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I created a standard user account with no administrative priviledges. I then logged back on as the administrator, then I disabled user account control UAC, then I disabled the Administrator Account. I am now u ...

Where could i possibly download all the mini games like mine sweepers, chess that come with vista? Because my vista didn't have any of those games.... my is a business version. ...

The last twice I've been playing on vista64 rc2, I've had BF2 freeze after an hour or two of online play, and found a message box behind the game saying "BF2 has experienced a memory error". Anyone else getting this, possibly after applying update patch 1.4 ...

I click on Windows mail. Winmail.exe is running in the task manager but there is no user interface. How do I get it back?Thanks, Paul N Temple ...

Does Vista Mail have a calendar? Thanks! Scotter ...

I have my windows mail configured to check for new mail when I get into the program, but it doesnt do it. I have to do send/receive.Any suggestions? ...

I just installed Vista Ultimate. But when I turn off media center, my screen becomes green and blueish with lots of flickering and coloured stripes. The same thing happened when I tri ...

i got an issue with VISTA. when my computer boot up after the welcome screen, every thing load up real fast then the hard drive just stop running. 20 sec later ...

I just downloaded Vista, and now when I go to certain sites, such as pogo.com, my computer gets this black screen flashing on before my computer shuts down telling me it has to shut down or damage my computer. The ...

I know one of the cool new features of Vista is supposed to be able to switch your windows and watch them rotate around. But it's not that fun if the shortcut for the window switch option never works. I have gone to the options windo ...

I also have had Lexmark problems the 5470 isn't listed in the compatability list and when I use the Lexmark disc it states "windows for 32bit Systems? Printer worked fine before, but can't get Vista to recognize it I plugged it in and out of the USB ports, but the system doesn ...

Hi, I have just installed Vista on my PC. For net connection I use a USB DSL modem [ZyXEL Prestige 600 series].When I try to connect to internet, it connects easily, but after some time, app ...

Hi, I have used several beta versions of windows vista. In the final version which I use now, I find that the maximum transparency achievable with AERO is somewhat restricted. I mean, I was able to achieve higher transparency levels in the earlier ...

I had 1 gig of ram in my computer and wanted to add another one..so i bought another gig to add and when i did add it, it says i have three days to activate windows, but i have already activated windows and when i try and type in my key gen again it says it is already in use ...

I just installed Vista on a machine I had at home. During the install I choose HOME when it asked me where I would be using it, HOME, WORK or PUBLIC were the choices. After reading an article on installing Vista, it said a better choice was WORK for it's networkin ...

i have gateway ml3706 laptop and the screen is too bright. i dont know how to adjust its brightness and i have been searching on line and cant figure out ...

I came across what may be a bug in Vista today. Has anyone had their Aero Theme go away on restarts? I set mine to Aero and it loads and works fine. All of a sudden, the display gets kinda funky along the taskbar, the quicklaunch ...

My slave drive (D:) has become unaccesable and the error message I receive is Corrupt Master File Table.I have a Dual boot System with XP on the C: drive and Vista Beta on the D: dri ...

Could anyone recommend a tv tuner that is compatible and works fine with vista x64? It should be able to decode analog and dvbt signals. andersg ...

I have not been able to get my mouse to work correctly on windows Vista. I am abble to scroll on word excell and other programs of that sort but i am not able to scroll on a enternet webpage that i open. I ...

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I have been using the Program Manager in all my computers for years. I have used it in Windows 3.1, 3.5, 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, 2000 Pro, XP, and XP Pro. now that I have Windows Vista I want to use my Program Manag ...

I am looking for a way to modify a users profile and import it into the default users profile as done in XP.I attempted to paste the new setting into the Users\Default profile but am getting an accessed denied error. ...

I just upgraded to windows vista, I cant use my iTunes with it though, whenever i try to start the program my computer shuts down I see a blue screen and when i restar ...

Ixue for Windows Update. Go to Windows update. Click on change settings (on the left). Check "never check for updates." Remove any other checks (Recommended update and ...

Hello, I am trying to use the Microsoft Managament Console to apply Group Policy to individual user groups on a local level. All Group Policy settings that I ...

I _think_ I understand the reasoning behind virtualisation of Program Files (and other system folders) is to make older applications work with the new security. But why are the virtualised files stored on a peruser basis, rather than somewhere access ...

I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATELLITE A135 LAPTOP WIT WINDOWS VISTA BASIC.. I LOST MY ACCOUNT PASSWORD. I CAN'T LOGIN AS ANYTHING ELSE BUT THAT ACCOUNT(ADMINISTRATOR,GUEST) ...

I found that I was able to use shortcut keys to fix my problem. I had over 180 deleted messages and I couldn't use the 'empty deleted folder' option. Instead I found that, if I press "ALT" then "E" then "Y&q ...

Brand new Vista box with freshly installed home premium. Everthing seems normal except that after a reboot the internet (broadband) connection must be manually started using the "connect to" menu.The tray icon shows "local access only". After establishing an in ...

How to create a restore point in vista ? I did the search and I'm not finding what I want. Thought you guys could help on this. thanks ...

I am totally baffled!I have just performed a clean install (for the 3rd time ... 2 different Ultimate installs & 1 Enterprise install all with legitimate keys) on a st ...

I partitioned my C drive so that I could install Vista and run dual boot. I don't necessarily want to remove Vista but I would like to edit the boot loader if possible ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate on a Dell XPS 410. I notice that when I try to download certain web sites (www.campmor.com is an example) they are painfully slow. It has happened on several, but the campmor site comes to mind. I tried both my browsers, IE and Foxfire. Both are very slow to ...

