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The codes succeeded in XP but failed in Vista.
I just open the folder I want to copy from via LAN and drag them to the Vista folders where I want the file to be copied. idea why Microsoft took so much control out of the hands of even an administrator’s account. If I can not resolve this issue I will be forced to install XP Pro over Vista on my new laptop.

Steam support for Window 98/ME ending soon
The System Restore in XP was crummy. Now it uses volume shadow copying. I've done all sorts of testing and restores on Vista over the months. Worked great every time. The Previous Versions feature is a nice addition to System Restore. Files on drives you have flagged for System Restore get individually backed up.

Standard Users Privileges
I can open up notepad, write an html file, and save it to the root of the folder. However, when I open up the html file again, it doesn't let me edit When I copy files from other areas in XP, I can edit them in vista. However, even if I copy single files over from this particular folder, I can't change them.

Basic set-up of new, clean Vista Home install....
I was really looking forward to the improvements for Offline Files in Vista (since the XP implementation had its own issues), but instead I've ended up with less functionality. One more gotcha to watch out for -- you have to disable UAC (or perform some creative elevation exploits) to delete files from the cache,

NTFS Permissions on System Folders in Vista
Took your advice NoStop and you're right Copied 4 large files total 25.5 GB from HDD to ext USB drive XP 13 min 19 sec Vista 14 min 11 sec XP clear winner copied 5 x Microsoft has added plenty of new features, such as more anti-user DRM and reportedly annoying UAC. :-) We mustn't forget things like a convoluted

[Rival] Windows Vista = XP with Less Applications, Less ...
Ie What applications might be trying to create, access, or modify Internet-based files? The proxy option looks rather unmanagable, especially on an enterprise level Again, this issue was not manifest in IE7 under XP. It is apparently related to the Vista implementation of IE7. Perhaps Vista wants Sharepoint 3

Vista isn't THAT slow > NoStop & Scrivener
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but will it be easy to link the two PCs to get the internet on each and transfer files between them (the PC is only http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/UAC/default.aspx Another topic that greatly confuses new Vista users coming from XP is junction points.

Drilldown Viewer
From Jim Pickering a long time OE MVP and helper: "If you copied the DBX files to your hard drive, then cleared the Read-Only attribute from*ALL* of the DBX Vista works great, but LOL for how long? I have saved my XP OE mail onto my external HD (that is important to me) but it won't open because it's .dbx.

Upgraded from XP to Vista Premium-Explorer is screwed up
Kijk hier eens: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/232/1/Unable-to-open-DOC- attachments-from-Windows-Mail.html Als je Vista gebruikt ga je eerst UAC moeten typ in : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\PowerPoint.exe" /regserver" dat alles in XP, het pad kan er anders uitzien als je in Vista werkt.

My Vista/Delphi/Dev experience
From http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx How do I back up my files and settings? Outlook Express To backup and restore OE5 and 6 messages, make a copy of all the .... Vista works great, but LOL for how long? I have saved my XP OE mail onto my external HD (that is important to me) but it won't open because it's .dbx.

Which XP to use
I'll the last solution "Gistcheckin" wrote: Question: You have Vista - Did you upgrade from XP to Vista? Or, did your system come with Vista? password If you use an administrator account to reset the password, you will permanently lose access to any e‑mail messages or encrypted files that are on that account.

Windows alerts on .exe files
I finally got tired of it and decided to turn UAC off, I did, the machine said it would need to restart and I never saw my Vista again. It was MagicDisk to unlock ISO files. It completely enslaved my machine and I tried to uninstall it. There was no way I could delete the folders, no way.

Delete .exe files
FWIW, I did try it but received several security errors when running his .reg file. I think that fix was designed for XP. Thanks, Toby "Jane C" wrote: Try this A few months ago, my New HP/Compaq with Vista Home Premium lost it's ability to view .png files in IE. Running IE as Admin or turning off UAC corrects

Permissions to view Pictures
In one of the ms.vb groups someone posted a method to revoke secure control of writing to the program files folder even if security/UAC is turned on. will end up doing so I may as well disable the annoying UAC crap as I am ignoring it now anyway and set Vista up to be more secure my own way, just as I do on XP.

Vista / office 2007 - companyweb
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] andre...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general Open the Run command (Win + R) type in SFC /SCANNOW and click Enter, click Continue on the UAC dialog that appears. If that does not work, boot off your Windows Vista DVD, choose the System Recovery Option > on the setup window,

Vista bugs
I think I will turn off Google Desktop Search and configure Vista's built-in search to index my files so I can better test Vista's search feature. GDS couldn't find qw.cfg *at all*, though it works very nicely on my XP Pro machine. At least it looks like both Home Premium and Vista do store qw.cfg in the same

Open file dialog on Vista
I open the file via RedBoot_Users_Guide.doc Word 2003 on XP and edit and resave. Still cannot copy from Vista. That is to be expected. However, if one file copies fine and another does not there is something non-UAC related going on. Ok agreed, but why are some files being filtered? how does it know to filter

Questions for Vista users
. microsoft public windows vista general IE does for downloads, OLE for data, and Windows shell for files not registered content sniff the data to determine type as their .... It's got to be drawn somewhere else you end up with UAC and Vista. If "ending up with UAC and Vista" means not having malware trash my data,

'permissions' relating to import/export of .pst files in Outlo
Rob nos...@nospam.com microsoft public windows vista general Thanks for the reply. I ended up transferring only the files in the user folders and favorites, Try turning off UAC (User Account Control) on the Vista system as it may be a security issue. Open Control Panel, go to User Accounts and click "Turn User

So you really think Linux is better than Vista, do you?
Yes, I copied 6GB of files and got 600MB on the other end between two locally attached SATA hard drives in good working order. Good thing I didn't move them. I want to "upgrade" to XP on my X61. I think I might be able to get XP disks until 2009 from Lenovo. It's good that they provide a Vista-to-XP option.