After thinking I had some sort of Viruses I downloaded some anti-virus software. One was something that was part of Macafee called Stinger, another was called Nod32, and the other was Webroot. After downloading these 3 I went to turn off System Restore in my C Drive to use Stinger according to the directions on the site. At that time I had 448G free and afterward I had 418G. I am unsure of...

Couple questions about explorer.exe and what it shows as "Computer". Is there a way to configure "Windows Explorer", which I think is still invoked by "explorer.exe", to open by default in the quasi/pseudo-directory shown in explorer and on desktop as "computer", what previously I think had been shown as "My Computer"? How would I call this up from the command line, including as an/the...

I used to have issues with my disk months ago from the whole nvidia 680i sata error but I haven't had issues since. Every time I try to enable system restore on a drive an hour later it will come back and have the following in the event log. The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because of an IO failure on volume C:. Hoe can I troubleshoot this? Are there logs of information...

We are using Vista Ultimate in my Dell computer. We have set all my Vista to run in Classic menu. Can you tell us how to re-order the appearance of programs Menu? I can drag the program menu folders and shortcuts into the order I want. But after re-boot, the program menu order goes back to alphabet descending order. I click the customized program menu (advance), but I cannot removed the sort...

Well i want to know , not if I should turn the (A program needs your permission to continue) message. but how to turn it off. I tried running the program as administrator but its still not working. i want to avoid going to the process of having that message that always end up making programs that use the same message (A program needs your permission to continue) ran. I want to turn it off so...

While browsing files and folders I've noticed something extreemly annoying. You can see the size of individual files in the Size column but you cant see the folder's contents size. This extreemly frustrating and I cant seem to find where I can enable that function. I know you can scroll your mouse over folders one at a time and a window will apear and you can see the size then, but thats...

I realize I can can 'drag & drop' or use the Edit menu items, or any of the myriad methods available since Win3.0; but those buttons were much easier to use. Is there any easy way in Vista to have those buttons (no manual registry hacks)? Any solutions from Microsoft? Or any third party solutions?

Hi, The 'Date Modified' column doesn't appear on any of my folders. I add it, and when i browse away from that folder and return to it, it's disappeared again. How do i get every folder to show that column by default? Thanks, Albert

Hi, The 'Date Modified' column doesn't appear on any of my folders. I add it, and when i browse away from that folder and return to it, it's disappeared again. How do i get every folder to show that column by default? Thanks, Albert

If I open up windows explorer and go to the folder I keep all my photos in, "D:\1 PICS" and I right click on it and choose properties, then customize, I choose the "Pictures and Videos" template. Then I click the checkbox that says "Also apply this template to all subfolders" Then I hit ok. I open the folder and there I have many different folders containing photos. Now if I open up the...

Hey, found a bug in Vistas explorer, but i am completely unable to actually find the place where i can report the bug. So, link to bugreport page? PS. Actually make it possible to find that page without having to resort to asking on a forum?

Hi, I read a year or so ago or perhaps longer,that there was a microsoft update that could make some of the programs made for XP work on Vista.It was supposed to redirect access to a restricted folder in the windows file system to another one that would allow the software to work. Could any tell me where to find that? or What number update was it? Thanks in Advance

Hi, I read a year or so ago or perhaps longer,that there was a microsoft update that could make some of the programs made for XP work on Vista.It was supposed to redirect access to a restricted folder in the windows file system to another one that would allow the software to work. Could any tell me where to find that? or What number update was it? Thanks in Advance

Im running windows vista now & I want to download some files from internet frist I selct where I want to seve the file then the file is getting download but after the download complited a sound pops & download screan goes off without asking me to run or close the pops??? even in the path which I give to be save in it I did not get any downloaded file where does the downloaded file gone ???

How to make Vista display same details for all folders? In XP it was simple, disable remember each folders view settings, set the view options, then apply to all folders. In vista, how do I make vista display the same details view regardless of the folder's contents? Thanks

In Win XP, I used the /e parameter to open Explorer to C:\. This doesn't work in Vista. How do I do the same thing in Vista?

Hi, I have Windows vista home basic edition. My PC recently crashed. So I tried to get the PC back to the factory settings.. When I tried to do it, it asked me whether i want to create a backup. I did so and created a backup of all the videos and other options that were given.. I backed it up on a hard disk. After getting the PC all up and running, now i moved the backup folder from that...

Using Windows Vista Enterprise I've created a 'Saved Search' in Windows Explorer. How do I a) SEE the search criteria without physically running the search and opening the Search Pane, and b) modify the criteria? Thanks so much!

What does the new COLOR Heading in Windows Explorer (Vista Enterprise - have to manually add it from the customize box) do? It's easy to turn on, but I don't see a physical way to color-code the files and folders. Can anyone help?

How do I define the default size at which new Explorer windows open? I am tired of having to resize my explorer window every time I open a folder that I haven't opened before, eg. by typing a path into the start menu search box and hitting enter or by choosing "view extracted files" after extracting zip files. I'm currently resorting to always opening explorer windows by hitting Win+E or...