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i just bought a new comp running vista....the computer i bought has an on board graphics card...nvidia 6100 from what i understand is crap. so I went out and got a new ATI top of the line. I am having problems running games that have 1/8 the requirements that I ...

We bought a new computer and it has Vista on it. We triesd to install Diabloand Heros V but neither of them will play on our computer. Does anyone have any advice on what we can do to run these games. Please help I have a new computer and can't play my ga ...

Ok, bear with me...Last night I had a problem with Window's mail. There appears to be a stuck message in the outbox (as other's have had the problem too) ...

Curious as to what the correct listing should be in control panel/device manager under computer. Mine currently is listed as ACPI X86based computer, which I assume is correct ?. My processor is an AMD X64 XP 4800+ running Vista 32 bi ...

HelloI recently purchased a new notebook a Toshiba A135, and I've noticed that on battery, the windows clock loses time in the neighborhood of 20 seconds per minute. the CMOS battery is just fine I don' ...

When Vista Ultimate 64 bit starts up, explorer.exe takes up about 15 MB. After about 6 hours of rather mundane tasks such as web browsing, email and moving some files from one drive to another, explorer.exe takes up 149 MB of memory.Anyone know wh ...

Had had vista Home premium on new gateway laptop since 1/31 lost Sidebar last week, nothing happens except slight cursor for about five seconds when i try to run it. ...

It seems sometimes my harddrives are operating like crazy without any active program using it. This is really annoying. Does Vista run any optimizing or something at random or what? ...

When I drag and drop a folder to replace a folder with the same name, instead of replacing the contents it leaves behind files it should have deleted in the replace action.Setup a test as if you have two folders with the same name and same contents on two different drives (you can actuall ...

I miss the forward, backward, stop, update bottons. I donot want to right click to use it, i just want to point and click.. is it possible to add that bar again ? if not,, is it possible to install ...

I'm confused, I'm sure others may be, so could someone answer the following please.................1) System restore, shadow copy and roll back are all the same....yes? 2) No matter which version nor wh ...

IN explorer when I use the slideshow feature, is there a way to turn off the resize function on the slideshow? It is upscaling some images making them look like pixilate ...

Is it integrated inside the Vista OS?Is this a service?Is it a .Net "app" or service? In other words, does it require the .net framework? Thanks so much, george _________________________ George S. Lockwood Lead Client Developer peoplePC, an EarthLi ...

Hi, im trying to upload a file for 100Mb size using microsoft outlook, when i check my sessions it says that i uploaded 285 Mb. what does it mean? why did it upload these additional 185 Mb ? Thanks ...

dear microsoft, i`ve buy new notebook to work on my thesis. so i bought notebook with vista bussiness on it. why does cygwin run abnormally? one of the abnormal one is my mouse seems blur. ...

I don't want to hear anything about what's legal or illegal, because my computer (Vista Basic) came up with the same crap when I tried to copy a DVD as it did when I tried to CREATE a DVD with the program that actually came with my computer! It goes through the whole process, __% do ...

Does anyone know if I can give authorisation to others to edit a published calendar with Vista? I want others in my office to be able to see my calend ...

I am currently using the Windows Vista Home Basic. I cannot open emails that have attachments. Do I need to get another programme ? Please assist me. I am now very frustrated. ...

I installed Vista back in January and used the MSDN key that I had. I recently had to install it again and now it can't activate because the key is in use. I know all about the new activation PITA with Vista, but I thought that the MSDN key still let yo ...

did anyone know that realplayer can play in windows vista?i had install the realplayer v10.5 in windows vista. but when i trying to open the rm or rmvb file. system could'n ...

Hi, I had a lot of home movie files (.wmv's) stored in a folder on the desk top. As they were taking up a lot of space, I burned them all to a couple of DVD's and deleted them and the folder they were in. I now find that if I search for .wmv, a ...

I should start by pointing out that this is for legal purposes only!My school has informed me that I can install Vista on my home machine under the terms of their licence. But I don't ...

I am currently using the Windows (Vista Premium) firewall while I am waiting for the developer of the firewall I normally use to come out with a Vistacompatible version.When I start my Acer laptop, it frequently comes up with the Windows firewall turned off. Is there somet ...

I installed the Audigy SE sound card before upgrading to Vista Ultimate using the Vista driver from the Creative website. The CD player is fine, however I am unable to use Google Talk or Skype, in both of these I can hear perfectly, but callers can't hear me. I can't record using the windows ...

Hi folks,I have a Liteon SHM165P6S DVDRW device and I can write discs with 3rdparty tools such as DeepBurner, but Vista doesn't recognise its burning capabilities. For example, the ...

I recently got a copy of Vista Business through a promotional deal. In the package they have a deal for upgrading to Ultimate Edition using the Anytime upgrade. It ...

I get as far where it says where do you want to install windows? It has 2 items..Disk 0 partition 1 Recovery {D:} the other says Disk 0 partition 2 {C:}...Then on the bottom it says windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space windows ...

Hi, Someone has noticed that the rename command (from cmd.exe) has changed its behavior? before I used to rename files like this: rename new*.txt test*.txtand it will rename the files like this: ...

I am disappointed with Windows Vista Calendar. It is almost useless as far as task management goes. Anybody serious about todo lists and tasks would have to use Outlook. ...

Hello!I woke up this morning, to see my computer had changed the clocks in accordance with Europe's time changes (with summer time etc etc). However, it didn't mov ...

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 we ...

