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Could anyone please help me find the registry key locations for the PC username, and the PC hostname on Windows XP? Is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon DefaultDomainName Correct? Also what is the syntax for these keys? Thanks so much in advance.

Hey, guys! Here is a simple way to backup and restore your Start screen. 1) Extract the .zip to your desktop. 2) Open START. 3) Right-click on BACKUP START and replace my username (ALEX) with yours. Repeat this step for RESTORE START. I wanted to add a variable so that you didn't have to do...

I have connected my broadband connection to one computer its working fine. It has windows 7. When I am connecting it in other computer its showing error 691. It has windows 8. I have ISP with username and password. I am providing correct username and password in both the machine. One is getting...

Alrighty, I have an 8.1 that refuses to see the XP connected to the same workgroup. The XP can see the 8.1 but requires a username and psw, though I have no idea what those could be. There is also a windows 7 involved but it's having no issues seeing anything. The 8.1 is being stubborn. I've...

Hey, I have created a homegroup in windows 8. I know the password, but I don't know the username it asks when I try to connect it from my iOS through Windows Samba/Share. I didn't add any username when creating homegroup. So I looked up on the internet and tried some suggestions like Account...

When I signed up I for an account I put my name in the Name field, not realizing that the Name field was really asking for my Username. I would rather not have my real name hanging out there. Can I get that changed?

I have several Excel files that do a VLOOKUP for data where I have to use the file path for access to the source files (e.g., C:\Users\User Name\file path). Since I use Dropbox to enable use of these updated files on two other computers, I need to have the path names identical for the VLOOKUP...

I updated my HP laptop from Win 8 to 8.1, on the Win 8 no login. After Win 8.1 boots there is the opening screen, which I hit the esc key to clear and than put in my pin in the box. Then it gives me the opening screen again, back to the login screen and back to the opening screen and then to the...

As in win7 I got a super admin account, and a normal working account. When installing win8 I had to enter the username of the administrator (mine), then I created my working account (also mine). To distinguish betrween the 2 I would like to call my administrator account 'administrator'. How to...

Someone must have really like my username here and took over my account twice within only about a month. Thanks to the admins for helping me retrieve my account back specially to Bassfisher6522 who has been very helpful and patient with me. More power to Windows Forum! Cheers!

I am in the midst of a several-day attempt to track down some strange behavior in Win7 Professional x64. My question today: When I open Task Manager to the Processes tab, the entries are still sorted by the last selection I made (which in my case is User Name). I want to see the processes in...

A big thank you to Pat (moderator) who forwarded my issue with my username. Also a thank you to the person who was able to rectified the issue. This Forum looks like it will be much better having all the Windows Forums on one site. Much easier to naviagate on this site. Cheers Scramjet

One of my recurring problems when I have to reinstall my email client is getting it to work properly with Gmail. It isn't because that is so difficult, but simply because I can't properly remember all of the settings. This is the task at hand, since I've just done a clean install of Windows 7...

How can I convert the batch below for Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. When I ran this batch in Windows XP; it worked! but not on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. What this does? For example: I go to John Smith PC and you noticed that his username is smithj and domain: @@@@ was the last person that logon to that...

Windows 7 does not prompt me for a username/password for a directroy I am sharing on an XP computer. ...yet if I try to connect to a fellow Windows 7 computer, it does. What can be the issue here?

Hi when we where setting up the windows 8 . we accidently typed in a wrong email address actually it is two letters the wrong way round, no matter what we do it feeds this to registration system. We didn't notice at first and created a new outlook account. It then said we will send an email to...

Since a few weeks ago (no system changes e.g. Updates TMK), my Win 7 machine BETA fails to connect to shared drives on my Win XP Home machine ADVENT after ADVENT has been powered off/on, saying: Location is not available [drive] is not accessible Logon failure: unknown username or bad...

I value this website for assistance with my myriad problems with Windows 7 operating System. :) However, I frequently find that my login name (also called "user name') and password are rejected. Sometimes, I can enter this information before my 5 attempts have expired. Sometimes, not.:frown: I...

Something weird happened today when i logged off my laptop i see two of the same account with same username but the picture different like one big and small i only make one local account but i cannot get it why suddenly after logging off i got 2 same accounts please help me.

I am hitting application Direct URL's(Link Removed) from windows7 desktop. I got the popup window to enter credentials "the server at default realm requires a username and password". devserver is unix server. I have 10 applications need to hit 40 directl urls. I dont like to enter unser...