The search function in Vista seems like a step backwards from XP... How can I search for a file that contains the string "TSID", when I don't know the file type? The Vista search function does NOT index all files and even the files it does index don't have the contents as searchable. I've looked in the indexing settings in the control panel and I can't see any easy way to select all and...

I used to use microsoft xp and recently bought a new computer and installed firefox. I can download files, however, unlike before, i cannot open them as a "grey icon" comes up and when i look in the directory i have downloaded to, there is NO file. I've tried this a billion times and it takes 10 minutes to download something on my computer, it'll never ever appear. I can download files perfectly...

When saving a file it pops up a save dialog with these folders on the left panel: Documents Recently Changed Desktop Recent Places Computer Searches

My C Drive is 288 Gb and has 15 Gb of known files, 23 Gb free and 230 Gb of what WinDirStat lists as unknown files. My setup is: HP m8150n with Intel Viiv Intel Core2 Quad Processor Q6600 (2.4 GHz) Windows Vista Ultimate 3 Gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM NVIDIAGeForce 8400 SEgraphics 640 Gb 7200RPM SATA HD C Drive 288 Gb

I can't believe how hard this is turning out to be. My SATA drive gave out a warning that it was failing. No big deal, I thought. I've got a spare and a 1TB NAS to backup to. Windows (Ultimate 32x) offered to back up for me, so I figured, go ahead. I backed up to the NAS (Buffalo Linkstation pro). After 2.5 days of processing the backup, I had enough so I canceled it. I figured I could just...

In disc clean up there is an option to "safely delete files that have not been modified in over a week" How do I know if they have been modified and therefor safe to remove ? Also, is it safe to delete system archived error reports ? -- yorkshire lass

I've been searching the net for a solution to the sidebar failing to load. For some people it seems as though there are DLL issues, that once corrected restores the sidebar. And then there are a few of us that can't resolve. Here is the fix that seems to help most. 1. Open a command prompt by being Administrator (Right click on Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator)

When I try to save a document (any Office 2003 application) using _save-as_, the pop-up window shows the document as saved. When I close the document and go to my documents and drill down to the file I saved the document in, it is not there. The only way I have been successful in saving to a specified is to first save the document to the desk top and then drag and drop to the correct folder. ...

Hi, I recently noticed that the % of free space on my system disk had dropped considerably. On investigation I found that the folder username/AppData/Local/Temp had filled to about 55% of my 120GB drive. Many of the folders/files were months old. Is there some setting I can change to clear the folder when I log out or shut down or do I have to delete the files/folders manually? Many...

Hi I use Vista Ultimate x64 and am having problems with the build in zip extract. I tried multiple zip files from different sources, and these can be unzipped with various tools, and on other platforms. However, on my Vista Ultimate x64 the unzipping does not work. When I double click the file, I can see its content including the full file structure. (See ZipContents.jpg)

Hello. I'd like to download some website files prepared for a Unix platform. My OS is Vista (SP1). Will the download itself cause any problems? How can I view them on a Vista (or W2K) machine? Thanks.

Almost every time I do a search in Explorer, I end up changing the columns that are displayed in the search folder. Is there any way to set the columns so that Vista will remember the settings, or am I doomed to keep redoing this forever? All other folders show the columns the way I want, but for some reason the search folders insist on coming up the same old way. -- Ray

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!

Hay my computer right now doesent have a host file under c:\windows\system32\drivers\ect Now from what i understand most computer should have this file but for some reason i dont. Can anyone help me or give me a short guide on how i can add this host file? --

I have a subfolder with several pictures and videos I downloaded from my camera, but when I try to open them I get this message: Photo Gallery can't open this picture because it might have been deleted or is in a location that is not available. When I open the folder I cannot see anything. Then I click on name/stack by name, and I get to groups: I-P & Q-Z. Then I open I-P and see all my...

I have downloaded the uxtheme.dll to use a windows xp theme in vista i got it from this site 'Download UXTheme Patch For Windows XP SP2 Final - Now you can use any theme for Windows XP with SP2 Build 2180 - Softpedia' (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/UXTheme-Patch-For-Windows-XP-SP2-Final.shtml) I followed the instructions on the site but when i try to rename...

I think I went about installing XP the wrong way. I had a raid-0 setup with two hard drives and deleted the raid configuration without formating the disks, added 3 new hard drives and created a new raid-0 with all 5 hardrives (why don't these utilies come with an fdisk of sorts???) and now whenever I try to install XP I get a BSOD at the point when it says starting windows. Any suggestions? ...

I am scanning a large collection of old slides, and organizing them into folders by topic and date. To help keep track of things, for several folders I selected Properties / Customize / Folder Pictures and Choose pictures and chose a representative image from within that folder. That worked OK. But next day when I went back to some real work I discovered that random folders all over the...

I a newbie to Vista. Just bought a new computer and transferred my Documents, Pictures and Music to my new computer via an external harddrive. The problem is this: when I open a folder in the 'Documents' folder more than half of my files and folders are gone! This problem must be growing because some of my folders in Microsoft Outlook 2003 have disappeared!

I am new to Vista, one month now and having troubles out the butt. I think someone at Microsoft is a total crazy or just plain stupid. Programs like Windows media player. Somehow, I was watching a DVD movie, I click one something, and now I have the audio and no picture. I tried to restore it back and still no picture. Hummm I will click the help, oh I see no help icon on it. I guess I am just...