I just got a pc with Vista on it and the copy and paste function doesn't work in MSPaint. Can anyone help? ...

When I right click on any icon, and then click on properties, I get the message: Fatal Erro: We are very sorry, but an internal error occured. Please reinstall the product to fix the problem. ...

Hi,I keep getting the following error message popping up but as far as I am aware programs seem to be working and nothing is being installed at the time. ...

I am facing a strange problem with my HP Pavilion dv2221 notebook. When i login Yahoo or Skype and use my inbuit webcam it works fine, but when i logout and login again the webcam does not work, states that it is already being used.Any clue whether it is vi ...

I've gone into the Properties and disabled the search options, but the search box still shows up. I used to love clicking the Start button and then a letter to jump to a menu item ...

I have a set of jpeg images (from a recent trip to the Great Wall) which I transferred off the same flash card onto my hard drive and view with Windows Photo Ga ...

I uninstalled NIS (with Symanec website uninstall tool) to try OneCare. I keep getting the window to update Malware, etc... When I check to see what security programs I have running, Norton still shows. How do I completely get rid of it? ...

Hi everyone,I am trying to run a hockey sim game called Faceoff which I have played for years on several old computers; now having bought a new laptop with Vista I get the following message when trying to run the game:Ne ...

In Windows Mail, my search bar keeps disappearing. I've checked the box to keep it there and it still disappears? ...

I want to change how my (from) name appears on my outgoing email messages, but I can not find the option. Would you please direct me to the instructions? Thank you. ...

I had to install a clean Vista Home Premium after many attempts at an upgrade failed. Is there an easy way to get back all my old programs without reinstalling. I know they are still loaded in the windows old folder. ...

Hi all,When I click the Help & Support option in Vista (Ultimate); it pops up three windows:1, An empty window entitled "Windows Help and Support ...

Hello,Is it correct that programs appear twice here? I can see that one is for All Users and the other for User Profile Startup but I've installed HP drivers/software for my Photosmart 2610 and the HP Digita ...

After having been connected to another WiFi network than my own, and returning home to it, Vista still reports being connected to the nolongerconnected network. With my own SSID in parenthesis. This remains so even after several resta ...

I did a complete backup with Windows Vista Ultimate and saved it on "D" drive formated with NTFS. I was working to try and get a dual boot system with Xp Pro as the other operating system. Thats when things went "North". So I reformated the "C" dirve and start ...

What do I need to do to connect to Macs with Vista. I have 5 Windows XP systems that can access my Macs but I can't access any Macs through Vista Ultimate. Thanks for any help provided. Macs: Can''t live with them, can''t live without them ...

Microsoft's workaround for using Works 8.5 databases with Vista is to reset the default printer to ":Microsoft XPS Document Writer." My question: How does one then print the database? ...

I have a bunch of old videos (in various different formats) that I have kept on my computers down through the years. For the most part, all previous Windows OS's have only had minor problems with some of them that were eventually resolved. I have found, much to my dis ...

Appearing just recently, a blank folder (directory) in C:\ named....$$deletethis$$$deletethis (then a long string of characters followed by more $$deletet ...

Under User Account Control in Vista, you get a "nag screen " every time you open an unsigned program. Is there a way to add an "allowed Application" list to this control, so the user can run certain applications without having to walk through the prompts?I would think ...

Hi all, I have found that when Outlook 2007 or Skype hang up and eventually crash that it kills the connection to the Inet (meaning connectivity is lost and it is not regained) until I restart the entire machine. Anyone have ...

Well Per the MVP’s, and Dale I have started a new frkin THREAD!!!Here goes: I bought a new Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista installed. Now I have two other computers at home that use Windows XP. Now the two computers wor ...

As a new Vista user, I am eligible for email support/answer to questions for 90 days. The procedure calls for entering the Product ID. But all my efforts to type in the exact 20character product code as required results in a message saying I have e ...

My Father in law Tried to install windows vista upgrade but when it asked, he hit clean install instead. Now his computer will not start up right. And will not let you reinstall. Any ideas? ...

THE notepad computer i'am using is asus a8js, display card is go7700,driving equipment is asus'.but Display Scaling is always BOTHERing me,THE display Scaling cannot widen in warcraft,then I used the 101.41 driver ,it ha ...

my intel usb webcam on windows vista home premium does not appear in the my computer folder. it did on my old xp computer. does anybody know how to f ...

My GeForce 5200 is my PCs 'weaklink; in Vista Experience terms. Only 128mb on board mem.So I have seen the HIS X1550 PCI card which has 256mb on board memory.Anyone have this ...

I have a bunch of machines with two hard disks. One for windows, one for linux. I would like to boot linux from the windows bootloader by loading GRUB. I would like to do this by makin ...

I have a HD: )and I want both XP & Ultimate) 150G's partitioned. 140G for xp sp2, leave 10 to load vista just to see and play around with. Well I'm gonna need more then 10G's now, eeeh? So do I use Partition magic. which I used in the first place or,, Ultimate//Vista ...

Ok... so my computer was unplugged for about a week. got it back the other day. and when i start it up, McAfee (which has been installed and running fine before) s ...

Can someone suggest TV/PVR software that will run on Vista Business edition, assuming that the TV tuner had supported drivers already installed and working?Thx! ...

I just have got Vista Ultimate with my new system. I have problems connecting to my workplace through SSL. Connection drops every 510 minutes. My old system with XP is still working well. Please help ...

