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How can I disable Sync Center? I don't use it, but sometimes I see mobysync.exe running. ...

What to you do when prompted by a computer game to install Direct X 9.0c? Will that try and overwrite Direct X 10? Do you just say no to the install of Direct X 9.0c and if you do what happens to the overall installation of your game?Someone please help! ...

Hi, we just got our first two new laptop's with Windows Vista (Business Edition) and IE 7 installed. Everything seems to run fine but when the User logon to OWA and start a new message the message field stay's blank and it looks like a picture that is not allow ...

I had no trouble moving Outlook Express messages from one of my XP machines to my new Vista Business laptop. Now, however, I'd like to go in the other direction. I tried ...

When I open Windows Mail the program states it's receiving mail messages. It even has the small mail icon in the tray stating how many messages I've received. However, ...

By default, Windows Contacts sorts by the "name" field, which displays contacts in order of their first names. Although it is possible to specify sorting by the "Last n ...

I can't open atach. .pps and .ppt The others i can open. When i place them in a folder, i can open them too. Groeten Steemans August ...

Just got a New Laptop was using a desktop with windows XP, got new computer and transfered files from old computer, Was this a mistake? my new computer is running very slow i havent really used it much on the internet yet will be hooking u ...

When I'm conducting a file search on my hard drive, does Windows Vista update the file's Last Access Time? ...

The problem is my computer runs about 70100+ system processes all at the same time(normally it ran about 25). The majority of these is SVCHOST.exe, I know this is a required system process, but 15 of them run 5mb 50mb of RAM each. This causes about 6008 ...

Does anyone know how I get Windows Vista to print through this HUB. My printer connects to the HUB on serial port. All my other compters are able to use the Printer. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated ...

I am having a slight problem with printing any thing from a web page. I am able to print email msgs and the like, but not from an internet web page. The printer icon symb ...

i posted this recently but haven't seen an answer yet, and I kinda need one. I saw the same problem posted on 2/11 by Back Nine, with a number of replies, but none exactly on point. I really hope someone can help:I have Vista hom ...

I have a Sony DVD camcorder and have a number of movies on the miniDVDs. In XP I was able to play them fine with the Windows Media Player. When I try to play them in Vista I get a message that Windows Media Player can't play the ...

Greetings,I have a home network that includes a Vista Home Premium machine and a Windows XP machine in the same workgroup. Each can see the other P ...

Is cleaning out a bunch of old games, was throwing them out, then some whining kid came and said he wanted them.. sure wth. then i was sorthing out some more. and found a old time favorite Turok 2. hehe had a go,, installed and run, it popped with a error. but ran anyway. ...

When I open vista mail, it takes a good 2 to 3 minutes for the inbox to display. This is very annoying. My inbox has exactly 2 messages in it. I do however have several dozen folders with lots and lots (over 250 thousand) of messages in them. OE opened in less then 5 seconds to the inbox. ...

I have a Sony DVD camcorder and have a number of movies on the miniDVDs. In XP I was able to play them fine with the Windows Media Player. When I try to play the ...

I recently purchased a new pc with vista home premium. Will the office 2003 professional cd's I have work with my version of vista? ...

I just received this from Canon and posting the link here since it is Vista related. I am sure Microsoft will fix this but meanwhile ... be careful.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&fcategory ...

Hi, I built this PC for Vista. Purchased an OEM XPsp2 with a Vista upgrade coupon. Received my copy of Vista(Home Premium) OEM 32bit last week. Did th ...

This might sound like a stupid question....i have a AMD athlon 64 3500 currently with 1 x 512mb ram... I have only today bought 2 new 512 sticks to put in the system also... but i've read that you can't use only 3 slots in a syste ...

I installed the software but Vista tells me it's not connected. ...

Sometimes, after my PC has been asleep for a while, I have a problem turning it back on. The power comes on, the fan starts, but then it goes off again after a few seconds. This cycle repeats until I do a full powerdown, a reset does not work.Any thoughts? Nigel M ...

I have upgraded a network PC from XP to Vista Business, maintaining networking on the local domain.As it stands administarator users can log onto the PC but other users cannot. Other users get the mesage "the user profile service failed th ...

How can I get all of the folders in My Documents to be the green and translucent type from Vista? Some of them are by default and the others are all th old typ ...

Hola que tal, este error esta que me sale harto, tengo una tarjeta nvidia GeForce fx 5100 quiesiera saber como hacer, para soluionar este error.Gracias ...

Hello,I've got a real problem with a PC running Vista Ultimate. It's a Duo Core 2 with 3Gb DDR2, so should be fine running Vista.After much playing with the ...

I've read lots of posts about this, but no solution.Vista seems to have some problem with wireless connections. We can have two machines next to each ot ...

Hi, When I had Vista with a single core AMD CPU, there was no problem with the ATI drivers and my X800 graphics card. After I upgraded to X2 dual core CPU, I get the message that no graphics ...

My brand new Vista system refuses to install the software for my LaserJet 2500 printer. I know it's supposed to use the generic PCL6 driver for this printer and that seem ...

I have a USB keychain drive that in "Disk Management" shows as "unreadable", yet if I take it to the office on XP Pro, or my XP Pro laptop, then it works fine. I've searched ...

have removed business contact manager all previous sql attempts, rebooted and tried again still it failsIIS 6 full web management tools, full world wide web services nothing for FTPthe install starts (disk 1) asks for client tools (disk 2) and then g ...

