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  1. R

    Windows 7 Speed up Boot/Welcome screen

    I have just "blogged" this: I was having a discussion on another forum, and got fascinated by an observation another member had made. If you use the default desktop, the welcome screen only stayed for 2 or 3 seconds. If you customised the desktop, this deteriorated to, in the worst cases...
  2. zvit

    Windows 7 Folder Application Data appears many times?

    I wanted to know if this is normal.... I did a search for something that happened to be in my C:\ProgramData\Application Data Folder but in the search results I saw something strange..... The Folder "Application Data" repeats itself many times! Is this normal? Attached is a screen shot of the...
  3. JackInTulsiTown

    Windows 7 Content.IE5 location quirk

    We have started testing Windows 7. We have discovered a quirk in the storage of temporary internet files that may have some security concerns. The official literature of Windows 7 says the storage point for the Content.IE5 folder has been relocated to...
  4. M

    Windows 7 Where to move Rasphone.pbk

    Trying to move a users rasphone.pbk to a windows 7 laptop. Any ideas as to where it goes now? Thanks Mike
  5. J

    Windows 7 Snow Leopard Bug

    Looks like the susposedly superior Mac has a bit of a problem Updated: Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data Seems like MS isn't the only one to make blunders. Joe
  6. N

    Windows 7 Answer not autologging on

    Hi there, I've successfully made an answer file on SIM that gets through the whole process unattended. However right at the end it always asks for user name-also it hasn't named the computer. Here is my answer file. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend...
  7. M

    Windows 7 2 My Documents folders ?

    i opened %userprofile% folder and found that there are 2 My Documents folders. Does windows 7 allowing same names now ? Both are exact same name, copy name paste to other has no effect as if they were named differently but not. This making me confused where user data is stored. Is this normal ...
  8. J

    Windows 7 Please help in recovering my lost drive

    hi friends,i have just now installed windows 7 rc on my computer,but during installation i have accidentally clicked Load driver button(at the stage where it asks for partition,format,new,load driver,etc) and then my D drive button and came back and continued with my installation.After complete...
  9. S

    Windows 7 First BSOD, now it won't boot

    I've bene using Win7 x64 RC (7100) for several weeks now without any problems. This morning while renaming some files in Windows Explorer, Explorer locked up, and I couldn't close Firefox either. Couldn't ctrl/alt/del either. As I was about to just reset the system using the power button, I got...
  10. TKR99

    Windows 7 Want to reinstall - what do I backup?

    [SOLVED] Want to reinstall - what do I backup? After formatting a totally different primary partition on another drive that had held an older XP, for some reason Win 7 seems to think it's been dumped instead as it now won't load at all. And when I thought about it, I realised that for some...
  11. leejayd

    Windows 7 Itunes libarary problem with Win7 RTM 64

    I'm trying to restore my Itunes library from an XP install where the library and music were held on a spare hard drive. I have Itunes64 installed on Window 7 and it works okay except for the problem below. I've moved the Music folder in Win7 to the spare hard drive. Hence when I select...
  12. busydog

    Windows 7 Microsoft Warning against Piracy

    Microsoft warns about activation crack, but 'pleased' people want to install Windows 7 By Tim Conneally and Nate Mook | Published July 29, 2009, 6:20 PM Print Article E-mail Article Link Removed31 Comments As to be expected...
  13. L

    Windows 7 Cannot restore Old XP .DAT files on my Windows 7. I used 'files and settings wizard'

    Before upgrading to windows 7 I backed up all of my data onto an external HDD by (in XP) going Start,all programmes, Accessories, System tools, Files and Settings transfer wizard. It made a load of .DAT files in folder called USM2T.UNC. Can anyone now tell me how I'm supposed to restore these...
  14. R

    Windows 7 Downloads Disapearing

    I installed 7 last night and managed to download a couple of apps and install them (Skype, AVG) however now trying to download other apps (printer driver, itunes) and the downloads complete, however the installer files vanish, tried downloading to desktop, user data\downloads etc and getting the...
  15. C

    Windows 7 Windows 7 RC Major Error, Everything on C: Deleted?

    Hi All, I've come across a major problem with my windows 7 rc drive. It has been running perfectly for the last week and i've been loving the changes. Until today everything was fine, i had left my pc on to download a "linux mint" iso image whilst i was asleep. When returning to check on the...
  16. C

    Windows 7 dual boot/xp/7100

    I'm a bit worried about this as the two drives are visable at all times (regardless of if it's xp or 7) What I'm worried about specifically is that how likely will one program from one side influence the other. I've already had a search bring up stuff from the opposite drive when I...
  17. A

    Windows 7 Downgrading to XP with moved user data.

    So far so good running Windows 7 (which was a nice surpirse :razz:). However, just wanted to know if I will get into trouble when I decide to go downgrade back to Windows XP. I created a couple of user accounts in Windows 7 and moved the documents folder of each user to another partition...
  18. M

    Windows 7 Backup

    There should be a backup system built in to the Win7 ! The original Backup/Restore is a disaster: - it is using aproprietary file format. Every version of MSDOS and Windows has had an incompatible file format. - it does not know what to backup We had some thinking: Normally an user creates max...
  19. G

    Windows 7 Problem with Libraries

    In Vista, it was possible to change the location of My Documents, My Music etc. by adjusting the properties of those special folders, and pointing them to an alternate location. I could change the location of My Music by selecting the Location tab under Properties, and define a new folder. In...
  20. C

    Windows Vista Favicons In Temporary Internet Files Folder

    The standard location for favicons is in: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files But I notice that only some of them are there. Does anyone know where the others are kept? I like to have my frequently visited sites in what used to be called the Links bar now...
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