I have two machines on a home LAN: one wired and one wireless. Both are Vista Ultimate. They have the same workgroup name.From my wireless machine, I can access folders and files from the wired machine, copy them to the wireless machine, etc.When I go to sha ...

does anyone know how to put a password on as well as a fingerprint scanning thing? bcause i dont want my brother to get into my computer and his fingerprint works as well as mine so i want to put a passord on aswell......pls reply thanx ...

Seeing that Vista's Backup and Restore are totally different, I have a couple of questions before I screw my disk up complete.y. I have done my first backup of "files". I was given no choice of the files and it appeared that many files from areas other than My Documents were being backe ...

I have been searching and can't find a solution that works. I can receive email, but can not send. I am using windows vista home premium x64. The err ...

I am experiencing the same issue as others here in the group. When I click on the "Send/Receive" button, a popup window appears immediately with no error message, just blank. However on the task tab, it lists my emai ...

I cannot send to one email address. The obvious is 'do I have the address correct'? Yes, I do but it always comes back saying:Hi. This is the qmailsend program at yahoo.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I ...

I don't want the persons email address to appear on the to line. I can't find the setting to change this in windows mail? Help please. ...

Does anyone know why Microsoft wouldn't allow me to view my "msn" on Windows Mail? They're the same company!Now I have an icon of Windows Mail on my Vista that I can't even use!I can't believe this is actualy the firs ...

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i bought a new computer with windows vista and i upgraded windows vista but now i cant find any programs at all. i lost windows works and everything that come with the programs haw can i retrieve all my files. did i delete windows vista from my computer if not what do i do ...

When we get an email from someone and it has pictures attached (.jbg), and then we open it, or double click on the attachment, picture viewer comes up. It takes as much as 10+seconds for th ...

Well I am truly frustrated and have finally had my fill of Windows in any form. You would think that before they released a new version they would have worked out all the bugs wouldn't you? I shoul ...

I recently upgraded to Vista and discovered yet another MS email service. I have an MSN Premium Account (user@msn.com). Before upgrading to Vista, Outlook Express and MSN Hot Mail were available. Then ...

Event Viewer is showing registry handle leaks (see warning message below). I traced this Process ID back to Windows Defender. If I disable windows defender, no more leaks. Has anyone seen this, or can anyone offer suggestions as to what I can do ...

Hi all; I am hoping that you can help me. I am having a problem w/ Vista locking up It happens after about 7 10 minutes of being on even at the Welcome screen. ...

Hi all. I would like to know how to fix the size of the quick start toolbar, as I have to enlarge it every time I start windows. I would like it to have a fixed size if pos ...

I just bought a Microsoft Wireless Laser 8000 mouse and it works great in Vista but I cannot use the Bluetooth dongle to connect to other Bluetooth devices such as my mobile phone.When I ...

Hello, I wanna reinstall Vista Home Premium. Problem is that I bought new laptop Acer and I received just recovery DVD. I do not know for sure if this DVD inclu ...

VISTA系统发布有些日子了。计算机厂商们都纷纷开始推出预装了VISTA操作系统的计算机。但是这些计算机都继承WINDOWS XP� ...

File which I have created using Windows XP/ Microsoft excel are not opening in windows vista/ Microsoft worksheet. What to do, I do not understand.Pls suggest ! Best Regards Sanjay ...

I had this problem with the Vista beta, but I was sure it'd be fixed in the final release. Perhaps I really just have a bad piece of hardware!!!My keyboard worked perfectly in XP, and I always b ...

Bought OneCare released with Vista to protect a new Vista Ultimate 64 install. Totally incompatible with any 64 bit version. Not on box. Small blurb on website. How could it be ...

Ok, I've posted a number of threads with problems connecting XP Home to Vista Home Premium. The XP machine is wired through the wireless router and the Vista machine is wireless. I've followed all the instructions on the Networking tips page. Netbios IS enabled and I upgraded the XP machines wi ...

I get the following message every time I try to send email on Windows mail on my desktop computer equipped with Windows Vista. I think I must have the server information incorrect. I have the same problem on Outlook Express on my laptop that ...

Simply trying to put a recent date regarding this locking up of files in Windows Mail. I have seen some simple solutions listed. They seem to work in limited cases. I have also seen the suggested editting ...

just got vista, when i go into media centre the screen flickers any ideas? ...

What happened to the hibernate screen with the showing the save to disk gauge.We have now to check the drive led and listen to the fans to be sure tha it is safe to switch mains off!Another Vista miss out! ...

A folder or tag shows on my photo gallery everything I open it. I have deleted this file many times already. Any Ideas?Also,v in recently changed folder a number of items that have been deleted still come up, ...

I used to be able to do the following on Windows XP and I am hoping someone can tell me how to accomplish this on Vista running IE7:Open any folder and select Tools and then Folder Options. Select the File Types tab (which is no longer available from here in Vista). ...

Problem playing steaming video and TV off the internet due to it asking for xplugin MP 1011 but my vista media player is newer.... what going on? ...

I am currently trying to install itunes onto my new windows vista computer and after the download is complete and I go to run the program it tells me that it cannot run beca ...

Hello veryone!I have noticed my time (bottom right corner) is a couple of minutes out and when I try to sync with the internet update options I get a message telling me there is an error. time ...

Wondering if anybody else has this problem.Wandering Gadgets.I download and install a gadget, add it to sidebar, bring up the sidebar to desktop, undock the gadget to the desktop, and close the sidebar, leaving the gadget as a desktop item. I place this gadget in the upp ...

