user management

I have 2 user accounts, one is (standard user) the other is (administrator) I would like to delete one of them probably (standard user) but how do I retain all the files associated with it? Thanks, Bob

You can hide users from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList But I am not able to login that account again. I know you can set dontdisplaylastusername to show two textboxes for login, but I would like to show SOME of the other users in a list, and I can type...

I need to block access to IE for one user ID. From what I have read the Microsoft tool that did this is no longer supported for Windows 7.

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why does my command promt read c:\users\[same user twice\> and takes up twice as much room? what do i need to do ? Example, say i want to go to a picture, i go to pictures and its empty. i have to then go to computer then into drie C,then into users,then into user name,then into that' pictures'...

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Win7-64 HP OEM on a new desktop at my home and used -only- by myself ... Win7 and I are new to each other. I've heard that it is a good idea to run a user account in my circumstance and avoid using the Admin account for the most part. That's what I've trying to do, and it is a sizable...

In explorer, in the folder view on the left, it displays my user name, with a ton of files inside -I don't use it and would like for it not to display those folders there - can it be removed? When I right click on it and select delete I'm asked if i want to remove the "icon", I say yes, but...

Dear All, I was login with a administrator privilege user. Last night I removed that user from administrators group and assign a password to administrator thinking that I should be able to login as Administrator. To my surprise I cant login as administrator nor I'm able to raise my standard...

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We have a requirement to change key board properties (Repeat delay, Repeat rate and Cursor blink rate) and Default Input language programmatically. Our application is run under user context which is different from the user who is currently logged-on to the machine. For ex: If User1 is...

Hi Folks, A Newbie to this forum, but used to post regularly on xp/vista forums (before shutdown) and http://www.gadgetdetective.com. The problem i have is with a group machine running 7 64bit (build 7600) with 1xAdim (myself) & 4xStd Accounts. However when i turn on the guest account,then...

On my Win7 Pro 64 bit I have somehow picked up a ghost account. The splash screen and the account manager show the same three accounts: Administrator, [me] & Guest. But the Task Manager and other tools shows that "mishmash" is the user and [me] never is. This causes some obvious issues in...

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Our application is creating a new Windows user in answer to each request. In space of one year hundred of thousands of new users are being added and subsequently deleted. We noticed that after a while our servers start to slow down while logging on a new user. The delay occurs when Windows...

Hi! FYI I tried to find out from search and google, but didn't get an answer.. Is it possible to make 2 admins with passwords and protected files? Protected as another admin can't acces to the another admins files, without password..??:confused: I had this mode in xp, but can't find a way to...

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...

All, I support a large population users on XP. We are working on rolling out Win7 Pro to all users. We are not performing in-place upgrade but providing new machine to users ( new image and hardware). We have a standard image with few 3rd party software on the image. Issue: We have...

Hello, I support a fleet of about 600 Windows XP machines that will soon be upgraded to Windows 7. We've begun limited testing and I've encountered the first problem related to the heightened user restrictions. A user cannot administrator ODBC settings without local admin rights. Is there any...