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Control Panel - Add Advanced User Accounts
How to Add Advanced User Accounts to the Windows 7 Control Panel
Published by Brink
11-19-2008
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How to Add Advanced User Accounts to the Windows 7 Control Panel
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  This will show you how to add Advanced User Accounts, also known as netplwiz or control userpasswords2, to the Windows 7 Control Panel.
RELATED LINKS:EXAMPLE: Before and After "Advanced User Accounts" in Control Panel
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EXAMPLE: Advanced User Accounts (ntplwiz or control userpasswords2)
NOTE: This is what the Control Panel icon (link) above will open.
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Here's How:
1. To Remove Advanced User Accounts -
A) Click the download button below to download the
Remove_Advanced_User_Accounts.zip file.

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Add Advanced User Accounts -
A) Click the download button below to download the
Add_Advanced_User_Accounts.zip file.

3. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the Desktop.

4. Right click on the .zip file (on Desktop) and click on Open.

5. Extract the .reg file from the .zip file to the Desktop.

6. Right click the .reg (on Desktop) file and click on Merge.

7. Click on the Run button in the Security Warning pop-up.

8. Click on Yes and OK when prompted.

9. When done, you can delete the .reg and .zip file on the desktop if you like.
That's it,
Shawn

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Do you know anything about this AlphaUser$ Account and if it can be removed?
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Hi Mr. GRiM,

How strange. I do not even have a HomeUsers group in my Windows 7. I would say that if you did not add that user name, then it should be safe to remove.
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Thanks Brink, I can't tell you why it's there because I know I didn't put it there, if you think it's safe then I will remove it.
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You might create a restore point to be extra safe before removing it though.

If you or some program didn't add it, then I would remove the unauthorized user.
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Too Late for a restore point, it's gone and every thing seems fine.
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LOL, ok. I happy to hear that it seems to be fine though.
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alphauser$ is put by default by Microsoft...
and works with home networking
its called "homegroup"...
you know when network you (usually) need to have to exact same usernames + passwords...
that is replaced with homegroup and alphauser$ which simplifies networking...
you can try it with two win7 machines
wont help if you have a win7 machine and vista or win7 and xp machine though...
just wanted to clarify...


the reason why shawn does not see it is because i think he didnt setup a homegroup network....
you can can clarify this for us shawn...
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Thank you DarkAssain for clearing up that matter. That would probably be what it is then. I do not have any computers networked together, so I can see why I would not have that group.
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