After installing Vista my sound doesn't work. I'm on an Acer laptop. I've uninstalled the sound driver and reinstalled and yet nothing. Please help ...

HP Scanjet G3010 newly purchased to go with Vista scans fine, but the copy feature doesn't work. Message indicated latest drivers in place. I KNOW the copy feature is supposed to work, because it's there. Called support. Spent 11/2 hrs on phone try ...

HI, We record our sunday sermons to audio cd. I'm looking for a cheep (or free) Vista OS program to convert the audio cd to 16kbps (yes 16 kbps) mp3. This is all I ne ...

any advice re changing the location of the public folder onto another partition? ...

I have an HP Deskjet connected to an XP computer on my home network. My wife's old XP laptop can use this printer no problem.Her new Vista laptop sees the printer and appears to "connect" just fine t ...

To those who may know: Is the free Windows Vista download of "Windows Live Mail desktop" equal to the capabilities of Outlook Express in XP in that it c ...

I'm not sure what my incoming mail server or my outgoing email server name is. Can you help me with this please? ...

I dont know what the pop...etc is how do i figure it out..i cant send or get any messages???HELP ...

Windows Mail is unusual in being a Microsoft program that is used by very few people at Microsoft. Consequently, it is unclear that Microsoft even knows about some of the bugs in ...

I've noticed that every time I start getting angry with the performance on my PC, an svchost.exe process has exceeded 30k memory. If I terminate it, everything's fine. Anyone know what's causing this or ...

I can see the previews, but can't open the fax. "There was an error opening this message. An error has occurred."Brand new computer, new installation of Vista Ultimate.Please email gkuehl@ncscommercial. ...

I'm having a problem with a windows service running on a Vista client. Situation: A windows service running as LocalSystem hosts a .net remoting object. When some event raises then the service starts a process. That process is a ...

My DVD writer & CD writer are both locked in write mode, they will write but will not read. CD's show as blank disks. Can anyone help? I am runnning Vista home premium. ...

I like the new screen saver, but prefer not to have the black & white effect, while in random mode. Is there any way to have all other effects other than B&W?Thanks,Norm ...

I am probably thick but I just want to be able to set up a network. My sons computer is running XP professional and he is connected to me via a wireless ...

Does anyone know of a Jane's FA18 simulator patch? Or a Return to castle Wolfenstein Vista patch? Or why I'm thrown back to the desktop when I'm loggin on to GameSpy Arcade? My system is a Pentium D processor,2GB ram,Geforce 7500 SE and Vista home premium.That's about all for now regarding V ...

Hi Folks. I am trying to install Vista on a toshiba portege m400 laptop. The Beta2 version is currently installed. I have updated every available driver and the BIOS fr ...

I am trying to export files and settings from a PC running XP to my new Vista PC over a wireless network about 200GB.A network connection has been established, and the Easy Transfer process has started. However, it appears to be stuck: the old PC reads 'Prepar ...

I know what RHSA are, but what's "N"? ...

I tried doing a system restore one of my computers with vista and its been stuck on the screen that says "please wait while windows restores your files and settings" its been like that for well over 8 hours at this point. Is this normal? asdf ...

in "Device Manager" show Hidden devices NonPlug and Play Drivers all shows a Icon with a yellow star in the middle. My question is, that means problem on e ...

I am wondering if Microsoft is working on an XP compatible version of Windows Vista. Like business needs compatibility for smooth upgrades, not fancy graphics. ...

Something to consider before you upgrade if you use Autodesk Maya...Setup: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit running on AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ and 4GB DDR3200, Autodesk Maya 8.0 x64, ATi X1900 XTX with ATi Catalyst 7.2.There are str ...

About half the time when using Explorer (File Manager) when I drag a file from the file pane to the folders pane it causes a kinfd of crash I get a message that Explorer needs to restart and the explorer application shuts down. ...

I have a 17" iMac, 2.1GHz Intel, 1GB RAM, with Bootcamp. Had XP installed on the Windows partition originally, then upgraded to Vista a couple weeks ago. My soundcard worked fine in XP. However, since switching to Vista, I get no sound at all. ...

I recently upraded to windows vista. i used the clean installation. now i have no audio devices installed to my computer. How do i get one? ...

I got a error message (0xe00001000 error at location 0x7640b09e) when trying to migrate my files and setting from my .mig file saved on a external hard disk to my new computer. Everything seems to work fine for a while and then I receive error messages saying that it can retrieve some ...

I am currently running Vista Ultimate on my notebook at work. I upgraded from Windows XP. I now want to blat my notebook and reinstall Vista fresh as I am having some issues. I got ...

Hi,I hope someone can post a brief answer to this seemingly illogical problem. It would really help a LOT. I've already looked in all the usual places for an answer.I've built a ...

I just bought a acer T180 with Windows Vista home premium installation package on harddisk. During installation I restarted machine due to (no activity I thought) 0 Following restart I continue to get same info: computer restarted unexpectedly or encounte ...

I need to print photos on my home printer using Windows Vista Home Premium Software. ...

Hello,I have a general fileserver (ubuntu using proftpd FTP server) on a local network with 2 machines (XP), a Vista dell laptop, and an XP dell laptop.The 3 XP machin ...

I do not use a password in Vista, so my PC boots up and the desktop appears without me needing to enter a password I have it this way for convenience. It is networked within my ...

