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Is it possible to switch users (via fast user switching) by running a script or executing a program? I would like to automate the process and map it to a function key on a Logitech keyboard. I'm currently running Vista Ultimate, have only two user accounts, and both are se ...

Help please. I have just spent all week setting up my daughters lap top which worked fine including her password. Tonight I copied all her files across from her old PC using an easy link BUT when we try to log on the new one the password isn’t working ...

When I bought my Pc the store set it up for me. They use the one name but I want it in another name. I have changed some thing but don’t know how to change all the name places in Vista. ...

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Anyone got "LOTR: Fellowship of the rings" to run on Vista?Home Premium. Tried different compatiblity modes, but the screen blanks at startup and t ...

I have just upgraded from Premium to Ultimate Hold Em which come with this OS has constantly flashing text and is unusable I am using an 8800GTX I know that there are some issues with the drivers but annoyin ...

Each folder that has new emails is bolded and with a new count (of new mails that are in them). I can't see any emails... the messages inventory screen is completely blank. It will know when I have sw ...

I have created to Group contact list and when I compose an email add the Group Contact list to the To: box, write my email and hit send i get an error from McAfee. It states, Email Connection Lost. After you verify your computer is connected to the Interne ...

I'm probably just overlooking it, but I can't find the blocked senders list so I can add back one I accidentally added to the blocked senders list. Dale ...

Hi, I have windows Vista and I would like to have access to the Scheduled Task on remote computer (Windows XP). With windows XP when I browse the network and go on remote computer I can see the Scheduled Task but with Vista that d ...

Hi,Its not that important, but still curious about an imp windows update that is failed on vistahome premium machine.MSXML 4.0 SP2 security update (KB927989)Although the update is downloaded and is installed manually, just checking if Windows update history can be cleared which ...

I have an error message on the log that says:The system failed to flush data to a transaction log. Corruption may occur. The reporting source is Volmgr.Does anyone konw what ...

In Windows Mail, every time I try to sign in to Microsoft Communities I get the error:"Windows Mail is unable to sign in to Microsoft Communities"Any ideas? ...

printer installs and says it is running properly however when i try to print i get nan error code of 0000006. HELP can anyone tell mme what is wrong????? printer worked just fi ...

wie o wie kan mij helpen met mijn allin one printer van canon. ik heb sins kort vista ultimate en sins dien wil mijn comp. niet meer sammen werken met de canon. als ik de canon aan zet dan k ...

I have just gotten a new laptop with Vista. When I create shortcut on my desktop, the icons on not being pickup with the address. All the icons are defaulting to the "e" ...

i have two accounts but i cant switch between tem how do i do that i just installed vista ...

HiIn Windows Vista the desktop icon My Documents in XP is replaced with a personal icon that are pointing to the user profile ( C:\users\userid), is there a way to change the behavior of this icon so it point to the documents folder instead ( C:\users\us ...

I have been having problem updating Update ofr Windows Vista (KB932246) and Update for Windows Mail Junk Email Filter (KB905866).I have no idea what was different this time but they managed to get installed. These two updates require a reboot ...

I know it's only a minor cosmetic change, but why was the 'up button' removed from folders viewing when this new webby style interface came in? Up (to the directories above) is not always the same as back. I know you can still use the <backspace> key, but it was so easy just ...

I hate this new microsoft program. Excel is now a nightmare to use as is word. Please stop trying to be like apple and revert back to the product we al ...

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate disk, and the question is, should I use it, or would it be better to wait for a while? My concern is that there may be driver issues and a good chance some of the th ...

I was desiring to set up a virtual machine, I installed MS Virtual PC. However, it pops up and says that my os (Vista Home Premium) is not supported. Moreover, ...

Just got a Dell XPS 410 running Vista. My floppy drive will not work. The system sees it in the bios, sees it during boot, and will let me access it in safe mode. Device manager says everything is fine, but when I try to access it from Vista I get the followi ...

Vista Ultimate Retail. Clean Install. Intel Xeon dual motherboard with 3.0G ramMy tasks don't continue to run after the screensaver activates. When I get up in the morning the email has stopped coming in, newreader has not updated, web security cameras do not receive data. Its kind o ...

I recently got a new LT that came with Vista and just purchased Office 2003. When I try to install Office everything seems to go okay until it reaches the part that ...

Hi folks i got a good one that i've stumped about twenty techs on. Ok I'll start at the beginning. I upgraded to Vista Ultimate RC2 back in Dec after i ...

Hi!I've just recently purchased and installed Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, and am so far sort of enjoying it.However, recently something weird and very annoying happens. Every time I ...

While I, the administrator on home machine, try to copy any file from CD to Hard disk, Vista prompts twice, 1. You need administrator permission for this operation Conti ...

Hi there I have a couple of old programs in Vista. I did not remove them when performing the upgrade to vista home premium. Whenever i try to uninstall them I get The installation will be terminated. The software is intended for Window ...

I have an integrated ati xpress 1150 video card. After installing windows, I installed the vista drivers directly from the ATI website. However after installing them when my computer restarts it loads up and I get a blue screen. So in ...

Vista UltimateCurrently have approx 70 processes running. Would like to setup a user "Gamer" that would be running the bear minimun services & processes. To minimize lag.Any suggestions on where to start? Is it possible? ...

can someone help, my pop3 and smtp servers wont allow me to email, ive tried words like microsoft.com,my own name, east.cox, west.cox, and still im getting nothing, even when i purchased this laptop there wasnt anything in the ...

