On our PC there are 3 accounts.The second account [my son's] has in the notification tray, the time and then underneath the time is the day of the week.
Now, I can't find anywhere to enable/disable this in the date/time options window.
One other thing...if I go to start menu>properties>choose classic start menu, then according to the pic there should be a blue margin on the side of the start menu saying: Windows XP. Well in the second account this is the case, but in my own account this blue margin isn't present. While I'm aware these are not extreme issues....it's just I like to know what is going on with things.
I've got a user accounts issue. Recently I noticed my main user account (the only one besides the default ones) has lost admin rights. I don't know why, but it could be because I changed its name recently, via userpasswords2. I didn't change it's account type though. Still, if I open up the user accounts panel, it now says it's a guest account.Now that wouldn't be much of an issue, if only the admin account wasn't disabled. And of course I can't enable it, because I don't have the rights. Safe mode didn't help either, and I can't do a system restore.
I have 2 Administrator accounts. How can I remove one of them? I tried control panel/user accounts while logged in as "Administrator", but it won't let me remove the other admin account.I am running WinXP Pro.
I was away of my PC for about a week, and when I came back I found out someone changed my admin password and made another limited account. My dad said some of my cousins were using my computer but I've asked them and they say they don't know anything.Right now with this account I'm limited to tons of stuff, I can't even download programs. Is there a way to retrieve my admin account?
i am trying to restrict users on winxp, but not able to do so. i would like to restrict logon hours, restrict ie usage (not only parental controls, but be able to let the user still be logged on but without internet), restrict downloading, and restrict install/uninstall programs, pretty much lock like in a corporate environment. it is 1 pc with 3 users.
I really hope that someone can help me, I can't seem to log on to my laptop. I am using an XP operating system on a toshiba laptop.
When my laptop boots up, I get the standard blue screen that tells me to log onto my user area but for some reason my user area has vanished, i.e. I have nothing to click on. I normally only have one user area and it does have a password but it is not there.
If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del a "log on to windows" bos appears with my user name already but it will not accept my password.
I have tried rebooting in safe mode but still no user administrator (or indeed my own) user area appeals for me to click on either.
With nothing to click on there appears no way for me to actually get into windows.
I downloaded the IE 7(beta) and I really do like it! But I have one problem with it.When I try to access other email accounts such as yahoo, a message comes up say "Not Optimized".Then it gives me the option to go back to IE6 or Yahoo browser or Netscape.I want to keep IE7.What can I do so that I may be able to access other email accounts with IE7?
Does anybody know the shortcut for the User Accounts, where you can change the properties for the accounts that goes into the Run Dialog Box so that you have more options e.g. power user etc. instead of the main options Administrator or limited account.
I'm using windows xp pro on a dell inspiron 6400, and I have two issues. One is that when I put a file in the recycle bin it is instantly deleted and can not be recovered. When i drag it to the recycle bin it asks if I am sure I want to delete it, I say yes and it is gone. However, I would like to be able to put things in the recycle bin and remove them later. My other issue is that I am not asked for a password when I turn the computer on, however when I lock the screen my password works there.
I'm basically the admin for a couple of computers my moms has at her business.I've installed log me in so i can log in remotely. Someone in her business keeps uninstalling them from all the computers. I cant make the accounts limited because the programs they use has to run with admin privileges. Is there a way to:1. Remove the accounts ability to install/uninstall programs.2. Remove the accounts ability to access the notification area in the task bar to kill background programs.3. Remove the accounts ability to access the task manager.
One of the office computers never had a password for the administrator account, and it was the only account ever used by everyone. We set a password and created a limited user account. Now when the admin account is attempted to be logged into the message: "C:windowssystem32command.com incorrect parameters" appears. However the limited account will log in fine. When the system is started in safe mode, the admin account can be logged into.I expect that a malware/trojen/whatever may be the culprit. Prior to the issue, Spybot removed 526 problems, but 25 needed a reboot before Spybot could remove them. I ran hijack this and saved the log before any "cleaning" of the system began.
I have notice that their is a account on my system that I did not create. It's called (ASP.NET Machine A...) where did this come from and does it have something to do with IE7. This account is listed as a Limited Account and is password protected, but does not show up on start screen only in Control Panel Users Accounts.
