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I am and always have been the only user on this computer. I have Vista Premium home edition. I am trying to install my digital camera software and it tells ...

Anyone has any idea how I can keep OUTLOOK EXPRESS in Windows Vista? So far it's been my only REGRET to have Vista. I need Outlook Express badly! I need multiple identities without creating multiple users!!!! ...

I HAVE JUST BOUGHT NEW LAPTOP AND FOUND OUT THAT I CANT PLAY ON WINDOWS VISTA DUE TO IT NOT BEING COMPATABLE, CAN ANYBODY HELP ME, MICROSOFT PLEASE. ...

I am having difficulty in emailing photos using Vista. Full sized digital photos will send, but those resized for emailing will not go. No error messages are received. I have even turned off my firewall in an attempt to solve the problem. I am having a similar and maybe related problem wi ...

My operating system is now Vista. I am learning to use Windows Mail. When attempting to open an email with pictures attached (jpeg), I am unable to do so because I have to Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find the ...

How Do I FIND my contact groups ? ...

I have purchased a new Dell Desktop with vista and office 2007 OEM versions. Excel, Word and Messenge all work for less than a minute then close with an error message saying they have stopped working and windo ...

ive got a Very Interesting issue. I setup My Desktop the way that I want but when ever I reboot the Computer My Account Reverts back to the Default settings. Everything ...

I have Vista and 3 different printers connected to my computer thru a USB hub. I can print only one time, then I have to restart my computer to print. ...

I have a Brother 3420C multifunction machine. When I scan with it, instead of using the Brother scanner dialog, I get a Windows version. I can't make anything default on it, have to keep changing the type ...

How do I switch from one my email account to my husbands email account? ...

Is there a way to enable Administrative Shares in Vista?ss. ...

I have tried shutting it off and on again thus clearing the cache and making sure that corrupted files are gone. It worked once after that, but now error comes up, could not resore for an unspecified error!Norton 2007 fix has been sugegsted, but it was working for a month with Nort ...

After using Vista RC1 for the past 4~5 months and having downloaded the usual 'rubbish', I decided to carry out a clean reinstall of RC1, same drive, ...

I have a Samsung tsh552 which I purchased late 2005. It has began final meltdown mode. It started causing complete lockups in XP, then it got to the point that the system wouldn't post with it plugged in.I have it plugged ...

I did perform an upgrade installation of Vista over an OEM XP Op. System conmputer but I'm still not happy with Vista. My question: Can I use the Recovery CD that came in with my computer, format my hard disk, install the OEM Windows XP back ...

I am thinking about migrating my home system to Vista. Will vista support my Microsoft wireless base station (Mn500)? ...

I don't mind the click throughs of UAC (or not at this early stage in my Vista land experience) but when you know a specific program is OK (in this case M$ Money 2005) that is set up to run as an Administrator, why on earth do I have to always cl ...

Hello, I have been trying to type this letter for the past 10 minutes now, but Microsoft word 2000 keeps shutting down on me. I have Windows Vista and it was working fine a few days ago when I was on it, but it suddenl ...

hello every one >>YOU must download an update to your xp computer:microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31dee46481eba1137f485fa34ea&DisplayLang=enthen restart the both computers .. ENJOY NETWORKING ...

I bought a new Dell Dimension E521 computer about 2 weeks ago with Vista Home Premium on it. The sound card is on board and is a Sigma Tel High Definition Audio Codec. (Well that's what it says on my speaker icon.) A few days after using the computer ...

This is a follow up to a thread I created 03202007 in which I was asking for someone to please help stop the bloodletting which pertained to a long frustrating battle with NIS, NSW that ended with me purchasing a new hp pavillion a1710n. I came here thinking I had found some sort of help c ...

Somewhere in the past 2 weeks, Aero stopped working for me. I have tried the troubleshooters to no avail, and spent 3 hours on the phone with Dell and still no luck.When I try to turn Aero back on I go to Window Color and Appearance and it shows it set to "Vi ...

I'm trying to reinstall Vista64 and I'm getting an error after booting on the DVD "Windows failed to start". The notice goes on about possible changes to my hardware, etc.The DVD ...

Using XP I am able to set up a "Comments" column in the right pane of Windows Explorer. Then, when I bring up the properties page of a file there is a &qu ...

I'm trying to use file tags more effectively, by depending more on tag stacking than by folder locations. I will open a folder containing many files with multiple tags per file. I organize the files by selecting tags & then " ...

When I used Windows XP and I wanted to SAVE a file, I would click on "Save as" and a dropdown menu would appear that included "Desktop." Then the file would appear on the desktop or in a folder that I had crea ...

I found the following bug in Vista Explorer:I opened a folder with three subfolders holding some videofiles. I selected and cut a subfolder and pasted it to another partition on my HDD. While the moving was in progress I selec ...

with over 100,000 complaints, bugs and other assorted probs with vista as posted to this news group. is it not about time that microsoft admitted that it has seriously screwed up on vista. it is about as much good as a chocolate fire guard, as reliable as a snowbal ...

When I look at system restore points, it only lists two restore points and they were both yesterday. I've had Vista for several weeks. Why is it not keeping all restore points it has made. I know for a fact it has made many restore points as I've se ...

Hi, i am using Vista Business edition. I have a problem whereby the mic boost option in windows vista will not stay on after every restart despite enabling it repeatedl ...

