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Post by alexham36 on Aug 24, 2015 17:31:34 GMT
Just installed Win7 - 64bit onto a new SSD and I cannot get access to Thunderbird.ini. When I go into Computer and type C:\Documents and Settings it refuses to allow access. I run a Win7-32bit on another HD and there when I go into Computer I can get access. I don't know how to log on as administrator in Win 7 or if that would help. Any ideas? Many thanks, Alex
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Post by alexham36 on Aug 24, 2015 20:57:39 GMT
An update to the earlier message. You are not going to believe this, but I was able to access Thunderbird.ini from Puppy Linux. It was a little long winded because I had to log into Win7-64bit to note which letter was WinXP on and then go into Puppy and change the path to default. I would still like to know how to log on as administrator in Win7-64 out of curiosity. Many thanks, Alex
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Post by vikingken on Aug 25, 2015 3:04:27 GMT
If you boot into Safe Mode Alex, you are automatically administrator and can do what you like. This applys to all versions of Windows. Also in Safe Mode everything is stopped except the essentials and you can make changes that cant be done to live files.
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Post by alexham36 on Aug 25, 2015 13:44:16 GMT
Thank you vikingken. I tried that and found access still denied to Documents and Setting and beyond. Also, I have no sound and cannot find the driver (NVidia). I have installed the same driver that works in the 32bit version, but it does not work in 64bit. I cannot use my ConoScan Lide 20 yet it works OK in the 32 bit version. Absolutely crazy. I think I shall format that partition to stop myself wasting any more time and leave it empty until needed for something else. As for being 20 times faster, I could not really detect any increase in speed.
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Post by vikingken on Aug 25, 2015 14:19:03 GMT
I dont know what your computer is Alex, but some computers dont like 64 bit. My mini netbook came with Windows 7 Starter installed, which is about as basic as you can get and wont run certain things. I installed a SSD and upgraded to Windows 7 Pro x 64. Everything worked, but I wasn't entirely happy with it. I formatted the drive and installed Windows 7 Pro x 86 and it was much better. I could try Windows 10 x 64, but I would have to format the drive. I agree that 64 bit is generally better, but not if the computer wont run it properly. No amount of messing about will make a Windows OS work, if it doesn't want to. If nVidia haven't made a 64 bit driver, it probably means it wasn't worth their while.
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Post by alexham36 on Aug 25, 2015 15:07:19 GMT
My thoughts too, vikingken, but I may have a problem. When I bought the computer it came with installation disc with Win7-64 and a blank 160GB HD, as I specified. When I installed Win7-64, I could not get any sound and the people I bought the computer from sent me a copy of Win7-32bit, which did not have a Product Key. That Win7 is already running and I am not sure it it will let me install it again on the SSD. It is worth a try and I will have a go later. It is strange, though, that Puppy Linux got me past the "barrier" - Mikkh must be doing double somersaults.
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Post by vikingken on Aug 25, 2015 16:45:58 GMT
Install a imaging program on the 32 bit disk and copy it to the SSD. As I said before they say not to do that, but I have never had any bother doing it. If you dont have an imaging program, I think you can get a free copy of Paragon from Major Geeks.
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