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when i try to open explorer browser i get an error message that it can not be opened. if i then right click on the browser icon it and choose "open as administrator it will then foward me to a window and i can allow the co ...

After installing Vista Premium just to test it out and see how it runs on the old girl I found it not to be to its full potential but made the mistake t ...

Hay! I have just installed my Upgrade version of windows vista home premium and when i click on start and click Control Panel this opens then gose to the p ...

ok guys I am now using a vista premium platform that is giving me headaches.This is happening on a new vista premium system. In game I get a stutter where game f ...

A lot of my games didn't download art etc in the game explorer on Vista.After much messing I found the registry key's where all the info is sitting, but it seems to ignore any changes I make except for title. If I change any ...

Is there a way to import the mail I've downloaded in "Windows Mail" into Outlook 2007? ...

Hi,Using Vista Mail.Is there any way to show the deleted messages (before they are purged) when using IMAP. In previous versions of Outlook Express, the ...

When I start up Windows Mail, things are ok. New mail is downloaded without problem.But if I push "send/receive" or select "synchronize", ...

After the user has backedup up his entire C: Drive to an external HDD using Vista can he then go to that image backup, look at individual files and folders, open them up then copy both files and folders individually, at will, to some ot ...

I have an AMD 5200 Dual Core Processor running on an ASUS M2N32SLi Deluxe Mboard with Vista Ultimate 64bit with 2gb ram, 750gb HD and Nvidia 7950 GFX. I have just run the 'Generate a system health report' from within ...

I loved watching him on David Letterman Dave was always spraying a fire extinguisher on him I have had great luck with Vista Ultimate other than if I open the Resource Monitor it begins to show data, but then my system become unresponsive. My mouse cursor works, and an ...

I believe I have a corrupt pagefile.sys.With the paging file option unchecked reboot is snappy under 2 mins.(control panel>system>advanced sys ...

Hi, all.I'm trying to install the recentlyreleased HP Universal Print driver for some Laserjet 4050n network printers, on Vista Ultimate ( 32 bit ).I'm currently using the inbox drivers that shipped with Vista succesfully, printing ...

Hi I've been burning data dvd's off my home pc to transfer files onto my laptop but when I use the explore option in vista, none of the files are shown. I know theyre there because I can copy off the audio files using iT ...

Hello,i want to change the StandardFavoritesFolder from "C:\USERS\username\FAVORITES" to another place on my second Harddisk but dont know how ... ?Have Windows Ultimate/32.Tha ...

I purchased F.E.A.R. and the game runs perfect, but after 510 minutes the screen goes black. I can still play the game, hence, I still hear footsteps, gunshots, etc. I can even press es ...

I am having a problem with Windows Media Player 11. I can only run the program as an administrator. When I click the icon, it never runs. Similarly, if I try to run ...

Hi everybodyI've got Windows Vista Home Basic but I really need a web server... Any solution? IIS? Apache? Thank you very much in advance Stefano ...

When are we likely to see 64 bit software and drivers for vista x 64 bit?I have a HP AIO 2575 printer and I am desperate for the scannner/copier software to be released. I also have a black gold (GDI) TV tuner card but it doesn't look likely that I will see drivers for that............. they d ...

I adopted Vista Ultimate (32 bit), Office 2007 and Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007 on my personal desktop at my company.While I looked for reasons to justify upgrading all of my workstations, I found just the opposite. ...

I RECENTLY PURCHASED AN HP DV9000 WITH A BUILT IN HP PAVILLIONWEBACM BUT IT WILL NOT WORK WITH MY AOL (AIM) INSTANT MESSAGING. WHEN I GO TO THE SETTINGS IT RECOGNIZES THAT I HAVE THE CAMERA BUT WHEN I GO TO CHAT NO ONE CAN SEE ME. ALSO THE BLUE LIGHT NEXT TO THE CAMERA DOES NOT LIGHT ...

Files in Use Some files that need to be updated are currently in use. The following applications are using files that need to be updated by this setup. Windows Explore ...

When I log into my Windows Vista Enterprise Ed PC as Myself (a Domain User) I'm always associated with a LOGON_SERVER that is the same (A Win2000 DC). If I l ...

Hi,Is there a way to make the sound level stick to what I set it, i.e.: I set the master level to 30, and Windows Sound to 15, but frequently the Windows SOund level is at the same level as the Master.I can not say which process i ...

Hi AllHas anyone managed to get the 2003 Admin Pack to work correctly on Vista? If so how?I had read that 2003 Release candidate 2 worked but it didn't for me. I still can't get the user and computers snap in amongst others to work.ThanksGary ...

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Hi all.I purchased the 32 bit full version of Vista premium to go with my current hardware. Eventually i upgraded using the anytime upgrade to Vista Ultimate.OK, in the n ...

Alright, so we know Vista is all cool and stuff, with a shiny interface and a ton of features and mysterious pathways of configuration that can befuddle even the most adept computer ...

Does anyone know if I can give authorisation to others to edit a published calendar with Vista? I want others in my office to be able to see my calendar and make changes to it. Currently with XP I have ...

To import your Outlook Express files to Windows Mail, you need to locate your .dbx files from Outlook Express. Next, create a temporary folder on your desktop and ...

I have selected "Autohide the taskbar" in the Taskbar and start menu properties, but it doesn't disappear.... I have tried restarting multiple times, but it still doesn't hide itself. Oh by the way just i ...

