I notice that when I try and change an icon to something better than just
the Windows version of what it thinks an icon should have for a picture,
that I can't make the change.  I click on a new picture and save it, and no
sir.... that windows picture remains.

A cousin passed away in July.  I have inherited her Acer laptop.  My problem
is that it is password-protected upon sign in.
I've seen people talking about signing in as an admin and the like, but I
can't get past the opening password screen.

My son works with a pc with a limited account, because with the parental
control I switch on the time limit so he can not use his PC at night.
But I want to allow him to install or uninstall programs which is not
allowed with a limited user account.

How to make an application runs with administrator credentials using
runas.exe command prompt? Here, I´ve tryed with my admin default account but
it takes low privileges errors...

I have Windows Vista Basic Home, and just recently have ran into a
problem.  When I go to a web-site that has hidden e-mail addresses
(click here to view, etc.), when I click on it, I get an error message
stating "You must be logged in to view".  I don't know what I'm

Not sure if this is the right place, but I try here.
My company has a volume license agreement and I'm (as the only one) testing
Vista.
Today I got the following error:

I am using WinXP professional and have not a set password. When I attempt to
set up either a ethernet network or wireless network between this computer
and another computer (either Mac or PC) I am asked for a password. Does
WinXP Professional set a default password independent of ...

Please!! someone help me when i log to my account it says:
"Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with
a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when
you log off."

I posted a note a few days ago wondering how I can get icons to stay.
Every once in a while I lose my icons to the Microsoft symbol.  How can I
stop that from happening..

I posted this on several Vista groups in desperation.  I can't get control
of my own computer although I'm the only user. I can't understand the
complicated directions given to OWN my own PC so I can delete unwanted files
downloaded to it in error from a backup external drive.

I just installed Vista Ultimate on a new Intel E8400 processor based
machine and activated it.  I originally had installed the software on an
AMD powered machine that relied on Nvidia drivers and had far too many
problems.  Now I have seen a new problem that I can't explain but it

I cannot logon to my Admin account after typing the correct password.  I try
to do a system restore through my guest account, but when I go to system
restore, the admin account pops up and asks for the password.  I try to
reboot in safe mode, but I'm not able to do that either.  ...

How do I remover MS Vista from my pc?  I've tried booting to XP3 and I get an
error 7 msg.

Hi, I am having real problems with trying to activate the adminsitration
account on vista home premium 32bit. I have tried going on the computer
management but i can not find the "local users and Groups" folder to
open and go to the Administration. I have tried using the cmd to,

I'm in need of some help figuring out what my administrative password for
Vista is!!!  I work for a small company and the girl that set everything up
is no longer here and therefore we cannot access the admin accout and as I'm
sure you are all aware you can't do anything without ...