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    - Can't preview pictures on desktop anymore Hi, For some reason I can no longer preview computer pictures(bmp, jpg, gif, etc)that are on the desktop. Normally, by double clicking the images would open up Windows Photo Gallery. Now nothing happens. Double clicking in folder's in my computer still work, just the desktop seems to be having this issue now. Even if I right-click and choose preview or 'open-with'. It's very ood. I tried setting Windows Photo Gallery as the default program to open these images files with hoping it would fix the problem, but it didn't work Any help fixing this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Trent Rowe Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373663
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    - No s on streaming audio or video Darndest thing. I don't get any sound when I try to stream something, either audio or video. This happens with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. On the other hand, I get sound when playing anything on my hard drive, and I get all system sounds. I've tried diagnosing the connection -- it's fine -- and everything looks like it should. Any ideas? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373655
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    - Installer Probs On every reboot machine reports Windows Installer Preparing To Install, any way to troubleshoot this on Vista.....Thanx Bill --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080508-0, 05/08/2008 Tested on: 5/9/2008 9:13:28 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373652
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    - Group Policy Client Service Failed the logon - Access Denied Hello, I get the following error: Group Policy Client Service Failed the logon - Access Denied when I try to log on to my laptop running Vista. I booted on safe mode and try to log in, it started to log in but then displays logging off. Any ideas? thanks in advance. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373646
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    - i hate vista. administrator. restart every goddamn time. no backward compatibility. latest runaround? call of duty 4/punkbuster. you should read this.... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightbulb5-2008may05,0,509383.story lightbulb that works for 100 years. p.s. xp was great. vista was your 401ks. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373622
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    - Background Vista Sidebar Does anyone know whether it's possible to change the background color or transparency of the Vista sidebar? After first installing Vista, it was entirely transparent, but then became (and still is) a gradient, going from transparent on the left to almost entirely black on the right. Quite frankly, this looks horrible and makes you think there's something wrong with the screen. Anything but a gradient (i.e., image, colored background, or fully transparent), would be a 1000 times better. Detaching gadgets to put them elsewhere on the desktop isn't an option, as they become bigger, which is not what I want. -- Luc Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373613
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    - Unblocking blocked programs How can one avoid Vista blocking certain programs on startup? At present the best I can do is manually start a program after Vista has blocked it. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373606
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    - Vista question about "compatibility mode" and "safe mode" Hi, my problem is I'm trying to run a program which can only run under two conditions: 1) Can only run under windows XP. 2) Needs to run in safe mode to work correctly. I can solve the first problem by simply runing the program under compatibility mode (so it thinks its running under XP SP2). but the problem is that in Safe Mode I can't use the compatibility mode because the option is greyed out. So my question is; is there any other way to use compatibility mode while in Safe mode? like from the command line? Many thanks in advance. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373602
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    - PowerShell, some clarifications required I need to know more about PowerShell: Does it run under XP as well as Vista. Could it be used to automate responding to questions that come up during the installation of a Access Runtime application? Is there anything else that might? Does it need to installed on the PC where the installation is taking place? I am trying to help Users who install my application and get a lot of dialog boxes coming up to which they have to give the correct answer or much pain ensues! That's what happens when you install Access 2002 runtime on Vista. Any answer or comment would be welcome. Many thanks. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373601
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    - Vista stuck in paragon boot manager screen Hi, I have vista premium and it will not boot because the paragon boot manager wont let it 'I wanted to dual boot with xp but lost power in the middle of it and now I cannot get into windows at all. Does anyone know a fix for this? I have no recovery files, they are on the hard drive. JohnTy Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373595