Is anyone having a issue while receiving email in Outlook 2007 running Vista? I'ts like using a 2400 modem. Thanks ...

I have a Gigabyte GAK8VT800 Pro motherboard (amd 64bit cpu) with ati x1300 and NOW 1 NCP 1GB pc3200 ddr. I did a compatibilty chack and it said every should work. When I installed vista ultimate x64 version from a clean hard drive (ide 300gb), it wo ...

I believe my printer is not compatible with Vista. It's an HP 3420 that I purchased almost four years ago. I installed it on my computer with Vista, but when I ask it to print files it does not send them to ...

I am using Vista Ultimate x64, On Xp i used the Group by Name option which grouped files and folders into beginning with A..B..C etc, since moving to Vista it is now grouping AH IP and QZ. Does anyone know of anyway to change this to g ...

support.microsoft.com/kb/932246/enusThe March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update is a package of software updates that address common application compatibility issues in Windows Vista.When you try to install and run certain legacy games or applications in Windows Vista, ...

Hi, I am seeing that there is alot of issues with reinstalling defender when it was uninstalled. I have tried this and it worked. go to start, accessories,system tools and then to restore. The program will allow you to return the system to a point before the uninstall. You will see many r ...

Hi,I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista Ultimate and I now have a problem. When I click on my username to log on, windows explorer pops up in "My Documents". The explorer shell doesn't load, and I have to start the task manager, and manually start explorer. Can anyone tell me w ...

To get "Windows Media Player" to work as part of Vista Home Premium on an Aus P5BV motherboard +E6600 + 2GB I downloaded the latest release 7.14.10.1147 (12.12.06) drivers for the Intel G965 chipset from the Asus web site ...

I finally got around to installing my Wacom tablet driver for Vista. It activated the Microsoft 'Pen Tool' keyboard thing. I won't be using it, and it irritates me, hiding off the side of my screen, just waiting to pop out every time it think ...

Before repartitioning my hard drive, I used Vista's Home Premium's full PC backup option to save all my files to another drive. It created a directory named after my machine, which contai ...

I had install a fresh windows Vista ultimate with other aplicatios, but sometimes gives me a blue screen with Page Fault in Non Paged Area Any Idea of what could be? ...

Hello,I hope this is the right group for my question.Has someone succeeded in fully install the software/hardware for the HP psc 1350 AllinOne printer ?The printer works. Thus, Vista recognizes the pr ...

Using Vista HP x64. Energy management was working just fine. I do have wireless keyboard and mouse from MS but I don't know if this is the problem or not. I do have all the lastest drivers installed. I don't know if screensaver was working after installing the wireless ...

One of my buds went ahead and got himself a new system to run VISTA, similar to mine. He's got an ATI Radeon 1950 graphics card and says that every so often while playing the "extras" poker game and sometimes ...

OK I have seen this question asked on here at least three different times now, nad no one has given a good answer yet. I have an HP pavilion zd8000 with a broadcom 802.11g wirless adapter. I just upgraded to vista and ever since I done this I keep losing conection. For no reason at al ...

I've installed the latest iTunes software (7.1.1) and use Vista. It seemed to install OK but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Now, when I try to launch it, iTunes asks me if I want to &q ...

I just install a Vista Home Premium upgrade on my Dell Dimension 9200. Sometimes when I leave my PC sit idle and the screen saver should come on, I come back to the PC and there is a black screen. When I move my mouse or hit a key on my keyboard to get back to the welcome screen it doesn't do a ...

Hello,I just installed Windows Vista a couple of days earlier and my Hard Drive is always working or almost. Even if I leave the computer idle for a long time, it's always working with the little grinding noise. The cpu is not working tho ...

I have used Remote Desktop Connection in Windows XP to connect to my work network running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with RSA SecurID without problem. Recently I purchased a laptop running Windows Vista. Now when I connect everything starts out fine. The program c ...

i have a snap server that after i upgraded to vista keeps asking for the username and password and when i put the info in it just pops back up again. any suggestions? Tech Support RWCPAS ...

I just install nTune on vista32...after installing I reboot my comp a few times to make sure nTune is working. But, every time when I try to open up ...

I have a new laptop w/Vista. I use windows mail for sending and receiving emails. However, I understand that I will need to install outlook 2003 or newer in order to sync my pda devic ...

i am having trouble getting my printer to connect with windows vista does anyone know how i can get this done with out having to buy a new printer? ...

When I install a NAS unit, while WINDOWS VISTA indexes the files, the system becomes unstable and it go to crash... it is possible to turn off the function "finding and organizing" files? I can't work.... :(((((((((((((( ...

I just bought an OEM version of Vista Home Premium, and can't get it to install.I tried to boot up to the cd no worky. Tried to install on top of XP no worky wouldn't even begin the install.I can't even br ...

Hi,where I can buy the Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic N OEMEdition? In my town I can't find one reseller and no OnlineShop sells this version.Where can I buy the N Edition for Vista Home Basic?Werner ...

Hei, jeg lurer på vilken office versjon jeg skal velge til windows vista, har office XP nå, men kommer det til å virke greit på det nye vista? ...

the Vista business ed was connected to the SBS2003 network but could not join the domain as the patch had not been released. But it has acted on group policy and the WSUS on the server.It's update panel is greyed out. ...

Can someone help me pls, after i enter the 8 digit code in WMC, i get an error that windows cannot find the extender. I can connect to LIVE, but Vista doesnt see my 360, how do i fix this? ...

