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Sync Windows 8 User Settings Between PCs & Tablets via Windows Live ID

Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 includes two options to log on; you can create local account or choose to sign in with Windows Live ID (email address). If you choose to sign in with your Windows Live ID, you are able to automatically synchronize your settings, such as, history, shortcuts, application settings, password [...] (more…)

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Accounts Tuner – Change Windows User Account Settings And View Usage Stats

Want to tweak with Windows users account settings and view statistics of each account without having to open Windows group policy editor? Windows doesn’t provide a feature to configure advance user profile settings, but Accounts Tuner does. It allows you to not only configure user profile settings but shows statistics regarding most recent logon, password age, [...] (more…)

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Verify Domain Users With User Authentication Against Active Directory

Verification of Active Directory users in a Domain environment can sometimes be a tricky task. This is particularly the case when a system displays an error while logging in the Domain user. This can happen due to a number of reasons which can be separate from the Active Directory and actually tied to the system [...] (more…)

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Manage Windows User Accounts In A Domain [Administrator]

Windows 7 provides a build-in option to manage user profiles locally but what if you want to access the user accounts of multiple computers within a domain? Administrators have to routinely visit the computer in the domain and change the settings locally, this is obviously a time wasting and tiresome method which is implemented in [...] (more…)

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Change Windows Default User Profile Directory

Having Windows user profiles in their default location poses the risk of losing all profile data in the event that the operating system gets corrupted. Unfortunately, Windows 7 does not come with any built-in option to change the default user profile location, and hence, the risk remains. Profile Relocator offers a solution by giving users [...] (more…)

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How To Run Windows Application/Program Under Different User Account

Before we begin, first lets understand why does a user need to access some programs under different account. There are some applications who’s advanced settings can only be accessed through the account which was used to install it. For example. you used Account B to install an application and are currently using Account A, now [...] (more…)

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How To Login Directly To Desktop In Windows 7 / Vista

When you start Windows 7 or Vista, you are presented with a list of available users accounts. This feature is good when multiple people use the computer frequently but it is totally pointless when you are the lone user of the computer. If you are a single user who access the computer, it is possible [...] (more…)