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    - Cannot Rename a New Folder Recently I have found that I cannot rename a "New Folder". I can create a New Folder OK, but when I right click and select Rename, then the newly typed name reverts back to "New Folder" and I get the error message "File Does Not Exist". I can rename the folder OK through a Command Prompt window, but not in Explorer. I have tried "taking Ownership" and "Running as Administator", with UAC turned off, and again with UAC turned on. No go. I have read several threads from people with what sounds like the same problem. All seem to come down to a corrupt registry entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\EXPLORER\FOLDER_DESCRIPTIONS. I have tried to fix this as advised in http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130137-cannot-rename-move-file-folder-vista-fix.html, by downloading a file; Fix_Rename_32_Bit_Vista.reg and merging it into the registry by right clicking This does not work either. Any ideas please. I am running 32 bit Vista Home Premium. Not a Vlite installation. I cannot perform a repair install as I do not have a Vista Install Disc - the pc came pre-loaded with Vista, with the install files hidden somewhere (in the BIOS ?). I really don't want to start from scratch with a clean install - it takes days to reload all software and get all settings back to where I want them. If the answer involves editing the registry, please explain it very carefully to me; I am a bit of a novive re: registry entries. Thanks Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373588
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    - Displaying chinese characters Hi All: I have Vista home premium installed. I have some songs that are in chinese, what can I download to make the song titles etc display properly in WMA? I don't understand why at the moment some characters are displayed perfectly fine while others are a whole bunch of symbols. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance! Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373582
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    - copying to a SD card I'm trying to copy from My pictures to an SD card. The drive is recognised but it keeps telling my that the disk is write protected. I've checked the SD card and it isn't locked. Any ideas would be appreciated Thanks Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373578
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    - Vista Won't Sleep Ever since I got Vista Ultimate a bit over a year ago it was very reluctant to enter sleep mode; it would manage that maybe one in four tries. This is on a Gateway fX530XV with a 24 in gateway monitor. I recently installed SP1 and it has absolutely refused to go to sleep. When that choice is clicked on the monitor goes dark and very shortly the orange standby light comes on. The hard drive light quits flashing and the system will accept no inputs at all. I have to use the power button to turn it off and then during restart I have to click on "Start Windows Normally" to avoid a period of apparent self checking, then it goes on to the user page and then to a chosen desktop. I would like for it to access sleep so as to return to where it was when paused, as well as having a quicker restart. Comments would certainly be welcome. Oh yeah, the unit has 4GB RAM and a processor that runs at 2.13 Hz, and neither has ever been a bother. -- Chuck E Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373574
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    - Windows Update and Norton Internet Security 2008 I have a laptop runing Vista (no SP1) and am having problems running Windows Updates on the machine. I have run Windows Update on this machine in the past. I recently had to uninstall and reinstall NIS 2008 on this laptop. Now when I run Windows Updates, it produces the following error: -------------------------------- Windows could not search for new updates Error(s) found: CODE 80072EE2 The only option is to "Get Help". Clicking on that shows 25 Windows Updates, all with an error and error code. The error code 80072EE2 details provides the following instructions; Add the following websites to your firewall exceptions list; - http://*.update.microsoft.com - https://*.update.microsoft.com - http://download.windowsupdate.com ---------------------------------------- I have a message on the Symantec support forum. But wanted to see if anyone here have add websites to NIS 2008's Exceptions list? I know how to add IP Addresses to the Trusted List, but this does not appear to be the area to add these sites. Or is there another reason within Windows Update for this error? Thanks for any assistance. Charlie ****************************************************** Charliec Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373563
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    - Using Black wall paper locks up computer I recently switched my Vista Home Premium computer to using black for the wallpaper. Bad idea. The next time I booted up, nothing would run. Outlook would not run, Taskmanager opened but only slowly. My browser would not tun. As soon as I switched back to my last wallpaper, everything ran just fine. Is there something inherently wrong with using black? >>RSM Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373555
