TFS makes checkins as another user instead of my current user - visual-studio-2010

i have a public workspace for my user 'domain\user'
when visual studio starts from my user, it automatically create another workspace for user 'domain\user1'
all checkins a perfomed by 'domain\user1'
both of users have full administrative permissions in TFS project collection
result of TF WORKSPACES :
Collection: http://tfs-server:8080/tfs/collection1
Workspace Owner Computer Comment
--------- --------------------- --------- ----------
workspace1 domain\user1 computer1
workspace1 domain\user computer1
It seems that my workspace,by some unknow reasons, not visible to visual studio.
When i set 'public(limited)' or 'private' for workspace with owner 'domain\user', VS give error during check-in:
Does anyone help me to understand what is happening? Recently it works well, but it looks that something is going wrong..
UPDATE: it is appears only on one computer 'computer1' and works fine on different mashine with same user login

After some time it appears again on new environment.
I solve it by next steps:
1) go to control panel -> credential manager
2) under 'windows credentials' find row with your TFS server url
3) click remove
When your connect to tfs next time from VS, it requests credentials and you need enter actual login and password

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Visual Studio keep requesting to choose azure account even if logged in

I am using VS 2017 with an Azure account. The account is logged in and I can see the account details at the top right corner.
When I try to restore Nuget packages, I keep getting a window telling me to select the azure account I want to use, and my account is an option to select. Even when I select my account, the window keeps popping back over and over, and I can't seem to get the packages..
What can be done?
Two things you could try,
1)Try to clear the invalid cached data:
i) Close visual studio
ii) delete %localappdata%.IdentityService\
2) Report this problem via Visual Studio>Help>Send Feedback>Report a problem. This opens a new instance of "Visual Studio Feedback" which might solve your issue.
I remember facing a similar issue of being asked to sign-in repeatedly on a different workstation. I had to go to the Credential Manager to remove saved creds and re-login with mine. Please check if that helps.
I'm not sure what triggered my problems, but I assume I had problems with my PAT credentials at some point and then I started to modify nuget.config (can be found here: %APPDATA%\NuGet). In the end I had the correct credentials but a wrong address in my nuget.config and just did not notice the small difference. Unfortunately VS' only reaction was to keep asking me for my credentials when trying to connect me to the wrong NuGet feed address.
Instead of this (I use my-repo instead of the actual name):
<add key="my-repo" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/my-repo/_packaging/my-repo/nuget/v3/index.json" />
I had this:
<add key="my-repo" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/in3/_packaging/my-repo/nuget/v3/index.json" />
I assume I had taken it from some other post or tutorial instead of azure's Artifacts area (https://dev.azure.com/my-repo/mc-projects/_packaging?_a=connect&feed=my-repo)
So even though I had the correct credentials in the nuget.config VS kept asking me for the credentials because of the wrong URL :-(
The only hint that I got from VS was "Error Code: 16000" in the credentials dialog when clicking the ...
But that always made me suspect the credentials.

In VS2015 how & where do I configure the account that accesses the SharePoint Site/agile team functions?

Locally installed TFS2013, VS2015 and VS2013 using SharePoint services.
So far the development system is kind of OK, meaning I can create a collection, create a team project within a collection, add a new solution to that, run it, do a Check In and the SharePoint site shows the project code, etc. I can also create work items at the SharePoint site and from within Visual Studio.
But I'm having difficulty understanding how the user accounts are interacting. On my development workstation I logged in with a normal domain account. But I do not see work items assigned to that user name. I only see work items if they are assigned to the system Admin account.
I would have expected VS would be operating under the user account that I logged into Win10 with, but it seems to be operating as though VS is logged in as the system Admin.
Why is that? Is there a place where VS sets data that tells TFS what user name it is operating under? And, of course, I may be asking the wrong question because I don't understand the problem, but this is how it appears.
Added after initial post for clarity
This panel shot shows where the Work Items were not showing up for the user under Available Work Items. Because of the issue identified in the answer below, only work items assigned to Admin were present. But after clearing the cached credentials the work items displayed correctly according to the proper account, no longer acting as Admin.
This may due to the VS had cached your system Admin account.
The simplest way is to delete the related credentials which stored in control panel > Credential Manager> Windows Credentials
Then reopen the VS and try to connect to TFS server. It will pops up a credential window, just type your login domain account.

