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   File Manager doesn't display WHAT file is being copied/moved!?!?!?! Just says Copying XXX items - From (PARENT directory) to (PARENT directory) <- notice I capitalized PARENT, because that's what it displays. I.e. I copy a folder from c:\downloads\mp3s to f:\ All it tells me is that it is copying From c:\downloads to f:\ - doesn't ever list the actual folder that is being copied. What a POS! -- Mike... 3 27.04.2007 20:41:41 Outlook express I am so confused w/this Vista. I sent this before but cannot find the question anymore. I transferred all files from my PC(XP) to laptop(Vista). I cannot find my Outlook Express, I like to do email via Outlook. Do I have it, where can I find it? thanks if this is a repeat, I am sorry. Jude... 8 27.04.2007 15:40:49 ISO Burning I was just wondering, does anyone know of a good and free CD burning apps that is Vista compatible? I really need something that can burn ISO images. I was using Nero 6 until I upgraded to Vista and I am not ready to buy a new copy of that yet. Any help would be appreciated. ... 5 27.04.2007 14:32:05 Desktop icons I have Vista Home Premium. When I create a shortcut to the desktop, 2 identical icons appear instead of one (they both have the shortcut arrow on them). Only recycle bin, control panel, network, computer, and filefolder remain single icons.... 3 27.04.2007 10:48:01 Death by Briefcase? (Vista "Out of memory") Vista Home Premium. Another milestone in Briefcase dysfunctionality. Anyone else had such dire "out of memory" issues - especially in conjunction with the Briefcase - as described below? Yesterday, while attempting a regular update, a Briefcase it complained that despite having 57% of the installed 2GB RAM free there was "not enough memory to view the Update dialog box". The Comp... 1 27.04.2007 09:42:01 HKEY_USERS -- Does it have information for each user? I was recently responding to a post where a user had accidently un-ticked the "Always ask before opening" box in IE7 for file downloads, and discovered the key (no pun intended) in rectifying the problem was to delete the "AttachmentExecute" key a few folders deep in HKEY_USERS. Now I know that HKEY_USERS mirrors HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but I also noticed that there's a lot of keys one direc... 4 27.04.2007 05:05:18 Renaming and Deleting Archives Hey Everybody, I've been experiencing some wierd problems with my windows vista. Everytime I create a folder and I try to rename it, it freezes the computer. Also everytime I delete something it never completes the "estimated time to finish" so the pop up is always there. The only solution that I found for these problems was to open the task manager and finish all the processes. I wo... 1 26.04.2007 13:30:00 Users & Application data folders in WE Hi, I'm trying to locate C:\Users\Rob\Application Data\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files in Windows Explorer and simply cannot find it whereas I KNOW it exists! How do I get to visualize it in WE... please help me! Robert... 2 26.04.2007 11:05:43 lnk file association Long story short, I'm another one of the dozens of people whose shortcuts and start menu files have turned into unassociated .lnk files. I've looked at several other threads and tried the fix that they point to, namely the .reg fix file. However, whenever I try to merge the file I get an error message that reads: Cannot import C:\lnk_vista.reg: Not all data was successfully written t... 31 26.04.2007 06:48:51 question on transaction protection (txf) I've read about a new transaction protection technology for files on NTFS, by the name of txf. Does anyone know if only the server needs to be running 2003/vista, or do the work-stations also need to be running vista in order to make use of this? Thanks. Chip Orange ... 2 25.04.2007 22:02:50 Finding Software license data from an old system disk Hi, can anyone help please. I had a power surge kill my old PC and had to buy a new one, it has come with Windows Vista installed but all of my old software was installed on my old IDE drive from the broken PC. I am trying to find the License value in the Registry from the OLD disk which was running Windows XP SP2 for my recently purchased version of Nero 7. I have tried Nero via their w... 1 25.04.2007 17:58:02 "Lost" downloaded files I am starting up a new computer and downloading a number of files. Problem is that while the system says the file has been downloaded I can only rarely find it. The process shows that files are downloaded into the /usrs/xxx/download folder. If I try to re-download the file I get a message telling me that the file is there. But, when I look into the directory it is not there. I hav... 4 25.04.2007 16:48:41 folder level layout How do i specify a layout for a certain folder? When I tried to enable the preview pane for a specific folder, it applies to all folders instead, which I do not want. How do I enable the preview pane for only one folder? ... 