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Charms Zhou
In Windows 2000, when I open my computer or a folder to view it's
content,but there is nothing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
content,but there is nothing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Ace Fekay [MVP]
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You are referring to Windows Explorer and not DNS, which is what this
newsgroup is about.
But tell me, what is supposed to be the folder? Maybe your view options are
set to hide hidden system and other files, and what is in there won't be
shown until you open your view up.
Otherwise, I have no idea what you are looking for, or what is supposed to
be in that folder, or what folder it is for that matter.
If you can give *specific* elaborate details, the steps that you took, such
as what did you save, what file type and extension, what operating system,
service pack level, is it fully updated, are you logged on as an
administrator or a plain Jane user account, etc, etc, etc, that will all
greatly help anyone trying to assist you. Please do elaborate so there is
no question as to what you are asking.
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Charms Zhou said:In Windows 2000, when I open my computer or a folder to view it's
content,but there is nothing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
You are referring to Windows Explorer and not DNS, which is what this
newsgroup is about.
But tell me, what is supposed to be the folder? Maybe your view options are
set to hide hidden system and other files, and what is in there won't be
shown until you open your view up.
Otherwise, I have no idea what you are looking for, or what is supposed to
be in that folder, or what folder it is for that matter.
If you can give *specific* elaborate details, the steps that you took, such
as what did you save, what file type and extension, what operating system,
service pack level, is it fully updated, are you logged on as an
administrator or a plain Jane user account, etc, etc, etc, that will all
greatly help anyone trying to assist you. Please do elaborate so there is
no question as to what you are asking.
--
Ace
This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.
If this post is viewed at a non-Microsoft community website, and you were to
respond to it through that community's website, I may not see your reply
unless that website posts replies back to the original Microsoft forum.
Therefore, please direct all replies ONLY to the Microsoft public newsgroup
this thread originated in so all can benefit or ensure the web community
posts it back to the original forum.
Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations.
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Charms Zhou
I am sorry for posting to wrong group. When I double click My Computer on
desktop, drive C, drive D and My Document should be there, but there is
nothing but a small grey icon at the left top of the open window. My OS is
Windows2000 with SP4. The user is administrator. Thanks a lot.
"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
desktop, drive C, drive D and My Document should be there, but there is
nothing but a small grey icon at the left top of the open window. My OS is
Windows2000 with SP4. The user is administrator. Thanks a lot.
"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
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Ace Fekay [MVP]
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Your C: drive should NOT have disappeared since it is the system drive. This
may be due to a virus, spyware or ActiveX or other sort of restrictions.
What else do you have installed on your machine? Do you have an updated
antivirus software installed? Do you have an anti-spyware software installed
restricting things? If you right-click on your start button and choose
Explore, does C: drive show up?
Otherwise, not sure how to help you. Too many factors. I would suggest to
post to one of the Windows newsgroups such as:
microsoft.public.windows.2000.filesystem
microsoft.public.windows.2000.general.
Good luck!
Ace
Charms Zhou said:I am sorry for posting to wrong group. When I double click My
Computer on desktop, drive C, drive D and My Document should be there, but
there
is nothing but a small grey icon at the left top of the open window. My
OS is Windows2000 with SP4. The user is administrator. Thanks a lot.
Your C: drive should NOT have disappeared since it is the system drive. This
may be due to a virus, spyware or ActiveX or other sort of restrictions.
What else do you have installed on your machine? Do you have an updated
antivirus software installed? Do you have an anti-spyware software installed
restricting things? If you right-click on your start button and choose
Explore, does C: drive show up?
Otherwise, not sure how to help you. Too many factors. I would suggest to
post to one of the Windows newsgroups such as:
microsoft.public.windows.2000.filesystem
microsoft.public.windows.2000.general.
Good luck!
Ace
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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Ace Fekay [MVP]
There is a registry entry for hiding drives in my computer, not sure exactly
where it is but if you can get TweakUI you can unhide them. You might also
install Spybot Search & Destroy and scan for spyware that could have caused
this.
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Your C: drive should NOT have disappeared since it is the system
drive. This may be due to a virus, spyware or ActiveX or other sort
of restrictions. What else do you have installed on your machine? Do
you have an updated antivirus software installed? Do you have an
anti-spyware software installed restricting things? If you
right-click on your start button and choose Explore, does C: drive
show up?
Otherwise, not sure how to help you. Too many factors. I would
suggest to post to one of the Windows newsgroups such as:
microsoft.public.windows.2000.filesystem
microsoft.public.windows.2000.general.
There is a registry entry for hiding drives in my computer, not sure exactly
where it is but if you can get TweakUI you can unhide them. You might also
install Spybot Search & Destroy and scan for spyware that could have caused
this.
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Ace Fekay [MVP]
In
It's actually an Administrative Setting in User Configuration seciont in the
local group policy on a machine, but not one specifically to hide C: drive,
but TweakUI will do it.
You're right, it's probably spyware, or even a virus.
Ace
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. said:There is a registry entry for hiding drives in my computer, not sure
exactly where it is but if you can get TweakUI you can unhide them.
You might also install Spybot Search & Destroy and scan for spyware
that could have caused this.
It's actually an Administrative Setting in User Configuration seciont in the
local group policy on a machine, but not one specifically to hide C: drive,
but TweakUI will do it.
You're right, it's probably spyware, or even a virus.
Ace
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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Ace Fekay [MVP]
TweakUI has gotten hard to find lately, I don't know if it is hidden on
purpose or what, but if Charms would e-mail me I can send a link where the
latest versions I know of for Win2k and XP can be downloaded.
