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Having a problem with a recent addition to the world headquarters. It is an HP computer running Windows 7 it was my dad home computer until the hard drive went all stupid.
I replaced the hard drive and was able to do a Seagate clone on the old drive. It is way better than it was but still not 100%.
It sometimes hate the USB ports and sometimes requests a password to access it on the network. Then sometimes it is just fine.
From mt googling I'm leaning towards a registry issue but how does one fix the registry on Windows 7?? I see a bunch of freebie solutions but I don't trust em!
I would employ my old standby... format c:
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton
^^ this ^^
Transfer whatever he actually needs to a shared drive, a jump drive, a CD/DVD/whatever, then punt. Will get rid of all the unneeded crap that accumulates over the years too.
Format and a fresh install of Windows 7 has cured all the woes of the new computer.
I'm close to getting this sucker figured out but what I want to do is kill the current network and start again but I can't find a decent write up on how to do this.... Any thoughts, suggestions, or links??
There is no one-step easy solution to reset a Windows 7 network. Reset router, go to each computer and renew IP address (or assign new static IP if that's what you plan on doing), run network setup wizard on all computers, put wireless printer on network, put NAS on network, map/share whatever as needed.
Hmmmmm for some unknown reason I keep getting this error message when you try and look at the freshly reformatted computer.....
All the computers on the network are running Windows 7.
Everyone else in the network can see each other just fine with no password needed???
Any idea on why it is bound and determined to get a password that as far as I know doesn't exist.........
Most likely the manufacturer (HP) has it set to a different security policy than your other machines...
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton
You likely don't have the guest account turned on. Go to the control panel, users, manage other accounts, enable guest account.
^^^ This worked but about 20 minutes ago it when back to wanting a password????
The computer is sitting in a office with no one around..... WTF!
stupid security policy...
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton
So we upgrade to Quickbooks Pro 2012 yesterday and now we are back to getting the login window for the one computer on the network that had been working fine since November 2011??
Why??
Windows 7 security. At home I run a network mixed with XP, Vista, 7, iOS, etc. The easiest work around was to add all the account with the same password to every PC. This allowed each user to authenticate local to the PC. If you don't have individual accounts use the same user account and the same password on all PCs. In 7 the domain became more prevalent. If all are Win 7 you can setup Homegroup, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ures/homegroup.
M3 is always the answer.
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