Is it possible for me (parent/admin account) to completely disable Cortana for other users (kids/standard accounts)? ...or at least from using it to search things that are not local on the PC itself. I don't want my children gleaning all the Internet has to offer quite yet.  EDIT: @Chirag64 and @mc10  - thank you so much for your answers, but neither answer really addresses my question of "completely disable Cortana for other users (kids/standard accounts)". I do not want to disable it for me, only for my kids...The "duplicate questions" and the one that was linked as having answers - also don't help me with this...
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Windows 10 has Cortana, which I don't like. I disabled it as soon as I could. However, looking in Task Manager, the process for Cortana is still running, and can't be effectively terminated: ending the task simply results in the process respawning a few seconds later. Using the command  taskkill /IM Cortana.exe /F   has the same result: the process respawns.  Is there any way to disable Cortana so that the process doesn't keep running in the background, and doesn't respawn if terminated?
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When creating accounts on Windows 10, you get a choice between "Your family" and "Other users".  If you choose "Your family" you are forced to use a Microsoft account to sign in. There are various reasons why one wouldn't want to do that, such as too much sharing of private information with Microsoft, etc.  If you choose "Other users" you can create regular accounts just fine. However, if you need to setup time limits for some accounts, it is impossible to do so. It is a feature exclusive to "Your family". Not all time-restricted users I want to create are my family, and not everyone is okay with sharing their info with Microsoft.  So, is there a way to setup login time limits for the "Other users" type of accounts?
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The reason I ask is because I recently made the mistake of installing Oracle 12c on my sub-performance laptop. Noticing the excessive amount of resources this added up to on startup, I decided to uninstall it.  What I failed to see through, however, was the fact that it created a new Windows user account in order for the initial installation to work out. In my case, it was mandatory because I only had an administrator account and I didn't see the need to use the built-in account. So, after failing to successfully install 12c twice, I wound up creating not just one, but two Windows user accounts. This had to do with something in regards to how Oracle sets up the Oracle Home business and whatnot, but I have no idea what any of that detailed, so I just went ahead and did it.  After uninstalling what I could in regards to Oracle and the database, I decided the next thing to do would be to remove the created users.  Having Windows 10 Home installed, I couldn't use the local users &amp; groups view/tool to delete these from the GUI. SO, I did the next best thing and Googled a solution. In my case, I used the following command:  net user username /DELETE   When I executed the command, the console gave the response of having successfully deleted the account for both accounts specified.  To verify that this had worked, I went to the users directory located in %SYSTEMROOT%/Users/ and came to find that the user directories were still there.  What does this mean and if I should delete them, will anything bad happen?  Can I even delete these directories?  Regards,  --T.R.G
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I know I can block websites in Parental Controls, but accessing that option requires the "Limit Adult Websites" option, which I find to be overly strict.  Is there a way to block specific websites without third-party software?  I'm running High Sierra on my laptop.
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After viewing  (which contains a lot of Unicode) I had the idea to test if usernames allow ZALGO. To my dismay they do.  Is this wanted? Together with ShadowWizard we did a quick test. ZALGO has the ability to "break" comments.        Shouldn't that be avoided before someone start abusing it?    EDIT: little clarification: I asked around and it seems that some time ago Zalgo didn't work in usernames. So it seems that some "recent" change broke that rule. While it is true that missuses could be handled manually, it could be worth to check why the behaviour changed suddenly (assuming my sources where right).
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When I click the duck, she asks me if I have a microphone. I press "no" but she tried to listen anyway, asking me to speak up.  Curiously, the browser did NOT ask for microphone permission even when I said "yes".  Edit: Thank you guys, next time I will have my morning coffee before putting in discussion such magnificent piece of technology.
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I know a  exists. However I was wondering was there a better way in logging into a Windows 7 computer as computer_name\administrator with a standard admin password?  For what purpose?  Fast login as technical support who has to do several logins a day.  What Operating system?  Windows 7  For what type of log-in (local or remote) With what level of security is still expected?  Local login  Whos computer (yours or everyone elses)? Everyone at the company
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Yesterday, I saw that my brother has downloaded an "hentai" on my Mac (shame on me, I didn't lock it !) I deleted it, but it stays on my purchased books, and I don't want it !  Is it possible to totally remove a book from my account's purchased history?
