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I thought I had yet I constantly get requests to confirm, or go round the houses to get something working under "administrators priveledges" or somesuch. ...

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I really like the Games Explorer in Vista but while some games like The Matrix Online and The Sims 2 show up complete with cover art others like The Movies and Football Manager 2007 do not. I know ...

I am using Vista Home Premium and Outlook 2002. When I set up my Email account with save password up it worked just fine. Then I shut down Outlook. Restarting Outlook and doing a send/recieve it asked again for my password. I continued to do the send/receive j ...

I am trying to synchronize my Windows Mail to by blackberry 8100, using desktop manager 4.2. The desktop manager does not seem to recognize Windows Mail as a valid email client. Has anyone been successful in connect ...

Windows mail has stopped storing my sent messages. Is there a quota. Where do I go to moniter this? ...

I ran Vista Home Premium Upgrade no problems doing upgrade. Ran Vista Window Experience and got the following:Processor:4.1Memory:5.4Graphics:5.9Gaming Graphic:4.7Primary Hard Drive: 2.4Cannot understand why my Hard Drive 2.4 score is so low ...

Hi,In windows explorer,there is a list of urls and only links to drive C and D.How are those urls removed? And some short cuts somewhere for particular folders to navigate to,as all i see on the left is the "favourite Links", and the "up 1 level" button is go ...

My new vista OS crashes abruptly without any error message and restarts when trying to down load or click some links at the following website. www.windowsvistaupdate.com/Wndows_Vista_utili ...

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate. I have an HP 6540 printer. After printing several documents the print queue Breaks. I look at the printer, the busy light is flashing as if it is printing, but ...

I have a 300gb hdd (shows as 279gb) but when I check how much space has been used, my system says that I have only got 219gb left. All I have done is installed vista x 64 bit and office 2003 so how has 60gb been use ...

Will some one explain to me How to map a network drive?? ...

We have a Microsoft Racing Wheel called a Sidewinder; nonforce feedback. We are wondering if anyone has found a Vista driver?I like the wheel and don ...

To Whom It May Concern:I have the ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 video card and a program that needs OpenGL drivers. When I open the program (Aerofly) it says that ...

I just bought a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. I want to join a domain at the office that is running Windows Server 2003 with Exchange Server. Is this possible? What do I need to do to make this happen? Thank you ...

Just received my new computer with Home Premium preinstalled. The seller created a user account with my first name...a name I hate and do not want as my user name. So I went into the control panel and changed the account name to one I would prefer. However, the folder name un ...

From Ron Schenone, MVP BlogQuote ... * It is unbelievable it took five years to achieve this and the results are disappointing to say the least. * Where are the OEM hardware manufacturers? I can’t ...

I have been running Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 4600 system for over 3 years with no problems. Since the release of Vista, I have had significant performance problems with XP, in pa ...

The plastic bracket that hold the heatsink broke when i tried to remove the latch. I've been trying to look for that type of heatsink holder. I look at hp site but th ...

I just got a brand new Sony VIAO w/ Vista Home, I immediately installed a Vista Ultimate upgrade I had already purchased. After that I found out Sony messed up and didn't send me the hardware they were supposed to. I have a new Laptop on the way but am not sure if when I try to reinstall my ...

i can't seem to be able to import my dvds to windows media player. i know i can somehow do it because it has a place for it... HELP!!! ...

An answer was given to go to "startall programs acessories, but my Vista has no "assories".What do I do about that?Thanks Robert Hale ...

For standard user accounts that have parental controls turned on, halo for PC cannot host a server or connect via internet for multiplayer games. It can retrieve a list of server fine, it just won't connect to a game. Administrator account works fine. Standard ...

Is it possible to have two active USB scanners active concurrently? If not, can you have 1 SCSI scanner and 1 USB scanner? ...

If your vista tells you the following, don't be surprised....WARNING! You are not a valid genuine human.. please contact a Microsoft representative and sign the eula which you give all rights of your soul to Microsoft. If you have already been born you cannot return yourself for a refund. H ...

When I first installed Vista (Ultimate on my husband's machine, Home Premium on mine), I had read that we should be running in standard user accounts rather than as administrators, so I installed that w ...

Try using shortcut keys I found that by keying "ALT' then "E" then "Y" it would delete each message one by one. I MAY BE WAY OFF BASE HERE... PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME I think what's happening is that the database is getting it's messages ...

I'm not asking for much. I just want ALL folders to file size and dates.Frequently, the Windows Explorer decides (for unknown reasons) that a folder contains Pictures and in the View, "Customize this folder&qu ...

Sure people are buying vista, with new PCs or because they love microsoft products.. but boy are they in for a surprise... see what this guy did with his vista...I guess people like him count towards your 20 million, hey Richard Urban?youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf ...

How do I remove/disable the ShutDown and the Lock buttons from the Start Menu? ...

I have installed (dual boot) Vista Business on my laptop. I have a product code but was never asked for it during the installation process. This is a volume license situation. I am unable to activate the program and get ...

I'm building an application that doesn't need administrator privileges so I'm adding a manifest to it as part of my .rc file:CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST MOVEABLE PURE { "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF8' standalone='yes'?> <ass ...

I imported my contacts from Outlook Express. Now using Windows Mail. I would like to have my contacts listed by last name... but I cannot find out how to list ...

