When I used to rename a big group of files, eg. Photos, on Windows XP, I would select them all and right click rename on the last one and type whatever name I would like for the big group of files and it would automatically rename all the files with an ending numer, eg. Lake (1), Lake (2), etc... Windows Vista is very different, I select them all and when I try renaming them it skips...

Hi, When I open the Documents folder(or any other folder), I have on the left hand side some folder that I can access, and at the bottom there an arrow where you can make the folder tree appear. Up to there no problem, but when I'm trying to scroll through the tree the whole thinmg keeps moving left and right on it own How can I make it stop moving and remain to the left

We recently got this dell computer with windows vista. Somehow it has lost all information. All of my email addresses, my background and pictures all of my saved favorites in explorer. It even deleted my email and my husband had to add it back. It came up with an unexpected error or windows shutdown occured (it has happend several times, but never deleted anything. It cant find a fix? I did...

Hi All There was a folder (my own data folder) on my desktop which I had tried to delete to no avail. Always got the message saying the file was used by some process. Then I found out from somewhere on the web that I had to disable the Windows Search Service. I disabled the Windows Search service and delete all the files in the folder, including Windows.edb, tmp.edb, etc. After that, when...

Finding / highlighting searched for text in the preview pane - can you do this? How do you see the text you've searched for in the document in the preview pane? This is basic functionality in most search software, without it preview is pretty useless IMO thanks

See below for more details but I believe this is a rights issue to a file. When the user adds any transactions through money the database is never updated. The file acts like it is in READ only mode kind of but when I look at security it shows the user has complete rights to the files in the share and even the specific file in question. See these jpgs for information: There has been an error...

I'd sur elove to do that...been looking on info of how to do it. I've had nothing but trouble.. everything I owned was not compatible.. I bought myself a laptop for Christmas and made sure i put xp on it.. Now t he vista is just collecting dust and it's not even a year old!! "Access Services" wrote: Lets all switch to Windows XP(or downgrade). It'll make your life much easier. We...

This is really strange. When I want to close a program by right clicking on it in the taskbar the small options box does not show up( the box i refer to is the one with the Close/minimize/restore/etc options) instead the program becomes highlighted orange and I must open it up and click the close button on the top right side. In addition, whenever I want to open a minimized program while it...

I am trying to install office 2007. The launcher says that it must be run by an administrator. When I right click on this file in the dvd drive there is no choice that says run as administrator. Now what?? "Jimmy Brush" wrote: Hello, I've noticed that a lot of the questions in these newsgroups are either directly or indirectly related to UAC (User Account Control). In this post,

If I create a new folder in a folder it does not appear immediately. I have to right click and select refresh in order to see the new folder. At this point I must right click the folder and select rename to complete the once simple task in xp. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening. I do have the UAC completely turned off. I also have turned off the Areo desktop service. I appreciate...

Hi, I'm new to the forums but have been reading alot while trying to register. Lots of information! I've got a vista 64 and 32 bit HP notebooks. Am having problems determining why/how downloads are going to variuos places other than C drive Program Files. I d/l a bunch of HP updates and patches that went to some obscure folder in CHER a folder listed seperately from C drive (my nickname) It's...

Hi Groupies Last night I was working on an Access database. I closed the file and its folder and then decided to go back in to check something. I opened the folder and THE FILE WASN'T THERE!! Panic and chaos ensued for a while. I was able to find the file by going back into access and opening it from it's most recently used file list. I saved a backup copy etc.....

** I am re posting this as I dont have a resolution at this time *** ** Orginally posted 17th January ** I have encrypted a set of files on my secondary drive which when viewed in explorer, have green title text. The encryption certificate has a password, which I assigned at the time of creation. When I try and access the files, I am told I do not have permission to open the files. Can...

Hi I just installed a new font by clicking control panelfontsinstall new font the font appears in the font list, but it doesn't appear in the Office Programms.. don't know what to do. Can anyone help?? Font is an open type

In a folder, I want to search files which contain special key word. I typed the key word in the 'Search' box which is integrated in Windows exploer, nothing found, actually there are some. I'm sure I've checked all the possible options related with 'Search' function that M$ provided. If I make a new file and type the key word in it, then the 'Search' function can find it! I tested it on the...

I would like to move My Documents folder from C partition to D partition in my laptop. C is my system partition and D is the data partition. The reason I am doing this is to keep all my data in D partition. I do appreciate any help. Thank you in advance. -- brummyfan

Hi! I have a Vista computer with two users, me (Administrator) and my wife (Standard user) I transferred all files from my old computer by logging in to my new computer over the network and sending the files from my old computer. When standing in a folder (Documents) full of files, I type the letter "a" in the search box. No files found!

How can one download images to month folders instead of day and month using Vista

The disk cleanup on my vista computer is not deleting some damaged files. I tried deleting them manually but they aren't getting deleted. How can I delete them?

What's the fastest way to transfer/import files from an external device into my local drive. It would be nice if there was a program out there that would list all of the files found in the external device by category. (ie. Pics, movies, docs) Please help, Thanks