user accounts

Hello all, Did some searching, no luck, so I hope someone here can help please. I got a computer from someone with Windows 7 on it, and they had already created their account. I was tired of their initials being on everything and changed the name of the account. That was a surface fix and...

I am now sharing a computer with someone (we each have our own User Account). I copied all of my folders/documents that were under the Program Files folder on my previous computer onto an external drive. Can I now just copy those folders and paste them under the Program Files folder on the new...

Hi I have Windows 7 SP1 64-bit and I configured an Administrators account. Now, having to create 5 Users accounts,I would like to create them using the same settings (of the desktop, the Internet Options, the power saving options, the WMP options, ...) of the account already configured. How...

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 Processor Count: 2 RAM: 6109 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset, -1265 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 938406 MB, Free -...

I'm seeing some very odd remote desktop problems at work. The server is 2008 Server R2 64-bit. Unfortunately, I do not have administrative privileges. I have to escalate to another group in order to analyze logs. I have done this, but my team may meanwhile sit idle for days. All clients...

Hi all I'm trying to help out some friends of mine who're not overly PC savvy & who've run into a problem that I'm equally at a loss to help them with. I appreciate, before I ask, that it may be equally tough for anyone here to know how to track down the problem, but hope that perhaps the info...

I am running windows 7 on a HP Pavillion Elite m9040n PC. My first drive is saying it is full. With all of these folders (my pictures) showing up with pictures in them does that mean I have several duplicates on my hard drive? Are all of these picture icons in the items folders really pictures...

Hi, I have disabled my Windows 7 log on prompt option, in order to run my "Auto Power on" application to log on automatically and schedule to start my torrent application. I have achieved disabling the Win 7 from asking from log on user name and password by Go to Start and type netplwiz in the...

I've searched this online, but the solutions I found do not work so hopefully someone can shed some light on this. Scenario: In our office, all of our pc's are on a wireless network, have either Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate, and are all assigned to Workgroup: "OFFICE". I have 2 pc's at my desk...

Hello I wrote this post once but it did not appear so I will try again. When I put a folder in my admin acct it also appears in the guest acct which is dangerous. I need both acct's but how can I put is only in admin. When I delete it from the guest acct is disappears from the admin acct too...

Hello When I place a folder of data in my password protected log on pc 's admin account, it is ok but, it also goees to the gest account. if I remove it from the guest account, it also is removed from the admin account. I need both accounts but how do i set it up so only the admin acct has the...

I have 4 user accounts and Im an admin. After reboot the other 3 accounts seem fine but office apps when i launch are as if im installing for the first time and ive lost all my contacts, folders etc in outlook 2007(i had to start from scratch using the wizard). HOWEVER.....all my mail files...

How to use the Task Manager in Windows 7 Professional This is VERY troublesome. There are numerous comments and suggestions in various forums by frustrated users unable successfully to fight their way through the myriad of options that do not work seamlessly. What worked so easily under XP...

We have a public windows 7 machine that is on our domain, which everyone can log into by their useraccount. The mouse we use for it defaults to a super sensitive level (it scrolls too fast). Rather then replace the mouse, I'm wondering is it possible to configure the mouse settings to that it...

Hi I created a guest account. I didn't wan't the d drive accessable to the guest account. Some how I now can't access d drive at all.

Launching an application from the taskbar results in a second icon (with a border) appearing next to the pinned icon I launched from, instead of combining with it. The strange thing is, that this happens on 2 of the 3 accounts on my PC, and I cannot figure how to change it to see only one icon...