I have a 512 sd card from san disk that will let me use it as ready boost I am using a sandisk sd card reader to read from the cards, now here is the really st ...

A survey in December by US IT services company Softchoice claimed that Vista will be the most powerhungry Windows desktop so far. The report claimed that at Windows XP's launch, for example, the minimum ...

What a retrograde and totally incomprehensible deletion of a useful function.In the XP picture importing wizard thingy, you could preview thumbnails and check the ones you wanted to import. This is useful when importing to different folders, etc. Now in Vista ...

Hi. I'm in New Zealand and want to I currently have 2 PCs. PC1: With Vista Home Premium PC2: With Vista BusinessI want to 1. Upgrade Vista Business to Vista Ultimate on PC2 2. Transfer Vista Ultimate From PC2 to PC1 3. Transfer Vista Home Premium fr ...

Hi,I've seen this problem reported around the internets loads of times now but no solution. My problem is that after installing Vista, I can no longer play mpg video files in WMP11.For example, the mpg files tha ...

I have a small crip (6min) ready in Movie Maker and once I try publishing it movie maker closes without any warning/error messages. And that is irrespective of the setting I select. ...

New Computer, Vista.Imported my old OE settings and files they all went into Windows Mail on my main account. I had 3 identities. Since WM doesn't allow identities I had to create 3 users for my computer. Me, ...

When i open an email that has an attached file ".eml" i right click on it and then click on open it does nothing every time, i have to right click and save as then move it to the inbox folder this is really getting old.Anything would help thanks... ...

J'ai installé windows vista édition familiale Prémium sur mon ordinateur avec carte mère Asus P5BE, un processeur intel core duo 6600, 4 barrettes mémoire de 1024 DDR2 PC2 4200 (533 m ...

There is a very annoying behavior on my computer. The issue is that when I open a window at times it collapses to the bottom task bar. An example is ...

This is confusing me ...I have an installed program that has 2 files (Excel & Access files) that are loaded when the program runs. I need to update both of these files periodic ...

Just got a new PC with Vista. Everytime I go to my files and press view I move the slider to list view but everytime I go back it has moved. Does anyone ...

I get a strange object on my desktop. It's not always there. But I see it often enough during the day to puzzle and concern me.It is perhaps 80 or so mm long (very roughly) and about two or three mm deep. It is right on the top edge of ...

I am using Windows Vista. I have my screensaver set up to show a slide show of my photos, but the photos appear in black & white. How do I set this up to have the photos in color? ...

I keep getting an error message which states: "Windows Command Processor Stopped Working and was Closed." It happens about five or six times a day, and although it doesn't affect any of my programs, it is annoying to see this error all of the time.Is there any soluti ...

I’ve notice that explorer.exe after a while starts mulfunctioning, program interface such as a running movie with vlc media player is all messed up, windows bar locks on but the time watch stills update itself. I just can restart the explorer.exe to fix it, but it works good for such a little t ...

Several weeks ago I bought an Acer laptop with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. The laptop came with intergated b/g wireless LAN and I always get "excellent" signal stre ...

I have upgraded my window to vista, but found out that half my programmes are not compatable to it. (Adobe video collection (include premiere 1.5, encore, aftereffect), dymo lable writer... etc) I almost nee ...

I have upgraded my Mother board and my CPU after I have installed Windows Vista. But for some reason my windows vista do not start up and after the windows vista loading screen, my computer restarts. So I have install a clean copy of windows vista again o ...

Is there any way to add text to chapters in Vista DVD maker? I would like to have a description on the chapter .Thanks mark ...

*banging head on desk*We never find networking easy.I'm running Vista Home Premium. The husband is running XP.We have a network hub. I'm hooked into it. The cable modem is hooked into it. The husb ...

I'm trying to run my main user account as a nonadmin, but any time I try to perform any admin task, the UAC prompt tells me I have to enter an admin password and hit OK. The problem is, there ...

I decrypted my hard drive after encrypting it with bitlocker, however now I can’t seem to encrypt my hard drive with Bitlocker again. ...

Recebi um email e não consigo removelo da minha caixa de entrada. Acusa erro desconhecido. ...

I think what I would like to see most for Windows Mail is a notifier. It would be very nice to be notified when receiving new mail. ...

I am using my desktop and laptop in a domain environment where the My Documents folder is redirected to the Domain controller.When I boot either of the machines my dis ...

what does personal folder mean on vista how do i find it .do thy mean your wholeuser file .and if so how do they know iwhich user to pick .help brain dead ...

<a href="wikivid.com/index.php/Windows_Vista">Wikivid.com</a> has added a Windows Vista wiki page thingy that is an organzied page of Windows Vista video tutorials and overviews. The site is also good for learning just about ...

I had to reinstall Vista. I already had it activated. Now that I reinstalled it, will the second activation fail ?When I had Win XP, I had to call India. and read them a bunch of numbers, and I had to explain just wha ...

Here's yet another Vista issue: I went to my bank's (www.chase.com) web site in IE7. Then I get an alert that IE is temporarily shutting down glass. I kill all the IE windows, and glass comes back. Thing is, EVERY time I go to www.chase.com, glass gets disabled. Anyone else see this, ...

After 1020minutes the screen goes black and i have to press a button and the login screen appears. Anyone know how to turn this off? ...

Hi group,When trying to create a desktop shortcut to a document in Publisher 2007, I get this error message: MSPUB caused an access violation in HPZ3r4v2.dll at OX6bOfbdb3. Like all error messages, this ...

