I'm running out of disk space and winsxs is already taking a lot of
space.
I already know that I should leave it alone.
I was just wondering if is it advisable to set this folder to compress

I need to be able to search the contents of Word files in a set of folders
to find files containing a certain word.
However currently when I search a folder to find a file containing (say)
"golf" (I know a t least one file contains the word 'golf'), it does not

ok guys well i have a tad of a problem.
i wright games and i just finished a new version of the old mmorpg ragnarok
online and well all te file names are wrong when read on a vista computer.
for example.

I have a "spyshredder" virus and my norton tells me which files the virus has
created but it doesn't tell me where to find them for their manual removal.
Where do I find files with percent marks such as %UserProfile%

Hi, I've used Vista on several systems and I always experience the same issue:
I will resize certain windows to my liking, but these sizes aren't always
remembered. Why does this happen and how can I fix this?
Also, the window view setting aren't always remembered either. This only ...

When I search for a file with the name 2008 08jprh and type jprh or "jprh" in
the search box nothing comes up.  Is there a setting that I can change that
will allow this search to work?

Help!  I've got Vista Home Premium, and it's getting buggier by the minute!
big issue now is that no multiple file select function work in any folders.  
I can neither drag-select, ctrl-select, shift-select with the mouse nor use
the greyed-out "select all" in Organize.

Hi  ... I can't find downloaded files, or run the application when asked to
...........RUN<SAVE or CANCLE the download
I run vista, and download to  c:\user\admin\downloads
i have  read other disscussion here and can't find  "compability files" on

Trying to open a Word file, get message "Windows can't find so-and-so file".
Similarly, trying to open it programmatically in Excel VBA, I get the same
message. But if I right-click and select "Open with" and pick Microsoft
Windows, it works. Can someone help me?

This file has taken up residence in "my" folder.  Clicking on it gets,
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder" even though
I am the administrator. Then I click on continue to get access and then
it reads, "If you started this..."  

Hi there,
Recently, I downloaded and installed the file "Adobe Reader 8" onto my hard
drive C. When I'm using Windows Home Premium "Search" trying to search and
see where the file is located on my hard drive C, the "Search" returned a

OK. For a while now, Vista thinks ALL my folders are either music folder or
Photo folders so I get Music or Photo related information in the explorer bar
such as
Burn instead of New Folder

I am running windows vista and I came across the folder C:\\program
files\microsoft intellipoint, which was over 40gbs.  I opened the folder to
find a clone of my own user folder, complete with all my documents and music.
deleting a music file in this intellipoint folder ...

Accidently deleted files in a search folder. Most ofthe original file were on
the desktop. THE FILES DISAPPEARD FROMTHE DESKTOP! Can these be restored? If
so, how? They are not listed in the Recycle Bin! thanks for any help.

Using the management console fro right clicking My Computer, I was able to
easily shrink my C: drive by 2 gig, but when I go to expand the D: drive,
"Expand" is greyed out.  How do I expand D: if the menu won't cooperate?
Please help; I'm stuck between the two steps.