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Windows Vista

End-User License Agreement

Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2007

After installing Micrsoft Office on my new Vista system and Tranfering the files I have a small problem. When I open any of the office documents, I get the EndUser License Agr ...

detecting changes to the system

Posted by admin on Aug 26th, 2006

I have Trend Micro PCCillan and it detected a key put into the registry which will load a program called dpapimig.exe automatically the next time I start my computer. What is it, and ...

Add NT 4 Domain User to Local Adminstrators Group

Posted by admin on Jan 15th, 2007

Hi,I have try to add the NT 4 domain user to local adminstrators group. I'm getting the following message when I'm enter the network security user who have access right to the domain.Login Failure: Uknown user name or bad password"Any one hav ...

Punk Buster Problem!

Posted by admin on Nov 6th, 2006

I bought Battlefield 2142 when i had windows xp and it worked perfectly. once i upgraded to Vista Battlefield is having problems with the PunkBuster software which protects the game from hackers. Now i cant play the game online at all because i will keep on getting k ...

How to fix every game not playing error

Posted by admin on Jun 19th, 2007

Follow these instructions to fix everything right click on file , properties , Compatabilty Tab , Run this program in compatibilty mode for Windows XP Service Pack 2 zllive.com ...

cant recieve or send emails

Posted by admin on Aug 22nd, 2006

For some reason I can't send or recieve emails with the new windows mail. I have everything set up like it is supposed to be. Shortly after setting up the account I could do things but now I ...

Import mail from WLMD to WM

Posted by admin on Jul 13th, 2006

how do I import mail from XP's Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta to Vista's Windows Mail? tried importing as OE6 and WM format, but this isn't working!? Please help. ...

Multiple users on one Windows mail account

Posted by admin on Mar 21st, 2007

I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is there a way all 4 users can access the same email account on Windows Mail? I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator use ...

Message Rules for headers (not email body) ...

Posted by admin on Sep 21st, 2006

I've been studying the raw messages and headers for my junk mail and come to the conclusion that hugh percent of my legitimate email has "for xxxxxx@yyyyyy.zzz" in the first "recieved:" header although some times that first head ...

burn cd backup

Posted by admin on Jun 22nd, 2006

I need help. I want to backup a program on H drive by burning in to a CD on E drive. Can anyone help me with that. ...

Windows defender - startup blocking some

Posted by admin on Nov 8th, 2006

It tells me it has stopped the start up of certain progs many of which I WANT to run, some I want to remove only the "remove" and all other butto ...

Bugs in RDP6

Posted by admin on Nov 24th, 2006

Anyone know where I can report faults with RD client 6?I installed the client onto my XP Pro laptop, and I'm accessing a Vista Business machine.. Yet afte ...

blue screen unexpected shutdown

Posted by admin on Aug 1st, 2006

all my programs on vista run fine untill i try and play word of warcraft all is ok untill i move then my laptop will shut downthe bmp is as follows Problem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033Files that help describe the problem (so ...

Network password keeping

Posted by admin on Jun 28th, 2007

I have 2 Vista computers, the desktop has a printer, and is run under administrator with a password. From the Laptop, if I explore the network, and put in the password, AND CHECK REMEMBER PASSWORD the laptop will ...

SHAME ON MS !

Posted by admin on Sep 13th, 2006

MS has screwed the consumer once again ! Look at all these problems ! The only thing that will cause them to admit they blew it is another lawsuit. Look at ...

Vista & XP Printer Share Problems

Posted by admin on Sep 29th, 2006

I am having trouble connecting to shared printers on XP based machines from any Vista machine I try. The printers are shared correctly and other XP, 2000, 98SE, etc. machines can connect to them fine. One machine has an HP 1100 Lase ...

WMP 11 Folder Monitoring not working

Posted by admin on Nov 12th, 2006

Hi,I've been having this problem on 2 of my computers with Vista installed. WMP 11 would not find any files in the monitored folder. Btw, I'm not having this problem on Windows XP.Anyone out there with any solution?Thanks in advance. ...

Sidebar Displaying Red X's

Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2007

I just recently installed vista and the sidebar was working fine for about 3 hours but now some of the gadgets do not diplay correctly. Like the weather ones are supposed to display the graphic for the sun if it is sunny, All i get is a red x. Many of the gadgets do this.I have trie ...

Uninstall Vista from Dual Boot

Posted by admin on Aug 6th, 2006

I am currently Dual Booting Vista RC1 and XP with the chosen OS loading on the C: drive. I have just been informed that my long awaited Dell Vista Upgrad ...

Vista Slow Startup

Posted by admin on Dec 5th, 2006

I am haveing a issue with the slow load of startup programs. After I get to the Vista start up screen it takes ~ 1min 30 secs before all the startup programs load and the network is connected. I have just clean insta ...

W E I won't complete

Posted by admin on Aug 4th, 2006

I just installed a new video card and want to update my windows experience index score. I start it, it runs, then goes to complete and I get a box that says it can't complete because a program or device will not allow ...

Downgrading to XP - From Vista

Posted by admin on Jan 13th, 2007

In reference to a post by "Technically Challenged";I've had numerous issues with Vista; most recently I've been through 2 full system restores. It seems to be an ong ...

VISTA won't let me delete a file

Posted by admin on Sep 22nd, 2006

HiI'm running VISTA Home Premium OS and I've uninstalled a program. Now I want to delete the folder. But a screen apperas telling me I need permission. This is my personnel ...

video and audio drops out in movie maker

Posted by admin on Jan 18th, 2007

I'm using Vista Ultimate. I have recorded a program and I am trying to edit it with Movie Maker. When I first start the playback to look for right places to cut the video and soudn is there fo ...

windows vista to windows xp

Posted by admin on Sep 22nd, 2006

If you need help connecting Windows Vista to Windows XP than email me at glinerboy2d@hotmail.com. Because I just found out a way! ...

Folder gives me no permissions???

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2007

HiI have a very serious problem that for the life of me I cannot figure out how to fix.I have a 65gig folder that will not let me have permissions to open it or anything else. I honestly have no clue how it got this way (the ...

Spider keeps asking if I want to continue a saved game

Posted by admin on Nov 14th, 2006

A couple of days ago, I saved a game and then finished it later. Now it keeps asking if I want to continue the saved game. I tried going ahead and finishing it again, but it just ...

Importing Outlook Express Messages

Posted by admin on Jul 19th, 2006

I cannot import any of my old emails from Outlook Express into Windows Mail. I can see all of my .dbx files, but appearantly these are not the files Windows Mail is looking for. Also, when I do a spell check, it advises me that this language is not available anymore and ...

Regarding the WinMail.exe error in Vista & the MSOE.DLL prob

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2007

This is a follow up to a thread I created 03202007 in which I was asking for someone to please help stop the bloodletting which pertained to a long frustrating battle with NIS, NSW that ...

Ultimate Games

Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2007

Hi All, I'm running Vista Ultimate and it's activated. When I go to Start and click on Games the only one that is there is Hold Em Poker! Where are all t ...

Help networking XP computer & Vista

Posted by admin on Oct 14th, 2006

I have done all the suggestions (made network private, LLTD update on XP machine, firewalls off, etc...) when I am on my Vista Machine I can SEE the XP machine in the network map but when I go to "view devices" I can ...

Setting up Windows unzipping

Posted by admin on Mar 9th, 2007

HiI have Vista Ultimate.I have been using Winzip 10 but it is so slow, how do I set up using the Windows unzipping program for use with zipped files?thanksDaniel ...

aero and maximised

Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2006

hello.i've noticed that it takes a while, on my machine at least, to switch between aero and basic through control panel. (not that i do it a lot). however if i start up paint shop pro 10, vista switches instantly to basic and notifie ...