I need help connecting to the Internet in order to send out emails. I would like to keep to current email address if possible. Please help ...

Hi guys. I hope someone here can give me reasonable answer to my problem. I experienced very wird problem. When I insert DVD disc (i.e. DVD disk with game on it) in Windows Vista Business (32bit) and when I go to my computer on DVD disk and right click and explore ...

I am currently running Windows XP Professional x64 bit edition what edition of Vista is the best. Might be a stupid question, but can I switch to 32bit? ...

Has anyone managed to get WMDC to work? At all? I've tried to connect my iPAQ rx1995 to both my desktop and my laptop (with the Vista default ActiveSync/WMDC ports open) to no avail. I'd rea ...

I have noticed that when I log out of an Outlook Web Access (OWA) site in Vista Ultimate, if I am logged in to any other website that has a log in, like Gmail or Yahoo, I will be logged out ...

i have hte same problem, low disk space with very few mb used on my new computer Please help ...

Hi,I have 2 eSata drives (only 1 is always plugged in and normally off). When I switch it on the drive should come up in My Computer as another HD like in XP but in Vista nothing happens. Also I cannot see it in "Disk Management& ...

I just got a new computer with Vista HOme Premium. Instaled WinonCD 3.0 and computer displyed a balloon message:Driver Blocked Due to Incompatibility issuesAfter closing the ba ...

Hello,Lately Windows Vista Event Viewer started logging DHCP IP request denied for IP address (My Linksys router)ISP Charter and I'm on Cable Modem SB5100 router BEFSR41 v3 and I got built in Intel intergated Nic and IP Lease ...

Hello,I would like to use the new Vista Contacts folder with Outlook 2007. Anyone know how to do this?Thanks,=(8) ...

Ever since buying my new computer with Vista, I can't watch video links. For example, when I click on the video news links on cnn.com, I get a window saying Windows Media Player is not detected, and I'm directed to manually download the plugin. But I do have WMP the newest versi ...

hi everyone ...I have a problem with Flash Player i tried to download it a hundred times from Adobe website and the website telling that ( if u can see the the ...

I had to switch computers the other day and used the Vista Backup (Backup Status and Configuration) to backup files before switching computers. After moving t ...

I have a P5WDH deluxe ASUS mobo. I also have Vista utimate version running. today when i booted the computer i got a popup saying "I am in service" It had a headi ...

I bought a new HP laptop with Vista Home Premium along with a Linksys WRT546 WirelessG Broadband Router. I can connect to the new laptop just fine with a Cat 5e cable. Everything works ...

ok in xp you were able to intergrate pictures, like make a collage out of pictures or have a background picture and add something on it through paint how do u do it ...

I want to search in regedit for 16 bit character strings. For instance I know there is a REG_BINARY value of '61 00 62 00 63 00' which is 'abc' in 16bit code. I need to search for other occurances of that data, any way to search binary values for 16bit ascii?Thanks Michael Vista Home Premium ...

I can't get Zune software to load on Vista, I have read all the tricks and tips and no luck. I read one article and I was able to get the Zune software of the disk but then it would never take the Windows updates for it. I tried loading from Zune an ...

I would like to record a radio programme (from the BBC) which streams using Real Player.Is there any way of recording the audio that I can hear on my PC but can't be easily recorded (i ...

On XP and 2000 you could display an icon in the taskbar for any enabled network interface you chose to, and you could see if the connection was active.How the hell do you do that on Vista? I get just one ...

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I have an Office XP Service Pack 3 update from MS in queue. Why would I need this as I am running Office 2007 on Vista?Anyone know?Tim "Grace is getting what you don't deserve; mercy is not getting what you do deserve. Two priceless gifts. One awesome God." ...

I have the Vista Business and can not find the Media Center program. Nowhere I found this version does not have the Media Center. Could anyone show me h ...

I've recently upgraded my laptop to Vista. When checking out the system information, Vista is showing that my AMD Athlon 64 processor is running at 798 MHZ, but it should be running at over 2.4 GHZ. I tried upgradin ...

I'm sure some would disagree that the Dell XPS makes any difference with Vista, but I still like these spoof commericals. Should have been Alienware or Voodoo PC1st video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF8&gid=252295&vid=321 ...

My VISTA snipping tool has disappeared. Can't find it anywere. When I look through HELP from Explorer and I click on OPEN SNIPPING TOOL, nothing happ ...

while installing windows vusta home premium, it recognized my 2 hard drives. But after the installion, I could not find my second hard drive. So how I could find it back.Thanks, Sameh ...

I have Vista Enterprise x64 installed and have been running both VMWare 6.0 Beta workstation and MS Virtual PC 2007 as I needed access to 32bit OS's as well as 32bit with US ...

Today I attempted to install an Adaptec AVC3610 dual usb tv tuner on my laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit). It worked at first after downloading and installing the drivers from Windows Update. I then opened Windows Media Center and set u ...

Can anyone confirm this?Running Vista 64bit Ulitmate and upgraded my Single Core AMD to an X2. I was expecting Device Manager and Task Manager to show 2 cores but instead only shows one.Does Vista show Dual Core CPU's as a single device by design or is there something wrong here and if so....an ...

Hi I've just installed Netgear WG311T wireless network card onto my new system, which is running windows vista. I've also downloaded the lastest window vista compatible driver from the manufacturer website. However I ...

