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    Windows 7 Windows 7, little brother damages the system, only guests accounts remain active.

    Hi there, As written in the title my problem is about win7. This is what happened. Ive been working on the administrator account for more than 2 years, left it as it was yesterday. When I came back my account was assigned with guest authorization instead of administrator's. While I was working...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 x 32: ALL FOLDERS set to READ ONLY - Can't be reset

    I realise that this question has been asked before but I don't see anything recently so am not quite sure whether to add to a thread start a new one. I decided to post a new one so forgive me if I have posted badly. I am running Windows 7 x 32b Recently, and all of a sudden, ALL of the folders...
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    Windows 7 Difference Between File Repository and Actual Driver Folder?

    Hi folks, I was trying to uninstall a print driver for a network printer for one of my users (Windows 7), and I ran into that issue where it tells you that it can't remove the drivers because they are still in use (this after stopped and restarting the spooler, rebooting, etc.). So I was...
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    Windows 7 Task Scheduler - how to get it to work!

    How to use the Task Manager in Windows 7 Professional This is VERY troublesome. There are numerous comments and suggestions in various forums by frustrated users unable successfully to fight their way through the myriad of options that do not work seamlessly. What worked so easily under XP...
  5. Windows 7 Opening Access 2003 in Win7 looses connections to shared area drives

    Hi, I am new to this forum, so hope this is the right place to put my question. :) I am trying to run Access 2003 on a 64-bit Win 7 machine. All MDBs run very slowly, so I found a post on-line that said opening Access with "Run as Administrator" turned on helps. It does! However, when I open it...
  6. Windows 7 Can anybody advise me on what to do

    I have made some changes to Trusted Installer last night on my windows 7 laptop and I'm nervous that I may have messed it up. I followed this article instructions. Windows 7 – How to Delete Files Protected by TrustedInstaller I did this because I just switched to Windows 7 and my Itunes kept...
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    Windows 7 Account type: Standard user

    hello, I have created a standard user. my requirements: 1. standard user can install programs, which is saved for future uses (i have seen pcs where the programs are deleted/uninstalled as soon as the user log out) 2. standard user CANNOT re-install windows by inserting a windows disc at...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Home Premium User Account Password requirement

    Hello everybody, First post hope this is the right area, A while back my mother and I thought it would be cool to make future users of her computer have a password. Have some research I found a method to make new and current accounts on her computer set up or have a password. Worked for a...
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    Windows 7 Batch File Error - Access Denied

    Hi Guys, So, Basically When I Hold Shift+Right Click On a Folder And Open Command Prompt Here I Get Access Denied... HELP ME PLEASE :silence: Cheers Weller :D
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    Windows 7 Backspace works ONLY in administrator user!

    Hi, I have a very weird problem: my backspace key works in a program only if it ran as administrator! It has started suddenly, don't remember any changes I'd done before that, including widows update. I've Windows 7 x64, MS Curve 2000 keyboard. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks!
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    Windows 7 How do I turn off hardware acceleration?

    I have gone into Appearance and Personalisation, then clicked Adjust Screen Resolution, then Advanced Settings, I click Troubleshoot but the Change Settings button is greyed out as I can't click it, with a little administrator shield next to it. I am the only user and the admin on this computer...
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    Windows 7 Unable to delete system folders from a drive no longer being used as a system drive

    Hey folks... I recently reorganized my computer and this included a fresh install of Windows 7 on a new disk. I backed up all my data on the old disk so that I could make sure I wasn't losing any important documents or whatever. I'm now sure I've got everything off the disk that I needed and...
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    Windows 7 Trying to run Virus Scan (CLAMWIN) and Backup Utility (SEAGATE MANAGER) in standard user.

    I have a problem.... I have two programs that I need to run when the PC is on late at night. I have my BIOS set to boot up the PC @ 1AM every day; then I "wanted" to run the backup and virus scan automatically then use shutdown.exe to shot down the PC @ 4AM. Here is the problem... First I am...
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    Windows 7 Access Network Share with \\servername\share equals "Permission denied" / IP works.

    Hello! We have a Small Business Network with an SBS2008 Domain. On a Server we have one Network Share which schould be accessible to all Users. Up to now there were no Problems at all with the Share. Now we got a new PC (Windows 7 Business x32) which joined the Domain successfully. I can...
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    Limit only specific functions of a user account

    Greetings, I am currently solving the following puzzles: 1) I need to restrict use of an account to certain hours, however it is greatly undesirable to limit any other function of the account (except, of course, the ability to change parental control settings). 2) I would like to be able to...
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    How do i block some URL from server...

    Hi... i m managing my office server as an IT Officer... i m using Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard for managing all of my office client pc... i m using TP-LINK Wireless N Gigabit Router for share internet connection to all pc... My server is DHCP server... Now i wanna Block some URL...
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    Windows 7 RE USERS and SECURITY

    it is purported that creating a separate admin account then setting your admin acct to a std user helps with warding of malware. In order to do any admin tasks u must enter a PW. The purpose of UAC is to help ward off malware. If set at default, in order to perform admin functions u must...
  18. Windows 7 Windows 7 Pro: Parent adminstration control and rebellious pre-teen

    Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...
  19. Windows 7 Windows 7: Parent adminstration control and rebellious pre-teen

    Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...
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    Windows 7 tough question re default programs

    I have a learning center app - computer has about 10 logins each login is for a different class one is for MS Office one for Open Office one is for beginner etc. All programs are installed for all users, but some users do not have direct access to all programs. the MS Office and Open Office...