HarryTri

As far as I know/remember Windows always asked the user before overwriting a file and personally I am happy for that.

If you want to do the job with a freeware program then Macrium Reflect Free does it very well.

It's the 64-bit thing. You can only use it if you find an application which makes it possible for 16-bit applications to run in a 64-bit environment.

In fact the recovery partition contains a single .wim file which is divided to .swm files on the USB stick because it has a FAT32 file system (the 4 GB limit). I too investigated the possibility of transferring the recovery partition to a USB stick and I have three things to say: 1. The recovery partition is supposed to be used by an OEM recovery program (e.g. Lenovo One Key Recovery). 2. The OEM program may in fact not be able to use the recovery partition from the USB stick due to inherent limitations (the mentioned one is an example of this). 3. Even if you can't use the OEM recovery program (for whatever reason) you can use dism to do the job as cdob wrote.

Well, I (really!) got in love with Windows XP the first time I saw their default desktop and start menu.

What about the new multiple desktops feature?

Since they are offered I install them. They increase security and are - usually - harmless.

This tool is for the Windows desktop, not for Office.

Personally I have a local account on Windows 8 and I enter the Windows Store with my Microsoft account but these are two separate things.

It does due to compatibility issues (the folders that have been replaced by others in Windows 6.x are accessed by older programs through the hard links in order to write the right files in the right folders).

I use the Mail app and the Reader app for reading .pdf files (it supports .xps files too).

Windows XP was - and still is - the ultimate user eXPerience but we can't stick to it forever - things are going forward. Yet I still enjoy seeing its desktop and start menu when logging in my old Pentium III. I hope that Microsoft won't lead as to a day that we'll have to turn to Linux or anything else but Windows. They must understand that the power of Windows, as of every commercial product, is satisfied customers.

This looks familiar!

Or just run winsat. Oh, this doesn't give the WEI score.

Well, Windows 8 also have SkyDrive (the predecessor of OneDrive) built in but there seems to be no user account related restriction for its use.

No, I have Windows 8, I don't know if it is different with Windows 8.1. Also my SkyDrive was updated to OneDrive after I installed Microsoft Office 2013, so as I wrote there is a connection, I don't know if you can install OneDrive without having the Office installed.

I have OneDrive installed on a local account including a folder but I also have Microsoft Office 2013 installed and perhaps there is a connection. Of course I have to use my Microsoft Account in order to access the OneDrive online together with my Hotmail etc..

Perhaps a program installed some runtime software during its installation? I have some in my system - the update doesn't appear though.

WINE = Windows Emulation for Linux

I don't have this update either.

I'm not enthusiastic about it either but isn't it what Google - for example - already does with Android? Of course they ask for your agreement first. Correction, it's not Google itself but the vendors of the Android phones who ask for the usage data. I suppose Google does the same with e.g. Google Note.

And if he has 6 GB of RAM? Shouldn't he use Windows 7 x64?

Impossible - may be it is a hidden file? Also you 'd rather scan your system for viruses with a good AV program - I personally recommend AVG or ClamWin.

Have you tried changing the folder's permissions?

It seems that your Administrator account was corrupted and Windows created a new Administrator account. You can try deleting this account, all the files of Administrator and Administrator.xxx user folders (backup what you want to preserve first), all the related registry entries, reboot and then try creating the account again. If you have System Restore enabled and a system restore point prior to the incident just use it and it will probably restore everything (since it contains the SAM and SECURITY files of the registry which have to do with the user accounts).