In Vista, the biggest change in the arrangement of a user's settings is the creation of the AppData folder. Furthermore, this AppData folder has three subfolders, Local, LocalLow and Roaming. As with Local Settings, a folder called Application Data exists in Vista for backwards compatibility with XP.
If you look closely at the icons under the Users folder, you will notice that some subfolders have a shortcut arrow. These arrows indicate a Junction point or Symbolic link. For ordinary mortals stick with the idea that these folders represent shortcuts, for example, the 'All Users' settings are now actually stored here --> C:\ProgramData. As far as Microsoft's technical explanation of Junction Points and Symbolic links, it was a case of 'Guy is reading, but Guy is not understanding'.
source : http://www.computerperformance.co.uk
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Assume in this example that the username is 'atiensivu', the domain is 'staff', and the user profile is located in %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu. %systemdrive% is typically C: on standard Vista installs. Replace every instance 'atiensivu' with the username of the corrupt profile.
1. If you can log into the profile, make note of the %USERPROFILE% environment variable value. Most likely it will be 'C:\Users\atiensivu' or 'C:\Users\atiensivu.staff'. Logoff.
2. If you have logged in with the profile at any point since your last reboot or you suspect there are files in use within the profile, reboot. The important part is to make sure there are no open files within the broken profile directory.
3. Login as administrator or another account with local admin rights.
4. Run 'takeown /r /a /d y /f %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu'.
5. From %systemdrive%\users, rename 'atiensivu' to 'atiensivu.old'.
6. Within %systemdrive%\users, create a directory called 'atiensivu'.
7. Run 'takeown /r /u staff\atiensivu /f %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu'.
8. Run regedit and go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and delete the SID key for the corrupt profile. Easiest way to find the correct SID is to search from the 'ProfileList' key for the directory mentioned in %USERPROFILE% in step #1.
9. Logoff.
10. Log into the 'atiensivu' account. A new profile should be created. Copy over any files you might want from the old profile directory.
The 'takeown' commands might be overkill but I don't like getting permission errors.
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A few simple tweaks can cut down on the irritation—and drastically alter your views on Vista. Let's take a look at some of the best ways to tame the Vista beast and make it a less naggy operating system to work on.
Stop Losing the Sleep Button to Windows Update
Use Compatibility Mode to Make Applications Work
Fix File Copying Problems
Stop Hard Drive Grinding
How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying
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You right-click a file and choose Send To, and then have to wait for about 30 seconds for explorer to respond again. Annoying! so how do we fix it?
Open up Explorer and then type in the following into the address/location bar:
shell:sendto
You'll see the contents of the Send To folder, where you can delete anything that shouldn't be there or you don't use.
Hide Drive Letters With Registry Hack
You can remove the drive letters in the Send To menu with a quick registry hack.
Download DisableSendToDrives Registry Hack
source : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/why-does-my-windows-vista-explorer-send-to-menu-hang-or-open-slowly/
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The error Invalid MS-DOS function occurs on Microsoft® Windows Vista™.
Symptom
The Invalid MS-DOS function error occurs when a file is copied on Windows Vista through a dynamic view where the following is true:
- The file is greater than or equal to 256 KB
- The file is under source control
- The file is checked-in.
The error occurs whether you try to copy and paste or drag and drop from ClearCase Explorer or from Windows Explorer.
Note: The error Invalid function occurs if you try to copy from the command-line.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941673
To add the CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo registry entry, follow these steps:
- Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
- On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo to name the new entry, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- Exit Registry Editor.
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