I apparently have a corrupted pciidex.sys file and so my laptop wont boot. Windows Vista startup repair has tried 12 times to fix the problem, but without success. I'v ...

I have since upgraded my PV to Vista Business.but retained the existing keyboard.I have tried to intal Microsoft Digital Image 2006 again, but during inst ...

Hello my gadegt calender has an problem it doesn' show any entry, just the orange box.any help is neededthank umatthias ...

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Hi,Is there a way to run an application in the System Tray if it is not designed for that initially?I want the Windows Calendar to be running in the system tray. I have Vista on my laptop and I put it to sleep rather than shut down or logoff. I have stuff in my W ...

Is there a good DVD player that will set the resolution to what I tell the DVD player to use? Right now I have the resolution set to 800x600 because that is the best reading but when I play a DVD I ...

I am running terminal server 2003 enterprise (RC1 & 2)and exchange 2003 std. When a Vista client accesses a remote connection and opens their outlook (the vista client run ...

I have just purchased a new PC3200 400mhz 1gb stick of memory, but when I try and reboot I get the following message....."Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. insert your windows installation disc and restart your compu ...

Help resolve this diplay driver problem. or atleast say they do no know. This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this s ...

Just for those still wondering or waiting if it is worth the bother, I got my Microsoft refund check today for $178.69. I had originally bought a copy of the Home Premium version of Vista, then discovered it ...

When I Copy and Paste pictures from the web into my Window Mail. they do not appear. There is only a framed square with print that states the picture name.is there a setting change for this?thank you, Ed ...

ATI has a new Vista driver on its site...version 7.3. Lots of fixes for Vista, especially for popular games. I downloaded it and installed it without incident on my VISTA se ...

Hi guys, I just installed vista ultimate but i cant figure out why windows media center does not detect my TV card (Leadtek Winfast PVR 2000). I installed all the new vista drivers for my TV card from the vendor site. The program that ships with th ...

I've already emptied my "favorite links" folder in explorer. Now I want to remove it entirely, so it is not taking up %40 of the left column of explore. How can I remove the "favorite links&qu ...

Error message: Unexpected error Code: 0x80070005 Description: Access is deniedOccurs when I attempt to activate Windows Vista from the link at Control Panel> System and Maintenance> System.Please advise. ...

In previous versions of sysprep the sysprep.inf file was deleted once sysprep completed it's tasks. This was good because it did not leave a trace of the credentials that were implied and used in the file to add the machine to the domain during the sysprep process. Vista S ...

I own an unactivated copy of Business. I want to buy a new computer which comes with Home Premium. Can I dual boot the installed Home Premium and Business so that I will have Fax and Scan by rebooting or can I add the Fax and Scan from Business into the Home Prem ...

Hi,After upgrading from XP to Vista, I now don't have a "Documents" or a "Music" folder. The folders simply do not exist in my "User" folder. (This might be related to the fact that on XP, I had redirected these locatio ...

I accidently changed the properties of the Music folder shortcut on the start menu. How to I recreate it or restore it? I tried going into the customiz ...

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I have an Abit Airpace wifi (Atheros based AR5000X) and a Dlink DGL4300 gaming router. Recently I was getting a breif disconnect every hour, and every hour I would see "Your computer was successfully assigned an address from the network, and it can now conn ...

I have Vista Ultimate and when i go into the System Properties window and change the workgroup name and change the default from Business Network to Home Computer, it accepts the changes and prompts ...

I cannot keep Outlook running in a stable fashion. It was "A OK" under XP. All email accounts are correct and I can test OK but minutes or hours later I am asked to sign in again (to the network server there isn't one only the ISP) and failed. My other PC with Vista and ...

When I open a "Create Mail" window the "Insert picture" button on the toolbar is O.K. but the "Insert hyperlink" button is not operating. The "Insert \ Hy ...

I have numerous email accounts and cannot send any mails out of Windows mail. I have disabled all my email scanning programs and have even tried the "cmd" route, disabling it, removing my accounts, and readding them. Nothing seems to be working. I have no problems ...

I can receive, but not send email. I have reconfigured my servers per provider instructions, and still cannot send. I have one email in my outbox that I cannot delete message body has text "Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displayin ...

Please bear with me as i am not very tech.I have a new PC with Vista Home Prem. I was able to get my emails up and running. I was receiving and sending for several days. Then suddenly I couldn't send. The emails would only go to the outbox. ...

Dear all,I have a laptop using windows Vista ultimate. I made a backup of this system in the beginning. After a few weeks I wanted to reinstall my pc to fix some real problems. I formatted my harddisk but the problems still remain.So ...

Can you fix the search feature for this forum? It does not work at all. For example, if I enter "Lexmark" it returns no hits, even though the first pos ...

I have connect a network printer hp 4000 by making a local port (\\computer\sharename. The printer is working fine except that ignores the number of copies field in Print dialog box and prints only one copy. Another network printer hp 3800 which was connected with the us ...

I am using Vista Ultimate with a clean install. I changed the location of the Documents to E:\. I get the following error when I try to start Windows Fax and Scan:Windows Fax and Scan cannot run as it cannot acces ...

Hi Everybody, Other than convenience, are there pros and cons for creating three partitions for the hard disk. 1. Windows 2. Applications 3. Data Phil ...

I have installed my mic, and it registers on the device selection screen, and in Sound Recorder, and in Ventrilo, but when I try to configure my Speech Recognition, it gets to the pa ...