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    - csrss.exe in winsxs I saw somewhere that there are versions of csrss.exe which are malware. The posts said that versions of csrss.exe that are not in the windows/system32 directory are probably malware and should be deleted. I did a search of my harddrive and found that there are in fact two versions of csrss.exe, one in the windows/system32 directory and another burried deep within the windows root directory. The file is the only file sitting in this directory: C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-csrss_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_58e3e3d7e415ae4c I tried to rename the file to see what happens but Vista told me that I didn't have permission to do that (gotta love Vista!). Anyway, I did a little research into winsxs and found this article interesting: 'Demystifying the WinSxS directory in Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008 - Aaron Tiensivu's Blog' (http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1306-Demystifying-the-WinSxS-directory-in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html) Could someone verify that another copy of csrss.exe is supposed to be sitting in the winsxs directory? Thanks -- Meir Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373551
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    - Track at once with Premium 32-bit When one inserts a blank DVD to backup some file for example, Vista asks the write process is "track at once" or "disc at once". I choose "track at once" since I want to write more than once, 'til the disc is full. However, the next time I insert the same disc, Vista does NOT ask me anymore. So how can I keep filling the disc in this mode 'til its full? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373539
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    - Welcome Center After I upgraded to Outlook 2007, the icon for "Read and write e-mail" disappeared, and when I click on it, it says that Windows cannot find C:\Program. How do I fix the icon and then correct the the connection problem? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373535
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    - Toolbar shortcut doesn't work On the bottom toolbar is the Desktop Toolbar for launching programs. The MS Office programs will suddenly not launch when chosen! Any idea what is wrong and how to FIX? When I choose a program nothing happens. I can however right-click and choose open. Help. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373532
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    - How to fix the Vista TASK SWITCHING ORDER -- badly broken/designed Why -- and how to fix -- is the Vista TASK SWITCHING ORDER so badly broken/designed? This is just driving me crazy -- under older versions of Windows you could trivially predict where a program would be in the task switching order, last program used 1st, previous next,etc. Now is is (sometimes) seemingly random -- other times in the older order. I do understand some concept of closing the window, or perhaps iconizing the program, that might put the task at the END of the switching order but this is not even what Vista does. It frequently will put the most recently used program at the end, OR near but not AT the end. Is there some registry setting to restore simply the old behavior? Or to restore any logical, predictable behavior? -- Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP http://www.LearnQuick.Com (phone on web site) If you use LinkedIn then tell me where you know me from when linking: http://www.linkedin.com/in/herbmartin Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373529
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    - Memory Diagnostic results? Hello, I ran the Memory Diagnostics tool and after it completed and rebooted back into Windows, I didnt see any results. Where do you see the results of the test? I'm trying to diagnose this problem where my PC is rebooting at random, but I can't determine if it's a memory problem or not. So where can I find the results of this test? Thanks, Jeff Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373527
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    - Noisy Vista I have a new Gateway system that I bought a few months ago and lately it seems that the hard drive is very noisy. When you go from one web page to another it sounds like a car revving up it's engine. I have some files to encode and when I do that, it just sounds like it's full speed ahead. Maybe its nothing but it scares me a little. Is this normal? And im assuming it's the hard drive, I guess im not really sure. Like a car revving up it's engine is the best way I can describe it. Thanks. Tom Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373525
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    - LOL Uses Firefox LOL does not use Microsoft Window Explorer. He uses Firefox the default browser for Ubuntu. I guess the idiot uses it because he is just too stupid to master that hard to use insecure browser alternative in his beloved shista. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373519
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    - ASUS A8S-X Vista x64 I'm supposedly running RAID 1 in as stated in the BIOS but I have no way of checking this since I can't find the driver for this mobo. So I'm running RAID1 but I have no RAID utility tool so that if a disk failure occurs I don't even know how to rebuild the RAID. Furthermore, I got 4 GB of ram but it only detects 3. When I turn on the memory hole option to get 4 GB, my screen randomly loses signal and I need to reboot. -- softwareguy256 Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373513
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    - Column widths Explorer Vista x64 This BUG has really gotten me close to exploding. I resize the column in explorer and the stupid program forgets as soon as I change folders. I have tried all the basic stuff in tools->folder options nothing works. I am on SP1. Help me figure this out. -- softwareguy256 Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373512
