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Windows 10 Pro / Lenovo P910 ThinkMaster I am an individual, no other computer users in my lab, and am set up as Administrator. I've read many posts but never get the solution. Constantly getting the 'You need permission to perform this action'. Changing folder names, deleting folders from...

I have seen this problem reported for windows7 and external flash or USB drive. But I am now talking of Windows 10 and local drive. I'll explain myself: After having backed-up several times my external disc was getting full and i decided the advanced settings "clean up" version. It worked fine I...

Hello, I've had various BSOD's taking place. I upgraded from W7x64 and it seems the most recent BSOD's are the Unexpected Stop Exception error. I can't recall the other one I previously got. Initially I had a yellow exclamation in device manager, so i removed that, but then got another BSOD...

I really didn't expect this. I had a 3tb drive that was partitioned into two smaller drives. I decided to dump both and bring the drive back into a full drive, obviously losing one drive letter. The problem now, is I neglected to delete all the quick access shortcuts. I use these quite a bit...

Is it possible to create a user in Windows 10 who has permission to install/uninstall programs, but does not have permission to enable one of the NICs on the system? I want one of the NICs to remain enabled, but remove permission from him for one of the NICs

Ive been using win7 for about 6 months now. Before that I was using xp for 15 years. Im having problems with: 1-Search; the status bar gets to 99% pretty fast, then it's literally hours before the search finishes. Why? 2-Ive been using firefox for over 10 years now. I always set it to...

I was trying to make hidden files appear, but I made a huge mistake and I unfortunately don't know what I did. When I was on the properties tab inside the users folder, I checked the box where it says hidden. I accepted everything about permissions, iirc, then it started a loading window doing...

Assume I have an external hard disk with one (backup) partition which is currently mounted as drive Q:\ Now I right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on my desktop, then select Properties--->Drive Q: and enable "Don't move files to the recycleBin. Remoive files immediately when deleted" Much to...

I just installed Windows 10. During installation, I created a sign in password at the login screen. Within 30 minutes of using Windows 10, I went into the Windows Store App and tried to download the Free version of Photoshop Express. To do this, I had to sign into one of my Microsoft...

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I am uncertain what the differences are between System Restore Points and Shadow Copies. Actually I need only System Restore Points. 1.) Can I use SRP without (!) Shadow Copies? 2.) When Shadow copies always necessary: Why are SRP invented? Why not using Shadow Copies only? 3.) Assume I...

How come everytime I boot up my pc my start menu doesn't work as well as my windows keys?

Hi The safe mode is one of the best trouble shooters Windows has. Here's the way to get this windows feature back on W10. I have to have my safe mode! Hope this helps someone. Please move if needed. This will work when you can't boot into windows and get to safe mode. Give it a look. You might...

There's a big round red cross at the top left of the window . then it says "windows cannot access the specified device , path or file . You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the file . " That's what it says when I try to install ccleaner . I have been having a lot of trouble...

Hello and greetings to All, As of late windows 10 shows error on trying to access default programs like Photos, Music, Video etc. This app can't open ...can't be opened with using the Built-in Administrator account. Sign in with a different account and try again. I have enabled the options...

I have a number or problems with Windows 10. I just did the upgrade from Windows 7. 1. The login screen freezing up. I got this to work by luck. You have 5 to 10 seconds to going into msconfig to put into safe mode. In safe mode I run my anti rook kit software and found 1 root kit virus...

I was trying to setup a dual boot with Windows 10 and Remix OS. I created a hard drive partition and used it to install Remix OS with EasyBCD. When I rebooted my system, I did not get the dual boot menu, and was taken to Windows 10 normally. I went to advanced system settings in Windows and...

How can users check from commandline (!!!) if hibernation is currently on or off? When I search through the Internet then thousands of articles describe how to turn it e.g. on e.g. by powercfg -H on But what if I just want to let Win just show the current state WITHOUT to change it? Is there...

Is there a file that can open REGEDIT? Examples DOCX files can open MS Word HTML files can open BROWSERS Is there any file that can open REGEDIT? I can't actually open REGEDIT, because accidentally I messed it up Here's another thread where I said I can't open EXE files CAN'T OPEN EXE FILES...

Hello everybody, have a problem. Somehow got www-searching.com and cannot get rid of it. Tried to apply some instructions from internet but cannot log on as Administrator, although I am the only person ever using this computer. Beside that my Defender is off but cannot switch it on, again needs...