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  1. Windows 7 Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content

    Link RemovedUse of Microsoft Copyrighted Content Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009 Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software downloads (the "content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by third parties who have granted Microsoft...
  2. Windows 7 Cannot Delete a Folder - You need permission to perform this action

    Hello, I was cleaning up my laptop when I ran into this weird issue. I can't delete the folder no mather what I try. Even when I login as the administrator I can't delete. I tried taking ownership of the folder but it don't work. The folder is nothing special. It is one I have created and...
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    Windows 7 Change Permission: "Access Denied"

    Hi I was setting up a network and in the confusion somehow got a deny permission on 'Everyone' group. Since deny permissions take preference I now don't have the ability to remove this setting. Even when taking ownership and full control etc. My user and administrator still falls under...
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    Windows 7 access NTFS volume from another computer

    I put a new hard drive in my ThinkPad T500 and installed Windows 7. I put the old hard drive, which has Vista installed into an external USB box. I can mount the drive, but there are some folders that I can't access. I also cannot seem to give "Everyone" access, or to take ownership. Is...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Access Denied to External Drive

    External hard drive salvaged from computer running Windows XP Encased, plugged into USB on new computer running (not by choice) Windows 7 (Know where this is going?) Given every permission and ownership to new computer to have its way with docs on external drive. Can't copy docs from external...
  6. Millionaire destroys his Lamborghini in revenge

    Link RemovedSo, how would you deal with your new Lamborghini Gallardo breaking down after only six months? One Chinese owner, a millionaire called Mr Han, decided enough was enough, and paid a bunch of workers to batter the offending supercar to death with sledgehammers - and we have all the...
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    Windows 7 Gaining access to document folders

    I was seeking to access a backup folder (from my iPad) on the Documents and Settings tab on the C drive. When I did I received the message "You don't currently have permission to access this computer. Click continue to permanently get access to this computer. Clicked continue:, got this...
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    Windows 7 x64 Unknown User Acc in registry and security tab

    Hi All, First time I have posted here......ok, brand new install of Win7 x64. I have just my username acc as Administrator, no UAC levels selected, take ownership context menu installed, used it only on one or two folders only to allow access for software installs. Have installed all my...
  9. Illinois Tries to Reclaim John Lennon's Ax

    Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan gave the Peace Museum a chance -- and now she wants John Lennon's guitar back. The state's top prosecutor sued the small and financially troubled Chicago museum in Cook County Court on Feb. 8 to turn over an acoustic guitar that belonged to the former...
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    Windows 7 External HD denied access

    First time poster: I installed a Seagate 1TB drive in a usb drive enclosure using Windows 7, and I am denied access when I try to save anything on it or change permissions. The drive shows up in my drive manager. It even let me initialize it, reset the drive letter, and format as NTFS...
  11. Windows 7 Yes,you CAN uninstall Windows Media Player and replace it with a player of your choice.

    I have broken many rules in terms of computing and will probably continue to do so. For example on Windows computers you are not supposed to remove Internet Explorer web browser.Because if you do,Windows could stop working,but I have removed Internet Explorer and this has not effected my...
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    Windows 7 Account Security Problems

    Hi all! I was trying to secure some files on a shared computer, so I created a new user account with administrator privileges. I moved my files from the old account to the new one and then tried to limit access these files to only my new account, as the old account was also an administrator...
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    Windows 7 Getting BSOD on pc during gaming. something to do with ntoskrnl.exe

    Hi, I actually have another problem embedded inside of this BSOD that I will explain in a moment. I built my own pc this summer with specs that are way beyond the recommended requirements for my game (Blacks ops and MW2 btw). While gaming, I will occasionally get a BSOD, and when I use...
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    Windows 7 SCARY BSOD memory dump, noob here!

    I gotta be quick before it crashes again, I'll check back on another computer I used the BluescreenViewer, wouldn't allow me to check manually, even after the 'ownership' method. Let me know if you need more info, I've crashed a couple times since I uploaded these, so I don't know if all the...
  15. Westcoast launches Windows 7 TCO calculator

    Westcoast has teamed up with HP and Microsoft to create a Windows 7 TotalCost of Ownership (TCO) calculator. Link Removed due to 404 Error
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    Windows 7 More Personalization Issues

    Hopefully someone here can help me. I'll start out with the system specs. I'm running a Mac Pro with a bootcamp partition and Windows 7. I was really starting to like Windows 7 until I got into the personalization of it. The previous partition was XP and I had no problem customizing the HUD as...
  17. Windows 7 HOWTO: Remove Or Change The Start Button Balloon Tip

    This will permanently remove or change the Start Button "Start" balloon tip. I'm using Link Removed due to 404 Error for this tutorial. GoTo C:\Windows\en-US and Take Ownership of and then copy the explorer.exe.mui to somewhere safe. If you are running a 64 bit system you should also modify...
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    Windows 7 Need permissions to copy files: NOTHING WORKS!

    Hello, As the title suggests, I'm having the common problem everybody is facing with file permissions and Windows 7. I have tried all solutions I could find on this forum, but nothing worked. Here is the situations: - I used to run WinXP Professional. I copied all my files to an EXTERNAL...
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    Windows 7 Cannot Access External Harddrive

    Hi, I bought an enclosure for my old broken desktop's hard drive, connected it to my laptop, but whenever I try to go into it it just says "Access Denied" I have tried changing the drive's letter, I've looked at permissions and everything is ticked, and I've gone into advanced and...
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    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...