drive access

I don't know if MS sent a patch Tuesday or not, but this happened on the first reboot since then. Win 7 Home - Cannot access the C: drive. When I choose repair option and open a cmd window it shows the drive as X: I can change to D: (cddrive) but when I try to access C: it says "There is not...

I have had this problem forever and no one at Adobe forums was able to figure it out so I thought maybe I'll ask here to search for a non-Adobe solution. When I use a program called Adobe Encore - for authoring and burning DVD's, while the program is working (it works for many hours on one...

Hey guys. I've got 2 computers in 2 different rooms that are on the same network (wired). I'm having lots of problems with networking. I didn't really want to use a homegroup, so I just shared the drives with each other. I can see the drives (Bedroom C, Bedroom D, Living Room C, Living Room D)...

Hello. I am on a network where my boss has access to all of my data using my id and password via the network (he does not login to my computer). There are personal drives/folders that I would like to hide from him even seeing. Is it possible to set a permission on a drive/folder to be "local...

Hello Everyone, Ill start by saying thankyou to all that will help me in this intriguing problem. Last night I put my computer into hibernation mode. I awoke this morning to find it doing some odd clicking noises every time i clicked on a link decided to scroll down using the keyboard. It...

I replaced XP Pro last night (Friday, 1/29/10) with a fresh copy of Windows 7 Pro (OEM version). I installed the new Win 7 OS on a freshly reformated pair of Raid-0 hardrives. Both are WD 80GB Velociraptor's. I also have another WD 400 GB, that's was being used for storage only, it is not a...

I have 5 computers on my network, the names are as follows: HOME-ND86E0MP1L (XP) JON-PC (7) LAPTOP (7) LILBIT-PC (VISTA) OFFICE-PC (7) HOST All are on MS HOME, all are set to share files, and all have Password Protect "DISABLED" Vista and 7 are having the problems, can't get Vista to...

I'm having issues mapping my network drive. It was once mapped and now it isn't. when asking for the PW, I put it in and it says the server rejects it yet I had it verified. The domain it likes to popup is for the laptop not for the actual server. How do i resolve this? I do openvpn in if that...

I upgraded from XP Pro to Win7 Ultimate using a clean install. My computer box has 2 Sata 3.0 internal hard drives. I used to be able to switch power on to the second drive and XP would recognize it and then I would have access to it. After installing W7, I can no longer do that. If I reboot...

Hey all, i found this site by mistake, because i was searching for a windows 7 network solution. Okay, here's my problem. When i installed the windows, i had no errors, nothing whatsoever. But when i tried to go on the internet 1st it gave me error that i am in Unidentified network, and i could...

I'm locked out of my 1.5TB Maxtor basics USB desktop drive, with the above notification. There's no access at all to the volume, which shows as 0 bytes in size, although the drive is shared and appears to have the required security permissions (Admin and user rights). I have tried it from 2...

I am currently running Windows 7 build 7100 Problems. - The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded. (when i first installed Windows 7 I could not login due to that problem. I botted into safe mode. I did nothing and then I could log into my account.) - I cannot...

Something happened.... I don't know what, but have one partition and 2 drive (un-partitioned) that I can't read. This seems like an easy fix IF I can find a program to do it. The drive appears to be intact. Paragon partition manager show correct info about drives. I can even BOOT to windows 7...

So the one big thing that really bugs the heck outa me with Win7, is that it labels me as some malicous program. How would a computer think I'm being evil you may ask? Well go ahead and try and save an image from the internet by right clicking on it, and attempting to save it to a different...

When I open the Computer window to try to see my drives nothing shows up. I can navigate to them by right clicking on my computer under devices and going to browse files, so I know nothings wrong with the drives themselves, but I can't view anything inside the Computer window. It is just a...

Hello. In the first few weeks of running Windows 7 (Build 7000), all went well. then, suddenly, a certain program failed to access my D drive (That's where I keep all of my documents and media files). then I noticed a bunch of programs (such as uTorrent, FlashGet, etc.) simply cannot download...

Hello I'm enjoying the beta version of win 7 (build 7000) , but since the beginning I've had a problem when I try to browse one of my drives. In explorer, a progression bar appears on top when I click on the drive letter. This bar never fills up, even after several minutes. In other programs...

I am trying to access my files in my windows XP drive and its prompting me that I need Admin rights (on my XP computer called djchad-mac). I tried typing in my credentials and so far no luck because windows 7 cannot find the other OS. I tried setting up a share and giving everyone access to the...

I changed some permissions on my main drive yesterday and since Windows Live programs have stopped working, specifically Mail and Messenger... As fair as I can tell it's something to do with the programmes not being able to write to certain folders as in the event viewer something called ESENT...

I have a very stupid problem, I can't access files on cd or dvd from my computer. When I double click on cd/dvd icon in my computer, nothing happened. If I access cd/dvd drive from Speed Commander, I can see and copy files, but when I try to view or execute them I get the error massage: "Windows...