For some unknown reason the Windows Vista Ultimate Audio Service will not start properly. The Windows Audio Endpoint Builder Service has and error. 0x80070002 The Windows Audio Endpoint Builder service terminated w ...

I have tried everything that windows and microsoft have told me to do to get this vista upgrade from XP to work, I get to the final part of the upgrade and the computer keeps restartin ...

Vista is so much harder to use for filesharing then any other OS. i can't connect to it or see it on my lan. my xbox won't see it at all. works fine in xp pro s ...

Have Comcast email. When I click to open an attachment, a File Download box pops up and asks me to either Open, Save or Cancel.If I click Open or Save, an Install Prov ...

I got a problem to see if any one can help me with in Windows Vista windows mail if i try to click on a email in my contacts or on a web page it gives me an error and says program ...

WHY CAN'T I SEND ANY PICTURES TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ...

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Hi Folks,Brand new HP desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 bit.Came with a year and a half of Norton, which I'm updating and using for antivirus.We have a new wired, (NOT wireless), gateway modem/router from Verizon DSL for multiple computers in t ...

Hi,Im not sure if this is the right place to post this but im having a problem with IE7. The thing is it keeps crashing on me every time I try to open a webpage from a program (e.g. clicking on check for update or get online support) and also when I click to create a new tab. Im running it ...

Can Vista and Windows XP share a dedicated pagefile partition? TIA.Gerry ~~~~ Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

Are there any Vista online classes to learnallthe in's and out's ofthe OS? ...

I am trying to activate Vista and get an error message. The error code is 0x8007232B Description: DNS name does not exist. Any thoughts on what to do? ...

I have just installed Office 2003 SBE on Vista Home Premium. I have activated the product OK. When I run a program I am asked to accept the EULA, which I am used to ...

i'm wondering what happened to my memory... the first time i checked the memory this day, i have 39GB used space and the capacity is 81GB. then i left my laptop turned off when i ...

Try this if you get the same as I do on this Home Premium system maybe you can explain. The specifics are I hope irrelevant it's the principles...Q: Where is "Games Explorer" Q: How should I be able to find it? Q: Why haven't I been able to find ...

I can't seem to get the adminpak installed. I downloaded the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Administration Tools. I've seen some posts regarding having to register DLLs to get it working, but I can't even get that far. When I try to run the installer, it ...

In my opinion Microsoft has made a serious misjudgement in its zeal to improve security in Vista. My home might be safer if every outside and inside door were ...

Somebody help!! My DVD burner no longer shows up:It shows in the bios It shows in device manager with this msg:Windows cannot load the device driver for th ...

I have an fi4120c document scanner which is about 5 years old now and originally cost £450. Since acquiring a new laptop with Vista already installed on it, I've discovered that there are no vista drivers available for this scanner.If I want to contin ...

I have already talked to Canon Technical Support and have had no success. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Vista 32bit drivers for my scanner and it is detected and device manager reports it running with no errors. I am running Vista 32 Ultimate. The moment I ...

We purchase computers with an OEM OS License. In Windows XP, there was the ability to use sysprep & special product keys to preserve OEM activation. ...

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Anyone know a way to get Contact Groups to display at the top of the contact list like folders do? It's a PITA to have to scroll thru the list to find the right group to drag and drop a contact into it! ...

I entered a new contact after installing the new Email, on a new machine, incorrectly. .com instead of .org. Obviously the sent mail was returned. I first tried to edit the contact, and next deleted it and aded the correct one. However, when trying to enter the correct address, Email selects th ...

Can having a 256MB x 4 configuration result in a bottleneck and slow down of Vista? This is my config and recently, Vista has started to run slowly. Even rightclicking on desktop items seems slower.My system: P4 HT 3.0Ghz 1 gb RAM (256MB x 4) ATI Radeon 1600 PCIe 512MB Nothi ...

Hello, Being a long time user of windows XP in a PC with severeal user accounts, I was used to logoff active users from my administrator account. However i find that is not possible in windows vista. I'm a trying to log off a limited acess user from the task manager ...

My computer meets all the requirments to run windows Aero but for some reason when i try to click on it, it doesnt stay as windows aero, it switches back to vista. i tried changing the power settings, tried changing toe theme to vista, and still doesnt work. ...

We still run an old DOS application that requires a printer redirection to be able to print. Using the NET USE LPT1: \\SERVER\PRINTER works in XP, but I can ...

I have my Power Options set to turn off the display after 10 minutes. It has been working as advertised for the last 2 months. Possibly coincidently after the last Windows Defender update KB915597 on 4/13, the monitor no longer turns off. It'll stay on for ...

How do I install MS Word onto my computer? ...

Hi,I've just upgraded XP Pro SP2 to Vista Business. Other than having Daemontools installed (stpd.sys problem) during the install, everything seemed to go ok. Now that I've got it up and running, I have the following problem:One of my four users (the main account, my account) always gets a blue ...

We have two identical machines that are just over two years old, ran a clean install of Vista 32bit; one with Ultimate and the other with Home Premium ...

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i have a probelm where some times the screen goes blank with bars come on then it freezes, what can i do to fix this? ...

I have a new PC with Visa Business and IE 7.0. I frequently drag URL's from IE to the desktop. This capability was working but now when you drag the URL ...

My remote was working fine until recently. It still appears in Device Manager, and the lights on the remote and receiver work when I press a button, but nothing happens in Media Centre.Does anybody know why the remote has stopped working as it should?Che ...

