Threads Replies Last Post 25 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25   Totally remove MS Vista How do I remover MS Vista from my pc? I've tried booting to XP3 and I get an error 7 msg.... 4 11/22/2008 6:30:43 PM Trying to get administration account unlocked Hi, I am having real problems with trying to activate the adminsitration account on vista home premium 32bit. I have tried going on the computer management but i can not find the "local users and Groups" folder to open and go to the Administration. I have tried using the cmd to, putting in exactly "net user administration /active:yes" but it comes up with error 5 and access denied. I used the "ne... 6 11/21/2008 11:55:46 AM Backup and Restore Center: Error Restoring (0x8100001A) I am unable to restore files backed-up via Backup and Restore Center, "Backup Files". I backed up all possible files from my old Vista installation (not knowing it wouldn't include executables--there goes all my archived setup files for purchases programs, but that's another story) to an external USB hard drive. The files were verified at backup. I was able to restore these files to a... 4 11/19/2008 6:21:09 AM Parental Controls - "rating service unavailable" Hi all I’m having a problem with the Parental Controls in Vista blocking all websites on my kids accounts. Every time they try to go to a website (such as www.amazon.com), IE7 or FF wait for ages and then comes back with a standard Parental Control Blocked screen; but with “rating service unavailable” as the reason for the block. What is going on? Castor ... 4 11/18/2008 11:35:32 PM User Principal Name Can anyone tell me how to find out what my UPN is? I don't have access to the DC or any of the Server Tools. I don't see it as an environemnt var. thanks,... 2 11/17/2008 2:07:01 AM runas.exe - basic concept Hi, I'm running Vista Ultimate 64. I am trying to leverage some of the power of group permissions by setting up a directory that only a certain group can modify (for a Visual Source Safe code repository). The problem is: when I run Visual Source Safe, it doesn't inherit my group privileges and therefore cannot access the database. I am looking into runas.exe. That would accompl... 2 11/12/2008 6:53:53 PM I cant remove programs. I cant remove or uninstall programs. It says you need to log in as an administrator but I am already an administrator and my hard drive is almost full because of too many programs that I don't use. How do I fix this problem?... 2 11/8/2008 11:51:04 AM Back up / easy transfter problem ::I have been using PC on VISTA for over a year now, at one point i erased programe file that corupted VISTA and i could not use scaner, anyway only way of fixing this was to reinstal VISTA.:: ::So i did back up all files from my pc to external drive + i did easy transfter as well to external drive.:: ::After reinstaling Windows, VISTA has kept old Windows in programe file as Windows.old – all my... 1 11/8/2008 10:45:03 AM administrative privilages mine is the only account on my computer running vista home premium when I try to do some things on computer it tels me I need administrative privilages I am the adminstrator and checking my account details comfirms this one of the things I try to run is cmd but get the following message error you do not have the correct permission to run this command then tells me I need to open ... 9 11/6/2008 5:31:01 PM Offline Files Synchronization Errors (Vista Sync Center) Hi, This has got me stumped. My users' home folders are stored on a NetApp filer (cifs). "My Documents" and "Favorites" are redirected and are made available offline. On the filer, oplocks has been set to "on". When a user syncs his offline files from his Windows Vista Enterprise computer, the "view sync results" window displays a lot of errors (Details: "The process cannot access the... 1 11/6/2008 2:18:03 PM Denying a user permission to install programs Can I deny a user permission to install programs? ... 2 11/5/2008 5:09:12 AM Even the hidden admin account won't work I had my VIsta Home Premium system freeze on me about a week ago so I had no choice but to switch off to reboot. So far so good, everything seemed fine. Then I got some very unexpected results from a piece of trading software and have discovered that: a) I can't access User Account Control and many other admin tasks b) activating the hidden admin account hasn't helped - I am still den... 2 11/2/2008 3:49:52 PM User Profile Hello, When I start my computer it loads up to the logon portion which has my user name. When I enter my correct password, checking that the caps is not on I receive the following message: "The User Profile Service serivce failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." I have tried looking up what to do and I am told to go to the start button, but I can not get pass the password portion to... 5 11/2/2008 