1) Since I haveAdmin rights on both computers in a workgroup, why can't I access the administrative shares? It prompts me for password, which I provide and rejects. That used to work in previous versions. If I define my own administrative shares (with $), it works fine.2 ...

Al mijn office documenten flikkeren steeds, ik krijg er hoofdpijn van. De muisaanwijzer verandert steeds in een zandloper. hoe krijg ik het beeld terug stil.grtz Peter ...

I am running an HP Business Inkjet in Vista Ultimate 64 using a vitual USB port (an adapter from paralle input (printer) to USB (computer). When I print ...

MS Money won't let me in, keeps saying Wrong Password!! I even tried changing the password and it still won't work. The new password let me in here just fine... ...

I am playing a playlist via LAN which worked as advertised. I have lost the playlist on the dialog that had visulization and playlist showing. Now visulization takes up the entire dialog. There must be ...

I would like to thank whomever sent the answer to my question of where I could find OUtlook Express from my transferring files. I have it but cannot execute send/receive. I get the following error message 0x800OCCOE is the number, "no s ...

Last week when I installed my Bluetooth CD I got an error. When I restarted my computer my Bluetooth worked just fine but every time I start Vista it tries to install my driver and I keep cancelling the installation. How ...

I am trying to use some older software provided by the EPA. However, when I try to set the working directory or save any data files I get a runtime error "Permission Denied". This is an old DOS program with a GUI tacked on. I am using Vist f ...

1. My browser, IE, takes some time to load pages. Are there any options that I could switch off, that would not compromise the system, and would speed up page loading?2. Regarding searching the hard disk. What are 'Index Locations'?3. If I want to start a programme from an icon, is the best way ...

I've been fighting this playback properties thing for a week now and am getting nowhere. Does anyone show Line in and Microphone under your sound *playback* propertie ...

Yes, this is a little off topic. Still this is a general category newsgroup and just about everybody has a printer and may have bought Espon. Learn why I'll NEVER buy another Espon printer again and why ...

Hi all I recently got a new computer with vista preinstalled. it came with no cd's incase i need to reinstall it for any reason. I asked at the shop that i bought ...

hi,I have home premium 32bit oem and i have just updated my bios. now Windows is asking for it to be activated but as i've already used my cd key it thinks im installing it on a ...

Let me get the specs out of the way first: Q6600 Intel @ Stock 2.4ghz 4x 320GB Segate 7200.10's SATA in raid 5 (864gb) 4gb G.Skill Memory DDR2 800 XFX 6800gt PCIE (yes i know, i just built it and am waiting for R600) (tried 101.7's and 158.18) EVGA 680i SLI "A1" r ...

I got given Vista ultimate by my boss because he brought it and did not like it so he went back to XP, so idid a clean install on to my PC everything works fine but it cant activat ...

I have done a number of searches on this subject, but the only resolution is to download the AVS Media free DVD player. Isn't there a way to play commerical DVDs in WMP11 for Vista Home Basic. There must be a way. I am starting to think I should have ...

when connected to my work email it will not allow me to reply to any messages ...

HiI seem to have misstyped myuser password and can't now log on to vista. I've only just bought the pc and this is the first time I tried to type my passwrod to get in. Is there anything I can do? Jackie D ...

apparently my windows mail didn't shut down properly and one of my message in my out box is not displayed propely. When I want to delete it an error message pops in and I can not delete the message which creates a real pro ...

Under tools, options, there appears to be an option to change how often Windows Mail checks for new messages. Mine is set at 30 minutes and when I try to select a different time interval (say one minute) after I close the b ...

I'm trying to set up a newgroup and I cannot get it to connect. I got the server information from earthlink but it doesn't work. What might I be doing wrong? ...

Hi,Anyone remember how to make a reg key for Vista to see a cd burner; for Complete PC Restore? Did it with Jill Z's help back in the beta, but forget.Any help?Jill?Jeff ...

Now you can run DreamScene videos on your Vista Home Premium desktop.This hack requires you to rename two files. Instructions included.If you do not feel comfortable taking ownership of files and changing security settings then this is NOT FOR YOU.megaupload.com/?d=R86XA1ZD[879.5 ...

when trying to open .pps file attachement in Windows Mail I get this: c:\users\HP_Administrator\Desktop\ataquealcoraz_n_P.pps is not a valid win32 application. Any help will b ...

Hi,I always get a bluescreen SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT error when I try to logout on my Windows Vista Ultimate. What's wrong with it?Thanks. ...

I am using Vista Business and my hard drive is set up so that Vista (C) and my files (F) are on seperate partitions. When I create a shortcut to my files (F) on the desktop it shows up but when I double click it, it does not open. Then o ...

Hi, Just boght Lenovo 3000 with Windows Vista Business, as everyone i ran into a problem that most of programs are not compatible with Vista. Can you please guide me how I can install ...

Has anyone ever used System Commander 9.0 for setting up XP on a Vista machine? shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod.php?pid=2802Thanks for any help.Mike ...

I know Microsoft thinks the "new" task scheduler is just the cat's meow.But is anyone having trouble getting it to perform as functionally and easily as those of previous Windows versions?For example, to se up a scheduled ...

Alright so I bought an MX revolution mouse and it seems that when I plug in the receiver, Vista will overwrite the drivers that come with the softwareand put it's own "USB Human Interface" drivers in it's place. I'm told that to prevent this I need to stop Vis ...

Hi all:I have Vista Ultimate installed on a Dell D820.At times, if the system is running for a day or longer, I will get messages that the video has stopped responding. I rolled back the video to the MS provided video in place of the Dell update.Any suggestions?Thanks, ...

