http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Account-Administration-forum-19.html Latest 15 Messages on www.downloadpipe.com http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Forgot-Log-Password-Windows-Vista-ftopict619236.html#2228534 My preference is to use the NT Password Reset Disk from http: home eunet no ~pnordahl ntpasswd It s an ISO you download burn to a CD and then boot off of It s actually a live Linux CD that has the capability of editing the password file When Vista first came out it didn t work too well with Vista but the more recent versions of that live CD have worked quite well on the few Vista http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Cursor-size-ftopict619248.html#2226983 kevin jensen wrote: >I joined this forum mainly to thank dwarf for his inspired knowledge [snip] dwarf left the room over a year ago and hasn t been seen since http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Moving-user-profiles-accounts-ftopict620812.html#2218898 Using Paragon Hard Disk Manager I split my nbsp;hard drive so that I now have a C drive for Windows and two othe drives currenlty labled D and T nbsp; On my Vista PC I m have to user accounts mine and my partner s nbsp; 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 use http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/administrator-issue-ftopict620811.html#2218897 I m sorry to hear this it sounds like you are having a rough time It will be ok though Everything will work itself out soon enough This link will show you how to use the Dell Recovery DVD to restore back to factory settings Clean install You will just need to boot from the Dell Vista Recovery DVD or partition This will help you with the rest Dell Technical Support http: http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Creating-account-ftopict620809.html#2218896 JP Consulting;800662 Wrote: > I checked and SP1 was NOT installed I just finished installing it and I > still have the same problem Helo JP Consulting Here is the link to the MS Help and Support They have a 24 hour help regarding issues after SP1 I know you problem was before SP1 but they might be able to help Please Verify your Location http: support microsoft com oas def http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Vista-Adminastrator-Problems-ftopict620810.html#2218871 okey thanks oskar and paul well i have had that in mind that this was the only solution but hopped for something less timestealing but nvm at least i now know thanks guys: Michoo Michoo Posted via http: www vistaheads com http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/ACCESS-PASSWORDS-admin-blocked-ftopict620808.html#2218864 Gotchya Im at a disadvantage because I cant see your system so Ill give some suggestions and ideas Forgive me if some of these suggestions are ones that you already tried What you described to me is similar to what happens when using a standard user account without administrator privileges or access to admin password But even if you were using a standard account h http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/user-accounts-ftopict620807.html#2218860 Hi itsjustmepati No they don t Each user sees what is on their own individual desktop AND what is on the Public Desktop The icons in question have probably been installed on the Public Desktop which enables them to be seen by all users on theirs All you need to do is to move them from the Public Desktop to the desktop s of the required user s They can then be deleted from the http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Account-locked-ftopict620806.html#2218858 Hi BC Check to see if disabling the password protection at wakeup will help Check the NOTE at the top of the tutorial also for the screen save password on resume option as well http: www vistax64 com tutorials 102686 password protection wakeup html Hope this helps Shawn bc;780042 Wrote: > when I turn my laptop on wake from hibernation I now have to click on > my > icon http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/login-password-ftopict620805.html#2218856 mike wrote: > I was given a laptop with vista os When I boot it up it comes up with the > old users name and he does not know what the password is Is there any way to > bypass that or reset the password If the person who gave you the computer cannot provide that administrator password and is not someone you know and trust you might want to check with your local law enf http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/deleted-administrator-account-ftopict619249.html#2218853 I don t know if this will help anyone but when I first got confused with this administrator vusiness I was poking around everywhere trying to figure out how to gain access to use the cmd prompt I tried a lot of things and nothing worked It still said I needed elevated status If you click on all programs assessories and then right click on command prompt when it comes up it will giv http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Protect-Administrator-Account-ftopict620804.html#2218852 heey I am sorry I forgot One time I logged in as a Standard User and I musted go to my administrator account to get some files I have go through My Computer Local Disk C and my administrator account it asked for password I typed the password but now when I try to open the administrator folder again it didn t ask for password How can I make it ask for password again? Smithsonian w http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/access-application-ftopict620803.html#2218844 Dear Vista users I have a serious problem in my Vista Ultimate I changed my current account reboot and than the problem started I am signed as admistrator but I cannot access any application or even restart or turn off my computer I says You don t have an right to shut down the computer Right know I cannot do anything I tried to change the set up again but again Vista http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/user-profile-ftopict620802.html#2218843 Im a newcomer and i suppose a trivial question how can I save the user profile in windows vista? http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/windows/Help-ftopict620801.html#2218842 I was able to get system restore to work Thing that was weird under my admin account I never put in a password and under guest it kept asking me for a password and when I put nothing in it still wouldn t accept it Maybe because it wasn t recognizing my admin account? Hopefully this does not happen again Hoover24