Getting Rid Of Hidden User Account
Apr 9, 2008My brother has made a hidden user account on my father's desktop and I need to find away to get rid of it. If anyone knows how I might be able to do so, I would appreciate the help
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Home User Account Mess - Protect From User Account
Aug 8, 2006I wanted to protect my documents on my laptop with a password, and I used ''the easy way'' of protecting it from within my XP user account (I used the built in documents password protection, found in the account mangement menu in the control panel). everything was fine until I've restarted the computer. I got (and still getting) the following message: ''The system could not log you on.
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Dec 23, 2007I am using Windows XP Media Center Edition and I would like to use my current account as a Limited user account.
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Sep 24, 2010I'm trying to configute using Command Line (CMD) some local account configuration.
It must be configured by any standart windows command tools.
I need to configure the "Passworw Never Expires" option using the command line.
I had success by setting other options as "Account is disabled" and "User cannot change password". But this option is really making me sad.
User Account Type And Group Or User Privilege
Aug 4, 2007what i want to accomplish is to set an user account type automatically after creating one. as you may know, when you create an user account the system ask you what account type to apply for that new user. the default choice are: Administrator and Limited. i want to create an account that is not too limited but neighter with same privilege as an administrator. i went to the Local Users and Groups at the Microsoft Management Console (now on MMC) and assigned a different Group to each users i desired. task accomplished. but...
the problem is that i don't know how many user the computer will have. the owner of the computer are primitive human that don't know how to configure the system. i neighter want any of them to have administrative right because they have internet access and they still on the experiment process. meaning that they're propense to click 'YES' to any message even if those are viruses (most of them don't read english). the solution i thought was to assign only one user the administrative right so they can install and uninstall software and perform other administrative task as creating more user accounts. there is anyway that after creating an user account the system automatically assign the user a specific Groups? for example the built-in object Power User. or among the choice on user account tool add an new item or modify the existing items. or if there is anyway to modify the privilege and right for an built-in object Group. the Limited account pertain to the User Group, so instead of automatically assign other group, the new account inherit the privilage/right/limitation from the default group.
Lost User Data After Deleting User Account
Aug 31, 2005Does anyone know the extension that windows uses when it saves a backup of user data when a user account is deleted in XP?
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When I attempt to log into JandJ (as usual), I get logged into JandJ.LOVEMACHINE instead....
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Jan 12, 2008I tried to make a Limited user account.I went to control panel -> user accounts and when I tried to create the account the Limited option was grayed out.I could not make it. So I created an administrator account anyways. I than switched to that new account (called it 2) and while inside that account (2) I went back to user accounts in control panel and than I was able to make a new account with limited access.So the problem now is here, when I try to log off from this account (2) I was unable to go back to my original account!! The account I was using before I made the limited account and before I even made 2. I want to go back to the other account because it has all my programs, desktop, favorites and other things. How do I go back to my original account while still having another account as limited? (I don't need the other account, the one I called 2)
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Aug 16, 2008I got a Dell Laptop 2 days ago.Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 2002 with Service Pack 2. Warez Demon, Intel Pentium III processor with 847 MHz and 256 MB of Ram.The name of the Administrator Account was "User" and I changed it to my name and set a password on it. I shut down and hours later I wanted to check something on it. When I booted up, I was logged into "User" automatically. I went into the Accounts and there was mine - along with "User". I restarted the laptop so I could choose which account I wanted to log on with, but it won't give me any option. It just boots me straight into "User". I can log off and into mine, though.I decided to just delete the account with my name, but there's no option to do this. I can see all the accounts in the Control Panel: User, mine and Guest. User and mine are both set as Administrative accounts. I logged out of my account and into User to delete my account from there. It won't let me. The User account has the option to delete User, so mine should have the option to delete mine.When in the User account, hovering the mouse over my account name says I can "Change this person's account information such as the account type, name, password, or picture, or delete this account." After clicking on my account, I only have the options to:
*Change the name
*Change the password
*Remove the password
*Change the picture
*Change the account type
No option to delete and none of these offer that. Interesting thing though, even though User is an Administrative account, when clicking on "Change the account type", I get a "You must assign another use on this computer with a computer administrator account before you can change this user's account type. This ensures that there is always at least one user with a computer administrator account on this computer." HUH?? There is TWO with that right, I'm IN one and I want to delete the other one.How do I go about deleting my account, then?
Add Your Own User Account Pictures
Aug 12, 2002If you don't like the user account pictures that come with XP you can add your own.1. First make sure the pic you choose is fairly square, that's because you have to resize it to 48 x 48 pixels, so you dont want it to distort too much. It also has to be a bitmap (.bmp extension) for it to work. A good graphic utility should take care of both the resizing and saving it into a bitmap.2.After you have it ready go to the following folder:X:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMicrosoftUser Account PicturesDefault Pictures (Application Data is a hidden folder)That's the place where all the little account pixies are located, copy the one (or the ones) you had prepared into that folder.3. Click the Start Button then click over the account picture and it will take you to a new window that tells you to choose another pic for your account, look for the one you just created select it, and click the "change picture" button and you're all set!.So now you don't have to put up with the flower or that blue butterfly you just hate :o).Enjoy!
I know it is less fun, but Windows lets you use any picture and will automatically resize it for you. Look for the 'Browse for more pictures' button in Control Panel.