The audio drivers I use with Windows Vista are RealTek HD Audio ver. 6.0.1.5350. The DAW I use is FL Studio 7. To get ASIO support I use ASIO4ALL ver. 2. When I view sound information by clicking the volume control icon to the left of the clock ...

I can not change the visualizations in Windows Media Player. Downloaded two new ones that appear as a choice, but am unable to make any change.I right clicked on W ...

I am using wireless connection to access the internet and i have installed Windows Vista Ultimate. The problem is ONLY Internet explorer have full access to the ...

I'm writing a project about windows vista analysis, about the new feature, backup and restore assistant i read something it is quite strange.The Vista basic and home premium allows you to make backup, but after ...

I subscribed to Hotmail shortly after it was launched and much before Microsoft bought the company. I understood that accounts dating from that period would continue to ...

I deleted contacts, but when I start a new email, the entire list comes up when I click on the 'TO' field. How can I get rid of the deleted ones?Thanks for any help. ...

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On Outlook Express and also Outlook when I asked to delete an email my cursor would go to the confirmation box on either yes or no. With Windows mail my cursor does not go there. Yes, I have gone to the mouse in Control panel and told it t ...

Hello, I have the home basic edition of Windows vista and WLM 8 (lattest version from webpage), I get the following message after the crash: Nombre del evento de problema: AppHangB1 Nombre de aplicación: msnmsgr.exe Versión de la aplicación: 8.1.178.0 Marca ...

When i try to scan anything. I get this mesage on my printer. No scan options. You need to install or run device software feature. I recently changed to vista and still have the disc for my printer but cant install it. Can anyone help. Thanks Sandy i ...

Vista UltimateWhen deleting files, the only option I have is to permanently delete them, dialog asks: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete these n i ...

I have 4 hard drives with important information on them. They are not repeat NOT bad drives. They worked fine when I dismantled the system. Now I need the data on them. I can't put the systems back togeth ...

When I open a message in Outlook Express I can read it fine and see everything. But when I try to reply, forward or even create a new email the Body portion contains the little red 'X' like it would if I couldn't see an image. By the way, I can type in the Subject line but it will not send ...

I want to backup each drive on my computer separately. I do not see a way to use Vista backup and not back up C Drive. Is there a way to back up other drives individually? I would like to back up C and then backup D and then Backup E etc. Help. ...

Can I use the license key for Vista Home that came with a new HP laptop I just bought (HP Pavilion Entertainment PC / DV6000) to legitimately purchase a Windows XP "Upgrade" license... and will it install?Why do I want to repl ...

I am trying to install Vista Business on a Tyan Tiger MPX based system with 2GB main memory, 2 Athlon MP 2000+ processors, and a Highpoint rr2210 controller.I have run the vis ...

Hi! Having a XP desktop to be upgraded to Vista. Having a XP notepad that uses Offline files from the desktop. The notepad shall not be upgraded to Vista. Can I upgrade the desktop to Vista and the offline files still working on the XP no ...

I see how to add audio to the menu on the DVD but not how to add it to the DVD itself Can anyone help me? ...

I hate the UAC!!!! I have downloaded my email program earthlink mailbox and am tired of "allowing" a program that I use frequently..... Is there a list of approved sw programs that the UAC can pole to see if the message truelly needds to be activated?? Other ...

I am running Vista Business. Defender last updated a month ago. Will not update. Get error 0x80240029. Tied to uninstall, but defender does not show up in list of installed programs!! Help. ...

sync center icon cannot be removed from the system tray. I am not using the feature anymore. I have disabled make available offline, still will not go away. Any ideas appreciated. ...

Read, and discuss. Try to keep the anger on the backburner.Microsoft is Screwing Up Live on Vista By Jason Cross (extremetech.com/author_bio/0,1728,a=2538,00.asp)Article Link: extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2128054,00.aspMakes sense to me, Microsoft is basically ...

I just bought A new dell xps 410 with E6600 and 2 gigs of 667ghz ram I installed my video editing software and all the other apps I had on my old xp rig wich was a celeron processor and it takes twice as long for my video editing software to s ...

Hello,I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a separate partition and am booting Vista 32bit with XP Pro 32bit. No problems with the booting and I only use the XP partition when using my highspee ...

I have an Acer 5102 laptop. I work with pro audio. The suppliers of my soundcards have not yet developed Vista drivers, but in the meantime I'm playing with the internal audio device in the machine. This worked to a low standard in Windows Media Center edition th ...

Hi everybody,I have a vista x64 installed and i d like to install a driver ! for this i've create with nodepad a inf file with all information (section).the message is : the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software ...

Hi, just want to know if my HPPSC 1410 printer would be compatible with a windows vista operating system. Would i need to install any special drivers. pls help me on this ...

I just want to save photos in a descending order after I have arranged there sequence ie auto arrange; descending order however can not change it from ascending thus last photo from holiday is at the beginning of my file and thus the slide show is a mess. Any ideas ? ...

I have a Win 2003 domain based network which has been running successfully for 3 years now. I have now attached a Vista Business based workstation. I have had a problem with mapped drives, which ...

Hi, I have all my documents and such stored on an external hardrive. everything was properly linked in my personal folders to correct locations, recently they reve ...

I believe explorer does a file scan when a folder is selected. it is normally indicated at the file location bar. this scan is quite intensive when the folder contains many multimedia files, and esp ...