With Vista it seems that every time I change a folder to details view, the columns are setup for Pictures and Videos i.e. "Date taken", "Tags", "Rating" etc...How can I change it so that whenever I select details view for a folder it displays standard columns ...

In XP I recall a feture that warned me that a recording is taking place if I wanted to shutdown / restart my PC. I cannot seem to find this faeture in Vista Media Centre, please can anyone help? ...

Hello, Core Duo 2.13 XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2 2GB Ram I just received my upgrade copy of Vista Business. Have a second empty hard drive and want to install Vista there so that I can dual boot and just "visit" Vis ...

I have two brand new machines, which both came with Vista Ultimate installed on them.One is a 32bit desktop, that is connected to a router. The other is 64bit laptop, which shares the internet connection provided by the 32 bit deskto ...

I can't find the "compact all folders" menu command that was present in Outlook Express. "Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance" has a setting to "Compact the database on shutdown every" [setting] runs ...

This is my second time experienceing this.First with a beta and now with Vista Business. The system will not boot as it feezes at the bootsceen. Even in Safe mode it does not get past the boot. When I try the sugestion of ...

Further to the problem I am having with the 'blank page' It is an IE 'blank page' and seems to pop up when I download updates from 'Windows Update' and it just happened now ...

So, I am about to buy a tablet pc with Windows Vista on it. I am a student and love the programs contained in the education pack. Does Vista include those applications or will ...

I'm trying to add a name to my Contacts but the toolbar isn't there. I restarted but that didn't help. It was there last week when I added all my contacts after setting up my new computer. This isn't the only prob ...

Hello, I recently acquired a legal copy of Windows Vista Bussiness version with a legal key. I'm kinda unhappy about the fact I could only get Bussiness. My PC currently runs Windows XP Pro Media Center 2005. If I install Vista Bussiness, I will lose my media center and co ...

Since starting to use Vista on my main PC at home I have an intermittent problem sharing media to my Xbox 360. The Windows Media Centre Extender works rel ...

I'm trying to create an IPSec VPN tunnel to connect to a particular subnet. the IPSec fileter is defined as a specific subnet (like 192.168.1.0/24). If the IPSec filter is defined for the subnet, the IPSec driver si ...

Hello,I read in the Microsoft Press Vista Inside and Out book that Microsoft has fixed the Quick Launch bar so that it can no longer be undocked from the start menu bar (stupid move Microsoft). So now I am wondering if any one knows of a third party option that would allow ...

I had not used ANY tech support on my Vista installation... When I attempted to access tech support and entered my product code, I got the above message. I can't find a way to ask about this problem without paying sixty bucks and taking time away from my REAL problem. ...

I have just successfully got Outlook 2000 to run in Vista. Now in Calendar I'm trying to get the months to show just below the toolbar as I had in Win ME. My old display showed several months at a time kind of in a large 'thumbnail' fashion and those days committed with an appointm ...

Hi, I added a bunch of contacts to Vista contacts via import of a CSV. Now I can open contacts, but if I click on one it crashes Explorer. The taskbar and sidebar disappear and take a few seconds to r ...

I have a Toshiba satellite A135S4427 Laptop with Vista Home premium preinstalled on it. I have had it for a couple of months and recently have had problems when I use the shutdown bu ...

With XP I had setup a "Normal" and "Basic" hardware profile and under each custom selected what services to start. Essentially I used "Basic" to play game ...

i 'm a brit living in S.Korea I've got home premium korean edition & I want to upgrade to ultimate & change the laguage. Where do I get the right upgrade from & how do I change the language settings?? Thanks ...

I just installed Vista on our computer as a dual boot with XP so I can migrate my stuff over without a hassle, Vista seems a bit slower then XP and wondered if like X ...

Yet Update and Defender say all definitions are current, nothing to download.So I have a RED Balloon I cant get rid of...Huh?Rgds ...

I checked my Vista page file and it says I have one @ 3694 MB I tried to change it to the recommended setting of 4986 MB but it didn't do it after I rebooted. It stayed ...

Hi I've migrated my home network to Windows Vista (2 Laptops with Business, the Server/Media Center with Home Premium). Everything works fine except my MediaCenter, which has 2 160GB hard drives in RAID 0 configuration. The HD performance was lightning ...

I CAN ONLY USE MY WEBCAM WHEN SHARING IT WITH AN IM AND MY MICROPHONE DOSENT WORK AT ALL EVERYTHING IS HOOKED UP PROPERLY AND I CANT EVEN FIND ANYTHING ON MY PC THAT SAYS IT IS CONNECTED ...

Hello, everyone, I was wondering if anyone out there knew how to make it to where these speakers work on a new HP desktop. It's running Windows Vista Home Premium and has a Real ...

Running Vista Business edition, motherboard D945PSN with PentiumD 3GHz, upgraded from XP Pro. The motherboard has builtin sound.The previously excellent 6 spea ...

Hi,where I can buy the Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic N OEMEdition? In my town I can't find one reseller and no OnlineShop sells this version.Where can I buy the N Edition for Vista Home Basic?Wer ...

I got an Apple iPod nano for my birthday and I just got a new computer. It's Windows Vista and it has Windows Media Player 11. The problem is, I can rip songs from a CD to the computer but I can't sync the music into my iPod. Can someon ...