HI, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I've attached my Network Storage Device(buffallo link station) to my wireless router. But i am unable to discover/detect the device, where as i could do the same with my other laptop which is XP Professional. At last i connected by giving \\192.168.1 ...

Sometimes while messenger is running, i will be talking to someone and they wont respond for a long time...then either it will pop up 23 minutes later that my message wasnt sent or the person im talking to will say something to the effect of did you get ...

Can anybody help me. When I try to backup my PC or my external drive I get a error message 0x80070057 and backup failure screen. Any ideas? Dave Mc ...

why can files not be retrieved via edit undo or the recycle bin when they are deleted from USB, is there a setting to change this? ...

Hi,I purchased an ASUS P5LVM 1394 board after viewing the ASUS product page and discovering that it had RAID 0,1 etc. However, after having difficulty fining t ...

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Hello,I just installed Vista on my Compaq Presario V5207NR. I have no sound at all. Im not sure what steps to take to fix this problem. If anyone could help me I would be thankful.CB ...

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Hi all,I have installed Windows Server 2003 SP2 on my R2 server. Now when I try and browse the shares of the server from Windows Vista (I have two installs of Vista) it is very slow to resolve folder names. For e ...

i have many contacts in my windows contacts folder. all of them have nicknames and all of the have email ids. when i type in alphabets in the a new email in windows mail it suggests me contacts on its own. however, it doesnot happen for all contacts.for example, there is a con ...

Hi,Under the Beta of Vista I had no problem with my ZD1211 USB WiFi dongle from ZyDAS, but since I upgrated to Home Premium the dongle hasn't worked. When Vista tries to install the driver for the WiFi dongle it says there is a synt ...

IBM Rapid Access 2 keyboard quick access buttons no longer work (worked under XP)Mini Digital Camera (My DSC) DualMode 2770 shows no picture (also worked under XP)Why do they work in XP ...

Hi guys, PLEASE help me, im going crazy trying to figure out how to get Windows DVD Maker on Windows Vista Ultimate to work. When I click "Start&qu ...

I recentley updated my PC to VISTA HOME PREMIUM and had no problems with my network until now. The network settings all indicate that there is a connection to both local and internet networks. However all aplications o ...

I had a call today from Dell warranty support and they told me that my XPS 410 has an incomplete version of Vista. Supposedly Dell was told by Microsoft that Vista was read ...

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

Word documents do not exhibit in the Vista Explorer preview pane. Excel and Powerpoint documents exhibit as intended.Most of the time when I highlight a Word doc in Vista Exp ...

When I attempt to run VISTA Fax and Scan software from the Programs, I get an error message that says. "Windows Fax and Scan cannot run as it cannot access your documents folder. Please ensure that Wondows ...

Is that just for now, or unlikely ever to change? I love Home Premium, thinking about moving up to Ultimate.Rgds ...

I put together a PC with no floppy (A:) but Vista seems to believe that I have one installed. I have disabled it in the BIOS but it still keeps sho ...

Please tell me; what is the true minimum RAM requirement for Vista Ultimate and installed programs to really run properly without the need for Readyboost or crutches?I see Notebooks being advertised with Vista and a mere 512MB of RAM and XP runs like a ...

I have a wirless home network with an XP desktop connected wirelessly to a new Vista Home Premium desktop. The Vista machine is internet connected through a cable modem/Linsys wireless router. I have enabled file sharing on the vista machine for a particular folder, networkk disc ...

When I click on an address link in another email or something I am viewing on the internet, the computer does not take me to a create mail screen. the only way I ...

I don't know if anyone else is having these kind of problems, but here goes .. . .I just installed the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade (from XP home media edition) two days ago on my new hp home computer (a christmas gift from the wife), and now I keep getting the message "Inter ...

For too many reasons to list, I really want to go back to Windows XP. I have found some info on this, but all info on this asks for the Windows XP disks. I have an OEM version (preinstalled). My hard drive is partioned (C and D). On the C drive is Vista and on the D drive is the back ...

In all folder windows, clicking the Organize button in the toolbar causes a crash which closes the folder and returns me to the desktop which refreshes itself. Has anyone else encountered this p ...

The folder Layout changes randomly to something I do not like. For example the computer I spent 30 minutes trying to find the default view because the simple clicking compute ...

Hi,I installed Vista on Thursday last week (same day I received my express upgrade from XP MCE), and after it confirming that it was all working inserted a brand new 2 GB USB Stick to use as the Readyboost feature. The USB Stick was a Buffalo FireStix (which I'd chose ...

Hi I have been testing Windows Vista on my PC Dell XPS 8400, 2GB memory, 500GB harddrive.Since having One care enabled, I have been getting BSOD very frequently (sometimes more than once). The stack trace from min ...

I am unable to rate my laptop's performance under Windows Vista Business because I am getting this errorWindows was unable to calculate the Windows experience index because the user cancelled the assessment, any ideas? (no, I'm not cancellin ...

I normally use Windows Live Hotmail as my default email client. I decided to try Windows Live Mail Desktop. But now Vista won't let me change back to using Windows Live Hotmail as my de ...

I've recently bought a new laptop. h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/ho/WF06b/109070911166371116665111666511166651292487278168553.htmlit has windows vista home premium on it. I'm having troubles with ...

Hi,vista's explorer is always changing his window size on startup and the details view of my folders. When I resize the window explorer rembers the size and pos ...