Run Command

Posted by admin on Sep 7th, 2006

What Happened to the RUN command window. How does one run the msconfig?? is there a msconfig?? I hate learning something new again. Was just liking XP. TonySper ...

_French parliament picks Ubuntu for Linux switch

Posted by admin on Nov 3rd, 2006

zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/_French_parliament_picks_Ubuntu_for_Linux_switch/0,130061733,339274191,00.htmWhen members of the French parliament and their assistants return from their summer break, they will conduct parliamentary busines ...

Burn to Disc : Title

Posted by admin on Jun 27th, 2006

Is there a way of predefining the default title of a CD to be burnt, instead of having to edit the date that is offered ?Also, if change the title, then choose to ...

Network Printer

Posted by admin on Jun 16th, 2006

To get a Vista machine to use a printer on an XP machine on my network I had to use not Add Printer | Network but Add Printer|Local and then point to \\Bernard\B's HPLaser Wonder why. Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email ...

Issue with hanging after Vista upgrade on HP PC

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2006

I have upgraded my HP Media Center 2005 to Vista home premium following all of the instructions and using the cd provided by HP before using the Vista upgrade DVD. After installation, the computer att ...

Vista help needed

Posted by admin on Mar 7th, 2007

Back in the hay day of PCs, Norton's Disk Test would test for bad sectors and, if found, would mark them as bad so Windows would not use them. The Norton test requirements were more stringent than Windows so any sector that passed Norton's test would pass Windows requirements. Is ...

Websites and Images

Posted by admin on Jun 26th, 2006

On some websites the images load and then disappear.Is something wrong in my settings? It is annoying.Can anyone help me? ...

IE 7 User Protected Mode always Off - even when UAC is on

Posted by admin on Mar 24th, 2007

I'm using Vista Ultimate and IE7 says that Protected Mode is Off. When I open the security settings the box is checked to "Enable Protecte Mode".I've been looking all over the forums to see if anybody else is havi ...

Uninstalling Vista

Posted by admin on Nov 3rd, 2006

Is it possible to uninstall and deactivate vista on my laptop and reinstall it and activate it on my more compatible laptop. ...

Vista home Premuim

Posted by admin on Nov 13th, 2006

Vista home Premuim Here is what I have on my networkLinsoire Linux, Mandrake Linux, Win2k Serv Pk4, WinXP Home, WinXP Pro, Win 3.11 None of the above could see the vista or vista see them until I enabled the netbios over tcp/ip Am I correct in assuming that this cercumvents the ipv6 opti ...

Why Can't I encrypt Folders

Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2006

Hi, When I go to the security check tab of a folder or file I want to encrypt it is greyed out. Home Premium doesn't come with built in encryption? Thanks in advance. Eric ...

Migrating Vista clients to KMS host!

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2006

HelloWe have vista business and ultimate editions installed (30Nos). Now we have installed KMS host. Now I want to migrate or connect the existing Vista machines (both business & ultimate editions) to KMS host. The ...

Windows Mail.

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2006

I upgraded to windows vista and windows mail. All was well for a month or so and now I can receive mail outthe wazoo, but I can't send any. I haven't changed anything and the comcast settings are correct. The error message I am getti ...

DreamScene MPG videos in WinSxS folder bloat

Posted by admin on Jan 7th, 2007

Why are there mpeg video files in the WinSxS folder? I thought WinSxS was a DLL hell workaround, not a backup place for Windows components. C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoftwindowsdreamsc ...

vista and GMT

Posted by admin on Oct 23rd, 2006

Vista seems confused about what GMT is: my date/time is 3/27/2007 5:14PM in GMT 8 Pacific Time (US & Canada) if I set the additional clock to both available GMTs: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London) and GMT (Casabla ...

unable to upgrade programs

Posted by admin on Feb 1st, 2007

While trying to upgrade a pragram that used to run well on vista the following message appears: acces rejected for C:\\windows\system32\lr41_32.ax check if you have enough disk space or sufficient rights. I h ...

Problem with the performance indes

Posted by admin on Jul 30th, 2006

When I first installed Vista, it had an performance index of 3.9. About a week ago, I ran the index checker after getting the new ATI drivers installed. The Index wen ...

Nortel IPSec Client - not working under Vista

Posted by admin on Jul 23rd, 2006

hello, i'm still trying to have this 7.x Nortel client run under Vista. i did follow all the instruction to install it in XP compatibilty mode...but still getting this annoying error: "Eacfilt driver must be enabled on..."Can anybody help me on having the IPSec client work? ...

error message

Posted by admin on Aug 28th, 2006

I downloaded windows 2000 into my vista and all programs run fine except for word which keeps giving me an error message that says 'compile error in hidden mod ...

Media player wont work with wmv files

Posted by admin on Apr 25th, 2007

Im trying to run MS demonstrations or livemeeting recordings on my vista machine and media player crashes when trying to play the files. Any fix for this or is it just an ...

Mcafee Vista Conflict - My fix

Posted by admin on Sep 6th, 2006

1. Open Windows mail 2. Click on the "Tools" button. 3. Select "Accountants" 4. Remove all accountants but your own. 5.Fully install Mcafee (add deleted options). or reinst ...

Can't Set Word as Default in Vista

Posted by admin on Jun 11th, 2007

My computer came loaded with Vista Basic and Microsoft Works already loaded. I subsequently purchased Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 and loaded it onto my machine. How do I g ...

Windows Vista 101

Posted by admin on Nov 29th, 2006

Can anyone help to explain what is Windows Vista 101?? Any specific reason for using the term "101"?? Thanks. ...

Vista Firewall - Windows Updates

Posted by admin on Aug 31st, 2006

Howdo all,Anyone know what the IP addresses are (I'm assuming there's a block) of the Windows Update Servers ? I've setup the Vista Firewall to block all outgoing connections ...

Vista Shutting down for no reasons

Posted by admin on Dec 17th, 2006

Dear all,I am new to vista and i have got a brand new sony vaio FE41E and the problem a face is that sometimes for no reasons windows shut down and start again about 3 to 4 times in a raw and ...

Install file

Posted by admin on Dec 7th, 2006

Everytime I launch IE, the computer asks me to install the file at C:\Users\Raymond\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\~DFC1BA.tmp.exe. I cannot find the file. Can someone advise me the possible causes and fixes.Thanks,Scott ...

New computer with VISTA. Need infos

Posted by admin on Jan 6th, 2007

Hi, I just bought a new HP laptop actually equiped with Windows VISTA Home Premium Edition. As I target this computer mainly for software development and leisure I would have a few question ...

Missing trash can icon

Posted by admin on Sep 21st, 2006

My Vista (Home Premium) seems to have lost my trash can Icon.... I can see the trash can in explorer but not on the desktop it self.... does anyone have anyone ides how I can restore it?Thanks in advance.... Steini ...

Screen print vista

Posted by admin on Apr 25th, 2007

I am trying to take a screen print in vista but when I press the screen print key and then try to paste it to paint or word the paste or paste all function is ...

Sidebar Skype Gadget

Posted by admin on Jan 29th, 2007

Does anyone know of a Skype Sidebar Gadget.Also is there a News Ticker that can collect UK News that scrolls. I have found quite a few News Gadgets but none that scroll. ...

problem upgrading from vista basic to premium

Posted by admin on Nov 23rd, 2006

I currently have windows vista basic installed on the computer from when i purchased it. i decided i wanted to upgrade to premium using the anytime upgrade and have run into a problem. i purchased the download license from best buy and it is on my desktop and i can sta ...