Using Windows Vista Home Premium I get an error message when trying to open a document by doubleclicking it. It seems to be only midi files associated with Cakewalk Sonar.The error message is "Windows cannot find 'd:\xxxxx.mid'. Make sure you typed the name c ...

I had afolder containing various videos. The file was private (hidden) from others opening it. I attempted to move the folder from its existing location to a new and it disapeared off the screen. Also before I did this, the only way for me to find and open ...

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Help!!! All of my desktop icons are gone form Vista. Only the sidebar is visible. Rightclicking in the desktop has no result. Any corrective action offered will bring lavish praise and eternal gratitude!Rando ...

I'm running WMC on a duel monitor system the problem is, if I run WMC in full screen mode then I can't move the mouse cursor to the other monitor. It gets locked in the WMC screen. It doesn't do ...

I need help. Urgently!!! I feel as though I am doing everything wrong here.Why?Well, a while back I installed Vista Ultimate 64. It was a nice clean install as well I gave all three HD's a good wash in bleach and dried t ...

I'm using Outlook 2000 in Win Vista. Opened 2 .pst folders and set the default folder to the second .pst folder. After exit and execute Outlook 2000 again, the default .pst was not changed, it still at the 1st default ...

when i shut down my computer it keeps switching back on ...

Hi,I have bought a new Dell Inspirion with Vista installed. The first day I tried using a microphone headset and it worked fine. Spoke with friends and famil ...

Often on quitting Word 2002 Vista has taken to telling me that Word has stopped working and kills word off.I don't actually think it has stopped working at all the prompt is almost instantaneous but I'm curious as to whether there is any registry setting tha ...

What's the best way to burn a DVD? ...

Hi, im trying to fix my aunt pc but I dont understand whats happening everytime i try to download ANY file it wont work! I dont know whats wrong i mean i try to downl ...

1st was the original then there was I think a Nvidia upgrade which forced me to ring up. Then after a major calamity I reinstalled Vista and rang up and activated again. Now today for some reason I get I have 2 days ( not sure of the actual message but thin ...

Hi i have a win vista premium with 1 gb ram.I have an old and nice program written in foxpro2.6a.I have an external floppy drive connected to usb port.After i have finished typing in the prog,there is an ...

I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Vista Ultimate. My question is: The recovery that is located on Drive D: is that as of the upgrade or is that ...

I will open a photo in the photo gallery application and the colors are not correct. Even the white/grey background seems to have a beige filter over the viewing area. This does not happen with any other applications that I own. If I were to open the same photo using Inter ...

In Vista, the music previews on sites like Amazon won't play. It displays a box that says 'plugin' and when clicked, tells you to download a file, but after download Vista s ...

I was used Windows Vista on my PC for more than two weeks and everythings were going fines. However, there is a message showed that my windows is not genuine and all my IE sessions have ...

I just updated my Vista from Home Premium to Ultimate. I feel this was now a mistake, I no longer have any devices being seen under sound so my speakers don't work. I first noticed this when I started up iTunes and got a message saying it found a issue with Playback.How do I fix th ...

Since upgrading to vista, I am being told that my 'Hardware Accelaration has been disabled'. I have Direct X installed how can I reenable it? ...

My DVD drive , a Philips DVD8801 suddenly stopped working last night. I had just installed Vista and later Office2007. All was well then I accepted so ...

I use a netcomm internal modem {in5699_4} and have configured it properly__ it only has drivers for XP and cannot find any for Vista__the error is :wrong password__ or server busy try again: anyone having the same problem_ ...

I've recently purchased a HP s7750 and using it as a Media Center in the sitting room. I'm running Vista Home Premium. To complete the setup I bought the MS Media Center Remote Control and Keyboard.However, they've almost unusable in recent days as single key presses are repeated ad infinitum an ...

HiI have a hybrid system with two big disks residing on two SATA ports from my SiI3112R controller. (Test) Installing Vista on one of my IDE disks worked fine; but i'm unable to install to my SATA drive, no matter what I do!Yes I know ...

If I install vista on my current machine, and then in a year or so build a new machine (scrapping the old one, not reselling it w/ vista installed), am ...

Hey GuysI have Vista Basic in English that I picked up second hand in the US. I live in Japan now. I tried to upgrade from Basic to Ultimate but it says it's not available in my region. Does anyone know how I can do this?And does anyoen know about the cost of upgrading from Basi ...

I have an Acer 5052 laptop, on which the Vista Beta 2 (x64 version) runs just fine. I tried installing the Vista Ultimate x64 Retail, and it completes the first installation part, then reboots... When "starting windows for the first time..." it just reboo ...

I have a new HP laptop with Vista Home Premium on it. For about a month after I bought it, all was working fine. Then Media Player stopped opening. I don't know what happened I can still open if I rightclic ...

Vista seems to be radically distorting .jpegs. This issue is inconsistent. I have many hundreds of photos stored as .jpgs and they seem to dsplay fine, as thumbnails, previews, or when opened into photoshop. But I also have 100's of ill ...

Again, I get stuck in "encoding" forever. NOTHING moves after the file is saved and the "Creating DVD" pop up comes up. Here's my error reportI've learned something NEW here. WHAT...is StackHash?Probl ...

New to this game, so please bear with me. Was able to capture video in movie maker, from my vcr, when I had windows media center installed, but now that I've upgraded to vista premium all I ...

I'm running Vista Business, and have a Leadtek WinFast TV2000 tuner card installed, complete with Vista drivers. Unfortunately, Leadtek has yet to update ...