We have just connected a laptop to a BT Home Hub. Having made a LAN connection, our desktop PC shows up but also another BT network named "Thompson". Altho ...

Is it possible to access a shared folder without having a user account on the PC, like you could with XP?I thought I had cracked this by turning off passwords, but the email I sent myself (!) said:I have given y ...

what is pfochk.exe and why is it trying to run in my start up routine. I currently have it blocked. Do I need it? ...

I have noticed that for some messages the option to add to junk mail list is grayed out. This seems to be (usually at least) on messages that are coming in with ...

I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it to. Why is this, and can I change it??? ...

I have email messages that I exported from Earthlink Mail in XP and now that I have Vista the Windows Mail program doesn't recognize them for import. I have them saved in .csv format. ...

I have a number of email senders whose messages consistently get flagged as junk and moved into the junk folder.If I mark them as Not junk, they just come right back inot the ...

Hi,I have installed Vista and want to import my mails from Outlook 2000 in Win Mail. After choosing import/mail/outlook I get an error concerning a MAPI client.Any idea's how to solve this problem, doing a websearch does not give m ...

Ok I have read some of these posts and still don't know what to do about this. I got this brand new computer which came with Vista I didn't have an option of an OS. No ...

Mail will not let me open pdf attachments direct.I saw a fix for pps and ppt attachments but it was N/A for my issue.Anyone help?RG ...

I have just bought a toshiba L30 laptop which runs Windows Vista Home Basic, for some reason any windows i have open will minimise without me even clicking the minimise button, it usually happens when im clicking on the scroll ...

in Performance Information and Tools all the ratings (vpu, memory,...) are gone and i don't know why it is just a blanck page under last rating and nothing is there please i need help? this the link just paste it in RUN Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Pe ...

Recently, when I save documents to the Desktop (e.g., with Word or a downloaded file using Firefox), the documents don't show up (i.e., the icons don't show up). T ...

paulgraham.com/microsoft.htmlMicrosoft is DeadApril 2007A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from ...

I saw some posts complaining about norton...I cannot agree more... NortonBugs combating with VistaBugs is not nice... at least have the vistabugs by themelves :)here is a norton removal tool in case anyone wants to ditch it. (vista compat ...

but I can't see the server at the office. How do you get the server to show and start using the hard drives on it?Thanks... harry ...

Hello!I'm trying to finish configuration of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. I've set the default for outgoing apps to Block, and I've permitted the applications I've installed access.What I can't get to work is Windows Updates / Automatic Updates. Does anyone know what ...

In case anyone from Microsoft is reading the newsgroups the latest video driver update for 8800 GTS videocards released yesterday via the Windows update for Vista do not ...

Am getting the occasional EMail that goes direct to my Junk EMail folder in Windows Mail and the subject line is all in red with a Red X at the left end. This is from someone in my address book and trusted. When I right click and UNBLOCK it, it go ...

Me compre un notebook hace unas semanas kiero conectar el windows mail que trae mi windows vista a mi cuenta de gmail............ pero no lo puedo hacer este es el mensaje ke me entrega el error... si alguien me puede ayudar grac ...

Hi can i run vistas ultimate with 512Mb of ram If no how much ram is required, since i will be using vistas on my laptop. ...

Is there a document anywhere showing the command line options for explorer.exe? ...

Vista Premum Installed a second hdisk into my pc. In Computer Management, right click on new drive. There is no option to format as there is in XP. All i can select is properties?!Any ideas? ...

I can not transfer my Files, because the "old System" have had a different language than the new one!And now????? What can I do?Greeting! ...

I asked this question before some weeks ago and never got a fix to the issue so I'll ask again and detail a bit more.My system restore points are automatically made but there is never more than two to three points available normally only back 2 days. I do not have a ...

Setup:Vista Business Asus NCCLDL 2 x Xeon 2.8GHz 2048 MB Club3D AGP 8X nVidia 6600 (128bit, 256 MB)1. Vista won't keep 1280x1024 screen resEverytime I boot, vista resets screen res to 1024x768 and I have to manually set it back. I have installed latest nVidia drivers umpteen times v ...

Same issus as others but with the errors 80092003, 8050A001 & 80070714 (different error each time after reboot). And error 80070643 when updating direct from Defe ...

I think these guys are working for the Microsoft Entertainment Division and are paid to provide entertainment to the "troops" here in the Vista general group. Keep it up guys and Fo ...

anyone have an idea why whenever i try to access help it opens two windows one is a download window and the next is an error saying it cannot download form /help. my first thought was a virus b ...

My system restore only shows two restoration points even though it should be backing up daily? I am not dual booted, do not have third party disk cleaner, have not run disk clean, have not make any registry changes. ...

Am receiving duplicate emails(very annoying!). This has only started happening. The email scanning in my security software is turned of. Does anyone have a solution for this. ...

Most of the time when I start Mail, it doesn't automatically check for new mail. I have to click "Receive All" for it to check for new mail. I have checked the box "Send and receive mail at startup" in the options section of Tools, but it doesn't do it most of t ...

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i have read some answer you guys have given i still don't know how to change the optione with my spelling ...

You can remove them with this free tool, making a customized installation DVD.vlite.net/about.htmlYou can even remove things like WMP 11 and IE7, search index etc....You might want to ...

I am a rookie I am even new to this forum. I used to run XP and sync my computer with my Hand held computer before my PDA crashed. My PDA is the Mio pocket PC and runs on Outlook 2002. My new computer is running on Vista and I cannot get the two computers to sync in order to syn ...

