admin account

So I have Windows 11 Home on our PC, and I would like to set up an Admin account on the PC so that random programs and such can not be continually downloaded. My kids play Xbox, Steam and Epic games on the machine. I want them or their friends to be able to have a guest account to play all of...

I did a fresh install of Win 10 Pro on a new build, and in some settings and config windows it's preventing me from changing the settings, showing “Some settings are managed by your system administrator” -- even when logged in as admin? For example when I run sysdm.cpl to change system...

My wife works in Real Estate (Property Management) and her company gives everyone laptops and they all mostly work from home. A couple months ago the company bought a new round of laptops for everyone. They were supposed to give her the box & label to send it in to their corporate office, but...

hey, i have a cloud outlook account on my windows 11 pro, i log in through pin code or fingerprint from logon screen. when requesting SSH server it request me user's password!(which i never set), what could it be?and how can i find it/set it?* * tried entering pin code/outlook account, did not work!

Hello all! So I'm running Windows 10 and my program files folders permissions constantly change back to something on my HDD. It doesn't matter if I remove everyone from the permission list and leave only the users and the administrator because after a restart everything reverts back to...

Ok, so I have a sister that will be using my set up everyday for school while I'm in my 9-6 job, we set up her account, and she downloaded a game (genshin impact) to her account, and it shows in mine too, but that's not the point, the real issue I have with it is that it prompts the admin...

Hi all! I hope someone could help me out on this one. I have a software that I'm trying to install without admin rights, using the method RunAsInvoker creating a .bat file containing: cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" %1" After dragging the setup file to this .bat...

Originally posted on Tom's Guide: I'm sorry. I should have mentioned I'm using Windows 7 Pro 64 and you're right what you suggested should work but I'm blocked from doing any and all of the usual things like what you're suggesting. When I try anything that requires executive privileges, I...

I have signed into a device on the local administrator account and set an application to always run as administrator, so when the user runs the app they can use it. This usually always works however when the user tries to launch the application they are prompted to enter administrator...

Hello all; I was going through my program files and doing general cleanup, and I've come across something I can't get rid of. It's one folder, one application. When I go to delete it, it gives this message: View: https://imgur.com/a/Wq1x27q (pic 1) Ok, cool. Opened task manager, went to...

I recently got a new laptop with windows hello face recognition. I set up an administrator account and my face to use to unlock that account. Then I set up a separate local account for day-to-day usage. I tried setting up my face for windows hello on this other local account but it would not...

Trying to fix up a computer for my mother. My mom started a job working from home through a cruise line. The job wasn't a good fit so she quit. She has tried emailing the company trying to return her work computer for a year now. She finally received an email saying she may just keep the...

So the issue is fairly obvious. I have some conflicts within permissions to a folder. I tried troubleshooting by adding admin accounts, authenticated user accounts and SYSTEM account and giving them full access. But when I restarted my system, all of them were gone and I was back to square one...