Vista has encountered an error!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by admin on Jul 3rd, 2006

it goes through the first process and then gets to about 50% on the second one and then it says " vista has encountered an error and cannot continue" o ...

VISTA x64 Realtek Spdif problem

Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2007

First of all, Hi and nice to be seeing you reading this thread.Here is my problem: I have a nforce4 motherboard with a Realtek ALC850 Codec with Spdif in/out. I just have bought a logitech digital soundsystem and I want to use the spd ...

Sound in windows movie maker

Posted by admin on Mar 11th, 2007

When I transfer video from my digital camera to the computer, the sound doesn't work in the windows movie maker or on any other program. How can I fix this problem? Any oth ...

Vista Movie Maker Project to XP

Posted by admin on Feb 1st, 2007

I currently have a Movie Project completed using VISTA and want to make a DVD. My DVD burner is on a XP machine. Any ideas how I can get his movie to my XP machine to burn the DVD?l ...

Restore vista user profile possible?

Posted by admin on Sep 21st, 2006

For wrong reason I deleted my primary user profile and now all my setting are gone. I'm getting a message that any changes I now make will not last ...

windows mail won't open after closeing

Posted by admin on Jun 27th, 2006

I can open windows mail after logging on but if I close the program and come back latter to open it I get a message that says "windows mail could not be started because another instance of it is still running on your computer please log off of windows a ...

Cant Import my Address Book

Posted by admin on Aug 8th, 2006

MY address book wont import from ooutlook to windows mail for some reason, anyone help please? ...

My file,edit etc taskbar problems

Posted by admin on Jun 5th, 2007

I click on file,edit, etc and I get a invisible box with no information tabs, but when I drag mouse down they appear, how can I return it back to normal settings. ...

Block Sender feature?

Posted by admin on Feb 28th, 2007

I'm using Windows Mail as my USENET client under Vista. On my XP machines, I'm using Outlook Express.In OE, I can use the Block Sender feature to killfile any undesirable posters, but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent in Windows Mail. I tried a ...

E-mailing attachments to XP

Posted by admin on Aug 12th, 2006

Please help! I'm trying to send a word document from my 'Vista computer' to my friend's 'XP computer'. When she gets it she can't read it! ...

Windows Live Mail Desktop

Posted by admin on Jun 14th, 2006

This is one of the best Email programs I have ever used. Give it a try.Jerry ...

"Warning : Explorer Internet has Stopped Working"

Posted by admin on Oct 1st, 2006

I get this message often when in fact it was me who closed the window. After trying to solve the problem it automatically closes the other tab. Why does this happen? Does it happ ...

missing icons task bar

Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2007

I have Vista home premium 32 bit.I used to have an icon for my internet connection and for the volume...now they're gone.Any idea how to get them back?Thanks ...

Realtek HD Audio problem...

Posted by admin on May 4th, 2007

Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the retail version of Ultim ...

I need a new computer - but Vista reminds me of ME

Posted by admin on Jul 4th, 2006

I bought a deadend DELL abot three years ago that has no upgrade capability for the processor except for a very tiny path.I will be buying a box and my present box supports Vista I do not want Vista on the new box. I have two T ...

Telnet Connection

Posted by admin on Aug 26th, 2006

Can someone tell me how to make a Telnet connection using Windows Vista Home PremiumThanks ...

XP upgrade to Vista (internet much poorer)

Posted by admin on Oct 23rd, 2006

hi all,i see a variety of posts about poor Vista internet connections(vs XP) well, i've upgraded my XP to Vista home premium (laptop) and my internet connection has degraded considerablyother than hardware driver ...

SSL Protocol Provider

Posted by admin on Mar 23rd, 2007

In CNG, "Microsoft SSL Procotol Provider" supports 24 cryptography methods(ex, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, ...) and IE(Internet Exploer) uses them for security connection(h ...

Removing sidebar gadgets from running

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2006

Not sure how it happened, but when I run the sidebar, I have hundreds of copies of the gadgets running, which slows my computer down to a crawl. I can remove them one at a time when the sidebar is running, but this is taking forever. Is there a registry setting or some setting which ...

Windows Vista Server Beta 3 Escrow is Now Available to MSDN

Posted by admin on Jan 16th, 2007

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Vista Failure to Launch Office 2007

Posted by admin on Nov 23rd, 2006

So..Office 2007 apps do not launch from the pinned start menu. I can copy the link to the desktop and launch from there, but they simply will not launch directly from the start menu. I can also execute them from the MS Office folder.There seems to b ...

Monitor Colour Inversion

Posted by admin on Feb 15th, 2007

Can anyone help, this is driving me mad!When using IE7 if I press any link the screen colours invert to black background and orange type, for a second then bec ...

ERUNT and Vista HP

Posted by admin on Mar 22nd, 2007

Has anyone found a way to get ERUNT to work automatically in Vista HP with UAC turned on? ...

I finally have Vista running smoothly

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2007

My copy of Vista is Vista Home Premium. My hardware is a homebuilt desktop with 512 MB of memory, a 40 GB hard drive, a floppy drive, a CD drive, a DVD drive, and a CPU running at 950 MHZ. I use an Ethernet cable connected ...

DVD- & Movie-Maker - Weird behaviour and/or crashes

Posted by admin on Oct 18th, 2006

HI,I'm questioning this again, although I know of the several other posts mentioning problems with crashing DVDMaker this seems to be a common issue. Since I'm servicing many computers for friends I had the opportunity to test th ...

Windows Defender User Interface Problem

Posted by admin on Sep 18th, 2006

Ever since I install Vista Ultimate, the Windows Defender has not worked. The error that I get is "Windows Defender User Interface Has Stopped Working". Google searches dont turn up anything nor did a search of about 4 different Vista newsgroups.The service is started, is running ...

Forgot admin password

Posted by admin on Feb 3rd, 2007

Help! I changed my admin password and cannot remember what it is. How can I reset it? I don't have anything saved to a floppy etc. Please tell me there is a way to recover my password. ...

Thunderbird 2 RC1 Released

Posted by admin on Mar 4th, 2007

For those frustrated or having difficulties with Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail desktop, Mozilla now has Thunderbird 2 RC1 available here if you would like to give it a try:<enus.www.mozilla.com/enUS/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/>One of the New features lis ...

Contacts with Email add listed

Posted by admin on Mar 4th, 2007

Hi,a client of mine rang in today asking if there is a way to remove the emails address listing after the name of the contact.. for instance she wants to send an email to "Jerry" not "Jerry " is there a way that i can remove the email from disp ...

cannot receive mail

Posted by admin on Nov 4th, 2006

Hello,I wonder if you can help. Although I have done all by text book I am still unable to receive messages. I get the following message:The host 'pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk', Server ...

vista....windows mail

Posted by admin on Sep 25th, 2006

when i open my windows mail i anymore see on the left side the local folder where i can see sent items delete items etc.... What should i do,Denis ...

Problem with Contacts toolbar

Posted by admin on Feb 19th, 2007

My Contacts toolbar contains only Organize, Views and Burn. What happened to Add Contact, Import, etc.? I want to import an address book from another mail program but can't figure out how to do it.Thank you.Barney ...

Reliability monitor stopped working

Posted by admin on Jun 24th, 2006

Hello, Realiability monitor stopped working few weeks ago. I do not recall applying anY tweaks that might lead to this. No amount of tinkering with Management Console ever brought it back. Any ide ...

Nokia PC Suite or Vista

Posted by admin on Aug 4th, 2006

I just got Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron E1405. I connected my Nokia 6126 to the computer using the most recent Nokia PC Suite Software. I am unable to see hidden files on the phone. However, I can see hidden files in my computer. I c ...

