admin tools

When I currently open the menu START->ControlPanel->AdministrativeTools then there is no further cascading submenu with all parts like - Services- - Computer Management - Event Viewer ... Ok, I could click on it and a window with all the entries will popup, but I prefer another...

In the past I typed services.msc in the run entry field to access directly the Servcies dialog. Now I wanted to use it again (under WIndows 7). Unfortunately it cannot be found by Win7. Did the name changed? Yes, it is still accessible through Control Panel-->Administrative tools but I...

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If Windows Update is failing, especially if the Win8 install was an Upgrade from a prior Windows OS, do the following: Command Prompt, Run as Admin DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Hit ENTER After that finishes... DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Hit...

Hi all, I have a problem with very annoying pop-up that appears on every system startup. It is titled: "Failed to connect to a windows service" and it's written: "Windows could not connect to the Group Policy Client service. This problem prevents standard users from logging on to the system. As...

Here is what happened. I went to administrator tools > Computer management > Local users and groups > Users. Now I double clicked on the main user account. Then I switched to the 'member of' tab. I deleted the things whatever present over there. Then I restarted the system. Now I can...

I need to install Windows 7 on multiple computers (over 20), overwriting the original install with a customized one with added software. I would use boot time imaging software to simply load the image but I am concerned about the license key for each computer. Could I update the cloned...

My personal account is setup as admin by default but prefer to set it with user rights. Before I do that I would like to create an Admin account to cover admin issues when needed. When the admin user account is created it only shows one field for entering the new password and no 2nd field to...

First: A little Information: Full Article @ Microsoft Offering Improved CHKDSK Utility in Windows 8 -- Redmondmag.com Tutorial for running CHKDSK: There are 2 options to running CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 8 Option #1: Run CHKDSK from "My Computer" 1. Open "My Computer" either from...

I am seeing a utility that will let me enter the command that I use in XP and then tell me what the corresponding comand or sequence of comands are in Windows 7. What I am finding is I am spending many hours locating the correct set of sequences to do something which is very straightforward in...

Not sure if this is the correct place for this but...this morning I noticed an exclamation in my taskbar that services were not running. I looked for services.msc in the search in the start button, but nothing came up. I also typed in MSConfig in the search in the start button search, and...

I want to specify from command line that user "Karl" has Full access to local folder (and subfolders) D:\proj\logs Which command is recommended here: cacls or "net share" What is the difference? Is "net share" for folders the same as "cacls" for files? Peter

So my story is this, since some time one time per month more or less with a normal use of the computer my Windows decides it's time to corrupt a folder/file, whatever, pretty sad indeed, what it also does is somehow disable my autochk.exe and my chkdsk.exe so that I can't fix this problem, but...

Whenever I try to run any Administrative tool or some, but not all, programs, I get a message box that says, "Class not Registered". Generally, most of Windows 7 appears to work, but System Restore is broken, can't make a Restore Point, Administrative Tools doesn't work, and a couple of...

I have what appears to be a spyware/malware issue that I just cant solve on my W7 64-bit machine. Got a pop-up message from out of nowhere the other day that my HD was going bad...immediately I thought virus. Turned my computer off, did a systemt restore > 1 week ago, and now everything appears...

When I click in Win7 the menu Start->Control Panel then I found a sub entry "Adminstrative Tools". In good ol' WinXP I could expand a sub context menu by just hovering on it. In Win7 I have to click on "Administrative Tools" to get a dialog window with all the tools. Is there a way to...

As many of you are aware Windows 7 has it's own Disk Cleaner for cleaning stuff like temporary files. This little app can be found via the Start menu although a much better version can be found via 'cmd prompt'. (see screen shot). To set up the advanced cleaner right click on cmd prompt and...

Well this is my first time writing about a problem on 7 forums, if my English is not correct then sorry i'm Serb :D Anyhow my problem is next: I wanted to try BitDefender free antivirus so i uninstalled MSE and installed BD. After an hour gadgets crashed, stoped working, mozilla started giving...

I have spent days trying to solve this problem - so any suggestions will be most gratefully received! I run a group of Windows XP Professional (SP3, 32 bit) machines in a workgroup, all using the same id and password, the id being in the administrators group on each machine. One of the...

Can someone explain why there are three start menus?? 1. All Users 2. Profile 3. under ProgramData I understand the reason for one under All Users and each profile - What I don't understand is why some entries are duplicated in each. I don't understand the ProgramData Start Menu and why...