Hi,Does anyone know how to recreate the "Documents" or "Music" default folders under "User"? Mine were never created when I upgrad ...

hello i recently got a new pc with windows vista but the network *tucan* doesnt accept vista yet.. so can anyone tell me which providers do except vista or what one you have got.. thank you ...

More proof that vista sale numbers released are as bloated as the OS itselfchannelregister.co.uk/2007/04/05/microsoft_moduslink_vista/Vistaboys keep crying for proof of what I say.. when I finally give it to them piece by piece they are all silent...I wonder ...

FYI New beta released: download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/beta/index.html ...

Does anyone have a workable set of ASCII / ANSI character sets which work in Vista?Everything I've tried gives bogus output. ...

I just got a new computer from Systemax on Monday with Vista Ultimate. I just noticed today that I have no automatic restore points. I can create manual ones but not automatic ones. I called Systemax and they said they can't fix it unless I send it back t ...

heya. i'm using vista ultimate x64 on abit at8 32x and have 2x sata raid0 (2 disks in each) on onboard uli sata ii/raid controller (m1575/m1697). the other onboard sata controller (silicon image) is disabled in bio ...

I can't use my microphone or any recording device, as when I click on the recording devices tab in sound, It freezes. The device names pop up, but then it stops responding. HELP ME PLEASE! ...

Running Vista, using Photo Gallery I tag a .wmv video file. Thereafter in Photo Gallery when I select that tag it shows up along with other pictures I have tagged with the same name.Can I use these video tags elsewhere? Particularly, in Wi ...

Hey everyone,I am hoping I am not the only one with this problem but, we'll see. My problem is using ITunes with windows XP and more recently, windows Vista Premium. ITunes works for a few days then afterwhich it stops working. It doesn't even execute! It al ...

I have networked two PC's, one using XPSP2 and the other Vista Home Premium (VHP).The XPSP2 files are visible and accessible from VHP, but the VHP shares are visible but not accessible from XPS ...

I'm in a fraternity, and we have a housewide network. Except for myself and my roommate, they all run XP. Those computers are all visible to each other, but ...

I can't print to my wireless print server device without disabling the Vista firewall.I'm using 2 Vista Home Premium PC's both have the same printer softw ...

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium edition. I recently uninstalled the McAfee AntiVirus program which was preloaded and installed AVG AntiVirus.From the ...

I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy way to backup the local group policy modifications I have ma ...

i just bought a new hp with vista. i am trying to run Knights of the old republic but when i try to run the game it does nothing except leave the spinning disc cursor. i have a geforce 7500le gr ...

When I downloaded Vista outlook express files never transferred into my windows mail? what happened???? ...

What am I missing here? I see that Vista doesn't want you to have more than one idenity. Do I need to setup a different user account for each email address that I have? Must be ...

I have installed 4gb of ddr 400 memory on the motherboard, bios has pick up the 4gb but windows vista is saying only 3gb any on any ideas. Paul ...

Hi, I have a new computer with a problem so will have to do a clean install. The factory put a partition of 15 GB for a backup ( but since my Windows is already 28 GB it is too small) which is on the LEFT side of my C:\ dr ...

I installed Frontpage 2003 on my Vista Home Premium system that already had Office 2007 installed.Since the install, the "Email" shortcut (the builtin one) on the start menu has been nonfunctional. It previously showed a modern Outlook 2007 yellow envelope/clock icon for "Micros ...

New version of Nokia PC Suite released on 4th April Vista compatible...nokia.com/pcsuite jel183(UK) Vista Ultimate x86 MS Office 2003 Standard Edition ...

Ok I have 2 computers and DSL hooked up to a hub. Both computers are part of the WORKGROUP workgroup, both say they are connected to a network and the internet, but neither show each other on the network. Ones runnin ...

I have Office 2007 right now, with Vista. When I try to use the Microsoft Narrator with a Word document, it reads the information about the Word document (title, etc.), but when I ...

Yes, I found a bug in the way that HP Photosmart print drivers interact with Vista. The screen where there should be a "preference" button is lacking that option. Therefore, you can not c ...

hi everyone i have a problem with the chatting websitesi can't open the chat window even i have the lastest Java in my PC so any solution ...

i currently have Vista Business 32 bit here which I then upgraded to Vista Ultimate 32 VIA online upgrade option. So all here is 32 bitIm thinking about going to the ultimate 64 bit version, but don't see an ...

I'm using Vista Home Premium and have set up a VPN. I can connect with every work station except the laptop running Vista. Laptop is new and has no other issues. It has been tested with Satellite as well as DSL. Wi ...

Greetings,I have Vista Home Premium preinstalled. The speakers come on then off then on then off.Right now, they're invisible, and I can't look at setings because "no sound device is det ...

Hi all,I go to delete all of the files i dont want anymore. But when i search for the same file format, they pop back up, after i emptied the recycle bin! when i try t ...

Hi my Vista stopped auto updating on March 30 2007. No sign of any errors. Can anyone help?thanks ...

Using Explorer on Windows Vista Business, I've noticed that the folder view settings keep randomly changing.For example, one folder yesterday was set to "Details" view. Today, I opened th ...

None of the appointments (with associated reminders) that I have entered into Windows Calendar provide me with an on screen reminder even though under "File>Options" in Windows Calendar I have ...

I've seen the other posts, read the comments, and I really have to disagree that uncompress in XP was also slow. Maybe slow compared to other unzip programs, but Windows Vista sets a new standard for excruciatingly slooooow! A virus scan of my system using the tune up in Live One Care takes wa ...

