standard user

I have one administrative account and two standard user accounts and one guest account my wife is one of the standard accounts. When she tried to switch user from my account on the switch user screen only my account icon was there and one that said “Other user” icon is blank and when clicked on...

1. How do I disable the command prompt for a standard user account on my computer? 2. Can my geeky teenager get around Windows7 parental controls by using the command prompt from his standard account on my computer?

In this presentation, we will discuss how to enable Parental Controls for a user. Enabling Parental Controls is pretty simple. What we want to do is go to the Start Menu under Windows 7, Control Panel, and we have an option under the Category View to Add or Remove User Accounts. At this time, we...

I have set up several user accounts in our new family Windows 7 PC. My own account being the admin one. Problem is other standard uses can’t see or use any of the programs I installed such as MS Office, Itunes, etc, etc. They are not in the program list or start menu in their standard...

I'm a brand new Windows 7 user and very satisfied so far. I've created a Standard user account without password for use by visitors. I've already setup Parental Controls to limit access to programs. That seems to work well. My hard drive is divided into two partitions: C: and E: for OS/programs...

I'm a 7 newbie. I wish to setup a Standard user account without password for visitors. I will employ parental controls to limit access to most programs. How do I edit the Start menu of the newly created Standard user account so that the restricted programs are not visible? At the moment, the...

Hi everyone! I have a problem that’s making me want to pull my hair out, sorry if there is already a topic on this as the search function on this site would not work (database error) and Google returned nothing specific. I recently got a new PC with Windows 7, which is turning out to be a bit...

Prior to the Windows updates of 12/15/09 I was local administrator, now I am a standard user with my previous profile wiped out. And my Shutdown and Restart items are greyed out. Any ideas out there?

OK I'm sure there's a simple answer to this, but I can't find it. When I delete icons on my own desktop, it also takes them off the other users profiles. I have an administrator account. It takes them off the other administrator account as well as the other standard user profiles. Can anyone...

Hey, i got Win 7 Ultimate and my printer is plugged on my other computer (Windows XP Pro) and i want to share it. When i try to detect it with my account (Administrator) the printer is detected and works fine but as a standard user the printer isnt detected. I have tried to enter the information...

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...

Hey guys, I get an error that states "The User Profile Service service failed logon. User profile cannot be loaded." I've gone through all the tutorials on how to fix this problem talking about checking the SID in the registry, ect ect and none if it works. Honestly i dont even think its...

I installed Windows 7 on my home desktop with an administrative account for myself, and standard user accounts for my wife and children. However, if I install anything, shortcuts are placed on all users' desktops. Then, my wife and daughters each need me to enter my password when they are...

I am trying to autostart a program with admin privileges using the task scheduler trick outlined here: Make Vista launch UAC restricted programs at startup with Task Scheduler | Microsoft Windows | TechRepublic.com But, I'm running into a problem. The program is Everything Search Engine. When...

I cannot start taskmanager by right clicking on the toolbar and selecting task manager then I got an error saying the parameter is incorrect neither does ctrl+shift+esc bring up the taskmanager and even ctrl+alt+del and choosing taskmanager does nothing at all I am doing this as a standard...

Hello, I upgraded from Vista, from which I couldn't see the user accounts, but the users were working well... I couldn't find any fix for this issue, so I let it there. While upgrading, I was hoping this issue would be resolved, but not, user list is still empty, and now all users are marked...

and now I'm stuck. I cant install some programs or drivers because the Admin user is disable. I changed in the "control panel" my user to a "Standart User" and I used the "Local users and groups" to disable the Administrator account. How can I now get administration?

i am using parental control to limit the time that my son can use the computer. however he is always overriding this. he has only standard user rights but he has found a way to overcome this and assign himself administrator rights and override my time limits. he is exasperating me. how could...

I have just installed Vista. I have a standard and an admin account, For some reason or the other when i login with the standard user account i see the admin user logged in and all the processes running by him and it doesnt show the standard user logged. when i log in with the admin account I...