Most modern web browsers make use of so called user profiles to offer each user of the computer a personal browsing experience. Each user profile has its own settings that are completely independent of other user profiles. A classic example is a family computer that is shared by all family members. Each member could use [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera

Every user in the Windows operating system has a user folder associated with the account name that stores computer settings and data. It can happen that the link between the user account and the user folder gets lost. Some reasons for this are hardware failures, migrating to a new computer system, username changes, joining the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Each user account in Windows is connected to a user profile that defines several important parameters like the types of applications that are available for that user, information about files and shortcuts on the desktop, visual settings like screen size, network and printer connections, wallpapers and data like the Internet cache. From an administrator’s point [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Windows