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  1. Windows 8 How to change the username of the superadministrator?

    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...
  2. My account was hacked twice.

    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!
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    Name change fixed

    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
  4. Gmail

    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...
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    Windows 7 Batch File to Change Username on Windows 7 Pro

    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...
  6. Windows 7 Cannot connect to WinXP file share folder

    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?
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    Windows 8 Username typo, we are stuck in a loop

    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...
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    Windows 7 Inaccessibility of XP machine on network after restart

    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...
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    Windows 8 Duplicate account

    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.
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    Windows 7 User name and password automization for realm windows security Alter

    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...
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    Windows 7 Need to disable windows security "The server ___ requires a username and password" dialog box

    I have an application, in which I need to perform a function. The function is supposed to open a window. However, when I try to perform this function it opens both the window it is supposed to open and also opens this dialog box. Once this has happened I cannot interact with either window, and...
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    On Flickr,

    When you put everything on your Flickr on private mode, 1. is it possible to have individual picture public? 2. And public with only a link? (unsearchable?) 3. Make it possible for the person looking at the picture to not know your username?
  13. Windows 7 Posting a new BSOD Report

    Please: Follow these instruction to make the .zip file : Link Removed With the .zip file, name it something like "BSOD Problem: <your username>" so it's easier for debuggers to manage their files. When you make the title, don't just call it "BSOD crashing, please help" or "BSOD!!!! SOMEBODY...
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    Windows 7 Local admin username/password

    Hello all, I work in IT and I run into a problem quite often where we know how to fix the issue but we are unable to because they cannot get connected to the network. We use static IP's as a standard for all computers in order to organize and prevent from being able to used outside of the...
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    Username Change?

    Hello. I just registered using Facebook Connect so now it's using my real name. I'm not comfortable with this. Can someone please change it for me, or show me where I can do it myself? I've looked around and can't find an option for it, if there is one.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Home Premium on a Wireless Active Directory

    Hello everyone. I've run into a problem with a laptop trying to logon to a wireless network. The network was created in active directory and even though I can see the network broadcasting, when I put my username [UC\XXXXXX] and password I get nothing but the same request. With my Windows...
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    Windows 7 trying to share PC in same homegroup

    I have three computers in my homegroup. While I have been successful in sharing folders between two, am unable to do with third one. Link Removed KR-PC is able to connect with RK-PC. but RK-PC is not able to connect to NUPC-PC This snap shot is from RK-PC. When I put in the homegroup password...
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    Windows 7 2 comps on homegroup

    I am having nothing but trouble trying to setup 2 win 7computers on a network, I tried using the Homegroup instructions but get onlypartial success. When using #2 computer to look at #1 I can see onlypublic files and when at the #1 computer looking #2 I am asked for a username andpassword and I...
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    Windows 7 Windows Login Keyboard Language Issue

    Hello All I would need your support in resolving the issue with my notebook having fresh installed Windows 7 Enterprise Edition. Problem :- I am not able to to logged into the windows even once due to change of my keyboard settings...looks like it is now changed to some other regional...
  20. Certain special characters are not allowed in the URL entered into the address bar of Internet Explo

    When you use the address bar of Internet Explorer 6.0 or later to enter a username and password to access an FTP site, and the format of the URL you enter is , the following error message is displayed: Windows cannot find '... More...