[microsoft:windows-vista-7-8] Forum Topics

When im logged in an adminstrator account some folders say that you dont currently have permission to access this folder.How can i get to delete it?

I am working on a combination productivity and source/version control app. One of the features i would like to add might sound crazy, but I would like to substitute the User's windows Desktop folder with the project files "Working Directory" That way, until the the software is exited, or the …

So, I've read Microsoft's documentation, and it ends up being a lot of words that don't explain anything. I've seen other places of people using DISM commands, but it doesn't explain what they do. I know DISM is used for working with images before deployment, but people are using it …

Hello everybody, I need your help to solve my problem. I've just upgraded my Windows from 7 Ultimate to 8, and my Dev-C++ (latest version - 5.7.1) it's compiler is becoming slower than when I use it in Windows 7 environment. It takes more than 20 seconds to compile a …

OK, so given that Microsoft has seen fit not to include Fax and Scan with Vista Home Premium (although Business and Ultimate users get it) what Vista friendly third party apps are you using to replace the missing fax functionality? Assuming, of course, you do not have an all-in-one printer …

can i add 1 item on standard System Menu? (my big objective is just add 1 item for put the window allways on top)

Hello! I recently installed windows vista on a old laptop, and i saw that it comes with a program called Windows photo gallery. Is there any way to make a program with all \ most of the features of that program? Thanks!

Hello. I need to do a factory reset on my lappy. Its an Asus A550C. I've tried Restarting then pressing F9 which goes to Windows Boot Manager, the only option is Windows 7 Home Premium (recovered). Then if I press F8 for advance option and choose Repair Computer it says …

Hello everyone!!! Can anybody tell me how do i fix my sounds in my computer? While i was defragging it with an application I downloaded on my computer my sounds wont work. It says: no sounds installed or something like that. Please help!!

I have two laptops that I'm having this problem with. Currently, though it's the old Vista laptop - a Compac Presario - which keeps fading to black no matter what I'm doing on it. I can view the screen on an alternate display without problems. I have placed a fan …

i want to disable the Alt Tab, windows key, ctrl esc key. FOr my Log On Security that start up in coomputer like windows log on. Thanks for the help. Try to search hours for this but i cannot find the right solution im using vb.net 2005 and OS is …

Can someone help as up until about couple of weeks ago I have not been able to use windows update I used Windows fix it and it still is not working, I ran Malware program and none was found . I also scanned with avast to look for viruses or …

i have windows 7 ultimate but it wont download windows updates. I tried everything with advice from windows and the web but still no luck, i keep getting an error message code 8007000e. Any help please im cracking up here/

I have a old PC running XP using Outlook Express as there email program. With there new Windows 7 PC they downloaded Windows Live Mail. How do I import/export old email and contacts/address book from the old PC's Outlook Express to the New PC's Windows Live Mail?

If there was one computer that was badly infected as this then you'll be horrified! It was about 7PM Australian time and I just got this Lenovo Laptop from this guys house in Queensland. The laptop looked like it belonged to a kid before because it looked like someone loves …

I currently own the following desktop: HP p6644y 4gb RAM 64-bit Pentium Dual Core CPU E5500 2.80 GHz I bought it in 2010 and it has served me well. However, in the past year, this PC has slowed down greatly. Even though I have plenty of memory, it takes forever …

I have window 7.

As I sit here on my Windows 7 pc. Doing research and playing a few games of chess and poker. I wonder why do I have to load all this clutter in order to execute a few commands? So I guess the six million dollar question is. Is there an …

I recently started to develop a project under visual studio 2015 on my windows 10 machine. I zipped it up and moved it to my windows 7 machine (physical not VM), also visual studio 2015. All it is, is a helper class for reading and writing to the registry. On …

I recently replaced a HDD with a SSD in a Laptop. Prior to replacing the HDD I did a full backup to an external drive; all was successful. I replaced the HDD with a new SSD. At first I was getting a non-system disk or disk error, and so I …

I have an old SSD (150mb) running Win7 along with 3 other HDDs. I disconnected everything , installed a new 480mb SSD and a new licensed copy of Win7. If I reconnect the old SSD will I have the ability to select which drive to boot from? What really important …

I have a dell dimension 9100 desk top and I want to replace the original Hard drive with a the new 2TB hard drive. Also the OS is Windows XP and I want to change the OS to Windows 7 (I have the CD). What is the installing process when …

I am trying to update the Windows 7 Home Premium on my laptop to Windows 10. I keep getting update error 8007007F. I can't find anything that tells me what the problem is, and I have cleaned and thoroughly checked the PC and cannot find any issues. Any ideas?