My wife has bougth a laptop as she claims I allways uses our desktop PC:o Is there a way I can set up Vista on her laptop so she can access documents and not at least her mail on ...

trying to send a mail, in the TO field y write the address well i write the body text and press the send button due that the mail address is inside Wcontacts once pressed send button the address appears twice!! and the mail can't be sent due to ...

I was at a friends Dell Vista Dimension E520 today with 512MB RAM and when I went to control panel / system advanced it was reporting paging/virtual memory as recommended 754mb ...

vista home premium is schedule to backup every week error is my backup partition is full HP made it that way how can i fix backup error or resize partition without damage ...

It is a little hard to explain, but at random times when my computer is reading/writing my hard drive, My hard drive just randomly stops responding. When this occurs,My mouse still ...

I have a hp psc all in one (1215) and am currently using widows vista home premium. Whilst my printer works I am unable to use any of the functions of the hardware. I presume that this is a software incompatability issue with vista (I see that most things are), so is there a patc ...

Bought the Action Replay DS software for my sons DS, software installs fine, Vista will not find a driver for the DS itself when plugged into the USB port.Chuck the same ...

I have just tried to download some music, but a message pops up saying 'Background Intelligent Transfer Server could not be started, it may be disabled' It suggests going into start, but I don't really know what to do... ...

I'm trying to upgrade from XP to Vista. Installation keeps getting interrupted with a message telling me to "Convert FAT32 to NTFS" in Command Pr ...

Hey all,I recently purchased a new computer that included Vista Home Basic standard.I've been a Windows user since Windows 3.0, so I've experienced just about every headache that Microsoft has thrown at us over the years.I've been very happy with the overall stability of XP ove ...

Hello. I have a problem with my picture viewing. Everytime I look at any of my pictures for some reason they change color. For example if a picture originally has a ...

hi.I configure The policies "UAC: Run all administrator in Admin Approval Mode" Enable in a Domain controler. HOW COULD I CONFIGURE A LOCAL ADMINISTRATO ...

Hi there,I've just bought a new laptop with Vista. I want to view a CD (I'm not sure if its a CD or dvd) with some XRay, CT and MRI images of an operation I have just had. When I insert the CD I get a box appearing ...

Why is this happening? It does with every picture email that is sent out from me or fwded. ...

Hello. I get a message telling me that I can not switch to the newsgroup. Can anyone help? ...

how do you delete anything sent and received that comes back as errors ? ...

I'm having trouble receiving mail from nonVista users. I get all my mail from other people that are also using Vista. Is this possible or a problem with my ISP? ...

using asus M2N32SLI Deluxe board. 2gb dual channel ram, amdx2 5200+. evga 7800gt pcie card. 2 wd 10k rpm 74gb in raid 0 on sata 1 and 2. 160gb drive on sata 3. dvdrw on ide, floppy drive too. bios is set correctly to boot from the raid 0. sata raid is enabled for sata1 and 2 ...

Background: ========= I have a Vista laptop and a CompUSA router (at my house). I was having a XP tablet PC which worked like a charm I open it, plug in the Ethernet wire and it gets connected, no problem. But with Vista, it doe ...

I have 64bit vista n i can't run CnC 3 at all... it keeps comin up w/ the error that it need directx 9 or sumthin like that.... i'm running a ATI All in wonder x800 XT w/ all the current drivers n stuff necessa ...

I had XP SP2 and all my games worked fine, without any crashes. After I got Vista, any 3d game I have will crash in 515 minutes of playing, every time. I ...

I try to enter a name and number on the to line but it wont work, the only way it works in i take the name from thr contacts list. Can anyone tel me how or what is the right sintax for that? thanks ...

Guys what have I been telling you all along.. vista will have MORE attacks than XP ever had... because... JUST BECAUSE everything about vista is arrogant... and hackers smack down arrogance, becau ...

MS Wireless Intellimouse Model 1007 won't work on Vista. The cursor drags and moves in spurts only. It worked perfectly on XP.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ...

Like the modem port doesn´t know there is a network port beside it. All the time it happens, each window I open sometimes, and besides, the internet explorer keep on telling me i´m working offline and I have to dis ...

Hello everyone,I seem to all of a sudden be unable to send email properly in windows mail. If I send an email to myself for example it stays in my outbox. I also have a message that was sent I think from withi ...

Hi, i recently ugraded my graphics car from an Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 LE graphics to a PCI express nVidia Geforce 7100 GS 256mb card.However, my '3D business and gaming graphics performance' dropped from 3.0 to 2.6 after I updated my scores postinstallation.I have installed the lat ...

Attention Everyone: Compare the IP Address from My Original Post to the kevpan815@hotmail.com Imposter and you will notice that Two Most Recent kevpan815@hotmail.com Posts were not from Me, Just FYI.From: "Martha Stewart" Subject: Announcement Date: Wednesday, Apr ...

ForceWare Release 158 Version: 158.18 Release Date: April 26, 2007 WHQL Driver nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_158.18.html ...

Was wondering if one still needs to set aside space on the primary disk for a second OS. Is that still true?I have already set up Vista and was looking at Linux: Enterprise 4.0 onl ...

I access my company email through a website. Before upgrading to Vista Home Premium I had XP Home. With XP I could view my emails and reply to them. However now with Vista Home Premium I can still view the emails but when I click reply I see a blank ...