6 25.04.2007 15:28:19 defrag utility and page file Can Vista's built-in defragger defrag the pagefile? ... 4 25.04.2007 09:46:02 Extremely Slow Indexing One week with Vista and I've got a long list of problems. The most annoying is Indexing - I have spent a great deal of time trying to get the function to work properly. Personally I cannot see the point, I was very happy with the simple search facility in XP. Anyway here goes - as part of the diagnostic process I checked out Windows Vista Community > Finding & Organizing Files > In... 2 24.04.2007 19:47:19 Indexing - How it does/should work? - Debate I read often hereabouts that the index does not update in real time, to which the obvious question is: why not? The indexer receives notifications of events that relate to finding & use (such as create and delete - I don't know what the whole list is...) so it seems to me logical that it should cache recent events. Searches for files should be masked with the results the cache: if the... 4 24.04.2007 18:35:59 Window scrolls the right or left instead of up and down Whenever I'm going through a long list of files and I'm using my arrow keys, sometimes the window will scroll to the right or the left even though I'm using my up and down arrow keys on my keyboard. I know to always first click on a file then initiate the scrolling, but sometimes it works like it should and sometimes it doesn't. It does it when I'm in the "View > List" viewing mode fo... 4 22.04.2007 14:47:51 Changing File Type I've got a 2GB video file that has the wrong file type extension. How do I change this file type? I can't do it from its Properties, or by Renaming, or from its Folder, and of course it won't open with Notepad etc. I don't have any compatible video editor.... 6 22.04.2007 10:25:38 Windows Explorer Customized View It seems that with Vista you cannot customize a view of the folder in Explorer (add selective fields) then cascade down to all subfolders under that folder. With previous Windows you can do that. I tried check the mark "Also apply this template to all subfolders" under "Customize" tab in properties, but it didnot retain the customized view...this option appears only work for those "templ... 1 22.04.2007 00:04:01 Transferring Files in Vista Has anybody noticed how Windows Vista takes longer to calculate how long it will take to transfer a file from one drive to another, than it does to actually transfer it?! Why can't Vista just get on with the transferring rather than wasting more tme by telling me how long it will take? Very annoying!... 2 21.04.2007 22:00:28 Deleteing temporary internet files from computer Hi: I recently purchased a new computer with windows vista Internet Explorer 7, also use aol powered by vista and mozilla, I cannot find out where to manually delete the history and cookies and content !E% from my computer I have typed in the search box every possible mixture of words and I cannot get the history or content IE5 to come up. I know that the programs are suppose to delete ... 5 21.04.2007 21:28:00 Another My Documents question In XP I can go to properties of 'My Documents' and change the target so that all of the contents of that pseudo (don't know its proper name) folder live on a mapped network drive. In Vista, I can do the same for individual folders within the 'Documents' folder, but not to the Documents folder. (it doesn't have a properties option) Am I missing something ? . Can anybody tell me how to a... 8 21.04.2007 20:25:27 Indexing - oddities persist/increase (Dave Wood...?) Hope you're listening Dave...[doubt anyone else has any inclination to wade through this :(] Started a new thread as the previous Indexing Questions thread got long... Do let me know what you make of this if you can, Thanks Julian Specifics ======= The indexing/search oddities persist/increase. I finally found UNCFATPHInstaller for indexing via UNC paths via an article on... 7 21.04.2007 12:58:01 Requesting MS Response MS re Briefcase issues & >= 1 (documented) Hi, A number of functionality and usability issues have been raised in the forums concerning Vista's version of briefcase. In the absence of specific explanations, resolutions or satisfactory workarounds from non-MS participants, an MS response would be greatly appreciated. Issue Summary: 1. Silent failure when briefcase host drive runs out of space 2. Internal (to briefcase) i... 2 21.04.2007 11:32:00 how to open a cmd prompt? A while back on this forum I found out how to delete some troublesome files by using a command prompt. The large files were making explorer hang, and use 100% CPU. The forum told me to find the folder and right click on it, and choose open command prompt from the context menu. Then I could use DOS style commands. That worked beautifully for my purpose, but today when I tried it again, th... 6 20.04.2007 20:52:06 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20