Thanks in advance for your assistance. I have a weekly requirement to view and clear the Windows Security Logs on my hardened Windows 7 computer. This has been working fine up until last week. When I open up my saved EventViewer.mmc console, I receive the following error: "Event Log Service is...
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One of the primary reasons people use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is to hide or disguise their true IP address while they're online. For instance, some sports fans can watch a game that's blacked out in their area by tricking a website into thinking the user/viewer, based on their IP...
Situation: Secondary HDD contains previous installation's Windows folder which my current Win10 account cannot delete even as admin.
Solution: I'm assuming that I'd need to first take ownership then change the permissions to give full control.
However this is an old hard drive, and since my...
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Hello,
Just purchased a company PC fully refurbished for super cheap. It's running Windows 7 and no issues with setup.
I have just moved into a rental and had the internet connected on the NBN. My connection is fine and all my lights including the LAN which is connected to my PC are...
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Windows 10 Pro / Lenovo P910 ThinkMaster
I am an individual, no other computer users in my lab, and am set up as Administrator. I've read many posts but never get the solution.
Constantly getting the 'You need permission to perform this action'. Changing folder names, deleting folders from...
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I need some help!!
After I connected my portable HDD to a smart TV I lost access to the HDD when I tried to connected it to my laptop again. "F: is not accessible, access is denied" (funny ringtones)
When I connected back to the smart tv I can read all the folders and files on the HDD.
It looks...
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I have seen this problem reported for windows7 and external flash or USB drive. But I am now talking of Windows 10 and local drive. I'll explain myself: After having backed-up several times my external disc was getting full and i decided the advanced settings "clean up" version. It worked fine I...
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I have tried to create a virtual CD drive using the Microsoft VCdControlTool. I copied the VCdRom.sys file to System32\drivers as specified, but when I run VCdControlTool, and click on Driver Control, I get the message "Cannot Open SCM:Access is denied. If I run it as Administrator, it shows the...
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How do I map a drive with UAC enabled? Is it normal to get a "folder destination access denied" error when trying to copy files to and from network drives? I am running win 7 pro x64
I recently upgraded a win7 computer on our lan to win10. now i find I cannot copy files from another computer on the net, winxp, to this new win10. previously I could and did, quite frequently.
now the win10 computer tells me i need admin permissions.
and the winxp computer tells me to...
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When selecting some folders on my C drive, but not all of them, the following message pops up,
C:\"folder name" is not accessible. Access is Denied.
Why is this occurring and how can it be overcome?
Running W7 Pro and all updates have ben installed
Hello all,
I am currently having an issue where several programs won’t connect to the internet while others will and I can’t seem to track down the problem. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 6.1.7601. I have ensured that proxy servers are disabled, my firewall has been configured to...
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I have a Toshiba Satelite C75D-B running Windows 8.1.. Basically my computer has stopped using IPv6. It will not work on ANY wifi network I try. I suspect it is the computer and not the networks.. When I open up the wifi status is says IPv6 Connectivity: No Internet Access. I have tried...
Hi, I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
I have used Windows Backup to back up my files to an external hard drive and create a system image.
When I click on the backup folder on the external drive and then dig down to a particular file which I try to open, I get a message to say I have been...
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I have noticed that a number of applications give themselves permission to get through the firewall. No matter how many times I deny these apps access through the firewall they seem to mysteriously regain permission. Since the last time I unticked all of the following, they are all re ticked...
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When i try to turn on my laptop, after login i have an error message saying 'Loading script "C:\Windows\run.vbs" failed (Access is denied)' with a black screen behind and i can't do anything afterwards. How can i fix this?
There's a big round red cross at the top left of the window . then it says "windows cannot access the specified device , path or file . You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the file . " That's what it says when I try to install ccleaner . I have been having a lot of trouble...
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I have 3 computers on my LAN, C1 C2 and C3. All 3 are on the same work group. I have just added a second HDD to C3. I have formatted this drive as drive “G” and have set it to be shared, with full permissions set. I can access this drive and its folders from C3. I can also access public...
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