Hi folks newbie at this so be gentle. I ran a disk cleanup prior to going a backup. The cleanup took some time the when it have finished I started getting erro ...

Hello! I'm having a weird issue with Vista and my Asus V3P5V900 (this a barebone machine). Everytime I shutdown the computer, I can power it on with just a key press on the keyboard or clicking the mouse. Yes, I'm sure I' ...

I've recently installed windows vista and nvidia driver 101.4, i have 2 nvidia 7300 gs graphics cards. I can open the nvidia control panel and select enable sli, the gagdet bar then closes ...

Hi People,Something has crossed my mind.I purchased my Acer laptop in December 2006 and a few days ago got my Vista disc (via upgrade redemption). When using Windows Media Centre Edition i had Acer eRecovery program to ...

How do I restart in prompt mode? And once there, what do I do? If someone could be so kind and pleeaaasssee walk me step by step. I'd be so grateful.Thankx in advance. ...

i bought a laptop with Vista and i cannot install my mbox2, i went and bought an xp professional disc and it wont install because of a problem with the hard disk...i need to know what i can do to get this working on ...

I've run into a network config issue that is driving me insane and as of now am fully blaming Norton for. The system is a brand new HP that came with a trial version of Norton Intern ...

I am also getting this message in Outlook 2007Cannot open your default email folders. File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access the file C:\documents and settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Ou ...

How can I delete windows mail. I have no use of it and I have never used it? ...

I followed all the instructions I've been able to find on importing old emails from OE6 .dbx files. I have all of the .dbx files in a folder, including the folders.dbx file. I can't seem to do anything to get Windows Mail to even see that they are in ...

I have Vista Ultimate and am having issues with my media player. I will play a song with no problem and go to play one a little later and nothing will play. Media player loads the song but doesn't actually play it. I have noticed this happening when I stream video also. If anyone has any su ...

I purchased a new VAIO with Vista installed. I attached my old HP LaserJet 6P (supported by Vista) by USB, driver installed fine and printer worked fine for a fe ...

Why would I want say Vista Home Premium over Xp Home? ...

I have a new Centrino Duo 2.0 x64 processor, 2 GB RAM, Vista Ultimate laptop.This has been one of my slowest machines. Not by the specs, but by the performance. In the past, as a semideveloper, I've had SQL Server, DB2 Server, MQ Series ...

I have a Canoscan 5000S scanner, which worked fine under WinXP. I have installed the latest Vista drivers and software from Canon's website. The device is listed as a scanner under "Scanners and Cameras" a ...

I would like to solicit your input about User Account Control ("UAC") in Windows Vista as part of your daily work. Kindly consider the following:1. In your everyday work, d ...

Hi. Our church is running Vista Home Premium on new Gateway dualcore laptop with 1 GB. Was running fine until a week ago. At that time there was power failure in the building laptop was plugged in and fully charged, ...

PLease can someone help I have just upgraded my pc to Vista, Now think this was the biggest mistake ever1. The performace now is ALOT worse than when i had XP 2. ...

My XP PC came with a partitioned hard drive, with the operating system on one partition. This would have been useful if I needed to reinstall the OS ...

Media Center on my computer is not gathering any new music, yet all the files on my computer have been indexed.When i first installed Vista media center gathered and indexed all of my music, but since I put it all in the Public directory, and changed the scope in media center to s ...

Hi, For some unknown reason to me. I lost the "Send to Desktop" in my right click send to option. I only have Documents and compressed folders and all my drives. Can you please tell me how to replace ...

Hi There,I am trying to install Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bit version) and I am confused about what I am seeing.I'll put things in pointform, to aid understanding:1) I am doing a fresh (clean) installation so I put ...

Keyboard on brand new Asus F3F is wrongly configured so when I press @, " appears, and when I press ", @ appears there are numerous other misconfigurations = can anybody out there help? Thanks ...

Vista MCE has all the options you might expect for viewing pictures and music, but where are the similar options for video files? In Media Player you can add all kinds of meta data to video files such as 'Ge ...

keeps crashing when I try to publish in any format and any media. I have Nero 7 installed but unchecked the "compatibility" in WMM settings. This is the error that keeps showing ...

i am creating a video for our school's banquet,and everytime i add a transition to any slide, the preview screen goes black and i have to get rid of the transitions to see a picture. Sometimes even doing that doesn't work. Anyone know what to do? i really need these ...

I just bought a new computer with Vista, replacing my outlook express with windows mail. How do I set up separate recipient folders (not groups) like I did in outlook express? I set up a new folder under contacts (golf group) but it would not let me access it. When composi ...

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Started this AM in Windows XP, rebooted into Vista Ultimate 64 to check on a few things and found I could not open MSIE. Firefox opened with no problem.I did a restart and MSIE is working fine now????????Any ideas? I ...

I use a tri monitor system, with monitors in the order of 3 1 2 3 being on the left, 1 being the primary display. I am trying to span a wall paper across all three monito ...

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I have a Vista laptop that I want to backup to an XP (Home) machine that has a drive shared to the network. I *have* mapped this share as a local drive on my Vista machine. (Drive Q:)When I start Vista Backup the option to select a networkbased destination is grayed out. And the hard disk ...

When I configure Vista's firewall: "Outbound connections that do not match a rule are blocked" and have Parental Controls set to "Block some websites or content" and "Block web content automatically (any content level above "non ...