Hello folks. I'm trying to set my Vista Ultimate at home to be a VPN server. I have gone through all the steps from here theillustratednetwork.mvps.or ...

Hi i have a gateway gt5242e this is what i have on it amd athion tm 64 4000+ processor operates at 2.4 ghz 64bit processor with amd64 technology 2000 mhz fsb 1mb l2 cache nvidia r geforce tm 6100 chispet c51 dual channel capable 1 gb ddr 533 mhz memory tow 512 mb dimms 1 ...

After the Media Center update of 2442007 (KB932818), the Recorded TV 'preview icons' are blank (blue with title). This is in Vista Media Center as in t ...

I have two problemsNumber two is the bigger problem...1:I want to intall "Windows Media Player Bonus Pack PowerToy" but its says that I need a newer version but t ...

I there ... Well I bought a new computer , an HP notebook with windows vista home premium installed. I have two more computers, with win 2000 pro installed. With a router wireless I connect the two win 2000 pro via RJ45, when I go to network place I saw both win 2000 pro computers. The prob ...

Every time I try to share files on my network (wireless), I get the error message "The RPC server is unavailable." As far as I know, I have all the setti ...

All of a sudden I cannot send emails. I hit send and nothing happens. No error messages or nothing. It acts like it sends, but nothing. I look in the sent ...

Hi,I've just upgraded to 64bit Vista Business Edition, and am using Windows Mail as my newsreader.On WinXP, I used to use Outlook Express, and have several message rules there which I would like to bring into Windows Mail, if possible.I found the following a ...

I accidently added a word to the dictionary that was spelled incorrectly. How do I edit the dictionary to delete this word? TIa ...

I forgot how to set all the graphics and theme settings with the transparency and all that on Vista Premium to have the settings of Vista Basic for better performance. I did it before but I forgot now. Som ...

Hello,I have the snap to option for the mouse,and am used to that in XP,but i find that in Vista it doesnt go to the save button when i close for example no ...

Hi Folks,I've had a couple problems with sleep and hibernation, and now that I've fixed them, I want to share the solutions.First, my machine had the problem of waking u ...

Just tried to use CTL+ALT and minus or plus to print screen within the RDP 6 client and I can't do it, it does not put anything in the clipboard buffers remotely.How is this accomplished now? ...

When you press alt + tab it automatically selects the next window, where as when you press window+tab it remains on the active window. So, to get to the same window using alt tab, you only press tab once. To get to the same window using windows tab you have to hit the tab key twice. Is t ...

Hello,I need to know the registry key that gets updated/modified when the below operations are performed on Vista OS.1) If I disable/enable the windows default error reporting behaviour. 2) If I disable/enable 'Invite' for remote assistance. 3) If I disable/enable Always Use C ...

I have one question abut fax error. Can anyone help me if you know how to fix the problem? In the beginning, I run the fax (from my home even I use Vista Business) function smoothly. One day, I got a notice from my computer to run "Windows update". Then, I did. After finish ...

I am trying to run an rc flight sim but after downloading the d3drm.dll file I cannot get the pc to recognize it. Please help anyone!?! ...

When I goto the add/remove in vista I noticed there are hardly any programs listed..maybe 78 programs available for removal...i want to remove office 2007 trial and it doesn't show up...however when i boot into safe mode they are there. Can ...

this morning y went out for bussiness and i put my Vista in hibernateion state, all OK after a few hours i was front to my PC, y power up it i went to ...

Hi,I have an nVidia Raid 1 using two 750 gb drives in a mirror configuration. These are just for storage and do not have any operating systems installed on them. In Windows XP the raid works correctly and I only see one of the drives listed in My Computer ...

vista home prem preinstalled on T2250 laptop 1GB ramrepeated tries to install printer (attached ot another computer on small LAN), gave "... not enough m ...

Greetings, before I do this I need to know alittle info if you may help me.At the moment I have a 32bit Windows Vista and I'm wanting to upgrade to the full 64bit Ultimate edition. Is it possible to upgrade by e ...

when i click on anything with a video link or a wma file it wont play for me. i have to right click on it and save it to my desktop for it to play. i did what the faq section told me to do but it still doesnt work ...

Hi, When I preview a video or play a video in the gallery playback is slow and stuttered...any idea's what to do I have 1gig ram and a 2gig CPU. ...

I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to allow other computers to access the internet.I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet (3g Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Lap ...

From the Vista computer it can see a list of all the computers, but when you attempt to connect to the XP computer you are prompted for a user name and password. It prompts you even ...

I used the userpasswords2 method to set an autologin for my primary user account, which works fine. But if I then log off, and go to log back into the same acc ...

We just updated a laptop from XP to Vista home. The computer is a Dell purchased Windows Ready. We are using Office 2003, specifically Word. When we try to print or paste, or reply in Outlook, we get an error window titled " ...

It seems that the format of IAF files has changed in Windows Mail, at least I can't seem to import accounts into OE. Is there a way to modify the IAF files for Outlook Express? Nigel M ...

I have two problems setting up Windows Mail, No.1 apparently resolved for now, No.2 still requiring assistance.1. Some emails with attachments were not recorded as being sent still appeared in Outbox a ...

I still am unable to delete messages from my in box.When will micrtosoft get there crap together?I will use caps when they earn them. ...

Tried to restore XP using the Norton GoBack because my system restore does not work. Norton GoBack restored the system to 6.5.07 and although I should be able to restore to earlier dates, they ...