Vista HP.Some of my program folders now include columns such as "tags" and "rating" like a picture folder, yet I cannot "customiz ...

I renamed my Computer to ROD from RODSNow RODS shows up in the network map under a device or computer that cant be placed in the MAP.....when you click on it it isnt there (nothing listed in it...in fact a dialog box comes up to the effectWindows cannot access \\RODS....because ...

I have this phantom system tray icon, it's just a blank/black square in my systems tray that sometimes dissapears, and then reapears when I click the exp ...

I am the only user of my computer do I really need UAC enabled? With Windows Defender and firewall protection do I really need thirdparty antivirus and firewall? ...

Hi!Is it possible to set custom headers in newsgroup posts with Windows Mail, e.g. "XNoArchive" (I assume the answer is simply: no)Kind Regards georg ...

My old computers processor crashed. I am trying to save my Outlook folders from the old hard drive. Can this be done? ...

i need help tp delete messages,because it appears a message saying,unknowed erro occured,and the messages stay in the eliminated folder. How can i delete these messages ...

I recently upgraded my OS from Windows XP Professional with SP2 to Vista Business. Vista is running fine on my system but i think i would prefer to go back to XP until i decide t ...

I am running Vista HP, desktop icons set to "classic" (smallest) and "align to grid" but they are a long way apart and I cannot set the horizontal or vertical spacing like I could with XP ...

Is there any way to correct the pronunciation of text to speech? For example, my wife's name is Delise (pronounced Duhlise) but the Vista TTS engine keeps pronouncing it DEELICE!! Mike ...

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 rai ...

Is there any way to export/save settings for all the news accounts and groups subscribed to? Its frustrating to have to go throught the whole thing any time and upgrade requires r ...

Does anybody know how to configure the microphone for the included Vista Phone Dialer? I can hear the other person but they can't hear me. The modem that I am using is a Data Fax modem, but it should use the default mic in the Control Panel settings under the Sound icon. Any c ...

I have an interesting problem with the Calculator in Vista (Home Premium).It seems I can not use the mouse to highlight numbers to copy or to insert in the field where the results are displayed. With Windows 98 I could highlight the numbers (using the ...

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I am trying to upgrade my wifes Dell computer withthe upgrade to Vista disk that they sent me. Upon tryingto upgrade, it goes through everything util it gets partially through the "Expanding files" display when it reboots for the first time. P ...

Hello everyone. I've installed some new software and my Help and Support app will not start up anymore. I'm sure it has to do with the new installs (Macromedia Suite, Adobe Suite, Autocad, Chief Architect, no bogus software)When I try to start up Help ...

I have the same problem missing Administrative Tool i Control Panel. I checked and I do have the link file. But I still don't see in Control Panel. Do you have solution ...

Vista simply lacks the compatibility with previous Windows versions to make it worthwhile. Help files, drivers, DOSbased software do not work at all like with X ...

Hi,I purchased DELL PC with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. It was working great but from last few days, I am getting driver not found message for all the USB devices even for Optical Mouse. I tried inserting the driver CD which came along with the PC but no help. Even searching for dri ...

Hi guys quick questionat the moment im running Windows Vista with an Celeron D 356 the specs of it areSpeed: 3.06Ghz System Bus: 533Mhz L2 Cache Memory: 256kbwhat i would like to do is upgrade to the Pentium 4 650 which has the ...

Today I installed Windows Vista Ultimate on my workstation, and use GHOST83 backuped the system, as the follow steps, 1. Connect 3 SATA HDDs on SATA port0, port1 and por ...

We recently bought a ACER Laptop in The Netherlands, and the entire system is in Dutch. We can speak dutch, however it'd be easier if it was all in English. We've tried going to the Configuration and changing the Language through there, ...

Hi, I'm using WinXP Pro and WMP11, if I'm wrong posting my question here please let me know ok. It's getting my nerve now really, the WMP11 always hang every time I play video clips (mpg, wmv, mpeg, etc.). WinXP always says that the program is not respond ...

I am wanted to purchase a new computer with Windows Vista and wanted to know if i could remote desktop to my work machine which runs Windows XP Pro. some p ...

I established a network between a laptop running XP and a new desktop runnng Vista. I had been using the HP printer from a USB connection on the laptop. I installed the HP prin ...

oK, well, I have a eMachine Vista powered computer, real tidy and everything, but, the problem is, two programs I've installed, PC Accelerator 2007, and another program, I f ...

I keep getting this error message when I open my WinMail: Security certificate could not be verified. Certificate's CN name does not match passed value. Do you wish to sign on, Yes or No.Anyone know how to 'fix' this?K ...

I ran clean up utility on Vista Ultimate this morning. COMPLETELY ERASED ALL PROGRAMS AND FILES...INCLUDING BOOT CONFIG FOR VISTA...even Vista will not run!!!!!!! ...

Hey,I'm running Vista Ultimate on a Intel mb with integrated Gfx: Intel G965. The gfx driver is version: 7.14.10.1227 Every time I reboot my computer, the screen ...

Hi everyonei am experiencing a problem when trying to start an application used for cad design. As soon as i have clicked on the icon windows tells me it has stopped working and provides me with the following informationProblem E ...

Hello,For the past couple months, I've had the Backup and Restore Center in Windows Vista backup the files of my computer once a week. I was surprised to ...

