user management

I have a desktop system that had WinXP on it. I bought a copy of Win7, put the install CD in the drive, and booted. After waiting a long time(*), it finally booted and offered me a choice: Upgrade Complete install I'd swear I chose fresh install, but when it finished installing all my user...

Hi, An "ADMINISTRATOR Local account" appeared out of nowhere, is it possible to delete it and is the guest one necessary? ...thnx .....nick Link Removed

I've been having trouble with moving files between my hard drive and my user in my SSD, so to make it easier, is there anyway to assign the hard drive to my user or make a user folder in the hard drive?

Hello guys, At the moment I am doing a task for school. I need to make a folder that is shared and is only accessible by the specific user and the Administrator. This should in CMD. I already have the following commando' s: net user Test Welkom01 /ADD /DOMAIN net group Directie Test /add mkdir...

Windows ( in the case Vista home Premium a system i am restoring on a VAIO for a friend). Setting it up with an Admin account and a standard user account. a Few questions: When is the best time to add the standard user account for everyday use? Here is why i ask, i notice that sometimes certain...

Hey , i have Windows 7 Ultimate and i want to set it so other admin users cant install programs. I have launched the Windows Local Policy Editor and i tried to find the line with the install field with no success. Can someone tell me what is the name of the field that consists of installing...

Dear All, Laptops on my Office are connected into My Server Domain . Every user has their own user and password to log on into domain (server). But I have problem if the user were out from the network (not connected to the domain) the user still can use their laptops. I need to know how to...

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First, thanks to all who respond. Even if you can just point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. As the title of the thread suggests, I am trying to set certain default settings for users on a whole series of machines (hp's, some dells...). One is for gizmo drive. I can log in...

Can you delete my account forever?

Hi.... i am using windows 7 ultimate(32-bit) & i am using secugen fingerprint so now i want add more than one fingerprint as windows logon password to single windows admin account but i am unable to do this so plz help me to sort it...

So i have a pretty good understanding of computers, i like to change my password often just to be secure. When doing so i change it via CMD prompt, because for me this is just the fastest easiest way. Well today something went horribly wrong, i have no idea what happen. All i know is i can no...

So, I have a Windows 7 box that I use as a home server. I store all kinds of shared files on the machine include music, pictures, videos, home movies, work related, kids' homework, everything. I created the computer with two hard drives including a SDD drive that i use for the System's core...

I've turned on a guest account. Now I want to add a password to that account so only designated guests can use my PC. How?

Hi, I was following this tutorial: Group Policy - Apply to a Specific User or Group in order to setup group policy for certain users/groups. However, when I got to the "Browse for a Group Policy Object" dialogue box, the only tab present was Computers, there is no tab for selecting specific...

I have a Windows 8x64, Build 9200 system. There are two users: Administrator (me) and Joe. Joe has a password, and I want to remove his password. I logged on as Admin and can't find the option (Control Panel\Users) to remove another user's password, as I could in Windows 7. Thanks!

As I noted in an earlier post, this computer was a used gift from my son. Now I would like to take him off the computer (as main user) and place myself in that position. In the image below, he is listed as "Shawn" and I would like to place myself in this position. Admin, etc., removing him from...

(hopefully davehc will see this?) Downloaded you program on a new install on Dell inspirion Duo. Windows 7 premium. Did all updates first so machine was "virgin". Ran you install. Did mmc and add. The "group policy object" never appeared in list of add but a strange character (A with umlaut...

i run cmd in Elevated Command Prompt mode. i used commands such as; net user administrator * (but can not change password, the system error 5 has occured) net user administrator /delete (access is denied) net user administrator set /inactive net user administrator /inactive:yes but all these...

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