Using the Windows XP Explorer, I was able to set one view for all
folders, that remained intact forever for the user who set it.
In Vista I tried to achieve the same result by arranging one folder the
way I wanted all folders to look like (using the detail-view), and then

I'm using Vista Home Premium. Under Favorite Links -Searches can you clear
the recent documents, recent E-mail, recent music and so on files?  Thank you.

Does anyone know a way around the "Calculating Time Remaining" when moving
large files around on my PC? I've tried the hotfix and some registry edits
but nothing seems to work. I rip DVD's of church services to WMV files.
These files are 150 to 250 megs each. Usually I have to ...

Can this system be changed back to the XP style? The current "Calculating
Time Remaining" is uneccessary and slows the whole process up, something  I
do very frequently, I'd rather it just copied the file/s instead of telling
me how long it will take, as it's never overly ...

Hello. The last copule days when i try to run the windows vista defrag it
dosent start, i might belived that this problem is going to slove its self
but its seems after a day wainting that nothing has really happend. Does any
one know what I can do to fix the windows vista ...

If anyone knows of a better place to send suggestions to Microsoft from, I'd
love to know where.
My suggestion is minor, but would be categorized under making windows more
user friendly. I personally do not like a big start bar, at the same time I

When I open Windows Explorer in Vista Basic it opens in "Details" view. I
change it to "List" and most of the time it opens in List view after that,
but not always. Is there a way to change all folders to open in "List" view
instead of changing each one as I open it?

Does anyone know how you can stop your folders from becoming
alphabatized as soon as you name a folder? It never used to do that
with XP and I wonder if there is a way to stop it.
Thanks for any help on this matter.

Under Windows XP I could associate different programs to do different actions
on each file type, e.g. open, print, edit etc.  These actions would appear on
the context (right click) menu for files of that type.
Now I want to change HTML files to edit with my own editor rather than ...

I hope this is an appropriate place to ask this question. After searching every help file I could find I've been unable to even find a reference to my problem.
I prefer to list all my folders and their contents in detail view. After going to that view there is then a drop down ...

I've unzipped a file and C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp is where the file
(microsoft money 2003) goes.  I first unzipped to my desktop but ugh, all the
files.  Now with the file in the above directory, I can't find it to open it.
Second, how do I make it a real program, ie. ...

I backed up my laptop (using Vista) but lost it.  Now I have a new one.  How
can I restore those files to the new laptop?

I just called Acer.  I purchased recovery disks for ny computer for
$32.00.  
Installing xp was not a good idea.  The 73 dollars I paid for xp was a
waste.  Vista recognizes my Atheros wireless as AR 5007eg.  XP sees it

How does one set the file type associations for the Open and Edit options in
the menu that appears when I right click on a file?
Vista seems to have hidden the FileTypes tab in the options dialog of
WinExplorer.

What is the purpose of DFS Replication?
I use this on my Windows 2003 R2 server, but I don't see how this plays in
Vista.
KB930516 suggest that it can be used as follows:  "Also, you can