I lost all my addresses and phone numbers. Help! ...

Following the Windows Vista Upgrade instructions, I got to one of the final steps on the Upgrade Assistant DVD which must be completed before one can insert the Vista DVD to upgrade. The window says the computer is uninstalling all noncompatible software, ...

for some time I 've been having problems if I try to add mp3 to my photo's and trying to create a "movie" /Unspecified Error message keeps on rejecting any mp3 or other nusic I have on my PC. Any info ...

Can anyone tell me how to avoid having my CD/DVDcovers showing up in my photogallery (where I only want my personal photos to show)? A similar problem is that musicvideos residing in my music directory now shows up in ...

Greetings All,I finally got my Desktop and Laptop to connect with a Crossover Cable. What I didn't realize is that the firewall had a time limit for being off that was only set on 15 minutes. So even though I had turned it off, it came back on. Oh well, live and learn.The Lap ...

Hi, Everytime Time I open IE7 to browse a webpage I get a uac message that says IE7 is trying to run an addon. It's a registry key as the program decription. I've allowed it a few times but it still keeps coming up ...

I have been reading all the posts and cannot find an answer that works. I have Vista Home Prem. I cannot get access to many of the folders on the C: drive. I consider myself pretty well versed in Windows but Vist ...

"Failure Security Options Logon process has failed to create the security options dialogue"I get the above error message after i hit ctrlalt del to see why my pc has suddenly gone very sluggish/fails to respond & the hard disc access a ...

I set up a new computer for my parents and everything worked fine for the 1st two weeks. After that they got internet hooked up by the phone company and now it seems the Administrator passw ...

It was working fine up until an hour ago. The POP address is correct . . . I can receive emails without any problem, just can't sent anything.the error says:"Email connection lost One or more messages cannot be sent. " I am using M ...

svp aidez moi ! je n' arrive pas a envoyer mon courier.il reste toujours bloque.pourtant,j' ai bien configurer les serveurs de messagerie pour courrier entrant(pop.neuf.fr) et pour mon courrier sortant(smtp.neuf.fr) rien n'y fait! je ...

When I go to send an outgoing mail message, it gets to the Outbox and Windows Mail blows up there. I get the following error message: "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connectio ...

I have tried to follow instructions on setting up News Groups. Am using Vista Home Premium & Windows Mail. The MS Communities folder is listed. When I try to use the reset list I get an error that says unable to connect to server. I can not download o ...

Using Vista Ultimate...I cannot send any mail because every time I hit SEND a dialog box requesting dialup properties opens.We're running broadband only and don't even have a modem installed! (on a new Dell Precision 390).When I go to Internet Options> ...

Funny, when I open the new Windows Mail the title bar still says Outlook Express. Is this a corrupt install? Also when logged in under another account on the same machine t ...

Got this error msg, had to go on sbc global to send this msg! Need to know where to go to edit it.....i forgot to put a . in after stmp......not sure where to go, please help!The host 'stmpsbcglobal.yahoo. ...

Hey guysI recently helped spec a Dell Inspiron 1501 for a friend and put Vista Home Premium on it. Setup worked fine, and Norton installed well and I also pu ...

Hi,Using Vista's "Windows Fax and Scan". I've added the server fax successfully in "Fax Accounts", however the status is always "Disconnected".Any ideas on how to get it to connect ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate and have run into a problem I cannot seem to get around. I've been running this for about a month now and all of a sudden I cannot open Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Appwiz.cpl, Welcome Center, or even pull up the pr ...

hi all, I use the keyboard program keytext version 3. I use it when I am in yahoo games to automate keystrokes. I have an issue where the shortcut keys do not work in the yahoo javaenabled ...

What does the message "COM Surrogate has stopped working" mean, and how can I stop the box containing it from showing when I start up Vista?Mal ...

Internal floppy drive doesn't work (Drive A) but an external floppy drive (Drive B0 does. Both shoh up on my computer but on disk manager neither drive is detected. Any sugge ...

I am planning to build a new PC and have the following questions:I know that the Vista Ultimate retail version comes with both 32bit and 64bit DVDs. I would like to take advantage of the 64bit version, yet I know at this moment, many hardware have 64bit driver issues and some softwares do n ...

Hi,Whenever i open a folder that contains some video files...it starts creating the thumbnails of the videos...and the following error comes up...as attached in the image..the details of the error are:Problem signature: ...

I am planning to replace my existing computer which runs WindowsXP Home Edition and buy a new computer that runs Windows Vista Home Premium. On my existing computer I have Micro ...

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I have installed Office 2K with full outlook. The address book/contact feature will not work giving a message about a missing wab dll. There is no information that I can find in the help files or support site. How can I make this very ...

Hi I have a Toshiba note book satellite A100/005 with windows home premium running systemdoes any body know what program it is in and how to turn it onI'm shore the Toshiba supports it ...

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Hey All,Well, I got a doozy for ya. Is there any way to change what my sleep button does? I want it to take me back one page while browsing.Impossible?Donny ...

Hi my recycle bin on the c drive has become corrupt. I tried to use system restore but nothing has helped. Does anyone have any ideas of how I can delete or rebuild my recycle bin without reinstalling the whole syst ...

