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"Reset Password..." button on the welcome screen?

roma007 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:24:26 GMT

Guys when you are on the welcome screen and you enter a wrong password for your user, vista shows a "reset password..." option on the bottom. I know how the Reset Password Wizard works and thats NOT my question. My question is how can I make the "reset password..." button open "cmd.exe" instead of the original "Reset Password Wizard".

Please help.

Thank you in advance.

Problems accessing internet from a Guest User account

brighs — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:49:38 GMT

I am unable to access the internet when logged in under the guest user account. I am using a Verizon broadband card to access the internet which works just fine when logged in as a regular user. Is there a setting that needs to be changed in the setup of the guest account?

User Acount Dissapeared

bobjingle — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:04:09 GMT

When the welcome screen appears, my user account is no longer there. I log on to another account and can see that all 80gb of my user files are still there (C:\users\), but I cannot gain access to them. My other account was password protected, so I am sure this is the reason it won't let me access these files.

Is there a way I can access these files or restore my ability to log onto the account?

Searching for software

james9873 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:26:15 GMT

I just bought a new HP loaded with Vista basic. It is set up in an office for the 14 people to use. Unfortunately we can not have access to the internet where we are due to company restrictions. What i need is a program that will allow us to send messages to one another's user accounts without using the internet. I do not know of any program that i can use for this purpose.

Standard user account not limited

gaucho91 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:03:35 GMT

My specs:
Toshiba Satellite A205-S5825
Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2370 1.73GHz
2.5 GB RAM
32-bit operating system
120GB
Win Vista Home Premium

I am the administrator on my computer and my son has a standard account.

I would like to set up parental controls on my computer. I tried using the Vista parental controls. My problem is that my son's standard account doesn't require him to use my password to bypass the controls. When logged on to his account, I clicked on the parental controls icon in the task bar. A window pops up that says, "You are a computer administrator and therefore have no parental control settings to view."

I created another "test" standard account and the exact same thing happens. Both this account and my son's account are labeled as "standard" in control panel:user accounts.

How can I get these accounts to work properly?

Moving user profiles/accounts

djpalmer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:21:39 GMT

Using Paragon Hard Disk Manager I split my hard drive so that I now have a C drive for Windows and two othe drives currenlty labled D and T. On my Vista PC I'm have to user accounts, mine and my partner's. I would like ALL data for my account/profile to run from the D drive and my partners to run from the T drive.

I tried moving my partner's profile using 'configure advanced user profile properties' and got the following 'Profile Error':

'Failed to set Security on the Destination Profile. Error - Access is denied'

I don't understand what this means. I tried setting all the permissions and turning UAC off but no luck. The drive I'm trying to move the data to is completely empty.

Would be very grateful for some help and guidance.

Thank you

Boot to incorrect Pssword/accout name screen

cowman13 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:30:08 GMT

i recently created a guest and standard account on my PC runnign Vista Home Premium and added a password to my admin account. Now when i boot i get the error screen and when i go to the user selection screen there is a duplicate administrator account. But when i have logged in there is only one admin account. Any help or assistance is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

P.S. Let me know if more info is needed.

Unable to set new owner

zarm — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:53:58 GMT

I'm using Vista Home Basic on Presario V3631 & connected to Lexmark X5470 AIO. My problems started with the printer cannot print, but other functions like scanning, copying & faxing successfully done. I tried to print on the printer itself and ok, it successfully did the job. I call lexmark service centre and they asked me to uninstall the printer and reinstall the latest driver (vista compatible) but the problem still remained.

At one point, lexmark guy asked me to uninstall and delete all remaining related files. There is one file which cannot be deleted in [b]c:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\lxctpswx.exe[/b]. "Destination folder access denied"...When tried to open the file [b]"windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriated permissions to access the items"[/b]. I'm the administrator and try to take ownership but failed...In properties/security/advanced/owner/current owner: [b]unable to display current owner[/b]. i try to change ownership but Windows Security dialog box show [b]"unable to set new owner on lxctpswx.exe. Access is denied. Retry or cancel.[/b]"

So, anybody out there please helpppppppp me!!!

User Profile without internet & programs that auto start

Movienut50 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:15:11 GMT

Can someone point me in the direction to find out how to setup a new user where there is no internet connected or any anti-virus pgm's running. (from a new Vista user)

Programs Won't Run under Standard User Accounts

TexasJack — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:25:27 GMT

Hello all. Vista Standard User accounts are giving me fits.

On my daughter's computer, I am set up with an admin account and my daughter is set up as a Standard User. I have problem running certain programs under my daughter's Standard Account, such as Incredimail and just playing DVDs. If I run IM, I get a message that IM is not fully installed and that I must reboot. I reboot and get the same message. I try to play a DVD and I get the message about adjusting the display resolution. However if I run these things with my admin account, they work fine.

Her computer was running XP and everything was fine. I switched to Vista to take advantage of the Parental Controls and started having these problems. If I change my daughter's account to an admin account, everything works again. I have another daughter running Vista (from the factory) and I'm having similar problems.

The only thing maybe unusual is that in both computers, my daughter's were originally the only account (admin of course) and then I added my admin account and changed theirs to Standard User accounts.

Anybody seen this before? I've googled but haven't found anything on it. Thanks.

Is there a way as an administrator in a domain to allow a standard user not to need credentials for only a few applications?

iruleyou1 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:34:23 GMT

For banking applications most of them are still in the prehistoric days and will remaind that way for a long time. I am trying to find out a better way in vista to not have to change folder permissions to modify for various applications and files that that use. If I choose "run as an administrator" with the users logged on everything would work great. I was excited to see that under properties for an exe I can choose to set it to run as an administrator. I understand you need to be an administrator to check this box in the first place which would be enough security. I use this option for myself on some programs just so I don't forget to open it as an administrator since some apps need to always be run that way. The problem is if I check this box a standard user will still need to enter admin credentials but now it will prompt them. Obviously I don't want to provide a standard user with admin credentials but I would like this one or two programs to run in admin mode for them. I don't want to turn UAC off. I was just hopeing UAC would have been the answer to my prayers for these types of issues. I really don't like having to change local file and folder permissions for all the programs that have an issue. Some of thee programs install random files in many places. PLease help me. Am I just out of luck and need to do it the old fashion way or is there some new amazing way for me to do this?