VS Express 2013 for Web - Browser is security restricted or JavaScript is disabled

I initially installed the Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web on my desktop. My desktop runs Windows 8.1 with internet explorer 11. It ran fine until the license expired after the first 30 days. I tried to sign in to renew the license, however after clicking the 'sign in' button I get an error dialog. The dialog states 'Browser is security restricted or javaScript is disabled. I have no other option but to close and exit Visual Studio.
I went to the online forums for Microsoft. There were discussions and suggestions on how to fix the error. I tried lowering the settings for the security tab in internet explorer. I have validated the option for scripting is enabled. I have also added https://*.visualstudio.com to the trusted sites tab. Other users on the forum have tried the same suggestions and have not succeeded in signing into the visual studio application.
I had exactly the same problem, here is what I did:
a) Go in IE, click on settings wheel then Internet Options and Security tab.
b) Click on Custom level button (make sure you select Internet zone).
c) In Security Settings window, under Scripting I set Enabled for Active scripting.
After that Sign In should work. Even though Chrome is default browser, it seems that VS uses IE for sign in process.
Hope this helps!
There is another issue people are running into that is a bug with the login dialog. The login dialog is using a Web Browser control to login the user. By default it loads up "about:blank" as the URI. It then proceeds to try to execute some JavaScript (just ";") to verify it has permissions to do so. On some machines this is problematic because "about:blank" has been mapped to zone 0, or the Local Machine zone. When the JavaScript is executed MSHTML will check the zone of the URI and then the policy for executing scripts. By default the Local Machine zone is locked down, and all script executions result in a Query policy. What this means is if you're running in immersion mode (aka in Internet Explorer) you will get a message box asking if you want to execute the script. However, the Web Browser control used by VS 2013's "Sign In" dialog doesn't run MSHTML code in immersion mode, so the Query policy effectively equates to a Disallow policy. The bug here is someone in VS assumed "about:blank" resolves to the Internet zone, and when it resolves to the Local Computer zone you get this behavior.
The workaround is to remove "about:blank" zone mapping. Point regedit to this key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains]
Remove the "blank" key.
Alternatively you can change the Local Machine Lockdown policy for executing scripts. The reg key for that is:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0]
Set the "1400" DWORD value to 0.
There are many sites you need to list in your Trusted Sites. Following the trace of what the stupid, stupid login script does:
https://.visualstudio.com
https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com
https://.accesscontrol.windows.net
https://auth.gfx.ms
https://login.live.com
Only then was I able to log on to my FREE software.
Hi this is Albert from Microsoft. Just want to let you all know that this issue has been fixed in the upcoming Update 2 for Visual Studio 2013. Thanks for your patience while we figured this one out :)
Same problem "Browser is security restricted or JavaScript is disabled" here but the solution from #jic didn't work for me..
If you can and it is convenient for you this is a solution which worked for me:
I have created a new user/profile on my PC and for this user it was just working fine.
Before this action I have tried to make an user account which had this problem as:
Power user - didn't work
Administrator - didn't work as well
So the last solution in my case was a brand new user on the PC..
Here's what worked for me.
Open Control Panel, Internet Options.
First, I clicked the Security tab and turned security the security for the Internet zone to its minimum.
Next, click the Privacy tab, then click Advanced. Choose "Accept" for both types of cookies.
Of course you can change these all back after extending your VS trial.
you must change secure settings of iexplore for admin account. If logon by other account, you must start iexplore under admin account or logon under admin account, because you will get license after admin account.
Click on Start --> Run --> type cmd and click on OK.
Command Prompt will be opened. Then enter this command.
ipconfig /flushdns
and press Enter.
Now try to access https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/Profile/View
It worked for me...
As I can not add a comment yet to the answer of CBGraham, I've to add this note over here:
The solution described from CBGraham worked for me (Thanks Graham). I had to add an additional link:
https://account.live.com
Then I opened the IE and tried to login to a Microsoft site. I left the IE window open and just clicked once again on the VS to login. Then it worked for me. Even with strong restrictions on the IE settings. While I'm surprised why someone should set down his security settings, just to register VS.

