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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...
  2. Windows 7 Failed restoration to factory settings

    I apologize if this post isn't categorized correctly but it's my first time posting on well any forum for that matter. Recently on my 2 year old Gateway FX6860, an issue occurred where after installing anti virus software, said software caused my computer to be unable to boot up, safe mode would...
  3. Windows 7 Simple Backup to Protect from Catastrophic Failure

    Out of curiosity I checked the properties of my main folder under C:\Users and found that it contains about 55GB of data and 240,000 files. I back up most of my data files every day with Mozy, but I thought it might be good to have some sort of local backup in case of disaster. I'm not...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen Of Death >> Unmountable Boot Volume

    Hi helpers, It's a very strange situation I am stuck on since yesterday. When I turned on my laptop yesterday, that windows did not load properly and came up with Blue Screen of death with this 'Unmountable Boot Volume' error. After tons of research online, I found so many different tricks to...
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    Windows 7 Can I restore windows.old folder on windows 7 ultimate after being deleted?

    Basically, I used Disk Cleanup utility on a windows 7 Ultimate machine to delete the Windows.old folder only to discover that it contained a critical amount of data in the 'users/JonDoe/' which was referenced to from the upgrade by a simple shortcut on the desktop. How can I recover the...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Auto-restart Trashed my MS Word File

    I had an MS Word 2007 file on my system. I had it opened for a couple days, and during this time, Windows decided to FORCE a restart of my system (beautiful idea to default to this behavior, btw), and while doing so completely lost (how?) my saved copy of the aforementioned file. This file is...
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    Windows 7 monitor files which will going to write on disc?

    I have to find out the details of file that are ready to write on disc? Is there any method to find them and monitor them? i have found that windows default disc writter use path "C:\Users\(username)\AppData \Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn". I cannot findout the burning file...
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    Windows 8 USB not recognized

    Has anyone had a problem with a USB drive constantly disappearing and not being recognized? My current solution is to delete drivers in device manager then wait until they load again. This is a temporary solution. I am using a VivoTab ME400C tablet pc with full win8 in a public environment as a...
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    Windows 7 BSOD 0x...27 - rdbss.sys

    Hello a newbie here. I've just moved all my data onto my new laptop & now I'm getting a BSOD regularly. I don't think it is data related as this was just pictures & documents put into my user folder. I don't know if it is worth removing the data to see if it goes away? I hope that I have run...
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    Windows 7 Quick Question - Deleting from Appdata

    Hi All, I just wanted to confirm something for peace of mind before proceeding... Basically I want to make 100% sure that its okay to permantly delete EVERYTHING that can be found at this address: Local Disk(C:)/Users/<Username>/Appdata/Local/Temp/ Obviously I will leave the folder "temp"...
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    Windows 7 Not able to create new data partition

    Please help. Ive bought A lenovo g580(?) with 7 pre installed. There is four partitions preinstalled on the hdd. I've understod that You can not delete any of these, in order to keep the recovery system working. Four partitions is the Max number of such. Is it possible to Get an extra data...
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    Windows 7 Windows reinstall

    I want to do a clean reinstall of windows but Ihave much data as well as programs I would prefer not to have to reinstall inaddition I have banking etc that I don’t want to lose. My question is, what isthe best way to do this, is there a backup program available? The reason forthe reinstall is...
  13. Windows 7 The Canonical Guide to Fixing Windows 7

    VERY IMPORTANT: This guide is still under construction! It is subject to change at any time. Don't see something you want? Comment/reply and I'll add it. Use the information in this guide AT YOUR OWN RISK! This guide is organized by "issues" or problems. Seek help in the section you need help...
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    Windows 7 Should I use "remember password" option on public network?

    I'm accessing the internet using wifi from a school close by. Should I use the "remember password" or any other personal detail option? The computer is still mine though.
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    Windows 7 Backup User file and settings

    I have joined this forum in the hope i can get help and advise in deploying windows 7, I have been deploying windows 7 for the last 7 months as a contractor for two different clients. Both clients have had different ways of doing the deployment, however both have the same concerns about data and...
  16. Windows 7 What duplicate files are safe to be removed?

    To put it shortly, I have that utility called advanced system optimizer and I performed a scan to find duplictaes on my partitions. It resulted a cluster of 10000 files. Ther are all kind of files and many are founded on several locations. I dont know if its safe to remove them and which exaclty...
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    Windows 7 Win XP 32 > Win7x64 Migrate Settings Data: Chrome+Extn, Outlook+iTunes+App? How do I migrate the SE

    XP32 > Win7x64 Migrate Settings Data: Chrome+Extn, Outlook+iTunes+App? How do I migrate these SETTINGS DATA etc so that on the new OS after Application Installation and APP SETTINGS / DATA migration its exactly as before. Especially the following Applications & their Data: OUTLOOK +...
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    Windows 7 System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown

    A photo program I use, Photomatix Pro, worked fine until yesterday. Now every time I try to process photos I get this (on a new computer with no memory issues) - Could not load images. Exception of type System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown. The answer to the problem that I’ve...
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    Windows 7 resetting a user profile

    this is a learning center. The user profile starts out as default at the beginning class session. After the last class session, I want to reset it to default for the next class. what users\profile\folders need to be saved and restored to insure per user app & system configurations are...
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    Windows 7 error after system restoring. Error message: Windows couldn't complete installation. To install wind

    okay...recently I went to restore my netbook-Acer Aspire One Happy 2. Well all I can tell you guys is that, I clicked save user data to C: drive, for me a first time user of a netbook...didn't know that if I clicked that and was using a different windows 7 edition from the OEM. That a different...