HiMy primary SATA disk has win xp. I installed vista on the secondary SATA drive. At the startup I get a menu to allow me to select vista or earlier versions. I am now thinking of wiping out or replacing the primary disk Would this in any way effect my ...

i have opera bittorrent and i am downloading movies, everything seems pretty fast until i got a wireless router, then when i download movies using opera bittorrent the speed seems very slow (even with high seeds/peers, actually i can ...

I know already what some will say: this is a news group for troubleshooting. This is true! I just wanted to share some good news! The truth of the matter is that I must admit some of my processor intensive applications are running faste ...

I have been searching vendors and the net for a DVD player or a 64bit MPEG codec (for Windows Media Player) that will enable me to play DVDs on Vista Business 64bi ...

I'm thinking about going out to get my own FTP server program. Then it hit me my New Notebook is on the way with the new Ultimate Vista on it. I was wondering before I go out and buy a whole new program and spend the money does Windows Vista have any such Cappabilities? If ...

I have a week old HP DV 6000 , 2 gig mem, nvidia G card .....when my daughter is @ an online game like renscape ..a blue screen (that is so fuzzy i cant read it) pops up and the computer shuts down..starting to happen more often every dayany suggest ...

Hi everyone,This is a question about Outlook and Exchange, but since I think it might be caused by the limited network options in Home Premium I am also post ...

Howdy folks,Since I upgraded the OS of my laptop to Windows Vista I have run into some problems. My computer is Dell Latitude D800, with latest BIOS version ...

I just bought a new computer with windows vista and I'm unable to play any of my sim games. I tried switching to windows xp compatibility mode but that d ...

In Outlook Express whenever I clicked on an "email address link" , Outlook Ex would automaically open and put the email address in the TO: line allowing me to send email to that address. Now that I use Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate 64bit, when I click on an email address link (wher ...

when i back up the files i click on backing up in prescior then it says nor enough space to go to setting where do i fund the settings ...

All know there are issues with this driver Microsoft and HP acknowledge this. My question is, has anybody gotten this Vista printer driver to work? If yes, ...

I keep getting the "Low on Disk Space" message. I looked through the threads and found "many" posts with the same problem. I tried all the suggestions (hibernate, disk space for restore, etc.) but, still get the message. Since there are so many of us with this proble ...

Hi AllPlease provide info on following1)After Installation of VISTA in my Laptop, generatin more heat , usally my battery backup is 4 hours with XP but now around 2hours, Please le ...

I'm sure this is so easy I'll be hitting myself when I learn the answer.I am deploying my first Vista PC in our domain. I've never sat in front of one before. Trying to install the first application, Acrobat Reader 8, is failing with the following error ...

I lost my windows explorer. How can i recover it? ...

I'm having a problem with emc 9 with vista ultimate.Everytime i choose to convert video to portable media.After I choose the video windows closes the program.If anybody has a solution it will be greatly appreciated.Willie ...

Any guesses as to when SP1 will be released? ...

I am getting this message when trying to run a portion of the game: "Unable to register Trainz Helper registry Key".Never had this message when running on XP. ANy ideas?ThanksT Butler ...

When I attempted to restart or shutdown Vista, I always get an error box that pops up that says POWERCFG.EXE and has an error code of 0xc0000142. The bigger problem ...

I have set defender to automatically scan my computer, but it never does. Does the program have to be running, or do I need to use a scheduler to launch the program before the scheduled start time? I can't imagine running it all the time unless ...

I've been following threads on UAC, and keep forgetting why I keep turning it off until I reboot after turning it on..I have 1 program popfile in my startups. 97% accurate spam sorter. And every time I boot, I have to ...

when installing vista from iso's, vista asks for disc 5, but i don't have a disc 5 iso to burn on my msdn vista disc. Do I need to order another cd? ...

I finally received my Vista Home Premium express upgrade. The DVD will not read in any DVD drive. Guess I'm unlucky enough to have received a bad one. Given it took over 2 months to arrive, I'm sure a repl ...

Hi,I'm using Windows Business version, and tring to use Subsystem for UNIXBased Applications (SUA) on my Vista machine.However, it seems that SUA subsystem cannot be installed on Windows Business version; only Enterprise and Ultimate versions are supporting that.Is ...

Hi All,Using Microsoft Fingerprint reader on Vista with latest driver from Microsoft website.How do I disable the Fingerprint icon that shows in the bottom r ...

Silicon Image Other Hardware ATI 4379 Serial ATA ControllerInstallation date: ‎3/‎31/‎2007 1:47 AMInstallation status: FailedError details: Code 80070103Windows Update found this driver but will not install but I am confused as my display works fine.I ...

My router is in my brother's room, and I'm using "Linksys WirelessG Notebook Adapter with Speedbooster", Model WPC54GS V21. for my PC's internet connection ...

I have just purchased a new desktop with Vista. When trying to install the printer driver to my HP 750 it automatically selects HP750xi. On text it does not matter but it is reeking hav ...

I've got Vista Ultimate installed on my laptop just fine. The laptop has two disks. I've created a 2nd partition on the 2nd disk and successfully restored a image of another machine (Windows 2003) using an imaging app (Acronis' True Image). However, ...

Is it possible to change the order of the programs in the start menu as is was with XP? An example is when I click on the start orb > All Programs > Microsoft Office > The programs within that are, as anyother folder, a ...

I have 2 operating systems installed:On the C: drive I have Vista Ultimate 32bit. On the F: drive I have Vista Ultimate 64bitHow do I safely remove the 64bit ve ...