I imported a picture of a car into Paint and would like to change the color of the car, but do not know how to do this or if it is possible. I clicked on the paint bucket and the color I chose, but when ...

I have the only VISTA computer on our Domain. The administrators successfully added the computer to the domain, but I can't see any other computer when I open the Network icon. ...

Help! I have Desktop computer running XP Pro SP2, a ASUS laptop using Vista Premium(Utilising its own Wireless network adapter), a Netgear router and Netgear adaptor on the XP Desktop. I can ping both computers from each other and the wireles ...

Hello everyone. Since I installed Vista, I have to reset my router at least 3 times a day. I have 3 PC's and 1 notebook. 1 PC has Vista. If the Vista PC stays off everything is fine. But once I turn it on it seems to change the IP of the router. I have reinstalled the firmware a couple ...

Hi,My PC seems to upload a lot of data,like today for example,my downloads were 26megs and my uploads were about 9megs.I can have 4megs of downloads and 2megs of uploads.Does that sound strange to an ...

Out of nowhere, i can no longer access the files in my encrypted folder on my standalone vista ultimate laptop. nothin has changed as far as password or fo ...

The wireless capabilities of my Vista laptop recently stopped working and after some investigation I found that the WLan service was not running. After several failed attempts at starting it, I went looking for more information and found the following int he Event log:"The WLA ...

My ISP filters a great deal of spam by adding the prefix [SPAM] to the subject line (or, by deleting it entirely before it reaches my computer). Unfortunately some of my legitimate emails are getting tagged as spam by my ISP, so I have to accept all of them into my inbox.Is there any p ...

How do you set up automatic replies whilst your on holiday or away from your computer for a day or two?Regards, Darren. ...

When I receive an attachment in an email I can open the attachment but, when I open the attachment it goes into my work pad and I cannot read it because it is all jumble up like it is in code or something. My siter suggested t ...

I keep getting messages from my server saying that I need to be saving my mail to my PC.. I thought I was doing that by hitting the send/recieve button. what is not set up correctly on windows mail to c ...

I am trying to send an email from web page there is link with an embedded email address. When I click, I am able to write my message, but when I hit send, using my hotmail addr ...

i use microsoft outlook express 6 today i install windows Vista my outlook express 6 mails is not Open in Vista ...

I deleted my account to the microsoft newsgroup server and could not find the address for it anywhere so i guessed news.microsoft.com and it was that or msnews.microsoft.comThanks James goldwatches.com/watches.a ...

Hi, my Reliability Monitor System Stability Chart stopped updating on 5/22/2007. The chart updated daily starting on 2/7/2007 (the day after Vista was installed) unti ...

I have solved most of my Vista problems except the one which is the most anoying. I run a small network with 5 XP Pro machines on it. I recently upgraded the one with 2 printers(HP ...

It's always empty... anyone know what's wrong/how to make it remember somethingAt the moment, I could employ a goldfish to better advantage in remembe ...

when I go to download a file, it doesn't ask me where I want to save it, it automaticaly saves to my desktop.... I need to know how I can change that... Please Help Me! :) bren ...

In Windows XP, I often used the advanced search features for find an exact phrase in all of the doucments on one of my CDROMs. This allowed a quick search of many Word documents, pdf doc ...

Hi, I've had a Vista computer for 3 months now and have not been able to find a simple flat bed scanner that will run under Vista. Can anyone direct me to a maker of flat bed scanner for Vista???? Thanks Phil ...

In Control Panel, under Programs and Features, clicking on Turn Windows Features on or off results in a window with no features at all. Does anyone have any ideas on how to restore them? ...

For example in help menu the wee icons just have a x in a box. What have i done? ...

I am thinking Windows should have two different privilege user account for one user. One account will be a limited privilege account and is used to ...

i just purchased an emachines T5224 desktop pc ( its about two months old) and i currently have windows vista home premium. I contacted emachines and told them that any dvd or cd that ...

lexmark z25... not working .. :S some help will be apreciated.. ...

Hi Everybody, I am about to buy a Dell computer with a 320 GByte hard drive. Does anyone have any suggestions for partitioning the hard drive to ...

some say that vista 32 bit only supports 2 gigs of RAM some say 4GB of RAM. I have a 8800GTS and am getting 4GB G skill RAM and was wondering if the 4 GB only wrks on the ...

Hello, I have Windows Home Premium and tried to use the backup utility (using 'Backup Status and Configuration'), but always get the same error:Log Name: Applicatio ...

I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is there a way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista Ultimate OS ...

I bought a new Hard Drive (I did nothing to it beyond physically putting it into the computer) I then loaded Vista Home Premium by booting from the CD/DVD drive. It loaded without problems but now I would like to partition the hard drive (400GB SATA). I have looked at other ...

I have a tablet running Vista Home Premium, I would like to run Tom Tom Navigator for Pocket PC on it. Any ideas how? ...

here is the question: (see reply below)"what if you dont av'e a phone to activate vista, av'e posted this message before,MS cannot expect people to go to the payphone to reactivate they copy of vista, It should state on the box that an internet connection is ...

I want to use my Avermedia dvd ezimaker pro usb 2.0 box to capture videos but unable to get it to work with Vista as no drivers available has anyone succeeded in using it or do I have to wait and wait and wait until Avemedia can support their product? ...

Some of my programs, ok most of my programs are very slow to start. Once started, they seem to function at ok speed mostly. Examples are Firefox, som ...