I inherited a Dell XP420 Computer with Vista Operating System from my stepson Pat who could never figure out the machine.
I seem to have many problems with Vista revolving around User Account Control, Privileges, Permissions, Ownership, user names, file control and directory structure. etc.
I’ve been working around UAC problems, but there has to be a way out of this. My most recent issue:
IE has problems fully loading web pages. With IE, like several programs that I run with this computer I get messages that say I have corrupt files. I get object error warnings Chkdsk does not fix problems.
While shopping for a new car battery, with many pages open, the computer completely hung up last night. I had to kill power and reboot.
IE7 did not work, I Unloaded and IE7 would not work also. Google Chrome is fine, I have internet access. I reset all defaults.
After hours of messing around, I discovered the way to start IE is “Run as Administrator”
Then like so many other programs I run, I get the screen Windows screen
“ A Program needs your permission to continue.”
When I dumped my old files on this XP420 computer from my old computer, They resided in User “Mike_W_old.” I had no permissions with this user, so I moved all the files to “Pat” I renamed user/administrator Pat to Mike _W under the desktop, but the user pat did not update under the OS C:\ drive \ Users\ Pat and there is no option to rename here.
Pat was the original administrator. Vista is telling me that
Vista creates a List of directories under the Administrator, including a “Desktop”, Downloads, Documents, Contact, Favorites, etc. When I open explore (right Click off the classic START button) The folders display in green. What is the significance of the Green colored folders in windows explorer?
Somehow I ended up creating two desktops in User Mike_W. The actual desktop, has some but not all the files from the yellow folder “Desktop” in Mike_W, none from the Green Desktop folder. How do I clean this all up?
I’ve been to the help sections of Vista and looked at permissions, ownership, UAC , etc, but when I go in to try to change anything in the check boxes, they are grayed out. I have no place to start.
Please Help me get some understanding and control of this machine, as I am desperate.
I seem to have many problems with Vista revolving around User Account Control, Privileges, Permissions, Ownership, user names, file control and directory structure. etc.
I’ve been working around UAC problems, but there has to be a way out of this. My most recent issue:
IE has problems fully loading web pages. With IE, like several programs that I run with this computer I get messages that say I have corrupt files. I get object error warnings Chkdsk does not fix problems.
While shopping for a new car battery, with many pages open, the computer completely hung up last night. I had to kill power and reboot.
IE7 did not work, I Unloaded and IE7 would not work also. Google Chrome is fine, I have internet access. I reset all defaults.
After hours of messing around, I discovered the way to start IE is “Run as Administrator”
Then like so many other programs I run, I get the screen Windows screen
“ A Program needs your permission to continue.”
When I dumped my old files on this XP420 computer from my old computer, They resided in User “Mike_W_old.” I had no permissions with this user, so I moved all the files to “Pat” I renamed user/administrator Pat to Mike _W under the desktop, but the user pat did not update under the OS C:\ drive \ Users\ Pat and there is no option to rename here.
Pat was the original administrator. Vista is telling me that
Vista creates a List of directories under the Administrator, including a “Desktop”, Downloads, Documents, Contact, Favorites, etc. When I open explore (right Click off the classic START button) The folders display in green. What is the significance of the Green colored folders in windows explorer?
Somehow I ended up creating two desktops in User Mike_W. The actual desktop, has some but not all the files from the yellow folder “Desktop” in Mike_W, none from the Green Desktop folder. How do I clean this all up?
I’ve been to the help sections of Vista and looked at permissions, ownership, UAC , etc, but when I go in to try to change anything in the check boxes, they are grayed out. I have no place to start.
Please Help me get some understanding and control of this machine, as I am desperate.
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS_420
- CPU
- Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @2.5 GHz 2.49 GHz
- Memory
- 4.00 Gb
- Graphics card(s)
- PCI Express Gen 2 x 16
- Sound Card
- HDA 7.1 Channel
