hi, i have Windows Vista and my removeable drive f has dissappeared from under 'my computer' - this has never happened before with XP. Anybody know how to get it back? Thanks.

I tried to download something a few weeks ago, i cant remember what it was, but i decided to cancel half way, but an icon had already been created, and now, i cant delete it. I use the delete button and it says i need permission cause im not user administrator, BUT I AM!! theres no other account but mine on my laptop, and then i click i agree, and it says it cant. Now normally i wouldnt be too...

Just over the past few days, my poor laptop hasnt been very well. I was using internet/msn one night and the screen went completely blank except for my desktop background, and my clock/stickynotes/calendar thing on the far right. Not knowing how to fix it i waited a while, then switched off my laptop. I switched it back on again and thats where the problems started, just to get on the internet...

Since a few days Vista inexplicably loses my search index – and I have no idea what causes this! This is soooooooooo annoying!! Every time I want the index to help me search for files, I find it has reverted to its default options (which do not include my folders), and I need to again manually add the folders that I want in the index. This causes Vista to rebuild its search index, taking...

I managed to find other threads on using WebDAV on Vista, but none offered a clear answer. My particular problem is when I attempt to map an https folder system to a drive letter using Vista's built-in wizard (available from the computer folder). I am trying to integrate a folder system that uses WebDAV (called "netfiles" by the university of minnesota) so I can access files as if it were a...

im working on vista home premium 32bit. i downloaded a flv file which seems to be corrupt. now a cannot delete the file.. i tried deleteing it from the command prompt, tried using the software 'eraser'. i cant even move the file, or rename it or view the file properties. wat shud i do in order to delete it.. any suggestion is welcome. Pls help me ppl !! Thanks.

1. Quite wonderfully when I drag the JPG's out of my temp internet folder into a permanent location it asks me how to handle the duplicates. I save them and let Vista name them. They end up with (2).jpg at the end of the name. 2. What I haven't figured out how to do is search for just those files. (2) doesn't hack it because ( and ) have a special meaning. It gets any file with 2 in it. ...

I'm not sure who should be taken out to the woodshed - the architect that decided the following is a good idea, or the coder who did such a horrible job. It will cause all sorts of grief, IMHO. What's worse now I can't reproduce the problem even though it has happened several times! Essentially what has happened is that I try to rename a folder that I some how had open with another window....

How do I find the Zip Files? I stored a file and can not find the zip files. I have MS windows -- Alan

Hi everyone Im using a samsung NP-R40 laptop with C drive 50gb and a D drive with 50gb. My computer is running very slow and when it comes to using internet it seen's to just stop halfway through loading a page. Someone told me that if my C drive is full or has a lot of data on it that could cause the problem. So i set about reducing the files i have on my C drive by deleting...

I have two 50gb drives on my laptop one is empty and one has 47gb showing. My documents has about 24gb there are a couple of gb on all the other files but there is over 20gb i cant find. Any ideas anyone Regards Alan

I seem to have "cross linked" directories. For example: C:\Documents and Settings\Alan\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Kepler C:\Users\Alan\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Kepler However, they reference the same contents. That is, if you copy a file to one, it appears in both, and if you delete a file in one, it disappears from both. There are literally dozens of them, similar to the above except for

I seem to have "cross linked" directories. For example: C:\Documents and Settings\Alan\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Kepler C:\Users\Alan\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\Kepler However, they reference the same contents. That is, if you copy a file to one, it appears in both, and if you delete a file in one, it disappears from both. There are literally dozens of them, similar to the above except for

How do I back up my Email folders to an external hard drive? Where are they?

Whenever one goes to open or save a file, I always find the dialog box to small, and like to resize to make it easier to look through the hundreds of folders i have. Is there any way to alter the default opening size of the file management dialog boxes?

Hi I have Windows Vista on my Dell laptop and I frequently used the Biondi font that came with vista. Just the other day the font seems to have gone missing and all the programs I use, such as Adobe Photoshop say that the font is missing and has been replaced. Does anyone know of a way I can get the font back without having to totally reinstall Vista? Thanks! Alana

I am running Vista RC1.... How do i change the location of my Public / Common folders. eg Pictures, Documents, Videos & Music... When i go into the properties of the Public Pictures Folder it says i can change it but it does no have the same buttons as my personal Pictures folder.... I have even changes the registery key at HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\exporere\Shell Folders and...

Hi, I have a laptop running Windows Vista RTM. The laptop is part of Domain A. The Documents folder is redirected on a share in the same domain and set to be always available. I can access it online and offline without any problem. I also use the laptop in a different network where Domain B is present. I have a share mapped with valid credentials in Domain B. The share is set to be always...

Hi all, I am using Vista for a while now and I was wondering why it is not possibe to sort the start menu while right clicking. The options I was used to on XP seems to be dissapeared. I have tried to disable "Read Only" but that won't work either. If someone has the solution I would be glad thnx

Hi, I posted this question some time ago with no luck, so I would like to give a try again in case there are new info about this. I would like to know the file name size limit in windows vista (or windows server 2003 if better). For NTFS the limit is 256 characters and this includes the whole path like c:\folder1\folder2\folder3....\folderN. I know Microsoft was working in a new file system...