Background: I was running an Asus K8V SE Deluxe MB with Vista and a partly 512 megs of RAM. I bought another 512 stick as soon as I saw a good price and when I installed it, the MB freaked out and decided not to work. I found a good number of people that had the same problem, the M ...

After Vista is installed, I get the blue screen with the "IRQ not less or equal" error. After three tries, the systems reverts back to XP. Are there any solutions to this? THanks in advance... ...

Please help, anyone knows what to do? Have just invested in a high end laptop with Vista Home Premium, and just bought my daughter a Ipod, now trying to load itunes and quicktime, i get a message reading " i tunes could not be installed as VBsc ...

I'm trying to view a quick little video my little sis sent. It will only open on real player though. When I try to play it, it tells me that i need to dowload quick time. Which I do, then it tells me that it could not install due to error code 2738. What is this and ho ...

We are having problems adding a Vista Business machine to our mainly XP Pro Domain via a WiFi connection.Linksys advise that our AG241 ADSL/Modem/Router isn't compatible with Vista, so we have installed a ...

Have a Problem. Windows Vista was working fine...well by its own standards at least. Out of the blue, it refuses to connect to the internet. It spews out " <said website> is not able to establish a connection with "world wide web (Http)" service. ...

I was using XP and compusec free full disk encryption worked like a charm. Ive decrypted whole drive installed vista installed compusec on vista with encryption keys on xp and encypted drive under vist ...

I am setting up another account in Vista. When I go to switch users, I receive the following error message "The file or directory C:/Window/Fonts/TCCM__.TTF is corrup and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility."After clicking on OK, I am sent to the scre ...

Hi everyone.I just got a new laptop computer couple months ago and im really happy with it. It is running windows vista. The other night i tried to play microsofts games (chess, solitaire, minesweep) and n ...

I have a Verizon primeum DSL line (I think with MSN as an overlay), and can't find out what the POP3 entry for incoming mail should be. I get mail fine at the Verizon site. On the Vista setup screen for ...

I have Vista Home Premium, and I have been trying to do CHKDSK (auto repair and scan for bad sectors) on my C: drive (main drive) by going thru the To ...

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I just bought a new computer with Vista Home Professional. I am trying to install Acrobat, but it gives me an error Temp directory is full or inaccessible. I checked the c:\windows\temp attributes and it is read only. I changed it at least 10 times, b ...

When doing things like copy/moving files, and when a UAC dialog comes up, there's usually a little "down arrow" in a circle saying "More Information". When clicked, for moving/copying multiple files, this " ...

I have been plagued with this problem for months now and don't know what is wrong, on startup form a cold boot or even restarting I get the screen that says Windows Error Recovery, ...

i just got a new laptop running XP professional. before i did anything i installed Vista home premiem. now i have both XP and Vista running, with the option of which to use when i boot up......what do i do to get rid of XP? please can someone help? ...

Hi there, I recently got vista installed and I am not gonna lie... I like it a lot, the new user interface is great and all, but it has a tonne of problems, which I am trying to fix one by one... An annoyance I have is with Sleep or Hibernate function. There were quite ...

I have just installed Vista Home Premium and my second internal HD won't work. The HD worked in the previous installation of XP Pro and from a Live CD version of Linux.According to the Computer Manage ...

Installed Vista on a seperate partion so I could multiboot VISTA/XP. Vista boot loader gives me two options, VISTA or Legacy. Vista boots ok but if I try Legacy (XP) it won't boot. The message is s ...

I am trying to install a clean install of Vista basic on my Windows 2000 machine. I am using the 5 CD's since my computer doesn't have a DVD. When the instal ...

I'm using Windows Photo Gallery in Vista RTM (32 bit), and I'm having a problem removing a tag from the program.When I click on the tag, there are no items associated with it. If I delete the tag in the application, it is removed for the duration of the application, ...

I have a similar issue. I have a customer with new Dell C521 with Vistal Home. In trying to get peertopeer sharing setup I have managed to get the user name twice, one with a known password, and the other with an unknown password. Set up regestry for autologon with the known password, ...

I try to open RadarContact for MS Flight SImulator and receive an error saying "Component MSINET.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly regisrteed: a file is mission or invalid." There is a file with this name ...

This seems absurd but I have been helping someone with Windows Vista Home Premium. A brand new HP/Compaq bought from curries. Couldn't get the AOL di ...

I have a desktop with Vista Home Premium installed and an ATI 650 TV Tuner card. My ATI card lets me connect to both my HDTV antenna and my analog cable. The problem is when I was running XP Media Center 2005 the XP would recognize the ...

I'm a multilingual, I deal with lots of Chinese, Japanese,English and French emails in my everyday life. I found that I can dictate the Chinese email very well on my Vista. Since Speech Recognition is available in English (U.S.), English (U.K.), German (Germany), French (France), Spanish (Spain), ...

Hi all trying to forward a post WM ask por mail addres when i seek for the mail recipiente beginnin with "a", a lot of them appears (well that's ...

By default in a domain both network discovery and file sharing seems to be turned off, now I have a few bits of software that won't work unless both these settings are turned on (can't deploy the software as the vista PC's can't be seen)Now how d ...

What is this:UNCFAT Directory Monitoring Servicethanks ...

Gadgets overload RAM by opening multiple of the same gadgets, i try to turn them off and computer freezes. Virus? or do I need an update? ...

does anyone know when the tv tuner part of the ati v.x1300/x1550 is coming out? I bought the radeon card just so I can watch tv on my comp.All in Wonder R ...