I have this problem since I upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate. I simply cant get voice in any of the yahoo chat rooms whether I use Yahoo Messenger or any of the other 3rd party chat clients. Does anyone know how to resolve this? Thanks / Venkat ...

I have an issue that has been addressed in this forum with various solutions suggested, none of which have solved my problem. Any help would be appreciated.Problem:The issue is intermittent, brief "freezes" of the mouse poin ...

I have a new Toshiba Satellite with Vista Home Premium. At least once a day, a maximized window resizes as if I clicked the "restore down" icon but I'm clicki ...

Anybody got any idea what's going on here?Disk Space: 126 Gig FreeDelete a 3 Gig FileDisk Space: 126 Gig FreeIt seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free space.Erm, any thoughts?Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files ...

Does anyone know is CA Antivirus 7.1 will run in Vista Premium? ...

I have a Duel Core CPU meter in my windows sidebar and 2 days ago both cores started running 25% to 100% all the time. Before that the CPU would run 0 % to 30% in both cores. ...

I'm tired of trying to get all the features to work in my Creative Labs SB XFI. The only driver that works just allows the sound card to output audio all the other features are gone an ...

Hi,I have Windows Vista Home Premium OEM installed on my computer. Can I change my processor without problems? I will keep my moterboard and all other equipment.Thanks in advan ...

When i open my pictures folder in Windows Vista.. all it shows is icons and does not show a preview.. I really miss the preview function like windows XP has. ...

Hey there! Windows won't connect on the wire less Lets keep it simple and brief: bough new pc, Acer E700 with windows Vista Premium. Got several wireless adapters, Pci gigabyte, dlink usb, and netgear wireless usb. My Network router is a Dlink. I have five other computers around the hou ...

Hi,I just got a new Dell notebook with Windows Vista Ultimate edition. It has both a wired and a wireless network connection. First, I connected to my office LAN using a wir ...

Hello, i just purchased a brand new computer and this is my first time using a router for 2 computers, everything that i know of works properly, but this one error that keeps coming up ...

Tengo mi ordenador antiguo con XP y mi nuevo ordenador con vista conectados en una red local. Si ejecuto RED veo el ordenador XP pero cuando intento acceder a sus carpetas compartidas no me deja.He estado revisando la configuración de nombres y direcciones IP y todo ...

If you're the only user, do you create a standard account to use for saving files and such, and use Administrator account only for changing settings and loading programs? When I first started my new computer, it created an Administrator ...

Dear Groupers,Please read and think wiht me. Since about a fortnight ago a client of our company suddenly noticed that the mails sent with the vista windows mail client did no longer arrive at one particular mailbox. Using O ...

Has anyone had success using a blackberry 7520 with windows vista mail. The software loads and the device is recognized but it won't configure the desktop. ...

in contacts i've imported my XP WAB file 2 /3 times, thus same contact appear 23n times there is some tool to clean that contact(n), Dr Cochran idea is in your roof.... SaludosAntonio ...

Windows mail does not fill in the address for the individual I am sending an email to when I enter the first few characters. I have to go into my address book and select one. ...

After installing Vista Home Premium on a computer I built myself, I noticed the visual affects not working properly. I've only had it a couple days, so I am still getting used to everything. I created another ...

Asus P5N32E SLI Plus w/ latest nonbeta BIOS 0501, Intel E6600 Dual Core, Corsiar 2gig dual channel, Geforce 8800 GTX, USB Mouse, PS2 Keyboard, Vista Ultimate 32 bit.I'v ...

I have a brand new (out of the box two days now) Fujitsu Tablet and I'm trying to get it setup for use here in the school I work in. So far, I have updated Vista, installed Antivirus, Google Pack, Firefox; and setup a student account. I am trying to add a netwo ...

I've been searching for a fix for this, with no success: I have an unexpected shutdown every time I close the lid on my weekold Toshiba A205S4577. I have my preferences set to sleep when I close the lid, but instead of wa ...

My computer automatically updates Vista and today it did so. Now I cannot access the message board I typically post on. It asks me if I would like to save the file or find a program online to open it ...

What is going on with vista ? Go to sleep mode, come back and no Internet connection.So many problems, so little time.I'm done with this POS. Back to XP ...

I'm planning to buy a new laptop with Santa Rosa chipset & have 4Gb of memory. I'm planning on installing Vista Ultimate 32 bit on it. Will I be getting any real performance gain with 4Gb memory? Will the OS be able to make use of the entire memory? Any suggestion are welcome. ...

I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate x86 from the main XP partition to an already formatted blank partition on my 2nd HDD. (Legally purchased/licence is genuine). I hate to admit that I have, for various reasons, done this seve ...

Okay, I'd like to put a sublimial message into a video that I'm working on with Windows Movie Maker. I was going to do that with titles, but it won't let ...

I just found out MS Digital Image Pro has been discontinued and I read that it is not compatible with Vista. I just bought a new laptop with Vista. Should I send it back now or is there anything I can do to make it compatible? ...

I can't detect any new wifi connections, even though the network icon on my taskbar says that "wireless networks are available". when I click that, the "connect to a network" window appears, but it says "Windows cannot find any additional networks". I can still ma ...

I cannot print to my network printer, I can see the computer listed and share files just cant print. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 running windows Vista H ...

well I too have the issue with my new vista laptop crashing my router which then needs to be reset before working properly, I only just now have delayed this f ...

