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08-06-2009
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| | How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've tried to hide a drive with registry tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways leave hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. Can anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be able to use it, and if so, how? Phil |
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08-06-2009
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. "Phil B." <PhilB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:709326BE-F3FC-4B7D-A03E-89DA0B9F5291@xxxxxx Quote: > In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still > able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista certainly is one. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...indows-7-vista |
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08-06-2009
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. Gordon, TweakUI was written by Microsoft engineers. And I haven't seen a Vista version yet. This product, is not written be Microsoft engineers, but it looks promising. I'll download it and see if it does what I need. Thanks, Phil "Gordon" wrote: Quote: > > "Phil B." <PhilB@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:709326BE-F3FC-4B7D-A03E-89DA0B9F5291@xxxxxx Quote: > > In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still > > able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista > How do you know there's not? It may not be CALLED the same but there > certainly is one. > > http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...indows-7-vista > > > |
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08-07-2009
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| Vista Ultimate x64, SP2 | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it.  Quote: Originally Posted by Phil B.  In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've tried to hide a drive with registry tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways leave hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. Can anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be able to use it, and if so, how? Phil You are supposed to be able to get TweakUI working in Vista. Go here and take a look, i dont know if it will help, or work, i have never tried it, but it just might cure your problem. Good luck and post your results. TweakUI for Vista (x64 too!) | PC Tips |
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08-07-2009
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. "Natéag" <cqui3@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:... Quote: > > "stoneys-nutz" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> a écrit dans le message de > news:c683d1d7842053ccec6535b5bff2fba7@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> >> Phil B.;1107688 Wrote: Quote: >>> In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was >>> still >>> able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've >>> tried >>> to hide a drive with registry >>> tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) >>> and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways >>> leave >>> hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. >>> Can >>> anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be >>> able to >>> use it, and if so, how? >>> >>> Phil >> Hello Phil, >> You are supposed to be able to get TweakUI working in Vista. >> Go here and take a look, i dont know if it will help, or work, i have >> never tried it, but it just might cure your problem. >> Good luck and post your results. >> >> >> 'TweakUI for Vista (x64 too!) | PC Tips' >> (http://www.pctipsbox.com/tweakui-for-vista-x64-too/) >> >> >> -- >> stoneys-nutz >> >> > use other utilities. > > Search the Net for tweakui 1.33. Do not download any of the > newer versions : they won't work. > It is a pre XP version, but it works with Vista (32 bit) and Win7. Quote: > |
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08-08-2009
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. Thank you both. I'm having some hardware problems with my brand new HP. HP telephone support has already reset to factory build on me once, so I won't be doing anything to my PC until I'm sure they have it fixed. I'll be watching it for a week or so to see if the problem comes back. "Natéag" wrote: Quote: > > "Natéag" <cqui3@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:... Quote: > > > > "stoneys-nutz" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> a écrit dans le message de > > news:c683d1d7842053ccec6535b5bff2fba7@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > >> > >> Phil B.;1107688 Wrote: > >>> In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was > >>> still > >>> able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've > >>> tried > >>> to hide a drive with registry > >>> tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) > >>> and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways > >>> leave > >>> hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. > >>> Can > >>> anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be > >>> able to > >>> use it, and if so, how? > >>> > >>> Phil > >> > >> Hello Phil, > >> You are supposed to be able to get TweakUI working in Vista. > >> Go here and take a look, i dont know if it will help, or work, i have > >> never tried it, but it just might cure your problem. > >> Good luck and post your results. > >> > >> > >> 'TweakUI for Vista (x64 too!) | PC Tips' > >> (http://www.pctipsbox.com/tweakui-for-vista-x64-too/) > >> > >> > >> -- > >> stoneys-nutz > >> > >> > > use other utilities. > > > > Search the Net for tweakui 1.33. Do not download any of the > > newer versions : they won't work. > > It is a pre XP version, but it works with Vista (32 bit) and Win7. > http://www.annoyances.org/downloads/ftp/tweakui.zip Quote: > > > |
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2 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. Well, you could possibly find a way to password-protect it, but that not might be possible, but still it could be. "Phil B." <PhilB@newsgroup> wrote in message news:709326BE-F3FC-4B7D-A03E-89DA0B9F5291@newsgroup Quote: > In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still > able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've > tried > to hide a drive with registry > tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) > and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways > leave > hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. > Can > anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be able > to > use it, and if so, how? > > Phil |
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2 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: How to Hide Drive in Vista and Still Be Able to Use it. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/ "NumberOneMario&Yoshi&WarioBrosFan" <jes992@newsgroup> wrote in message news:27502E7C-3662-468C-9432-FE6E2E262E87@newsgroup Quote: > Well, you could possibly find a way to password-protect it, but that not > might be possible, but still it could be. > > > > > "Phil B." <PhilB@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:709326BE-F3FC-4B7D-A03E-89DA0B9F5291@newsgroup Quote: >> In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was >> still >> able to use the hidden drive. There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've >> tried >> to hide a drive with registry >> tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer) >> and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways >> leave >> hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist. >> Can >> anyone tell me is it possible to hide a drive in Vista and still be able >> to >> use it, and if so, how? >> >> Phil |
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