I would certainly run some kind of Anti-spyware software on the machine and
a good pop-up blocker. There are several softwares available, and I try to
keep from pushing one particular software over another. IMO, SpyBot S&D has
worked very well for me, its free, but they do take donations. What I like
about this one over AdAware, is it has the ability to not only remove
spyware, the free version can block spyware before it has a chance to get on
the machine. I like it because it can update itself, and immunize the system
on a scheduled basis. I have mine running daily at 4AM. The reason for the
good pop-up blocker is my research has shown that and good percentage of
spyware gets into a system from pop-ups, especially from gambling sites.
Definitely stay way from those pop-ups that say "Your system is infected
with spyware" then the want you to click a button that wants to scan your
system for spyware, clicking the button actually installs spyware on your
system.
It's actually an Administrative Setting in User Configuration seciont
in the local group policy on a machine, but not one specifically to
hide C: drive, but TweakUI will do it.
TweakUI has gotten hard to find lately, I don't know if it is hidden on
purpose or what, but if Charms would e-mail me I can send a link where the
latest versions I know of for Win2k and XP can be downloaded.
You're right, it's probably spyware, or even a virus.
I would certainly run some kind of Anti-spyware software on the machine and
a good pop-up blocker. There are several softwares available, and I try to
keep from pushing one particular software over another. IMO, SpyBot S&D has
worked very well for me, its free, but they do take donations. What I like
about this one over AdAware, is it has the ability to not only remove
spyware, the free version can block spyware before it has a chance to get on
the machine. I like it because it can update itself, and immunize the system
on a scheduled basis. I have mine running daily at 4AM. The reason for the
good pop-up blocker is my research has shown that and good percentage of
spyware gets into a system from pop-ups, especially from gambling sites.
Definitely stay way from those pop-ups that say "Your system is infected
with spyware" then the want you to click a button that wants to scan your
system for spyware, clicking the button actually installs spyware on your
system.
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Ace Fekay [MVP]
In
I likd SpyBot S&D, but I've found the Microsoft Antispyware is a great tool
as well. What do you think of that one? I've been installing it on my client
machines and it's been protecting them pretty well.
Ace
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. said:I would certainly run some kind of Anti-spyware software on the
machine and a good pop-up blocker. There are several softwares
available, and I try to keep from pushing one particular software
over another. IMO, SpyBot S&D has worked very well for me, its free,
but they do take donations. What I like about this one over AdAware,
is it has the ability to not only remove spyware, the free version
can block spyware before it has a chance to get on the machine. I
like it because it can update itself, and immunize the system on a
scheduled basis. I have mine running daily at 4AM. The reason for the
good pop-up blocker is my research has shown that and good percentage
of spyware gets into a system from pop-ups, especially from gambling
sites. Definitely stay way from those pop-ups that say "Your system
is infected with spyware" then the want you to click a button that
wants to scan your system for spyware, clicking the button actually
installs spyware on your system.
I likd SpyBot S&D, but I've found the Microsoft Antispyware is a great tool
as well. What do you think of that one? I've been installing it on my client
machines and it's been protecting them pretty well.
Ace
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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Ace Fekay [MVP]
I have a client that uses the Microsoft Antispyware, it works good I
suppose, but the warnings it continually pops up are just about as iritating
as the spyware it blocks.
What I really like about Spybot S&D is once it is set up correctly you don't
even know it is there. I do a manual scan occasionally. In fact, I did one
today because it was on my mind due to this thread and I can't remember that
last time I did one, it had to be several months, and my system was clean.
Pretty good considering that I have the occasional teenage user on this
thing.
In
I likd SpyBot S&D, but I've found the Microsoft Antispyware is a
great tool as well. What do you think of that one? I've been
installing it on my client machines and it's been protecting them
pretty well.
Ace
I have a client that uses the Microsoft Antispyware, it works good I
suppose, but the warnings it continually pops up are just about as iritating
as the spyware it blocks.
What I really like about Spybot S&D is once it is set up correctly you don't
even know it is there. I do a manual scan occasionally. In fact, I did one
today because it was on my mind due to this thread and I can't remember that
last time I did one, it had to be several months, and my system was clean.
Pretty good considering that I have the occasional teenage user on this
thing.
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Ace Fekay [MVP]
In
One of my clients uses Counterspy by Sunbelt. It's a great tool with
centralized management console which is cool too. Check it out.
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm
I actually like the Microsoft Antispy with the notificactions so I know
what's going on. You can actually tell it not to inform you, which is the
way I did it on my daughter's machine. But it's been awhile since I've used
Spybot and may check it out to see what changes they've made. Adaware got
sued by some advertising company so now from what I understand, they are
leary or something when it comes to finding everything. I need to find more
info on that because I just found that info out today. When I find
something, I'll let you know.
Ace
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. said:I have a client that uses the Microsoft Antispyware, it works good I
suppose, but the warnings it continually pops up are just about as
iritating as the spyware it blocks.
What I really like about Spybot S&D is once it is set up correctly
you don't even know it is there. I do a manual scan occasionally. In
fact, I did one today because it was on my mind due to this thread
and I can't remember that last time I did one, it had to be several
months, and my system was clean. Pretty good considering that I have
the occasional teenage user on this thing.
One of my clients uses Counterspy by Sunbelt. It's a great tool with
centralized management console which is cool too. Check it out.
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm
I actually like the Microsoft Antispy with the notificactions so I know
what's going on. You can actually tell it not to inform you, which is the
way I did it on my daughter's machine. But it's been awhile since I've used
Spybot and may check it out to see what changes they've made. Adaware got
sued by some advertising company so now from what I understand, they are
leary or something when it comes to finding everything. I need to find more
info on that because I just found that info out today. When I find
something, I'll let you know.
Ace