I just found out about this on a CNet forum. Snappy Fax is cheaper, but some folks have had issues with it. So if you're willing to pay the price. go here and give this a trial run, all your Home Premium folks like me who lost faxing abilities ...

Please click on the link below to vote for my poem. I need 50 votes to win!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!! Thank you, Hope you enjoy the poem!!!! poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=11953718 Wait ...

I installed a new CPU fan which involved taking out the CPU to clear off thermal paste and to also install the heatsink retention module which involved taking the Motheboard out, everything works fine but when I got to Windows it said there is a hardware change and I need to reactivate Windows ...

I accidentially installed the wrong driver for my samsung ml1740. It's a ntwork printer and now won't print. When I delete the printer and readd it, it automatically loads the wrong print driver (1750). I tired to find the wrong driver on my PC to delete it completely, but can't loca ...

I've bought myself a Seagate 320GB External HDD (USB 2.0 8MB cache if relevent) which i've plugged into my computer. It's supposed to just plug and go, however the machine is throwing up a window saying "WINDOWS NEEDS TO ...

Just notice that Realtek release a new update for AC'97 audio Vista Driver. Just want let anyone know about it. anyone know if this is digitally sign? ...

When I look at the system from the control panel it shows I have 3324Gb of RAM yet when I look at the system BIOS it shows I have 4Gb installed, which I do. When I look at the RAM on my Windows XP laptop it sho ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate Full version and downloaded the "CPU and Memory" monitor and it keeps showing that something is running in the background and is using 35% of memory. How can I check ...

When I try to answer (with Windows Mail) to a thread, a pop up makes it possible to send an email to the person in the thread. But system administrator notifies me that my mail is undelive ...

Hi,Can anyone help me getting my printer o work in Vista.HP Colour LaserJet 1600Thanks pretchortsi ...

Dear Sir,I found a very strange problem of Vista. When I try double click or right click to select PREVIEW or EDIT a JPG files on DESKTOP, nothing happens. However, the other files i.e. PDF or shortcut all works fine on deskto ...

I didn't hear any response from my last post on offline files. It seems that because offline files in Window Vista doesn't work the way it should, I'm stuck looking for another solution. Does any ...

I am trying to change a file directory list to a txt document using dos commands like I did with other windows operating systems. The commands are as ...

After recent Windows Vista update some icons in Start menu are not displayed properly. Any idea how to fix this problem? Mark ...

If you can just tell me where to look, I'll find it (I think): 1: I would like to customize my Explorer so that all detail are seen on every folder as well as file extensions fo ...

Using Home Premium, when I press Crtl, Alt or Shift, it shows me in the middle of the screen what I pressed can I switch that off?Thanks. ...

Windows Update with Windows Ultimate Extras I am logged in as AdministratorI get error: Code 8024A000 1) The error message does not indicate any cause that I could even think about fixing.. the help leads no where.2) what is are all the possible causes of this error ?3 ...

Does anyone know why i cant change my background in vista, or how i may go about doing that. I ran a virus/spyware scan and clean out my comp. and so i know its not that....but i STILL cant change it...only to solid ...

i have previously installed vista about 2 months ago and couldnt connect with my wireless(i have all the correct drivers etc) and went back to xp...what i find a little confusing is the passphrase/key bit which i think is the reason i cant connect...if i rese ...

I installed BT broadband on my computer yesterday. I have Windows Vista premium which was preinstalled on my computer when I bought it. The internet worked straightaway and just had a niggle with the mail asking fo ...

I have a logon script that uses net use to map S:\ and U:\ to two different server shares. I added a Vista machine to the network a few months ago and just today it started getting a little loopy with ...

Hi.I went to all the post about problems getting Vista to sleep. In my case it was working before but isn't anymore and I don't know what triggered it. ...

Even though I have not made any changes to the System Configuration Utility, whenever I boot up my computer (Vista 32bit) it runs saying that changes ...

I just installed Vista, Something really does bug me: I'm using classic start menu there is an automatic alphabetical order sorting in start / programs/ menu Even if I p ...

I'm having problems downloading Adobe Professional trail version to Vista it has saved the download in temporary internet folder does anyone know how to access program ...

Hi, I recently upgraded my computer from XP to Vista Ultimate. My bluetooth (which came installed in my HP DV5000 series laptop) was working properly the first few days after I upgraded.. But now, my Bluetooth icon in my taskbar tray is showing a red ...

My HP 6210 allinone will not print manual twosided in Vista. Instead it prints all the pages without the usual pause to reinsert the pages. Checked with HP website and ...

I have an Intel 945GMA chipset, with integrated audio. Vista doesn't detect any audio output devices. On startup, Windows Update runs, finds the Sigmatel HD Codec, but it fails to install, because the soundcard doesn't respond.The soundcard ...

recently got "genuine" activation problem after one of two things recent May updates or after installing Visual Studio Express Web/C#/VB and the SP1 Update. Windows update then failed to install an update SP1 Vista. in the event log there is ...

I am trying to load a new application from my CDI get an error message " cannot find C:\WINDOWS|Command.COM Setup cannot continue".I am running vista home ...

Dears, I have Vista OS and i've been trying to access the BIOS settings to change boot start to be booted from the CD but unable . my laptop is Dell and when ...

I have imported videos from my camcorder with the appropriate software (ie Image mixer for HDD camcorder). The fact is that I can see the video but have no a ...

This is one of those annoying little problems. I have a multiple monitor setup. Occasionally, I like to play movies or whatever on DVD in WMC on a smaller monitor I have. The problem is that I can't minimize WMC to a smal ...