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    - RAM Usage in Vista I have recently installed Vista Home Premium onto my P Dual 3Ghz PC. I have 3GB of RAM installed and was surprised to notice in Task Manager that 948GB in use, 2349GB cached and no free RAM. Whilst installing some software, I again checked Task Manager and noted that I had 10-20MB free whilst the install was happening. When it finished, it was dropped back to around about the same level but there was no free RAM, it was all cached again. Should all my free RAM be cached? Is the caching causing my machine to slow down (installing software does seem to be taking longer)? Can I stop Vista from doing this? Should I be worried about this? Apologies if I'm being a complete dunce on this but I am a little concerned. Thanks -- Andy Wylie Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373499
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    - IE7 crashing continuously....... What on earth is wrong with IE7, it crashes everytime I use it...and I mean EVERYTIME!!!!!! Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373492
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    - mailto link in web page a problem I have a webpage with a link like: mailto:someone@someplace.com In windows XP clicking this link activates mail client (Outlook in my case), allowing user to fill in the email and send it. The webpage containing the mailto link remains displayed in IE7 browser. Fine. In Vista, clicking this link also activates mail client (Windows Mail). However, it also loads mailto:someone@someplace.com into the IE7 browser address window, then generates message in browser window "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". Of course it shouldn't even be trying to display a mailto: as a webpage. Is there a setting somewhere to get rid of this wierd behaviour? Thanks for help. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373491
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    - Partition manager? Any recommendations for a partition manager for Vista? I'm looking at Acronis Disk Director, but don't see that it will work with Vista. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373463
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    - Speech recognition Does anyone know if you can take a sound file created with a handheld digital recorder and turn it into written text by using the Vista Speech Recognition function? Thanks. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373442
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    - Vista System Restore plus slowdown Hi folks, I'm running Home Premium n an HP laptop and up until yesterday everything was just fine. I also have SP1 and that went well. Yesterday, the system kept freezing or operating extremely slow and for the life of me I had no clue of what was going on. I had to press and hold the power button to shut down so I could reboot. I could not open Control Panel at all - the hour glass just kept swirling but nothing else would happen. After the reboot the system displayed the same behavior and at this point I noticed that it wasn't really locked up but in fact operating so slow that it appeared that way. After no luck with the obvious I checked the startup group - nothing there, I cleared out the temp folders and files which seemed to help. I decided to simply use a system restore to a previous state of a few days ago. The first time I did this, I got a message that Windows was NOT successful with the restore. I tried an earlier restore point and got the same notification that the restore was NOT successful but it appeared that it was. A program I installed after that particular restore point was gone and the system seemed to be better - that is my email and browser loaded quickly and ran as if all was OK. 1 - Has anyone run into this problem with such a gross slowdown (hourglass going on and on) 2 - What is going on with System Restore? I've used it in the past a few times on my XP machine but this was the first time using the Vista laptop. Any advice or comments are appreciated. Thanks, Fred PS - I haven't had access to the laptop yet today but will soon turn it on and hope for the best - I will update if the slowdown continues. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373426
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    - ntfs partition formated with 16k clusters Can vista 32 pro install on an ntfs partition formated with 16k clusters. If so how can I format the drive to 16k clusters using the vista boot cd, are there any steps or commands I need to do during the boot sequence? And are there any "stable" third party programs or suggestions so I don't have to dump the current os that is on the drive? As I believe that the image file restores the cluster size. thanks, any thoughts? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373418
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    - Vista is constantly beeping at me Every time i have a pop-up come up, my computer beeps. when I right click to delete something, my computer beeps. I'm driving my coworkers crazy, but the stupid thing won't shut up. I've turned off every sound option I can find, I don't have speakers attached, and still, it beeps at me. How can I make this stop? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373412
