Some time ago I opened a Guest account. As an Administrator I wanted to test this account now, howeve I am not able to access it: After clicking the Guest button Vista takes its time and after about a minute I received the error message: "Windows could not connect to the sens service. Consult the Administrator." I have no idea what the sens service is. Thank you for your help. -- McAlex

Problem: When attempting to access several admin tasks via the MMC console, the above error occurs. The snap-ins (non-third party, standard come-with-vista, not part of the 2003 admin pack) a Event Viewer Task Manager MMC snap-ins that do work: Computer management

Recently I had a User Admin account become corrupt. After creating a new user account, using the hidden Administrator account, I copied and pasted all my important documents and pictures over to that account from the corrupt account. I then signed in to the new ADMIN account that I just created and went to Control Panel User Accounts, I then found the corrupt account I needed to remove and...

Is there a way to set a password for Windows Mail that comes with Vista? Outlook Express had this feature so you could not log into a mail account if you set a password on that Identity. I see Windows Mail no longer has Identities, but do they have a Password feature? (not the password to get the POP mail, but a password to open the Mail application). Carl

hi all just i want to know about some thing in create password reset disk . this step is great but my comment is let say you create your password reset on a USB Flash Memory is protacted by password . and unfortunaltly i need to use this usb flash to reset my password, because i forget my account password . so when i press reset password in logon screen and you pluged your use so i don't...

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I changed the administrator account to a standard user by accident, so now I ended up without an administrator account. How can I set up an administrator account again?

I have deleted serveral user accounts on my computer. When the accounts were delted I asked vista to delete the associated user files: The old folders under c:/users/"account name still appear and I would like to remove them permanently to clean up the computer. Any help would be appreciated Spitz

Hi I have just got a new pc and forgotten the login password already! How do i get around this without using one of those recovery software programs?

My daughter has a Windows Vista Home Premium laptop. She recently changed her password and promptly forgot what it was. Now all she can do is login as the Guest account but is unable to perform many routine functions that she had on the original administrator account. I know that there is another local administrator account but can not access it and now she can't even get into windows to...

How do I figure out a password I put on my computer, then forgot? I have heard about OphCrack, but I don't know what that is or how to get it. Please respond if you have any suggestions.

hi, I have Vista Home Premium and i have two account on my computer Parker, and Administrator. I no longer know the administrator password because i changed it to keep my son out and i ended up to forgot it. I can log onto Parker but it has no administrator credentials. I have tried to run the command prompt as the administrator but it says i need the password to do it. I have also tried Safe...

Hi, I recently got Vista Business through MSDNAA, and after installing it (format & install) and setting things up, I noticed a small problem. My user icon I set to a picture I had. However, when you open the start menu or go to the control panel, it still shows the default flower. Only when you log in does it show the correct image. Otherwise, everywhere else it shows that stupid...

I run out C: drive space and have a lot of space in D:drive. I offen get warnning: C:Volumn is low I tried Shrink D:Volumn and extend C:Volumn To Shrink D:Volumn is OK but the free space cannot be used to increase the C: drive space. Help needed

I have a problem with Vista startup and all attempts with bootrec and bootsect failed. Startup repair detects C: drive and detects Vista Ultimate. Repair says it did not find any problem. When starting up machine I get black screen without any error message. Issue seems to be similar to cloning hard drive as I found on the net. If I rename bootmgr I don't get any error message so it looks...

Hello: I set up my computer with account name "Cyndi", and then changed it to "Gary" The C:/Users/Cyndi Folder did not get renamed. I have tried to rename this folder to C:Users/Gary But RENAME is not an option on Rt click of mouse. I did manage to change the Folder name by Turning off "User Account Control" but when I logged on all my folders at the top of the chain (just under desktop)...

I'm running windows vista home premium 32, and I'm having some strange issues. I have no admin power on my admin, when prompted to type in my admin password on my admin account no available box appears, it just says type in your password and press enter.. I've looked over a lot of peoples posts about UAC and I can do none of these things, because I can't enter a password in. no right clicking...

Hi, is it possible from a .bat file to disable Data Execution Prevention for a single program (add it to the DEP exception list) ? I know I can run bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff to totally disable DEP but don't want to do that, only to exclude one program. And another question is, can I read the DEP settings (whether its for

I gave my kids some parental controls and now they somehow turned into admins and put parental controls on me! How do you make sure a certain user does not have access to Parental controls at all!!!!!!!! And if possible how can i delete parental controls!!! Thank You, Eriq

Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.......