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When I recently got a new Windows 10 computer, I used my backup program to copy all my data files from my backup drive to the new computer. However, It all went under a user name of “Mot”. However, I see that my desktop files are under the user name of “Tomva”. (I don’t know just how this...

I upgraded to windows 10 from 8.1.on 8.1 my user name(not my Microsoft account name), was using special (non English) characters. After upgrading to 10,I noticed that I couldn't install a specific program, an Android emulator called nox.I made a local account on my pc using standard English...

I saved a windows 10 disk image on my Windows Home Server and created a recovery DVD. Then when I want to check all is well, I found that while the recovery DVD worked fine when I tried to set a path to the WHS disk/file I could not log on to the server from within the recovery program. Asks...

hello guys, I just fresh installed windows 10 on my unit but I'm having some kind of a small problem, this may sound silly and all but I hope you can help me, my username in the C:/Users/(username) is different. I'll attach an image of it. Thank you!

Hi, I am not sure where to post this, even after checking around the entire forum for a good five minutes. Today, I received an email from this site, with the subject of "Windows 10 is upon us! Free public release is imminent!!!" The email starts with "Dear B14CKH4WK," and later on states...

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'll give you the whole post; what this incident underlines, in my opinion, is the importance of having individual usernames in each Forum you attend, and creating passwords that are NOT names of family members or pets or such - individual passwords, too. I use Random Password Generator by...

In order to create a User Account with a name that is identical to the User Names used on my two other computers (Vista platforms), I created a Local Account on 8.1 with the same User Name. Now that the account is in operation, is it possible to link that profile to my Windows account? My...

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...