Threads Replies Last Post 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20   Importing MP3's into Vista Just got a new system, and Vista won't recognize any of my music files to add to my new machine. I've tried adding from a disc, as well as from my portable player, and in both cases it does not 'find' any music tracks in either source. Any advice? ... 4 11.05.2007 00:05:22 Big Problem with Vista - Please Help! I have all the usual difficulties with Vista and can deal with most, however, as a photographer, I am lost without the basic functions which help me organize my tens of thousands of photographs. Can anyone please tell me how with Vista, I can..... 1. Add a filmstrip view to my options as the "extra large" thumbnail icons are too tiny to be of use. and Most importantly 2. Add "mov... 5 11.05.2007 09:29:28 Deleting file(s) Vista Ultimate When deleting files, the only option I have is to permanently delete them, dialog asks: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete these n items?" This happens regardless oof using Shift-Delete or ordinary Delete. I have also checked the property settings of the recycle, Custom size is clicked (and have a big size allocated), i.e. "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin... 1 11.05.2007 08:23:52 Old files Hello... i was wonder as to how i would get my old files from the windows.old file to be added to my computer as before.. but they seem stuck int he folder.. i can take them out but they dont work.... can someone plz tell me as to how (w/o reinstalling) i get those files back to working functionality. also i play World fo Warcraft.. so when i attampted to open it with it's launc... 2 11.05.2007 07:42:30 customize "Send To" Command Instead of drag and drop method of moving/relocating files of folders, how do you add a location to the "send to" command box. I did it before with previous MS OS's, but it I can't figure it out with Vista. I'm sure it's there, but it's escaping my feeble mind.... 5 11.05.2007 06:29:52 the folder of WINDOWS\assembly of WinXP can't be copied in Vista There are two OSes installed in my computer, one is XP, the other one is Vista . 1. Under Vista: I Logon the Vista OS by administrator accounts , When I copy the folder (the XP's windows dir ) "d:\WINDOWS\assembly" to anywhere, an error happened . “the file 2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a can't be found in the path of d:\windows\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices” ... 1 11.05.2007 03:48:00 File Open window lacks file dates In Vista Business, the File Open windows on all? apps now lack a column for file dates. I am now unable to sort files by dates - all I have is names. This happened recently, probably a setting somewhere - Would appreciate some help - Thanks.... 4 11.05.2007 02:57:13 viewing a shared Vista outlook calender from an XP Machine This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0066_01C79318.10D19FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We are using a Microsoft windows network The boss has his schedule recorded in outlook on his VISTA machine. His = calendar has been shared to his staff. However the staff are running XP = machines with outl... 1 10.05.2007 21:29:57 Flip 3d - Anyway to keep it active at all times If I open a window while flipping through all the open windows, suddenly Flip 3d has turned off. When I reduce the file, everything is back in standard format, and I have to hit the switch between windows button again to get back to flip 3d. Is there a way to keep Flip 3d on, so when you close or reduce the window that you have chosen, every window is still organized in the Flip 3d man... 2 10.05.2007 19:52:32 How to add delete and refresh to the toolbar I am going through hunderds of photos and I would rather not right click and select delete on each one or select organize>delete. In XP it allowed me to customise the toolbar to add any other possible option you could find by going through the normal alt+f menus. How do I add a shortcut to one of those options on my toolbar in vista?... 2 10.05.2007 19:21:04 Sort by Type. Hi everyone! I'm running Vista Home Premium and have a couple of questions in terms of the organizing of files in Vista. By default all files are sorted by name which is fine, but in a few folders I want them to be sorted by type. In some folders, this is possible, and in others the option to sort by type doesn't appear. Why is this? Another thing in which I've noticed about Vista is... 1 10.05.2007 15:26:02 How do I customize folders with images,colour etc? Anyone know how to edit desktop.ini (or otherwise) to either a/ Set a background colour b/ Change the text colour of file names, properties etc. c/ Apply a background image in explorer windows? IconArea_Image/IconArea_Text either don't work or they need different header information from the old XP examples...