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My account, david, is in the Administrators group on a Windows 7 machine.  I am still having problems with programs that I should be able to use, such as SQL Server. Specifically, my account seems to not have correct permissions when I am working.  I know with an Administrator account I should have full access. How can I force my account (david) to act like an admin account and have full access to everything?
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With reference to:    I removed the Cortana packages from my running Windows 10 using the method posted by magicandre1981 and using  win6x_registry_tweak.   My question is how can I re-install Cortana (or for that matter any other package removed similarly)?  I have opened up the install.wim image (converted from a Win 10 install.esd file) and found Cortana in the system apps folder, but don't know how / what to use to re-install it.  Any help please?
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I need to allow someone to remotely connect to my windows 10 computer, and am wondering if this is possible:  I have two user accounts right now on my computer, one for me to work on and one for my friend remotely. I want to use my user account locally for myself, and I want to allow him to RDP and log into the other account when he needs to work without disturbing my computer experience.   In other words, I don't want to have to stop what I am doing and log off of my user account when he needs to access his account remotely. Can two user accounts run simultaneously in this regard, with one being connected to via RDP?  If so, can you please explain how to set it up properly?  Thanks for your help!
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I  just got these 10 e-mails 5 hours ago from do-not-reply@stackexchange.com:      Recently, you asked a question on [X] Stack Exchange, but you haven't verified your email address yet.      Click on the following link to verify your email and set a password so that you can log in.      Here, [X] refers to all of the following:    GameDevelopment.SE SharePoint.SE Unix.SE  Skeptics.SE Japaneese.SE HomeImprovement.SE SciFi.SE PersonalFinanceMoney.SE  DatabaseAdmins.SE  TeX.SE    I haven't posted on any of these except for TeX.SE, but that was not recently, and through my real account.   =   I asked about this , and was told that someone seems to be impersonating me by using my email. Is it possible for staff to stop this?   Also, I'm pretty surprised there is no measure to stop people from using emails to existing SE accounts (see for example, on wordpress.com, if you use an e-mail which has an existing account on wp.com, you are asked to log in.).    EDIT:  I just got 2 more emails an hour ago for SharePoint.SE, and for AmateurRadio.SE.
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I disabled the Remove Change Password but the change password option is still not showing with Ctrl-Alt-Del.  How do I get it back?   I need it badly because there is a domain where I connect only via VPN and have no access to any servers except the DCs.   (Why must Microsoft make things more difficult instead of easier?)    My policy setting for this item is:
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I know that in the end it, can't be done.  But, what are the options to:    &nbsp; a) limit the options for persons to create multiple accounts, &nbsp; b) increase the chance of detecting multiple accounts / person    for a blog-like web service? (people can sign up for their own blog)  Update: I think the 'limit the options' has been answered nicely. (there is no reliable method, but we can raise the bar) However, I would still like to know what other options there are to detect multiple accounts?
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I hate narrator. I realize it can be helpful for people that can't see well but I don't have that problem. I keep accidentally pressing whatever keys open it (I still haven't found out what it is) and losing focus on whatever program I had open. Is it possible to remove narrator from my computer forever?
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I looked at similar questions and wanted to post a more specific one.  If I wanted one of my accounts on the network to no longer be associated to my global account, could an administrator do it manually? I mean, even if they could, would they?  It's a matter of professionalism. I don't want one of my accounts on the network to be visible from my other accounts. I just want that to be under a separate email that's not one of the OpenIDs associated with my global account.  I realize this would have been easier to do when I joined that site, but it's too late now, and only now have I realized that I don't really want that account showing up.  So can it be done by an administrator? I don't want to wait weeks and weeks for a response by using the contact form (funny, I've waited two with this post)...
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I want to make my folders private, so that they can only be accessed after logging in with my own account, but be inaccessible by other local accounts, even the administrator accounts.  I have a PC with windows 8 Professional.   I know I can set the security options for a folder and deny full control access for any other account already created. But since there are other Administrator accounts, new accounts can be created from there and then my folder will be accessible from there.  And if I deny access for ALL administrator group, then even I myself wont have access to my folder!  What is the solution?