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When I insert a game CD and the autorun pops up I choose to install the game. When starting the installation I get the error "program stopped working".. What shall I do? :S ...

I've been trying to install warcraft onto my new computer which has the new windows vista on it. I was able to play the game once and it is now telling me I have to update the game which I keep doing. I haven't been ab ...

I get this message, when trying to see my list of emails in a folder, for ALL folders. This is CERTAINLY not true.Could you help me? Monica ...

Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try againI know there isn't a memory or disk space problem. There are about 2 ...

My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to C ...

In XP, my Groups were shown separately at the top of my Address Book in BOLD font. In Windows Mail, the Groups are listed just like any other name. Is there any way to modify the way Groups are displayed?Tia,Tom ...

I want to remove a posting in my inbox (spam) but get the message that it is "impossible to remove the message",who can help me? ...

Does anyone know if you can import contact and email messages from Outlook?I saved all messages and contacts from my old pc and now would like to import t ...

I've been getting a number of hibernate related reboots every day (probably due to a driver issue) and have been tracking them using Reliability monitor. Today I checked it and there were about ...

I have vista ultimate (dutch) and i can not copy any favorit to the desktop. Suggestions?Regards, Jeroen Netherlands ...

I am trying to backup all my new laptop before starting using it (SOny SZ4XXX). It came with no system and OS disk so I need a complete backup to make sure I can restage the PC later if I ne ...

I downloaded a Language Pack Installer (182 MB) so I can patch my English version of Windows Vista Ultimate to work in Spanish language. But when I try to instal ...

Using Ultimate and like to do a full backup once a week. I see how to schedule limited data file backups but don't see a way to schedule the full bac ...

They finally posted the Vista drivers for the Epson R1800 on the US website. I don't know if they released others as well. Go check it out. ...

I have a Canon i865 shared on a Vista Ultimate x64 system. using the unbuilt drivers. i can see the printer fine on my XP MCE laptop but the Vista Drivers are not supported under XP. i have tried installing the XP drivers manually on the XP mac ...

Either I lost the cd or never had one, but of course its required for Vista to install the device. Ive searched teh web and cant find a simple driver installer for it and its a bit frustrating because I cant put music and p ...

I tried installing my Sony DVD camcorder software and at first it said it couldn't install on this version but then Vista offered to install it in c ...

Hi,Has anyone been able to launch and play this game sucessfully on Vista?Whenever I try the launching splash screen appears (and CPU usage spikes up to 100%) and after around 20 seconds an error screen with a ...

I run into this error "the procedure entry point strcpynw could not be located shell32.dll"What's going on ? How can I fix this (hopefully without having to modify the code)? I am including shlwapi.hZeba ...

I was using Vista Ultimate and once again, the "explorer" component has frozen or crashed or hour glassed or something to the point that task manager doesn't even open and I'm going to have to hold the power button down to restart the computer.This time I was searching ...

Hiin preparation for upgrading to Vista Ultimate from Win XP Pro SP2, I ran Upgrade Advisor and got No Compatability Data for:1. Intel System Management Bios Driv ...

Hi,I do tech support for a dialup ISP. I understand that Vista has ipv4 and ipv6 both enabled by default. For dialup, is it appropriate to leave both enabled or should I disable the i ...

Install of QB2007 went without a hitch. Even ran "repair" with no hitches. QB Pro2007 won't start. Any sugestions? ...

or config that I can play around to set up the lclock style. I've also tried to disable the DEP but I still don't know where is the config screen. Can anyone know how to set this? ...

Hi all.I can't seem to get a network connection working in vista. The upgrade advisor I ran in XP did not indicate any problems with my hardware before installing vista.My sys ...

i tried to activate my Windows vista Business pack, but the product key on my sticker is not valid. How is this possible? ...

I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft ...

Hi, I am installing vista, it copies the files, restarts my computer and when it boots up to the setup it freezes, ive ran the upgrade advisor and it says everything is o ...

Since I posted question on how to reinstall Windows Defender and reading all the problems that are associated with it, I am now glad it is disabled. I have Norton Internet Security on Windows Vista Home Premium and as soon as Windows Defender was dis ...

When I try to create a password reset disk, the wizard will not give me the option to select my CD drive. The lowest drive letter it will let me select is F: which I believe is the pocket media drive bay. I would appreciate a ...

Hello! Have seen many complains last week regarding Wmail not opening attachements, but is there already a solution found, don�t see many comments lately?? _______________________________ Christi ...

Hello I'm currently setting up windows mail for the first time, but i can't seem to figure out which server should be used can anyone inform me? thanx From: "Carol in GA" Subject: IMAP Inbox? Date: Marc ...

In Xp, selecting right click "Help" when in Services, provided a list of all default settings for services. Is there a way in Vista (Home Premium) to set the mutitude of Services to their default ...

Does anyone know after Vista Update downloads and installs if it deletes or keeps the update installation files and if so where?TIA, john ...

I have an OEM machine, if I upgrade when my upgrade arrives and I don't like Vista is it easy to go back to Windows MCE? I wasn't planning on a clean install at this moment in time.Thanks ...

Have Vista Home Premium on a Core 2 Duo CPU, 2Ghz RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 Pro with 256MB. I just reformatted my HDD, reinstalled XP, then did the upgrade ...

I need to buy a Vista PC to replace the XP PC that offers a public dropin facility for our village. The "Shared Computer Toolkit" has done a ...

The problem is that I got a Vista Key but no InstallationDVD. Now I wonder if it is possible to install Windows Vista from the Anytime Upgrade DVD without Windows Vista currently installed. I only have Windows XP Pro on this PC and I want Vista to be installed and ...

I have a Creative 6.1 setup on a Sound Blaster Audigy SE board with the latest 64bit drivers. Only the front two speakers work when doing anything but all of them sound when in the test facility. What might be the problem? ...

Why can the search facility not distinguish between [square] and (round) brackets in filenames?For example, I am seaching for a file with "[!]" in the filename, I get hits ...

When I run dreamscene it shuts down Aero saying that it is an incompatible program which in turns shuts down dreamscene. Anyone else seen this error? ...

Hello folks,In Vista Home Basic, I can't get the new version of WinHelp32.exe to work without error messages. The fix to suppress the messages is described on this page under the heading "How to enabl ...

I'm having (what seems to me) like a really strange problem with Vista Business.I install an app (my own) from an MSI that has a program file (dotnet 2) and a configuration file (the configuration is stored in an access database). So far so good, I install it o ...

I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select Vista, how can I fix this?cheers ...

Trying to install downloaded programs (after finally figuring out how to download by turning off UAC). Every attempt to download, even MS Onecare, gave a "Publisher could not be verified" notice. Once I turned off the UAC, at least it allowed me ...

I noticed that flash player would download but would not work!! Well after some homework I discovered you need Java installed, First you will need to uninstall flash player using there uninstaller file just save to desk top and then run it. Then go to java and download ...

I'm trying to install beta drivers from the nVidia web site for the GForce Go 6800 Ultra and the installation stops and says something to the effect that this ...

Vista boot hangs at the 'loading' screen with USB or IEEE 1394 external drive attached. If the drive is powered off, the boot proceeds normally. BIOS has boot from USB turned off. Sy ...

Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom to "improve" its users' experience, has omitted Net Meeting from all versions of Vista. The "substitute," Windows Meeti ...

Hi to all, why with my gpu nvidia and Vista business I cannot fix my resolution up to 1280x800? I tried many drivers including 101.41 Forceware (not signed) anyone has this experience? TIA regards, tc ...

Since some days Microsoft Update does not work on my PC. When I open Microsoft Update I don't see any available updates (neither language packs nor Ultimate Extras) Some days ago I have installed the englisch language pack on my german system. Could this have caused the problem?Any ideas how I ca ...

I made a backup using the "Backup and Restore" center in Vista Home Premium, storing it on a hard drive (D). After reformatting the C drive and installating the 64 bit version of Vista, the Backup and Restore center "Restore ...

Hello,I recently purchase a Dell laptop, which came with Windows XP Pro Media Center 2005 Edition. This version of windows had the ability to host Remote Desktop sessions, so th ...

After noticing I had 60+ processes running at startup, I went to msconfig and disabled some programs from automatic startup.I now get a popup message in ...

Affects IE6, IE7, Windows Mail, Outlook Express and Outlook. Glad I use Fire Fox and Thunder Bird.pcworld.com/article/id,130287page,1/article.htmlAlias ...

1 how do I get a CMD for a shortcut, or just need to remember the word CMD ?2 in the RUN pull down, I filled that thing with crap today trying to undo somethin ...

Hello I have this version of Vista i download this copy when it was free from Windows when i check the System in information i see that i have Windows Vista Ultimate I would like to know if this version of windows ...

I keep encountering a problem when using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit where every 1030 seconds, it will stall and I will need the system to catch up to my inputs. For example when using Firefox, pressing 'File' would freeze my system for a few seconds, ...

neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39235Lets see, deception and lies... hmmm kinda reminds me of Richard Urban (aka urban legend) and Kerry Brown..... that propagate misinformat ...

We have been testing Vista in within our I.T. department. One of the first issues we have had is the lack of displaying the comments field in My Network Places. We use the comments to show who "owns" th ...

I have been trying to update Windows Defender with KB915.597. I keep getting error code 8050A001. I am also running Norton Internet Security. Has anyone ran in to similar problems?? Other updates appear to complete OK.Dick ...

Hi thereI recently signed up to Irish Broadband, an Irish ISP who provided me with a Netgear DM111P ADSL2 Ethernet modem. As mentioned elsewhere on this forum and online, it's not compatible with Vista, and noone certainly not Netgear or my ISP seem to know if it's going to ...

When I hit the power button that is supposed to put my computer in a low memory state on windows vista it turns off then right back on so I am forced to shut down completely every night. Can any one sugg ...

after installing that update, system is unusable, had to uninstall it.any suggestions ...

I have one simple question.. And it's about the design. We all know that Windows Vista has good looks. My big problem seems to be that I don't understand why it was necessary to use a double sized "close" butt ...

Greetings,I`ve recently installed Vista Ultimate and came across a problem regarding the user account control. After I get prompted to allow access for a program (and do allow it) the screen sometimes goes blank not for a few seconds but perma ...

I recently upgraded to VIsta, the first week everything worked fine, but then I started to loose digital chanels, after losing two chanels(I blamed poor receptio ...

I have a 250 Gigabyte hard drive that has been running on my XP and now Vista (from an upgrade) with 131 GB partioned. In my Disk Management, it says I have 104.89 GB unallocated space. I would like to just simply add that to my C drive partion, instead of making a n ...

Hi Has anyone got an Acer Aspire 5100 with the built in orbicam and managed to get it working with Vista Home Premium??Have tried all the upgrade drivers and applications from the Acer website to no avail.Any help would be appreciated. ...

Hi, I was given a free copy of Vista Ultimate for beta testing. I wanted to give my free copy to my friend in Hong Kong but I am wondering if a full retail product key will work with other language versions of Windows Vista. This would be a US version and my friend wants to install Traditiona ...

New computer. Old computer Windows ME. How do I transfer email from old to new? Dennis ...

i have a new dell dimension e520 desktop with 8gb ram and dual core, but it takes up to 10 seconds to change between tracks in media player. i have about 1000 songs in the library, i never had this problem before. it displays 'media chang ...

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

Hi,After a clean vsta Ultimate install (40 days ago +), still got a stange folder in the c:\ main drive. Called a32f966cf............etc.. Inside there is a text file called msxml4KB927978enu file (278kb)I can N ...

I was having some problems with my Gateway laptop, which came with Vista installed on it, so I decided to do a system restore. After I did the restore, I can't log onto to computer at all. When I type in the correct password, I get this message:The group policy client service failed the logon. ...

[Vista Home Premium]I have a problem. I installed AVG antivirus (among other things) but Defender always stops its Control Center at startup. No one has been able to tell me how to overcome this so far, but I am wondering whether it is to do with "ownership"?I am ...

When I originaaly updated to Vista Home Premium the games folder worked fine Now when I try to run a game it says that I have to Set Associations I've tried turning the games on and off, rebooting and so forth Anyone else had this problem or a solution for it Thanks ...

Is there any way I can have Windows Mail open maximized? I've tried all the things I have done in the past but nothing seems to work. It even reverts back to normal size (small) when the screen saver comes on and I i ...

I have set up the windows mail with aol imap set up. I was wondering if there was a way to set it up with the pop3 so I can have my mail taken off of the aol server after I have received it? If so what would I have to put ...

Necesito saber, el motivo por el cual n puedo configurar mi cuenta hotmail ...

My stationary appears when I'm composing a message, but it does show to the receiver. My messages, on darker stationary, use white text. My contacts can't read the message, ...

I recently installed vista ultimate, I had previously had the RC1 vista on my machine. I did windows easy data transfer. My email is all set up, and when I open the mail, it will send and recieve fine. But if I click the send/recieve button at the top, it just comes up with ...

How to alphabetize the names in my address book [now called "contacts"] by the LAST NAME? I brought over some 250 names from Outlook Express. Now, in Windows Mail the first name is listed alphabetic ...

In problem reports and solutoins I am told to manually decrease hardware acceleration for video adapter. But following thier instructions has got me puzzled being somewhat computer illiterate!! This is what is suggested;Click Start, click C ...

I just purchased a new computer with the vista operating system and I can't seem to download any drivers for my printer. Am I going to have to purchase a new prin ...

Oh My God!I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this.Vista Expert Andy Rathbone author of �Windows Vista for Dummies,� �Windows XP for Dummies,� �Window 98 for Dummies� and "Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies," w ...

Hey Im no pro but this took me like three days to upgrade from XP on a medium powerful desktop. I learned some things but take or leave these comments. To be truthful upgrading was my worst ever IT experience. ...

ok, in my old computer I was able to edit clips and make home videos with no problems, it just took for ever because it was so old. Now on my new computer with Windows Vista, after I edit my clips with 'Windows Movie Maker' and hit 'publsih video' it gives me this error mes ...

Hi, my system drive is running low on space so i need to free up some and thought that i could lower the pagefile, but i dont know how much MB the pagefile should be. I have 1GB RAM, the ...

Hi All,I'm running Vista Ultimate OEM vers. and I'm trying to add another SATA HD to use as a backup drive. I already have a RAID 0 as the main drive and an additional drive for swap, small backups ...

Here is what happened: First, I tried using easy transfer via the local network on two Vista machines to transfer files and settings (about 60gB total), from one to the other. It would run for about an hou ...

I just bought a new laptop and the sells rep said it came with a 60 day trial of office. The office programs keep asking for a product key. Can someone tell me where to find that? Thanks, John ...

I have a Gateway mx6448 and upgraded today to vista home premium. As many of you have found out there is a definate problem between Vista and the lack of driver recognition. Anyway heres the trick.... Download the Gateway Vista drivers as directed.... Vista won't find them LOL. Next go to contr ...

I have a typical setup to access the internet. A Vista laptop, a XP desktop machine, a Buffalo wireless router and a cable modem for internet access. In my ...

When I am in a location where the wireless network is not being broadcast, or when my own wireless network goes down temporarily, my wireless network adapter either disables itself or is disabled by something.I figured this out because when I bring up the diagnose/repair dialog ...

I am trying to set up a distribution list and the Help feature says on the toolbar, click New Contact Group, I do NOT have anything that says new contact group on my toolbar. I only have organize, view ,slide show & burn ...

how do i find what series computer i have?emachine desktop model # W3609 ...

Hi, i need help, i have a big problem. After to have change the screen resolution (800*600 > 1024*760), there was a black screen, and i can't restart vista (ultimate) ! Even the Sta ...

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I deleted a user account and as a result some of the files assosciated with that user have been placed in a kind of limbo. As admin I have no access to even see these files but they are clearly still ...

how do i install more RAM ...

I have an ongoing problem with my Vista Home Premium. IE7 shuts down randomly. I have removed the suggested "conflicting" programs to no avail . .. . I am NOT a programmer, nor am I a "computer whiz" . . . A thr ...

'Looking into buying Vista Premium Upgrade, I keep finding two SKU's with the "Retail Tech" version being more expensive. Nowhere have I found what differentiates that product from the other, below. 66I00003 Windows Vista™ Home Premium English Upgrade North America DVD 66I00 ...

Just purchased new computer w/ Vista. Running well but cannot open certain websites such as, usairways.com and alaskaairlines.com.Any suggestions on internet setting which may hel ...

I have read online several "fixes" for this extremely annoying issue but none have worked. Any ideas how to stop this from happening? ...

Yesterday everything was working fine (no restore point to go back to). My laptop runs Vista Home Premium, Desktop runs XP Professional and a DLink DI524 wireless router. I was trying to configure file sharing between my Laptop and Desktop and I must have changed a se ...

How do I make UAD FOAD? It's off, but it keeps telling me so.This has got to be the most stupid security device ever put in an OS. Nigel M ...

When my UAC prompt displays on the darkened Secure Desktop, I somehow have the handwriting toolbar sitting at the top of the desktop (it's not on the User Desktop). Wh ...

I'm having an issue that I've traced to Windows Defender. Periodically I noticed my stored network passwords were disappearing. After reviewing the event logs, I think it's occuring each tim ...

I have a feeling thers's a simple answer to this, but darned if I can find it in the help files.I use a wireless setup for my laptop and it works like a charm.But I cannot connect to Windows Mail. It seems to only allow me to connect ...

We are thinking about getting a new computer with Vista but we don't want to have to buy a whole new Microsoft Office software right away. So my question is, can Microsoft Office XP work ...

I have a ? I set my bios to boot from HD where vista is install,I'm using raid 0 for performance,ide & fastrak promise for storage. Everytime I turn on my pc I have reset the boot sequence.Any tips on how I can fix this will be greatly appreciated.Motherboard is a ASUS SK8V CPU AMD ATH ...

I have a user who has been using his Vista Business machine with a local profile. We have now joined his pc to our domain and he has a new user profile. I need to mo ...

I have just purchased a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium installed. I have noticed that the button icons at the top righthand corner of the expanded Internet Explorer window are missing the top line or two of pixels, so th ...

My Motherboard has crashed and I had to buy a new one, after I reinstall the new one windows vista bussines ask me for a new activation and when I hit activate now, It wont activate and I ha ...

Can I change the settings in MovieMaker to remove photos as I drag them to the timeline, so I can easily see which photos have not been used yet? It is difficult to keep track, as the thumbnails are so smal ...

Cannot open an attached Microsoft Office Word 2003 .doc file from Windows mail. A message appears telling me that I need to make an association between the .doc file and Microsoft Office Word 2003. However...... If I sav ...

I upgraded my PC to Windows Vista and also installed Office 2007. I have not nothing but problems with Word 2007 since installing Vista. I get the following error messages when using Word 2007Changes have been made that affect th ...

The error is on both my windows 32 and 64 bit vista ultimate on a dual boot config. Description This event collects Windows Problem Reporting information to help Microsoft create solutions to noncritical problems (problems that do not cause programs, services, or c ...

In XP I could rightclick on a folder (in thumbnail view), select Properties, then the Cutomize tab, and choose a jpg file in the Folder Pictures section to show that jpg thum ...

Has anyone observed the task bar flashing when it's set to autohide ? Slightly overclocked at 3 GHz CPUVista Ultimate (32 bit) EVGA NF680i SLI Intel Core 2 Extreme QX67 ...

Hi thereWhen printing from Microsoft Words 2000 under Vista. Vista in stead of printing responds with save as a XPS file.Any one knowing of knowing how to solve this prob ...

My Vista system has Quicktime Pro installed. It was running fine until I started getting error messages indicating " buffer underruns " and the program would shut down. I've deinstalled and reinstalled, went back to an earlier restore point but no luck. No help from Apple Quickti ...

Hey guys!! I have a problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate. It showed me the Ultimate Extras downloads. I chose to download them. For some reason I had to restart in the meantime and I wasn't able to see them installed. Now I restarted my computer and they are not showing as available anym ...

I am also having problems viewing temp internet files. I run vista home premium. None of the paths in previous paths on these posts take me to 'temporary internet folder'. When I access it through 'Internet Options' only shows a handfu ...

Can Vista's builtin defragger actually defrag the page file? ...

I see that on Creative's web site that EAX is possible with the Audigy SE using the OpenAL drivers. However, I'm reading other things that state EAX is o ...

When I plug in the external USB drive I use for backup, Vista recognizes it, can read and write to it, etc. But within a few minutes Vista "forgets" the location of the USB drive. I note that, like most people, I have mult ...

I disabled my built in microphone in my notebook, because I couldn't find how to mute it. Now I need it, and cant figure out how to reenable it. I also still haven't found out how to adjust the input volume of the mic. ...

Is there a way to record audio that is already going thru the sound card like the radio output of iTunes for instance? I've tried but get zero level audio :(Thanks Paul ...

Escenario: Active Directory Domain Pc whit Winddows Vista (for this example Bussiness) Config. a GPO (Computer and User config)Administrative Templates \ System \ Removable Storage Access“Removable Disks: Deny write access” Enable Apply the GPO in the OU for Windows Vista computers. gpupdat ...

32 bit vista home premium.control panel>problem reports and solutions."Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident.notwithstanding that I have no idea what awServ.exe is, to what extent might this cause a problem might it indicate ...

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 Archi ...

Is it me or does it take a long time to get emails with WinMail? ...

Can I put my PC into sleep mode after I've set Media Center to record a TV program or must I leave it running?Cheers.Bobby ...

Help; I can't get any sound out WMP11 now...(it was fine yesterday) Also windows sounds don't work either...anyone else having this problem..I'm running Vista Home Premium. ...

The sleep mode function is not available in the shutdown options. Is there a way to turn it on? ...

I have two windows open in Windows Internet Explorer and when I put in a 3rd one it erases the first one. So how can I have 10 windows open at the same time so I can go to which one I want? ...

I just bought a new computer, with vista installed, but now it shows me a message telling me this: "Please insert your serial number or Windows will stop working in 3 days" Then i've typed the correct one, and the same baloon sa ...

I have tried to download a couple of gadgets for my sidebar. When they try to install I get an error message stating that there was a problem with line:23 and that there was an automation error.The gadgets that came with vista work fine an ...

I can get the user name of a process in Windows XP by following code: GetCurrentProcess(); GetSecurityInfo(handle,SE_KERNEL_OBJECT,OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,&pSidOwner,NULL,NULL,NULL,&pSD);LookupAccountSid(NULL, pSidOwner, lpName,&cchName,lpReferencedDom ...

I have been running Vista Home Premium for a couple of months, and it always showed the video adapter driver twice in the Device Manager (Primary and Secondary ...

On my other new laptop with home premium vista, I can only get partially connected to my home network. It identifies the network name, shows it is "connected with limited access". Any one know what I am missing (or ...

How do I change the network name in Vista from workgroup to something else? i wanna change it from WORKGROUP to MSHOME. Also is there a wizard in Vista for setting up network sharing etc like XP pro has?I need help with enabling fileshari ...

Not all my games are showing in the Games Explorer. Is there a way to add them? ...

I'm seeing a lot of shadow tearing when I play F.E.A.R. Extraction Point.I'm running the 32bit version of Vista with an NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS.I just instal ...

The link "send to" does not work in Windows Vista / Outlook 2007. When the predetermined program is outlook 2007 it does not work, and the link "email" in the start menu it says "the element that it has selected is not available. it is poss ...

Trying to import an Access 2003 contacts db to Windows Contacts. I've exported the db to cvs (txt) but when I import it into Windows Contacts it puts .Contact at the end of all dat ...

I CAN NOT DELETE A MESSAGE. THIS ERROR HAPPENED WHEN MY PC WAS UP DATING. WHEN I WENT TO CHECK EMAIL THIS ONE MESSAGE WOULD NOT DELETE CAN YOU ADVISE HOW TO CURE THE PROBLEM THANKS TAR ...

Major screw up. Though I was performing a full backup (the first with my new HP dv6324) and guess what? It filled the D: volume (not the DVD) and told me the backup failed. Now, the D: volume is 100% full. Don't want to lose any of th ...

I have an HP 6310 Allinone on my local LAN. I've installed the lastest downloads and hot fix from HP on the Vista Ultimate. Programs that use Twain scanner work fine. MS Fax and Scan does not see it ( ...

I recently upgraded my laptop to Vista Home Premium. Now I can not print to my Dell 922 AIO. I have downloaded the latest Vista drivers from Dell. The driver install appears ...

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium and saved some media files into a folder named "temp" within in the Video folder. Since they were just temporary vide ...

I have just reinstalled my computer and I think I have a permissions problem? I have a feeling that the registry is not allowing programs write to it? Most of my main programs a ...

The "SLI Ready" logo on Power Supply boxes may make you think it is certified to run SLI, but that may not be so.You may find yourself in the same shoes as I am, when you are trying to diagnose motherboard problems and the ...

Some of you may aware that BOClean was bought by Comodo. BOClean is an antimalware program that was developed and maintained by Kevin McAleavey and his wife Nancy. BOClean is an effective program, it's not a scanner, it o ...

Ok, I would have thought this would have been one of the easier things to do with migrating from my older WinXP computer to Vista (Enterprise 64). After all, surely somewhere close to 90% of folks are going t ...

I recently purchased an ipod 80 gb player and was using it to transfer music from my cds with Itunes 7.1 on my vista 32 pc (HP Pavilion a1730n) for 2 weeks with no problems. I then started downloading some video podcasts onto ...

A customer brought a pretty new Dell laptop w/Vista Home Premium into the shop that is getting this error on bootup. Same error in Safe Mode & Last Known Good Config. I tried taking the system repair option from the F8 boot ...

The help screens and support forums on the Creative website confuse the heck out of me when I'm trying to figure out how to enable the rear speakers of my XFI ...

Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the Home Premium. it refuses to allo ...

I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning and got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell and could not get it ...

is it possible to play background music while playing slideshow in Windows Photo Gallery? I searched but wasn't able to find any such option. ...

When I plug in my Sony Alpha DSLR using a USB 2.0 connection the files transfer process is very, very slow. It takes up two hours to import 30 or so images.Thanks for your help in this matter.Will ...

i am having trouble accessing my itunes and my "my music" folder thru windows vista. it tells me that i dont have permission to access the folder yet i am the administrator. ...

Vista Ultimate Windows media. When i click on a link like this go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87851&clcid=0x409First I get an not existing error and after a second click, IE keeps searching but kinda not find the file. I CAN download the link and play it th ...

Hello all,I noticed that there is no Local Security Policy in Vista Basic Home edition. So then, how do allow other users of my workgroup to access my computer without entering a password?A ...

I am currently trying to install the sims complete edition, and keep getting an I/O device error. This game was previously installed and was compatible with windows vista. If there are any fixes for this I would appreciate the help. ...

Hi Everyone,I've been seeing a problem where the Vista mail program does not recognize misspelled words when I do a spell check. It simply tells me, "The spelling check is Complete".This problem does not happen all the time. Has anyone else seen this ...

Sinds kort komen mijn emails niet automatisch meer binnen. Ik moet nu steeds Verzenden/Ontvangen drukken.Iemand ook last daarvan?Piet ...

I imported my oe mail folders from XP to Vista which was successful. one of my folders disappeared from my Windows Mail and I don't know how and wher ...

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I backed up my files like they said to do amd now my D: space is full.What should i do? ...

I am going through hunderds of photos and I would rather not right click and select delete on each one or select organize>delete. In XP it allowed me to cus ...

Trying to install user profile hive service on Vista Basic, get the follwoing error message. "There is a problem with this Windows Installer Package.A Program ran as p ...

I used Lavasoft Ad aware in Xp.. I read it's not completely compatible with Vista.. ran a scan.. looks like it considered every cookie a threat.. I left them alone. In XP I remember ...

HiI created a shortcut in my old XP system for Office 2000 component Photo Editor which worked well.Now, on my Vista Ultimate, copying the shortcut to the Send to folder doesn't seem to work. It just doesn't show up in the context menu at a ...

HiI have Vista home premium. had problems with soundcard but now fixed when i plug in headphones it recognises they are there but nothing plays back through them.any ideas thanks ...

I am using a USB cable to put my pictures on the computer. i dragged them all into the pictures folder and then deleted them from the USB connection screen. this also deleted them from my camera.. now i cann't find them anywhere and it seems they are saved to the folder i dragge ...

On some programs my mouse pointer appears to have a "half moon" circle around it particularly when the mouse is in motion...very irritating. Never happend in XP but happens alot i ...

i have vista premium copy which is genuine but after i did a format and installed it again.it tells me that the product key is invalid when it is valid.But the validation process i ...

Hi,I am trying to figure out how to allow ping for a Vista Business machine. Some people mentioned to enable ICMP echo request in the core networking r ...

I recently purchased a Smart Card Reader. I am using Vista Business. I wanted to know if anyone knows if I can require a registered ID to be inserted, and then a password to log ...

I have Windows Vista and am using the email program provided. I am unable to open *.pdf files from within the email program. Outside of the mail program, they ...

I have View, Layout, Folder Bar checked. If I visit a moderated mews group (such as news://dogagent.com/moderated.test) a moderated flag comes up on the folder bar. The only way to get rid of that flag is to close Windows Mai ...

Need help on how to unassociate a file. I associated *.3gp with Rhapsody. I think it would be better not associated at all. Even though I have Roxio, I want all *.3gp files to have no program association...period.What d ...

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I'm runnig windows vista business 32bit. I am loged on as an administrator. when I go to task manager and go to the users tab and click on a user that is loged ...

I am an installation programer. The setup program I created shall create shortcuts at desktop after install and remove the shortcuts after uninstall. This setup works fine with all other Windows platforms except Vista. ...

In XP there was a nice tab called wireless on my wireless card settings where I could configure the cards wireless settings, where is the equivalent ...

how do I get text to speech working. I don't now how to start it. please help!! Amrykid ...

im having some major errors with my wireless, two £150 per hour engineers could not find out what was wrong....HELP ME! This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. ...

I have a sample script I'd like to run on my Vista Home Premium box. How do I do it?Thanks ...

Hello,I am a freelance consultant and heavy user of Winternals Administrator Pak.I understand that Microsoft acquired Winternals and is offering the upgrade as "Microsoft Desktop Opt ...

In XP I import/export from outlook to and an external drive. Files are there an ok.I plug the drive into Vista and it see the other files but not the outlook pst files.I move the files to subdirectories on the usb drive ...

I just did a clean install of Windows Vista Home Premium. All updates in place. I set up my DSL connection and I have to "Connect To" it every time rather than it auto connecting unnoticed as it did in XP. When it has a problem auto connecting at startup, it asks to make a " ...

I am using Vista , but my font size in sceen is small. How can I use larger font size in Vista. I found no where to chnage the font size. Could anyone give a hand? Thanks. ...

New laptop, Vista preinstalled. Opens all doc attachments from email, but in some cases (not all), after a few seconds I get the message "MS Office Word has ceased to function ... and is now closing down" (or something similar). Saving the at ...

I ahve just got a new laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. I have managed to muck up the taskbar. Normally the programms running sit on the taskbar from the left side goin right. After what i did, i am not sure what they have postitioned themselves on t ...

Hi. I could use some help..I just bought myself vista ultimate32 retail box. But while opening it the second dvd, ultimate64, were not fastened in any way. The dvd already got some scrathes...Is this the ...

Hi all,I installed Acrobat 8 Pro on Vista Home Premium 64x Editition but when I try to use the program it pops up a warning message saying:Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional cannot be launche ...

I've read the double install / loophole to get a fresh install of Vista from an upgrade version. I wanted to do this on a new hdd and partition the drive into a C and D with ...

The disc works fine in 2 XP machines. I have XP professional DVDROM and this works fine on the Vista machine, but it won't run my new Office Enterprise 2007 DVD. Please help. ...

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Hi there.A really funny thing happend on my way to the forum this morning :)After Microsoft's Update service installed the update for Visual Studio 2005 , KB932232 My Maxtor SATA disk completely disappeared (error (0x80070015) i ...

Ok, after spending the last couple of hours reading the posts from searches on "ram" and "memory", I don't know which I'm afraid of more, changing my memory configuration, or asking the fol ...

My Linksys wirelesss adaper WUSB54GC is running with the XP driver that came with it.When I download and install from Linksys the Vista driver, the ...

microsoft keeps telling me its stoped working and its not finding solutions why i carnt access the control pannel, save my work or anything involving microsoft. i have found a cou ...

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Hi.In Windows XP we have to install 2 .dll files, if we want to see the metacreation filter in stationeries: Dxmeta2.dll dxtmsft3.dllCan I use the same .dll's in Windows Vista Business?I haven't tried, because to start the dll's we need to type so ...

Hello I have a new HP notebook and there some applications that don´t work quite right. So I called HP and they told me that there is a "Down Grip", I ...

I am installing Vista over xp2 The system stops installation with error Any help would be appreciated Tony Cooper ...

my new laptop runs vista buisness unfortunatly my older programs wont run on vista how can i get rid of vista and install xp pro clipsal ...

i tried installing office 2007 enterprise on my computer that has vista home basic running. i keep getting this error that says something like cant find file "en.us/outlook". bran new sata II hard drive. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated ...

Hi. I could use some help..I just bought myself vista ultimate32 retail box. But while opening it the second dvd, ultimate64, were not fastened in any way. The dvd already got some scrathes...Is this the way retail boxes are sold??best regards remy lyssand ...

i have this really annoying problem of trying to play music files in windows vista media player. from the library i select a song to play and it says...media changing... i have to then wait a minute and a half between son ...

I have an old Dual 1228 turntable hooked through a pre ampand want to connect it to my HP computer. My goal is to scrub and record my old vynl records in the Windows Media Player center. My pre amp outpu ...

I have a problem connecting to the Windows Help and Support website (e.g. F1 from the desktop).I get the following message: "You have lost your connection to the Windows Help and Support website. Try to conne ...

I've spent way to much time trying to find this answer......We have two offices.....each has a domain.....in XP when you mapped network drives the other office s ...

I have 1 desktop and a laptop.they both have wireless connections but thats not how I wanted to wire them. My laptop is the computer connected to the internet, and w ...

I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same problem as me. When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the message "The RPC server is una ...

I bought a new PC less than 8 weeks ago with Vista Home Premium. Activated Vista on day 1. Today I get a message telling me I have 3 days left to activate Windows following a hardware change. When I try to I'm told the product key is already in use (of cou ...

Hi, I have had this issue ever since I installed Windows Vista Ultimate on my PC. I used to run Windows XP, and have never had this problem while running XP. The problem is, everytime I play a game for sometime (the time when it happens varies ...

Just got this new computer with Vista and after finally figuring out how to run Everquest on it, everytime I log off the game and log back on I have to reset my UI's on my characters. Is there a way I can fix this problem, I had no trouble with this on XP P ...

How do I change my email font and have it stay that way alwasy everytime I close out it goes back to what it was. Connie ...

Re: New Windows Mail with Vista operating systemWhen I attach a picture to an outgoing email, it shows in the body too. How do I stop this. I just want the picture as an attachemnt and NOT in the email itself. mike p ...

Is it just me or does anyone else have this problem? I will open a mail, hit reply, sometimes the whole program will sort of flicker or fade in and out or in some way become irradic, and the mail will be sent before I ever had a chance to type in my r ...

Well everythign was working fine now my mail will not send. It appears I receive mail OK but it will not send or delte from the send box. ...

I am not able now to recover mail from other servers when I click on send and receive I now get an error message 0x800CCC19 on the three servers which I wish to connect. Originally the import took place automatically then I had to ...

I'm trying to set up my email account and dont know the server info such as pop3 ectplease help! Thanks ...

I have a 19 inch Dell Ultra Sharp 1907FP monitor. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro with 256 MB. The native resolution is set to 1280 X 1024, which is the proper display setting.I am n ...

I have a dualboot of Vista Business OEM and Windows XP Home. All is running fine; can boot into either system. I bought Vista Business for the complete imag ...

With XP I can group by name and sort by name, which grouped files/folders into individual groups beginning with A..B..C etc, since moving to Vista it is now grouping AH IP and QZ. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD IT DO ...

I'm still having problems with the windows vista sidebar. It was working fine then suddenly it stopped working and I can't seem to view the gadgets properly. They appear either as a blank black or white box.Any sug ...

Microsoft must have finally fixed the problem, I had an autmotic download of a Vista update and the next day my Windoes Mobile Sync started working again. I did absolutely nothing, thus it ...

I needed to uninstall a program. So, I went Start>Control Panel>Programs>Uninstall a Program. Once the windo populated the "Uninstall" option was missing for all prgrams. There was only "Organinize" and "View."I'm lost, any id ...

I have .WAV files selected for both "low battery & battery critical" in my sound scheme, but neither goes off when the battery gets low. All other sounds ...

I don't have a TPM on my notebook so I have tu use a USB memory device to store the key (as said in the windows help). I don't have a usb key eater but I was planning on buying an ipod 80 gig and I wan't to know if I can use it for the bitlocker feature.Thanks ...

Specs: MB: Asus L1N32 (Socket F) CPU: 2 x FX74 Mem: 2 x 2GB DDR2 Video: 2 x 8800GTXSo here is the issue. This motherboard ...

vista seems to bog down big time and lock up alot .. why is this anyone know.... ...

I'm having difficulty understanding how to organize my programs within groups on the Start Menu. If I right click All Programs and Explore All Users, and o ...

Just checking to see what I would have to do to down grade to windows xp? What is the simplest way. ...

Hi, can anyone tell me if Excel 2007 under Vista support Voice command and voice controlled editing of cells in a sheet?Thanks, Vincent ...

I have tried to hide the menu bar in Explorer, uncheck menu bar in organize, layout, uncheck in folder options view tab always show menus If I click Alt key, the menu change to underline only. How can I fix this problem. Thanks, your help will be appreciated. Don ...

Hello,I have transfered my itunes from my old pc (with XP) to my new laptop with Vista. Why can I not change the song info anymore? Its all greyed out.Thanks ...

I get an error mssg. when i want ro open my newly installed Print workshop.What should I do? ...

Well this looks like mr Bean story, but I am so upset, that I must share my experience.Microsoft organized Imagine Cup competition. I was adviser of the winning team, and received genuine copy of Vista Business edition. Good time to refresh OS on my Athlon 64 3 ...

Hello.I'm using the classic start menu and when I click on it opens normally, but when I click on something in there (for example: search, i.explorer, any programs and all other ...

I play The Sims a lot, and when I got this laptop I noticed that when I download pretty much anything that's zipped or is an .exe file, windows will stop and then restart. Someti ...

I just bought a windows vista license. I don't mean that my computer came with vista preinstalled I actually mean than I bought a retail version of windows vista on Amazon. Now I wonder this: If I install and activate windows ...

I copy my games onto the computer, then when I go to play them it wont recognize the disk in my drive. What's going on here? Any help? Dano ...

I have a new Dell XPS (2.40 Ghz core 2 duo) with 2GB of ram and a 250 GB hard drive with Dell installed Vista. I purchased an Epson Perfection V100 Photo scanner and downloaded and installed the driv ...

I have vista and am having difficulty with trying to find a programme to rip and burn DVD's can anyone help ...

support.microsoft.com/kb/315266/enusI have recently been having problems when trying to waken from hibernation mode. I seem to be able to do it fine the first time but when I the ...

Hi,I am running Vista Business OS now since January this year. So far there are goods things about Vista and there are definatelt bad things occurring that i need help with.My PC is Pentium 4, 3.06Ghz, 4G Ram, Nvidia 7600 Card, Creative Audigy ZS VE External Sound Card.I also ...

At startup windows starts the hard drive self test, but seconds later the computer freezes completely. This happen every time I boot the computer, if I skip the test then everything is fine.I check the HD from BIOS for errors and it is fine.Any ideas? ...

I had Vista 32 bits on C:\ and Xp Pro on D:\I decided to install Vista 64 bits... I format my C:\ during the setup but now the Vista Boot Menu is gone !How Can I recover the Vista Boot Menu ... XP pro is still installed on drive D:\I ...

I installled RC 1, having no idea that it would expire today. I want to upgrade to the real Vista Ultimate. I bought it online and as it down loads from the digital locker an Error m ...

I reformatted my computer and reinstalled windows using the activation key on the bottom of my dell notebook. It didnt work. So i called and had the assistant change my activation key for me and it still didnt work. It would have been easier t ...

I am running on a MSI K8NGM2 (Socket 939) motherboard with Athlon 3000 hz proces