How do you format in Fat32?

Posted by admin on Feb 10th, 2007

I need to format my externall hard drive in fat32 so my xbox 360 can see it attached. I'm in Vista. How can I format the drive to Fat32? I know the disk management won't, but I would guess there's some software that can. I have no clue though what it would b ...

The way out.....dual boot ?

Posted by admin on Aug 31st, 2006

Hi Folks. Thanks for the patience of all you guys that are continually answering the same questions about dualbooting.I've read most of them but still have difficulty in understanding.I have retail Vista Business and XP. XP is on C: Vis ...

Using Vista Calendar: Print Day

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2006

When I print a Calendar day , it prints from 12:00 A.M until Noon, how do I change the default from 8:00A.M to 8:00 P.M ? ...

WOW - could this be the new Win 98?

Posted by admin on Sep 29th, 2006

Having spent a small fortune on Vista Ultimate, plus the cost of upgrading hardware (even my HP printer has no drivers for it) and buying all new Vista compatible applications, ...

Top 10 Vista Hacks

Posted by admin on May 8th, 2007

computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015738&pageNumber=1Top 10 Vista Hacks 1. Hack User Account Control 2. Unlock the supersecret Administrator account 3. T ...

Guild Wars + Vista Premium

Posted by admin on Jun 19th, 2006

guild wars starts, then flickers, and the sound starts. after this, the screen is black, yet i can see the cursor in GW cursor. any suggestions? ...

Mail Message cannot be Found

Posted by admin on Feb 8th, 2007

Suddenly, the majority of my saved mail cannot be read. I get the following message: Message cannot be found The contents of this message cannot be found.Everything in the mail is gone. The Sender says: Sender Unspecified.Not all the ...

Data Execution Prevention Service shuts HELP & SUPPORT in Vi

Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2007

Every time I try to access Help on my laptop running Vista Home Premium, it is closed down by Data Execution Prevention Service. What good is an operating system that doesn't allow its own Help file to ...

cannot find thread again

Posted by admin on Dec 31st, 2006

I posted something to your web site then you sent me by email that you had an answer. when I clicked on the email there was nothing but a blank discussion and I hav e no way of finding the orig discussion ...

Tabs in I E

Posted by admin on Feb 14th, 2007

I can add tabs on my Internet Explorer and I can close a tab. But I want to store my tabs that when I open I E, I have the tabs that I want. How do I delete a tab and save the tool bar as I want it? Thanks ...

Nested Application Data directory

Posted by admin on Jan 7th, 2007

Does anyone know why the Application Data folder is nested for what seems like an infinite length. It is located at:C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data ... and on and on. ...

Internet Explorer Colors different in Vista and XP

Posted by admin on Aug 26th, 2006

I have recently installed Windows Vista Ultimate edition. I have few things that bother me, but the most obvious one is color difference between Windows XP and Windows Vista. I have a forum site which I visit every day and under Windows Vista it looks different. The si ...

Having active admin acct but not showing on logon screen?

Posted by admin on Oct 3rd, 2006

I want to set up an admin acct with a password for my kids to play problematic games using RunAs but don't want them to have the ability to log into that acct easily from the logon screen. Can this be done?SD ...

Please Help

Posted by admin on Sep 17th, 2006

I need help, with the cgf file under textures, if I add a texture, the cgf file does not let me save it, Does anyone know how to save it? Thanks. ...

Tweak VI

Posted by admin on Jan 2nd, 2007

Hi .. Anyone installed and using this?Rgds Rod ...

SyncBack running in Standby

Posted by admin on Mar 29th, 2007

Now don't get me wrong, this is not a complaint just a query and a bit of wonderment.I have SyncBack installed on my Vista O/S and it is scheduled to ...

Bluetooth GPS works only one time

Posted by admin on Oct 31st, 2006

Hi all, I am using an Asus GPSBT100 with Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 on Windows Vista on my HP Tablet PC. The PC has buildin bluetooth capablilities. If I add the device in the "bluetooth devices", S& ...

Memory Problems

Posted by admin on Aug 30th, 2006

Hi, I have both Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista Ultimate x64 running on a Pentium D 930 64 bit Processor. The problem is that Vista doesn't starts with 4GB of RAM (only with 3GB) but XP runs ok and reports 4GB. ...

RC2 Uninstall, Dual Boot

Posted by admin on Aug 7th, 2006

I have been testing RC2 but haven't used it lately, when I get more memory most likely I will upgrade to Vista RTM, but for now I would like to uninstall it and reclaim my hard drive space.I did a dualboot, and have 4 partition: C: Vista D: XP Home E: Vista Pagefile F: CDROM ...

Microsoft office live image uploader

Posted by admin on Jun 28th, 2006

I can't download Image uploader on to my computer because it's no compatible to microsft vista, but microsoft xp is compatible . Is there anything I can do allow this program to d ...

computers cannot see each other

Posted by admin on Jan 18th, 2007

i have a machine running windows 2000 professional, and my new machine runs vista...both are connected to my ethernet router, both connect to the internet just fine, what do i need to do to get them to " ...

windows Defender

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2007

Hi,Sorry to write this message again, but the first one seems as it was not sent.I installed apache 2.2.4 on my vista ultimate and each time i start my computer, windows defender display ApacheMonitor among "blocked startu ...

Desktop Shortcuts Fail, IE 7.0, Vista Business

Posted by admin on Jan 21st, 2007

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 to the desktop it creates an ICON but it does not contain the URL. When you clisk on the icon the error message is "The tar ...

Create New Folder

Posted by admin on Dec 24th, 2006

When I place the cursor on Local Folder and attempt to create a new folder the folder created becomes a subfolder of the Inbox and not Local Folder.Is this a known bug? TIA.Gerry ~~~~ Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

Cannot set as Junk Mail?

Posted by admin on Mar 6th, 2007

We've been getting email which is listed in the Inbox with no Subject, who From, or message. The time and date is listed and when I right click on it to add it to the Junk EMail List all the options in the Junk EMail are greyed o ...

how to move my Vista PC from Workgroup to a domain

Posted by admin on Aug 2nd, 2006

I want my Vista PC to be a member of the active directory domain I just created on my 2nd PC ( running windows server 2003 ).How do I change this vista PC from workgroup to domain?I am in the "network and sharing center". All the options are te ...

slowpoke vista

Posted by admin on Jan 7th, 2007

it is it is it is... whatever you say , you can deny it all you want.. its slowpoke.....slow... slow.... sl...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzR.I.P before you get things done on such a horrid OS. ...

Vista Network Performance

Posted by admin on Jan 14th, 2007

Hello, folks.About a week ago, I upgraded my home router to a NetGear WNR854T. My primary reason for doing this is to support my various wired gigabit capable machines, while still supporting my one wireless client.Here are some of the machines that I have on this network.1 File Server runni ...

Hardware Profiles

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2006

How do I delete an unwanted hardware profile?I can see the profile from the Log On tab of the services snapin but I need to remove the entire profile (to recreate it). ...

Microsoft: Some Computers Cannot Upgrade to Windows Vista

Posted by admin on Feb 24th, 2007

keznews.com/2757_Microsoft:_Some_Computers_Cannot_Upgrade_to_Windows_VistaMicrosoft has published a list of computers from the Tokyobased manufacturer Toshiba that cannot upgrade to Windows Vista. The Redmond Company offers no explanation why no less than 13 models ...

imgutil.dll corrupt

Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2006

when running system file checker i get the following error:20070425 18:31:01, Info CSI 00000155 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:22{11}]"imgutil.dll" of MicrosoftWindowsIEImageSupport, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, ...

