user profiles

I have two PCs in this room, one called ELLIOT-PC and one called ELLIOT-SERVER. ELLIOT-SERVER has a Local Account profile called Elliot, that I use to share folders. ELLIOT-PC has a Microsoft Account profile (Hotmail). When I try to navigate to \\elliot-server in Windows Explorer on...

I have an older pc running Windows 10. Unfortunately, its processor is not capable of running Windows 11. I plan to get a new pc running Windows 11. Will I have to reinstall all my apps, profiles and other information from my old computer or is there a way to transfer all of the information over...

Several years ago I gave my sister a T500 which I had previously owned and had upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. She no longer needs or desires it, but I have use for it. All of the programs and default new paths are currently set up in: C:\Users\Sisters Name\Folder How do I change all...

Moving a users documents etc. from an old PC to a new one is quite simple but my tecs all tend to do this differently and the results are mediocre.. https://snaptube.cam/ https://9apps.cam/ How do you get about easily migrating everything including browser favorites and credentials from...

Hi All. I hope someone can help me, so in 2019 I have upgraded all the end-user at my Office from windows 7 to windows 10. This year I have upgraded my DC Servers from windows 2008R2 to Windows 2012R2 using the in-place upgraded. I have done this in the evening when all the staff was at home...

I have recently notice that after I changed the name of my PC, my computer no longer automatically logs into Windows after a reboot. It gets hung up on the login screen and now I notice TWO profiles at the lower left hand corner. I don’t need the profile which is highlighted in red. I assume...

Windows 7 Pro SP1. Customize Start Menu option 'Recent Items' IS checked. Nothing shows up in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent. Anyone got any ideas as to where to start looking? Maintenance is current. TIA for any help received. Bob Helms

I have had no contact with W10 until yesterday. A friend's HP Desktop all-in-one apparently went through the MS 'forced upgrade' to W10 some time ago, and appears to have a corrupted Users --> Default folder (especially the NTUSER.DAT file), so I have a couple of questions: 1. Can I copy that...

Hi, There are three user accounts in Windows 7 computer. Whenever I start my computer, the first screen is "The username or password is incorrect." When I click OK, it shows only one user account and Other User. I am able to login that user but I don't seen another user account. When I click...

I have roaming profiles established with several users, one of the users gets an error " The group policy client service failed the sign-in The universal unique identifier (UUID) type is not supported " If i disconnect the net, she can login to her local profile and then i can reconnect the...

Hello, I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10. My daughter and I share this laptop and each of us have our own user profile to choose on start up. With Windows 10, the computer boots automatically to my desktop (bypasses the user selection screen) without allowing the person who...

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This is potentially more of a server question, but it seems there is very little activity on there. I've also looked around a bit on here for this topic but it appears other post go unanswered, so I thought I would give it a try. We are running Windows 7 clients mostly but should be moving...

For those of you who have SSDs, limited space, or just want to keep your user data on another drive or partition, I wanted to share the results of some experimentation as a followup to my own question on this subject. I know that there is another method of relocating the User Profiles to...

I previously relocated my user profiles (and all corresponding files) to a separate partition under Windows 8 and would like to do the same with Windows 10. Can anyone confirm if the below method still works? I know there were many downsides an it was not supported by Microsoft - they...

Hi, Sendto does not exixt in usualplace C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo, In fact Apdada & the rest do not appear in Users at all ?? but, typing in Run "shell:sendto" the above are shown in the win Explorer top line & the send to items are listed in the right pane. Any...

Hi, I have been locked out of my laptop for no apparent reason! It says: The User profile service service failed the logon user profile cannot be loaded There are two profiles, mine and my partners, but she has never used my laptop and has no idea what the password is (it is possible that the...

I have been 'googling' for sometime looking for an answer to this issue but would like to ask for help here. What I am trying to achieve is to setup roaming profiles, folder redirection and offline files with all 3 working together. The system involves a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller...

Hi. I just created another Windows account for a family member. When I logged onto it, I see that all my programs is already installed there. The programs have no data on them, but I would like to know how to remove them from her account without deleting it from my account. I don't want to try...