security settings

I have installed W7 Pro and set up two user accounts, I'll call them Admin and Zepe. The problem is that the files I've set up in the Zepe account can't be accessed from the Admin account. The UAC won't let me do anything with those files, i.e. move then or delete them and visa-versa. I have...

I just installed Windows7 Professional with 2 standard users. I wanted to restrict access to one user's documents from the other. I was successful in doing that but then later I deleted both users and user files. Now I can't access the restricted root directory even as Administrator. If I take...

Hello, I have created a useraccount via CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 in windows 7 called SharedAccess, this will be for anyone attempting to login to my machine to try and view files etc etc. I have given it a standard User Account, however i want to remove the user from the login screen so i don't...

I installed W7 a few days ago but had problems so I reinstalled it today setting up the same user name as before. I had my My Documents folder on my D drive and set that up as it's new location. On my new installation that My Documents folder is only readable. If I try and add anything to it...

Greetings, I want to install XP mode on my machine except that I run into problems while installing it. I get this (it's in french). Roughly, it says: Impossible to create the virtual PC configuration. The user does not have sufficient access rights. Of course, I'm an admin on my machine, I...

Running a brand new alienware pc dual core 300mhz with 4 gigs of ram sli nivida 250 video cards.Just updated to Windows 7 home premium. The problem is when I go to websites like cnet or even microsoft to download a file the download window will open and just sit there and not download at all. I...

Hi, I'm having trouble changing the Security level. When I go to Internet Options> Security tab, box for "Sites" or "Custom Level" is greyed out and I cannot click on them. I searched all over the internet for the solution and didn't get anywhere. I realized that it might have something...

Ok so paid the full amount for home premium clean install of windows 7. I downloaded the three parts when i try to run them i get an "uploading the box" message when that finishes i get an error message saying that " We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this...

Hey guys, Recently I reformatted my hard drive and put a clean install of Windows 7 onto it, but I'm having a problem with a folder on my external drive now (note: I didn't reformat the external drive and the OS I had before was also Windows 7). On my external drive I have a folder labeled...

Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day (64bit) A big improvement over 7 RC which would hang if I attempted any file sharing with my Ubuntu Samba share. However, now I can read my shares but can't write to a writeable share with guest access. I have added the cridetials 'guest' with no password and that...

Internet Explorer Tips: Open IE to a website in a new window from a shortcut I often create a shortcut on my desktop to websites that I'm checking frequently. I find this is a way to give specific websites a higher priority than just saving them to favorites then trying to find them from a...

Hi everyone, I happened to disable my 'Administrator' account from the group policy editor. I have two other accounts, one, a standard account and another one, a guest account. Every time I do something that requires administrator privileges, A dialog appears asking 'To continue, type an...

My home network has a networked hard drive. When I first started using Windows 7, (build 7100), I had no problems mapping it and reconnecting automatically at every logon. Recently, (last month or so), I have found that when I try to map the network drive I get an error: "The account is not...

Hi. I'm trying to install W7 32-bit via partition/iso as per this link: Install Windows 7/ Vista on your Hard disc Without using any DVD/CD or Pendrive (USB drive) Although when I try to go through the step where you need to copy boot/bootmgr into the C:\ drive, it says "You need...

I have installed Windows 7 (the trial version) As a users I can see all the drives Ok, but when other users log on (they are set up as administrators) they cannot see 1 of the drives (the G drive) I have shared the drive, then the other users can see the drive as part of the network, but not as...

I had 2 partitions on the same hard drive, and I did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional, but for some reason I can't access my D drive, I belive it has something to do with the Security Settings. I had important file in it. Is there a way I can access my files? I tried running...

hello. i am using windows 7 build 7100 and i am having some file access issues. i had an old dell laptop that i pulled the hard drive out of to get some files off of it. but to get to my documents on the old hdd that was using win xp sp1 i think, i had to take ownership of the hdd. but since...

Alright I have a very frustrating problem. I consider myself a fairly advanced user, however I have exhausted all possibilities that I know off. I have done a clean install of windows 7 build 7100 64 bit. Before I installed the os I backed up some files on a secondary hard drive. Now I am...

A few days ago, the Family Safety Filter showed up on Firefox. I finally managed to stop it. Don't know how. Any way it showed up again today, I figured out that it happens when I open IE. I have went into the IE, and turned it off. Yet it still shows up on FF. It is blocking me from going to my...

Hi - can anyone help please? I'm running Win 7 RC Build 7100. Generally IE8 will display all images on most websites with absolutely no problem, except when I do an Image search in either Google Images or Bing – the thumbnails will not display - I get placeholders followed by red...