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  1. K

    Windows 7 Can't delete files or change ownership

    I just installed Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit on two machines, and then Firefox 16.0.1 on each. Trying to replace the password files in my new profile, I found that many of these folders and files (in User\me\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla) cannot be deleted, nor can their ownership be changed. They...
  2. K

    Windows 8 administrator privileges re: deleting a file from a hard drive

    Dear forum Please may I have some advice. I have windows 8 cp installed . I have a hard drive connected to a hard drive caddy, and am using it as an external hard drive: and it contains various audio/text/video files, and these were added to the hard drive when I was using windows xp Now...
  3. C

    Windows 7 What the heck is this, and how can I get rid of it? I've tried everything I know!

    Today I noticed a file on my hard drive named this: e1c344ce53705556d359 Here's a screenshot: Link Removed It is locked and will not allow me to delete it. It says I need "SYSTEM" permissions. Yes I am the administrator, and the only user of this computer. I haven't downloaded or installed...
  4. S

    Windows 7 External HDD locked access!

    Hi all, i am new to this forum and am in great need of knowelabdel assistance . Basically i tried to secure several files in my Western Digital HDD by right clicking and selecting the option "share with ....nobody". this allowed me to still enter the file afterwards. Next time i log on my drive...
  5. SynisterSilence

    Windows 7 Locked folders and files...

    So I decided to connect the xbox to my home network, but when I did so ALL of the shared files and folders got locked. Being locked I cannot watch the videos or play the music with manually unlocking them first. So is there a way to revert them back to their unlocked state? There has to be an...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and Dell

    Hi all, I run a Dell M6500 laptop with Win7. When connecting to the internet it starts downloading "stuff', sometimes after 5 or 10 minutes, which I have no control over or find out where it is coming from. I have disabled auto update and my anti virus etc. If I go to explorer for internet...
  7. C

    Windows 7 Administrator Permissions not working on Administator Account

    [SOLVED] Administrator Permissions not working on Administator Account Alright, so I did some looking through similar threads but couldn't find any with this exact issue. Hopefully this is not a repeat thread, I don't think it is. SOLUTION It turns out that some of the files in the folder were...
  8. S

    Windows 7 Administrator Logging in and loading default profile.

    Hello, i'm new to this forum but I was hoping someone here could help me out as I'm unsure what i've done. Last week I turned off my desktop normally and there was no major differences that had been made whilst it was on. I leave my desktop for one week and the next time I logged on it...
  9. D

    Windows 7 Can't see locked files in Windows Explorer

    There are picture files in my folders that I cannot see. I know they are in there because they show up in the OPEN windows of photo editing programs. The thumbnails in those OPEN windows have a little yellow "padlock" icon in the lower left corners. The files were created by me opening a...
  10. L

    Windows 7 Files locked with "share with nobody"

    I used the right-click mouse button to select "share with nobody" on a personal file. It did not ask for a password or anything else to allow myself in. Now the file is locked and denied excess to myself. What is the procedures to undo this? This is a home computer and I was just trying the...
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    Windows 7 Firefox Save Downloaded File to Desktop

    Has anyone experienced problems with FF 2's "save download to desktop" feature where the file being downloaded becomes "locked" if the download is not complete? In order to delete the files, I had to reboot before they can be moved to the garbarg can.
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