Hi I've been getting this "fail" messege each time I start my compter so I went to the event viewer and found what looks like three drivers that are failling to load. One was ATI SmartGart bu ...

I'm having this problem on a Vista 64 bit machine, but it also happens on a machine using plain old 32bit XP (though the processor is a single core, AMD 64bit).I sometimes have problems connecting to websites using the browser. But at the ...

When I open windows irrelevant of the program, at times the window minimizes on its own. Very frustrating to say the least. I had posted before and somebody ...

Does anyone know if there is a way to make the Account Pictures on the Welcome Screen bigger. I know that, if you have a password set for an account and you click that account the picture gets bigger, but is there any way to just make the pictures bigger all the time?Thanks ...

My friend bought an eMachine about a month ago, 160G HD, preloaded with Vista Home, upgraded to 1 Gig RAM. He uses dialup MSN ISP account. MSN was supposed to send him a setup disk (which he's still waiting for, almost 4 weeks later) so I DL'ed the installation info from ...

Using a Nvidia Geforce Go 7400 graphics card in a Sony Vaio laptop running Vista Home Premium. Having several video related problems. There appears to be no Vista dedicated driver available. Any idea ...

I have a Gateway GT5408 w/windows vista home premium system. The media player was running fine till yesterday. Now, I can't burn any of my files to disks. The error message reads...'CONNECT A BURNER AND RESTART PLAYER'. This player comes i ...

Hi all, Does anybody use the ADSL modem Alcatel speed touch home? Could you please tell me how to configure it with Vista?It worked fine with Windows XP :(Thanks in advance. Max ...

Well, I'm at a loss.I've been trying to install Vista for the last two days on a computer that was previous running XP. Vista keeps giving me the bsod "A clock interrupt was not received on a se ...

i have just had a new computer built from scratch and i cannot believe how fast it is, however when i try to play a dvd it starts and then the screen shuts down which then i have to resta ...

Before i installed Vista ultimate my pc always connected to the internet fine with windows XP. Now that ive upgraded to vista i am no longer able to connect to the internet. It says im missing a driver for my network controller. As far as i knew before upgrading i didnt even have a network cont ...

I am a new Vista user, with over a dozen years of Windows experience (mostly Win2K). I am having some difficulties in getting Vista and Win2K (on different systems on my LAN) to "see" each other so that I can transfer files.The Vista system can access and transfer files ...

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Subject 'TEST MESSAGE', Account: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '250 SIZE 26214400', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 250, Error Number: 0x800CCC7D ...

In default programs does all 3 of winmail defaults mean 1windows contacts 2windows mail3windows mail (news) Will doing this stop me from cking my email on my localnets web site's (classic mail) which I th ...

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I have enjoyed Windows Mail but there are a few upgrades i would like to see. 1) When switching Views from All to View By Conversation, I would like the current message to remain in focus. When looking for original threads to messages, I want to highlight ...

Hi...Anyone know what is wrong with this mouse which sometimes needs about 20 clicks before it responds. Now and then things action on just one click but most of the time I'm clicking away to get anything at all. It's mighty ann ...

I have been experiencing, very slow shutdown times in Vista Ultimate Edition. When I actually shutdown my Vista box, everything goes as it should. I see the logging off.... then shutting down text, then in a little bit my monitor shuts off.Now this is where it gets interesting. On a ...

hi,if i do this while working?is it good or not? Coz i charge the battery only when the labtop is off? thanks. ...

Good Evening: I recently upgraded from XP to Windows Vista Home Premium. I am very happy with Vista but I am having issues loading Microsoft Intellitype Pro 2.1. When I try ...

I want to print my calendar with a title and with only my work days hour information, not the full 24 hr period I get now. How do I change it? FYI, I'm not the most technical person in the world.Thank you. ...

I took out the p5bdeluxe motherboard and put in a p5b motherboard. All works great. So your help was excellent. So many people bash microsoft. I thought you might want some good feedback. The mouse problem I had is fixed too! I thought is was that the drivers were old. So I mu ...

Every so often you will see a little notice that Windows Explorer has stopped working, or the Media Center has stopped working, or Internet Explorer 7 has stopped working. Don't worry. They are just taking a little nap, or a coffee break. Everythi ...

I have used Windows Vista Ultimate Edition since Feb. I have this problem that every certain period (12 hours), my browser suddenly get disconnected from Internet. I never experience this when I use Windows XP. I connect to my wireless at home. The other applicat ...

Hi, I just did a complete PC backup and it said the total size was 49.x GB's. I questioned this cause I know I only have about <18 GB's. Anyway I did the backup and when I went to the ...

I have noticed that when copying files over a network I am experiencing incredibly poor performance, even calculating the time to move the files takes just as long as actually moving the damn files! As this is one of the most basic features of an OS, yo ...

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i just installed vista and it says i have 29 days to activate vista if i dont activate it what will happen? is there a way to uninstall it and go back to xp? ...

I have vista x64 installed, and I got 2 question marks.unknown device hardware id profiles areACPI\PNPB02F *PNPB02F & ACPI\PNPB006 *PNPB006 cant find drivers for themI have (P5ND2SLI Deluxe) motherboard and the Chipset are:1Northbridge: Nvidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition2Southbridge: Nvi ...

I have a Packard Bell easynote (new) that came with vista preinstalled. I followed all instructions to create DVD rescue disk but at the last moment of verifying the disk, I ...

