directories

I have been thinking about getting a SATA controler card and a few SSD for my system. I have been looking around for something on this topic and thus far have not found anything talking about it or it is talking about moveing the entire disk. What I want to do is migrate system directories to...

I was tidying up my HDD today, and found two different sets of MS Office 2007 help file directories with 4gb of identical content in each. I ran Windiff(x64) on both dirs; they were completely identical. The directories were located here: "C:\Documents and Settings\All...

I have noticed that if someone on the homegroup erases a directory, that directory keeps showing up in the homegroup listings on the rest of the homegroup. How do I get these directores to stop showing? Thanks. :)

I have set up a main administrator account on 7 Pro. This was done when installing the o/s, however I would now like to change the user account name and all folders/directories etc., computer name relating to it. What's the best way to remove all traces of the old name?

I'm running Windows 7 on a system with two hard drives. I have the OS and applications installed on one drive (SSD) and moved my user folder (documents, pictures, etc) onto a second hard drive. Well, that second hard drive died on me, so I have to replace it. My question: how should I go about...

Hello, I'm a new Windows 7 user since... say a month. And even though I've read plenty about how to format drives and how making directories is a good idea, I wonder if this would be an issue in Windows 7: I planned to make different directories across 2 HDDs for the OS, for Applications...

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread. I have directories on my computer that have thousands of files in them. In Windows 2000 (which I used until about a year ago), all directories loaded with lightening speed. But in Windows Vista and now Windows 7, I am...

I'm using EFS to encrypt a few directories on my machine where I keep Java source code. Since I've starting using EFS I've noticed my Windows 7 has a tendency to pop the 'Encountered a problem and needs to restart' dialog and force me to restart in 30 sec. Here's the error entry from the...

Since I have never been able to get the windows backup to work, I have been copying directories to an external drive manually. I would like to know if there is a folder that holds all the xp mode stuff that I can include in my backup process?

first I have lost the thumbnail pictures and only get icons in the directories second every now any then internet explore shows a small screen and states closing down this then reopes almost straight away or the screen flashes not a real great problem but a distraction

i want to set up a user so there account is seperatly set up on a seperate formated partiton with the users documents and directorys all set up on this partition but i only want to do it for one account how would i go about doing this

I have identified a major security issue with sharing when sharing to a PS3. Setup: I have no homegroup set up. I am using a work network. I am allowing my libraries to be shared to my PS3. In order to share music, videos, and pictures to my PS3, I must simply add them to a library and they...

Each time I connect an external USB hard drive, Windows creates these two directories. Is there a way to tell Windows 7 not to do so?

Hi all. From a newby. Sorry I haven't search the entire forum yet, too much time consuming. I need to get my work done. Let me try to be clear here, "I'm French" I just installed 7 Home premium 32 bits on my Dell laptop. An hour ago. Started feeding CD's. I installed Paint Shop Pro X2. I...

I have 5 hdd drives,( g, e, f, h, i, k) each with a movies and tv shows folder in each, i have made a TV shows library and a movies library that includes folders from 5 drives respectively. when broswing to my Windows 7 machine via the network, i see.. Movies1 Movies2 Movies3 Movies4 Movies5...

I'm looking to add custum link to custum directories into the right side of my startmenu. Can someone help me out on this one ? Thanks a lot. see the attachement if you don't know what i mean.

Windows 7 search is driving me completely crazy. I have a data CD with a lot of files and folders. Nested in a folder is a file called cdboot.ima. I put in the data CD, bring up an explorer window to see the root of the disc, and then type in cdboot in the search bar. Win7 promptly tells me...

Hi all I don't know how many of you have played around with the new Library system in W7. I didn't like it initially but once you get used to it it actually is vey simple and good especially if you have data (music / video / photos etc) spread over more than one disc. You just define a library...

Dear all, I just upgraded to 7022 (yes, it's zippier and all)...and have a really weird problem to report and seek help. As with my Vista to 7000 upgrade, I did not do a clean install; the upgrade went smoothly back then. For the record, these are all 32 bit installations and I am running a...