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Dear I had issues with Windows 10 and decided to restart in safemode via Msconfig. After the reboot I tried to login but I forgot the password. I can't change it online because of the safemode. Please can someone help me out! Thank you in advanced A.D.

Hi My friend it getting the title message when he tries to get to the option that will let him set his password to not expired. I have no idea what this means, I've never seen anything about Snapins before in all the time I've been using computers. Searching I found this...

Hi My friend, wants to set his password to not expire in Windows 10. I tried to lead him through it via the "netplwiz" to advanced settings, Users, User Name, Properties, to checking the box that says password never expires. But when he gets to this page he says that the page has a big "Not...

Hello I have two win8 computers and one ubuntu on a small lan. If i try to filebrowse from ubuntu to a shared drawer in any of my win8computers a login is required and i have no idea what username and pw i should use... I have tried my hotmail account and all other i could think of but i just...

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...

Today Amit Bapat introduces Scott to Azure Key Vault. With Azure Key Vault, you can encrypt keys and small secrets like passwords using keys stored in hardware security modules (HSMs). It's cloud-based, hardware-based secret management for Microsoft Azure! Link Removed Link Removed

I have forgotten the password I need to access my desktop PC from my laptop. How can I recover the password? Thanks for any help. Regards, Jim

For a very specific reason, I want to set very long passwords in one windows account. Currently I have a 65 letter password set in windows. I want to increase it to possibly 500 letter or more. However, it seems I cant set the password to any longer than 65 letters. Is there a way I can change...

I saved a windows 10 disk image on my Windows Home Server and created a recovery DVD. Then when I want to check all is well, I found that while the recovery DVD worked fine when I tried to set a path to the WHS disk/file I could not log on to the server from within the recovery program. Asks...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

This upgrade to Windows 10 has been anything but smooth for me. I am ready to pull my hair out! Ever since doing the upgrade, whenever my computer starts up, the first screen has my name (and email address) and an Administrator listed in the bottom left hand corner. Why 'Administrator?!' I...

I have created a new windows account and now before my computer starts up,it would require me to enter a password before it goes into the computer desktop and plus i couldn't sign out of my windows account.Please tell/help me how to solve this problem.I do not wish to sign in before starting up...

Hi all, I recently upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7 and I am having difficulties opening my windows user desktop account. It appears my original laptop password to access my desktop has been altered to my windows account password. I cannot remember my windows outlook password and have...

Today, we’re sharing more on security in Windows 10. Windows 10 has more built-in security protections to help safeguard you against viruses, phishing, and malware, it’s the most secure Windows ever. New features are now delivered through automatic updates, helping you to stay current and your...

Hey guys. I just got a new Toshiba laptob with Windows 8, and after setting the language, country etc, it asked me to to sign up. I connected to wi fi and tried to login in with my microsoft account, but it said the password is incorrect. I rewrote the email and password over and over, in case I...

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...

In Windows 7 SP1, I disabled automatic unlock for my data drive E: temporarily. When I went back later to re-enable the automatic lock for that drive, I got the error "Element Not Found". This happens when using BitLocker Manager or when using the "manage-bde -autounlock -enable E:" command line...

Hello I cant connect to a certain WiFi network. I enter the password, says I cant connect. I turn WiFi off and on, restart my phone and it still doesnt work. I have never had problems with that WiFi before since I factory reset my Windows Phone. Also my phone cant turn off unless I take the...

How do I get Windows to quit asking for a password every time I restart my computer?