Issue when trying to connect to team foundation server

I am quite new to Visual Studio and are trying to connect to a team foundation server. First I want to point out that if I go to the URL of the TFS in my browser and enter my credentials there I get access to the code etc, so there is no problem with the credentials itself.
Basically what I have done in Visual Studio 2012 is go to:
Team Explorer -> Connect to Team Foundation Server -> Servers -> Add -> Enter my credentials.
So after that a login screen appears which prompts for username/password ( which is very logic ), however here when I enter the same credentials I don't get access. In that login screen I can also see a "Domain" which seem to be something random that I have just entered when I installed windows and that domain has nothing to do with the TFS.
As you probably noticed I don't really know what that domain thingy does? Can that be the problem why I can't connect to the TFS server through Visual Studio but it works through the browser? Also if that matters I am connected via VPN to the place where the TFS server is located.
I just had the exact same problem connecting to TFS over VPN. I've been connecting with no problems for months, but I changed my Windows password while in the office yesterday, and couldn't log on from my laptop today.
Turns out that in the credentials box I was omitting my domain name. So instead of MY-WORK-DOMAIN\Itar I was just entering Itar.
(There was a domain name underneath - uneditable - that referred to my wireless router. That doesn't seem to be relevant when signing in.)
Once I entered my username as MY-WORK-DOMAIN\Itar and entered the new password it all worked.
I'm sure the OP has been sorted out by now, but maybe my answer will be useful to someone else.

VS2005 Setup project - program asks for installation media when started for the first time by another user

I have a very simple VS2005 deployment project that aims to install for all users on a PC.
All the application files are written to %Program Files%\MyProg. A shortcut is created in the start menu and the startup folder. No registry settings or anything else are created. I have set
'InstallAllUsers' to true.
The created MSI runs fine and installs the software. It works without any problems when running under the user account from which it was installed.
When logging in as another user, the start menu and startup icons are present. It attempts to launch the application however an installation window pops up and states that 'the feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.' The installer will only proceed if pointed to the original MSI file.
Why does this happen? I want my application to be installed completely for all users when it is installed by a single user.
edit: Solution
I was getting similar event log messages as shown on this page. In my case it turned out to be as simple as ensuring that the User's Program Menu had its 'AlwaysCreate' attribute turned to false. If it was true, windows would try and recreate the folder when a new user logged in. This somehow required the invocation of the installer and thus resulted in the 'please insert the installation media' prompts.
It is actually kind of hard to say without some more information. I would recommend checking on the rights in the installed folder (seeing if only the one who installed it has rights) and also checking the file list for the directory (to make sure VS didn't automatically place some files in the user profile). Let me know what comes out from those two steps and we can try to keep digging if that didn't shed any light on it.
Keep in mind chances are this is most def not specific to Visual Studio, look at this MS support article here where the same message is coming back for office.
I know this is an old post but I thought I'd add another cause and solution in case the above didn't work for you.
There is a bug in VS Setup and Deployment Projects which results in registry values being entered into HKCU instead of HKLM irrespective of the InstallAllUsers property being set to true.
You must use Orca msi editor to change the registry root for "DesktopFolder" and "ProgramMenuFolder" from either 1 or 2 to -1. The issue cannot be resolved via VS.
http://www.qa.downappz.com/questions/vs-2010-deploys-per-user-features-during-install-which-require-access-to-install-media.html

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