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I'm running a new install of Vista Ultimate and it seems that about 90% of the time if I doubleclick on an audio file (such as a .WAV or .MP3) wmplayer.exe launches and starts playing the file, however there is noth ...

Hello,I have just moved to 64bit Vista Business Edition from 32bit XP Pro and have some questions about the Desktop icons.1) Is it possible to rename the Network icon t ...

I changed What the Power Buttons Do so that Sleep would mean Hibernation ( feature I always liked on XP), but when I click Sleep the computer does not Hibernate. Any suggestions? Or is Hibernation not good to use and I should just ignore the problem? ...

I've recently installed Vista Premium Home x64. I'm having issues trying to perform a backup. I get the error:"Transaction support within the specified file sys ...

Hardly! Microsoft 3rd quarter profit rises, helped by Vista sales 9:09 p.m. 04/26/2007 Provided By AP Worldstream SEATTLE, Apr 27, 2007 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) Microsoft ...

Refuses to allow me to delete .cp files. It is a Adobe Captivate. Vista Refuses to allow me to open Adobe Captivate files. "windows explorer is not respo ...

Simply wondering whether anyone else has had their contacts (Group) get muddled when importing to the new Vista from Me (OE). Can be very embarrassing when one's MPs end up with one's pension information etc. Sincerely, Mr. David Oltmann ...

I don't know how it happened, but if you choose help and support, you get an error message. "Internet Explorer cannot download / from help." an ...

This Vista Deployment is all new to me. After one modifies the selected answer (xml) file, how does that get applied to the designated image? In other words, is there a line command that needs to be type ...

I tried to import a movie clip from an older Ulead VideoStudio 9 file (Both ..VSP & .UPD files) .. I get the message that ... This file cannot be imported be ...

Is it possible to set up the parental controls "web sites visited" log for longer than 7 days?Barry Trotter ...

We moved from a network of 4 XP machines to a network of 4 Vista machines. Now only one user at a time can get into access, unless the second user is the one at the main N ...

Okay I've read and read about Windows mail. Every body has the same problem I have. I want to use Win Mail as default and it won't let me. I've cut and paste "c:\program fi ...

Hi, I'm using Vista Business and I can't get Windows mail to save my settings. I'm using JUNO for my ISP. Henry Krautter hwk@juno.com ...

Anyone know of a way to increase the size of the C drive on a Vista install? Under XP I used partition magic pro. Using PM will cause your Vista drive to dissapear ( I learned this the hard way). I have unused space on the ...

Whether it's indexing, Superfetch, shadow copying, or something else causing what I describe below, is there a way to dial back Vista Ultimate without outright disabling the indexing and Superfetch services or whatever else is causing this? Even o ...

when i try to set an alarm for appointments on the calender they dont pop up and now when i turn on the computer an error window pops up to say that is isnt running properly. i can open the calender and put in the in ...

Until very recently when I selected a web page from my favourites/bookmark list IE7 would open a new tab and present me with the new page.Now when I select a favourite/bookmark IE7 opens a new tab with the page but it is presented "behind" the page I was originally seeing, ie. I ...

You can rename multiple files by 1) selec them all from last o first (holding the Shift key) 2) rightclck to the first one 3) choose rename.Problem: When I download my pictures and videos, selec them all and assigned th ...

Hi,I have read that using degrag from a command line is better that using the programme from windows.The programme presumably is the same, so can someone tell me the advan ...

In Windows XP I was able to detach the quick launch toolbar and place it anywhere on my screen that I wanted it. I have been unable to do this in Windo ...

I hope I get this out; I just tried a minute ago and Mail stopped responding. I have a Gateway laptop purchased the first day Vista was offered. I had problems installi ...

I recently upgraded to Windows Vista and occasionally on bootup I recieve a message that says the drivers for the WPD File System needs to be installed. I anwer yes update from the web and everything looks ok but when I look at the Device Manager ...

Ok, it's not a spring chicken. But neither is it ready to be bronzed and thrown away. It's a Dell Axim X5, running PocketPC v 3.0.would sync PERFECTLY w/ WinXP, using AS4.5. But now Vista is simply rude and tells me that WM ver ...

Hello,Does anyone know if it is possible to add thirdparty drivers to a Vista installation source (e.g. on a network share) by adding an $oem$\ $1\drivers directory to the source tr ...

I so!!!!! Don't like wmp11, like with a passion, I miss wmp 9 and I'm on vista, is their ANY way to get rid of wmp, can I install wmp9 without getting into to much trou ...

Try the ZyXEL G202. But DO NOT use the driver that Vista will attempt to load. It won't work (causes BSODs). Get the driver off of the ZyXEL web site. The driver works on both XP and Vista. Don't install the ZyXEL USB de ...

HiI'm about to upgrade to windows vista and I'd like to run AVG and Zone Alarm free editions. Does anyone know of any compatibility issues with either of these? If so, what could I use instead. Bulldog has been mentioned to me but I'm not famili ...

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I have successfull^y imported all my OE folders into my Windows Mail. I have been sending and receiding mail in my WM but all of a sudden one of my mail folders disappeared (the total folder containing ov ...

Why won't the print SCr button on the keyboard work with Vista? ...

I have been trying to import my old messages from a CD created by my old computer. I have put the files in a Document folder but when I try to import I get the message: No messages can be found or anothe ...

I'm trying to access DVDfiles on several of my DVD's, but somehow Vista doesn't allow it. I'm using the administrator account, but I still don't see any files when I try to open the DVD dir. The movie ...