New computer with Vista Ultimate. After setting up the computer, I used a USB to my Casio camera dock and uploaded great pictures of our 4 month old baby boy! I s ...

I cant get into my music to make sure all my music files are there...I keep getting an error message that says "You do not currently have permission to access this folder. Click continue to get access to the folder."Then I click Continue ...

Hi, I have just installed Windows Vista Business, and today bought a new wireless card (Belkin Card using F5D7001UK) chipset. I downloaded the vista drivers from the belkin website, but I ...

I just purchased a new Dell computer and have placed my old hard drive into an external enclosure which I access through a usb cord. My question is: Given that the external Hard Drive is mobile, I want t ...

This problem is very frustrating. The Event Viewer service does not start. This is the error I receive:Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 4201: The instance name passed was not reco ...

Hello... I've installed WoW onto my new laptop... Here are the specs and everything...Key Features & Benefits: Intel Pentium M Duo T2060 processor Highperforming; won't slow you down GB DDR2 533 Mhz memory Upgra ...

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Error Loading CMICNFG3.CPLThis error message pops up everytime I reboot. Can someone please tell what this is attributed to and how I go about fixing it. Thank You. ...

I have Vista Home Premium on 2 of my computers and cannot delete users from either one. The books I have show that when you go to manage accounts and select the undesired acct, y ...

If i rightclick exe files located on local hard disk, the run as administrator option missing in context menu, but rightclick exe files located on removable disk and start menu entries, it will ...

As the subject implies, I'm considering runing the 64 bit and 32 bit versions of vista side by side. Some of my hardware isn't supported in 64 bit, but I'd like to have the OS up and running so that I can eventually switch over to run 64 bit only. Licensing isn't ...

I have two wireless networks stored on my new laptop. One for home and one for work. Before I upgraded to Ultimate from Premier, I would not have any issues connecting to my Work or Home Access Point. However, since upgraded to Ultimate, I can ...

How can I turn on or off Vista's "Password protected sharing" option through an API? Tx Yves ...

I tried doing a back up of my files but it failed. Where do I back them up to? I am new at this.Sharyn ...

I am a newbie, so i may be off base.it seems to me that an astounding amount of hdd is being consumed. when my computer first arrived 15 days ago, i had 232 GB free space. i now have 189 GB free space. that' ...

Just says Copying XXX items From (PARENT directory) to (PARENT directory) < notice I capitalized PARENT, because that's what it displays. I.e. I copy a folder from c:\downloads\mp3s to f:\ All it tells me is that it is copying From c:\downloads to f:\ doesn't ever list the actual ...

This is an XP question but everyone has been so helpful I thought you wouldn`t mind . I have taken a bunch of programs off my original 60 gb drive that c ...

I recently purchased a new Laptop. The preloaded OS is Windows Vista Business edition. UAC is enabled. I have only one user created and as far as I have read on UAC it is operating as the "psudo admin" = Regular user that can elevate process ...

When trying to backup my hd to a second hard drive. The wizard only shows my dvd writer and not my 80gm hard drive that shows ntfs drive D: ...? Any suggestions? Thanks ...

Hello,We have some 16bit legacy apps which must run in a DOS box window with CMD.EXE. When I try to run them I get the following message:Full Screen Mode not Available in this System I cannot use AltEnter to ma ...

At this time I'm still running XP Pro. I do not use any passwords to run XP. When I boot up it opens XP.Can this also be done with Vista? or do you have to have a password to get in? ...

I have installed Norton Internet Security 2007 & SpywareBot and uninstalled them successfully. However, in Security Centre, both above items remain there plus Windows Defender. I have tried to use Norton Removal Tool wihtout success. Can someone advise me how to ...

I have a windows vista basic installed on my computer and windows defender came preinstalled. My problem is it won't update and the latest definitions in ...

I have XP and Vista running on a Dell XPS 700 in a dual boot configuration. I cannot get Vista to power off. The display shuts down and I can hear th ...

Is it possible to make the icons smaller and get rid of the shortcut arrow you used to be able to do this on xp using tweak ui is there a program like this for vista thanks ...

Hi,I'm trying to use the weather gadget that comes with Vista. It seems to be working fine except for one problem: entering Philadelphia, PA reports that it can't find the location!I would think one of the largest cities in the US would ha ...

I have just loaded DS legends of aranna onto my computer (Vista Home Premium) and there is a message that says compatibility problem when I come to run it.Can u help me jamiebanjo ...

I have purchased a new hard drive and I'm wondering can I do a clean install of Vista Home Premium from my upgrade cd? It is the same computer that I used the cd to upgrade from xp. I didn't do a clean install then.thank you, Jo ...

When I Bought My Computer My 5.1 Surround Sound Worked Just Fine. Recently I Had To Reinstall Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. My Surround Sound No Longer Worked I Updated Drivers And Now My Speakers Don't Work At All. I Can Roll Back Drivers And They Work But Only In Stereo I Have An EMachin ...

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so i did a clean fresh install of Vista and then tried installing my Zune and the Zune software onto it. something happened during installation and in the event viewer, it gave me an error about "portable media" not being installed.so i wasn't to worried since its my work ...

Hi Folks, This is my first post so please bear with my long winded explanation... I am currently running a Netcomm NB5Plus4W modem router, with my laptop running Windows XP I have had no problems getting uTorrent to 'green' status. This system is ...

I have made changes to an earlier problem from advice on this site now.... I have changed the outgoing mail server and I am still unable to emailout. The new error message is The host 'smtp.outgoing.verizon.net' could not be found ...

hey ppl my msn keeps saying " signing in to windows live messenger failed because the service is temporaily unavailable, please try again latererror code: 80070005this always comes u ...