Help and Support Contnet Incomplete

Posted by admin on Jul 4th, 2007

Hi.The Images and styles are not showing up anymore when I open the Help and Support Window in Vista Ultimate. If I choose to display online help content the images are there but it looks like in a webpage with the CSS f ...

Only for information

Posted by admin on Feb 18th, 2007

(1) Nothing against the company nor an endorsement;(2) Does not imply or indicate it is not doing good nor an excellent job;(3) As a supplementary material. URL: online.wsj.com/article_print/SB11776 ...

Vista and Zip files?

Posted by admin on May 6th, 2007

I have not been able to unzip zip files that I have downloaded from internet such as audio books? ...

My Experiences with Vista So Far... I Like It

Posted by admin on Mar 25th, 2007

I've been reading the posts heavily the past few days and thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. I've been a user of Windows since Windows 3.1 in both a support role and a general user r ...

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO VISTA ACTIVATION

Posted by admin on Feb 27th, 2007

To: Microsoft PartnersFrom: Allison WatsonSubject: Important activation changes to Windows VistaDate: April 27, 2007As a valued partner and trusted advisor to our customers, I wanted to reiterate Microsoft?s commitment to helping protect consumers and software resel ...

wmp and wmc no longer working

Posted by admin on Apr 1st, 2007

I'm running vista ultimate 64bit and was previously able to get windows media player to play any of my music files, but now wmp "seems" to load up but never appear ...

iTunes won't start

Posted by admin on Jun 27th, 2007

I am logged on as Administrator. When I try to start iTunes I get the following:The folder "i Tunes" is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder.I have made certain I have all p ...

Vista wireless drivers

Posted by admin on Nov 30th, 2006

Hello,I work at a college and students are bringing their new laptops with Vista (all different version) into the Help Desk because they can't connect to our wireless network. They co ...

Can't connect to printers on Intel print servers

Posted by admin on Apr 7th, 2007

I have a local network that has severial Intel NetPort Express 10/100 print servers connected to it. I have severial computers running Windos 98 and XP Pro, these computers are al ...

Updated Home Premium to Ultimate... Now 2 Identical logins o

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2006

Updated Home Premium to Ultimate... Now 2 Identical logins on screen...Now how do I get rid of the extra one???Thanks.BTW Only one shows up in the User control panel... ...

Help! I can send Email from Windows Mail, but not Receive t

Posted by admin on Jul 5th, 2007

I am a new Vista user and am by no means, technical...I can send messages from Windows Mail but not receive to Windows Mail. When I send a "test" message to myself, I receive it in my internet account (SBC) but not in Windows Mail. I am not getting any error messag ...

Windows mail requires a log on each time I use it.

Posted by admin on Dec 9th, 2006

It use to behave fine. I set up an email account and each time I opened mail, it would automatically connect to the server when necessary. Now I have to log in each time I use Windows Mail. I don't know what has changed and whet ...

importation message depuis incredimail

Posted by admin on Jun 17th, 2006

bonjour, j'utilisais jusqu' maintenant incredimail, je souhaite utiliser dsormais windows mail, mais comment faire pour importer ou transfrer l'intgralit de mes messages ? il ne propose que des choix limits (exchange, outlook...) merci ...

Vista DVD Maker

Posted by admin on Apr 12th, 2007

I made a slide show with music in Vista DVD maker and it leaves the DVD open. Will not play on my TV DVD player. After several attempts with the same results I copied one of the disks into Roxy and burned a copy from roxy that did close ...

Remember folder view settings

Posted by admin on May 4th, 2007

Is there a fix for Vista remembering folder view settings yet ? Currently Vista does not remember all folder view settings (this is an established problem and I have not seen any vi ...

Defrag

Posted by admin on Feb 25th, 2007

With XP, I always defragmented in safe mode. I tried doing the same on my new notebook with Vista Home Premium, but defragmentation doesn't start. Nothing happens. I tried defrag without going into safe mode and it works properly. I suppose we're not ...

Vista Does not really go to sleep on Mondays and Tuesdays!

Posted by admin on Dec 3rd, 2006

My Vista machine is about two months old now. It looks as though on each Monday my Vista Home Premium gets busy doing something and will just not go into proper ...

How to remove an extra vista installation

Posted by admin on Dec 17th, 2006

Some weeks ago I installed Windows Vista as a new installation on drive D. I kept Windows XP on drive C: as a dual boot option until I had tried Windows XP. Late ...

Memory sticks are significantly slower in vista then xp?

Posted by admin on Feb 4th, 2007

I have done some tests on a variety of usb sticks using xp pro 64 bit, vista Ultimate 32 bit and vista Premium 64 bit.I have E6600 processor with 4G memory. Gigabyte N680SLIDQ6 motherboard.All tests were completed on the same PC / hardwareI have formatted a variety of devic ...

Lost multiple select in folders

Posted by admin on Apr 17th, 2007

I have lost the ability to select multiple files in folders while using windows explorer. In other words, I cannot hold down the shift or control key and click on multiple files to move them, delete them, etc. I have tired resetting folders to defaults, reboo ...

No sound

Posted by admin on Apr 8th, 2007

My sound card is ok.it is told by the pc but it seems that my driver are missing. all sounds option are not working(there is no volume,there is no mixer of volume). can someone know what to do? thanks ...

Configuring the Start Menu Power Button?

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2007

In my exploration through my new Vista computer I stumbled upon a program that controls what the Start Menu Power Button does.I changed it and now I want to change it again, but I can't find where ...

Move user accounts from drive C: to D:

Posted by admin on Mar 2nd, 2007

How do I move the user accounts from the C: to the D: drive? I have Vista Premium, The C: is going to be reserved for main system programs and the D: drive will be used for the user files and games ...

access denied??

Posted by admin on Oct 4th, 2006

I have Administrator privileges on my user account, as I'm the only user. Why is it I can't access my "Music" folder in my documents? Or video, pix, etc?I'm running 32bit Vista.Any ideas would be greatl ...

Defender database

Posted by admin on Jan 17th, 2007

My computer has a digital TV tuner card and the scheduled timer recordings are being interupted by defender because the database still hasnt got the HDTV software classified. Can we help speed up the process? Defender seems to be doing its job but it is also causing disruption Once cl ...

Activation hyperlinks not work

Posted by admin on Jan 18th, 2007

I spent about 10 hours on the phone with Microsoft trying to activate Vista Business MAK but without success. The problem is that the hyperlinks for the activation keys do not work. Any suggestions? At first Vista indicated that I had 3 days to activate. After that ran ...

Vista Still Life Pc Game

Posted by admin on Jan 27th, 2007

Anyone playing this title successfully in windows vista.I install game restart pc cause of starforce drivers i then return it says incompitible drivers not installed so i then go to starforce website and download a update and install as admin.I then restart come ...

Wndows Mail - Edit/Find not displaying all messages

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2006

For some reason not all the messages are sometimes being displayed when I use Edit/Find to search out my Windows Mail messages.Is this a quirk of Windows Mail or do I have to reset some op ...

Can't Set Up Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Jun 11th, 2006

I can't set up Windows Mail on Vista for POP3 service with Excite. I have followed suggestions for similar problems on previous postings and have tried getting help from excite's techs but they aren't very helpful.Windows Mail returns the following error: Your server has unexpectedly termin ...

delete

Posted by admin on Oct 7th, 2006

How do I find an old email address,so I can delete it to keep it from showin up on my forward list.Thanks in advance y'all ...