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    - Built in mic problems in need of help! I have a dell inspiron 1520 with a built in mic i dont remember when exactly i started haveing this problem buts it been goin on for quite some time. my built in mic stopped working and it wont let me use it for any thing every time i go into the sound device menu and i go to recording devices its not there even with both disabled and unplugged checked. I have tryed reinstalling vista numerous times to fix this problem and they never worked. I have tried uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them. I have no idea what to do any help would be appreciated. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373410
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    - Vista can't update via WSUS: Error 80244019 My network uses GPO's to apply approved updates to XP & Vista Business boxes. For some reason, the Vista boxes are getting an 80244019 error. Currently Windows Firewall is set to OFF, and Windows Defender is still enabled. I've tried disabling both services as well and the error still appears. How can I get WSUS to push out to the Vista machines? Thanks Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373406
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    - Need Help w/ Profile - Locked Out. Pls. So when I try to log into my profile, it says that the profile loader application failed to load my profile. and thats all it says and i can't bypass it in any way, i have to sign on to a different profile. And the profile that's locked is my Administrator profile. Is there anything I can do? Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373387
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    - Second Life causes BSD on close-down Whenever I run Second Life (SL) and then close my PC (running Vista Ultimate) I get a Blue Screen of Death. If I don't run SL it's fine. I suspect that there is a graphics card issue. I'm using an nVida 6600GT card with proper drivers. Is this a known issue with Vista/SL/nVidia? Is there a cure? Cheers. Bobby Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373386
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    - Bluescreen: network file copy and shared printer connection Hello all, I've had a problem with Vista 32bit for quite a while now. This happened before and after Sp1. Basically, if I connect to a remote share and attempt to copy a file to the pc/server, i'll get a bluescreen after a few seconds. I can't remember the exact file referenced in the crash (I can recreate it and get it). This also happens when I attempt to connect to a shared printer. SP1 didn't make a difference. Anyone have any ideas or heard of similar vista behavior? Thanks in advace... Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373380
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    - Vista 100% cpu usage after bootup / windows update I have 2 pc's running vista Home premium. As of the morning of 5/7/08, both of them are having an issue after bootup where cpu usage is near 100% for about 20-30 minutes. The computers are completely un-usable in this state. Looking at resource monitor(which takes about 10 minutes to load), both are showing svchost (netsvcs) PID 1456 at 100%. After this initial 20 to 30 minute lock up session, both computers seem to work fine. After investigating the issue a bit, it has something to do with windows update. If I go to control panel windows update, and try to update, the same thing happens. Not sure if this means anything but both computers have update KB940510 under the windows update control panel console, dated 5/7/2008. From researchign this update it is something to do with windows validation. Both PC's have OEM installs of vista, so I dont 'think' the validation is the issue. I know this isnt a hardware issue as one of the pc's is a HP laptop, the other is a Dell xps desktop. Both computers have had 0 issues before the morning of the 7th, and both have AV software and have had no signs of a virus. I have not installed anything on either of the computers lately. Neither share much of the same software beside antiviurs. (CA AV 2008) My xp and windows 2000 machines are working fine. Any help would be much appreciated. Currently, disabling windows update seems to solve the issue but this is not a long term solution, IMO. Thanks Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373378
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    - Backup of the TPM Hi again! This is a difficult question, because noone has never used BitLocker, i know :) I wanna encrypt the Vista Ultimate partition with BitLocker, but i'm preoccupied: what happens if my PC breaks down? How could i restore the encrypted files from another PC? What keys are needed? And how can i backup them? Thanks a lot, bye! Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373377
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    - Creating ISO CDs with Vista Hi guys, first of all sorry for my english. I tried to burn an empty CD with Windows Vista (Ultimate SP1): in the "Prepare media" window, i selected "Mastered CD", then i copied some files to D (where D is the drive letter of my recorder), and clicked "Burn CD". It says there're no files to burn, but that's not true! By formatting the CD with Live File System (UDF 2.01), there're no problems. Any ideas? Thanks 1k, bye! Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373374
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    - Inquiry: Where to post Have already posted through OE the 'old fashioned way' (not sure how it went through), and my post was delivered into the "Performance & Maintenance" group. It's concerning an issue my laptop is having with a looping blue screen error; is it posted to the correct folder, or should I move it here? Thank you for your time, just wanted to make sure I am in the right location for the proper assistance. Suzanne Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373367
