user folder

Hi to all, i have a windows 2003 active directory server and i configured the group policy setting "Remove user folder link from Start Menu" to enabled This policy works correctly in the windows xp clients but doesn't work in the windows 7 clients; in the windows 7 clients i have yet the link...

Apologies if this is elsewhere, but I've been searching Google for the past hour and am continuing to have issues, and can't seem to find the solution that works. I just got two new harddrives for my birthday - one for my desktop, and one for my laptop. The desktop drive is 3 TB, which Windows...

I was going to upgrade today, but before it go going it (install program :tickled_pink:) asked me to change the name of the "User" folder or file name. I'm assuming this is because I set up Win 7 so that the "User" folder was located on my "D: drive". I would like to keep my system in this...

I have a rather peculiar problem on my hands. I recently purchased 4 new laptops for my company with windows 7 pro preinstalled. (I have 9 of the same laptops already running, same configuration) Once I set everything up on these computers, my last step is to make a user folder available...

Hello All. Please read completely. I m sorry for writing complete story but problem can not be solved without telling complete story. I know there may be experts here. I need help from all of you. I bought my Laptop few days ago. It was equipped with windows 7 ULTIMATE x64 with 6gb ram, 500...

Hi! Recently I bought Toshiba Sattelite C670-1DJ and today I accidentally unplugged my AC cable. So I started it and it started computer with "Starting your computer for first use" or something like that. It logged in temporary Administrator account and when I tried to switch to my account...

I was looking at My documents and couldn't believe the mess. There are now 1,886 files and 192 folders. I used to have only 113 items. There were music files, download folder, Roboform passwords, screensavers, LRC files, pictures, system files and application extentions to name a few. The...

Hi, Using Windows 7. Go to start Username "Joe". My User folder "Joe" is a subgroup of Libraries. I think the folder organization is messed up and probably the reason I can't get MediaCenter to work. Also My Documents data is found under Desktop/Libraries/Documents and also under Desktop/Joe...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium, 32bit laptop. So this started with my accidentally deleting the 'My Documents'. At the time of deleting, i think it showed, My Documents is too large for recycle bin. That's why i can't find it there. (I have tried 'Recuva' to recover deleted files, but...

Hi All I am new to this form and hope this is the right place to get help. My C: dreive is a 128GB SSD which devided into 70 and 50 GB. Windows and all programs are installed on 70GB, the 50GB drive is free. All programs are about 11GB, Win7 ultimate 64 is about 17GB so all together it should...

Weird link between an old HDD with Win 7 on it and the actual HDD with active win 7 on it Hello, I've experienced today a weird "error", that I even do not know how to search for it. Let me explain: I had win 7 (32bit) installed at job, and worked on it for more than a year. Two weeks ago I...

Hello, and sorry to have a first post asking for help. I did a forced shutdown when my PC seemed to be incredibly slow then hanging while logging off. On restarting, I got 'disk read error' repeatedly, after the BIOS boot screen but before any of Windows. I used my Windows install CD to run...

Hi everyone, So I recently purchased another laptop, meaning I have two, and they are both on the same network. Now, my ideal situation would be to be able to share files between my two laptops, preferably with a password prompt, but with no one else on the network (being 4 other people). Right...

Some special icons (like user folder on desktop) can't be changed, apparently, because no "properties" menu item appear in right-click context menu. Is there some way or tool to achieve this?

Hello all, This is my first post and have been able to find a lot of very useful information on this site. I have been searching for a solution to my problem with no luck finding it thus far. I'm sure I am not the only one that has had trouble setting this up. Anyways I have two seagate...

Hi, i currently have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit & i want to upgrade it to Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit & i see the upgrade option when i boot from the cd but what i want to know is this, will i lose all my files that is in my user folder, my docs, roaming & desktop or will it just upgrade the OS...

Hello kind sirs... This problem has been bugging me since I got it. When I booted up my laptop my desktop lost all its icons and a dialog box popped up saying: Location is not available C:\Users\<Username>\Desktop is not accessible. The directory name is invalid. I went to the...

Ok i got a SSD awhile back and was able to install windows on it and have my users folder and default install folder on my normal HDD. It has worked ok till now but I'm sure i screwed a few things up when i did it because random programs still try to install on my SSD and when the install makes...

I just installed a fresh copy of windows 7 and i left my other drive intact which has windows 7 installed on it to. The problem is i can get in to any folder on the root of the drive but it doesn't let me get in to my user folder where i kept all of my files. It says it needs permission to get...

In responding to another post here I ran a search for .BMP files in my User folder. The search found the files in C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures But when I look in C:\Users\... There is no All Users folder! I have show hidden files and folders...