Folks,
   Does anybody know how to use Windows Vista Backup utility to copy my
main hdd to a smaller older ATA hdd without copying or backing up the videos
and recorded TV?   The full backup requires144 GB of room and I only have

Has anyone seen this? Every time I log off and back on (or hit refresh) my
desktop icons realphabetize themselves. If I change the sort criteria, it
will resort by that (size, for example). I haven't found any way to get it to
stop reordering my icons... This behavior seems ...

Why is it that when clicking on my hyperlinks to files containing spaces in
their titles, the result I get is as follows:
*************************************
The address is not valid

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble with the "Computer" folder in Vista. The
tiles have all messed up... they're supposed to have little funky blue
free-space indicators on, and they're only supposed to take up a little bit
of room... but the one's in my Vista Computer folder don't.

I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64.  I don't understand the reason but I
can't seem to find this problem anywhere else.  I'm trying to sync a
network folder with vista's "offline files" feature but it's nowhere to
be seen.  When I right click on a network folder the option is not ...

I've used the briefcase feature for years, and currently use it under Vista Home
Basic to backup working files to a flash drive each day. Recently, I found that
briefcase updates were not completing properly (some files from synched folders were
missing).  Looking into this, I found ...

I have WIN Vista Home Premium in french. I moved personal folder (documents,
contacts, video, ...) from C to D drive. All was OK except for Pictures and
videos folders. Windows always re-creates new folder in C drive. How can I
avoid this ?

Is there a way to have windows explorer open with my C drive instead of with
my Documents?

I have mistakenly deleted the bluish green "downdloads" user  folder and am
unable to locate it anywhere. Does anyone know how to recreate it?

I moved my docs folder to another partition and changed the permissions so
that no other user could access it. I also changed the ownership to my user
name.
now, it won't let me in, saying that i don't have permission!

I had two files with the same filename in two different directories,
e.g.
C:\Dir1\Test.png
C:\Dir2\Test.png

Today i upgraded from XP to Vista Home Premium. I had a lot of videos stored
on my computer. And now I can't seem to find the folder anymore. When i click
on the "my videos" folder it says that it the shortbut refers to a folder
that no longer exist. I know the files are still on ...

I was wondering my .torrent files is not associated with its default program.
I have already tried the "Associate a file type or protocol with a specific
program" but it doesn't detect or add my selected program on the list. Why is
that?

I deleted a user account and as a result some of the files assosciated with
that user have been placed in a kind of limbo. As admin I have no access to
even see these files but they are clearly still taking up 30gigs of space,
but I niether can delete them or gain access to them. ...

There have been a few people offering explorer replacements for file
management, but I'd like to know which ones you really like, and why, as I'm
eager (to put it mildly) to try something else.
All my non-MS apps seem to handle basic file operations just fine so the