When calling my contact in Windows Live Messenger, they answer the call but it continues to ring on our side indefinitely. Same thing happens on the other end. Firewall allows Messenger and also tried turning it off on both sides with no results. Would appreciate any insight. Gab ...

I know this may seem like an idiotic question but here goes Can Windows Easy Transfer go from Vista to XP. I have so many hardware and program incompatibilities (non Vista drivers, etc) that I'd to reinstall XP this after 2 months of using Vista and waiting for dri ...

This has never happenned before, but in My Computer it shows the Floppy Drive icon twice as (A:) and (B:) ...

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I have just bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium installed in it. I cannot connect it to the internet. I have VirginMedia (formally NTL) broadband with a cable modem. When I connect the Eathernet lead to the new c ...

My wireless network is slower in Vista than XP. Now this is not a disaster because I'm getting 11MBPS. However, if I connect to router via an Ethernet cable I get 29mbps. I've been advised to set the rwin higher, to about 256,000. As far ...

I have two PCs, one with Vista Enterprise and one with Vista Ultimate. Both have WMDC installed and both have the hotfix described in KB931621. However, only the P ...

When vista goes into sleep mode is the hard drive still "on" and spinning? If so it would appear that sleep mode would shorten hard drive life since it would put more wear on the drive. ...

Ive tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate 4 times now and each time I would recieve an error stating "Windows cannot complete an error has occured during the install process" and then does a windows rollback to my previ ...

Does anyone know if Microsoft finally gave us the ability to change song length in the player? I am running Vista Ultimate with Media 11. There are a few son ...

I'm running IE7 on a vista system. Periodically I run into the situation where a certificate generates the message "There is a problem with this website's security certificate." I am unable to continue at this point. On my XP system, I'd see an option on the page & ...

In the Send to ,when I type in a shortcut such asdInstead of just myself, I get options to send to others I have mailed to with d as the first letter. I never had this problem in oe6 in x ...

Like many others here I've had problems with Windows Mail not emptying the deleted items folder. It was only deleting one item each time I ran it. Have just started deleting using this method. First few attempts deleted one email only but after about 10 attempts it emptied the whole file. ...

Hello,I am running a linux postfix web server and have a question. I am trying to send email with Windows Vistas email client to the web. However Windows mail does not have a "TLS" option like thunderbird does. My server do ...

My problem is similar to the one descirbed in the earlier thread headed "USB Mass Storage Device." Vista crashed while a USB thumb drive (K ...

hii had vista home premium edition installed on my machine and for some reason it was picking up my Seagate ST3200822A Barracuda Plus 200GB as offline, so i thought it will work if i just do a format, so i plugged ...

I am trying to edit html in Homesite and when I changed the page, tried to save it. I got the error: Error #5 Cannot save file whatever.html Any ideas what this is about? ...

I'm in the process of buying a new PC and choosing Vista as the operating system. In the case where I have problem adapting to the new Vista's look & feel and features (I'm an experienced XP user), would it possible to emulate XP under my ...

can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it. "The itunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" i get this message when i am importing cd's. ...

When I try to send mail out, I get the following message:Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or ...

I recently came across this little quirk in Itunes where the video playback stutters and becomes unwatchable. Through trial and error I discovered that when I have my Readyboost drive connec ...

Hi,We have been running Windows XP for awhile. We recently replaced one of these with a vista computer. My manager has a program he wrote using gwbasic that runs ok on the XP computers. On the vista ...

I have Vista Home Premium and have just started using Windows Media Centre.If I set it to record programs via my TV tuner card does the Windows Media Centre interface have to be running for these recording to happen or will it work in the background? ...

After the initial installation of WIN Vista on my new HP Notebook, a desktop.ini icon appeared on my desktop. When I try to delete or remove this icon I get a warning: "If you remove (or move) this file, Windows or another program might not work co ...

I've seen many topics similiar to this but none seem to address my exact problem, so I apologize if it appears that I haven't paid attention.My Vista Home Premium install went fine. The problem is that whenever I shut down or restart I get an "unexpected shutdown" error. This ...

I am using Vista Ultimate and have installed Adobe Premiere Elemnts 3 on it. When I try to update Premiere with a patch I get a popup saying... "the system administr ...

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 rightclick menu when I rightclick on a file icon. System restart ...

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 few weeks. For an unknown ...

I disabled headphones, the icon disappeared from the box, how do I get them back? ...

I had no problems getting my xbox360 drive playing hddvds on Vista64, but my Realtek AC'97 drivers are only giving up pcm stereo sound.I'm using the digital coax port on a MSI ...

Upon installation my autounattend.xml prompts for a product key and then the edition of vista i'm installing. If I use the product key suppied on the box will the preinstall complete automatically and the key ...

Hi running vista premium, just installed a second sata harddrive and was woundering how to do the partition, and formating? tried the disk that came wi ...

hi guys, can anybody tell me the difference between vista ultimate and business.? ...

What (other than the obvious) does it mean when DVD Maker says "Cannot create the DVD Not enough storage is available"?This is with the last release candidate, not the commercial version, of Vista Ultimate. I have 20 GB free on disk and 2 GB of RAM.Googling the error ...

I've got an Intel SS4000E Network Storage System that I use to backup a number of my computers. The three machines running XP have no difficulty using the software provided with the NSS. The software ...

Does anyone know how to connect to an NLA Enabled Vista (RDP 6) computer from a Mobile 5 PPC ? Or Tsemah YSIDE ...

