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I wish to use OpenDNS for filtering out certain websites like Facebook and Twitter for my child, who has their own user on Windows 10, however I do not want these DNS settings to apply to my account. Currently, when the DNS is setup on one user, it is applied across the device. Is there a way...

I have two laptops with windows 10 installed. I would like to turn off the syncing of wallpapers. However, when I go to settings/accounts/sync your settings I see a text saying that "sync is not available for your account". I would be fine with this, but the wallpaper anyway keeps syncing. Since...

Just Upgraded to : Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 Installed on ‎2/‎22/‎2021 OS build 19042.804 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0 It seems there is NO option anymore to Uncheck the Box for Uses, when I Run "netplwiz' to Boot windows 10 straight to the...

Hello there everyone. I would like to have 2 Microsoft Account based users on my Windows 10 PC. 1 Administrator, and 1 Standard user. I do not want the Standard user to see any of the Admin user's folders, their desktop, photos, and anything. I want them to each use the same applications. What...

I need to run anaconda as admin to update it. I have a problem. Nothing will "run as admin" from taskbar, or right click menu, or Windows-S search menu. My computer is running Windows 10 update 20H2. It was updated from a Windows 7 computer, I have no Windows 10 media. These say I now need do...

Hi, The weirdest thing I have seen...... I have several win 10 machines on a home network. No domain, but same workgroup name. All can access each other with credentials, however Machine A is hit or miss with connecting to Machine B (Machine B can always connect to A without issue). In the...

Error message saying "The number of connections to this computer is limited and all connections are in use" when logging as standard user. Is there any ways to fix it?? Thanks

Hi, I decided to set my computer to sign in without a password, I had tried to do this before but had problems but I couldn't remember what they were. So I tried again tonight, I brought up the run box and un-clicked the box that says to require a password of pin to log in. It asked for my...

So, I was tinkering around w/my Dell Latitude E6440 laptop some weeks ago, let's say a month now and I mistakenly changed my permissions. Now almost no programs work, not even Windows Explorer. See the attachments for the messages I get... "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or...

This issue started after I updated windows 10 through a windows pop up saying that i had an update after i started my computer. I went into troubleshooting setting from the shift restart page to uninstall the latest qualoty of life update and this successfully let me log in to my account once...

I added work account on my home PC so I can check my email and whatnot and now that I'm not with that company anymore it seems impossible to remove that account. I get a warning every time I log into windows that work account is not good, but there's no "Remove" button when I go there. I found...

https://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-reset-windows-10-without-logging-in/ Specifically, are all Microsoft accounts disconnected from the computer and the only account remaining being the administrator account, with no password?

my home net is a win2008 domain with win7 notebooks. so all the notebooks login to the domain. i'm planning next year to do away with the win domain. 1). what's the safest way to remove my win7 machines from the domain and still be able to use the installed apps as they are on the machines...

I Have 2 User Accounts on my computer. One is Admin & other is Guest. Admin account can access other computers but Guest cannot. How to make Guest also to access other computers?

I have been using WSE 2016 for a few years now to manage a simple home network of 4 windows 4 PC's with one WSE 2016 server. It worked fine over the past few years. I mainly use it for movie file storage and client backups. Recently some of the overnight backups stopped. No matter what I did the...

I am separating a windows 10 computer into two users. Want to know if there is a way to change programs from all users to a single user after software has been installed. I have had no luck with google searches. Thanks Rick

Every time I temporarily install Anydesk, it installs a sshd server. This also creates a new user account. After I un-install Anydesk, my W7 starts requiring me to click on a single User button to finish booting. How do you stop this? I am the only user on my machine. Before installing...

I'm looking to sell a used Dell Poweredge T310 server with Server 2008 Standard SP2 and MS SQL Server 2008 R2 on it. I'd like to sell the server as-is, with the OS and installed programs. I've scrubbed many Windows XP through 10 PCs for sale but never a server. -The merits of selling this...