Email from Word 97 in Vista

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2007

I have Word 97 running on Vista Business.When I try to send an email through WordFile Send to Mail RecipientI get an error message that states log on failure, you must log on ...

error WindowsUpdate_80073712

Posted by admin on Oct 2nd, 2006

has anybody figured this Vista error? I tried this C:\Windows\system32>reg delete HKLM\COMPONENTS /v StoreDirty Delete the registry value StoreDirty (Yes/No)? </quote> Delete the registry value StoreDirty (Yes/No)? ...

Slow boot but perfect once in Windows

Posted by admin on Jan 1st, 2007

I have a clean install of Vista Home Premium x64 installed on the following setup:5x 320GB Seagate Barracudas in RAID5 Highpoint 2320 RAID Controller Core 2 Duo E6600 Gigaby ...

Default JPG file actions

Posted by admin on Jan 8th, 2007

The default jpg action from Explorer is OPEN with less than 15 files, but PRINT with 16 or greater. How do I fix this? ...

Vista update ....

Posted by admin on Feb 20th, 2007

2 items not installed, 2 items not needed 1Acumulative security for IE7 2WM Junk Email filter is this normal behavior? SaludosAntonio ...

Vista & IIS

Posted by admin on Aug 22nd, 2006

Hi,I currently use XPPro as it includes IIS webserver which allows me to develop websites offline. Does vista include IIS? If not, how would I go about having offline web development if I upgraded to vista?Thanks Hugh ...

control panel displays generic icon

Posted by admin on Oct 1st, 2006

Both on the start menu and in Explorer, the icon for the control panel (imageres.dll, 27) does not display. It's in the registry as default icon for the control panel. It exports as: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2 ...

Windows Defender

Posted by admin on Oct 8th, 2006

Is Defender part of the Ultimate OS? It was installed with the OS on my computer but now I am told its out of date and when I click Update Now it starts Searching for Definitions ...

why i can't rate my computer

Posted by admin on Jan 21st, 2007

hi everyoe when i try to rate my computer it mention that i can't so is there a solution forbthis problem thx ...

Blocked from web page forum

Posted by admin on May 16th, 2007

I am having a problem for which I have as yet been unable to find an answer. The problem is connecting to the Bethesda Game Studio forum at bethsoft.com/bgsforums/ I am a member of the forum. When opening the page either from my Favorites or an email link, instead of g ...

random shutdown, crash, power management problem

Posted by admin on Aug 9th, 2006

Hi, After upgrading from xp (clean install) to vista ultimate, my pc does one of these things: crash (screen freezes, keyboard, mouse does not work and have to reboot) black screen (num lock on, keyboard locks, usb ...

Windows Experience Index test hangs

Posted by admin on Apr 16th, 2007

I cannot complete the "Windows Experience Index" as it hangs about 1/8 way into the "Running the Direct3D Alpha Blend Assessment" test. It's been sitting there for an hour or more. Tried several times, canceling jus ...

I suddenly have no sound!!!!

Posted by admin on Nov 13th, 2006

Please help me, I have tried everything i can think of and still no sound!!!It is a new laptop, and sound was working fine until yesterday, it has windows vist ...

Vista and saving files to shared drives

Posted by admin on Aug 19th, 2006

We have trouble saving shared files to our Mac OSX server get messages like access denied or unable to save from various MS Office products. Any ideas? Uncle Toby Sysadmin ...

administrator rites

Posted by admin on Sep 29th, 2006

when I check users in control panel, I am an administrator; however; if i try to view the folders application data, history, temp internet files under my user i get the message that i am not authorized to view them. access denied.How do I get access to these files????? ...

cannot send mail out

Posted by admin on Jul 30th, 2006

how do I fix this ...

Another victim here for the notorious outbox problem

Posted by admin on Sep 23rd, 2006

Hello All,I too have this problem. I started to use WM 2 days ago and I have this problem many times.Deleting the message in the outbox is not a nice one after spending some time to write it. Sometimes I exit and restart WM not to delete th ...

Drive encryption / bitlocker

Posted by admin on Mar 26th, 2007

Ok, here is a theroretical question/situation (Not had opportunity yet to test)Customer comes in door, system "crash", needs data retrieved, has encrypted driveCan I access drive to extract data?Is ...

html file tags don't show in windows explorer?

Posted by admin on Oct 13th, 2006

Many of my .htm files contain tags ( <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="tags..."> )The tags of other document types (doc, .xls) display in windows explorer, but not htm files. Anyone know if there's a way to fix this?Phil ...

Outlook express - not run under Vista - but everyone sending

Posted by admin on Mar 11th, 2007

I run a XP PC. I propose to buy a second PC with Vista, bowing to the inevitable.Re the second PC, as all my current correspondents use XP and OE, and none use Vista, how do I get their emails on the Vista PC I'm protected by SpamBrave spambrave.com/ ...

3d cascade icon missing

Posted by admin on Dec 24th, 2006

Hey can anyone help me find my 3d cascade icon it used to be located in the quick launch taskbar but is no longer there, I have changed my theme back to vista but the icon did not reappear. Any help would be great Thanks Ray ...

Bill Gates - "Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP" ?

Posted by admin on Aug 25th, 2006

Windows Vista is outshipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.Opening Microsof ...

Links toolbar in Windows XP - how to do this in Vista?

Posted by admin on Aug 13th, 2006

In XP, I could add a "Links" toolbar to Windows Explorer, and have each link in this toolbar so that if I clicked on it, a small box of folders and files would appear as a sort of a submenu.Is there a way to add something similar to ...

Wireless problem

Posted by admin on Jul 4th, 2006

None of the Vista systems we're testing can surf the web on wireless. We have an open (unsecured) wireless network. The Vista machines pick up a DHC ...

Connection activity icon

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2007

I set up a new Vista Home Basic system for a friend yesterday and the Dialup Internet Connection activity icon is NOT in the notification area. I checked Customize Notifications and it's not even offered. Checked M ...

BUG: open/empty the recycle bin causes HDD wakes up from ene

Posted by admin on Aug 28th, 2006

When I open or empty the recycle bin in order to see the files inside it, my secondary HDD wakes up from energy saving.Reproduction steps: 1) delete a file from primary HDD C:\ (then it will be put in recycle bin) 2) wait un ...

Font Display in Explorer's Preview Pane

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2007

I kinda hate the way Windows Explorer works in Vista, as compared to XP, but I must admit, I LOVE the new PREVIEW PANE!! Question: When you've selected a FONT (OTF or TTF file), the Preview Pane shows, at various sizes, the traditional ...

ERROR CODE 0x800423F3

Posted by admin on Oct 24th, 2006

Purchased a HP Pavillion a6013w w/ Windows Vista Home Premium loaded on it. Added Windows Live One Care (WLOC) and uninstalled Norton a few days later ...

error 0x80040707 dll functioncall crashed BRADDPRT. check lo

Posted by admin on Dec 10th, 2006

i am trying to setup a brother 240MFC printer and keep getting that error message I dont know if it is a vista problem or a brother problem the printer works just fine on on my windows XP pro machine I talked to brother support and they say it is a microsoft problem i am sure micro ...

Repetitive Media Player run.dll degrade

Posted by admin on Mar 1st, 2007

I am having a repetitive problem with the media player included with home Premium. Any suggestions, thank you in advance JC ...

windows live messenger on vista

Posted by admin on Jan 11th, 2007

i am having trouble connecting to windows live messenger, i contacted there own help page and they told me to use command prompt and install some registrys i trie ...

dll error with shockwave

Posted by admin on Mar 1st, 2007

Hello, I have a new computer with vista home premium 64 bit. Have tried several times to install shockwave and flash player. Can get flash to work but after installing shockwave I receive an error stating...No Load DLL lib. c:\windows\system32\macromed\shockwave10\gi.dll. The application has fai ...

