Computer memory question - now windows 7 tech thread

[Oldfisti]

Reseat everything in a socket or slot.in ye olde days we'd use a pencil eraser on the card contacts but now most are gold 

Will do 'Tizz.  Thanks! 

[mitt]

3rd install a charm.  I used brand new account names, and all user folders have same permissions out of the block.

Now, I need to figure out how to move shared (public) folder onto a different drive.  It was easy in XP, but so far doesn't seem easy in 7...  That is where I store all our photos, so I want it on a bigger non OS drive.

mitt

[derby]

3rd install a charm.  I used brand new account names, and all user folders have same permissions out of the block.

Now, I need to figure out how to move shared (public) folder onto a different drive.  It was easy in XP, but so far doesn't seem easy in 7...  That is where I store all our photos, so I want it on a bigger non OS drive.

mitt

you can "cheat" and mount your larger non-OS drive to a folder within the existing structure:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx

[mitt]

OK, after a day of use, the 3rd windows 7 install again changed the 2 user accounts to have different permissions.

For a visual of what I mean, here are some screen shots, where user Chad7 and test7 have same permissions, but Julie7 has different:



I did a 4th clean install, and tried to monitor exactly when the permission change happens.  It was after I changed the Julie desktop theme and user icon.  But, when I changed those for Chad account, it never changed Chad's permissions.  

Functionally, the accounts seem to be the same.  It just bugs me that windows is doing this on its own!  

I ended up sticking the 4gb of ram in from the beginning topic of this thread, and it is working fine with the 2gb that was already there.  Not a noticeable speed increase, but I haven't really started using the computer for anything yet.

mitt

[mitt]

you can "cheat" and mount your larger non-OS drive to a folder within the existing structure:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx

I ended up using the Library function, and adding new user folders on the large hd to each users library for specific items (documents, pictures, music, etc).  The library seems to be a nice feature.

mitt

[ducatiz]

OK, after a day of use, the 3rd windows 7 install again changed the 2 user accounts to have different permissions.

For a visual of what I mean, here are some screen shots, where user Chad7 and test7 have same permissions, but Julie7 has different:



I did a 4th clean install, and tried to monitor exactly when the permission change happens.  It was after I changed the Julie desktop theme and user icon.  But, when I changed those for Chad account, it never changed Chad's permissions. 

Functionally, the accounts seem to be the same.  It just bugs me that windows is doing this on its own! 

mitt

hmm

i wonder if any changes to the account's files triggers a security change.. i.e. "this account is active, permissions now apply?"

weird..