I have noticed several postings about winmail not allowing people to delete certain messages. I am having this problem too.I followed the thought that maybe McAfee might be causing the problem and unistalled it. I am still having the problem. And I have since notice ...

When I run Windows mail the splash screen displays, then after the splash screen nothing happens? I can see the process from taskmanager but i cannot see the mail program.Nothing is minimised so where is my mail program?I k ...

Hi, my WEI rating is 1.0, because WEI is incorrectly identifying my graphics card as "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" and only running DirectX8 compatiable with a driver version 6.0.6000.16386. I actually have a Nvidia 8800GTX running l ...

I have the Ultimate Edition of Vista and am having issues with media player. I would play a file just fine and go to play one later and it won't play. Media playe ...

While installing Vista on my laptop I left it to finish installing and it ended up shutting down to hibernate. When I brought it back up it still had the installation screen on, but it was flashing between a light blue screen and light blue lines down the sc ...

I have an HP 7410 attached to a XP Home computer. I also have a Vsta Ultimate computer on which I am attempting to add the HP printer through the network option. The Vista drivers have been added to the Vista compute ...

Vista loaded their 5600 series driver for my printer. If I select print preview, it doesn't print nor does the preview window come up. If I deselect print preview all is well. Just wondering if anybody else had this problem. ...

I have a new Vista workstation which I have added to my existing home network of WindowsXP and Windows98 machines. My printer is attached to a Windows98 machine. I am unable to get t ...

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Hallo!My Vista Ultimate 32bit does recoginze my DLink DI 624+ Router as upnp device, even network recognition etc works fine. But if I send some remote assist. invitation there is only the internal ip (192.168.0.100) in the invitation file, not the public ip.Upnp is enabled on w ...

I upgraded a Sempron based machine to Vista Business Enetrprise, and the DC DVD drive no longer works. In Control panel/System/devices it say every thing is OK.But when you put a CD in, it does cannot read it.I have followed some threads toa Microsoft post that say in regedit delete the upperfilt ...

I see from this group that I'm not alone with this sort of problem. In my case I have a network at home with 2 desktops connected by wires through a wireless ADSL ...

I had to reinstall Windows Vista. I exported Windows mail to a folder I created. In that folder there is now a big file named Backup Register 113.291kb. I also noticed a new fo ...

What is the process to replace a Vista DLL? It seems my ODBC32.DLL is corrupt. thx Tom ...

yeah... not GB, 20 Mb..... this was what was called back then on a "clone" IBM compatible made by believe it or not "Hyundai". That machine that worked at 4.7 MHz...... it had less than 512 kb of ram.. don't ask me how much.. I cant remember, and of course could ...

One of the problems I have been having with Vista Ultimate lately is with the wireless sometimes being in a state of 'local only'.In this state I cannot connect to the internet, and I ...

Which version of JRE 6 should I be running on Vista Ultimate 64 bit?I have seen an x64 file that has AMD in its filename. Is this OK for an Intel quad core processor? or is it even necessary to run a 64 bit version at all? Does the normal win32 version work OK?There are that many o ...

New install of Vista Home Premium. I need to remote desktop from my XP/Vista Business machines to this Home Premium machine. I was able to remote in when the machine was running XP. Looki ...

Have just installed Vista Home Basic no problems except that each time I boot up and Windows starts up I receive an error message re Windows Calendar "a solution online can be found later and the program will be closed or I can close it now". I don' ...

Have a new Toshiba notebook with Vista Premium OS. I have been accessing 'net and my email fine until a couple of days ago. Things stopped both for wireless access as well as broadband cable.Trying to diagnose the problem and get a message "media discon ...

I have and take hundreds of pictures. From my digital camera I name the folder for them to go in. I keep them all, but organise them weekly. In XP, I could move full folders, 50 pictures or eve ...

Hi! We have a peculiar problem here. We have Word Perfect X3 (all the latest patches installed) running on two Vista machines which also have Outlook 2007 installe ...

I performed the 60 s system performance scan (I can't remember the exact name but it was in the Control Panel) both with and without my ReadyBoostcapable flash device connected to the PC. My device has 4GB of spac ...

um write a program to download a file from a webserver using Net.WebClient.DownloadFile methodit works perfect on windows XP, 2003 but on vista for ex. a file with 28kb stops on 16kb and the program ...

I have a Linksys EFSP42 (2 port wired print server) on my network (Linksys router). The 2 XP machines, the WinME and Win98 machines all recognize this as a local printserver port (SC0B7AFF) with the printer on port#1 (_P1).I have not found the tri ...

I downloaded a display driver from Intel's website, when it finished installing, my monitor went blank. I don't know which device I had specifically, as my monitor doesn't display anything!I was a ...

Hi,I was wondering what the benifits of AHCI mode are. Will the drives work faster & more efficiently if changed to AHCI. I read somewhere that if the mode is set to AHCI in BIOS after Vista had been installed and activated that Vista would require ...

Salve. Poco dopo aver installato Windows Vista, il pannello di controllo ha smesso di funzionare. Ogni volta che lo apro o apro qualcuna delle sue impostazioni, mi ...

I have XP installed on my primary partition (which device manager indicates as the system partition), and I have vista on a logical partition. I want to delete the XP partition, and just have vista. Is it possible to deete the system partition? From what i was reading about unins ...

