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Ok so for some reason my OS says i am not the administrator on my laptop although this is the only account on my laptop that is administrator I have tried to create a new account but for some reason it wont load the next screen when i click create new account another thing is when i try the run...

I would like to temporarily see my Contacts list sorted by last name, since I am comparing it with a printed directory that is sorted that way. However, the Contacts list is currently sorted by first name. I haven't found an option to change the sort order. Is there one? This would only be...

Hi everyone, I have a problem with explorer: when I open a directory for example, and if a file in that directory is in use and 'growing' (its size is increasing), I don't see the change in the displayed size in the "size" column of explorer, even if I press F5. Strangely, it does update if I...

In Windows XP I put a shortcut to WindowsExplorer on the desktop resp. the QuickLaunchBar and specified in the properties the following opening command: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,D:\work When I clicked on this shortcut WinExplorer opened with the pre-selected and auto-expanded...

Basically, I play a game and have a programme which takes screenshots/records videos for me in this game, anyways, I've noticed I can open videos/pictures through this programme and look at them both (vids/pics) but when I try to actually find the videos/pictures in the folder they're supposed...

The list: Computer Task Database and Spyware Directory.

I would like to add a new item for Directories to the WinExplorer context menu. In former WInXP I simply add the following Registry entry: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCmdPrompt\command] @="D:\\specialprog\\batchlog \"%1\"" However: This command is not recognized (for normal...

I am totally unable to install any gadgets. I am unzipping into a temporary directory then copying the .gadget file to the empty directory given to me by shell:gadgets. Clicking on that and chosing [Install] goes without error, but the gadget is not installed. I would have thought that...

Have a problem with 2-3 directories that I cannot delete. If I try I get the following message: Error 0x80070091: The directory is not empty I have done a disk scan several times now - at first there where some errors, but they should now be fixed. Is there a way to force delete the folders...

Ok here is the problem. I am new to WIndows 7 and quite certain this will be a small fix. I have made an account on my Windows 7. Let's call it Tom. It is in the Administrators group. I have installed Photoshop CS2. After I played around with a file in Photoshop, I saved it in one of the...

Hi, I've got come across a very peculiar issue. We currently have approx 8 servers that are all running SLES 10 SP1 and have samba shares configured on them. On our Windows 7 machines, if I try to browse the shares via UNC (server1\share\directory) each directory comes up saying "this folder...

In Windows XP, I can access my start menu through C:\Documents and Settings\...\Start Menu Where is the Start Menu for user and All Users in Windows 7? I tried opening that folder by right clicking on the Win7 start menu and clicking "Open Windows Explorer," but I can't find the resulting...

Okay, I have a Hawking HNAS1 and I am able to use it with Windows 7 "for the most part", I did change my local security policies - network security - LAN Manager Authentication level to "Send LM & NTLM, use NTLMv2 if negotiated" - it doesn't work at all without this setting. The only thing I...

Hello. I would like to change the appearance of a directory, to view the files as a list. How do i change it for good ? It seems there is not such an option :frown::confused:

Hello I would like to relocate my home directory, se blow From C:\Users\Public to D:\Users\Public and from C:\Users\Fredrik to D:\Users\Fredrik When I create a new user can I automaticly have his/her home directory at D:\users\My_New_Users_Name? Best Regards Fredrik Andersson I use Windows...

Ok, this is a complicated back-story. Wasting third day trying to setup my old PC for my mom (new one coming tomorrow). So first I did a clean XP install on one partition. Then through it installed windows 7 on second partition. On the Win7 partition, first time I tried to installed Adobe...

This is not my first rodeo for sure. Well with win7 I guess it is. Anyway, I can't seem to get rid of the the read only attrib on a directory. I remove it and apply and close the window but when I look at the properties again, the box is colored again. (not a check mark) Meaning something in the...

Hello, I have been using Windows 7 for the past few months, and I am very happy with it. I have worked in the IT/MIS field and for years all you would get out of me when it came to windows would be gripes about this or that.. Many of my overall problems with Windows as an OS (Security Issues...

Heya, First time posting. I've recently been trying to install a game written in VB6 primarily for Windows XP, which did run fine in Vista x64. On installing I receive the following error message; "The file 'C:\Windows\system32\stdole2.tlb' could not be opened. Please check your disk is not...

Out of the 287 GB total, 201 GB is being consumed right after a clean install of the Windows 7 RC. I did delete the windows.old directory. I also checked with TreeSize, and it says I am only using 41GB of the harddrive space. Where could the rest of the 47 GB hard drive space be coming from...