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Windows 10 RE adding a partition to HHD that has 4
My HDD has 4 partitions. System reserved C: for OS D: for data E: for storage I want to make another partition so I shrunk E and went to create the new partition. I rcvd this message: The operation you selected will convert the selected basic disk(s) to dynamic disk(s). If you convert the...- ruggb
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- boot drive data management disk management dynamic disk hdd partition storage volume management windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Username folder problem
hello guys, I just fresh installed windows 10 on my unit but I'm having some kind of a small problem, this may sound silly and all but I hope you can help me, my username in the C:/Users/(username) is different. I'll attach an image of it. Thank you!- Jejomar Cariaga
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- c drive folders help image installation issues problem username windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Issue with an email sent by this site
Hi, I am not sure where to post this, even after checking around the entire forum for a good five minutes. Today, I received an email from this site, with the subject of "Windows 10 is upon us! Free public release is imminent!!!" The email starts with "Dear B14CKH4WK," and later on states...- VicVicVic
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- account security community email issues email notification forum feedback privacy user reports usernames windows 10
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- Forum: Feedback Forum
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Re-occuring .ost file corruption
We have a practice wide re-occuring issue in which users .ost files become corrupt. See error: "Unable to open default email folders. The file C:\\microsoft\outlook\outlook.ost is not an offline folder." We are on Outlook 2007 (12.0.6423.1000 SP2 MSO), office 2007. Occurs on different PC's...- medardtaber
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- 32-bit 64-bit advice corruption email error fix help issues office 2007 ost outlook software sp2 suggestions support users windows
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 send to missing from context menu
Hi, Sendto does not exixt in usualplace C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo, In fact Apdada & the rest do not appear in Users at all ?? but, typing in Run "shell:sendto" the above are shown in the win Explorer top line & the send to items are listed in the right pane. Any...- nichos
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- asus p5k customization desktop settings explorer feedback file management hardware intel quad core right click send to settings software issues storage task management troubleshooting windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unable to find software for the selected file: [username]
whenever i startup my computer, I am greeted with a File Association Helper message reading: Unable to find software for the selected file. File name: Jonah (my user name on this computer) I have also been having issues with Windows Explorer and wonder if they may be connected in some way. thank you- Jonah Blomquist
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- computer issues file association file explorer software startup issues troubleshooting windows 10 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 User Profile Service failed the log on >>>>> New user account not found in registry
Hello For some reason, I recieved the message of "User Profile Service failed the logon" after trying to log onto my account. Now my computer has both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, and whenever I tried to log into both accounts, I got that error. So I then made new account on both operating...- Zain Ki
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- account creation default profile logon error registry sid error troubleshooting user account windows 10 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista No administrator on Vista
Hi, I have been locked out of my laptop for no apparent reason! It says: The User profile service service failed the logon user profile cannot be loaded There are two profiles, mine and my partners, but she has never used my laptop and has no idea what the password is (it is possible that the...- heyhey
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- access denied administrator login issues logon error password reset safe mode tech support troubleshooting windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Configure roaming profiles, folder redirection and offline files
I have been 'googling' for sometime looking for an answer to this issue but would like to ask for help here. What I am trying to achieve is to setup roaming profiles, folder redirection and offline files with all 3 working together. The system involves a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller...- goodenough63
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- active directory client configuration data access domain controller file sharing folder redirection group policy laptop setup local cache network management offline files profile caching profile management roaming profiles storage user drives windows 7 windows server
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 How do I manage software in another account?
Hi. I just created another Windows account for a family member. When I logged onto it, I see that all my programs is already installed there. The programs have no data on them, but I would like to know how to remove them from her account without deleting it from my account. I don't want to try...- Matthew Bishop
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- account management family sharing multi-user settings software software installation uninstall windows
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows XP What is the difference between the various ntuser files?
Hi, what is the difference between "ntuser.dat", "ntuser.dat.LOG", "ntuser.dat.ref.LOG", "ntuser.ini" and "ntuser.pol"?- Lucky Luke
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- data differences files ini logs ntuser.dat policies registry windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 What system information should I put in my user profile?
Primarily I use a notebook computer and a desktop computer, but since I have two residences I have two desktop computers, and when my old notebook died I bought a replacement that uses the same hard drive. There are about 40 items in the user profile that pertain to system information. What...- KCav45
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- cloud solutions computer desktop details hard drive notebook replacement residence system information
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 win8 starts in "Administrator" not in my acc.
Hi, this morning win8 booted in "Administrator" not in my User acc. ,Tried a few times with no change. I cannot find an option to change "User". Note: I have transferred everything from my 500gb HD to a new 1 Ter. WD HD. I just changed HDs to my old 500gb & it booted to my user's acc as it...- nichosi
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- 1tb administrator asus p5k boot issues computer setup corsair graphics card hard drive hardware home built intel memory migration support tech help troubleshooting user account windows 8
- Replies: 54
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Xbox app for Windows 10 March 2015 update
The Xbox Team has announced an update today to the Xbox app in Windows 10 that brings some new features and functionality: More ways to connect with your friends. Game Clips – You can now view the game clips you created on Xbox One and watch popular game clips from the Xbox Community...- News
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- activity feed app features clips dvr friends search games gaming oneguide performance remote streaming technical preview universal remote update window size windows 10 xbox xbox one
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- Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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Windows 7 Windows 7 login ... Can I use my outlook login?
I have a laptop running Windows 7, and a tablet and all-in-one desktop running Windows 8. On my windows 8 machines, I log in with my outlook credentials. On Windows 7, it's my own created password. I've noticed that I have different One Drive accounts because of this. My question is, is...- Sandy Sailer
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- access account management cloud storage compatibility credentials data access desktop login multiple devices onedrive outlook password sync tablet tech support user account windows 7 windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Multiple PCs, same desktop? :(
So between myself and my wife we have a laptop, desktop and soon to be second desktop in our home. The problem we have, is that since they are all logged in via one account, if I change the background on the desktop it also changes the background on her laptop, and vis versa. Now, while I am...- justin gurski
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- background customization desktop home network multiple computers settings themes visual theme windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 User Profile Service Cannot be Loaded?
Hi My friend called a few minutes ago and that he is getting the message, "User Profile Service Cannot be loaded". I'm going to go over there tomorrow morning and see if I can fix it, I'll probably start by trying to load into safe mode and set up a new user profile and run anti malware scans...- MikeHawthorne
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- malware profile issues safe mode service error windows help windows troubleshooting windows users
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 windows 8 on ssd user dir
If you want to move the c:\Users\user dir to the SSD (D:) can you use the location tab in the properties of the explorer and click the move button or must you use the technique described in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html The first method is...- Scharminkel
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- default location explorer file management location tab ssd tutorial user folder windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 a real mess
Well, my nephew dropped his laptop with win 7 (Dell) and their software/recovery stuff is cr*p (you don't get an actual windows disk when you buy the product - thanks Dell!) and it won't boot so I tried to help him recover gigs of music etc from the "bad disk". Using win 8.1 I was able to buy...- jay69
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- backup data retrieval dell device issues disk management file structure file system hard drive mbr music recovery recovery software issues system files tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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MS15-003: Vulnerability in Windows User Profile service could allow elevation of privilege:...
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- elevation ms15-003 privilege security vulnerability windows
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)