I'm having problems getting Windows Vista's search function to behave in the
same way as a Windows Classic Search/Windows 2000 Search by default.
From the start orb, if you click search, it brings up the search window.
Searching for a file (For example, winamp.ini - The file I was ...

Is there a way to set the Vista Windows Explorer to goto/expand a certain
directory instead of always opening in the DOCUMENTS folder on the C: drive
Thanks
VH

I am a new user of Vista Premium - can some kind person tell me where to
find the add/remove option I had with XP?  TIA

In all the other versions of Windows, you can add and edit options that
appear on the right click menu when you click on a given file type by going
to Folder Options -> File Types.  I can't find a way to do this in Vista.  
You can select the default program to run after selecting ...

I'm ready to toss this darn computer along with Vista out the window!!!!!  
I've only had it a few days.  All I'm trying to do is download Paint Shop Pro
X and install it.
I've downloaded twice. Can't find the darn files, even with a search.  When

At the momement the My Documents folder is located on the C: drive, but
i would like it to be moved to my D: drive which is for storing all my
data.
Anyone know how i can do this with out doing any harm to my computer?

Hi, this is the story
Since I don't have enough storage in the C drive, I designated my Documents
folder (the sub-folders which were Pictures, Music, Videos and so forth) into
the D drive

I have Vista Ultimate performing nightly backups of my files of C:\ to a
separate drive (D:\).  Its sole purpose is for backups.  Unlike the
program I used in XP (Sync Toy), the backup center executes
successfully, but when I look at D:\, I don't see any of the files that

I've both Vista Ultimate and Enterprise installed independently from each
other in virtual machines.
Ultimate also has Office 2007 and the used C-Drive is 10.4 GB
Enterprise has nothing additionally installed, yet its C-Drive is 24 GB!!

I inadvertently moved some folders in the tree and need to see what the
default tree looks like.  Running Vista Premium.  I think what moved was
"local" but not sure if only that folder and/or others.
Any guidance will be appreciated.

I just set up my new Vista laptop, and I am less than impressed. after having
to change the IRPStack size on the other computers in my home network to
allow printer and file sharing (who has ever heard of that issue?) I've
encountered a new problem that has stumped me and the IT ...

In XP under view, you could set the view files by file type ... ie: in the MY
PICTURES folder I want to have all .jpg's grouped together, all bmp's grouped
etc.
where is this option in Vista ?

hiya - I realise I was saving work on a downloaded attachement without doing
'save as' Now I can't find it - I don't believe it's completely gone - I saw
a folder/AppData/Local/Temp string - might it be there and anyway I can't
relocate that string!

I have an external hard disk which I plan to use to back up both my work (XP)
and home (Vista) systems.
The XP backup went fine (to a .bkf file) but when I try to do a Vista
Complete PC Backup I get a message saying "The backup could take up to 57GB

Old Pgms - I have expensive application software that works on Win 3.1, Win
98, Win ME (all 16bit I think) on a 2000-era Gateway desktop computer. I
have the MS ME OS on a FAT32 hard drive there. XP Business Office suite
works fine on this MS ME. This desktop is beginning to ...