Whan making a new folder and I want to rename it, I enter the name of the new folder and hit enter. I then get an error responses file or folder does not exist. I have gone into the properties of the Folder and have uncecked read only, have appled the change and then clicked on ok, but it keeps on defaulting to read only. Can anywone suggest a way of fixing this problem. I am very frustrated...

This doesn't seem to be a unique problem but I haven't fund the solution. When I try to open Hardware Manager and other select MMC snapins I get a dialog that Microsoft Management Console stopped working. I've run SFC as Administrator and SFC finds a corrupt MMC.EXE (apparently a Hash problem) but is unable to fix the problem. Is there a fix that can be applied to get the console...

Hi, I have Vista Ultimate with SP2 and updates. For some reason copying files to or from usb drive freezes the computer. lights still on but nothing happening. mouse pointer wont move nor any keys on keyboard. left for half hour and still same. Used to work fine. tried different usb drives and same problem. partitioned drive and no problem copying between partitions. Reinstalled Vista...

I'm trying to backup computer to an external hard drive using Vista home premium. Keep getting the error message 0x81000006, Windows cannot find the drive. The drive it cannot find is a USB port that I use all the time to copy files to a flash drive. Only when I try the backup, I get the error message. Anyone know what this is about and how to get around it? Thanks, Don P.

Usually, hibernation (which is set as my default shutdown option in the Start Menu), takes less than a minute. Sometimes however, it takes very long. It can get up to, or even more than, 10 minutes! I accessed the Event Viewer - Applications and Services logs - Microsoft - Windows - Diagnostics-Performance - Operational, and filtered for Event ID 300. There are several 'Error' and...

I normally let Vista perform a regularly scheduled Defrag, but I was having performance issues that did not appear to be infection related (scanned the Dell laptop with AVG/Kaspersky online/Trojan Remover and found nothing). Around 4pm I started "defrag.exe c: -c -w -v" in a dos window, under Vista SP2. Well, it displayed a brief text report, early on, in the dos window, and the drive...

Dear Sir, Eclipse has created folder inside folder recusively. Now I am not able to delete this folder using neither 'Windows Explorer' nor using command prompt using RMDIR/S. It tells names of folder is too long. Pleasew help me in how to delete it. Regards,

I normally let Vista perform a regularly scheduled Defrag, but I was having performance issues that did not appear to be infection related (scanned the Dell laptop with AVG/Kaspersky online/Trojan Remover and found nothing). Around 4pm I started "defrag.exe c: -c -w -v" in a dos window, under Vista SP2. Well, it displayed a brief text report, early on, in the dos window, and the drive...

I have repeatedly tried to to do an update on SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 KB970892 and I receive error message # 737D. Can anyone tell me what this update is and how I can install it?

i have recently had a blue screen stating my computer would not continue to protect my computer but it doesnt say why or even give me an error code. this has happened over 4 times. i have to go to safe mode and use restore points to git it to work again. i have not downloaded any new programs. how can i find out what is causing this to happen?

I've set my display settings for my monitor to turn off after being 5minutes, but when i'm watching a movie or presentation in full screen XP had the option not to turn off the monitor. But i can't seen to find this option in VISTA. It is getting bit annoying that whenever i'm watching a movie, every 5minutes i've to move the mouse or change the settings everytime

Anyone know how to convert a scanned document to Open Office/ Or save the scan to Works Word Processor that can be edited afterward? I've tried PDF but can't edit. The scan also looks a little fuzzy. Can I make the scan sharper? Using a HP all in one printer, copier,fax machine.

Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan...

Does anyone know if it is possible to do maintenance - including installation of new software and permorming updates of existing software - of a Vista installation which is local but Offline, ie, not running at that moment? Safe Mode is not an option in the scenario I'm working under. -- Cavaldi

I don't know the best place to post this question. I have Windows 7 and Office 2007 GPO - Redirected "Documents" folder to SBS2008 share Browsing and saving to My Documents for some users takes a long time. A user may try to save a 1 page word document. It sometimes take 2 mintues to save it. This is not and has never been a problem on XP or Vista machines. Any help is greatly appreciated

Anyone know how to convert a scanned document to Open Office/ Or save the scan to Works Word Processor that can be edited afterward? I've tried PDF but can't edit. The scan also looks a little fuzzy. Can I make the scan sharper? Using a HP all in one printer, copier,fax machine.

I don't know the best place to post this question. I have Windows 7 and Office 2007 GPO - Redirected "Documents" folder to SBS2008 share Browsing and saving to My Documents for some users takes a long time. A user may try to save a 1 page word document. It sometimes take 2 mintues to save it. This is not and has never been a problem on XP or Vista machines. Any help is greatly appreciated

Hi. I'm after a bit of advice. A while ago I installed and later uninstalled a programme as the administrator in Vista. Now when I log in as the administrator, I immediately get and error message "Error loading C:\PROGRA~2\Kodak\EasyShareSetup\$REGIS~1\Registration_7.4.30.2.sxt The specified module could not be found." I can acknowledge this message and there are no problems, but I'd...

Are there any free Registry cleanup / systems speed up programs for Vista Home Basic out there or just the free limited trial with upgrade purchase required? Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

My friend has a Vista Home Premium (32bit) Dell desktop with SP2 installed - and all other updates installed as of this moment in time. A month or so ago he created 3 sub-folders in his Video folder. These are empty and have not, as far as I am aware, been used. When I say they are empty I mean there are no files inside. I have noticed that there are some sub-folders, which are also empty I...