data access

I have a clients harddrive (XP Home) to extract their data. I just got a Win 7 laptop for servicing computers and discovered I bought a nightmare. I cannot set sharing access to the clients drive in order to extract their files. Any ideas on accessing other drives from Win 7? I have connected...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot access data that is stored on a 1 TB RDX removable disk that has no partitions. This issue occurs after you format the disk by using the NTFS file system. Link Removed

All my data on the PC is on D: I want to do two things: I want to back it up to a WD 3TB drive. I want to take that drive with me on the road and access the data directly. Any recommendations? Thanks for any suggestions jr

I've been having a problem with windows 7 and a network drive I have an smb file server on my network. On it I store a hell of alot of data. If I open that folder, and start clicking on files (to select them - not open them), the system will start suddenly lagging (while CPU use remains low)...

Reading files and folders from a W7 HDD Hi, I have a HDD from my now ex-W7 pc which has a whole lot of files and images I need to lift. I have hooked the drive (sata) to my XP pc and tried to access them, but - unsurprisingly - they are not accessible straight off... What steps do I need to...

Who will have access to your data. Politico did an article last week suggesting that Cloud vendors here in the U.S. might be having some issues landing foreign customers because of the Patriot Act and many are requiring that vendors establish domestic data centers within their respective borders...

First of all, I hope this is the correct forum for this strange error (if not, I’m sorry. I’m new to your forum). I am also brand new to Windows 7 so I don't know much about it. I came cross over from XP and consider myself pretty “XP” experienced. Windows 7 is a whole new ball game for me...

Revision Note: V9.0 (August 9, 2011): Added Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-059, "Vulnerability in Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution," to the Updates relating to Insecure Library Loading section. Summary: Microsoft is aware that research has been published...

I have a MYOB company file on my W7 machine - this is where I use MYOB Premier. I have shared the folder so that my XP machine can see it. I have MYOB Account Right Plus on my XP machine. I can see the MYOB company file from the XP machine in the share so seeing it is not a problem...

Revision Note: V9.0 (August 9, 2011): Added Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-059, "Vulnerability in Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution," to the Updates relating to Insecure Library Loading section. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware that research has been published...

Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate Excel-related file (such as a .xlsx file) that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted library file. More...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows Bluetooth Stack. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a series of specially crafted Bluetooth packets to an affected system. An attacker could...

I feel somewhat ashamed to say that somehow I have locked myself out of access to ALL files on of my user accounts on my computer. I can log in but can't even see the original desktop! Is there help for me? Bob...

Hi guys I'm new here so forgive me if this's been covered before (I did a quick scan of related threads but didn't find anything similar). Recently I booted up my laptop to error messages saying I had HD failure. I could still use Firefox and Word fine, but nothing else. So I conducted a...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance on stage this morning at BlackBerry World 2011 to announce Bing will become the default search and map provider in all upcoming BlackBerry devices. The recently released BlackBerry Playbook, for example, already ships with the Bing Map...

I need to move the sata connection for my drive "D" on the motherboard, however after moving it Windows 7 won't boot. Hi, I am looking for some assistance in resolving this issue, thanks for any help in advance. Gateway LX6820, 8GB Ram Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM 64 bit Drive "C"- Intel...

Hey guys, I'm so frustrated right now! These problems have been occurring since a month. I can't read any DVDs/CDs via DVD-ROM. My computer won't pick up any external-HDD, USB flash drives, nothing. This has been pissing me off since a month and I finally considered of reinstalling the Windows...

# windowstip Windows 7's libraries are a really neat tool for quickly accessing your data (or putting data from multiple locations into one window), but it doesn't let you add removable flash drives or SD cards. Reader Java-Princess shares a workaround. More » More...

Scott is in Redmond this week and talks to Jeff Derstadt, the Lead Developer on Entity Framework Code First (or, as Scott says, EF Magic Unicorn). What's the deal with this new feature in Entity Framework? What about the bad rap that EF got back in the day? What's new in EF4 and how does EF Code...

Greetings to all, Okay, I am trying to keep an open mind to the point that I invested my money into Win 7 Ult. 64 bit. While I find that it has some interesting addons, like Vista I find that is appears to be warmed over XP with the same features, just renamed and in different places so as to...