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    - Did you all know <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="sans-serif">There is some guy frank that is infatuated with Alias and Clear Window.  I think he loves both of them.  We all know the guy is sick.<br> </font> </body> </html> Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373341
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    - Side Bar A very small problem compared to some of you here but........ I think the side bar is great - nice feature BUT why does it keep disappearing on my computer? It is there on the desktop when I first switch on computer and then when I open 3-4 windows and then click on the desk top icon and go back to desktop - it has disappeared! And yet if I minimize the windows and go back to desktop this way - there it is! If the window I am using is not full screen - I can see it - and yet if I click on desk top to go back to desk top - it disappears. Any ideas? Thank you Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373328
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    - Don't Buy these programs for "Vista": These two programs are bundled with 3 in 1 offerings. However at least two of three do NOT work with Vista: History Cleaner and Macro Buddy. Bad news for Vista! Took me some time to do a System Restore and clean the registry. No refunds given either. -Pete Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373325
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    - MEDIA CENTER how do i unistall media center or downgrade the MS Windows Media Player to MSWM Player 10 or 11? because none of the online apps support MS Windows Media Center and because of that i cant open certin sights. can anyone help? thanks danny Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373324
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    - Vista versus XP Today a suggestive article in Marketwatch.com mentioned the demise of Vista operating systems. It was pointed out that this is unlikely due to the overwhelming brilliant and costly staff who developed and marketed this costly venture. I am suggesting a more practical approach to this situation. Buy Apple. The message is clear. Big business is unbending in their approach to this software. The Lemming approach is in high gear. So for the Barack Obama movement in operating software to take hold, you need the candidate. Treasure your XP (A statement I thought I would never utter) and move to the most logical system available. Apple OS is bought in quantity will send a message to the bottom line that Microsoft recognizes, shareholder value. Meanwhile to all you Vista supporters, keep up the good work, you will surely help the cause. Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373317
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    - i cant do a restore i tried to do a system restore and it keeps comming up with an unspecified error occurred during system restore and wondering what could be wrong and if someone could help me i tied it 3 times and it keeps comming up with the same thing thank you Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373303
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    - UAC and scripting What is Microsofts solution if you run vbscripts for administrative tasks and these are affected by UAC ? Swicthing UAC off requires a restart, once to disable and then once to enable UAC once script has finished running, which hardly makes the administrative change transparent to the user. Group policies are handy to do this, and was a good idea but the question is the restart thats required. You can turn it off completely and leave it off which sounds like the best idea, but I'm really curious about Microsoft's take on this ? There must be some big companies using scripts out there. How do people get around this ? cheers Tag: how to access alias::* from anywhere. Tag: 373301

To illustrate my question i'll just give the scenario i'm facing right
now.

I'm using uTorrent and would like to enter as default download path
something in the lines of "%downloads%\P2P\" or "shell::downloads\P2P'".

Obviously none of these is the correct one and my question is, what is
the correct way to use the shell folders from applications, command
prompt and autohotkey scripts.

Thanks!

--
hesher

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Re: how to access alias::* from anywhere. by Synapse

Synapse
Fri May 09 08:05:48 PDT 2008

"hesher" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:00245516bd14522016fe5af06a92f3e2@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> To illustrate my question i'll just give the scenario i'm facing right
> now.
>
> I'm using uTorrent and would like to enter as default download path
> something in the lines of "%downloads%\P2P\" or "shell::downloads\P2P'".
>
> Obviously none of these is the correct one and my question is, what is
> the correct way to use the shell folders from applications, command
> prompt and autohotkey scripts.
>
> Thanks!

After moving the user shell folders to other drives/partitions, I made
junction points in their place, pointing to the new locations. The way I
always use the default locations, even though the actual locations are on
other drives, or even other computers (Vista's symbolic links can now point
to network locations).

ss.

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