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium and have tried several times to do a back up disk. It starts and part way through I get the following error.Access is denied 0X80070005.Can anyone help me?Sharyn Mitchell ...

I don't see Administrative tools in control panel. I do have administrative tools in start menu. My questions is how I can see it or restore Administrative Tools in CONTROL PANEL. Thanks ...

I would prefer to use my own hotmail email account and not the windows mail. How do I change the default email program so that I can use my own? Than ...

Hello all,Ubuntu 7.04, the ultimate Linux operating is now available for download. Browse to: futuredesktop.orgSincerely Moma :) ...

My DAM (Digital Asset Management) software and Photoshop both create .XMP files for each of my thousands of images. I don't want to see them when looking a thumbnails, for instance. Is there a way to hide them? Thank you for ...

Is office 2003 compatible with Vista? ...

I'm not sure if this is a comment, a question, or a suggestion. I do know that Vista voice recognition still has a few problems. Certainly for me. I use ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the latest federal agency to put a hold on PC upgrades to Windows Vista. NASA has decided against deploying Microsoft's fivemonthold operating system anytime this year. The decision puts NASA in company with the Federal Aviation Administ ...

I just got a new HP nootebook with Vista. I set up Windows Mail everthing works great! At 1st I could only receive mail and anything I tryed to send got stuck in the outbox. I turned on: "My server requires aut ...

Does anyone know what virus programs work with Vista Ultimate? I have comcast as an internet provider and they offer McAfee free but it does not work with Vista Ultimate.thanks,aaro ...

What are the minimum hardware requirements for Aero? My system has 512 MB of RAM, is running at 950 MHZ, and has 65 MB of onboard memory on my graphics card. Thank you. ...

I used my xbox hd dvd drive to install Vista because it consistently failed when I used my internal DVD drive (HP 640b, came with PC) on an Asus motherboard. I saw a forum somewhere claim ...

Everytime I use the sidebar the clock appears fine, then the calendar opens multiple times; appearing as loads of scrolling icons and then locks up the computer. Any ideas? ...

I have just purchased a 4GB SD card. I choose 'use this device to speed up the system using ready boost'. I allocated 3,810MB of the device as was recommended by windows. I then checked the vir ...

I have a lot of BSOD. It seems the problem is my graphic card which is based on Nvidia 7900GS. My question is : Does MY card have a problem or a lot of people with 7900GS have BSOD un ...

I have an IBM (Lenovo) tablet PC X41. It came with XP tablet version.I recently installed Vista Home Premium on it. And now it does not recognize my external USB hard drives. I ...

I understand that the "SendTo" folder for a user has been moved from Documents and Settings to Users\.\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendToHowever, the shortcuts I place in this folder do not show up in my rig ...

Hi. I am having a problem connecting Vista with an XP network. The vista machine is not seeing any of the XP machines but can ping the IP of the xp machines. The xp machines can s ...

Hi MS Crew,I'm using Vista ultimate, and when it comes to internet connecting, I just need to use a ethernet cable connected from my PC straight into an Eternet port and than converted to Fibre Optic (complicated but.. www.penangfon.com how it works)I ...

Overall poor performance with this game. I have a custom machine... AMD X2 4400+ on an Asus nForce 4 SLI Premium board with 2Gigs of corsair RAM and a ...

Hello allI know that hotmail can not be downloaded into Windows Mail, however how can I have it to that the information is downloaded onto my pc so that even if i do not ha ...

I have Vista with Windows Mail. I am unable to send emails out. I just moved and switched from DSL to RoadRunner. I never had this trouble with my DSL connection. I was able to send for the first couple of days then it just stopped working. I ...

Trying to import an Access 2003 contacts db to Windows Contacts. I've exported the db to cvs (txt) but when I import it into Windows Contacts it puts .Contact at the end of all data. Any way to eliminate this? ...

Hello Support Group I have MS Office 2003 Professional installed on my Vista Business laptop. The .mdb files on this PC cannot be moved to another PC or Shared St ...

Ok the thing is my norton expired i removed it but i think it messed up my lsp or something i dont but i installed nod32 my internet (wireless) is connected but have problems and cannot browse so i diagnose it said something component LSP is outdated so i removed nod32 ...

When upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, the following error occurs: FatalError PANTHR Unhandled exception (code 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION) occurred at 0x7489D637 in C:\Windows\system32\oobe\migcore.dll (+0047D637). Minidump attach ...

I am logged into Vista as Administrator and am going about deleting local user profiles in the usual XP way (System> Advanced Settings> User Profiles, etc.) but I get the error message: ...

Hi Everyone :)I've been having problems with my taskbar becoming scrambled. The taskbar items seem to move across to the left by about 300px become garbled ...

Has anyone any thoughts on a decent (but inexpensive) CAD package to run under Vista. I was using Draft Choive under XPSP2 but I can't get it up and run ...

I'm trying to help a friend.. They have Verizon ISP and when the account was set up, they configured the computer to use Windows Mail for their email. It was working fine...they received emails and replied to emails and sent new emails just fine. Recently, the ...

Does anyone know of a driver for the Cheez SNAP! that works on Windows Vista? The one that comes with the camera allows you to use it as a webcam in Vista, but it won't download the pictures from the camera. ...

We all know that files are not deleted when they are deleted they just occupy free space and are easily restored but is there a true free space wiper that works with Vista? ...

