc.when I tried the new dell today, I have forgotten the password. I hit the reset button and it says I need a password reset disk. I am now completely stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

A friend of mine brings her laptop to my house and logs into my network a lot. She got a new laptop, and it wouldn't log in. We tried over and over, with no luck. Just on a hunch, when she came back, I told her to try a different version of the password that I have used in other places. It...

For some reason we are having trouble accessing our server (windows server 2012) but our workstations (Windows 11) are still connected to it. We have never changed the password so we are not sure what is going on. When we go into windows credentials and see the server there is no show button so...

I cannot access my Microsoft account even though I updated my password a month ago and logged in successfully using it the same day. I'm being sent a form that wants the information that I used when I set up my account. It was included with this laptop and I upgraded to Office 365 and pay a...

I just changed the login password for my PC. I don’t know if this is relevant but now when I start my computer I get asked for a PIN but no longer get a prompt for Sign-in options. This means that I can’t login with my Password should I choose to. Windows 11 Home 22H2.

Hey everyone, I really need help from an expert. I have made mistakes with my account, and I have several questions. The situation is a bit messy now, so I'll try to be chronological... 1. When I attempt to loggin to my Windows 10 profile, now it always logs me to a temporary account. I have no...

Hello, In case my computer gets hacked, I want to keep passwords safe into an encrypted file. Since the data I have is free-flow, KeePass won't do since it expects data to be in neat columns (logon, password, etc.) After checking several apps, I came up with the following requirements: 1...

My mother has passed and left me her laptop. We want to use it but cant because we don't have the password. I have tried the conventional method of resting the password by the command prompt. However the net user command throws an error and dose not actually show the login user (my mother name)...

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Hello, I understand we need to be safe, but why should I enter a password every time I type on my own desktop at home? When I logged in with password entry 1, Chrome needed me to login, but it wouldn't autofill. I went to saved passwords, and then entered password entry 2 (windows, not chrome)...

Hi everyone. I received an email from Comcast today, it says that my service will be suspended unless I update my payment information. It said that the credit card company failed to authorize the payment. This message really looks official, when I clicked on My Account in the message, I...

I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop at an auction for items confiscated by the police. I need to change the original user ID and password so I thought the security forum might be the place to ask this question. During startup, it flashed the Windows screen so I know that it has Windows...

My campus has its own wifi and it requires me to input not just password but also username (my username here would be my student ID number, while password is the password i use for my campus' website accounts), in my Win10 laptop it works just fine, but in my older Win8 laptop, it just won't let...

Hello, Where is the location of passwords that i define in Microsoft Edge. These passwords resides also somewhere in the Microsoft account of the user? Thanks for your help. Best regards José Paiva

Ok so I know we have to be safe but really I'm on a desktop in my own home why do i need to enter a password every other keystroke I have just logged in password entry 1 I then open chrome and chrome needs me to login but wont autofill so I go to saved passwords password entry 2 (windows not...

Hi, After many attempts I still can't remove the start-up password from my laptop. Its a password with complex requirements (like AAAaaa1234@$%^#) that needs to be changed every 2 months. That's way too much trouble just for editing bird pictures on this old machine and annoying to use for...