Just purchased a PC running Vista. Hooked up an HP 1012 Laserjet printer to the Vista PC and prints fine. Have a laptop running XP Pro and can't print or even see the Vista PC on the netw ...

I recently bought an Everex notebook with Vista Home Premium, which included a 90day free Norton trial. I have had Norton on my older laptop and found that it seems to consume a lot of resources and takes a very long time to loa ...

just released, installed fine and running sweet with no probs at all.My machine spec AMD FX62..Asus Silent Square Pro Cooler...DFI LANPARTY UT NF590SLIM2RG...ENERMAX INFINITI EIN720AWT PSU...2x74gb Raptors (raid 0)...2x320gb Maxtors (raid 1)...2 x Gainward BLISS 8800 GTX (f ...

I don't know what server I have. I put POP3 and it displayed error! ... I could not correct error. Please Help! ...

I am a victim of the "unable to delete emails in my inbox" problem. So in my naivety I tried mwutil to see what it does. It found problems with the mail database whi ...

J'essaie d'ajuster les options d'alimentations et de mise en veille prolongée. malgré le parametrage via Démarrer>panneau de config>option d'amimentation>modifier les paramètre>parametre non disponnible (en mode adminastrateur) La mise en veille prolongés ...

Where is the font folder? I have downloaded a new font from the Net and wish to drag it into the folder. ...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I have zipped a folder. The folder contains some files and ANOTHER folder that contains Quicktime movies. If I unzip this in WinZip no problem I end ...

I have several Vista and XP machines connected in the same network. I can't get any of the Vista machines to fileshare with any of the other XP or other Vista machines. On the Vista machines, the other computers show up under the network browser but when I double click on them it say ...

Okay... so i'm running with UAC enabled now (actually always was, just changed from noprompt to prompt)...Now, i have two funny little quirks to pick on, and maybe someone knows why, or how to fix these.1st, just a silly quirk. ... I hav ...

Hi all, I had a pretty strange thing happen last night and I am trying to recover a bit from it. I have an HP 1740 Vista Home Premium machine. Last night the HP software update box popped up and said I had a Viiv update as well as a ...

I have a win vista premium edition with 1 gb ram.I want to know how to boot directly to dos without loggin to windows.It was possible in win xp by hitting F8 key.Pls tell me how to do it in vista.By the way can i enable fullscreen for cmd in vista.Pls help me. ...

I have a new "hump" drive that works fine under XP, but not so well in Vista I keep getting error messages saying "legclamp.dll not loaded" can anybody help? here's the device: tinyurl.com/3xbdcl ...

Well I have played with Vista for a while now and I want to setup the menu system the way I like it. In XP when I clicked on start I had a menu system like the following Audio Visual Diagnos ...

i have a wacom intuos3 tablet that i installed in vista, and seems to be working quite well. however, something that really drives me insane is the litt ...

I have a message in my outbox that won't display or delete and it's stopping outgoing mail from going out. ...

I have a new Vista machine, and have Remote Desktop set up to do work on my old XP machine. I opened a session, and decided I need to copy a directory with subdirectories of about 30 GB and 1,300 files. I used Total Commander, a very nice filehandling program to do the copying, as it has ...

I am sorting out some games for a friend on his Vista laptop. One game gets a white flickering on the screen where the sidebar would be. I can close the sidebar a ...

It was so simple to create a rescue disk floppy with my ME. Now with Vista I can't find hide nor hair of a way to do it. There is no "System maintenance" like on ME I think Vista was a step backward. Brother Raphael ...

Vista freezes solid when trying to run a full system scan with NAV 2007?? ...

I was using Window's Live Hotmail and I accidentally pressed the button to update it so it updated to the newest version there is so I wanted to know if it is free or not? I got Hotmail when I made a Window LiveID fro Live OneCare and I want to know if this is all free be ...

A multicard reader USB device caused Vista to go funky so I used system restore to go back to before the device was installed. Now, parental controls is blocking access to anyone who isn't an administrator. Even if parental controls are not assig ...

Since connecting my Epson Stylus CX6400 to my new computer running Windows Vista Home Premium two weeks ago, I do not have Print Preview, Double Sided Printing, and sometimes, do not have the capability to change the quality of print (draft, text, etc.) with the Print window that pops up when ...

When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes everyday. Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt that's the ...

I tried to burn my first DVD movie using windows vista and I keep getting an error has occurred no matter what movie I try to burn to DVD. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. I am using the windows media burner for this. can someone please help me, t ...

I have a Benq FP71E which I bought when I had Windows XP, I now have a new PC with Vista Home Premium, there isn't a Vista driver for it but so far I have used the XP one with no problems & I'm using the DVI inpu ...

I know that Vista 32 will not REPORT 4gb of ram , as a matter of fact it will most likely report 2.8gb out of 4 with my system. BUT one thing I cannot find about this issue , is ALL 4gb being used? And I do have 3gb of ram BUT my system only show 2.8gb , is this all I can ...

Is there any way in Vista (32 bit) to turn off Intel’s Speedstep throttling?Having spend a couple of hours going through Vista’s various and numerous options (power options and so on) as well as spending some time researching this on the net, I simply cannot fin ...

My CD drive wont play any cd's that i put into my drive, i put a disc in, it spins it around but in my computer it doesnt recognise it. Other posts say go into control panel, but when i open contol panel it opens it for about a second then a message says windows explorer is ...