Hi, I'm running new 32bit Vista Business laptop with an AMD Turion x64 and today it won't let me get updates for Windows Defender. The messege I get is The program can't check for updates. The error code is 0x80240029. I don't know if it will check ...

i just bought a new motherboard, and replaced my old one. Now vista is always complaining to activate windows, but when i want to active it it says the s ...

hi, i was just wondering if it is possible to free look in chess titans (like view the game from whatever angle you want). i dont like looking from the default angle. thanks ...

Someone please help me.I have tried to change the storage folder for my Vista Windows Mail but each time I restart Windows Mail (as required after choosing my new location), it returns to its default location.I was logged in as Vista Administrator and opened Win ...

Hi, I'm finding Windows Mail too slow comparing to Outlook Express.I was using a PC, Windows XPpro and internet broadband. My Outlook Express 6, was working fine. I lov ...

Does anyone know the correct settings for zoomtown mail downloading to windows? ssl settings, port #'s and such? Thank you in advance for your help! ...

Can someone suggest a way for me to import my email messages and folders from Thunderbird into Windows Mail? I have just switched to Vista and love it. I also like WM very much, but I realy need to get those messages and folders over where I can use them.Thanks for your help. ...

Has anybody else experienced Lost Mailbox Lock messages in Windows Mail? I have no idea what it means and would like to know if its a problem. ...

Hi all,Do these updates help stop any errors/crashes at all?thanks ...

I am having major probems with the desktop I bought.The keyboard skips characters erratically and you sometimes have to click the mouse a number of times to invoke a command.It is only a few months old and worked when I first insta ...

My computer operates with 2GM mem, 2 WD Raptor HD's and a Pentium 4 proc. Can I expect a performance boost by increasing the mem to 4GB? Software used: Office 2003 a ...

I have Windows Vista, Office 2003 and an HP 6200 AllinOne installed. When I try and print from Excel I get an error message that no printer is installed. when I go to the contgrol panel I see that the 6200 is installed and is working fine. Other applications outside of Office 2003 print fine ...

Hello,In XP, you could add a custom toolbar to the taskbar. It appears in Vista that you can only check which toolbars you'd like on the taskbar no customization? Anyone know if there is a way to add a custom toolbar that points to a specific folder?Thanks! ...

I have spent a leasurely week in Oregon to setting up a new HP computer for my brother. He is not on the Internet and refuses to do so. He is running Windows Vista Home Premium.He called to ...

Does anyone know where the favicons are located in Vista? In XP they were in the temoporary Internet files folder. This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree&quo ...

I generally switch my PC on when I get up, then go off and make a cup of cofee and come back to complete the logon when I'm ready.I have Vista Home Premium booted via BootitNG.Very often, when I come back to the machine, the disk is undergoing ...

I read in one of the advertising promos that Vista (my version is 64bit Enterprise) can "run unix applications". Where can I find out more information about this?Specifical ...

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How do I gain access to this folder?I have taken ownership, am in the administrators group but still get Access Denied popups when trying to view the files. ...

I have a copy of Vista HP installed on my pc (which I bought) can I installit also on my laptop or do I have to buy another copy? ...

hi,when I run my HP health check it comes back with files that need repair but when i click on the green triangle to click repair it pulls open a help finder and says "topic not found" and then tells me to go on microsoft.comIt says my status is poor, and I have a ...

Hello all,I have recently purchased 7 identical PCs with Vista Business and Office 2007 preinstalled. I wish to configure one and use Complete PC Backup as a means of cloning my configuration across ...

Hello, I just installed my first CD ROM software using Vista. The sofware had an "autoload" feature, but Vista gave me two options. One, to install the software and two, to view ...

I would like to join a Vista Home Basic machine to an existing domain. When I purchased the desktop from Dell I was told this was possible. Is it possible? If not, there are some applications that call ...

It always fails to install, such that It does not run with a file association error from the games folder...Any clues?"This fil does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set a ...

Lexmark finally released a driver for X5150 and I downloaded and installed by following all the instructions. But the printing process is so slow. I believe somehow data goes so slow to printer through the USB cable. Becaus ...

Playing around with media center. I find the video to be a bit dark. I have an ATI video card with the latest drivers but there is no real way to change the video properties as far as I can see. Is there a way in media center to adjust the brightness or contrast ...

Has anyone with Vista been successful in stopping history from showing? Mine is set to "0 days to keep pages in history", but it does not work.Any help, anyone? Thanks. Wayne L. ...

My media subscription web service does not support WMP11. Any idea? ...

im having problems with my windows wallpapers. Its letting me choose a color background for my desktop background, but its not letting me pick out a windows wallpaper background, and i already checked and seen that the wallpaers are n the right file which is C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper but it ...

On every other version of windows I can remember I was able to search for files modified between a pair of dates for example search for everything modified from 01/01/04 to 06/30/04. The Vista Advanced search option lets me pick dates befo ...

Hi, I'm on Vista Home Premium 32bit and I've had a Maxtor One Touch II external drive that has worked fine under Vista for a while.Now, oftentimes when I'm copying a file or folder to that drive and I click to expand the "folder tree" of My Documents on my extern ...

I'm trying to install Vista on a laptop which has no internal optical drive, and I don't have an external one to plug in, so I have to use a flash drive. Apparently correct instructions for making a bootable flash drive from the Vista install DVD are at kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F ...