We have about 20 computers that are activated using MAK and we will soon have 8 more Vista machines online soon. (We will let them run within their grace period)We ...

I have a basic UPS that connects via serial port. Vista does not seem to have any support for UPS's anywhere. Am i just missing it? How can i enable Vista to use my UPS correctly? Thanks Snoopin99 ...

After the tuesday night automatic Windows updates, I come into work on my dual monitor Vista PC the next day. My monitors are in the powersave mode. I shake the mouse, type on the keyboard, etc to wake the system but nothing happe ...

Are there any other themes available for vista other than default aero themes..! ...

I'm not sure if this is the right group or not. I have Vista Home Basic and I'm having issues with my wallpaper that I can't seem to fix. I set the wallpaper or theme ...

Hey why is that, that I can't do Start Run \\hostname in Vista? The laptop can't find any computers if I type hostnames, only when I do IP addresses like \\192.168.1.10 (pops up with login right away). If you have solution to that problem please contact me ...

why do people hate windows vista, it was just like 95 98 me and xp, and now vista, Give it 12 months every body will be saying what a great os. It will take som ...

I have had Vista Ultimate installed for about a month. I have 2 CD/DVD drives one is USB, the other is IDE. Both have been working fine... until last night. I can no longer see them in windows. Device Manager says the drivers are OK, ...

There seems to be many threads on this forum regarding the problem with the Realtek High Definition Audio.I also have this problem. My computer shows that my SPDIF is connected and is the default output device for sound. Despite my analogue speakers being plugged in, Vista reports that th ...

I am attempting to install Vista on a machine with a partitioned drive. I have two 60 GB drives that are using RAID to increase the read/write speed (I forget which RAID configuration that is). The disk was partitioned into a 15 GB C: drive and a 100 GB D: drive ...

I have noticed that the Xbox 360 Accessories for Windows is causing a confliction with various media related programs on Windows Vista, when I have the USB cable for the 360 accessories attached, if I try to load Media Player/Media Center they won't load....remove the USB cable and reboo ...

audio does not work......the system sounds work fine but i can't hear any sounds when i say look at a trailer online......the volume level indicator shows something playing but no sound comes out of the speakers.....any suggestions??? ...

I've learned that offline defrag apps like perfectdisk cannot perform an offline defrag of a disk encrypted with bitlocker. What does everyone else use to defrag offline files on a system encrypted with bitlocker? Or don't you bother?I've also been told that bitlocke ...

I tried a migration program (intellimover) to transfer my email messages from an XP machine to a new Vista machine. The files transferred but WinMail does not find them. Is it better to migrate them wit ...

Hello,I have been using Windows Movie Maker regularly to make simple movies and slide shows with no problems. However, tonight it just won't work. The ...

Hi, I have an old PC that was installed with XP and a new PC for Vista... I want to transfer all the stuff from the old PC to the new one, If I just use cutnpaste, some data would be missed out, so I tried somethin' like this but unfortunately to no avail, xcopy /c /e 192.168 ...

Hi,I would like to know exactly how this feature works, I have 2 computer at home that are both running Vista (1 Ultimate and the other Premium), and both have the "People Near Me" logged in but I can not understand how does that work after the login Thank You in ...

Hello friends i had windows xp in drive c:\ and i install vista in drive d:\ my active partition in c:\ i also have a image of xp (i create it with Norton Ghost) i replace my windows xp with this image after that i could not start vista (i know that my c partition should have a ...

I have windows vista ultimate and everytime I go into windows defender it says that's turned off. I turn it on and a couple of days later it turns off. Is there another p ...

where can you set the frequency of the time sync service in vista ? somewhere in this reg key...HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time ...

I usually change the Environmental Varible for TMP and TEMP to point to C:\TEMP instead of the default value of %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp.When I make that change in Vista Business I am now longer able to drag a a ...

Hi,I got a new laptop, running Vista basic and after i transfered all my files and settings the system and some of my programmes have become unstable?i want to turn the clock back in system restore, but there are oly a few days worth and not the on ...

using sidebar contacts gadget in windows vista premium home edition, when i click on contacts name to send mail i get error message saying application ...

Hi, I am trying to use my Cingular 8125 (HTC Wizard) device to sync to my Vista Ultimate computer. I installed the latest version of the WMDC (drvupdatex86.exe), in the prescribed manner (connect device, install software) then disconnect and r ...

Hi all, Any suggestions.I have been using Sausage Software's Hot Dog, but it doesn't work with Vista and after many emails to Sausage software, I've had no reply.I'm interested in a web page designer that can help me crea ...

Under Vista, the Dev Studio program installer adds a desktop shortcut to the Desktop. (.Net application.) The shortcut does not have a context menu item to run as administrator. However, if you create a shortcut manually from the exe file it does have a ...

If I have a box that currently has Vista Business , and I have a Vista Ultimate DVD, can I simply do an inplace Upgrade aka a repair install with the Vista DVD to convert Business to ultimate without going through the "anytime upgrade" platform? I'm looking to ...

I read about Dreamscene. I tried Dreamscene. I oohed and ahhed. I then try to reset my desktop background to what I prefer and kept getting a Dreamscene error message. I uninstalled Dre ...

Hi, I'm trying to dual boot XP/Vista on my system. I've gotten XP installed on 1st, 160GB's RAID 0. I was trying to install Vista on an 80 Gig drive, but it's an IDE drive. I d ...