I have folders that were shared as another user profile but Vista crashed and the user profile became corrupted so i deleted all of the folders for the user. There are still all the folders showing under the "Network" "MainPC" (my pc' ...

hi I cant remove the link to this web site, it has installed its self in the task bar. It was downloaded in a trojan when my lad was using my comp. Anti virus removed the virus but not the link have tried norton, windows live care and defender also spybot none of t ...

I am getting this error every time I start up my computer. I have a feeling that it is my VPN program which maybe causing this, but unable to isolate the issue. I am seein ...

Hi,I used the trial of Vista Home Premium for two weeks and it has expired. Through Penn State (The college of IST), I can obtain the Vista Business. However, I am not able to use the Business product key with the Home Premium I have already installed. Penn State (The ...

What are the chances of a patch being developed by Microsoft Windows: Vista team to minimize the choppiness of Vista. I recently puchased an HP, that, in all honesty, is ...

The email attachment is downloaded in windows notepad format and I cannot read it. I just downloaded my Office Professional 2003 but that does not convert upon downloading the document. Thank yo ...

How can I set up my Windows Email so that only the recipient's name, and not his address, appears in the "To" field of outgoing mail? ...

I am totally lost. I never set up Outlook, am using yahoo and hotmail for emailing. I have emails "stuck"in the new Windows Mail. I have no clue how to set up "accounts" so I can us Windows mail. ...

I WANT TO EMPTY MY "DELETED ITEMS" FOLDER, THERE IS A PROMPT ASKING IF I AM SURE I WANT TO EMPTY SAID FOLDER, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND HOW CAN I SOLVE IT ? PEDRO ...

When I am sending a new mail the left panel with the oubox folder does not show that a new memo is waiting to be sent. Even if I have 10 memos in the outbox the counter is not correct.I have selected the optio ...

I have used hotmail for several years now OK. I've just purchased a new vista PC with Windows Mail.How can I send and receive emails using Windows Mail and Hotmail?Regards,Loz ...

If I use Yahoo email and Windows email, is there a way to check messages using Windows Mail, but still have those messages on Yahoo email? ...

Can I delete the pic in contacts? I'm allowed to change but not delete it. Any help? Thanks, Wayne> Wayne L. ...

Hi,I have a PowerPoint viewer installed and associated with "*.pps" files. However, I see an error message from Windows Mail ("Cannot open the file ... Set Associations"), when I double cl ...

An update on my previous post When a link opens a Firefox window, everything is OK. Sometimes a link open an IE window and that seems to be when WM does an abend thing. I have set all internet file types to default to Firefox and Firefox ...

Under my user name there is a folder called "Local Settings" Inside this folder is a folder called "Application Data". and inside that is another folder called "Application Data" and the ...

Which drivers did Adaptec include for Vista for their AUA 1422 Cardbus unit? The files for XP (back in 2004) were: adptusb2.inf aehcd.sys aucbcfg.sys AUCBHLPR.VXD ausb2hub.sys ausbc ...

I purchased my copy from Best Buy the second week it was released and all has been well until about 3 weeks ago. I started getting error messages that my copy was not genuine. In the lower right corner of the screen it stated: Windows Vista (TM) Build 6000 This copy of Windows is not genuine,One ...

My wife purchased a new laptop with vista home premium. she pulled up a document from the web that i wanted to make a permenant document of on her pc. i made a tif file of it and the file appears nowhere. when i go to create the f ...

Hi!Does anybody know, how to show the file extensions (e.g. .jpg, .doc) in the Vista "Explorer" (manual)Thank you and regards ...

Because of a hardware problem, I need to transfer the contents of my new windows vista laptop back to my old laptop running XP. There are several GB of data here, so I was hoping to use some sort of direct cable connection. I ...

Using Vista Ultimate. Connected to my WM5 portable device. I clicked on an mp3 file on the SD card to play. Instead of playing directly the file was copied to the computer and played from there. In XP it would have been copied to "My Documents" in Vista it is copied to "f% 7CF%7C ...

Hi Folks. Even though I am logged on as Administrator, I cannot access the Documents and Settings Folder. I get the Message "Access Denied". I've tried to change permissions, apparently successfully, but still can't ac ...

Vista comes with some sort of program, but any comments on it or alternatives. ...

Does the Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD 64bit allow you to install a trial version of Vista 64bit by not entering a product key when asked? Basically is it like a standard upgrade disc? ...

I recently made the mistake of downloading and installing the 90 day trial version of live onecare on my copy of windows vista home. which i am not hugely pleased with. not a problem i thought, i will uninstall it and go back to my old anti virus software ...

I'm having problems migrating from Windows XP x64 SP2 to Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit, I can collect the USMT giles on to an external hard drive but Vista will not unpack as a whole, and when I try using the Migwiz.exe file from the Vista CD I get from the Windows XP 64 bit OS that it ...

Have brand new Toshiba laptop loaded & with vista home premium..1. Can not set screen saver to "never turn off" like I could with windows xp. 2. The screensaver operates right over the existing ...

Vista has been running great for over a month until today when I tried to access Device Manager. I had access it many times in the past. However now I get a window open with the followi ...

Bill Gates arrives before St. Peter, who is obviously excited for him to be there. "Welcome, Mr. Gates!", he says, "since you're such a notable and famous charachte ...

I have a new computer, HP Pavilion MediaCenter TV PC. with Windows Vista Home Premium When I try to download updates from Hp.com update site, I can't download nothing. Al ...