Hey! Help me please!!! I downloaded and installed Flvto Youtube Converter, but my antivirus wanted to stop this because the app had viruses! But the support said that their app has no viruses and i can install it. Help me please, i like this and want to download playlists of …

What it says on the tin. Assume that every easily-googled effort to fix Windows 10 has failed and rollback attempts have failed. Assume I have access to a PE/LiveCD. Assume that Power -> Shift+Restart -> Troubleshoot ->??? is useless to me. (This is quite a unique situation!) Assume that I …

Hello, just wanna try my luck if you can help me, i got my new ps/2 keyboard just a week ago ill cut right to the chase, so this week my keyboard is automatically backspacing for no reason, so i tried opening my keyboard.. blow some dust,cleaned... then plugged now …

Hi I m currently working on windows application that is loading electoral roll pdf file. What I m trying to do is to get the data as per Sr. No., Epic No., Name, Father's / Husbands Name, Age, Sex, House No. and pincode. Data is available in 3 columns and …

I can't create a junction from one sub-folder to another sub-folder without an error that the system cannot find the path specified ? For example; Source Path: "C:\Users\<username>\Appdata\Roaming\<folderA>\<folderB>" Target Path: "C:\Custom Program Settings\<folderA>\" In other words, I want the Source path specifically the sub-folder to belive that the Target path, …

Computer is slow as molasis/

My inbox is completely erased after last night's windows update restart. I tried to reimport the inbox.dbx file but keep getting "no messages can be found" error. tried to copy the .dbx file else where, rename the old .dbx file and reimport, also didn't work. I even tried to delete …

Hi guys, Vin here. I just like to ask if it is possible to dual boot two different operating system with different architecture(64 bit/32 bit)? My current os is windows 7 hp 64bit and I would like to dual boot it with windows xp 32 bit.... Here's my computer specs: …

Hello All, I am interested in gaining more hands on experience when it comes to network infrastructure. I am limited as of right now with physical devices and in the meantime would like to know what would be a great software program for either Windows 7 or Linux to utilize …

Hello, I've recently upgraded to Windows 10 and thought better of it. I used the 'revert back' tool. Since reverting back to windows 7, my machine has become sluggish and takes a lifetime to open anything. Every now and then it'll tell me there is a system32 file missing. Thanks …

For I don't want to pay much for a blu-ray player, so is there any tools to convert blu-ray to other formats, which can play on my Mac Media Player?

I would like to know if MS office 2003 can be installed and run correctly on a 64bit PC running win7 . I couldn't find an answer in my search. Google search results were mixed. Thanks

Hello all! About a week ago I noticed that even though I'm connected to the Internet, I'm not able to open most websites (only my email, yahoo). There are two other computers in my house that are able to connect to the Internet and open webpages (from wifi), except for …

All of sudden my desktop icons are taking about 2 minutes too load after windows starts. Can anybody help me. I ran malwarebytes, norton antivirus, no adware, xofspy, spyware doctor, cleaned all spyware and adware off the system; cleaned up start up programs from msconfig, defrag the HD, I've done …

Hi, I am connected to internet but my browser is not able to access any of the sites. All my chat clients and my outook is working fine but browser always displays "Page not found" error. I was reading on these forums and someone suggested running the WinSockFix utility which …

I had a notebook(gateway), used window 7 will have a strange thing happen. I went to internet and search, but unfortunately wasn't able to find many resource about it. Problem: If i click same application for example two notepad==> then go to desktop again, then i put my mouse cursor …

i purchased this hp with windows 7 and when i first turn on laptop a black screen with a white bar in center asks for password. its the old owners password id like to remove it permanently its very annoying

I Reinstalled Windows 7 via image recovery and overwritten a drive C without backing up data on drive c. After installing windows i recovered data of C drive through easeus data recovery tool. Although i have recovered all the files yet pictures are not viewable in Windows Photo Viewer. Anyone …

hi all. I have an issue with my Laptop. It was using windows 7. Currently it cannot startup. after starting it, it only displays the first screen of the builder "HP", then the black screen. I have tried to start it in safe mode by long pressing F8 but it …

Hi I want to know why the Windows Registry and Processes are so special?

**Bold Text Here**hi,Everyone ,please guide me that how i can install MySQL with window 8,problem is that my RAM is of 20 GB and Window8 consume 17GB on RAM .When i install MySQL my pc becomes heavier and slow ,please tell me how i can solve this problem .Thanks

Firefox is default browser but Thunderbird email links have stopped opening in the browser in the last few days. Have tried most of Mozilla's recommendations but nothing has worked so far.

hey all, how can i remove restiction from win7 to be able to access file from another computer

I have three separate presentations with the same problem and I have read the other thread regarding this and have tried to load the presentation up through Open Office and this has failed. Does anyone else have any ideas as these are extremely important to me!!! F.Y.I - When I …

Hey guys, I'm not sure what the problem is and don't know what info you even need to figure this out, but my laptop is only able to properly shut down about 20% of the time. The rest of the time, it shows the Shutting Down screen and waits forever, …

I use Skype frequently for voip. After I reboot, and for an indefinite time after, everything works fine. But eventually my microphone (Dell built-in) stops working. The party at the other end no longer hears me. It's not just Skype. Windows Sound Recorder doesn't pick up anything. Neither does Audacity. …