The Control Panel is still necessary for many system-critical features that are not available in the new Settings app. Remove ...

Control Panel has been around since the days of Windows 95, allowing us to configure every tiny aspect of Windows. However, ...

i have a pw on my account on xp but i want it to auto logon into my account when booting up. i remember its in the run/user account 2 or something like that but it didn't work. please post. also is ...

We can change the account type of a user account in five easy ways. We’ll explore the following methods in this section: Change a user account type between Standard and Admin from User Accounts.

The User Account Control (UAC) tool was one of Vista's most vilified features -- popping up and nagging you whenever you wanted to install or update a program -- and many users will be surprised to ...

Hi all, just wondering if eliminating the "é" from my Windows User name (containing my name "José") and going to a non-accented e would cause all kinds of havoc. I'm talking about just using the ...

The first and most convenient method to change administrator on Windows 11 is to use the Settings app. You can open Windows Settings app and tweak some settings to switch the administrator account.

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

When you first set up a new computer, Windows prompts you to set a password for your account. You may have missed or skipped that step, or previously removed the ...

Admins can force users to reset their respective passwords during their next Windows 11 login by making a few simple changes on a difficult-to-find configuration screen. Image: Mark ...