HiI have been able to install my office XP on the Vista Machine but when Windows update finds the service pack 3 it tries to install but fails.What to do? ...

Here's my situation: I had Vista working fine on my computer for several weeks. I ran out of space on my Vista partition so I used a live CD of GParted to shrink one partition and grow my Vista one. ...

Can someone please explain to me why my laptop which is a member of our corporate Active Directory domain seems to have slowness issues at home when not connected ...

Operation on file "\Windows\System32\msxml4.dll" and "msxml6.dll" excluded from virtualization.Can someone tell me what that means in English. Also, does it need to be fixed and if so how to fix it?Thanks in advance. ...

Hello,I have WIN Vista Home Premium in french. I moved personal folder (documents, contacts, video, ...) from C to D drive. All was OK except for Pictures and videos folders. Windows always recreates new folder in C ...

I can't access files such as: Application Data, Cookies, Local Settings, Send To, Start Menu, Temp Internet Files. They all have the shortcut icons, and when I right click them, I get the error message I'm not authorized. I've ran my antivirus (BitD ...

In XP you had to have english to install a MUI of another languageThat all changed with Vista, because if you have ultimate in any language you can download the MUI from the ultimate extras, and convert that vista into any language y ...

Apparently not to Microsoft, even after all of the preaching about security they have been doing lately.2 years ago they were notified about the .ani cursor security hole, and not a damned thing done about it since except that MS complained when the security ...

I have a strange problem when opening word documents on Vista using office 2003. Occasionally when I open documents directly from explorer, Office will open it up in readonly mode. They are not marked in any way with read only. These are files that are on our network drives.I can ...

Is there a way to or is there an option in the Vista 32Bit (Windows Media Center) setup the RCAin jacks and an SVideoin jack for audio and video with my ATI Elite TV tuner?Everything works fine TV/FM wise, I just can't get the A/V inputs to work in Vista MCE. ...

I have recently upgraded to Vista and besides a few other problems, I am also having problems running uTorrent and browsing the Internet.First of all, uTorrent is all of a sudden barely wo ...

Help! I need some way to play videos with this crappy operating system. I used to be able to play videos using "ATI Multimedia Center" or "Windows Media Player" in the very stable and u ...

I need to do a system restore because I installed a bad app in Vista Ultimate but I get the following error. I would really appreciate some help so I can get back to a ...

I really need your help, my friend and his dad both got macs and my friend computer locked up and needs a password when they forgotten it. I recommended Windows to him hes changes the subject like he hates windows. So I wanted to know how many pe ...

I really have no idea how Vista color management works.1. Is it system wide?2. Does Vista color management properly display embedded color spaces such as AdobeRGB?3. Does this mean that IE is now able to use and display embedded color profiles ...

I just purchased a new CPU/Motherboard along with a full (OEM) version of Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I bought the 64 bit version without really thinking. The CPU is 64 bit, so I figured I'd buy the ...

As per the title, I'm using 64bit ultimate in a 2003 domain. Brand new install and I've noticed that frequently (talking 34 times a day here) the DNS service appear to suddenly stop being asked to perform ...

The configuration is: 1. Desktop with alot of Movies\Music 2.Laptop 3.Wireless Connection for Laptop, Cable for Desktop 4.Vista Ultimate on bothI turned and configured "Media Sharing" on both my computers and i can view each other library on Media ...

i have just got a new lap top with windows vista and i can not locate my games. i am really missing spider solitaire. i have no idea how you work this new games thing i just wan ...

How do I get some kind of respons or sound to let me know that I have recieved an email. ...

I have a problem with Windows Mail in that when I compose and send an email it does not send but just sits in the Outbox unsent. I have checked the 'sent' tab in options in Mail and all seems fine. 'Send and receive' does not give and error messages but mail does not send ...

WHEN I GET EMAIL I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PULL IT UP SO I CAN READ IT AND REPLY. EMMA ...

I installed a 3rd party zip tool to be able to unzip a .rar file. I didn't like the software and uninstalled it. After uninstallation the darn software didn't associate zip files back to Vista default ...

Anybody got any solutions to snapins that dont start. The specific message I got was:MMC could not create the snapin. THe snamin might not have ben installed correctly Name: Group Policy Object Editor CLSID:{8FC0B734A0E111D1A7D30000F87571E3}Vista's been giving me a l ...

Is there a way to use Speech Recognition without using the headphones? There should be a way to hook up the computer to speakers so you can come into the room and start talking to the computer? ...

Hello, I have a problem here that I hope someone will be able to solve. I want to record my voice but when I go to my voice recorder, nothing happens. The voice "slider" that usually moves when a voice is being recorded, doesn't. So I went to my Speaker Icon in ...

Just purchased a new Dell PC with Windows Vista Ultimate. Own an IBM Flat Panel monitor, Model: 6653; Type: G52. Monitor initially worked enough to enable me to login to Windows Vist ...

When I connect to the unsecured wireless public network at my college I can get an IP address for the network but I cannot visit only one site on the web, Google. For any ...

I have administration privilages on my computer but when ever I try to save a java file off of NotePad into my C:\ drive or any of their sub folders except my documents, I get a message box saying I dont have permission to save the file in that place and to contact my administrato ...

Have imported messages from ukonline to windows mail. Cannot now send emails. Authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing email it says. Account pop3.UKonline.co.uk Server smtp.UKonline.co.uk Portocol SMTP Server Response : 550 relay not permitted Port ...