Hi,I just upgraded a desktop to Vista Home Premium (from XP SP2), and now I can't get internet connectivity through my DSL (no password). I know the router and modem work with Vista, as I have a laptop connected to the same router that is running Ultimate and works fine. I also t ...

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when people contact me I would like them to get an instant message such as "Thank you for contacting Fitness Ballet I will collect your email shortly and get back to you as soon as possible" Can t ...

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When I want to spell check my emails before sending "This language is no longer available for spell checking. Please select another in the spelling options dialog." turns up on my screen. What do I need to do so I can utilize spe ...

A program I wrote requires DirectX 8, which since XP, I have not needed to include in my installer, because XP had DirectX 8 installed automatically.On Vista, is there a version of DirectX installed by default?Thanks, BobP.S. I tried installing the DirectX 8.a runtime (from dx80nteng.exe), bu ...

I'm working on an issue for my boss. He uses a Gateway M285 laptop and connects an external monitor to it. His laptop display show all the proper colors but his external monitor shows only black and ...

Some legacy applications, eg. Paradox 9, work perfectly well but every now and again Vista seems to thing something is wrong when the user just closes the program.Any ideas w ...

I get a screen blue with white lines and soon my PC is reinitiated. Excuseme for my english. ...

Is there anyone that knows where I can get a DVD player program for my computer. My computer currently will not play a DVD that I purchase because it says that it is ...

My "Help" does not work. Be it IE,Mail, or just Help & Support from the Vista "Start Button". I get an error message saying: Internet Explorer cannon download from /help IE was not able to open this site. ...

Hi, I'm on Vista Home Premium 32bit back after a break from it and I think I finally got my drivers right this time, because Vista is running very smoothly for the most part. I also upgra ...

Hi, I see many people are suffering Explorer crashes in Vista, well I am too. Machine is brand new, top shelf with a brand new clean install of Vista Ultimate.Crash scenario: 2 explorer windows open, large icon view Select and copy multiple files from o ...

Can any one help,I cannot seem to open the reuters news desk in the media centre click on the icon it goes to the opening picture and then nothing,it worked a little while back but then stopped any help appreciated ...

Does anyone know how to configure Solitaire so that you don't receive a nag screen asking if you want to resume your saved game when you open a new game? I have not saved the previous game, nor have I checked in Options that I automatically want to save games. TIA for any light you ca ...

Like SteveL(whose headline is stuck in February), my Headline Gadget will not update. Unlike him I am, each time I get to the desktop, forced to learn that MSNBC has suspended IMUS! This is like a Twilight Zone episode. Does anyone have any insight into ...

After spending hours trying to figure out why my DiNovo Media Desktop does not function as a bluetooth hub in Vista, I found out (on the Logitech site) that: "MX 5000 and the diNovo Media Desktop will not operate in HCI mode in Vista". That's it. No explan ...

So lets say I have the dual boot, on separate drives.. and I never boot XP again.. They say the restore point in Vista should be fine ??? What about when I'm in Vista and access files from the ...

....from startup into either VISTA Ultimate or Ubuntu, what would I have to do?At the moment, I have only VISTA installed on my computer.I have three hard drives:C, for VISTA and programs.D, for data storage.E, for storage of large files. I can easily mo ...

I bought a laptop with Vista Home installed. What a mistake.1) I used the MS program to transfer settings and files. Oops, lots of files didn't make it. Had to use other utilities to finish the job. Also, when it copied Outlook Express ...

I have just reinstalled my computer and I think I have a permissions problem? I have a feeling that the registry is not allowing programs write to it? Most of my main programs are working fine, but I have problems with others?? ...

Vista Ultimate Seagate 500GB USB2 DriveWhere you can see the drive: Drive showsup under disk drives in Device Manager (working). You can see it (sans drive designation (i.e. " ...

Intalled Vista Home Premium in January. For a while I could get the two drives to show up again if I restarted the computer. Now they won't show up at all in Device Manager or Comput ...

THE CURSER JUMPS TO TOP RIGHT AND I CANT CONTROL ITIF I DRAG IT IT JUST JUMPS BACK UP. WHAT CAN THIS BE?? ...

Upgraded from XP Pro (audio worked fine) to Vista Business. SigmaTel audio driver will not install. Got message from 8007000D from windows update. Downloaded latest Vista driver from Intel s ...

Hi i have a danish version of Vista home premium on my laptop (acer aspire 5610z)the problem is, when i open up speech recognition in the control panel, al it says is:"Configure your Speech recognition experience""If you would like to learn more ...

Why won't vista install or boot with more then 3gb ram?my brother in law has 4 gb ram. It starts with a G I think. Intel E6600 dual core. asus p5n32slie motherboard.vista home premium. also another person posted the same hardware cept didn't say what board he has. he had ulti ...

I was trying to use windows media player 11 to sync to my mp3 player, but it has the annoying feature of trying to convert my music to different formats or different quality. I searched through help, and tried a few things and I just can't turn it off. And in the settings, the hig ...

how i can share my file with two laptop in my home which connect internet by router thanks ...

GameGuard is an anticheat program in lots of online games, like Lineage2. The problem is that it cannot connect to server from computers with Vista Ultimate. When running the game from Win XP everything's ok, but I need it to work with Vista. ...

