When you are trying to move a user profile and data from an old computer to a new one where you have already created a user account, you might want to rename the user folder to match the user folder name on the old computer. Renaming a user account is relatively easy in Windows 10. […]
How To Switch Between Local & Microsoft Accounts In Windows 10
On Windows 10, one can either use a local user account or a Microsoft account to sign in. While both accounts have their own advantages and disadvantages, a significant number of Windows 10 users prefer Microsoft account over the local user account. If you are using a local or Microsoft account, at times, you might […]
How To Delete A Microsoft Account From Windows 10 PC
In addition to the standard local user account, Windows 10 also allows you to sign in with a Microsoft account. A Microsoft account is nothing but an email account from Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com, MSN.com or any other webmail service from Microsoft (you can also use Gmail or Yahoo email to create a Microsoft account). Signing […]
Reset Local Account Password Without Password Reset Disk In Windows 10
Resetting a forgotten local user account password was never easy unless you had created the password reset disk for your account. There are third-party tools such as Windows Password Recovery Tool, but most users find it difficult to use third-party utilities, or they don’t have a spare PC to download password recovery tools. Luckily, resetting […]
Add Security Questions To Local User Accounts In Windows 10
You know that there are many online services that allow you to reset your forgotten account password by answering security questions that you had answered while creating your account. Microsoft has introduced the same feature with Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) for local user accounts. When you create a new local user account […]
How To Rename User Accounts In Windows 10
Creating and managing user accounts is easy in Windows 10. After creating user accounts, you can enable or disable user accounts, add or remove user account passwords, and delete user accounts with ease. Some users want to rename their existing user accounts for some reason. They want to rename user accounts without deleting the existing […]
How To Enable Or Disable User Accounts In Windows 10
Windows 10, like earlier versions of Windows, supports creating multiple user accounts. You can either create local user accounts as well Microsoft accounts to sign in to Windows 10. Many of us have created more than one user accounts to let others also use our PCs. For instance, you might have created another user account […]
How To Delete Old User Account Pictures In Windows 10
Like its predecessors, Windows 10 also allows you to change the default user account picture. You can either set a picture or video as user account picture (video) in Windows 10. When using a Microsoft account to sign-in, Windows 10 automatically uses your Microsoft account picture as user account picture on your PC. However, while […]
Reset Microsoft Account Password From Windows 10 Login Screen
Microsoft allows PC users to sign-in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account. While it’s possible to create a traditional local user account and use Windows 10 without a Microsoft account, you miss out syncing features when you are using a local user account to sign-in to Windows 10. Most PC users are using a […]
Mozilla Firefox Profile Location In Windows 10/11
Firefox profiles are similar to user accounts in the Windows operating system. Just like the Windows operating system, Firefox uses accounts to save user data. In Firefox, user accounts are called profiles. A profile includes user information such as passwords, bookmarks, preferences, history, and other data. In addition to the default profile, you can also […]