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Hi All, you may have already noticed that when you right click on any application on Windows 10 PC, you can see “Run as Administrator” option. But “Run as different user” option is missing. To get this option, you’ll make a make a change in registry.   Note :  Please backup registry and make a system restore point before making changes to Registry. Click on  Start . Type  Regedit  and press  Enter  key. In Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer        If you do not find this key, right click on Windows key and select new key. Rename it to Explorer . Now, in the right side pane, right click and add DWORD value ShowRunasDifferentuserinStart Right click on ShowRunasDifferentuserinStart and click on Modify… Change its value to 1 and click on OK . Close Registry Editor and reboot PC. Once you restart your PC, you can find Run as different user option is available when you right click on any application. Hope you f

Hi All, this is my very first post on Windows 10 phone. I have a Windows 10 phone. Today, I saw following error message on phone. It didn’t allow me to unlock my phone using 4 digit pin I had set. The “Emergency calls” was the only option available to me. Error: This device has been locked for security reasons. Connect your device to a power source for at least two hours, then restart it to try again. I tried performing soft reboot but it didn’t fix. After doing a bit of research, I found a solution. Make sure that your phone is connected to Internet during this process. To fix this issue, follow these steps: Launch https://account.microsoft.com/devices on a web browser on another PC/Tablet or a smart phone Login using your Microsoft account (it is the same account you’ve used to configure your phone). Once you’ve logged in, Select your phone. On the next page, click on Lock button. A box will appear asking to enter 6 digit pin , a number where you can be reached (op