windows

That sounds TOO easy

Shadyman — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:36:58 -0700

Well, the story is, if you back up your hard drive, then you reinstall Windows, move the files you want back, they won't be accessible, even to Administrator, if they were private, like the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Yourname.

You have to boot into safe mode, log in as Administrator, go to the Folder Properties you want, and remove the security restrictions.

I had to do a fair bit of digging to find that out.. but it's not hard to get your files back. I'm sure there's a Microsoft KB article somewhere about it; if anyone finds one, feel free to post it in the comments.

New Device, you say?

Shadyman — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:52:00 -0700

Which one should I pick? I can't decide!

I always knew Windows was hiding something!

Shadyman — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:41:59 -0700

Ok, I know that it's probably just some adware named "windows", but still, it elicited a chuckle from me when I saw it.

All I wanna do is shut down.

Shadyman — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:34:26 -0700

The FTP transfer dialog died when I clicked "Cancel" (as usual), and when I tried to shutdown, it gave me this error. The FTP transfer window won't cancel, and sits like that until you shutdown the computer... the old-fashioned way.

Sometimes it just doesn't pay to get out of bed in the morning.
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to use IE as an FTP client.
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to argue with Windows.
But it always pays to hold down the power button for >4 seconds.

Can you hear me n...

Shadyman — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:26:33 -0700

Well, then. Is it connected or not?

Silly Taskbar!

Shadyman — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:18:49 -0700

I've never seen this before, and haven't seen it since.