(which I think I have tried accurately but to no avail) Thanks in advanc... 1 10.05.2007 15:20:01 library i dont see and add a folder to media player library... 2 10.05.2007 13:46:23 How to select Favorites in Windows Explorer How can I set and access favorite explorer links, such as c:\program files, c:\downloads, and etc. Otherwise I have to navigate to them from My Computer.... 6 10.05.2007 13:24:15 Organizing Programs on Start Menu There are a lot of Microsoft and Adobe programs on my computer. When I click on Start Menu>All Programs , want to be able to organize programs in folders; ie. all the Adobe Programs in a folder. I could do this in XP.... 2 10.05.2007 12:24:29 Controlling How Windows Explorer Opens I am not a fan of the Navigation Pane in Windows Explorer. Every time I open Windows Explorer I have to go to Organize/Layout and uncheck Navigation Pane. Is there a way I can control how Explorer opens so I don't have to do that every time? Thank you... 4 10.05.2007 12:23:07 Access denied to files and folders I'm a software developer and after a debug crash I cannot access a folder which my program was using. It simply says "Access denied". I have tried to restart Vista (Ultimate), but it doesn't work. I have tried from the dos prompt using rd and rmdir /S and it doesn't work. I am the owner and administrator of the folders which I'm trying to access. I have tried to change the How can I remo... 5 10.05.2007 10:20:16 Can't move a folder Hi, I've got Vista Home Premium, and in the Documents folder are a number of folders. On some folders, when I try to move them to another folder, it works without any prompt (as I would expect). On other folders I get the UAC permission request and after agreeing, it works. And finally, there are some folders where I agree to the UAC prompt and then get an additional window saying "You nee... 2 10.05.2007 03:35:07 Downloads Disappear After downloading a program from the internet the program disappears. It is not located in the folder I specified. These are trusted sites and good programs. So I don't know what is happening. WHen I search my system the programs are not found anywhere,... 3 10.05.2007 02:57:01 Watched folder settings & smart views I opened one of the many icons at the bottom right of the screen on my new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium loaded. This opened a window listing all the folders on my system, with a title of "Watched Folder Settings". It says I can start or stop Folder Watching here, and that the service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart Views up-to-date. There is no ... 4 09.05.2007 20:03:50 Video - DVD files are not shown? I'm trying to access DVD-files on several of my DVD's, but somehow Vista doesn't allow it. I'm using the administrator account, but I still don't see any files when I try to open the DVD dir. The movies work fine, but I'd like to be able to access the files directly. Why is this made so difficult and how can I see the files? Thanks, Ice... 1 09.05.2007 19:19:02 Index of pdf files I absolutely need desktop search to index the content of pdf files and show them on the preview panel. Search in XP allowed me even to select text in the preview panel and work with it, somethnig I am missing badly now. I installed Adobe Reader 8 for Vista, while I used 7 in XP. Does it have anything to do or do I have to select something in Vista to get the same results. Why am I not fi... 7 09.05.2007 17:24:02 Replacing a file still points to original file In my folder "Program Files\CurrencyInventory" I have a file AA_Inv.mdb. When I copy from another folder the same file name AA_Inv.mdb to the CurrencyInventory folder it is NOT replaced. The original file version is displayed. If I delete the file and then run my application the original file is used by my application when I would expect a runtime error since the file in not ... 1 09.05.2007 14:00:00 Briefcase Substitute/Replacement Available If at first you don't succeed... Give up? Never! Patience is sometimes more than it's own reward - I have found a replacement for the dire Briefcase that is part of Vista... and it's free MS software now compatible with Vista too. See here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx I've downloaded it, installed it, (It installs by default, ... 1 09.05.2007 10:07:00 How can i import xp fax files into vista fax and scan I am using vista ultimate and I am trying to import my fax files which I was using in window xp but I don't find import option in vista fax and scan. please help me.... Thanks & Regards S.Prasath ... 3 09.05.2007 05:57:46 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20