My Document Folder No Longer Opens...Help

Posted by admin on Aug 10th, 2006

All of the sudden when I try to open my "Documents" folder, whether from the Start Menu or Explorer, it opens for about 2 seconds and then the Windows error message stating that Explorer has stopped working and needs to restart. I ca ...

Hidden taskbar flickers

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2006

Just installed Vista Ultimate. Everything is running smoothly, only one annoying glitch: my hidden taskbar is randomly flickering on the bottom of the screen. It ...

vista media player

Posted by admin on Mar 29th, 2007

The media player on windows vista will not play the music clips on sites such as Amazon.com. The player on XP worked fine on them. Anyone know the answer? ...

Error: oxc00007d

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2007

Please help,I have vista home premium installed and decided to up my ram. I alraedy had 1gb 184pin 400mhz, and decided to add 2gb more. I installed the ne ...

will "Vista Activation" work on HD upgrade ?

Posted by admin on Dec 20th, 2006

Greetings,i have bought and using "Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit" since almost the first they it got released. I am loving it. I was a bit short of money at that time and bought that "OEM / Systembuilder&quo ...

RAID Drivers for HPT374

Posted by admin on Jun 23rd, 2006

Hi,I have an older Abit MB that has built in HPT74 RAID controller, made by Highpoint I believe. I searched for drivers but have been unsuccessful. Do drivers exist for this controller. If not, any ideas as to how I can in ...

How do I modify All Programs menu?

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2006

In XP the All Programs menu would display across the screen, which I like as I have many programs. In Vista, All Programs is displayed as a single column list with a scroll bar, which I detest! I have lo ...

MP3 CD Burned in XP, Not Readable in Vista?

Posted by admin on Aug 4th, 2006

I burned a CDR in Windows XP with a selection of MP3s using Windows XP's builtin CD burning method. Now I'm using Windows Vista. When I insert the disc a window pops up asking me to drag files I want to burn to the disc into the ...

cannot send video attachments

Posted by admin on Nov 20th, 2006

Every time I try to send an attachments I get this notice. I have lowered the security settings on internet options and turned off the antivirus program I would especially like to be able to send “Point and Shoot Videos” I have recorded ...

Vista Wireless Connection only Enabled after logon

Posted by admin on Mar 19th, 2007

I'm having issues getting my Wireless connection enabled after a reboot until I log in. This is of course an issue when I'm connected remotely and reboot the PC. I'm running Vista Business x64 NIC: Belkin F5D7000_v6 using the Belki ...

V Basic WLAN OK - V Home Premium Won't Work

Posted by admin on Apr 15th, 2007

I just got a new notebook for my daughter with Vista Basic. The wireless adapter connected to the home network wireless router (nonsecure) automatically with no issue. Used that connection to upgrade to Vista Home Premium.Now Vista Home Premium will not connect. The WiFi n ...

XP to Vista (new machine) event 6005 taking long time

Posted by admin on Jun 7th, 2007

Hello,I have used XP for long time on our Windows 2003SBS network, and boot times were about 2530 seconds. I just put a new machine on the network (VISTA BUSINESS) and it is taking almost 3 minutes to boot and come to a signon screen.Windows Event Viewer shows: The winlogon notifi ...

Sync Center between Pictures folder and USB Hard Disk

Posted by admin on Oct 19th, 2006

I can sync my pictures with a USB thumb drive, but my physical 2.5" external USB drive does not show up as a possible sync partner.How do I convince Vista to snyc all my photos between my desktop and my portable hard disk whenever I connect?Thanks, Michael ...

Vista and XP talk to each other, My Fix

Posted by admin on Dec 30th, 2006

Eureka!!! I finally got the two machines talking to each other andsharing files and media between them. I cant believe it was something so simple. I totally overlooke ...

Unable to run program as user or admin

Posted by admin on Jun 5th, 2007

when trying to run medical software I receive the following error. There was an problem when trying to read and write to a file.You most likely do not have proper authority to run Symptom Survey Maestro on this PC. You need to verify that your logon name/pas ...

Sims 1 and Vista Home Premium

Posted by admin on Feb 4th, 2007

I have all the expansion packs and the Sims Deluxe Edition and I wanted to put them on my new computer, which came with Vista Home Premium, and NOTHING is working correctly. I found that my other games I can run them as an adminstrator and they work f ...

Duplicate sent Items

Posted by admin on Jan 12th, 2007

I have just recently upgraded to Vista and my Windows Mail sends two of the same email to each person I send to. Is this Windows mail or my internet provider? ...

Deleting messages

Posted by admin on Mar 1st, 2007

In my in box I have a message which say's : Subject Mail delivery failed: returning mail to sender. In the subject box I have a message which say's : Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem whi ...

Can't send mail - error 0x800CCC7D

Posted by admin on Mar 4th, 2007

I am operating on Windows Vista, and have recently switched over to Windows Mail following expiration of Outlook trial version. I can receive mail, but n ...

After good advice, Vista email still not working.

Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2006

Earlier today I got some good advice, but I'm having trouble putting the advice to work. I was advised to: 1) uninstall McAfee and install, possibly, Avast. PROBLEM: How do I get and install Avast if I can't use my email on that machine? 2) I was also advised to m ...

Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Jul 9th, 2007

I just upgraded to Windows Vista and my Windows Mail keeps coming on fine, getting messages but then it closes and says it a security issue or some such. I ...

Unable to load xp pst files to vista

Posted by admin on Feb 7th, 2007

Novice: I have a cd backup of my old pst.file from outlook on XP Home Edition however I can't seem to install/import to vista mail? I really need simple instructions ...

Problem with Lexmark P4350 patch for Vista

Posted by admin on Sep 3rd, 2006

Has anybody else come across a problem with Lexmark P4350 patch for Vista. Upon installation it causes a problem that cannot be fixed via "startup repair". Now my computer is trapped in a circle of "Startup Repair".Please help Regards ...

Can't install Vista from USB flash drive

Posted by admin on Sep 23rd, 2006

There are instructions for creating a Vista install flash drive at kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry I followed them exactly. I'm using a 16GB USB flash drive. When I boot from the flash drive, the Vista installer starts ...

Speech Recognition Tutorial

Posted by admin on Nov 6th, 2006

When I use the Speech Recognition Tutorial that came with Vista I can hardly read the printing. I've tried to increase the size of the fonts in the tu ...

erratic mouse operation

Posted by admin on Mar 6th, 2007

My computer came with windows Vista Home premium. What a disappointment. Worst part is the mouse operation. It has this circle around the mouse pointer that shows up sometimes. Doesn't happe ...

theme colors

Posted by admin on Mar 14th, 2007

When I put vista on my computer it had a theme where the windos came up with a black background and you could change the transperence and the color.Randomly my windos now come up with a ligh ...

iTunes blocked

Posted by admin on Jun 23rd, 2007

"The file was blocked because it does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher"The file is from Apple and has a certificate, so how do I install this program? ...

Quite an Experience

Posted by admin on Sep 18th, 2006

I gave Vista a onemonth try. I am back to XP and soooo happy. I feel like I have left a very dark place. Vista needs a lot of work. It was a constant problem/w ...

Grey Drop Down Menu

Posted by admin on Dec 23rd, 2006

Sorry, don't know the proper terms for anything. Still finding my way around Vista (Thanks Microsoft for renaming everything so I can't find it!). I have this grey drop down menu thing which appears at the top of the desktop whenever my mouse pointer ...

physical memory dump error

Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2007

I just bought a new computer (a Gateway GT5428) about a month ago that came with Vista Home Premium on it and not too long ago it started having the blue scree ...

customizing right_click->new

Posted by admin on Dec 28th, 2006

is there any way to customize the list that you get when doing right_click and selecting new? currently, when i do that, i can make new folders, shortcuts, ...

