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This is probably a really easy-to-solve problem, but to me a very annoying one. Win 7 has done something with its files that makes it more difficult to find them in certain occations. Say for ex that I have done an ordinary search via Start on the whole computer to find an old document that I...

OK, full story. I was meddling a bit with the security settings for my C: partition (where my Windows 7 resides) by right clicking the drive and selecting properties > security. The reason for doing so was because I thought someone had meddled with it first, so I was trying to get it back to...

My hard drives have disappeared from Disk Management. Not sure when. Only the DVD drive remains in the list. Drives are still visible in Windows Explorer. Drives work normally. Disk Management >> http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/lyleisaacs/HardDrive.jpg Windows Explorer >>...

I've just installed Windows 7 x64 Home Premium and it's a nightmare thanks to UAC. Things have finally come to a head now I've tried to delete a folder in Windows.Old only to be told I require permission from administrators. Things is, I'm the only user of this machine. I AM the administrator...

Running Windows 7 starter, Dell netbook. I hid one of my two administrative user accounts with REGEDIT by setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList [hiddenaccountname] [DWORD(32bit) Value=0. To logon to the hidden...

Ok. I changed my SID number last night and after I rebooted most of my stuff was gone. Well, I dont know if its gone or it is just not available to me because Im not able to log in to my my administrator account. I am not able to perform most functions because I dont have the rights to do...

I have set up several user accounts in our new family Windows 7 PC. My own account being the admin one. Problem is other standard uses can’t see or use any of the programs I installed such as MS Office, Itunes, etc, etc. They are not in the program list or start menu in their standard...

Hello windows7forums community, I've made a bit of a whoopsey in lusrmgr.msc and have managed to set the password for the hidden admin account; which is fine - the problem is that I also removed the only local user's membership of the administrators group forgetting to check that I had enabled...

How to prevent other users from using removable driver and other security option via Group editor policy. I have 2 accounts. One is named admin and the other as user. How to change these setting for the user named user. Its a limited account,so the GPE is not accessible in that account. Tell me...

I have lost the ability to preview any files other than pictures in Windows Explorer. I posted a question on SevenForums but did not get a solution there. I tried a System Restore to a point before the problem started and that did not work. I created a new administrator account and was...

I just formatted an 8GB thumb drive to NTFS under the admin account. After I was done, I right clicked and set "everyone" to full control and removed all other permissions. I coped a huge file to the jump drive on another machine, then I get back to this one - and I can't copy the file off...

For some reason, some of the Microsoft Office icons are not working correctly on some accounts. What the heck is going on? I installed under the Admin account so it shoudlbe available to everyone. When I double click on it - they work fine, its just not the correct icon. see the attached...

Hi, I have a bunch of files and folders that i want hidden from the other users on my computer. I have one of two admin accounts, the rest are limited. I have set the correct permissions settings (Changing from Allow to Deny ) in C:\Users Now, when a user makes a search from within the START...

Greetings- I purchased a new HP dv6 laptop and discovered the desktop positioning problem that was discussed prior. (The inability to reposition ie-center, tile etc. a picture when used as the desktop background) I found, downloaded and installed the patch referred to in the earlier post...

Full details: Link Removed - Not Found It's really such an easy fix...I just made a new admin account and the wallpaper can be changed again! Please for full details about the errors and the fix, go to the above link (my blog).

Hey this worked for me...after all that searching and stressing out over the problem the fix is so simple (without doing a custom install). Detailed directions found on my blog: http://danielpalmarin.edublogs.org/2009/12/01/catalyst-9-11-windows-7-bugs-fix/ Basically you just make a new...

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...

This is possible the lamest question to ask, so late in the OS game, but I can't seem to find anything on it anywhere (probably just don't know how to google for it!). I run Windows 7, and of course have the normal Administrator account that one creates when installing. I wan't to create a...

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...

Here goes.. if anyone can solve this for me, I will be so grateful I set a password and changed my username on my new Windows 7 - when I logged out - the password doesn't work and what comes up is "username or password is incorrect" - we tried everything, every variation of the password it...