I have Vista x64 installed on a 75 GB partition. I just noticed it was almost full and started snooping around for the space hog. It turns out it's my AppData\Roaming folder. It's consuming nearly half the partition. I don't know what this folder is, but by the name I'd guess it has something to do with roaming profiles. We don't use roaming profiles.
Can anyone tell me about this folder, why it is consuming so much disc space, and how I can get it back?
A recent attempt to upgrade a piece of software failed because it couldn't access a folder. I tried to take a look at the folder in Explorer and was told:
D:\folder is not accessible. Access is denied.
When I look at the properties of the folder and click on the Security tab, a message pops up saying:
You do not have permission to view the current permission settings for folder, but you can make permission changes.
When I attempt to give myself access to the folder, I'm told:
Unable to save permission changes on folder. Access is denied.
I am an administrator, it said I could change the permissions, but then reneged. How do I regain control of that folder?
I am currently controlling two Vista x64 boxes with a KVM switch. The switching has worked fine through several OS changes in recent months, including a previous incarnation of two x64 boxes that I have now. I recently had Windows 7 on one (I'll call it computer A), but went back to Vista. Since my last reinstall of Vista on computer A, when I switch to it, the mouse doesn't work for about 20 seconds or so (but the keyboard does). Switching to computer B is no problem, the mouse works immediately.
These computers are running the same OS, one works properly and one doesn't, but they both worked before. I don't get it. What would cause this problem?
I was going to delete this question, but I see someone has marked it as a favorite. Interesting. Anyway, I still don't know what the problem was, but it went away when I put Windows 7 back on computer A.