By default if I run PE from the startup folder, I get a message balloon stating that vista tried to start a process that requires elevated permissions. I then have to verify that I actually *do* want to launch PE.Is there a way to configure windows so that I do ...

I just bought a new computer with vista and have a broadband card, the first couple of days i could click on the internet explorer button and get on the internet. Now I click on the blue E and it does nothing I have tried several different ways and nothing, finally when I restart m ...

I haven't used the XP files and settings wizard before but if I get a new laptop with Vista on it and my older laptop which has Windows XP on it if I should it all transfer the files and setti ...

Help me out gang. Check out my Tips site section and tell me what you like and dislike. Some good tips I found and came up up with here.vistax64.com/tricksntips/Shawn brink*There are no dumb questions, ...

We recently bought a new computer with Vista. We can connect to our ISP OK and opening up Internet Explorer is fine However when we open Outlook we can't seem to get it to automatic ...

Does anyone know if there is a 64bit compatible version of autochk.exe? When I try to run it, it says it it is not 64bit compatible and when I try to schedule chkdsk to run it ...

May I just say, having invested heavilly in a new computer and then in purchasing Vista Premium. Why is that, with their Billions, Microsoft could not provide decent driver backup for external usb soundcards? My soundblaster audigy is now redundant having spent hours trying t ...

First some background: I'm a gamer and I had the MERC Zboard installed and functioning on my installation of Windows Vista Home Premium. I decided one day ...

Until recently my version of Vista (Home Premium edition 64 bit) recognised a Samsung Flash Drive, now for some reason it doesn't. At same time other USB Memory Devices (Kingston U3 D ...

Guten TAg ich habe einen HP m7474 PC habe nun Windows Vista ultimate 64bit installiert. Der Treiber für die Soundkarte und die TV Karte geht nicht Soundkarte: Realtek High defintion TVKar ...

Hi,I bought a home premium upgrade for my xp media centre PC. Having installed and activated, it runs VERY slowly.Have now bought a lap top with home basic and would like to upgra ...

Two months ago I bought a Gateway MT6828 notebook for my son. I was forced to reinstall Vista Home Premium with the disk that came with the computer. In Device Manager it shows under "oth ...

Looking for thoughts on this... Faculty member bought a D630. The only driver needed for vista was the graphics driver an "Intel GM965 Express Chipset Family" driver. However, when I run sysprep on this machine (to update my load image), ...

I am logged on as administrator in Vista but cannot install the my HP 1600 printer/scanner from the installation CD. Says tologoff and log on as administrator. I went thru the cmd line ...

I am trying to burn a playlist to CD on media player 11 on a xp media center desktop. It keeps asking for a blank disk. I have tried several & it never recognizes t ...

how do I make iTunes work with the play pause stop and volume buttons on the front of the Inspiron e1705. I had it working a few days ago and it just stopped, I'd liek to get it back but havent been able to figure it out or get lucky enough to hit the right combi ...

I stupidly tried to move the My Music folder today so that I could share the music with the other user accounts. The folder became unusable on the start menu and I couldn't open ITunes becuase it said that it could not find My Music.Any ...

I have my MP3 player backups stored on an external HDD and now want to create another copy but lossless this time for playing through home hifi. I have changed the format and destination but WMP will not do it just spits the disc out when it recognises it has ripped it already; even if the ...

What is this program? Is it a malware? How can I remove it?Yaakov. ...

I recently installed Belarc Advisor, and after it scanned my system, I was surprised at the following:local system accounts Administrator {admin} Guest (accounts are disabled)How do I enable these accounts? Thanks in advance! ...

I'm having alot of problems with Shadowrun right now because, whenever I play the game usually happens after the starting videos and such, it flashes a blue screen and my computer rest ...

When I download messages from my pop3 server with Windows Mail I get two copies of each new message. The account is set up to save a copy on the server however nothing is being left on the mail server. This just started since a clean install to Vista 3 days ago. When accessing my pop3 ...

How do I view the BLOCKED LIST in Vista Mail? Harry P. Goodell US Navy Retired ...

I used to be able to see a preview of each contact in Windows Contacts, but now I cannot. Could one of you people please enlighten me? Thanks in advance. Golfer Charlie Never put off till t ...

Hi, In windows mail I have Microsoft newsgroup in my Microsoft Communities. I have someting like 1500 download messages. How do I get rid of about 1400 of these????? Thanks, Phil ...

Hi I've a laptop with Home Premium and I use wireless lan to connect to network and internet. I use this way at my home and at the office where I work. But in both place ...

My PC has stopped going into Sleep properly it worked fine till a few days ago, and I've not added any new hardware or left any removable devices plugged in, etc.I ...

Following a day spent playing around with the installation and taking the advice of Rick Rogers, I now have a working VM of Vista. Albeit I opened P ...

In the resource monitor, CPU graph, there is a blue line and green graph.As far as I can tell the blue line is the CPU's clock speed, and the green is the actual utilization. Is that correct?Did I miss any ...

Does anyone know if winmsd.exe has been replaceed in Vista? If so, what is the new command?Thanks ...

This is my 4th reinstallation of Vista Ultimate. I keep on reinstalling because I heard that fixes the problem. It doesn't, I built my computer. It doesnt matter what im doing but it will lock up and it wont unlock for 10 mins. then everything comes back like nothing was wrong. Does ...

When reinstalling Windows Vista, how do we relink Windows Fax and