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Hi all, I notice on my new installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits that some programs do not save their preferences (options), as when I close and run them again the new preferences are still the old ones instead of the changed. --------------------------- EDIT 20091122: I correct myself, only the...

Hi, I hope someone here can help me as I'm all out of ideas. I have recently instaled Windows 7 (d'uh) and everything is working hunky dorey on the user account I created at the install. When I created a new user (with Admin privileges) and log into it, it will not connect to the wi-fi...

Ok, I have found many examples of this but every solution I have read doesn't work for me, I'll start at the top in what steps I have taken to the current situation. On installing Windows 7 it worked flawlessly, proceeded to install apps etc, that evening I turned off. On login the next day no...

I don't have an admin account in home premium, I had one and then after a reboot I now just a standard user account. Without an admin account is there a way to activate the hidden admin account?

Hi all, I'm attempting to figure out how to get direct access to the C drive of one of my windows 7 PCs over the network. Previously with Win XP I've been able to use "\\compname\c$", but with windows 7 I'm prompted for a username and password. Using the Admin account info will not get me...

Hi all, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my Dell Dimension 9150 a few days ago and applied the Microsoft language pack to translate it in French. Since the beginning, I have the same problem : randomly, the system partially "freeze" during about 10 seconds. I can't open any new window, can't...

I get a lot of program errors unless I run everything as Admin, Specifically in some home security software. I am logged in as admin but for example I cant view any of our security camera footage as even though I run the program as admin and am logged in as admin it says I don't have permission...

I'm having difficulty turning on the windows defender. ever time I press on it, it takes me to the system 32 folder and then I'm guessing it wants me to do something? :confused: This could have come from me trying to adjust the security settings on the system 32 folder. I was trying to gain...

I wish to update to the latest version of iTunes but there seems to be something wrong with my registry. The following keeps coming up each time I try to install it. Could not open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Interface\{915 DA835-02FE-4953-92FA-624BDF5D85AB}\ProxyStubClsid32...

Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...

"Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working" notification keeps popping up whenever I log into my account, restoring doesn't help. Hi, currently, everytime i log into my account (Which is also the system administrator account) on my desktop PC, I can't get past the...

Hi, I did an upgrade from Vista Ultimate to 7077 ultimate..Everything went smoothly with only one or two uncompatible programs. Unfortunately when I click on Start | All Programs every one of my installed programs icons are missing. I have to search for the program to start it and pin it to the...

Hi. The main (and only account) I have been using since the first beta came out had administrator privileges. Today when I booted up I noticed that my account could no longer do things that are associated with an admin account, such as installing certain programs and writing to certain...

I didn't know whether to put this in software or install but here it goes. I just cant seem to install C++ into windows 7 and since it is kind of important I can install any games either. I have an admin account and have tried running it as admin but I always get an "Error 1310" because it tells...

So it seems like windows 7 corrupted the password I set for the admin account because it did not work. Probably because I set the password then set it up to do automatic login using the 'control userpasswords2' command. So now i am using a vista password cracker but it can't seem to find the...

I have a home network with 7 or 8 XP machines. All are on the same workgroup. All share EVERYTHING. All have passwords. All are logged in with an ADMINISTRATOR account. All can see each other on the network. They all talk to each other just fine. All the GUEST accounts are turned ON. I loaded...

I have just installed Vista. I have a standard and an admin account, For some reason or the other when i login with the standard user account i see the admin user logged in and all the processes running by him and it doesnt show the standard user logged. when i log in with the admin account I...

Hello! I just got a computer with Windows Vista Premium. So far, so good. I have a question about making programs installed in Admin available to standard accounts. I set up iTunes in an admin account complete with music files, etc. I also set up a standard account for web surfing. When I...

I have just done a fresh install of Windows VISTA Business x64 and have created 2 user accounts one is standard, the other is an admin account I have hidden the admin account using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList How do I...

I'm posting this question for my sister who just recently purchased a new computer with Vista installed. We set up 3 accounts on her computer. One for her (as admin) and one for each of her two sons. We had no problems setting up the actual accounts, but it would NOT let us set a password on...