|
| Author | Thread |
|
|
10/25/2008 11:41:17 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by awpollard:
Just curious, are you Copying to/from folders under the Program Files directory? With Vista they have really clamped down the permissions on the Program Files and below directories to keep the Virus and Malware Creeps from writing/modding or copying from from that hive. That is the only time I've seen Vista ask for admin privs for a copy/move. |
Actually, no, and that's why it was surprising to me. The drive I was copying from was the drive from my work laptop, installed in a case and attached via USB. I was copying from my data folder only on the attached drive.
The *realy* interesting thing was that pretty much all text files were problematic. Why a text file would be a problem, I have no clue, and I haven't found any on-line information to point me to a reason. |
|
|
|
10/25/2008 12:06:33 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by awpollard:
Just curious, are you Copying to/from folders under the Program Files directory? With Vista they have really clamped down the permissions on the Program Files and below directories to keep the Virus and Malware Creeps from writing/modding or copying from from that hive. That is the only time I've seen Vista ask for admin privs for a copy/move. |
Actually, no, and that's why it was surprising to me. The drive I was copying from was the drive from my work laptop, installed in a case and attached via USB. I was copying from my data folder only on the attached drive.
The *realy* interesting thing was that pretty much all text files were problematic. Why a text file would be a problem, I have no clue, and I haven't found any on-line information to point me to a reason. |
Oh... I've seen similar at work. Boot Drive with O/S put in a external USB case and plugged into another pewter. Assuming that it was not formated and is not going to be put back into the original pewter...As an admin on the New system I had to "Take Ownership" of the folders on the (now) external drive. Even though the external drive was not booted from, the NTFS permissions still apply for the Original O/S install on that drive. Might be able to get away with a copy to a folder where "Everyone" had read/write permissions or use Administrator/password from the Install of that drive... if not going back into a laptop I would just "Take Ownership" of the Root of that drive.
Message edited by author 2008-10-25 12:12:04. |
|
|
|
10/25/2008 12:38:43 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
SyncToy even knows when a file has been modified during a synchronizing session and will report that the file was not properly updated. All in all, a very nice tool. I plan on using SyncToy as a backup utility, running it as a scheduled task. |
SyncToy is good, and it's free. It has issues though, and I found that it frequently timed out while copying large volumes of files with no explanation for the timeout in its logs. It may have been due to a flaky wireless connection (files were being copied to a raid enclosure across wireless), but there was no explanation, and no way to enforce or retry the copy. The developers at the Microsoft forum were helpful and responsive, but ultimately couldn't solve my issue.
I decided to go with a great utility called Super Flexible File Synchronizer. This is probably the best file synch tool out there, with a comprehensive set of options that allow for an endless variety of synch, copy, and backup scenarios. It can also be run as a service on a schedule in a much better, and more flexible, way than SyncToy. You can basically set up your copies on a schedule and forget about it. I use it to copy my RAW files and my snapshots to the RAID enclosure on a schedule. All I have to do is continue to add files to my local drive as usual, and the utility backs them up to the RAID device as needed. It's pricey for a single purpose utility, $60US for the pro version ($35 for standard), but it's worth it. A great tool. |
|
|
|
10/25/2008 01:46:38 PM · #29 |
Good info Louis...
$60 doesn't seem outrageous for a good, full-featured utility.
I have not tried network synching with SyncToy, but may in the future so I will be on the watch for time-outs.
FWIW, SyncToy can be run on a schedule too, but it needs to be set up from the Scheduler. It can be run from a command line with switches, so it's possible to just do it in a batch file and run the batch file from the scheduler. I'll be experimenting with this in the near future. |
|
|
|
10/25/2008 04:40:45 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Louis:
Does it drive you nuts when you resize the Windows Explorer window, only to have it back to its tiny default the next time you open it? The solution is to hold down the shift key when you close the window. This forces it to remember its dimensions. You only need to do it once, unless you want it to remember a new size. |
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been trying to figure that one out forever!!! |
|
|
|
11/19/2008 11:17:31 PM · #31 |
Learned a good one tonight. First, to give proper credit, this comes from: //www.vistanews.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to change the icon view in Explorer with the mouse scroll wheel
The new Vista Explorer has a slider that lets you change the view of the files and folders list from tiles to details to list to various sizes of icons. If you have a mouse or trackball with a scroll wheel, you can switch between these views more easily. Here's how:
1. Click the arrow next to the Views icon on the toolbar to invoke the Views menu
2. Hold down the CTRL key
3. Scroll the mouse wheel up or down to resize the icons or change the view
Note that you can resize the icons on your desktop the same way (click an empty space on the desktop, hold down CTRL and scroll up or down to resize)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From my experience, note you don't need to pull anything down, as it seems to suggest above. Just go to a folder where Icon view/thumbnail view is on, make sure it has the focus, and then press control while using the mouse wheel. This gives a very smooth function to resize the thumbnails.
Message edited by author 2008-11-19 23:19:30. |
|
|
|
11/20/2008 01:05:21 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Learned a good one tonight. First, to give proper credit, this comes from: //www.vistanews.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to change the icon view in Explorer with the mouse scroll wheel
The new Vista Explorer has a slider that lets you change the view of the files and folders list from tiles to details to list to various sizes of icons. If you have a mouse or trackball with a scroll wheel, you can switch between these views more easily. Here's how:
1. Click the arrow next to the Views icon on the toolbar to invoke the Views menu
2. Hold down the CTRL key
3. Scroll the mouse wheel up or down to resize the icons or change the view
Note that you can resize the icons on your desktop the same way (click an empty space on the desktop, hold down CTRL and scroll up or down to resize)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From my experience, note you don't need to pull anything down, as it seems to suggest above. Just go to a folder where Icon view/thumbnail view is on, make sure it has the focus, and then press control while using the mouse wheel. This gives a very smooth function to resize the thumbnails. |
Wow that works AWESOME!! great tip.
|
|
|
|
Current Server Time: 08/01/2025 11:58:17 AM  |
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/01/2025 11:58:17 AM EDT.
|
