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I copied a folder tree from another computer in LAN onto my local computer. After some work I want to delete this folder tree on my local computer. When I right-click in File Explorer on the top node and select "delete" then a popup tells me: "You need to provide administrator permissions"...

Thanks in advance for your assistance. I have a weekly requirement to view and clear the Windows Security Logs on my hardened Windows 7 computer. This has been working fine up until last week. When I open up my saved EventViewer.mmc console, I receive the following error: "Event Log Service is...

Recently whenever I try to uninstall/install anything on my computer it says "The windows installer service could not be accessed this can occur if the windows installer is not correctly installed". I looked up how to sole this and a few things said to run services.msc and start it there. When I...

Bit if an odd one I'm hoping to get some help with... I'm running Win 7 Ultimate x64 and have been for some time now on this particular machine. I use remote desktop to access the machine from elsewhere and it's always worked fine up until recently (late March/Early April). There was a single...

I have just started using windows 2003 server, Remote Desk Top on a vps. I need to move many files from my local win 7/64 laptop to my VPS. Is there some way I can connect the file systems? What is an easy to move files from my local machine to my VPS 2003 server? Thanks:confused:

Hi There, Does anyone know where I can find a piece of software that will allow me to block websites by URL and/or keywords that are applied to specific users/groups. I have to select the user/group this applies to. I am using a local machine not AD Thanks

Whenever I try troubleshooting internet connection problems (which I often do) I run into the same message time and time again without fail; "The diagnostics policy service is not running" I attempted to go into services.msc and fix the problem, when I attempted to start the service manually I...

Hi guys I'm new to this forum and I hope i didn't miss a solution to this in a search but... i see many ways to do this with home groups and such but i cannot use those solutions since this is a Domain network. I am trying to share a printer attached to a local PC on our domain network. It...

I was going to attempt to defrag my main drive. But it says I have to start the task scheduler in order to defrag. so I went and started it. then i get a mesage saying: The Remore Computer was not found. I hit ok then the TS starts up. I tried to conneect to another computer. it gives me the...

dear forum users, hello people when i try to run a service called themes [lets you run themes on your PC and if its turned off it will change to classic mode which i hate]it says could not run service on local computer error:126 the specific module could not be found. i...

I am trying to install a certificate (.pfx) from a VB script on Vista. This script in turn is invoked by installshield. iStoreLocation = CAPICOM_LOCAL_MACHINE_STORE strStoreName = "ROOT" Dim Store, OpenMode, KeyStorageFlag OpenMode = CAPICOM_STORE_OPEN_MAXIMUM_ALLOWED OR...

I wonder if there is a solution to a problem i have? Okay here's the scenario. i have Vista Business and i have 2 user accounts. one is the builtin Administrator account which i use for maintenance and, the other is my account on the Corporate domain. when i start up Vista i get to boxes...