When I open the Remote Desktop Connection application, I am able to enter the IP address of the computer to which I want to connect.After entering the address, I'm presented with a dialog box that prompts for my username and password. My username credentials are already entered in the usernam ...

Everytime i turn on my PC & sign in, The onscreen keyboard comes in. I didn't even put a check in the box to get it. How do i get rid of it? ...

Is there a way to monitor your hard drive temperatures in Vista without third party software?Has anyone found third party software that will work with Vista to monitor hard drive temperatures? Thanks Irv ...

I am used to the home pc keyboards and find it difficult to use to standard 1 line of numbers on the laptop. There are shaded numbers on the keyboard in ...

I have Vista Ultimate and Microsoft Fingerprint Reader. The reader works fine under all circumstances except when the computer goes into any power saving scheme. The one I use right now will switch off the display and hard disks, but will NOT g ...

Ive used this setup for years on XP and had no troubles, but installed vista recently and cannot get vista to detect my second SATA hdd, i have and 80gb IDE which i run windows off, and 2 sata 300gig hdd's i use for stora ...

When I clean install Vista Ultimate on my Intelbased (Multicenter/915p motherboard) MCE I get no sound, because there are no sound devices available.I have used days, week, months to solve the problem without any luck (yes, have installed Realtek drive ...

Vista business x64 DFI Lanparty UT 250GB (supposedly 100% 64 compatible) Marvell sata raid Nforce3 sata raid 2 320GB sata hard drives ***Striped Dynamic Disk*** 80GB blank partition for vista 500GB with some data I was usin ...

Can i install office 2003 with Vista home basic. ...

Sorry to the readers, but i wanted yet another post about this in the hopes that the jackasses over on the MS windows team get how big of an issue this is.FIX THE SLOW NETWORK PROBLEMS OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.Your knowledge ...

Hi Now that I have vista and muti processor and Ati card. Most of the same equipment that in your Xbox and Xbox360. I would like to play some of the games for those two systems on my computer. I was hoping Vista would come with a emilator to run these games since look like to me Vista is par ...

If you have Vista with McAfee and are having Mail issues.... this may help.us.mcafee.com/vista/Alternatively, try AVG from download.com. ...

Hi, well, I've got my laptop (1gb ram, dual core prosseser, inspiron E1505) running windows vista home premium. it was working fine, until the screen got small. that is to say, my monitor ...

The print spooler continually crashes running Vista Business Edition (fully updated). A user installed a printer from our Win 2K Print server. I am sure that an XP driver was used. I tried to remove the driver via the Pr ...

winfax printer driver missing,tried installing in preinter section, gave me an error.same for adobe pdf printer also missing,it was there but after reinstalling,it went missing.how to?thanks in advance. ...

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

error 1068= dependency service group failed to start could not start printer spooler in services uninstalled printer and drivers started service then tried ...

How can I hide Windows updates that I do not want to install, so that the Windows Security Alert icon on my taskbar will go away? ...

This plug 'n play USB headset is not working. Manufacture says it is Vista compatible. Help? ...

I'm having trouble burning to DVD a particular show. I have burned this show to DVD in the past and am still able to burn other shows. But everytime I go to burn this show, it says "failure to burn," and there's no message on what went wrong or what I can do to correct ...

I have bought a new PC with Vista basic. Opened Windows mail, set accounts up no problems. I have copied the files (.dbx) from my old PC into a folder on my Vista PC. I click file, import, messages, select Outlook Express 6 ...

I have a notebook running Vista Business which is configured in a workgroup. It regularly moves between two networks at different sites, one connected by Cat5 and the other by 802.11B wireless. ...

I want to exclude Outlook from the search index. I have a large 1 gig PST. Including it in the index seems to affect outlook's performance. Note, I moved the file file an Office XP machine s ...

Hi, I'm planning on buying a vista os and I'm wondering which one to buy: OEM Upgrade As I still didn't get my upgrade disk from moduslink and I'm tired of waiting. And if po ...

I am trying to remove Gateway Utilities froma gateway machine as Windows Ultimate upgrade will only complete to around 70%, then uninstall listing this program as the cause. I have searched hard drive ...

I have had enough with the lastest problems. None of the streaming players can connect to a known source. I have heard from other ITs that Vista was a nightmare because of security engine. I now see this firsthand. I am ...

I have a new Vista computer on a network. Our ISP allows a main email account + subaccounts. It looks like Vista doesn't allow subaccounts....I can read our family email (main acct), but not my private (subacct) email. On windows ...

I ran CPUZ on my PC, as suggested, thanks, and got this as my present m/board and chip:CPU: Socket 478mPGA Celeron 2.8Ghz Mainboard: Intel D865 Perl Chipset: Intel i864P/PE/G/i865P Bus Speed 99.8 Rated FSB: 399.2 Memory: 281 ...

Am I right in assuming the windows vista home premium (32 bit) can't record aspects of radio programmes.If so, can someone recommend a good free facility.Thanks ...

Hello,Since I upgraded to Vista Business, I have had a slight problem sending/receiving mail using Outlook 2002. Every time I click on send/receive emails, I have to enter my password anew even though I have checked remember my password in options.Any ideas?Regards, Jo ...

Is it possible to use the same prodcut key for a different language of Windows Vista Home Premium? Ban Strife ...

I have been playing with a variety of installation scenarios, one thing I haven't figured out is a vista repair. Is it possible to repair vista from the os disc similar to xp home/pro? ...