New to vista. Still getting used to it and how it operates.Don't laugh to much when I tell you this but, I deleted the Recycle Bin.How do i get the or ...

I recently upgraded my laptop to windows vista home premium. For some reason I can't seem to unistall some programs now. I tried to uninstall AVG; it says it has been uninstalled yet it is still on my computer. I also tried to uninstall an Adobe photoshop program ...

Could I redefine the middle button to mean "Logoff", and remove the rightmost button? .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. linuxsxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May th ...

u would think vista should be able to synch the contact info from my device into the windows contacts, but I can't seem to make it work. When I run the synch tool all goes well an ...

This problem only occurs when I am running a Vista Business Edition laptop on battery power.If I have "Speech Recognition" running and in the "Sleeping" mode and then unplug the AC adapter the "Speech Recognition" goes to the "Off" mode immediately ...

I am using Vista ultimate. I have a MS laser 6000 wireless keyboard. This keyboard does not have a sleep key. Where can I find the sleep command in vist ...

I have a brand new computer which worked perfectly for one week then died and won't boot. It starts to flicker into life and then dies (but some fans stay on) Occasionally it does POST and seems to be on its way but then dies after a few seconds.Manufacturers sent engineer to repair. Removed ...

I have a new Hyundai 32" LCD HDTV with analog and HDMI inputs. I have tried to get a driver from Hyundai without success. Using the analog connection, the monitor should be capable of 1366 x 768 resolution. However, I cannot set the resolut ...

I have a NECburner installed. Nero 7 can see it, and burn correct ,but picture galleri and DVD movie maker in Vista can´t see the burner. The burner is recognised during boot up and is present in My ...

I have got Windows Vista Ultimate (language: spanish) installed on my laptop and I am having problems when I try to connect devices using the USB port (I have got 4 of them).Synthoms:I cannot use any device connected to any of my 4 USB ...

Can anyone recommend a 256MB video card fro 32bit Vista that does not completely freeze up occasionally. I have a GeForce 7900 card that randomly locks up. Only a power offon will get it going.I am not into gaming so a low to medium performance card is all I need. No ov ...

I am an amateur but I found this solution to the hang problem that was plagueing my system. In the Award BIOS advance CPU setting I disabled the Intel timing control and the CIE. I found this suggestion on an overclocking site. Th ...

HiI have a HP DeskJet 880C printer. When I upgraded Windows XP to Windows VISTA the printer was automatically installed.Unfortunately I deleted the printer by error. Now VISTA can't find the driver for the printer, when I connect it via USB.I don't understand ...

Hi, I bought Vista Ultimate Full Version & a new 100GB 7,200 RPM Hitachi for a Inspiron 6400.(I wanted to be able to trade out drives to use each system, inst ...

when i installed my uprgrade to vista it took up all the space on my hard drive. how do i get my hard drive space back it is like i have two copies of vista on my C: ...

I recorded three 30 minute T.V. shows through WMC. When I attempt to create a DVD of the dvrms files through DVD maker, the menu, scene selection and previews work fine. When I select to burn the DVD, it encodes fine then begins to burn the DVD. When i ...

How do I email pictures as a slideshow with music that I can choose? We just got this windows vista and I have no clue where to go on this computer ...

Windows Movie Maker lets me add a project...and takes the right through the steps to the "Creating, DVD Please Wait..." window where it sits...forever..."encoding." THEN...af ...

I have to disable Parental controls in order to download from Napster. Does anyone have a solution, so that I can keep the parental controls on for the kids, and they can still download songs? ...

It seems like lots of people are having issues with Networking in Vista. I've seen lots of posts on them, but no sign of any fixes on the horizon. I personally only have issues with the VPN support in Vista. I'm experiencing the following:1) Intermitantly, when ...

Windows Vista UltimateI can't turn on Media Sharing under the Network and Sharing Center. I open the Media Sharing window, select 'Share my media' and click on OK. Nothing happens, the window just st ...

It is easy to set up a network in xp using the network setup wizard. The ONLY wizards I see in Vista are for wireless. What if you have a wired router not wireless ...

I want to send over 200 images from a bluetooth device. How do i do this without going through the wizard 200 times... ...

I have Vista Ultimate connected directly with XP because I want to keep my network running at a gigabit rather than plugging into my switch which is 100 Base T. I can get everything working between th ...

I have a Sony Windows Vista Home Premium laptop. The computer all in all works fine, however, when the computer recovers from standby mode, it takes forever to connect to a wifi net ...

While looking through various power option settings, via the contro panel, I clicked on one link to restore the default setting. I received the message that I could not do it without administrator approval. That never happened before. W ...

I'm not a big online fan but I would like to dabble now and then. Problem is I can't connect to any online gaming service. I've tried them all. FEAR, WoW you name it. The computer will get to the site but never connects. What doesn't make sense is when I had dial up I could ...

1) Not sure how to set up so Yahoo is my default mail and2) In my Office Live site when I try to send email it does this: ABC@abc.mail and I get an error message the "t ...

nao estou consiguindo configura vista mail para receber os meus mail? ...

I cannot receive email in my windows mail. It appears to be "stuck" on one message. Is there a way I can reset it or something to block that one message and receive the rest? ...

Windows Mail 无法张贴您的邮件。 主题 'Re: 晕得很嘛,昨天下班走到半路就下暴雨!', 帐户: 'NEWSFAN', 服务器: 'news.newsfan.net', 协议: NNTP, 服务器响应: '441 Feedrule: No newsgroups matched {=?utf8?b?6 ...

