data access

I want to be able to access the files on my external drive from my Android tablet. I have shared the external drive, and it does show up on my tablet, but when I open it on the tablet only one folder appears (and there are many folders and files on it), and when I open that one folder, only one...

Hi I have 5 computers at home and one printer. All machines are windows 7. I would like to network these together and have a seperate storage device. What I plan to do is buy a router and plug all the machines into that. Then I would like to plug a usb storage device into the router so that all...

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Windows 7 Pro and Windows XP PRO “Semi Dual boot” My question is labeled “”Semi Dual Boot” because I have a situation involving WIN 7 Pro and WIN XP Pro on the same computer. Background --How I got to where I need to make this post I had a WIN XP PRO, SP3 system installed,(100% genuine...

I try to add a second internal SATA 6 hard drive to my computer. On restart, Windows 8 gives a message "Preparing for Repair" and after few seconds it restarts computer and again the same message and continues to restart. This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP...

I run Win 7 on a Dell XPS M1530 running on AC power. I attached an Iomega USB 2.5" portable drive and booted up. This drive worked OK when last used with a desktop PC. I wanted to delete unused and old files from the drive, but can't. I also can't transfer them to the laptop. They do open...

Acronis has released*True Image 2013, the latest edition of its power-packed backup tool. And while the program isn’t exactly the most revolutionary of updates, it does include some important changes. The new edition is now fully compatible with Windows 8, for instance, good news if you’re...

Resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. More...

Resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Data Access Components that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage. More...

So some time ago I installed Ubuntu and I've ever since been irritated by having GRUB for my bootloader. Stupidly, yesterday I tried to change that. Here are all the steps I've taken so far: Tried to change bootloader whilst I was logged into Windows 7. Rebooted and it had failed miserably...

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

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...