I am using Backup Exec V11D to back up a Vista Ultimate workstation (amongst others). It started out with no problems at all, and then I began to get warnings like this in the backup job report: VSS Snapshot warning. File c:\windows\system32\wmdconn.cpl is not present on the snapshot The reason the file is not present on the snapshot is that it is not present on the disk!

I have a shared folder called MOVIES and I have tried to move other video files to this folder but a popup advises I do not have permission to move files into the MOVIES directory. I looked up setting permission in the properties of that folder but most of the choices are greyed out. Any help or suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mark

Hi, I am wondering if the Disk Management Tool is like Partition Magic,in that you can shrink and expand partitions without disturbing the files on the partition? Can it also Rename Drives?? thank you

Hello, By a mistake I've erased some folders from my personal profile (downloads, documents, music...) I have nothing important there, but now I want to use them again and... Windows vista doesn't create them now!! even if I reboot the system. What can I do? If I create new folders they doesn't have the same properties (Vista doesn't recognize them as personal folders). Is there any way to...

I am very, very annoyed with the automatic auto-arranging of files that the Vista version of Windows Explorer does. It's making my job very difficult and frustrating. In XP and previous versions the photos (or whatever) stayed in the same position after renaming until you manually refreshed the view. I can't find a way to turn it off the auto-arranging. Any suggestions?

I am trying to prevent guest users and my kids from seeing my work files when they use my laptop. I have noticed that if you go to My Computer (Vista) while in another user account you can view ALL the files on the laptop. I don't want my kids wrecking my work. Can you tell me how to do this? James

Hi, I have a mostly aesthetic question. I moved the sidebar to the left side of the screen. When I downloaded a file, though, it got downloaded to the top-right corner of my screen. Is there a way to make it so that the files will get downloaded somewhere else, say, the middle of the screen? Thanks so much!

When I make a back up of my files using the back up and restore center, the system backs up the same files every time regardless of whether they were modified since the last backup or not. I think it should only back up changed or new files since the last back up. How do I fix this? -- Cheerful & Loving Life

I just set up a PC for a client so that he could view PowerPoint presentations using the PowerPoint viewer. If he saves an attachment from an email he can then just double-click on the file and it starts in the viewer. However, from within mail he gets a message asking if he wants to open the PowerPoint file (Windows has detected the association), then is told that there is no...

"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, I will go over what UAC does, how it works, the reasoning behind it, how to use your computer with UAC on, why you shouldn't turn UAC off, and answer some common questions and respond to common...

I am trying to change file properties (title, author, date acquired, comments, etc.) on JPG files located in various folders, and receive the error message below. This happens for all JPG files in all folders but not for other types of files; I can successfully set attributes for Word, PowerPoint, and other document files in the same locations. I have tried running Windows Explorer as an...

I find that I am unable to unzip (using Winzip) to a program file folder on my C:\ drive. I try to create a new folder and think that may be the problem, as apparently Winzip cannot create the folder due to permission problems. Is there a way to make winzip work as it did in XP so that I can unzip a program to a folder under Program Files? Now I have to unzip to my download directory,...

________________________________ I was checking to see if I had a 'file association' problem with TurboCad (v.9.0). Opened Explorer and went to the 'Drawings' folder. Double-clicked a drawing file (Basement.tcw), and a nastygram popped up "Windows cannot find 'c:\program files\turbocad\drawings\basement.tcw'.". BUT the program/file immediately opened and I was able to edit and save...

Ever heard of this? I have a new system loaded with Vista Home Premium. The problem starts with the Picture folder not being accessable in its original location, what happens now is that the c:\users\name\pictures\ folder looks something like this. c:\users\name\pictures\pictures\pictures\pictures\............ get the idea. It runs into about 15 or so folders. I originally thought it...

Does Vista permanently delete files when they are deleted from the recycle bin so that they can never be recovered? Thanks! -- Eddie

In Explorer I click a folder in the left pane and it shows the content in the right pane. If I then press the down arrow on the keyboard to select the next folder, it doesn't display the content of that folder until I press enter. This (pressing enter) wasn't required in XP's Explorer. What setting do I need to change to get the same behaviour as I had in XP? Thanks

How do I stop Explorer opening a new window when I map a drive? Thanks

Is it at all possible to see with all the other exif data the color space used on a file. I mean do i have to open photoshop to see if its save in CMYK

Hello. I'm a system administrator who is evaluating Vista for the first time to see if it is worth deploying across our company. We need new machines, and I would like to take advantage of the newest technology. This is very peculiar behavior that I have encountered when trying to change the location of the "Documents" folder on windows Vista to a network drive: I will preface this by...

I have a file on my desktop called gv.com.gamesforwindows_640x360.mov. It was a video about gaming. It's 45.5 MB and I can't get it to delete. Right-clicking it and doing Properties doesn't open the Properties window. If I move it to the recycle bin (with the keyboard delete button or the mouse, or Shift and Delete) the "Calculation time remaining" delete dialogue comes up and the progress...