10:23:34 AM Made and error and need help Background info: Laptop running Vista Home Premium, pre-installed with no backup disc. One account, had admin privileges but UAC is still on. Here's the problem I have run into, and hopefully you all may be able to help me. I accidentally set my \Users\ permissions to deny all access to my C drive, or at least that's what I think has happened. I have been searching for a possible wor... 3 10/31/2008 8:01:01 PM Redirect "Documents" via GPO Been searching for this unsuccessfully. We are merging (2) domains, and within this process of moving our domain into the other we are trying to figure out how to change the "Documents" path via GPO. In the past 6 months we've migrated about 20 users to Vista. We've found that the Documents folder is a bit picky in that when we redirect it... have the target folder named Documents... or Vista ... 2 10/31/2008 7:55:13 PM Locked Partition Hello, I'm new to this board and currently trying to look for a solution to my problem Hope experts/anyone can shed me some light. - My computer has multiple partitions - C: contains VISTA 32bit - D: contains XP (on another HDD) - E F G are just documents and files - Under VISTA, there are user accounts for me and my roommate - I'm the admin to the PC and was able to limit accessibility to part... 2 10/30/2008 8:09:02 AM Only user account on Vista Ultimate says password is expired but access denied when changing. i read this post http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords/browse_thread/thread/28de7309071a4a14/21c409ca13516339?lnk=st&q=vista+access+is+denied+at+logon&rnum=16&hl=en#21c409ca13516339 and that sounds like a great idea, but the problem I am having now is that I have a user that has a fully encrypted HDD (Guardian Edge Encryption Plus) so... 1 10/29/2008 6:26:34 PM Locked Out Of Windows Vista Home Premium :( Oh I hope someone can help us. My question is in regards to a desktop purchased about six months ago through Dell and is running Windows Vista Home Premium. This is my mother's computer and she passed away unexpectedly last month. We had access to her computer after she passed, but not realizing that this would happen, during what must have been some automatic updates the computer restarted... 2 10/29/2008 12:29:51 AM Redirect User Folders in Vista G'Day All, I will be installing Vista HP on a new PC next week. During installation, I will create the Administrator account as required (can't really do much else!). Next, I would like to redirect ALL user data folders/files (Documents, Pictures ....) to drive D:. I believe I need to alter the profiles for the Default User, and of course the new Administrator a/c. I do not ha... 10 10/28/2008 2:44:34 AM User Profile Service Failed the Login I have tried many times to access my account. I know my password because we just bought the computer a month ago and I use it all the time. It says... *User Profile Service Failed the Login* I have read the threads online regarding going into the user profile changing/deleting etc but that only seems to change when I am in safe mode. Once I switch back to the regular start up the new password... 9 10/27/2008 4:05:19 PM Error Code 0X8007002 My Acer 4220 Vista Home Basic doesn't allow me to access my Administrator Account. It displays Logon service failed. Iam also getting a request to activate my windows product number. I've tried lots of times to remedy this but to no avail. It now tells me the version of windows I now have is counterfeit. What do I do now? Please help me. ... 2 10/27/2008 2:30:25 PM vispa no users I used vispa on the mom's computer. It deleted all users. :0 need help bring any back. Its loads to log in, but no users.I used vispa on the mom's computer. It deleted all users. :0 need help bring any back. Its loads to log in, but no users. thx -- sigmatron99... 2 10/26/2008 6:46:28 PM cant install aything from non admin account I have vista home premium 64bit installed on my pc. The issue I am having is that i can not install anything from the non admin accounts i have set up? When i try i get message saying admin privileges needed or some thing like that. But I DO NOT get a prompt to enter a password. So I have to completely log out of the non admin account and log into the admin account. Is there a way i set up th... 2 10/25/2008 3:18:15 PM Vista hanging Hi I recently got Vista home premium. in the last 7 days my computer has automatically restarted no less than 754 times. whenever i start up windows explorer restarts a few times before "dumping" . the only way to start up is in safe mode. (it is a new laptop with vista installed.) ... 6 10/24/2008 8:44:48 PM assigning internet to standard user account how do I assign/allow an internet connection to a standard user account? -- labh534... 1 10/23/2008 7:42:51 PM 25 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25