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Hi All I appear to have an issue with Offline files. I have a redirected Start Menu and Desktop so that users get the same interface as if they were online at work. This is an AD domain environment using GPO for all settings detailed below. Before I try the below error testing, you should...

Hey there guys, I'm running a 2003 and 2008 server the 2003 is the primary DC. Most of our PC's are XP and were testing 2 windows 7 machines. The desktops and some shared drives were stored on a nas box but it was unstable so I shifted the desktops and some public shares to a server on one...

Im hoping I missed something. Setting up printer in Win 7 on a network and setting a printer as a defualt doesnt stick for all users like it used to in XP. A bunch of posts conveying some suprisingly complex answers using Rundll32 and printui.dll for this. How to add printers with no user...

While it was already known that Windows 8 would feature heavy Windows Live cloud integration, the actual extent of that integration will likely continue to take shape as development progresses on the upcoming OS. One more aspect has now been uncovered, thanks to Windows 8 enthusiasts over at My...

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Hi, First off I would like to say that this site has been a fantastic resource for troubleshooting my win 7 computer. I'm trying to find a way to have different default playback devices for different user accounts? Like, have "realtek" as the default playback for user A but when you...

Hello, I'm new here and I'm sorry to have such a big first post. I have a bunch of questions and this might become a bit of a complicated story, but I'll try to be as direct as possible if you don't mind helping me out: I just installed Windows 7 (64bit) a couple of days ago. Everything...

Hi everyone, I have a weird problem, made a lot of research on the internet without any conclusive solution so i hope anyone could help me. Here is the problem: People in my school have their my documents linked to the map drive F: which is on a data server. For example, When the code...

Hi all! I need to make a replica of an existing SBS Windows 2003 server which runs fine. The reason I need to do that is because I need to make some modifications to the working server and before doing this it would be better to have a second server as a backup just in case something is...

Hi, we are testing now computer running on Windows 7 with roaming profiles. I have problem which I couldn't find anywhere (possible bad keywords). It's not only one computer - at least 5 new installed computers have this issue. Problem is that whenever I want pin some shortcut from start menu...

I want to remove a picture selection from the 'Choose a new picture for your account' window which is not a 'default picture' but was added from a user. I cannot find where the added picture is located so I can remove it. It is not in the user account pictures/default pictures directory, nor...

I am used to goingto c:\documents and settings and then ripping all the garbage out of ALL USERS so that stuff doesnt get handed out to every subsequent profile that gets added so how do I do that now ???? [email protected]

In Group Policy there is a setting that deletes a user profile after a system restart. The setting does seem to delete/remove the user from the Registry; however, it does not delete/remove the folder for the profile's username in C:\Users. What does happen is the "Date modified" time stamp...

Argh! I'm driving myself nuts trying to figure this out. Somebody must have tackled this. Win7 graciously supplied my "home" directory (c:\Users\jfs) with a bunch of folders I don't want -- My Videos, My Pictures to name a few. For heaven's sake, how do I get rid of them? I've been doing...

I keep getting the 2203 Error regardring MSI and tried several fixes including MS Utility Cleaner. Unfortuatlety it won't allow me to install it even as admin. So, I read someone's post in another forum to create a new profile, bring over all my stuff then just delete the old profile. It seems...

I am running Windows 7 professional. The problem is as follows. I need to connect to work through a VPN. While this VPN is active, I want to be able to visit websites and do things that do not run through the VPN. The VPN client is the one provided with Windows 7 that you get to when you go...

Can someone explain why there are three start menus?? 1. All Users 2. Profile 3. under ProgramData I understand the reason for one under All Users and each profile - What I don't understand is why some entries are duplicated in each. I don't understand the ProgramData Start Menu and why...

My documents are all in a partition (labelled) "Terry" reserved for, well, my documents. They're in a folder called "My Documents". But in My Computer there is a "Terry" item too. Which relates to my log-in and is in the users folder of C: And that one also contains a "My Documents" folder. (My...

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