Vista issues?

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Hi there,

Installed Vista on a new Dell machine.

It was fine till I installed Vista & Drivers.

  1. To my surprise somewhere along the line, when I went on line to update it, checked My Computer > C > Properties ……the icon of Disk Cleanup disappeared on both drives i.e. primary active & primary?

  2. How can I view all files/folders, seen/hidden as medium sized icons & not tiles?

  3. The display is 1900 X 1200………which is real small since I use an external USB Logitech comfy laser KB & mouse………When I try decreasing the resolution……the desktop icons become distorted & names which are underlined get blurred/darkened…… on reboot I get a windows message displayed that 1900x 1200 is the ideal resolution for this machine so please change……how can I fix this issue……How can I decrease the resolution , without destroying the awesome display /colors/fonts?

  4. My Sony Vaio has great 1680 X1050 display……….easy to read etc…………desktop icons, fonts all have a super display despite that it uses an Intel graphics accelerator vs. this which has a 256 MB graphic card.

  5. How can one view the total Commit Charge/Page file size, on the bottom of task manager as in XP?

Any help to resolve these issues would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,

Yezinki.

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  1. Go to your folder options and check the ‘view hidden files and folders’ button, And there should be a bar at the top of every folder which will change size.
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Thanks Husk.

CP> Folder Options> Check show hidden folders…correct?

You mean View?

That I know, isn’t there any single command that changes all folders/files from Tiles to Medium sized icons?

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Could some of the senior, smart genius members…like Tech, DavidR, CharleyO & so on care to answer my questions.

Thanks in advance!!

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open a folder or explorer window and set the icons to what you want…then press alt to get the menu bar to pop up.

Go to Tools > Folder Options > View > click Apply to folders.

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Sorry I don’t use Vista.

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Sorry DavidR to have bugged you I should have realized.

Regards!

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Could Avast have blocked the disk clean up icon?

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Apply to Folders is dim/unhighlighted unlike Reset Folders??

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Screen shots!

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Sorry… Apply to All Folders…unhighlighted.

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It is if you go to Control Panel > Folder Options to change it… but if you open a Windows Explorer window/Folder and change the icons to whatever you want with the slider…then go to the Tools menu like I said… It shouldn’t be unhilighted.

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Try the solutions on this page for the disk cleanup button missing http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistaprograms/thread/08000b3a-7ea4-42f8-8d84-070a2a384f8e/

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This is what I get if i go by what you are suggesting.

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Try it with a regular folder… Not the My computer icon :slight_smile:

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Thanks atleast 1 out of 5 solved…Recycle Bin >properties > custom size was unchecked…when checked now has appeared.

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Another shot.

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Glad that one’s fixed. Now try what I said on a regular folder and not a system folder like My Computer.

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Thanks once again you solved 2 out of 5 issues…regular folder did the job.

Yezinki.

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You’re welcome :slight_smile: