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This is my accounts settings: Administrator (disabled), Account A (normal user), Account B (administrator). I would like to remove Account B for adding anoth ...

I am running Vista Ultimate. I moved a block of ASP.NET web content from my previous XP machine to a specific location on my Vista machine, and then in IIS Manager I reset the path of the "default web site" to that location. When I go to IE7 and try ...

Hi all,i hawe one important question 4 me! I'm from croatia soo sorry 4 spelling. I hawe buy Vista Premiun and i hawe Point of view 8800GTX only becuse direct x10 but i dont hawe it!! It is DirectX 9.0 or better?!!! wher i can download directx10?or i can't? i houp that you understand my ...

I can't load this game on Vista, but the previous version load without errors. I love this game, and I want to play! Please help me!YOti ...

Can somebody please assist me in configuring Windows Mail to receive POP3 messages? ...

I need to move my email and address book from Outlook to Vista. PLEASE HELP!! Thanks Donna ...

Today after having trouble with a MSN game it asked to "close program go online to check for solutions?" and I said OK. This game was Vista capable.The working of the game isn't the main issue; rather that when I manually invoke the Problem Reports ...

France chooses Ubuntu Linux over MicrosoftWhilst France is currently in the throws of a vicious election campaign, it seems that quietly in the background another victory has taken place. The victory isn�t just for freedom, it seems t ...

I just bought a 4GB Lexar JumpDrive FireFly, but I don't know if it qualifies as a speed boost drive. Does anyone know if it is fast enough to run as one? Thanks in advance. ...

Does anyone know where Vista keeps its update files? Are the update files downloaded, installed, and, then the install files deleted, or, are they kept?TIA, john ...

I try today to make DVD with Windows DVD Maker from Windows Movie Maker and indows DVD Maker Has Stopped Working.Two months ago all worked OK. I use Windows Vista Ultimate ...

...and I can't use System restore as I dual boot = no restore available. File associations for some files have changed to either neromix or intervideo files and they should be whatever their default is. For instance: in both XP ...

I was attempting to download a new tool update from monster.com via their email. When I selected Run (the problem is the same with Save), I received the following error message:jobseeker_tool(1).exe has stopped working.A problem caused ...

I noticed a few weird things in Vista, where I delete a file and it still can be referenced via applications. The latest incident is with ImgBurn, where I "Browse for File" and it opens the "Open" window. There is nothing displayed, but when ...

Hello and thank you if you have anything to offer on this problem. I installed Windows Vista Ulatime on harddrive 1 followed by installing Linux on harddrive2. When I installed Linux, the bootsector was made to use the opensource boot loader named GRUB. The problem i ...

I finally got everything to work right with Itunes and Windows Vista except one minor problem.On my ipod, the blue "dot" does not show up when a podcast is new, so in a long lists of podcasts, I can't tell which ones I already listened to.Is there a way to fix this?Thank you, D ...

To Whom It May Concern:I have the ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 video card and a program that needs OpenGL drivers. When I open the program (Aerofly) it says that their is "No OpenGL graphics card driver found!!!" I have talked to your technical support (ticket # 1204 ...

Hi I'm wondering if there is any way to keep the dvddrive constantly running. becouse nearly every time I open "my computer" it starts spinning and it takes appr ...

I just got a new Dell desktop computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. I need to add a PCI wireless card to be able to connect to the internet. The brand I got was NetGear. At the store they told me it was compatible, b ...

Regarding the problem with getting the same error every time at the same part of "completing upgrade"; that is, "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\\Windows\system\oobe\setup.exe&qu ...

I am trying to plug in my piano to my computer under the microphone plug thingy... and i cant figure out how to be able to listen to it and record at the same time with the sound recorder... so if anyone knows how ...

For some reason lately I noticed that Windows Firewall always stops. And if I go to the Security Center to try to turn it on, it pops up a box which says I have to turn it on manually! When the firewall setting box is displayed, I can' ...

Apparently Fax and Scan is not backward compatible with Windows Fax from XP or any previous editions. It won't read sent faxes that were encoded in a binary format within the file name that kep ...

I accidentally put Vista into Sleep mode last night and since then have not been able to get it to wake up. The CPU fan is running, not shut down like the manual said it would. I've tried tapping the keyboard and mouse as well as hol ...

Some of my cds with mp3 files won't open in Windows Vista. The folder is empty but when I check the properties for the cd it's full. So obviously there is music on it but I can't seem to open it or play it. I've tried the discs on an ...

I just upgraded to Vista Business a few days ago. Today was the first time I tried to access secure sites such as my bank website, Paypal, etc. When I used IE7, the status bar would slowly creep until it was about ...

I want to add a register key to the registry, but every time, in a view seconds, the key disappears. Is there some kind of security setting that I have to make to keep the key? The location for the key to make is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Pub ...

Whenever I try to download anything, then try to open it, all it shows for that file is a shortcut and the file isnt there. ...

Does anyone know what happened to the CPageSetup Dialog?The Printer button is gone. It was there in XP. Now there is only OK and Cancel. No Printer button.Now if I want to switch printers I can't do it through Page Setup. I have to go switch my default printer through Windows.Am I missing somethin ...

Every time I do anything this 'blank page' pops up and won't go away until I start Task Manager and close it. It keeps coming back and all I want to do i ...

I can't extender to work with Xbox 360. Software downloads to the Xbox but I get stopped at configuration error (whatever that means) on the PC. I have tried this about 10 times to no avail.Deleted the f ...

It's making my images look like interpolated crap!Is there a way to turn this off so the slide show displays pictures at the actual size us photographers intended?Thanks, Bob ...

I too am not able to send email from WM. I cannot delete messages in my outbox, NOTHING. I am very frustrated. I am hoping someone can give me a little more step by step guidance on this. I am not as savvy as some of you. Just a note, OE 2 ...

Now that I have been able to import my OE6 messages into Windows Mail, is there an option to stop WM from expanding the "Imported Folder" when you open the program?These ar ...

I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this. ...

For this printer the driver is meant to be built in to Vista but when I tried printing via usb port the job seemed to be submitted but nothing was actually printed. The HP web site was useless, saying the driver is available in Vista... Then I mistakenly removed the driver using Vista print ...

HiI'm having major difficulties in getting my vista business laptop to run correctly with my acer 1916w monitor (17" widescreen). I want to use the acer as the main dispay and the laptop as the secondary one, and i've configured vista t ...

I note on the following page, that XP x64 is in the compatibility list, but there is no mention of any Vista x64 version. I assume that it is not compatible (because it displays a message saying so). Can someone ...

I can't get my .WMV videos to play on it. WMP tells me that I need a CoDec. I install that CoDec but it does'nt correct that bug.Somebody told me to reinstall som ...

Hey everyone! I accidently erased the recycle bin icon from the desktop and now I can't find it anywhere on my computer. Wher did iit go? Thanks, Dina ...

I am using Outlook 2003. Recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium. Everytime run Outlook I get popup error messages stating: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host ha ...

Anybody seen this message before? One of my clients is getting it as of tonight and I can't find anything on it. EVR fullscreen window: windows bad Image ...

I recently installed Vista Home Premium on my desktop. I had read there was a low power sleep mode new in Vista, so I was curious what the definition o ...

Hi I just upgraded to Ultimate from Home Premium using the upgrade anytime option. Can anyone tell me where I'm going to find my new product key if I had to do a reinstall? I'm more then positive it won ...

I have Vista installed on 3 computers (1 Ultimate and 2 Business) and on all of them, even though I am set up as an administrator, unless I explicitly give myself perm ...

I am really struggling to undrstand what the problem is with Windows Mail. I have set up my POP account to feed into Windows Mail. Have enabled everything but still can't recieve or sne demails in WMail....Help what else shoulf I ...

This is the message I get when trying to send emails!!! Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'Pop.googlemail.c ...

I have:Windows Vista Ultimate HP Deskjet 5550 with DuplexerI'm using the 'HPA' drivers with the printer. I enable the duplexer in the driver, and then select 'double sided' in the finishing ...

I am using Office 2003 and sync my Pocket PC to Outlook. Is there anyway I can import the data into the Windows Calendar?Thanks ...

The Windows Vista Home Premium EditionWhenever I turn on my laptop, a system tray popup message appears as(Windows has blocked some startup programs)How can I remove this popup? ...

Is there a way to show Hollydays in Windows Calendar? ...

will vista run on sony vgns260? any advices on how to run vista on this machine and maybe what i can upgrade to have it run better? i have vista business version. thank you all. ...

Hello,I am hoping that someone can help me with this issue. I have two Viewsonic 2030B monitors attached to a NVidia Quadro 3500 graphics card. I have all the latest drives (all are signed) and I am r ...

PLEASE HELP!! My husband (a Mac user) recently purchased this HP Pavilliondv6000 notebook for me, fully loaded with the new Vista system. We are both hooked up to our Lynksys wireless unit. My computer can browse the internet for awhile and then suddenly I can no ...

"20 million copies of vista..." "vista is selling more than xp..."baloney.... guys this is just hype to make people think vista is selling, so more people can be persuaded to buy vista.. ...

Someone posted a fix for one program that can't make it past Vista's UAC in the startup. By putting it in a logon task instead of startup. But 1st step is to remove it from the startups.I can no longer find my startup folder, ...

I would like to disable "On resume, display logon screen" in Screen Saver, and I can't seem to do it in GPO."User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Display/Passw ...

Hi all,Right i have a little situation and would be very greatful for some pointers.I purchased a HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and it works a dream. It came stocked with XP MCE and i decided to use a beta rele ...

when I start windows vista home premium I have to wait 3 minutes with a black screen between the GUI Boot and my desktop, there is something I can do to fix this problem. Don ...

As the only User of this computer I would like to know why I have to put up with two Admin accounts, + a Default User Account, + a All Users Account ???? is possible to have one admin account only? Don ...

Setting views of filenames to show their extensions and to show hidden files etc was easy in XP.I don't see how to do same in Vista.Someone help this dummy.ThanksJethro ...

Evertime i start my computer i get a message that lets me know that windows needs to install a driver.....it searches for a few and returns the following message: "Problem caused by Advanced Configuration and Power InterfaceThis problem was caused by a compatib ...

Hello,I am hoping that someone can help me with this issues. I have two Viewsonic 2030B monitors attached to a NVidia Quadro 3500 graphics card. I have all the latest drives (all are signed) and I am running in Vista Ultimate 32 bit version.Everything is working fine and the m ...

Hello,There is a Win32 API call called Flushfilebuffers() which forces all new file data to be written to the hard disk device.Will Readyboost interfere with the functionality of this c ...

I have a desktop with an Intel 955 XBK board. I installed Vista Business a couple months back and my audio has been working fine.I recently ran Windows Update and it listed a SigmaTel update so I installed it. Doing that br ...

I recently bought a pioneer 112 DL dvd burner and removed my old CDRW ,which was set to slave, as I have another DVD burner NEC already. I set up thenew one exactly the same, slave. But since installing, the NEC drive no longer refreshes a ...

Hi, I just bought a new Toshiba A100027 Machine in London UK. It has come with a builtin Windows Vista OS. I want to install Windows XP over it, because most of the current mobile drivers work dont work with win ...

First, it’s my fault I admit it and I should never have tried to install Vista on 2 machines when I was so tired.My purpose was to install Vista Ultimate on a dualcore XPS Dell machine and install Vista Business on Vista ready HP machine. After spending hours unin ...

Hi,I am wanting to set up my pc with 4 monitors that will display different things on each,that is if i open 4 different web sites,one of each monitor,each monitor will have something different displayed.The motherboard i have is the MSI P4M890M,a pci express vga ...

I have a brand new Dell XPS 410, 4GB Ram, 2.8mHz Dual Processor, 1.5TB Raid 0 running MS VISTA Home Premium which I purchased specifically for Digital Video and Photo Editing as a Graphic Workstation (have identical machine four ye ...

I recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista preinstalled. I seem to have got used to it but I find that I cannot play video clips without saving them to my hard drive first. I don't know what ...

There have been, and continue to be, a lot of discussion about routers which are good, which aren't, etc.For Vista, there is a Router logo program. It's pretty good. There are two flavors: " Works with", ...

I posted these questions below on the Vista team blog earlier today, but was requested that I post them here instead.I’ve been having some problems with Offline files on a Vista Ultimate lapt ...

Hi, Im using Vista Home Premium, and am trying to remove the welocme screen and switch back to the XP style ctrlaltdel logon. I don't seem to have the afore mentioned 'Local Securit ...

Hi, my vista home premium OS seems to works quite well. However, there are a lot of errors and warnings in the event logs. what, should be done , if anything? One example is event id 1108 seems to occure on a regular basics. ...

I am new to VISTA. As I try to move around in my PC I discover many folders are missing things I know are there. I can open the folder as Administrator and the missing items appear! I try to open a ...

Since Upgrading Vista home basic to Vista Ultimate. My computer, on start up, automatically signs in to my admin account. How do I stop this? I have four other users ...

I imported my emails into windows email from outlook express yesterday. But when i open windows mail today, it says i have unread emails in all the folders (inbox, sent, my fol ...

Just got a new machine with vista windows. I connect to the internet with verizon dsl without any problems. I can receive mail sent to me and I can send/reply mail to all users except those at AOL. My incoming mail (POP3) is: in ...

Hi Everyone,I have a new Vista machine and I am trying to setup Windows Mail to access a private newsgroup that requires a secure connection (SSL) {Advanced Page in Newsgroups Properties port 563}.Anyway, after creating the news accou ...

too many issues with windows mail. i can create mail,when try to send goes to outbox. can't move it at this point i am sick of it! brand new notebook, i am at a total lo ...

I'm having trouble with Vista printing too many copies of anything I send to the printer especially if I want more than 1 copy.I have a brand new laptop that came with Vista (gag) I didn't really have a choic ...

First, with the new drivers posted within the past two weeks, duplex printing prints the pages flipped wrong. Found a thread through advice on this forum with a fix where a guy from Microsoft says HP has fix in the works, but he will email the fix if I email him directly. No response.So I tr ...

Hi, I just downloaded & installed the new Vista 32 bit drivers for my Dell 942 AllInone Photo. The software installed fine, I can control the printer from the Dell "AllInOne Center" (make it copy, scan etc..) but when ...

Hi, Is there any forumpreferencesetup possible that would allow me to see the latest posts and/or answers first ?Thanks, Geo ...

Upon installing Vista OWA not working properly. When trying to reply and or sending new messages you can not enter text into boby of the message This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click ...

I bought a Vista Ultimate OEM system builder pack (not upgrade) for my home/family computer. I have a corrupt XP and my Internet Explorer will not work. (I already tried updating) The package keeps talking about OPK and when I go to the site it asks about my organizati ...

I create files, and hours later this sorry excuse for a search STILL doesn't find 'em. IF it ever does, it's just because I've gone to the folder I saved 'em in and saw ...

I have a 1gb compact flash card that I tried to use ReadyBoost on but when I check in properties, it says that ""The device is plugged into an unsupported interface." I've changed the setting to " ...

in windows media player and movie maker almost all my videos lag where the sound gets way ahead of the video and never catches up. It does this for every format except wmv. Please help me fix this.Thamx in advance ...

I am using a dual core cuad with 4 gigs of ddr2 mem and a video card evga geforce 7950gt ko vista ready after using the movie maker for about half an hour I star ...

Alright I am trying to LAN my computers for file sharing and gaming through my Linksys (Model #BEFSR41) ethernet router. One is running Vista Home Premium and one is running XP Home edition. Both are desktops. I've been working on this for about a month and so far, no go. A few days ...

When I installed Vista Premium I created an Admin account using my name. I have since decided to go back in and create a standard user, also using my name. Of course in the User folder I have an Adm ...

For some reason when I open this game, I get this error saying that it cannot load this library: kernel32.dll. Any ideas? ...

I bought grandma a new Vista machine with a 20" LCD so she could see everything big. Many web page fonts were too small on this high resolution screen, so I went in IE to Tools, Internet Options, Accessibility, and I checked "Ignore ...

I need to clear the RO attribute on C:\Temp. I login as Administrator, run Windows Explorer as administrator, right click on C:\Temp, Properties, Security and set Full control for all user groups. Then, General tab, clear Re ...

I'm having trouble with an "Internet Explorer cannot display the web page" from an application I'm writing.The app generates an index.htm file th ...

My Vista laptops, all HPs, do not show anything onscreen when shutting down for hibernation. This is becoming a real pain in the neck. The issue is that users don't know how long it will t ...

Every other time that I turn on my laptop (sony vaio VGNFE770G) running home premium, on the task bar, I lose the volume, power and network connection icon.I go into the taskbar settings, and those 3 items ...

Regarding the personal believes of each poster i wonder that the word GOOD is used frecuently in this specifc ngdon't wait for miracles, Vista is as is and other things are PICNIC issues PICNIC: A.K.A. Problem In Chair Not In Comput ...

What I seem to understand, from what I've read, is that those of us using the BACKUP functions in Vista Business are limited to doing COMPLETE backups ONLY?? We cannot do an INCREMENTAL backup? I'm hallucinating, right? If that really IS correct, is there some logical rationale? ...

I have a strange problem. I am a member of a photography forum and we have a website at fotomors.dk/forum/login.phpBut for some reason I cannot see the page on my home Vista Ultimate PC. At work it works fine (XP and IE7). Can anyone tell me what the problem is? I am supposed to get a login s ...

I am having problems getting Netgear's network print driver to work correctly with Windows Vista.It installs and prints okay, but the print queue never empties out. Consequently, the print job keeps print ...

i have large collections of mp3 approximately about 30gbs and is making me hard to find my fav songs and aranging them.is there any music organising software available that automatically recog ...

Have read many of the links but non seem to work. I have a pc on vista premium, a laptop and pc on xp home, all sharing an internet connection thru a belki ...

In OneCare I have the share files/folders and printers selected, but through the network and sharing center, I am not able to change options on "Sharing and Discovery" for any of the options (ex. Printer Sharing, Network Discovery, File Sharing etc). I get an error ...

I'm trying to do a backup (using the vista backup wizard) to a hard drive on my home network. The drive is a second drive in a windows xp machine. When I try to designate that drive as the destination for the backup the wizard wants sign in information (name a ...

I just got done loading all the software on my computer with UAC turned off. When I went back to control Panel, User Accounts, User Accounts, Turn User Account Control On or Off and tried to turn it back on ...

why am I unable to successfully send a web blast email to my entire user group? Every time I try, it takes at least an hour and I get an error message back that it's been unsuccessful. I've tried ...

Hello, I'm trying to format my signature for outgoing mail. I highlight the signature and right click, looking for the usual "font" option, but it's not there. Any suggestions? Thanks! ...

I have multiple Hotmail accounts that I can currently check from Outlook Express. As we all know, Windows Mail is the greatest thing ever invented, so let's get that out of the way. But I don't need the gre ...

HiUsing the File>Identities option in Windows Mail tells me there are multiple identities. However, continuing and selecting the either the delete or import option tells me that all identities have been deleted/ ...

Thanks Gary!!!!! I kept missing a step there. Linda Hoetger AVON Independent Sales Representative lhoetger.avonrepresentative.com/ Place an order online and it c ...

Fixed on problem with Defender now I have this one....error code 0x80244028 ...

I have a new notebook running Vista Ultimate (160G T7200 Hard drive Dual core duo processor, 2 g ram) I installed Office Pro 2003. Out look runs unbelievabley slow. It takes minutes to look up a contact. There is a several secon delay for each c ...

I'm amased about the poor handling of errors in vista applications in general. When loading say an mpeg2 file in "windows movie maker" it shuts down without any reasoning why. Trying an mpeg1 file things seem to work ok, so thing look to a simple .Netprogrammer as I ...

After opening and setting up Windows Vista on my new notebook there are several icons on the desktop for programs I wish to uninstall. Many of these programs do not appear in the Control Panel's Add or Remove Program list. Should I simply delete the desktop icons? How can I be sure t ...

Hello, i have two computers one running Vista Ultimate and the other WAS running basic. I had the network setup and everything working fine. For a few days, today i decided that i don't like Home Basic so ordered ...

Hi ,I was trying to get processor related information through PDH library . This works well on all platform but in Vista 64 bit , I have some problem . Here is my code : =============== Sample.java =============== class Sample { //Declaring nati ...

Before reading the Help file that says you can NOT rename Guest, I did change it to "Guest&son". Now the Guest account starts as a "temporary account ...

Does Microsoft plan to fix Windows Mail so it will remember ALL email addresses added to the junk mail 'safe senders list', and treat them as such? The junk mail feature actually works pretty well on my PC, except ...

I have a dedicated computer on my network with fax and scan running to recieve and send faxes.. well it will soon. Can others on my network share that connection and send and view faxes from ...

Dear all: does anyone know how to disable nonindexed searching during search in vista. for example if I type "tree" all my documents would appear immediately however windows then attempts to search for file names with reference to "tree" files which have not been i ...

I have a program open, and I want it to stay open when I switch between users so both can access it. Is this possible? ...

Hi every one,I have two disk SATA Western Digital 320 Go. One has XP Pro installed and the other one has Vista home prenium. OEM To install Vista I unpluged the XP disk and did a clean install on my other ...

Hi, I've read, that WMM hast some difficulties with imprting some special video file types bu that is not *my* problem. I have the problem, that at a sudden WMM on Vista Home Premium on a Dell Inspiron 6400 does no longer imprt MPGvideos, even those which are included in WMM as demo material. ...

I upgraded to Vista and now I am having all kind of compatibility problems and Administrator problems.1. I am the only user of my PC yet I cannot access certain folders or applications because I don't have administrator privileg ...

I am using Windows Vista Mail and discovered that I receive mail from some accounts, but not others. The scary part is that I found out I am not getting mail from my son, stationed in Iraq from a yahoo email account. I also don't r ...

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Send and recieve on startup is checked, but I still have to to manually click on send/receive to retrieve mail. It will do it automatically on startup ...

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Hide inactive icons no longer works. The box in the notification area is checked but it shows all the icons all the time. Theres only about seven of them but I'm puzzled as to how to get it to w ...

Printer is hooked directly to the machine running Home Premium (printer works from here). The Vista Business machine does not find the printer? Tried print sharing, changed settings in Windows One Live ...

Just bought new HP Pavillion 1740n w/ Vista Home Premium. I am trying to add a new HP j5780 'allinone' print/scan/fax/copy machine. All went well after downloading patch? from HP site for Vista except for scan abilty. The j5780 says "scan options offline ...

Ive had WinVista Ultimate for 2 weeks approximately, and allready Ive had to repair the bootsector twice. Ive scanned a/v trying to pinpoint any bugs but none are reported, and the ...

Is Vista Business 32bit? I'm in the process of ordering a new PC and due to the software that I'm going to use (Adobe CS3 Web Premium) which is compatible with 32bit, I want to make sure that I don't get th ...

MSN won't load, well something in vista is stopping it. Im on a notepad and get this error Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: msnmsgr.exe Application Vers ...

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Clean installed this OS and now having a problem with sound reproduction through the Media Center. Using Creative XFi sound card with Vista drivers and t ...

Justin has once again shown by his actions, that he is exactly the same as the Linux zealots, no better.His original comment was that Vista runs apps much better than XP ever could. He had stated an ex ...

Is anyone able to listen to any internet audio stream for more than a few minutes before the stream has to be rebuffered and is followed by persistent intermittent hiccoughs? This is regardless of player. In fact the Windows Media Player is no b ...

hey guys i just got a new laptop and im having a huge problem. ANY audio that comes out of the speakers is crackly. even when i startup the system, the vista startup noise pretty much lags and sounds just...crackly! it has integrated sound btw. ive reformated twice and it doe ...

i need to know how i can change the vista ultimate workgroup name from workgroup to something else. i think i have done it fine in the control panel for network and sharing, but don't think it worked or something else was wrong cus i still couldn't see anything unless th ...

After downloading a game from yahoo games, I can play when that game auto opens from initial download. If I close the game and try to reopen from th ...

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'www.windstream.net', Server: 'www.windstream.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E ...

When I search for my first name or last name in Windows Contacts, all the contacts are returned as search results. I presume this is because my user account name is my first and last nam ...

There is a Windows Calander program, the Gadget Calander, then the calander within the clock that is located at the bottom right of the task bar.Why don't all these calanders work together as one program? Basically, the calander can be viewed/accessed unde ...

A picture speaks a thousand words, right? So I have uploaded a screenshot: flickr.com/photos/stephenmok/488280396/If I search from within an existing Windows Explorer window (using the search box in the topright), it works fine. If I search f ...

Ok I updated my computer from Xp to vista and with this one whenever plug i my charger it goes dim, and it never used to do that with xp i cant find where to change that, its very annoying and i really need help can someone help me Please.... ...

I have one machine that is still running Beta 2 and obviously, I need to update it this month. I'd like to upgrade rather than reinstall, but I can't find my RC1 disk. D ...

I have had Vista running for about two weeks now and only today noticed this problem: desktop.ini files are showing up on my system in odd places.When I started my computer this morn ...

Does anyone know how I can add Dreamweaver 8 to the list of programs that IE 7 uses for editing HTML files? My OS is VISTA Home Premium.Thanks ...

Hello. I am going to modernize my old computer (better to say to buy a new one). Of course I am planing to buy VISTA Ultimate but which version 32 or 64. I use Office 2007, Microsoft Money 2007 Delux, VinZip, GetRigh ...

I have users set to be allowed to change the system time via local security policy window and yet they still cannot change the clock from the system tray. It seems to only allow administrators to change it. Is there another place besides the local ...

I'm new to developing Vista Gadgets. I was wondering if anyone can provide a simple code example of how to load a local XML file within a gadget.Thanks in advance! ...

id like to be able to get all of my windows to open in a way that makes them fill the whole screen, but without being maximised. i hate having to manually adjust each window, ...

Is it true that this file dx8vb.dll was accidentally not added to Vista? Wonder if Microsoft has added it in an update?Betty ...

MSFT and Jim Allchin formerly of MSFT have touted its ability to save energy, but many users report battery drain by Vista on notebooks:Windows Vista Power Management by Jim Allchin windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/arch ...

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with this, I know it's been answered a lot on this forum but I'm really lost as to what to do.Basically I purchased a retail version of Home Premium on launch day, it installed fine and gav ...

I prefer using Windows Classic theme instead of Aero, but then I lose some nice Aerofeatures like Flip 3d, the new alttab replacement and the "preview" of running applications you gets when you hold the mo ...

almost every answer said to go to "Ease of Access,,,, like no one could figure THAT out! It does not shut off even if you go to ease of,,, When ppl come back asking the same question over and o ...

I am using Works 8.5 on a Vista os. I can't use the send(email) from any of my apps. Windows mail is my default program. Works data base says I am missing MAPI32.dll. Works WP just refuses to do ...

Got a Dell with Windows Home Basic (build 6000) desktop made by Gateway T5082 and the usual other "stuff". My problem is: I use notepad to open a text file called TELE_NOS.TXT. Both files are in the same ...

I am using vista ultimate and I am trying to import my fax files which I was using in window xp but I don't find import option in vista fax and scan. please help me....Thanks & RegardsS.Prasath ...

I recently got a new PC in March and it's running the Windows Vista Home Premium, 32 bit version. I have imported my video clips into the Windows Movie Maker and have been adding transition ...

I can remote desktop access my XP PRO from my Vista Home premium. Should I be able to access the Vista from the XP? Can't seem to find out how. Thx for any suggestion. ...

I've just bought a new PC, theoretically more powerful than my old one (AMD 64 X2 5000, 2048 MB RAM, ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512 MB PCIX), running Vista Home Premium. T ...

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My problem is minor, I just can't start a new message from within a website, getting the message that the default mail program is not properly installed. Windows help, is no help, so . . . help :ro ...

I'm trying live mail desktop to see if I will like it, being that it will do Newsgroups and Hotmail.. But when I run the setup it runs a bit and then say's .... windo ...

can i use windows mail....with a yahoo account? i need to send something but it can only be sent through windows mail..i dont understand any of this can anyone help? ...

I've been reading all of your problems with Mail 7 and I have to addmit this new Mail really seems to suck.I also have tried everything that has been posted to cure the problem of:&quo ...

On XP when I put in the first few letters of a name it would get the name out of my address book and add it. This email does not do that even though I checked the option to do it so I have to go to my address book every time I want to send an email. How do I get it to ...

when i try to get my email this pops up Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'mail.alltel.net', Server: ...

Ok, I have spoke with 3 tech supporters and I still can not figure this out. I am a vendor at trade shows, and I get email contacts from each one, for example, UNF is one event I do, JEA is a different event. ...

There are two OSes installed in my computer, one is XP, the other one is Vista .1. Under Vista: I Logon the Vista OS by administrator accounts , When I copy the folder (the XP's windows dir ) "d:\WINDOWS\assembly" to anywh ...

Problem : ie7 refuses to open after Installing update KB 931768Solution : find C:\program files\ iexplore.exe right click and "Run as administrator" After ie7 has opened : Tools\options\Advanced Disable Pfishing.sho ...

hi,,, i have a windows vista installetd and add adminpack for Active Directory Users and Computers, and everything find, but when i try install Microsoft Exchange System ...

i have a hp mutimedia keyboard ps/2 in which i got with the computer in 2005,,,and with xp..since that i install vista..in this keyboard has muti functions,,,eject disks,,connect to ...

My OS is Vista home premium and if I shut my PC off (not restart) for longer than a few minutes I get a blue screen for msahci.sys when I start back up. Something about corrupted page file in nonpaged area or some such (should have it memorized I see i ...

Seems like it. I can't prove it though. I've seen the same series of events several times now over the course of the three months I've had Vista installed. Computer on all day, (this time about 13 hours), I'm doing ...

When I startup regedit, the "Load Hive" button is disabled. where is the setting to fix this?Thanks Rob ...

UAC On or off, makes no difference.When I turn the quicktime addon on, in ie7, it works just fine. When I close ie7, it tells me ie has crashed, and restarts it unless I hit the cancel soon enough.di ...

just released, installed fine and running sweet with no probs at all. These are beta though downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1634My machine spec AMD FX62..Asus Silent Square Pro Cooler...DFI LANPARTY UT NF590SLIM2RG...ENERMAX INFINI ...

I have Visual Basic 6 learning edition. I went to install it on my Vista computer and the installation started but stopped with the message,This proble ...

When I open a program (not all, but a few), WindowsInstaller pops up and tries to reinstall QuickBooks even though QuickBooks is already installed. I have to keep hitting cancel so the other program finally opens. Help please. ...

Mine has grown to about 40,000 messages. I don't want to nuke the whole thing because you never know if something important has found its way there. I'd like to limit it to either a fixed numbe ...

I am receiving the error message in the subject line when I try to clear the Adobe Reader 8.0 folder. I was having problems with Adobe starting correctly and ...

Hi, I have a Sony Mini DV DCRHC44 video camera. Worked fine with XP using a Firewire to upload my video. Since installing Windows Vista will not work. Have used MM ...

Just installed PrintMaster 16 (Broderbund) on Vista. While I received a message about one or more drivers used in Vista & Printmaster, I went ahead with the installation. I noted ...

HiI've just tried installing windows vista but after installing it and about to run it for the first time, it gets into a "loop" as the comp keeps resetting right after the "boot from CD/DVD press any key" message come ...

Hi, I have an issue with the background color of pictures. I have Vista Ultimate installed on my computer since it came out and never had this problem before. Lately, all the pictures that I scanned lost the white background (like the background of this email) a ...

How can I chose to burn a MP3 cd in Media Player 11 ? Do I need to buy or download something? ...

Upon playback, every track from every CD that I have ripped to my harddrive skips towards the end. Brand new cds, old cds. it doesnt matter. is there a solution? ...

Hi everybody. Everything was working fine, but suddenly i lost the internet connection and ie ask me with a new window for a password and an user for every web i want to access. In the bottom of ie it's said: REDIRECT. I really don't k ...

Here is the problem:I am trying to remote desktop connect to other PC's on my network and every time I try to connect to anything I get the following error:" THIS COMPUTER CAN'T CONNECT TO THE REMOT ...

Okay this is starting to get irritating! I work offshore and we use a satellite to connect to the internet. I use XP but more people are coming here with Vista on their laptops and they cannot connect to the internet. Sinc ...

A major problem in spite of expert advice I canot start the event viewer service, so I cannot access the event log, nor can I update Microsoft Office 2007 because of it, nor can I do a full PC backup to an expernal hard drive althoug it ...

I have no sound since installing Vista. Help! ...

I have several email accounts and would like to be able to check them all in one location. I can forward all incoming mail from my Yahoo, and Gmail ...

I have favorites from 3 different computers I added to the users/admin folder. (my account is called admin). I explore out to the folder and sort them alphabetically. When I open up IE and click the favorites button, the shortcuts are NOT sorted alphabetically, they are g ...

Here is my problem:When I record files to a cd, after about 6 days or so, I'll put the cd in my laptop, and the popup window comes up like the disc has never been burned to. The files are not being rea ...

Hi, I'm having an issue with an ASUS F3T Notebook that has an Nvidia Geforce Go Graphics chip on board.Basically, we have the notebook connected to a Projector, so we have extendd desktop and set the resolution of the secondary output to 1024 x 768... B ...

I like to keep TaskMan minimized on the tray for the CPU gauge, but I find myself accidentally closing it because I'm so used to red X'g out of it after using it for something (examine processes or whatever). Is there some trick to make it so that the only way to exit TaskMan is via Fi ...

Can anyone help? the music clips on amazon and others won't play on vista just shows a box saying plugin with no other info. ...

Hello, I am having an issue activating a computer to my KMS server. The current count on the server is 35 computers, but this particular computer will not activate. It is telling me that the product key is in use. background information: this computer had the OS reloade ...

I have an external hard disk which I have backed up to once already. I want to start from scratch with a whole new backup. However, I'm getting 'catastrophic backup ...

I bought a new Vista PC. Everything was working fine, but suddenly i can't click the taskbar.The start button still works, but when i try and click anything else i just get an error beep.Any sug ...

I just bought Windows Vista ultimate, I have 2 computers in my house and was wondering if i would be able to install Vista on both my computers with the same copy or would i have to buy a ...

Vista Home Premium. Try to use DVD Maker but it crashes every time I try and move to the second screen to select menus etc. Used to have an 'ax' file error but I changed the extension of that file to ax.bak and that error has gone, now I get the following.Problem signature: Pr ...

Has anybody tried to use their blackberry with Vista? I have the 8703c thru Sprint and apparently the software isn't compatible with Vista. Sprint says it's Vistas program and has no way to help. ...

How can I check if my Windows Vista is activated or not? ...

Hi,I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop with Windows Vista preinstalled.The wireless network works fine but if I set the computer to sleep and then wake it up again, then I'm unable to open any web pages. Still, I'm able to ping servers in a command prompt window, so I'm indeed conn ...

I am trying to Compress files in Vista and When I right click and Select Send To the Compressed File option is missing. I checked Regedit and .zip is associated with compre ...

Create a calendar gadget that allows quick link to calendar on the side bar so we can see what's happening during the day while on web or word or other important Microsoft stuff. You proably already have this and I don't know how to turn it on This post is a sug ...

i thought i had read that the cable can be used with windows me, 2000,xp.i just bought the cables for my new computer and the box says only for xp.does anyone know if i shou ...

A few days ago my desktop (Vista Business) began displaying the generic icons for my high speed connection shotrcut. Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP pointed me to the .dll for this icon.Now I have lost the default dialup icon.Can anyone help? Thanks Andrew Aitchison (amhsn@sympatico.ca) ...

Hello,It seems that Vista is built on a home use mind instead of a large commericial network mind. It just makes it almost impossible to run applications in a very large environment.I'll give you an example.In XP SP2, you end up where you ...

When i first boot up Vista I get a dialog box that has the following message..... Program Compatibilty Assistant comes up and states.....This program has k ...