I can't seem to browse network shares from the XP machines on my network.If I reference the share directly, it works fine, eg \\pob\photos\ but if I just want to see all available shares by going to \\pob\ it says access is deniedAny ideas i ...

neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=40364The prediction is based on the bloat increase projected into the future... As I showed in a sloppy graph I made and another comment later on.. it seems that windows 2010 will need around 100 gb hard disk space and at least 2 gb of ram minimum for its ...

hello, im using windows vista home premium and im trying to connect to my girlfriends pc (she has win xp home or pro.. cant remember) and i enabled the option on her pc for remote assistance.. now i type in her computer name and then it asks me for a username and a password ...

When ever I go to a web page from my desktop I get a popup saying IE cannot open this page. I'm using firefox and the page comes up but the popup comes up first. Really bugs me. There are 2 other users with firefox as their default and they don't have that problem. I'm r ...

Hi,My girlfriend was making a banner and sent me an image. I saved it, browsed with explorer to the directory, clicked on it and ... vista started flashig, moving windows, moving the mouse caused the screen to go black and flash with windows ...

WHen I Click on a music link that says windows the song won't automaticly play with the media player, haw can i fix this? ...

Is there a tweak that I can use to get my mouse movement faster? I already have it set to fastest and it just isn't fast enough. Having tendonitis in my wrist limits the movement so I'd like to move as little as possible. I guess u ...

Howdy All,Just done a full reinstall of Vista Home Premium. Everything was working fine, just wanted to go back to a clean slate. However....Since reinstalling, and setting up my Wireless Desktop 7000 kit ...

I currently have XP. Can I get started with "Windows Photo Gallery" by downloading onto my XP system, prior to moving to Vista? If so, where do I go to download "Windows Photo Gallery" for XP?My ...

Does Nvidia Gforce 6200 supports Aero 256 MB? Thanks, mac ...

hi installed 2 x samsung SP1654N hard drives in comp. bios recognises them and vista os recognises them yet c: is correct 150 GB and D: 31.4 GB yet should be 150 G ...

Have been seeing a lot of problems on this newsgroup with Vista not recognizing DVD drives. For what its worth, here is how I fixed mine.I had both an LG DVD writer and and a LG removable USB flash drive. On Beta 2 and ...

Dell laptop running Vista Premium. Analog audio input is seen in recording levels, and records to wav files, but I can't hear it from the audio output before I record it. Any ideas? It worked fine on my old laptop under Windows Me. ...

Ok, I just partitioned my second HD with Vista x86 into 3 Primary partitions. Now, I get errors with partition programs saying the sizes are incorrect. Before I "Fix" these errors, has something changed in the way Vista allocates space wi ...

When i select a picture in Photo Gallery, choose "eMail", resize, then hit "attach" a new email window will not appear ...

I get this message when I want to open movie maker...General access denied. How can I fix this? I have Vista ...

my new laptop has joined an existing wireless internet connection. 3 other machines on the network run XP and have excellent internet performance. the new Vistabased laptop has only medium connection strength and performs poorly in web browsing and brow ...

I'm wondering if anyone can help me. Dell is clueless (no huge surprise there) amd Intel won't help me. At Vista startup, my NIC/Lan connection comes up in the tasktray with a caution icon over it. Yellow triangular sign with an exclamation point in it. When I diagnose and repair, I have t ...

On my system, I have 4 users, one admin and 3 standard user. Is it possible to prevent that the admin user is shown on the welcome screen?Thanks, Ralf ...

I have 4 user accounts on my computer running Windows Vista Home Premium. Mine is an administrator account & the others are standard accounts. When we try to delete icons in one account, it sometimes deletes them in every account. It does always ask for administrator permission ...

can ya use microsoft siderwinder with vista,,,,,,will it work? ...

Why did you delete my message? Because you don't know how to fix it? I may just keep entering it until you have the courtesy of sending me an email and tell ...

Hi,I accidentally created a sub folder in the "outbox",and it wont delete after choosing the delete option from the right click menu.How do i delete the folder??Thanks ...

I have been trying to delete messages from my deleted folder and keep getting the message of unknown error. Any ideas how to get rid of them? ...

HELP!! I am a vista rookie trying to set up my Windows Mail (POP3) account and not really getting it. Can anybody walk me through it?? ...

I use Outlook 2000's Net Folders feature with a number of offsite users. It's a brilliant way of sharing Outlook mail, contacts, calendar and journal folders over the Internet I share 15 folders. It was disconti ...

I have Outlook on Vista. when I click on the Outlook icon, Outlook come up but does not automatically pull in new mail I have to click on the SEND/RECEIVE button shouldn't it happen automatically? It does on Outlook Express & Win XP on my other computer..... Is t ...

Installed Vista Ultimate 32bit on new WD 200GB hard drive.I'm running: Supermicro MB P4 3.2Ghz 3GB RAM Radeon X600 Graphics RealTec AC97 Audio Logitech Wireless KB & Optical MouseMy Vista ...

Somehow I cannot print PDF files. I only get some linings, not the characters. Maybe this is related to a wrong default: when I open an email attachment, it opens with scrapbook and I don't know how to change this. There is no option of 'open with' when I right click. Anyway, I have open ...

Can anyone help me? I have upgraded from XP to Vista and I find my computer hangs when I close down and I mhave to shut off at the mains.Ken ...

When I close down Windows Mail I get a message saying "Windows mail has stopped working". I then get either a message saying Windows has closed the program or a message saying "Windows mail is being restarted" a ...

Hi,The problem: many older icons are replaced by another. For eample, creating a shortcut to COMMAND.COM should have the MSDOS logo. It shows up correctly inside the properties of the shortcut, but is replaced by an empty "white card" on the desktop.Any id ...