Password Protecting Folders?

Posted by admin on Jul 21st, 2006

Hi there,Does Vista have any built in feature that you can password protect a certain folder without using any other software?Many thanksShane ...

Windows Explorer not responding

Posted by admin on Oct 28th, 2006

I have a secure flash drive that I was trying to access for the first time on Vista couldn't do it. So I rebooted in XP, reformated the drive with the updated utility for that drive which is supposed to be vista compatible. Rebooted in Vista, tried the drive, but it still didn't wo ...

Outlook 2003 failure to send and returned receipt to receive

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2006

Right, much like many others it seems I can't receive email with Outlook 2003 which was installed on a brand new Dell pc with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. just plain old Office 2003, no plug ...

Long pause before loading Network on Startup

Posted by admin on Jun 20th, 2006

Ran Bootlog to determine why Vista boots quickly to Windows icon and then the Desktop, but the network may take an extra minute or two to load.System is an ASUS A8N SLI premium. NVIDIA4 The NTBTLOG.txt has literally hundreds of entries ...

How to make windows open at the same size?

Posted by admin on Jan 30th, 2007

This has annoyed me forever now. I'd like to open a window and have it open at the same size as the last time that I closed it.For example, the windows explorer window opens at ...

Wake Up!!!! HEY, WAKE UP

Posted by admin on Apr 20th, 2007

After upgrading Vista Business edition I can NOT get my computer to wake up from sleep/hibernate mode by moving the mouse or hitting the eyeboard. I cant find a setting that allows for on resume..... ...

Inserting blank CD won't run autoplay

Posted by admin on Jun 14th, 2007

I installed and removed some Roxio software, and now autoplay won't run when I insert a blank cd.Instead Explorer opens up with the CD set to Live File System and there's no way to switch it to Mastered.How can I tu ...

iPod shuffle issue

Posted by admin on Sep 12th, 2006

My new Windows Vista Dell machine is not recognizing the shuffle when I plug it in the front USB ports. It does come up when I plug it into one of the back USB ports. I checked the front ports and they work with other devices. Spent an hour with Dell tech support and they think ...

Can't activate after reinstallation of Vista

Posted by admin on Jun 30th, 2007

The activation say the product key is already in use and I have to get another one. As far as I know I haven't changed a single hardware in my PC. MY PC hardware ID should be exactly the same as in MS database. It's an OEM license came along with my PC. Wh ...

Multiple Windows Systems on an USB Flash Drive

Posted by admin on Aug 18th, 2006

Hello, and I want to thank everyone that can help me with this issue that I have, and would like to overcome the challenge, that this question will bring me, and to the one that wants to help me.I would like to ...

burning tracks in preferred order in wmp 11

Posted by admin on Apr 18th, 2007

In my library, I drag albums into the burn list in the order I want to hear them, but wmp 11always changes the order. I've looked at all the options settings, but can't find a cure. Am I missing something? ...

Headphone Problem

Posted by admin on Mar 9th, 2007

Hello,I've been having trouble with my headphones ans sound in general. I downloaded de Yahoo! Jukebox and it refused to play my songs, also when I finally got it to play music it wou ...

Problem with wireless networking

Posted by admin on Jun 18th, 2006

I have a laptop with windows vista home premium edition and a desktop pc with windows XP home edition SP2. I tried to setup wireless networking using Belkin's ADSL modem with wireless PreN Router. I followed the instructions given in the manual and set the router setting with the help of my ...

printer access denied

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2007

helloi followed all the instructions for file and printer sharing. i can now open files between my new vista and XP machines, in either direction. the pinters are on the XP machine. I understand how to see the printers on that XP machine, but when i try to "ad ...

2 networks both connected but cant access the net

Posted by admin on Jun 26th, 2006

hi guys im using windows vista home and i have installed office 2007 and frontpage 2007 after installing frontpage i have now got 2 networks on my system one ...

Windows Media Sharing with PS3

Posted by admin on Mar 9th, 2007

Has anyone setup media sharing to a PS3 and got it working properly? I can view pictures and video but not connect to my music library for some strange reason! ...

Problem with Netwoeking

Posted by admin on Apr 3rd, 2007

Hi all,I have just purchase a system running on Vista Business. It is connected to a 2wire router for LAN as well as internet. I am able to surf the internet and connect to my other Vista PC via the router. However, I am not able to ping/detect my other XP desktop syste ...

Cannot enable BitLocker: "Insufficient disk space..."

Posted by admin on Jul 9th, 2006

I had BitLocker enabled, had to decrypt and clear the TPM key becuase I forgot the password. I now reenabled the TPM key, initialized it and now have a password I could g ...

Why cant i see my posts?

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2007

Ok i dont understand this. I posted a question, and got a response.Email; A Microsoft Community member has responded to your question entitled "Where do i find startup scripts ...

Account locked upon resume

Posted by admin on Feb 6th, 2007

Account is always locked when I resume. How do I get around this? Just one more step (to unlock at resume screen) that I do not need.Many thanks for answers and input. MN Charnigo ...

Stop remembering network mappings

Posted by admin on May 30th, 2007

Hi,I have a laptop that I use at work and at home. At work, logon scripts maps drives that I need while I'm there. At home, however, when I log in, vista tries to reconnect those drives. That "freezes" the computers for a few minutes and then a bubble pops up from System Tray saying ...

error message

Posted by admin on Oct 24th, 2006

Hello When I opened my windows mail for the first time I got the message below. What can I do to fix this? Where can I find the error button to fix my profile? some error accured while processing the re ...

Windows mail doesn't receive mails on startup

Posted by admin on Jul 15th, 2006

I have the setting checked but Windows mail does not receive mail on startup. It will only check for mail when I click on the send/receive button.A ...

Can send messages only when closing windows mail

Posted by admin on Sep 27th, 2006

Hello, I can send messages only when I close windows mail but I don't manage to send them immediately without closing and opening again windows mail. Can someone help me ? Thanks ...

sending and receiving e-mail

Posted by admin on Dec 29th, 2006

I can't send any emails. And I get allways the same email of a friend??? ...

Contact and emails

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2007

Will someone please tell me how to get an new new email addressed from Contact. There were no problems in Windows XP, one just double clicked on contact in the Address Book and one was presented with an email with the address in the right place. In Vasta Mail it ...

how to set up a pop3 mail on my new windows vista.

Posted by admin on Apr 1st, 2007

hi, can anyone give me a detailed guidelineon setting up a pop3 account on windows mail. i have an account on yahoo.com but i dont seem to understand what the requirements are and the necessary procedure to set this thing up. ...

Multiple POP accounts

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2006

I am new to Windows Mail. I have multiple POP accounts and when I add them into Windows Mail, they all go in the same inbox. Is there a way to setup different inboxes for the mail to go into for lultiple pop accounts ...

hello

Posted by admin on Apr 19th, 2007

Just seein if this worked. ...

Disable Power Plan

Posted by admin on Aug 12th, 2006

I am using a Belkin 1500VA UPS on my computer. The Belkin is set to shutdown the computer in 20 minutes after power failure. However, the power plan on windows vista 32 bit is taking over and it shuts down the computer after 3 minutes. ...

Corrupt files when using Vista Extract All with large encryp

Posted by admin on Jul 23rd, 2006

When unpacking some ZIP files using Extract All in Vista Home Premium 32bit, I have found that some of the extracted files are corrupt.I can drag the individual file out of the ZIP, so the problem is not that ZIP is corrupt. A Vista machine ...

Superfetch has stopped working

Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2006</