Help with this freakin OS lol. Got new comp and starting using it. However i have an external HD and cant find the My computer so i can access the drive. Any idea where i have to look?


Not sure i like Vista!

 

Ignore above solved it!

However i got an external HD, well its my HD from my old laptop which died. When trying to access it, it says i dont have access to the files. I go through gaining access etc which is fine though when i go to open photos it then says i dont have acess and then i cant freakin see them! No where i can see to make me have access. Anyone have any ideas?

 

firstly disable simple file sharing (tools... folder options)

then take ownership of the folders you're interested in (google is your friend)

then you can add security permissions

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...vista-taskbar/

 

You need to disable user account control mate. Then you can start doing things with it.

But, every time you switch it on, it's tell you it's about to explode and the angels are crying because you've disabled user account control.... But makes the computer much easier to use...

 

had vista binned it. didn't like it at all imo..

 

OR, you could just install xp

 

best thing to do in get rid of vista its shite, xp is miles ahead

 

I bet you only used it for a few hours?
I run on vista as spend most of my time on it at work... its good just needs a bit of getting used to.

And i would not suggest to turn of UAC. it actualy helps you (its borring but good)

 

No, it's shit. A pop up box asking me for permission to run a program every time I click an Icon is a total, stupid, piss arse, waste of my day....

If I didn't want to run media player, I wouldn't have clicked the 'Media Player' icon would I?

 

I was going to say that.

Vista is better than XP overall IMHO, and i use my computer quite alot.

JAmes.

 

Your 100% right BUT what if a software lets say a spyware tried to open media player would "YOU THE USER" still want it to open???

UAC is used for that reason to ensure that the action was done by a human.
If you run an application which you trust 100% you can set it to "run as admistrator" by right clicking on the .exe and select the option.

Vista is good, the problem is that XP was so good, that people are afriad to change.

 

That has never happened to me. But I have clicked on things ALOT.. So, I spend 18 months clicking 'yes I want to run the fucking program' just incase something else wants to run the program? Naaaaaaaah.

I'll just stay off the porn sites

 

Staying of porn sites is always good.

Actualy the feature you seem to hate so much.. was one of windows weakneses when comapring it to linux.

Any other points agianst vista?

 

yeah, uses far too much memory on shite that you don't need.

 

I used it for about 3 months. just couldent get the feel of it. much preffer xp tbh. the 1 am using now seemed to come with a bmw theme already on it an loads of other xtras!!

crazy.

 

if you don't need it just disable it

 

You should read this article
http://arstechnica.com/journals/micr...-to-love-vista

And if your to lazy to read here is a recap.

Microsoft tells xp users that they are working on a new OS.
Microsoft asks them to use it.
Users love it.
Microsoft tels them that the "new OS" is actualy vista
Users got owned

 

Thanks for that Adrain/Jim

Also im having probs with msn. When i hibernate the lappy (shut lid down) and then fire it back up my msn 90% times is not working and i have to end programme in task manager and then restart. Any ideas? Only prob im having..

 

dunno, hybernate is shit so i never use it

 

what do you mean by "not working" ? it crashes ?

 

I'd very much like to see you play a game which is less than 10yrs old om OSX or linux... and lets just avoid mentioning the problems i had with drivers when i tried to use linux. Ububtu to be exact....

 

rhys, did ur old PC (that u took the drive from) have a password to log in??

If so u will have to put the drive back in ur old PC and turn the password off.

Windows security will not let u access the files on the drive just becuse it has been removed from the original machine.

 

i have 2 laptops

one is a new laptop hp

intel centrino duo core 1500
dedicated grahics card
2gb of ram
on vista

the other is VERY OLD its my mapping laptop dell c400

pentium 3
866MHZ
384mb ram
on xp



the old laptop loads in around a 3rd of the time that my new one does

and general use my new laptop locks up more than the old one, ive been using vista for 8 months now and ive had enough

going back to xp to make my new expensive laptop faster than my years old Ł40 one

 

Have you tried to disable Aero?

 

Slevin, there be the problem. The old Lappy is currently in the dump as it fried itself!

I need to get these documents of it.