Does ie7 fail to close every time you use it ? Are you also using the quicktime plugin QTplugin.ocx in your addon's section ? if it isn't failing, what's the da ...

I have a problem with all Office 2007 programs not working when I come back from Vista sleep mode. For example with Outlook 2007, upon clicking on the Send/Receive button I get no response. If I take the option "Le ...

I have Vista Home Premium on a new laptop that has a Synaptic Pointing Device pad.Amongst other annoying features [like menu items being automatically selected when I hover ...

Hi all,I almost have all the kinks workedout of my Vista system at home now except for this oddity. I was trying to play a WMV file from a website yesterday and noticed that the video is all garbled; it looks like a sme ...

Hey anyone know about this feature what is it good for does it replace ram ...

When I received my new computer with Vista Business I registered the Windows and had a confirmation that the Windows were a genuine Microsoft Product. Since then I encountered one or two prob ...

Hi I need a little help my indexing doesnt work. I tried to turn it on cant. Wouls appreciate some help. Thanks John ...

I just installed Vista Enterprise on my computer and I'm having trouble using a program because of this error:"Log in has failed. Error 3280: This is not your fault. Contact your system administrator with the following information: "The client locale: Spanish (Honndu ...

I am about to purchase a Gateway desktop with WindowsVista on it. I would like to install OfficeXP Standard onto it (only the Word and Excel components.) Does anyone here know whether OfficeXP Standard is compatible with Vista, or do I have to purchase Offic ...

Some time ago my computer had problems and I had to reinstall Vista. All the files in the old system were moved to the Windows.old folder.To cut a long story short, I had another problem which I solved by going into safe mode and used the command rd/S to remo ...

Hi,I can no longer run explorer.exe on my Vista computer. If I type "explorer" or "C:\" in the run dialog, I get an error message that says "Class not registered". Also, half m ...

after a windows defender update today, one of my email accounts stopped working and the company website that goes along with it can't be accessed, but only by me on this computer. Others can access that site even on the same router. I have a feeling ...

I just bought a new computer today for work. It uses Windows Vista. All my work is accessed on the internet through Remote Desktop Active X Control. I enabled both signed and unsigned download active x control, but I cannot access my remote server. ...

img366.imageshack.us/img366/9752/wtfhy8.jpgI have a friend who rightclicks Recent Items, but doesn't get the option Clear Recent Items List. Why? How can he sol ...

I´ve just bought a new labtop with Vista Home Premium. The Logitech VX Revolution USB mouse, downloaded the latest "Setpoint 330" software from Logitech for Vista 32 bit. Vista won´t recognize and install drivers for the USB receiver. I´ve shut down Antivirus , runs the in ...

ok so i had vista installed on my pc from the beta and now i have vista ultimate edition and everytime i go to start than shut down computer it will turn off but not compleatley it will go to a blue screen that says critical error or somethig and than it restarts it ...

I have had an on and off issue with Windows mobile device center. Sometime when I connect my XV6700 pocket pc phone it will sync fine other times it wont. I have LiveOne Care software and changed the port settings as suggested but this on and off ...

I have a external HD that shows as offline on my Vista Home premium desktop. However i could import it on my Vista Ultimate Laptop. The desktop is a new Dell Dimension and the Laptop is a year old Dell D820 Latitude ...

I keep getting an incompatible software that I am suppose to uninstall before upgrade. The problem is I cannot find this program anywhere on my system. It is Sonic.slo.bump.How do I get around this? Thank you. ...

Hello all,I am trying to install Windows Vista Business Edition on my mom's new computer. Specs: Core 2 Duo E6320 | ECS 945PA (v3.0) | 2 GB DDR2 | GIGA ...

Hello! I just bought a new computer with Vista Business, and I can't get streaming video on any web site. I just get a blank space where the player should be no video or audio. I can download the video and it plays fine, but I can't actually view it on the pa ...

we have 2 new laptops with Vista on them. Our current network is a Workgroup setup... each desktop has the ability to save on the server to a shared folder that is only accessable to the logon on that deskto ...

I have the weird problem that my Vista Home Premium loses its access to the internet after a certain amount of time. Sometimes after 3 hours, sometimes after 5 hours or even after only 30 minutes I am not ab ...

I have a desktop with Vista Business and a laptop running windows xp. I want to share a folder of pictures that is located on the desktop computer. (And vice versa) I go through the share folder routine. Both computers can see each other. On the vista desktop I can access the laptop ...

After logging off one user account and logging onto another, Windows security alerts have persisted. Basically, it says there is no firewall, no antivirus program and no malware program. System has Norton firewall, Norton Antivirus and Windo ...

Hey!I have been trying to get into www.Lloydstsb.co.uk for a while to do some online banking but the web site won't show up and also while in a myspace type site (dlist.com)when someone tries ti ...

Is there anyway to transfer the two Vista Ultimate games (i.e.. poker and the other one) to a nonultimate version of Vista such as home premium?? Should be able to just copy the files?? Posted ...

Hello When I opened my windows mail for the first time I got the message below. What can I do to fix this? Please advise me step by step.......thank you. Golnar some error accured while processing the request task......The host 'pop3' could not ...

Iam able to recieve mail and can send message back to sender but I cannot send new mail to anyone . Jlamphere1@comcast.net ...

Every time I make rules in mail, everything is fine and works.... untill I reboot ... then all my rules are gone. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.Home Premium All updates ...