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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Searching for file is slow in NAS

    Hi All Expert, Good Day. I have a user which when she search for file/doc in server network NAS is very slow, but other users pc was fast. But when she search for file/doc on her whole C drive was slow but still fine, I would like to check if indexing help to solve the slowness in searching...
  2. Windows 10 Drives missing from “This PC”, yet they are Online and have a letter assigned

    Hello! I'm facing this issue where the drives don't appear in This PC under the Windows Explorer or a Search folder prompt. All my drives are online, have a letter assigned and are fully accesible by manually typing the path (E:\something) or by apps (Steam can play games stored in my F:\...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - Excel Changing Links

    Hi, Please note this is Excel 2007 We have a user who is working on an Excel Spreadsheet and when he saves this it changes the links (The ones that are linked to other spreadsheets) to the same network location but through a different path. This is causing an issue as the file it is linked to...
  4. Windows 10 Windows 10 Pro will not turn off File/Printer sharing on network

    I have my Windows 10 Pro computer to connected to cable modem via Ethernet. I am not using Wi-Fi, just Ethernet only. I discovered two folders that I have not seen before. I deleted the folders and tried to turn off file sharing. I clinked to save changes and looked at the file explorer and...
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    Win 2003 Share Drive

    I know its older but its what I have - I installed Win 2003 64 Bit server can't get updates to fire downloaded SP2 manually and installed. I have created a user - enabled remote desktop and confirmed that that username and password works. I have created a share folder in multiple locations to...
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    Windows 7 Mapped network drive says access denied

    How do I map a drive with UAC enabled? Is it normal to get a "folder destination access denied" error when trying to copy files to and from network drives? I am running win 7 pro x64
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    Windows 7 Address local drive as if it was a network drive

    I develop at home programs for use at work. At work the pc's get data from the server \\server\data\something I want to run programs at home and have a drive or directory on my HDrive such that when program asks for file from \\server\data\something then the local folder is accessed I do not...
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    Windows 10 Network folder empty with surface pro 3.

    I often find that when I click on "Network" in windows 10, the folder is completely empty. I was able to reinstall the printer and get it to show up, but it now it's always offline. (I can print to it from other Windows 10 computers on my network). More important, I can't see my Network drive...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 HD Near-constant periodic 100% write usage

    On a vanilla Gateway PC with 6GB RAM (50%), 500GB available disk space, the HD has started showing a very periodic 100% write usage (~12 sec on, 1 sec off). The Read usage is quite normal. This makes the system extremely slow. Resource Monitor reports many processes with PID 4, but none seem...
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    Windows 10 The handle is invalid message

    I have on a network drive a folder that contains downloaded movies and TV shows. If I try to open the folder so I can play a file, I get the "handle is invalid" message. I had this problem with Windows 7 and the problem has stayed with the upgrade to Windows 10. If I go to a different PC...
  11. Windows 7 Change Folder Icon

    Hi all, Using Windows 7 Home Premium. I mapped a drive for OneDrive, now I am trying to change the icon in Windows Explorer. I saved the OneDrive.ico file from Temporary Internet Files. I right-clicked on the folder icon and selected Properties I clicked on the Customize Tab I clicked on the...
  12. Better use of OneDrive - Map OneDrive folder as a network drive

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  13. Windows 8 After HDD decompression many .pdf .docx. .xlsx files have .encryption after them and cannot be acces

    Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Client System: Windows 8.1 64-Bit We operate a small office setup with a server and about 8 clients. The network drives we access have always been compressed: under HDD Properties>General Tab: 'Compress this drive to save disk space' is checked...
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    Windows 7 Disconnect network drive WITHOUT assigned drive letter?

    I setup successfully a remote cloud storage as WebDav network drive. In WinExplorer it appears WITHOUT a drive letter !!!) as webdav.mediencenter.t-online.de I can read and write from that drive. Now I want to disconnect/remove that drive from WinExplorer. The "usual" method is to go to...
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    Windows 8 New 8.1 laptop. Can't copy to it.

    New 8.1 laptop. Whenever I try to map network a windows 7 drive in my laptop to windows 8.1 laptop I get the following error that the spelling may not be correct(but this is not true). Can't find "Link Removed" May be spelling?? I have checked the spelling finding no problems and I have opened...
  16. "Location is not available" error when you access a mapped network drive after Windows standby...

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  17. Windows 7 Error opening zip file on a networked drive, but works fine when local

    I have an NAS (Network Attached Storage) but I recently set up. (It replaces the old NAS I left turned off for three years. The drive is unchanged from the old machine, it simply has a new machine around it.) There are a lot of zip files I have stored on it. Every one of them, if I dry to...
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    Windows 7 Dont run script IF

    I have an issue, i have just started a Windows 7 Migration Project and i was originally brought in to do GPO, now i have bene asked to do something else and i am a little stuck. Basically we still run Windows XP on most of our machines but will start migrating over to 7 soon. We run a batch...
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    Windows 7 Default "Save To" and Libraries on Users Network Drive

    We are in the process of rolling out Windows 7 Pro machines, into a brand new network. All users have an S: drive and are supposed to be saving all their data there for server based backup. How do I make Win 7 save to S: by default, move the Libraries to S: and therefore protect the users...
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    Windows 8 Cannot Save As to mapped network drive

    I am new to Won 8 and am frustrated beyond belief. MS - Stop changing things and let us alone (XP and Win 7 were great)!! I have successfully mapped two NAS drives, but I cannot perform a :"save as" from screen shot or "Save web page" because the pane that pops up refuses to show the mapped...