I'm trying to test the Vista operating system and I'm using the Action Pack upgrade dvd for the install. Upgrade advisior told me I needed a dvd drive so I installed a new LiteOn dvd drive in my computer.I verified the new dvd drive was working by making a data disk and copying file ...

I wonder if anybody could help here. My problem is that I lost my wireless connection when upgrading from XP Media Center to Vista Home Premium and now I get the message "Download and install the driver for RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card&q ...

I just bought a new laptop with Vista Ultimate. I then installed MS office 2003. Now everytime I try to open a program in Office I get a box message saying "You must accept the enduser license agreement (EULA) to u ...

how can i delete vista from my new laptop i have tryed deleting the partition but it wont let me clipsal ...

I am dual booting Vista and XP, on separate hard drives. When I install programs in Vista is there any reason why I cannot install the program right over my existing XP ...

Can anyone please tell me if/how I can configure the settings on my wireless card. It's builtin in my Vista laptop but doesn't show on Internet Connections. BLADESMAN ...

Hello all... this is our first Vista machine and I can't say we'll be buying another any time soon. We've been having too many issues. Vista Business I can connect to wireless networks with no problem. Internet works. IP Address resolves okay. No problems. ...

We have a new laptop with Vista Business on it. We have that user's My Documents redirected to the server for backup purposes. The user is unable to rename, delete and move documents. ...

I would like to know how to play the intermediate game of comfy cakes[where you make the cakes] How do you make the double and triple ones? I know it's a strange question but I haven't been able to work it out! ...

I'm just reproducing an issue that user Peachy brought forth some months ago in this NG. All games in Vista are displaying some corrupt textures, but work just fine apart from the visual defects. The wood texture appears corrupt in Chess Titans, The leaf background in all card g ...

Why can't I open any attachments with media player, on the vista program ...

Hi, i was wondering if someone could tell me why i can not send attachments if they are video/media attachments with my emails, as a normal email with txt and a picture sends fine. The other thing i would like to know is how do i set associations if i can not find the f ...

I ca receive messages but cannot send. This problem just started yesterday. I have checked all of my settings, followed the help suggestions, and disabled BitDefender and still have had no lu ...

Pc uses windows xp, new laptop windows vista. I believe I have set up both for sharing of folders and printer, but nothing happening! ...

I AM TRYING TO EMPY MY DELETED ITEMS FOLDER, THE POPUP ASKS ME IF I AM SURE THAT I WANT TO ELIMINATE PERMANENTLY THOSE MESSAGES, BUT WHEN I SAY YES, NOTHING HAPPENS. PEDRO ...

How do I sort my email by multiple columns, for example first sort by name then by date. Can this be done? ...

For some reason, when I open up Windows Mail, the email I have in my inbox says "Message cannot be displayed. Windows Mail encountered an unexplained problem while displaying this message. Check your computer ...

In Mail I'm trying to import Outlook Express mail from my Windows XP 64 bit OS to Mail in Vista. Import feature doesn't see old mail. If I try to switch to a different folder Mail complains that folder isn't empty. With XP when I reinstalled OS I would simply point Outlook Express to ...

I can receive, but not send on Windows mail. It worked fine for the first couple of weeks I used Vista now I get an error message every time I try and send an email.Your server has unexpectedl ...

Hi, I wanted to see how the checkdisk was working. But he asked to plan it after restart because the disc was in use. I said yes....and he started to perform it after rest ...

i fixed it!!!!! run "cmd" as admin, "cd" to your new TIF directory and run: "toicacls "temporary Internet file" /setintegritylevel (CI)(OI)L"then try. haha!!! I'm chinese!!! ...

I am trying to create the backup discs using 720 mb CDRs. This pertains to Windows Vista Business. When I try to create the discs I get a message instructing me to insert a disc with over 1GB ...

New Machine with Vista premium home. All is well EXCEPT I have a nuisance hapenning. My calculator and my mail program are opening up on their own intermitently. I may be doing something on the computer or ...

I have no idea what causes this to happen but every now and then the taskbar on my machine messes up. The start menu, quicklaunch bar and any windows I have open are shifted to the extreme left side. But only the image of them is shifted. If I manage to click in the right place ...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bits, french version. The printer is still working fine on computer with Windows XP when I plug it in their USB port. The printer is listed in Peripheral manager (IEEE 1284.4, HP Laser ...

Well I'm currently running Vista Ultimate on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core with 1gig of RAM, and it seems whenever I open the file browser that you see when you click "Open" or "Save As&qu ...

We have a new laptop shared among four users each with our own user account. Only mine has administrative priviledges. When I installed software and added shortcuts to my desktop they show up on the other three as well. Now, my wife and sons don't care to h ...

Strange thing happened. My HP 1020 printer stopped working after the recent Windows update. I have Vista Home Premium. Mark ...

Is there anyway I can set up a visual popup or indicator that my battery power is low, I have set up an audio one but I keep missing it when I have turned the sound down so as n ...

Here's a really weird one! As if they all aren't. Anybody got any help on this one. When I try to create a new folder on a network drive from within Vista Business I get an error message that states that the directory ...

I have all my MP3 files in D:\Users\Public\Music. If I drag them from Explorer into Windows Media Player then they are correctly added to my Library.However, if I get WMP to search my folders (D:\Users\Public\Music is included in ...

Hi all, sorry for my English but I'm italian. I have a question for you. I have upgraded my desktop to vista home premium, I have installated all driver updated for each devices. When I done the signal reserch with analogueantenna the system finds the channals ...