The Users Account will not open.Everything else in the Controll Panel is accessable except AudioHQ, using a Audigy2 ZS sound card, and Windows Media Connect.Don't know what the latter 2 are.I can access Users Accounts in Safe Mode with the Admin account. Checked and my User Account has Administrator Privalege. How can I get access to the User Account?
I want to control my Windows XP account (like remote desktop) while my father using the computer? or How can you control 2 different accounts with remote desktop? (both of them remote!)
when i restart my computer, before the login screen, it says that my user account has been disabled.and then only lets me login to the guest account, which doesn't have administrator settings.
I use windows xp and my user accounts are all set as administrators. however only one user seems to have control. others can not open help and support and system restore opens up in a blank window. It seems that any thing regarding Help will not open for these other users.
Whenever I try to access the User Accounts part of the Control Panel, the window comes up completely blank. I've tried registering various DLLs and I've also tried editing the registry. Nothing has worked. My System Restore has been turned off since I got this computer, so that's not an option.
whats the max number limit of user accounts that can be created in XP Pro.cant seem to find any info on it.there must be a limit. (I am refering to both the logon screen, which i think is 5, and actual number of user accounts in the system like is seen in the "local users and groups" section)The reason for me asking is b/c my friends mom needs to share out a file at her work and they dont have a server. (guessing maybe 7-13 people) All of which are going to be needing very different access rights to this folder.Id like to just create a user account for each person and adjust the folder share rights by each user. And this way each person could have thier own username and PW for making the connection as if they were connecting to a file share on a 2000 server.
As an administrator, how can I apply settings to User accounts globally, without having to change each one individually, e.g. to set display options etc?
whats occuring is that i wish to create a new profile with for my younger siblings so that they cant install programs (if thats possible) andsomething to stop them accessing "adult sights" but thats where my delima starts when i try do go into the user account thing in control panel it comes up with a message saying "wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment any ideas as to whats going on here?
In a school environment students must use a "limited account" under windows xp. There may be as many as 15 different "limited accounts" on the same machine (# of students). Each student has his/her own account. In the admin account bluetooth works the way it should. I cannot get bluetooth to work in these limited accounts. Is there a way to "share" the bluetooth properties/settings with all of these limited accounts?
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. Recently I downloaded a registry cleaner off the net. Everything seemed to be going well until one of my children tried to log into their account and Windows hung up. We get the welcome screen and then finally their background, but that's it. No menu bar, icons, nothing. I have their accounts set as "limited", but as soon as I gave them administrator rights, they worked fine.
I'm running XP and am confused about user accounts. I have two but only one is showing when I select user accounts in the control panel and I only have the choice of logging in to one account. How do I make the other appear?
is it possible to run multiple accounts in XP at 1 time. for example I have two User Accounts, one if ABC and other is XYZ. I opend ABC in my PC and want to connect XYZ from other computer using Remote Desktop. I tried this but it disconnects other user who already using that computer.
I used to use my XP professional installed PC in admin mode so far but after too much of spyware problem, created one user account without installation authority.The problem now is, I can't see many programs in start menu of user account, looks like I don't have access to those programs through user account. Sygate firewall icon in system tray has disappeared in admin account but shows up in user account Just now, I installed trillion and I can use it in admin mode but can't see it in user account.I tried to go through control panel --> add/remove programs and checked access tab there but couldn't do much useful.
Recently, when trying to access the User Accounts option in Control Panel, it keeps opening a blank NotePad with the error message "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." Although I can still log in and log off normally and everything. Also, I have set my computer to Auto-login.
If I've created a user account through the control panel, how do I make it so that others are unable to delete them? My 5 year old son has recently been deleting my user accounts and I need a way to prevent this from happening anymore.
i need to get admin. rights on my pc. but it's setup as to automatically login as a limited account. i tried everything from using the hidden user account at the welcome screen but theres already a password for that too. tried using command prompt but it won't work it says ERROR 5 and the msg config and everything says you must have admin. priveleges in order to proceed so log back in with your administrator account. how in the heck am i supposed to if i can't log in as an adminisrtator anyway that means its useless!!!!! even in safe mode it wont work
