In Windows Vista Explorer there's a box towards the top left hand corner called Favorites, above the folders section. I consider
this a complete waste of space and an eyesore. Is there any way to get rid of it so that the left column only contains folders?
(like the earlier ...

I have several ISO files on my PC,   when using WinXP  .. I downloaded a
free  utility written by MSFT called Virtual cdrom utility to load up the
ISO files and display files..  from the site below
http://download.microsoft ...

Just some of the multitude and ever growing reasons not to use Vista.
Government agency tells schools to shun Vista
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285414,00.htm
IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops

Vista RC2 5744. I have some data backed up using NTBackup in WinXP. The
Vista Backup and Restore centre has a link titled "How do I restore from a
backups made using a previous version of windows?", but that just takes me
to the main Vista web site.

I am trying to migrate data from an XP unit to my new vista unit.  I am using
the easy transfer software.  My old unit only has a 40 Gig hard drive and the
new unit has a 320 gig drive.  When I plug in the cables it searches for the
data and then tells me the new unit may not ...

I've been running Vista Business since it was released. The last few days, I
have noticed the hard drive is being accessed almost continuously, even with
no applications open. There is nothing taking up excess RAM or CPU cycles
according to Task Manager. I made a few changes to ...

I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time,
untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista:). For disk space
efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place
(partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the ...

it really looks like as if encrypted files and folders (using the Windows
built-in Encrypting File System - EFS) are not participating to the items
that are searched using the built-in indexing engine. Can anyone please
confirm this? Should this be confirmed, then I will use ...

I installed the beta version, but did not receive noitification of the expiry
date, hence the version has now expired and I cannot forward any of my
emails, copy or open any of my other applications. How do I uninstall the
beta version, or at least get all me information back ...

In Windows Contacts The only menu items I have are "Organiz3", Views" and
"Burn".  Where are the other buttons (eg Organise Contacts) and how do I get
them back?
Other explorer windows have buttons specific to their content (eg those

When changing the picture folder from the default C:\Users\xxxx\Pictures I
accidentally set the pictures folder to E:
I have tried changing the My Pictures registry setting at the following
location but no affect

In the event that I want to format my OS, reinstall it or upgrade it, i will
have to backup my documents folder and all the nonsense inside it.  To fix
that problem, ive just created a partition on my hard drive called
"Documents" and another called "Pictures".  That way files i ...

There's been plenty of reason to gainsay how Windows Explorer presents things
to the user in Vista. But how is it that Windows can see its own System32
folder as a picture album?
Isn't that just a wee bit insane?

Greg Hayes from Raxco Software has posted the following information.
Raxco has discovered and reported to Microsoft a bug in volsnap.sys that can
(if conditions are right) cause corruption and loss of the partition.
Raxco has just released PD8 Build 50 (SP4).  With Build 50, Raxco ...

How can I add Notepad to the right click 'Send To' menu?