I am a fulltime student at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA, a fully accredited, 4year university of about 5,000 students. I have a 10month old computer more than capable of running Vista t ...

VMware Server on Longhorn how to?I installed VMware server version 1.0.3 on Longhorn Beta 3 but I can not start, bacause VMAuthdService (VMware Authorization Service) is de ...

Yet again.... Hopefully someone reads this and is able to give me some useful information.I have a server running Server 2003 and server other machines including XP and Vista. I'm able to connect all the machines to the inhouse network except for the Vista Machine.All the XP machines conn ...

Hi there,I am going to be doing a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 64 on my PC and just wondered if I should backup both my hard drives ... I will be installing on the C drive, bu ...

Hi,Whenever I start up my computer, it says there there is an error in the winlogin(logon?).exe file but when I put the CD in, it boots up just fine. Is this normal or can something be done about this? ...

When I try to run a slideshow with windows photo gallery, it is stopped by DEP. I tried to disable DEP for the selected |program but got the message saying that it could not be stopped for that program, any help wou ...

OK. 8 hours later and $69 down the drain and no answers. Cannot ping netbios name or localhost.No tools like netdiag for Vista.All Services are running. Winso ...

Hi, let me start by apologising if these are the wrong groups to post these kinds of messages to (I've crossposted) but after searching the web and not finding any good material I thought there might be someone here who know.I'm a student and I ...

I've just bought a new lap top with Vista Basic. Will my copy of Norton's Internet Security 2005 run on it? ...

Long story, I ended up resetting SVI's permissions to general access. I tried setting them back to only the SYSTEM account, first the folder then its individual files but I just can't get the old permissions back without ...

Is there a way to remove "Run as Admin" from list of options; when right clicking on a file or program; in certian user accounts. ...

Been trying to read all the help regarding Admin permissions, but am still confused. I can't even add a printer when I'm logged in as Administrator (and only user of this machine). Riskman ...

Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit versions of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or other games for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do I play that game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I ...

I have imported my contacts with .CSV file formatting but I get a box shape at the end of the email address that has to be manually deleted in each address. Does anyone know why this is happening and a fix for it? ...

When is Windows Live Mail Desktop (the one which will replace Windows Mail on Vista) to be released to public? ...

As of yesterday morning I can't empty Junk Email folder. After I click on “Empty Junk Email folder” it deletes all but 42 messages. However when I use Windows Mail next time the deleted messages are back in the junk Email fold ...

When I click on a news group that I have subscribed to a box comes up saying that Microsoft mail cannot switch to ( news group name ) on ( server namer ) .. It gives an error of 480 and a code of 800ccca4.This has w ...

When I forward a message that was sent to me, all the addresses show up exactly as it originally came to me. With XP I just highlighted and deleted them all. It is not working now. How do I do it? ...

How do I get the names to stay in alphabetical order in my contact list? I put them in and then they seem to revert right back to the original list. Than ...

Hi! I'm trying to import .msg files (from outlook) from my old computer. I can't seem to open them with Vista. any suggestions? ...

The spell checker in Mail appears to be using a "US" English dictionary. How can I replace this with an "English" English dictionary? ...

I get the errir whilst initiating MAPI, or something like that.I have check the MS support docs, and gone through the route of checking and disableing it as my main email client, and back again.Any other ideas chaps?Phil ...

My windows folsders all disappeared sent deleted outbox etc I am sure they are just hidden how do I get them to show again? Connie ...

How the hell do i set yahoo, as my outgoing and incoming email? I have to submit resumes that only allow email, and all is on my yahoo account. ...

After having one message that couldn't be sent, resulting in an error message, I have sent and received many messages. My Windows Mail is working fine. But ...

When I send an email it sends twice. Can anyone help to change this. ...

Shortly after I turn on my computer my screen goes black for a few seconds and then comes back on. This happens every time I turn it on, it doesn't seem like it messes anything up ...

I press start to look at program and with in 10 second the programs and tree close! Something has set a timer somewhere is there a way to get rid of it? ...

I just brought a new tablet PC from hp (HP tx1000z) and I have difficulties to configure the computer for the IOgear wireless print server (GPSR01U). The Brother printer (MFC6800) has been working fine for other computers with windows xp through the wireless printer server. The w ...

DVD Maker. I've been looking for a good, reliable DVD authoring tool for a while. Created the DVD with 3 movie clips. Works fine on PC. Put it in Panasonic DVD player disk unreco ...

I am not sure what happend but for some reason my computer had an incompatable issue with some thing and crashed big time. I lost every thing. This was one week after upgrading to Vista. So I called Dell and some one from "over ...

I swtched to Vista and now I can't run my Money 2006 program ...

Greetings! After upgrating from XP to Vista, somehow all my certificates are now unremovable. Any hints on how to remove them? Thanks! ...

Hi,I need to backup some files to other disk in Vista, but i don't want to backup the system partition with the files. What should i do ?Thanks!Aggie> ...

How do I report issues of Vista to MS so they know and will hopefully fix the problems in an SP?Thanks. ...

HI, I have tried to amend the DWM Compression value to 1 and CompressionPolicy to 2 in HKEY_CU/Softwear/Microsoft/Windows/DWM but i can still not activate windows aero.When I check in the display properties I have no option for that theme. I only have windows Vista basic ect.Any id ...

I'm getting a 'Class not Registered' error when I try to