Threads Replies Last Post 25 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25   retrieving files from deleted user account Three people share the PC at home--Dad, bro, and me (nikita). I was having problems with my account, so I decided to delete it then open a new one using my dad's account. Before deleting, the computer asks whether to keep nikita's files or delete them also. I clicked on "Keep files" and it said the files would be saved in a folder called "nikita" on the desktop (dad's). But when the ... 4 12/11/2008 7:23:01 PM Cannot Join 2003 domain I have a vista business with sp1 (Just installed) I get an error that the RPC server is unavailable when i try to Join the pc to the domain. Things I have tried: Reset the Ipstack Checked dns on the server nslookup ect= no errors Static Ip on the client with dns pointing to server dynamic via dhcp from the DC= all is correct Tried wired and wireless cards mapped drives to server dn... 2 12/9/2008 8:03:01 PM How to change Desktop background when locked..?? Hi Can any1 let me know how do i change my desktop background, whenever i change it after restarting my laptop, it comes bak to my Office's background. Guess need to change some policy. Got Vista Enterprise 32bit OS. Can any1 help me plss. Thanks -- blackpoison... 1 12/9/2008 5:47:00 PM administrative rights when i try to save a document from word or excel. it won't let me save it in my documents say that i need administrator right. I am the administrator. How do I fix this? -- pez... 5 12/8/2008 12:35:12 PM User Account I have a machine Vista Home Premimun in a workgroup - an independant machine attached to no network. When this machine was configured the main user wasn't give administrator permissions to him machine. He's a standard user. Is there a way to change his account to an administrator???... 5 12/7/2008 11:46:03 AM Changed name of Administrator Account - now daily user - is that a problem? Folks, Last weekend I was setting up our new computer (Intel E8600, Asus P5k, 4GB RAM etc) with Vista Home Premium (64-bit) SP1. I set up user accounts for the family, installed a few programmes & updates, transferred some files etc etc. I had some difficulty networking with my Windows XP computer which got me exploring the new Vista set-up. What I appear to have done is, instead of setting up ... 2 12/7/2008 11:42:00 AM Enabling user account control password protected Hello, Acquired a computer with 3 user accounts, Administrator, Guest, and X. Administrator and Guest have no log in password but X does. Upon start-up it automatically goes to X account which I dont know the password. Is ther a way to view all accounts upon start-up? Troubled, Peaches -- peaches2 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com ... 2 12/7/2008 4:51:19 AM guest account & language hot keys New computer Installed vista ultimate 64 bit enabled guest account with a password when guest logs in he's unable to switch a language. I've discovered that the language hot key is set to none and can't be assigned. I'm talking about control panel -> 'clock, language and region' -> 'change keyboards or other input methods' -> 'change keyboards' under the 'keyboards and langu... 2 12/6/2008 8:09:29 PM re-create user folder structure hello everyone- So I am taking a class on vista as part of my major requirements (im a network admin major). As such, I have been doing a LOT of tinkering and messing around with Vista, looking at things and playing with different settings. Anyways, to make a complicated story short, I need to re-create the admin, default and so on profiles as I somehow deleted the default profile and had to ma... 4 12/5/2008 3:55:58 AM user profile-service werkt niet meer user profile-service werkt niet meer ik krijg deze melding regelmatig, wie kan me daarin helpen wat kan er aan verholpen worden vriendelijke groeten Ronny -- Ronnyvds Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com ... 1 12/4/2008 3:05:46 PM Dear Microsoft - UAC (.png & wmp) issues should be addressed. I have been reading posts here for months and have noticed an increasing number of Vista users that are having problems with .png files and Windows Media Player. This is a suggestion to Microsoft to review the UAC for some issues it has been causing. A few months ago, my New HP/Compaq with Vista Home Premium lost it's ability to view .png files in IE. Running IE as Admin or turning ... 14 12/2/2008 5:42:34 PM saving files I can't seem to save files anywhere. Vista says need administrator rights. I am the administrator. There is also an account listed as AsP.net Machine account. Is this normal? What can I do to solve this problem? -- pez... 2 12/1/2008 12:52:50 PM Changing Icons in Vista.. I notice that when I try and change an icon to something better than just the Windows version of what it thinks an icon should have for a picture, that I can't make the change. I click on a new picture and save it, and no sir.... that windows picture remains. Whats there fix for this, if there is one...?? --- Ted Gervais 6233 CR 609 Site 325 Bushnell, Florida 33513 ... 