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Windows 7 Network Icon on the notification area is greyed out

Hello, some of the systems that I am building show a grey network icon in the notification area, yet it's working fine, seems to me like a cosmetic issue. How do I fix it?

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xcopy exclude option in Windows 7 failure

I have an XCOPY that works just fine in winXP , but is failing to work properly in W7xcopy u:\*.* C:\shared\backups\backupBYbatchfile\station7\%NEWDIR% /M /d:%NEWDIR%-%YEARSTUB%...

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Action Center "Insert Removable Media"

Hi all, Every few days I keep getting this message in the Notification area of my Desktop :-"Insert Removable Media (Important)Windows backup needs a CD\DVD or USB drive to continue"I insert a CD,...

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How to append the same thing to multiple folders names

Hello everyone.  I regularly have to go through and manually click a lot of folders to add a -done to the end of their names.  Is there a clever way I can highlight a bunch of folders in Windows 7 and...

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I can't redirect drives in Remote Desktop

I have two PCs.Local: Win 7 Pro (32 bit)Remote: Win 7 Pro (64 bit)I can connect with remote desktop just fine; however, I cannot access my local drives on the remote PC.  I have already check the boxes...

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Unable to right click and open new folder

Recently I became unable to right click on my desktop and open a new folder. Along with missing the new folder option, there is now three new added options, specifically, shortcut, Compressed (zipped)...

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How lock/pin desktop icons once they are arranged?

Hiya, does anybody know of a way (in Windows 7) to lock/pin the desktop icons in place once you have arranged them? My desktop isn't exactly cluttered, I think, there are at any given moment some...

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WINDOWS 7 UNEXPECTED SHUTDOWN / BLUE SCREEN ERROR

Hello , whenever I use my desktop (hp pavilion ) after a few minutes it shutdowns and gives me a pop up saying "windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown" . Any help please? BTW whenever it...

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access denied on SSD slave

Hi,I have installed a SSD slave (Transend SATA III 720, 250GB). I installed it, logged on to Windows 7 x64, formatted it etc. No problem.I logoff and back on as a new user. The user can browse the root...

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Blue Screen - DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

HiI have this bluescreen error almost once a dayI couldnt find the exact answer in the web and appriciate if u could help me with it.Following is the error details and a link to the dump file. please...

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Windows cannot find sss.bat. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then...

Windows cannot find sss.bat. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again"

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UNEXPECTED SHUTDOWN / BLUE SCREEN ERROR

Hello , whenever I use my desktop (hp pavilion ) after a few minutes it shutdowns and gives me a pop up saying "windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown" . Any help please? BTW whenever it...

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Windows Easy Transfer Can't Log On To Your Domain Account - Please Help

 When i try to transfer files using the network transfer over windows easy transfer this pops up. Both computers are adminstrator accounts and both are running on windows 7. Is there something that i...

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UAC regedit breach

Win7 64bitIn a .bat file when you type a .reg file and execute it the UAC will prompt for permission and the /s parameter does not work because regedit will also ask about permission to alter...

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Sharing Violation error. Can't edit HTML files

I started this thread a couple of weeks ago and am relaunching it in hopes of getting someone from Microsoft to take this more seriously. I can't edit my xxxxx.html files which reside on Win2003 file...

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Issue with deleting files from the trusted installer

I am trying to delete files from the win7 pc and I keep on getting this message that files are owned by the TrustedInstaller. I want to delete the windows.old folder to get the extra space back which...

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Using Devcon.exe

I have found a copy of Devcon.exe it seems to work on Windows 7 X 64. I had hoped to use Devcon to disable and then immediately reenable the speaker on my headset (a Plantronics CS 50 USB).  I need to...

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FTP commands not working in WinPE

I am trying to download a file through FTP on a machine that is running WinPE off of a USB stick. I believe everything is configured correctly on the server because I can go into the command prompt on...

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How to restore backup set created with Windows 7

i have a machine (lenovo thinkcentre) that came preinstalled with windows 7 professional.regular data (data ONLY - no system files) backups were scheduled weekly and were finished with no problems.due...

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Windows 7 remote desktop (MSTSC) client won't go fullscreen after "restore down"

Hi, I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 connecting to Server 2008 x64 (NOT R2) via the terminal client, MSTSC "Remote Desktop".  When I first connect, my connection shows as fullscreen (as per my settings)...

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