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Hi, On Vista, C:\Documents and Settings is not actually a folder, it's a symbolic link. The folder containing the user data is C:\Users... Where C:\Documents and Settings\John Doe would have existed, it's not C:\Users\John Doe - the Docs and Settings link is provided for backward compatibility for applications... Hope this helps, Jon -- http://www.insidetheregistry.com "ITNews" <ITNews@net.it> wrote in message news:ur6pXTsLJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > As I was trying to browse got the following message: > > Documents and settings is not accessible. Access is denied. > > Cannot browse the folder even after I…

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Microsoft muses "Instant On" Windows 1:57PM, Wednesday 15th ... PC Pro, UK - 49 minutes ago Microsoft admitted earlier this year that the boot performance of Windows Vista wasn't up to scratch. "From our perspective, too few systems consistently ... More...

Hi, ITNews. Documents and settings is a folder in WinXP and prior. It does not exist in Vista, except as a "Junction Point" for the benefit of legacy programs that have not been updated to work in Vista. In Vista, look in each user's Documents folder. By default, find each one in: C:\Users\\Documents Of course, you will not be able to see the folder for any user except yourself unless you furnish Administrator credentials. And it really is not necessary to cross-post to so many newsgroups. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "ITNews" wro…

Hi, ITNews. Documents and settings is a folder in WinXP and prior. It does not exist in Vista, except as a "Junction Point" for the benefit of legacy programs that have not been updated to work in Vista. In Vista, look in each user's Documents folder. By default, find each one in: C:\Users\<username>\Documents Of course, you will not be able to see the folder for any user except yourself unless you furnish Administrator credentials. And it really is not necessary to cross-post to so many newsgroups. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) …

Hi, ITNews. Documents and settings is a folder in WinXP and prior. It does not exist in Vista, except as a "Junction Point" for the benefit of legacy programs that have not been updated to work in Vista. In Vista, look in each user's Documents folder. By default, find each one in: C:\Users\<username>\Documents Of course, you will not be able to see the folder for any user except yourself unless you furnish Administrator credentials. And it really is not necessary to cross-post to so many newsgroups. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) …

Microsoft muses "Instant On" Windows PC Pro, UK - 31 minutes ago Microsoft admitted earlier this year that the boot performance of Windows Vista wasn't up to scratch. "From our perspective, too few systems consistently ... More...

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When I start up the computer again after updates, it takes 40 minutes before the system is working again. Computer starts up to the microsoft sign and stops than for 40 min. before continue and start up completely. I have to do this 2 times and than the system is working properly again. Can someone please tell me why this is happening and what to do?? Thanks!!

In Vista, it's not a folder. Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar folder names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc. are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders. If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them. In Vista...... Documents & Settings -> \Users My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData …

In Vista, it's not a folder. Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar folder names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc. are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders. If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them. In Vista...... Documents & Settings -> \Users My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData …

In Vista, it's not a folder. Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar folder names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc. are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders. If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them. In Vista...... Documents & Settings -> \Users My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData …

Windows 7 to be called... Windows 7 developerFusion, UK - 12 minutes ago Instead of coming up with a brand new official name (Vista ME, anyone?), Windows 7 has now been announced as the official name too. According to a blog ... More...

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Ok so I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 that I just had to rebuild from my recovery partition because after I restored my system using my Windows Home Server a ton of things did not work. What's the point of having a Home Server if the backup/restore process does not work right? Anyway as you can see I am not happy. So I have my system completely rebuilt with all my software reloaded and I wanted to be able to use the Offline Files feature in it. Well when I go to right click on a folder or file so that I can make it available offline the option is not there. I looked at the Offline setting and it says it is enabled but needs to restart for it to work. I h…

Just wanted to let you know the fix posted by Cdn ninja worked for me and I am not a advanced computer user. I had upgraded from xp to vista using a Dell upgrade disk and developed the defender problem. Following the cdn ninja instructions corrected the problem. -- elm32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ elm32's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/elm32.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-security/702479.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Just wanted to let you know the fix posted by Cdn ninja worked for me and I am not a advanced computer user. I had upgraded from xp to vista using a Dell upgrade disk and developed the defender problem. Following the cdn ninja instructions corrected the problem. -- elm32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ elm32's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/elm32.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-security/702479.htm http://forums.techarena.in

I've tried doing this, but after carrying out step 5, I get an error message: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" (or something like that). > "Eric Brodish [MSFT]" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This error usually happens because there is an invalid character in the > > proxy override settings. > > Remove invalid characters from the proxy exception list and then clear > > the proxy cache. > > > > 1. Open Internet Explorer > > 2. On the Tools, select Internet Options. > > 3. Click on the Connections tab > > 4. Click on the LAN S…

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Hello, anybody here with experience in MS SearchServerExpress? I have problems with searching PDF-files. I did this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555209/en-us but I cannot find the settings needed for point 8 in my german interface. Please help Davorin

I have got an old server that needs to be shut down. I have tried to do this, but my users are accessing files on the new server fine, but the template location still points to the old server, that hasn't had the templates running on it for 8 or 9 months. But when they create a document, rather than going new, they just open an exisiting file. Is there any way I can repoint all these files to look in the correct location of the templates? Or use Server redirection in someway to point them to the correct place. Can anyone please help me with the Redir command syntax. The old location is abcserver\templates, the new location is abc-storage\templates.

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Last week I asked readers here in Windows Vista Weblog what name they want for the next version of Windows — What Name do You want for Windows 7? Mike Nash posted the news over at Windows Vista Blog that Microsoft has finally decided that the official name of the next version of Windows is “Windows [...] More...