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I have no admin account listed on my dektop PC now.

I accidentally changed my user credentials on my desktop from admin to standard user. Now I cannot access the admin privileges. I cannot even reset the PC because I don't have the windows key. It's on my Omen HP Desktop.
I was trying to make the desktop bypass the logon screen.
So I have two ways to fix this, I think, as a non admin user.

  1. Be able to change back my credentials as an admin
  2. Find the Windows Key so I can reset the device while saving my files.
    I'm on a Windows 11 device. The OS came preinstalled on the Omen by HP.
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u/oldSAPGaara — 10 days ago
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Monitors give no signal, I’ve tried everything

I’ve tried three monitors at my dad’s house and four HDMI cables, all of them give me the same response. This started a week ago when my monitor randomly gave me “No Signal” and after trying everything I could find like taking my RAM out and putting it back in, taking my GPU out and putting it back in, and so on it’s continued to fail.

After that we brought it to MicroCenter and they took it for the weekend. I tested the monitor at their building when they gave it back and it worked fine. I took it home to my mom’s and it worked fine, I brought it to my dad’s today and it’s No Signal again.

I truly don’t know what could be causing this because it worked fine at this house before. Specifications are in the image or condensed below

7800x3d
7800xt
32 gb ddr5
2 tb nvme
600-900mbps ethernet (depends on the day)

u/RageGamer237 — 10 days ago
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Found a Windows Backup of my laptop from 2015. Now what?

My current machine:

Windows 11 25H2 Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0
Leader NBC-NJ50LU-FHD-I7
Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz (1.50 GHz)

(Sadly, the details of my 2015 laptop have been lost to time.)

Just checked a literally dusty old external hard drive and found I'd done a Windows Backup onto it, from my then Windows laptop, in 2015. It's 64Gb.

I'd like to be able to see what's in the backup file before I mess with it. I've copied the file onto my current laptop. If I double-click on it, it opens in Windows Backup, but I'm not confident about what's going to happen if I say Yes to restoring the contents. Will I be able to choose what it restores and where? Very grateful for any pointers!

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u/curiousscribbler — 11 days ago
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I don't have any browser installed on my computer, how do I install Microsoft Edge without using them?

I logged into account I don't usually use, and there's no browser. No opera, which I mainly use, no chrome, no Microsoft edge, nothing. How do I install Microsoft Edge without any other because I always used other browsers to install anything so that's a whole new situation to me. It doesn't show up when I search in the settings, using start, nothing.

Windows 11, os number 26200.9457

(translation from photo: Apps > Installed Apps

and search result: We didn't find anything to show in this place. Check criteria of the search.)

u/Many-Frosting7446 — 11 days ago
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Monitor was working yesterday. Says “Active” then “No Signal”.

Using an HP Compaq LA2206x, plugged in via DP. Rarely it’ll say “Active, No Signal, No Signal” (expected, I have the first cable plugged in), and then it’ll retry and all will say No Signal. I’ve tried on a different computer, tried different ports, swapping the cable direction, etc. Again, it’s been working for weeks for me and years on the other device.

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u/fp4l_6hm — 10 days ago