I just bought a new computer (Dell), with Vista installed. I imported my old emails from Outlook Express 6, and the process went fine; all of my messages showed up, in an "Imported Folder" folder.I subsequen ...

at first WM set up I can't send email but can receive it. after I reset up few times try to fix the problem finally I can send email but I had new problem can't receive it. I tried many times to fix that problem but I can't find it. needhelp. thanks.vera ...

Is it possible to remove WM? If not, how do I remove the WM account, delete all the messages, and install Outlook 2003? I have all of my messages from my old computer that used XP and Outlook Express. Once I install Outlook, I plan to import my messages from OE. Is that a doable plan? ...

Everytime i restart my computer my shortcuts don't work anymore! Mainly Word and Acrobat goldwatches.com/watches.asp?Brand=39 ...

im running windows vista ultimate 64bit, ive seen a lot of the stripey screen since i installed it. it happens when i leave my computer for a while and come back then i cant even turn it off or when i try to launch some games such as WoW but then i can just quit the game by clicki ...

I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website, the 385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during the device installation, I get the following error:Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error whi ...

Please join us for our ExpertZone chat for discussion with Microsoft employees and MVP's regarding Windows XP and Windows Vista!Here is the URL to the chat:microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/chatroom.aspxWhat will be discussed in the chat: Experiences with Windows Vista ...

hii have sony vaio ar38g with win vista ultimate i've fully updated it and even downloaded the ultimate extras now i can view any vdo as desktop background but not the dream scene vdo when ever i select that background go dark and blank can come one help ...

Hi,Every time I try to sync' the time via the internet I get "error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with <server name>". I have tried about 6 different time servers, all give the same result. If, as I suspect, it is a firewall issue (I use MacAfee) what port /settin ...

Is it my settings ? Why are so many of the replies to messages come up as Re:... rather than as appearing as part of an existing thread? ...

I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Premium Home Version. The system came with MS Works Word Processor and MS Works Spreadsheet programs. I cannot open documents sent to me in Word or Excel. Is there a way to do this or must I purcha ...

but I wasn't allowed to select question...I am getting this error when trying to play a new game. Can you tell me how to fix this problem? Lesley Application Name: Pet Vet 3D Animal Hospital.exe Application Version: 0.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 44aa7 ...

I have a DeLL XPS Pentium 1.83 Gig with 2 Gig RAM and ATI Radeon 256 MB card.Initially had XP Home on it and upgraded to VISTA Home Premium.Have generally had few issues but lately my system has been peaking out and hanging for about two minutes intermittently. I have tu ...

This forum is doing something strange, or is it me? I posted a question yesterday about the problem of the 'spylocked" malware, and although I have received two emails telling me the question has answers ...

Hey. Anytime I try to publish my video in Movie Maker, The final product is stretched over the top half of the screen, and the bottom half is solid green. A ...

My company is using MS Server 2003. We were told that we need to upgrade our server to Vista to support our end users who are using Vista. Is this true?How about those using XP? Will there be any compatibility issue?Please advise. Thanks. ...

XO can display AVI, Vista cannotI have an AVI file which lasts approximately an hour. It can be displayed in Windows XP Media Player, no problemHowever, when I try Windows Vista Movie Maker, there is only sound and a black image. ...

I want to augment Quick Launch, including folders, and folders within folders.I tried Free Launch but it's not compatible with Vista, so am looking at the True Launch dem ...

Whenever I connect my laptop to a projection machine all the icons goto the Xlarge size yet the taskbar etc. stays at the original resolution. THe only way to fix this is to reboot while the overhead is connected. If I disconnect fron the overhead without rebooting the icons don't change back. ...

Running Vista Ultimate (32 bit)...Determing my "Windows Experience Rating" I run "update my score" from the "Rate and improve your computer's performance" screen. ...

Hello group,After moving house and of course taking my XP based Media Center with me, I am now Media Centerless as the system decided it didn't want to work in my new home (long story!). I therefore decided to take the plunge and builda new syst ...

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 i have purchased not burned work perfectly but everytime i put in an cdr the drive does ...

If I click on either of my two DVDR drives to open or explore the contents of the disks. Vista pops up asking what to label the disk when it formats it. It's the same with bothe DVDR drives. I can only view the drive using search *.* Help please. ...

I have an Intellimouse Explorer 3 usb (optical) that I am using on my Vista business machine. I have installed the latest Intellipoint software. Vista continually (and randomly) reads single clicks as double clicks. I have checked all mouse settin ...

hi. every couple of times im on my computer i glance at how much free space i have in my hard drive. it changes a lot. about four days ago i decided that id make a note of how much free space i had left as i was getting sick of the fluctuations. the tile view in computer told me i had 20. ...

The remote control does'nt respond. Is X10 the harware? When I click on the "portcommands" from the software,the answer is:"windows hostproces does'nt work (Rundll32)" and cannot be solved". I installed vista ...

Adding a certain number of transitions to a movie causes the preview panel to 'freeze'. I've heard other mention that it is a problem with a codec but as a new Vista user I can't locate where the codecs are.One of the possible culprits may be from my canon camcorder.I'm using a Dell Inspirton 6 ...

hey hopefully i can get a message from microsft for this one, my music plays well but before the song is finished it distorts, any ideas i would be eager to know ...