I installed Halo: Combat Evolved and connected to the internet and it has been a day and no box art has downloaded but all the other information has.I checked the registry and looked under the BoxArt key and found a url that points to the correct box art but it ...

I have never been able to send an email through windows mail since i set up my account. all my user names and accouts (pop and smtp) are the same as when i had outlook express and I have allowed windows mail through the fire wall alo ...

vista's uac feature >>logging in as administrator >> accessing windows mail ==> my inbox is mutually distinct from that oflogging in as standard user >> accessing ...

I have looked through the options on windows mail, perhaps not thoroughly enough, and cannot find how to disable the annoying feature that makes it open on its own and jump in front of all my open applications. Tried just leaving it open and it decides every now and then ...

Thanks for any help.I have just received my new computer. I am in IE, and looking for a mail button or icon somewhere on the browser window? I have set up WindowsMail ...

Well just bought new computer and microsoft has done it again, i can't send emails and i get an unkown error when trying to delee from outbox. Can anyone help.Tracy ...

while doing any program all of sudden a blank window comes up. You then have go into the task manager to get rid of the window. Why is this happening? I need help fixing this problem. Thank you ...

now when i try to see if i have new emails it says this The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com (1)', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol ...

I am looking for some answers, I have gone through all the questions others have asked and still have no work around.I use the gmail settings for outlook in windows mail, everyt ...

When opening an email attachment from a friend I get this message: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set ...

hey I need some help please... I am using the xp and 2000 in 2 different computer but now I have my own computer w/ vista for myself and I looked for the .dbx files in those computer to be ...

Is there a way of increasing the height of the rss feed gadget, or for that matter, changing the way it pages through to manual? ...

I keep getting alerts to download and install updates for Office 2007. I have never had Office 2007 on my computer. I thought updates were tailored to a users specific config ...

Thank you for the Snipping Tool! It's awesome! ...

Print Screen key works when Media Center is not running in Full Screen mode. However, when Media Center is using the full display, a Print Screen results in a black image to the clipboard. It seems as if a fullscr ...

Seems to me, when I was still using XP, there was a setting that automatically emptied the Recycle Bin when I restarted the computer. I can't find that option in Vista ... does it still exist? I sure can't find it.........bilglas ...

Since we purchased the DV9000 laptop we have had a problem with the touchpad drivers resetting. There is a setting for enhanced mouse movement. We keep setting the option so the the touchpad is ...

After 20 min of editing in movie maker timeline / storyboard freezes. Clip in preview pane won't play. I move a new clip into preview pane and it'll play timel ...

I have a total of 3 pcs (2 desktops and 1 laptop). The desktops are hard wired to my Linksys WRT54G V.2 and the laptop is connected via wireless. All of the machin ...

Can you tell me step by step how to move outlook mail from my old computer with XP to my new computer with vista and windows mail? Thanks! ...

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HiWindows Defender suddenly stopped working on my Vista Ultimate.It comes back with an error message 0x80240029 and refers to MS site, but, honestly, I just cannot un ...

hello. do you know how to safe a userprofile on another partition? this means how can I safe my userprofile, e.g. straub.anton including my documents and my music and my pictures for example on pa ...

Hi, can anyone tell me why when i play a particular video file ( avi ) on XP it fills the screen but, when i play same file on vista it does not fill the screen? There are 2 gaps on either side when i play it on vista. I know its not the end of the world but its ...

Hi,I just got a new PC with Windows Vista Ultimate edition. I put it on my LAN which has static IP addresses and added I added it to my one and only workgroup. At first ...

Hi, I'm certainly not as experienced as some of the people in here with Vista...nor, general issues that occur with PC's. I recently purchased a new PC which included WV Premium. My fir ...

Well, I deleted ubuntu from the second hard drive but forgot that it left its boot loader behind. So, now I have a machine that boots up with the following:GRUB loading, please waitError 17I cannot find the damned GRUB loader in my C directory, but it has to be there, eh?So, how do I get ...

I have just purchased a new computer with VISTA. Now my MSN account will not access or allow me to reinitialize an autosignature for emails nor will it find my Office 2007 dictionary to spell check. Any ideas ...

Hi,I currently have japanese XP. I read that Vista Ultimate supports 36 languages of user interface. Can I get English Vista Ultimate to upgrade my japanese XP and use it in japanese interface?Does upgrade package contain ...

Are all user files necessary for restoring personal mail & calendar from a backup located in:/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Mail/ and /AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Calendar/or are there additional files other than the program it ...

Hello Everybody, I would like to know which features of Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition are included in Different Editions of Microsoft Windows Vista? I mean which edition(s) of Vista is/are suitable for a tablet pc or for a laptop which uses a digital pen for ente ...

If I have been using an application for sometime such as Word or something like that then I try to open another application nothing happens and nothing else will open unless I reboot. I have Vistas Premium with a brand ne ...

Any idea on how I can play my old games on vista home? I have installed BLOOD and HEXEN and set to win95 mode but when dos window opens it says cannot run in full screen mode. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. ...

hello,I have asked this already but no answers. I tried to install a webcam. I have the original CD Rom software. However, when i install the software (showing hte old XP looks) a Vista style window prompts me that the file stream.sys is not found. I can see the file is already installed in the ...

