admin tools

How do you locate the Administrative Tools in Windows 7?

When I first installed win7 I was setting up my start menu how I want it and without thinking, I deleted all my administrative tools from my entire computer. They are totally gone from my control panel and everything. I hope they might be in a windows folder somewhere and the tools in...

PLEASE READ - (I say this because on other forums people are replying to the title with hack that ive tried and does not work) a few weeks ago I noticed that Icons were refreshing quite often and always after installing something and when they did the were very slow so anyway I searched...

If the System is not able to create System restore point try to Create the restore point manually. If you are unable to create a system restore point manually then you could try these steps 1. Make sure that System Restore is enabled 2. Make sure that you have sufficient disk space on all...

I have AT enabled for both Start Menu and All Programs. It appears in All Programs and is populated. It appears on the Start Menu but is empty. What did I miss?????????

When you activate "Administrative Tools" to show up in Menu Start, you get this nice list of tools. I am trying to create the same kind of shortcut there right under it, but looks like the area is blocked, you can't drop anything in this area of start menu, unless there is a trick to do it. I...

Anyone had any luck getting any VNC software to work with 7? I have not been able to get connected with any VNC software. Cant use RDP because I dont want to log users off all the time when its just a simple fix, or they need an admin to install something... Any suggestions?

Hi there! Perhaps anyone any idea? I can't seem to get the print management snap-in to work for some reason? I tried installing/selecting all the administrative tools, but it doesn't help. I keep getting the message "MMC could not create the snap-in" when clicking print management. Thanks for...

Hello, Is there a way to disable MS help and Support in 7? I use some mutli track recoding software and every time I try to pull up a plug-in, A help and support window pops up asking if I need help with this program. It is very annoying. In Xp I could just go into Admin Tools/ Services, and...

I am getting this message each time I start the computer Failed to connect to a windows service Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service. This problem prevents standard users from logging on to the system. As an administrative user, you can review the...

Refreshing Media Player 12 (A solution) Hay chaps, Has anyone figured out how to rebuild Media Player 12 as in pressing F5 or was it F3? I found this cool tip on how to do it:- Shutdown windows media player. Stop the media sharing service. Go to Start->Control Panel->All Control...

The ones I used on Windows XP do not work, but I would really like to install the Admin tools for Active Directory on my Windows7 Machine. Thank you.

When anyone reports a problem with delayed startups and shutdowns the first suggestion is to check that "Administratitive Logs" Under Event Viewer / Custom Views These logs show errors with drivers and hardware. Atikmdag Error FINALLY resolved. I've been pestered by this error in my...

I recently installed on a brand new drive, a fresh installation of win7 x64 RTM. I notice after a few weeks, suddenly the accessories and many other start menu items has vanished! Looked up some solutions but nothing seems to match my issue. When I goto control panel, and click administrative...

The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window. The process works by adding a single key to the registry for each icon you want to add to the My Computer window. To add the...

Ok I need major help on this! I'm currently on Vista Ultimate. If I go to Administrative Tools and select Computer Management and select "Disk Management" I can see my drives. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!! I have the drives like this: DISK_0 [150GB] "MAIN BACKUP (D:)" - 150GB NTFS [Active...

How do I enable sound for remote desktop connections connecting to Windows 7? I found out how to do it in Windows Server 2003, by clicking Terminal Service Configuration in Administrator Tools, and turning sound on there. I can't find Terminal Service Configuration in Windows 7, and I can't...

Hello. I tried to configure a PC with W7 like this: c:\|d:\ SATAII HDD (two partitions) e:\ IDE HDD f:\ IDE DVD-RW I couldn't. Or could I? I did it but... albeit showing all the drives in the esplorer tree I couldn't explore the DVD I put in. But I could in the command prompt... The board...

Hey all, new to this forum. Thought I would pass along what I have working. I have installed the 32 bit version of Windows 7 with the following software: Acrobat 9 Pro Photoshop 9 CS2 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 beta for W7 The Admin tools pack for Windows 7 (googled it) Blackberry Desktop...

I have just finished configuring W7 to join the domain and am in the process of installing software and configuring it. I am having difficulty installing AD tools to remotely administer our domain. I cannot install the Vista Remote Server Admin Tools. I get an error that "The update is not...