Deleting a Windows 7 user folder removes all personalized settings and data in addition to any files or folders stored in folders specific to the user's account, such as the user's "My Documents" and ...

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 ...

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Microsoft made a few quiet but great changes to its kid-proofing SteadyState tool for Windows 7, changing the name to Guest Mode and trimming it into a dead-simple way to protect your PC from anyone's ...

User Account Control annoyed a lot of people in Vista, so Microsoft turned down the volume in Windows 7. But they’ve also opened up a massive security hole that leaves PCs exposed to ...

Even though the gaping breach in Windows 7‘s User Account Control feature seems, to all eyes, like a pretty easy fix, Microsoft appears to be in denial mode with MS ...

If you have created a new user account in Windows and if you’d like to transfer all your user data or user profile to this new user account, here is how you may move or migrate your User Profile ...

I have been away for a few weeks and the system was left shut down. I started it up, and black screen with mouse cursor is all I have. Shut down and logged in as admin - that works fine. Then changed ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Windows 7’s Oct. 22 launch is just a day away. But whether ...