How do i change Media player 11 to Media player 10 on Vista? I am downloading music to my phone and it won't let me because it requires Media player 10. ...

I was able to download my pictures the first time I was having difficulty putting them in individual folders. Therefore, I deleted all of them. Also deleted them in the "Recycle Bin&quo ...

I am trying to capture a small section of video from rented DVDs to augment a presentation. I am quite able to watch DVD's with my new Dell Vista but I have not been able to fig ...

Hi thereI opened a CD containing JPEGs (which I know are definitely there) but Vista couldn't "see" them, it could see the folders, but no contents. Odd. I rebooted (I have dualboot with Xp at the moment just incase of problems!) and opened the CD, there they are, copied them t ...

I am trying to figure out why I can't see the webpage folders for my webpages. It shows that they are going to Network, (Network name), but I can't see them in the Network or in my computer.Also, I am unable to create a n ...

I am in my user folder. I am the owner and administrator of this computer. However, it won't let me access several of the folders in my user account. Such as the Templates folder ...

I have installed a fresh new copy of VISTA ULTIMATE and FSX. When using FSX it has been crashing lately and the DEP (DATA EXECUTION PROTECTION is being activated). When I visit the VISTA CONTROL PANEL for DEP it does not allow me to add FSX to the safe list. Som ...

Help Gary, somebody!!!!!! Can't send emails or delete some in my outbox. been reading some of the discussions and don't understand some of it. Can you give detailed directions on how to get my email ...

Hi again, Having finally got Windows Mail working I now have a problem of usability that I can't sort out. I have many dozens of Mail Folders, many with subfolders to two or three le ...

Tried to download "Windows Live Hotmail" and I get the following message:"Sorry, but it looks like you won't be able to participate in Windows Live Hotmail at this time. This might be because: Your account is with one of our partners and has additio ...

I got a MPC190 Smartbase I've installed the latest updated driver available (even I've to run the setup in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode) The system do not run Every tim ...

I have had Vista Home Premium for about 2 months. All of a sudden, files in Documents are disappearing.I told Vista to show hidden files, even though none of these were hidden. No change.The files still exist. I can open a local web with Expression Web link, work on it, save it and open ...

i keep getting windows host process (rundll32) stopped working error in the solutions message it tells me to follow the steps to unregister this binary ...

Just two days ago I bought a brand new Core Duo 2 PC with an OEM Vista Home Premium. Most of the issues are to be expected and I can always find a workaround, except this one:I'm using Good Sync (freeware) to copy stuff from my old (not yet?) XP t ...

I've just installed vista Ultimate on a new computer. Everything was a clean install, so I booted off the dvdplayer. Now when Vista is done with updates, the DVD is gone? Even ...

i recently brought a laptop, it came with windows vista business installed. while "exploring' through the new stuff i tried to activate the inbuilt web camera. i think that i might have been misisg some drivers. vista cr ...

Hi Im going away shortly UK/and Netherlands and will be using a Vista Laptop. Having read some posts in this group I understand that some hotspots and hotels may be a problem with Vista. I would like to anticipate any problems by taking printouts ...

I am running XP and Vista RC2 on my old computer. Vista Home Premium on the new one.I connected the new one to my router and can see the old computer on the network. I can even manually transfer files from th ...

Several days ago a duplicate (not a shortcut) of my Documents folder appeared in the my Users folder, Tom. Both, via Properties, indicate they are not shared. However, one has a shared icon and, for both, when I click Share on the Toolbar, a message appears stati ...

On windows xp in the start menu you had a run link in order to install a program that would not install from the cd but windows vista does not and i would like to know how do you install a game or a program that will not install from the cd. When I bought this computer not long ...

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Hello, I bought this laptop which came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium. I use this laptop for both business and personal. Some of my personal training softwares aren't available for Vista, so I decided to i ...

I have vista home premium and office 2007 on an Acer notebook. When I have documents open in Office programs, and I try to use live previews (the ones that show up when you rest the pointer on each button on the taskbar) sometimes a true preview of t ...

Tell me there is a way to remove the Documents menu from Vista's Classic Start Menu without a tweaking program. If not can one point me to a tweaking program that will accomplish this. I've used TweakVI but it has way to man ...

I am getting an odd message when I use Vista.Occasionally, a box popsup on the screen advising me: "Failed to save user profile because of the following error: (5) Access is denied."If I leave m ...

I wonder if anyone has any idea what might cause Vista Home Premium to reboot when trying to open a Word (Office 2003) document (contains a lot of inserted jgs etc). No error messages, simply the reboot screen! Mevado ...

I am facing an issue while activating the Vista images. I activate vista and store the image. When I again open the same activated image in some other pc (different hardware confg) it is sho ...

Hello, Probably a simple questionWould anyone know if I can delete the files that are in my "temp" folder, under Windows in my Windows Explorer? These ar ...

I bought XP Pro which came with a free Vista offer, I just got the Vista and it's the Business Vista.How does that compare to XP Pro, are the bugs pretty much fixed or should I wait to install Vista ? How will I benifit fro ...

When running XP, Windows reports having 1024 MB of RAM. When running Vista, Windows reports having 1023 MB of RAM. I've heard that some systems with onboard video allocate some RAM to video, but I have a ...

Hi,Where can I find out what software is and isnt compatiblecurrently with Vista?In particular I have an ancient but beloved Dreamweaver 3.00 that I use daily would that instal and run underVista?ThanksHugh ...

Okay, just for everyone's knowledge, Vista has this annoying habit of asking if I want to save a password. On my sites, I have several with similar domains and differnt ...

Newbie question, but couldn't find any earlier posts with search. Is there any way in Windows Vista Calendar to turn on word wrap for appointments on the printed calendar? All I am getting so far is one line per appointment.If there isn't, I'll repost this as a suggestion. ...

Why won't KB install ? The Knowledge Base has no "knowledge" of error 8007000B... I deleted all the temp files and the system is set to Auto Update...The error log has this...Log Name: System Source: ...

Using Windows Vista for 2 years in beta and 3 months of using the RTM I never had this problem before. I have a legally purchased Windows Vista Ultimate license and until today it worked; now, the system ...

When I ran the Windows Easy Transfer Companion (WETC) from an XP Pro to a Vista Business, the programs transferred over fine but none of the user profiles did. During the inital WETC on the XP, it never asked what to transfer ...

I have two PC's with Vista Ultimate. About 4 months ago, on the first PC, I installed Visual Studio 2005 on it. When I doubleclick the Icon to run Visual Studio, it just opens up.Last week, I installed Vista Ultimate on a new PC. I also in ...

big screen lcd trouble. i have a nvidia 7800gt pcix and a 32" lcd olevia hdtv i use as my monitor. under win xp pro nvidias drivers will let you add and make custom res. vista however seems to not let ndivia or powerstrip or anythi ...

I am a bit unclear as to: Does the standard Vista DVD install 64bit? Does one simply need a different Key? Or... Possibly vice versa.. Ordered from the goo ...

Hi, When I open explore for my computer the C drive displays all the folders. The C drive is only my boot drive. Is there a way to stop this?Thanks, Hen ...

What's the deal with all this "super" searching in Vista that appparently doesn't work for me?I've added tags, captions and other metadata to many of my photos. However, none o ...

I have been successful, using windows movie maker 2.1, to make DVD's of pictures in JPEG format. Today, however, when I get to the "create a DVD box", this message appears:"drive does not contain the appropriate type of recordable DVD disk. To continue in ...

I'm editing a short, 5minute video for a submission to a cable channel. While i know that Movie Maker is very rudimentary, it will hopefully serve my purpose. The problem I'm having is that I'm transferring my video via a firewire connection, which carries the audio track with the v ...

Hi Everyone,I seems to encounter this alot with windows vista and im not sure how to get around it. Here is my example problem: i have a vista basic laptop with all updated drivers ...

I've got a Vista Ultimate box and 2 x MCE2005 linked up via a Gigabit network, now the transfer rates between the 2 x MCE2005 boxes are fine and if I push a file from the MCE2005 boxes to the Vista box again the tran ...

I have a laptop with Vista and my PC is XP. I have used the assistant to turn on the sharing with both, but I still cannot access public folders or print from my laptop. ...

I have a HP Pavilion DV6152eu with wireless builtin. it came with XP media Center, but I made an upgrade to Vista Home Premium. My laptop was working well with wireless for aprox 1 month. but then I was unable to see any wireless network. the front wireles ...

Hi, Establishing a PPTP VPN connection to a client's network from a Vista Business desktop disables browsing and accessing files on my local network (asks for credentials). Internet traffic is also dreadfully slow. What ...

1) c:\documents and settings\Default User has a shortcut icon, where does it really link to? microsoft forgot to put the real location on the properties tab.2) why did one the NEW Microsoft networking wizards set Deny / Everyone in ...

whenever i get into the games explorer folder there are no games??? Howcome? Please help. ...

Hi,Recovered a lost wordperfect document but it now has an RBF extension and when I try to open the Wordperfect document, I get a message: "unsupported format". How do I convert it to the correct form ...

Hi, When i create a new folder in the Map Contactpersons i got sometimes the following: in the new map i see than the size , type of the map instead of the normal email heading i can mo ...

my windows mail worked fine for weeks. now i get this error. socket error 10061 error number 0x800CCCoe and it will not allow me to send or receive email smeister ...

Mail is not sent any more as there is one corrupt mail in the out tray. I cant delete it from there. When i hit delete, it says "unknown Error". I cant view it either. Is there a way to fix or reorganize the database ? ...

WHEN I WANT TO CLEAR MY "DELETED ITEMS" FOLDER, I AM PROMPTED WHETHER I AM SURE THAT I WANT TO DELETE PERMANENTLY SUCH MESSAGES, I SA OK, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. PEDRO ...

An email sender is sending email with attachments but when I get the email there are no attachments. On several occasions I was sent the same attachment from differe ...

how many blocked senders can i have in my list?, some kind of limitation exist? SaludosAntonio ...

I just got this new computer with Vista. When I have email come in, the photo doesn't show up. Help. I'm not too sure I like this Vista.Thanks, Kim ...

I have a gmail accout and trying to set it up . my incoming mail server is (POP3) server incoming mail (POP3): pop.gmail.com outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com This is what I thought was right but I can't get my ...

Every so often my system will send emails but on the hold it just tells me that my connection has been terminated. Odd thing is it tells me this at the same time aas receivng incomming emails. Help ...

Just recently, windows mail says I have 1 new email message in my folder, but all are opened and read. I decided to delete all of my emails just to try and get rid of that new mail icon, but it still shows as having 1 new emai ...

I was unable to delete my email out of my deleted folder. Dell pointed me to this link and it worked. It is not hard to do. Give it a try. md4pc.com/questions/98.htm ...

