Windows Vista And 7 Users Drives Defragment
Apr 25, 2012Windows Vista and 7 users, do you defrag your hard drives?
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Setting Network Drives Across All Users?
Jul 23, 2012I have a situation where I have folks logging into the domain with their respected credentials. I setup the first users with everything they needed and then realized I would need to imitate this over 4-5 other users on the same machine. Is there a way to do this more effectively rather than by hand?
I want all users to have the same network drives (I have 6 different locations) and I want them to have the same desktop icons for accessing content.
Deleting Old Vista Users Folder?
Jan 17, 2011I had copied over my old vista Users folder and finally got around to moving over all the files. I tried to delete the folder but 3 hidden folders don't won't to delete themselves leaving me stuck with the directories.
Users_VistaUserDocuments
My Music
My Pictures
My Videos
I've tried removing them through explorer, elevated command prompt, built-in administrator account. Trying to access them gives access denied, and try to change permissions on the file gives access denied, even in administrator account.Based on the command-prompt messages it seems like the folder have actually been deleted but the reference still exists under Documents.
> dir "My Music"
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 72EC-B45D
Directory of D:Users_VistaUserDocumentsMy Music
[code]....
Upgrade From Vista - Users Location Question
Nov 9, 2009Will be doing a clean install of windows 7 64bit. Currently have vista 32bit.
Right now vista is installed on my c:, but I configured it so my user accounts and their corresponding documents are located on my d:.
Question: can I just leave my Users folder as is on the d: and once the install of Windows 7 is complete (install will be on c, point the Windows 7 Users folder to d: again? Or will doing this overwrite the Users folder already on d:?
In short, I guess, what is the best way to get my old vista user accounts (and their corresponding files/docs) setup in Windows 7?
Swap Out Hard Drives - Vista For Windows 7?
Nov 19, 2011I picked up a used computer that has vista. I have an extra hard drive with windows 7 on it. Is there something I need to do other than swapping out the hard drives? Replacing the vista hard drive with the windows 7 hard drive. When I did this, the pc will automatically run system repair. I get patch prevented the system from starting Windows 7 will not start on the pc, so is there something else I must do?
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Aug 6, 2011I do all my backups, files backup and Image backup in an external hard drive.Once a month, I would do a disk defrag on my C drive, using Auslogics.It has been in my mind, should I defrag the ext. hard drive? I keep the C drive lean. All files are " moved to " my external hard drive. Meaning, most often I need to plug in my ext.HDD in order to access files.
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Jan 24, 2012My father replaced his Windows 98 machine with a new computer running Windows 7.He's currently on 32-bit ultimate, but we could change versions if needed.He's really hoping there's some way to force Windows 7 into a single user mode, primarily so C:usersAll Users, Default User, Public, and his own user are merged into one. It's absolutely driving him nuts the way it is.
View 2 Replies View Related[ACCOUNTS] Move C:users To D:users?
Jan 30, 2011I just installed a new 64 gig SSD in my computer. I also have a 2T secondary hard drive.The SSD is not big enough to contain all the stuff that will eventually be in "My documents",i.e. under "users" so I need to move the users directory to my secondary hard drive but havewindows behave as it were in its original location.I did some research and found the following technique which seemed plausible (and several people said it worked for them)
1. Install windows normally.
2. After install, boot from installation disk.
3. Get into the command prompt by clicking "repair".
4. Use robocopy to copy c:users to d:users. The command line should be: robocopy c:users d:users /mir /xj /copyall
5. Verify all files copied successfully.
6. Delete c:users. Command line should be: rmdir /s /q c:users
7. Delete c:documents and settings. Command line should be: rmdir "c:documents and settings"
8. Create junction to new users directory. Command line should be: mklink /j c:users d:users
9. Create junction for the old "documents and settings". Command line should be: mkdir /j "c:documents and settings" d:users
10. Restart computer.
Note:When in recovery mode the disk drives end up with different drive letters than what the normally have.Consequently my SSD drive which is "C" became "E" and my hard drive which is "D" became "C". Confusing, but I adjusted the above commands to reflect this.All seemed to go well until I rebooted. The computer booted up fine, but when I entered my password to log in windows complained that it could not find my profile. Since I could not log in at all I was forced to re-install windows. Supposedly, this is doable and I NEED to do it asap as my SSD will not hold all the stuff that will eventually be in "users".
Show Processes From All Users, With No Other Users
May 4, 2011I am cleaning a laptop out and i created a brand new user name. I deleted the other 2 users using the control passwords2.
So the machine starts and i select the user. Process usage is very high and it says 50, but actual user shows about 9. I click show processes from all users and i find the culprit as well as 50 processes. I deleted the users so there shouldnt be that option.
Why is there more processes if this is the only user, why does it even have the option?
What Are The All Users And Default Users Folders
Apr 3, 2012What are the all users and default users folders? Do I need them or can I delete them if I am the only user.
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It's aggravating to have legitimate software and not be able to use it without needing to trick the system - surely there is a way to not have to start all over?
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