Tag: user_accounts
Deep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there’s a secret Administrator account, and it’s different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It’s a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it’s turned off and hidden. (In describing this hack, we’ll always use the capital “A” for the secret Administrator account, and a lowercase “a” for a normal administrator account.)
In versions of Windows before Windows Vista, the Administrator account wasn’t hidden, and many people used it as their main or only account. This Administrator account had full rights over the computer. Read More»
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Windows Vista’s User Account Control (UAC) is the new operating system’s most universally reviled feature. Sure, it helps protect you, but it also annoys you to no end.
If UAC drives you around the bend, you can turn it off. There are several ways to do it. One way is to choose Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts, then click Turn User Account Control on or off.
Alternately, you can run the System Configuration Utility (a.k.a. msconfig) by typing msconfig at the command line or search box. When the tool runs, click the Tools tab and scroll down until you see Disable UAC. Highlight it and click the Launch button, then reboot. To turn it back on again, follow the same steps and choose Enable UAC. Read More»
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Malware refers to any software that secretly infiltrates and damages a computer system without the informed consent of the owner. Despite the use of anti-virus and anti-spyware software, malware can still affect even careful users. One of the stated goals of the Microsoft Windows Vista release is to greatly improve the overall security of the Windows operating system and curb the impact of malware. To this end, Microsoft redesigned both the least user and administrative accounts on Vista; the result is perhaps the most secure version of Windows in the age of the Internet.
The concept of least user or standard user accounts has been a part of Windows releases for many years. Read More»
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As an administrator you have the power to delete other user accounts. Upon deleting user accounts, you have the option to keep the files or delete the files. If for unfortunate events you accidentally chose deleting files, I suggest the following procedures provided you have administrative privileges. Read More»
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As long as security isn’t a big concern, configuring Windows Vista to log on to your user account automatically can save you some serious time and effort when your computer is starting up.
Just follow the easy steps outlined below to make Windows Vista automatically log on to your user account. After completing these steps, Windows Vista will stop prompting you for a user name and password on startup! Read More»
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As long as you’re the only user on your PC, deleting your Windows Vista account password will allow you to completely bypass the logon process. While it isn’t a very security-minded thing to do, removing your Windows Vista password might be something to consider if you have problems remembering your password.
Follow the easy steps below to remove the password to your Windows Vista logon account:
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Deleting your Windows Vista logon password usually takes less than a few minutes
Here’s How: Read More»
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Most of us know that changing your Windows Vista logon password regularly is a good habit to help keep your PC secure. Changing your password in Windows Vista is pretty easy and is something you should do if you’re having problems remembering your current password.
Follow the easy steps below to change your Windows Vista logon password:
1. Click on Start and then Control Panel.
2. Click on the User Accounts and Family Safety link. Read More»
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Are the save password check boxes missing from your network authentication screens? This is one of the most annoying issues with Windows Vista for me since I work off a local NAS I have at home all the time. Rather than just save my password as it should the first time when I checked the save password box, it seems to throw my password away after a reboot. If that was not enough, now Windows Vista no longer even gives me the option to save my password.
One easy way to fix this issue and store my passwords for real is the use the Stored Usernames and Passwords utility. Follow these steps: Read More»
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February 09, 2007 by
Jason After you have run Windows XP for a while, you may receive this message when you log on: “Your password will expire in 14 days…..”. By default, Windows XP is set up with passwords which will expire after 42 days. And 14 days in advance, Windows will start warning you of this fact.
1. Go to Start > Run > type control userpasswords2
2. Select the Advanced tab in the User Accounts window.
3. Press the Advanced button below the Advanced user management header.
4. Select Users in the Local Users and Groups.
5. In the right pane, right-click the user name for which you want to change the setting, and select Properties.
6. On the General tab, check Password never expires.
7. Click Apply and OK (all the way out).
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