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| | XP & Vista I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running Vista. I want to use a usbdisk to contain a copy of the My documents folder I want the My documents folder to be sync'd with both systems. I have a problem with Vista in that I can't run synctop as administrator. and some files on the usb drive can not be overwritten by synctoy on vista. I also had a problem removing a folder from the usb drive that was created on the XP on the Vista system. What the heck do I have to do to get this security stuff working. I knew I should not have bought the laptop with Vista on it. I can't say here what I really think of Vista. My 825MHz laptop runs things faster than this new 2ghz dual core laptop. |
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| | Re: XP & Vista for the easy solution 1. make sure your account on Vista has administrative previleges 2. On Vista, Start >> Control panel >> User Account >> User Account again>> Turn User Account Control on or off Uncheck the box and click OK, this will turn off the "User Account Control" of Vista. note: turning off User Account Control will reduce your security of Vista. "rac8006" <rac8006@xxxxxx> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:78EE1823-A93A-4D94-AB77-41A251A05808@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running Vista. I want to use a > usbdisk to contain a copy of the My documents folder I want the My > documents > folder to be sync'd with both systems. I have a problem with Vista in > that I > can't run synctop as administrator. and some files on the usb drive can > not > be overwritten by synctoy on vista. I also had a problem removing a > folder > from the usb drive that was created on the XP on the Vista system. > What the heck do I have to do to get this security stuff working. I knew I > should not have bought the laptop with Vista on it. I can't say here what > I > really think of Vista. > My 825MHz laptop runs things faster than this new 2ghz dual core laptop. |
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| | Re: XP & Vista "rac8006" <rac8006@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:78EE1823-A93A-4D94-AB77-41A251A05808@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running Vista. I want to use a > usbdisk to contain a copy of the My documents folder I want the My > documents > folder to be sync'd with both systems. I have a problem with Vista in > that I > can't run synctop as administrator. and some files on the usb drive can > not > be overwritten by synctoy on vista. I also had a problem removing a > folder > from the usb drive that was created on the XP on the Vista system. > What the heck do I have to do to get this security stuff working. I knew I > should not have bought the laptop with Vista on it. 1) Right-click on the folders or files on the USB drive, go to Properties and then click on the Security tab. Click Edit and confirm you want to elevate, then change the permissions to ensure the users group, or your user account has full write access to the drive. Do the same on the Windows XP machine too. 2) Why bother with a USB drive at all? Use Offline Files over the network. Share whichever folders you want on the desktop, browse to them on your laptop and check them as available offline. Quote: > I can't say here what I > really think of Vista. > My 825MHz laptop runs things faster than this new 2ghz dual core laptop. -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail* |
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