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    Do I really need 5 separate Users folders?

    Jimbo--thanks for responding. I see those 5 User accts in Windows Explorer. But if I go to User Accts in Control Panel and click Manage Accts, only Administrator and Guest come up as choices. I read somewhere that I should sign in as Admin only when necessary to make changes, otherwise sign...
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    Do I really need 5 separate Users folders?

    Dell XPS 15 running windows 8. Windows suddenly requiring re-activation...won't accept my product key...Microsoft doesn't recognize the key...Dell sending new copy so I can re-install. I am trying to back up and clean up beforehand. I am the only User of this computer. I notice that I have 5...
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    Solved Activation suddenly required

    Brink--before I could do the steps to Activate by Phone, a new screen popped up "Control Panel>System & Security>Action Center>Windows Activation". I typed in my newer key, it appeared to accept it, and now says my current key ends in the correct 5 digits. I sure hope this is the end of the...
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    Solved Activation suddenly required

    6-month-old Dell computer, 64-bit, running windows 8. When the computer was about a month old, I was having problems...a Dell tech installed a new motherboard. All was well until last week, when I was restoring files from my old computer to this new one, using Carbonite, and ran out of hard...
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