Outlook Express allows you to view your contacts under the folders lists where they are all visible when you open up Outlook Express. Is there a way to do this in WM? I have tried adding it but can't figure it out ...

I have noticed over the past few months that every once in a while, maybe once every other day, for whatever reason, my computer will experience an onslaught of poor performance that can only be fixed by manually ...

I am having serious stability issues with my Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home premium. Every 5 minutes or so my computer will hang/freeze for anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes for no apparent reason. It doesn't matter what I am doin ...

ERROR MESSAGE:MICOSOFT WINDOWS FAX AND SCAN HAS STOPPED WORKING.My computer can not send fax anymore with is error message every time i want to send fax. I had turn off and on again through change windows features in c ...

I know for a fact that alt.binaries.food is a group I get from GigaNews and I read it on OE6, but my new Vista machine will NOT find the group when I do a compl ...

I have problems installing the adobe reader, is telling that my temporary file is full, which I don't know which temporary file is refering or my hard disk is full, which is not tr ...

I really need some help with Vista business edition Screensaver. I have searched the Internet for anything I could find that would help me to repair the screensaver. Nothing has worked for me. I am now using a wired keyboard and ...

I have a Dell Latitude 820 Laptop and 2407 Display on a docking stationI use the 2407 as an external monitor. Every time I log off, or the computer is put in sleep/hibernate/restart/shutdown, the main monitor status retur ...

Does Vista use the subject files?Thank you! ...

Is there a way to use the file created by Windows Easy companion (.mig) back to xp?I need to unpack this dat file and dump into a folder back onto a XP pc to retreive all files with out a Vista OS.Thanks ...

I have a Western Digital My Book II drive on my network I want to back up to. Although I have mapped it with username and password and it shows up fine, I cna not back up to it. When I look for it on th ...

i imported my windows address book (wab) to my windows contact in vista. the information copied, but some of the information seem to be wrong. when viewing the contacts in details view, the name is displayed as "first_name last_name.contact" and the bday listed is one day off (1 day ...

I am the only user of this computer, I am the Administrator, but I am not allowed to format a disc I am told that I do not have permission to perform ...

On my old xp system I used to be able to backup the activation files (the two wpa files). Im was having alot of issues with my new system and some of my hardware (the nvidia 8800 stuff and ram and its caused me to format several times (im on ...

I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in BIOS and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive in W ...

How do you go about changing the startup sound in windows vista? It's blocked by default and I can't change it to a different wav file like I could with windows xp. I want to use a different startup sound and am logged in as administrator but I don't even have the option to browse to ...

My Vist Ultimate Media Cetner machine has just starting doing something funny where whenever it wakes up by itself (usually to record TV) the monitor comes out of standby but remains completely black, with the mouse visible. It will stay this ...

Ever so ofter while working, I get a blank white screen. When this happens, I have to start task manager and click close application running to get back to the process that I am running. Does anyone know what c ...

Something strange has happened.One of the icons that was down beside start the "shows desktop" icon has been removed from its original location and is now on my des ...

I have been waiting for the Vista drivers from USR for the 5699B modem. They were released last week. I have installed them on three customer’s machines and every time the computer boots up I receive the ...

Does a system board replacement require a complete new installation or will all programs and documents remain as they are.Please let me know.Thanks.Meron ...

Have only had my computer a month have home basic, have had few problems already with it tis is the fourth in a month. Most recent problem is that it wont play any cd i put in or installation disks, little green button flickers lik ...

Anyone have any idea on why with vista my sound card can't be recognized when I log off and shutdown the pc. But it recognizes it when I power down with the surge protector and re start, it is also ok if i restart when I just restart wi ...

I have just loaded Vista premium on my PC and I cannot get my packard bell remote control to work on Windows Media Centre, does anyone have any ideas how ...

I m using vista and bought a microsoft optical mouse 500 (usb mouse) and it doesn t work properly; the cursor keeps jumping around on the desktop; it does react but not the w ...

I put my PC to sleep (hibernate) and when I turn it back on it goes through the "Now resuming..." screen and then it shows a black screen with ...

Hi, an over middle aged (not elderly) friend of mine bought a Toshiba laptop recently. Another friend of hers set it up for her and created all the accounts, but she is unable to login as the password she thought she had doesn't work. She ...

I purchased Vista home 3 months ago ( upgrade version ) I installed it on my xp machine no problem.Since then my hard drive crashed and on another hard drive I re installed my win XP and the my Vista home. When I went to put in the license key ...

Just installed Vista (32bit) last night on my PC. When I went to change the Desktop Theme ("Personalize" > "Theme" > Theme) I found these themes:My Current Theme Windows VIsta Windows Classic Browse....Browsing found no "*.theme" f ...

Because of inaccurate Internet info I am unable to rip some CDs. It reads different CDs as the same one and, of course, won't rip anything it thinks ...

I’m having a rather…interesting experience with HD .wmv files in Windows Vista Ultimate and Business edition. Whenever I attempt to play a HD Video (.wmv format) the video is really choppy and most of the times ...

Hello, I have a SimpleTech network drive on my network. At one time when I used XP on my machine I can map the drive as you would usually map a password protected drive No problem. Now I have Vista on my machine & I try to map a password protected drive, it will fail. ...

Hi everyone:My laptop has Windows Vista Home Basic. The laptop has one user only, by default it should be given Full Control and Modify to the user when Vista was insta