Hi, I use Thunderbird as my email app but I have outlook 07 for business. When I import iCals from the web they open up Outlook by default. I would rather use Vista's calendar. How can I change the defulat calendar program to Vista? thanks ...

I have Intellipoint 5.2 which I have been using on my XP machine with a MS optical USB mouse (2 buttons and wheel). I wanted advice and opinions before installing it on my new Vista machine because s ...

using dell desktop e521, vista home premium, IE7.is there a way to view the history in internet explorer without opening intertnet explorer?searched vista help. i tried viewing thru explorer, but do not see history listed on any of the toolbars in view.not ...

Hi. I am running Windows Vista and have tried backing up my files, however, to no avail.I've tried doing the automatic file backup...that is currently set to on. I've tried backing up the files to a DVDR, but again, to no avail.It says, "X, the Last backup did ...

I have developed an ActiveX control in Visual C++ and in it i create a string using delimiter "æ". This String is than returned to browser which uses Java Script to post it to some other page. This thing works fine with IE 7.0 and IE6.0 ...

I have Task scheduler set for a once a week Restore point. It tells me it has done it, but there is no record in the System Restore window. In fact, it is not doing any automatic set RP, at all. Surely things like installing new software should trigger one. I have to set RP ...

I need help, I have a compaq presario notebook, which came with windows vista, when I went to start it up this morning it came up with the message of it hadn't been shut down correctly and gave m ...

I recently created an unattended install dvd with Vlite. Installed and activated windows successfully, but my desktop shows the build number (6000) and states that this copy of windows is not genuine. How did this happen and how do ...

I would like to know if Vista has been updated? I am asking because I do not want to have to do another system restore to find out? This OS should not of been released. Vista is causing problems with adobe, ipod, disappearing CD/DVD drives and even my bios update. I have put many hours into tryi ...

xnoarchive: yesI have a Vaio SZ running Vista Business with builtin Bluetooth. Bought a Microsoft Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000. Connected with the notebook's B ...

I HATE Vista!!!!! Sorry now that that is off my chest I have bought a new pc with Vista and problem 1) I installed a Sony Walkman and keep getting a message that tells me the driver is blocked do to imcompatibility. Looked through device mana ...

Since installing Vista (Ultimate Edition) when I wake Vista from "sleep" mode I am no longer able to connect to the internet. I can access my router and local network but am unable to ping or access anything outside my local network. The only solution ...

I bought a new pc yesterday, with windows vista home premium, but my cd/dvd driver isn't functioning properly.Whenever I enter a cd or dvd the computer becomes extremely slow, and it won't autorun anythi ...

I upgraded to Vista from XP and everything worked for one month. My kid resetted the PC and since then Vista does not boot. It passes the boot screen with the green s ...

I just had to format and reinstall Vista because I stupidly paid no attention to Vista wanting to install a driver for my Motorola Bluetooth dongle. If I'd noticed that it was "Broadcom" instead of "Widcomm" I might not have ended up with a frozen login screen ...

Can we still put Web contents, pictures collages, etc like the Active Desktop of XP on the desktop of Vista (not on the sidebar which can contain Web contents)? ...

I downloaded video from my camcorder and burned it on a DVD. When I play the DVD on a DVD player, it has a jumpy appearance to it. What can I do in this process to eliminate this? ...

I have a Windows Vista Business configuration and when it initially starts up, it fails to connect. I have to go to the NIC card and disable, then reenable it ...

I just got the computer today with Vista Prem. I am the only account on the computer with Admin rights. I tried to install the software for my printer. It says that the OS is compatable bu ...

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on a new laptop. I am the only user on my computer. However, I seem to have multiple and different files and folders. For example, depending on the method I use to ...

I can't get a volume to shrink. I have tried vairous defrag programs to maximize free space, turned off paging. They still leave some small stuff at the end, and I can't tell how to get rid of it so I can shrink the volume. HELP! ...

Hi guys. I am having a problem getting this game installed. When I try to install the game it tells me there's insufficient memory. But my 2 hard drive partitions have 35 and 42 gig respectiv ...

I received a BIOS update for my VISTA operation system. I downloaded the file, however I get FLASH ACCESS DENIED. Log on administrator and retry. I am logged in as the ...

Hi,Lost Planet DirectX 10 Game Demo downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1639I installed the trial on Vista64 Ultimate, but all I get is a message saying "This applic ...

Hello again,After a successful import of my mail folders from OE to WM, one of my mail folders disappeared. I found it in my documents folder as a DBX mail folder and when I tried to import it to WM, I got the message that no messages c ...

Can someone tell me where the old dbx files are in Vista Home Prem. are?TIA,Irwin Opper ...

Hi I'm trying to import some mailboxes from my Mac into Windows Mail by saving the Mac mailboxes (in both Entourage and Mac Mail) to .mbox files. Is there s ...

I am using Vista's Windows Mail. Even though I have all the boxes checked in Options/General/Send and Receive, I do not receive my mail automatically. I have to go to the SEND/RECEIVE tab on the tool bar next to the de ...

I have two email accounts and all my emails come into the same box. See when I used outlook express I could go from one email account and on windows mail I can't see to do it. So does any one know how I can have my emails from one account go into one box a ...

I had over 100 deleted messages stuck in the Deleted Message Box like many others have reported. I tried ALL of the suggestions I found and nothing worked. BUT I finally cleared it ALL out. You hav ...