11 11/30/2008 8:51:59 PM Inheriting a password locked computer -- what to do? A cousin passed away in July. I have inherited her Acer laptop. My problem is that it is password-protected upon sign in. I've seen people talking about signing in as an admin and the like, but I can't get past the opening password screen. Is there anything I can do to access this computer? Thanks if you can help.... 15 11/30/2008 12:54:24 PM Parental Control Reset I put parental control on my dell webcam 2.01.26 to stop my sister from going on it but i've forgotten the password and now can't get on. What do I need to do to overide or reset the password? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but the parental control is still in place. -- Laura 22... 1 11/29/2008 12:47:45 PM runas.exe running as poweruser How to make an application runs with administrator credentials using runas.exe command prompt? Here, I´ve tryed with my admin default account but it takes low privileges errors...... 5 11/28/2008 6:27:38 PM "You must be logged in to view" I have Windows Vista Basic Home, and just recently have ran into a problem. When I go to a web-site that has hidden e-mail addresses (click here to view, etc.), when I click on it, I get an error message stating "You must be logged in to view". I don't know what I'm supposed to be logged into (??), but I am correctly logged in on Windows Vista when I boot up. In fact, I logged off there, a... 5 11/28/2008 8:33:11 AM How to make a standard profile w/ Default User I am trying to determine how to make a default user profile in Vista like we could do in XP. After reading several posts, I have found where we can copy the profiles over but most mention another step in the registery and one person stated this was not a good idea. Can someone spell out how to completely set up a default user profile after we have it setup as the administrator accoun... 5 11/27/2008 5:56:01 AM Is there a WinXP.administration_accounts_passwords news group? I am using WinXP professional and have not a set password. When I attempt to set up either a ethernet network or wireless network between this computer and another computer (either Mac or PC) I am asked for a password. Does WinXP Professional set a default password independent of any I might set? I have even established a password from the Control Panel applet and then deleted the password i... 4 11/27/2008 1:43:13 AM Windows could not find your user profile so it logged in to a temporary account.....! Please!! someone help me when i log to my account it says: "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off." Now i didn't realize that it was gonna delete my data when i logged of so i stored some important pictures then when i logged in the next time the pictures where gone, this are very im... 2 11/26/2008 8:59:47 PM icon changes I posted a note a few days ago wondering how I can get icons to stay. Every once in a while I lose my icons to the Microsoft symbol. How can I stop that from happening.. -- Ted Gervais 6233 CR 609 Site 325 Bushnell, Florida 33513 ... 3 11/26/2008 7:06:45 PM Can't delete files.... constant permission popups! I posted this on several Vista groups in desperation. I can't get control of my own computer although I'm the only user. I can't understand the complicated directions given to OWN my own PC so I can delete unwanted files downloaded to it in error from a backup external drive. I'm the admin and only user on my Vista comp and can't delete old files I no longer want. How do I delete these ... 10 11/25/2008 2:21:01 AM Temporary overriding of Parental Time Restrictions Hi there, I have Vista Home Premium installed on my sons' computers. We also homeschool. So during the day, when we are doing school, I want to be able to override the time restrictions so that I can come type in a password and allow them to use the PC for specific school work, but normally not allow computer use. Is there a way to do this with Vista Parental Controls? Another option... 1 11/24/2008 8:36:47 PM Listed User has no account I just installed Vista Ultimate on a new Intel E8400 processor based machine and activated it. I originally had installed the software on an AMD powered machine that relied on Nvidia drivers and had far too many problems. Now I have seen a new problem that I can't explain but it either was caused by some careless act on my part or by some other unknown operation. I noticed that my C drive had ... 2 11/23/2008 8:12:44 PM Logon failure-unknown username or bad password I cannot logon to my Admin account after typing the correct password. I try to do a system restore through my guest account, but when I go to system restore, the admin account pops up and asks for the password. I try to reboot in safe mode, but I'm not able to do that either. If anyone has had the same problem, and found a solution, please post it here. 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