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We have over 100,000 employees and for the most part we have had to give them all local admin rights on their computers so that they could install their own software and run programs that traditionally needed admin rights for updates as well. What i am wondering is if we could ...

If you have a local user profile that was disconnected from the user's logon account, how can you tell Vista to point the logon account back to the original user profile?To do that in XP, you would change the ProfileImagePath to the original profile folder and then make sure the user h ...

Is there a way to synchronize the MSN Hotmail and Vista's Windows Maillike like MSN & Outlook? At present,the4 MSN Premium is not working in Windows ...

Bought a notebook that has Vista Basic installed on it. Was able to install Incredimail which is my email program, it works, but I can't make it the default email prog ...

Windows mail instructions say that it automatically imports old messages from Outlook. That is not happening. I have set up windows mail on a laptop and am trying to get messgaes from my desktop that has outlook. Any thoughts?Thanks, TD ...

Just got Windows Vista a few days ago, got set up on Windows Mail, a couple of days later I had 8 messages in my mail box and one of them read "Your mailbox is over the high water mark. Please delete some messages from your mailbox!" I delete the sent items every day along with ...

I used to be able to open outlook and veiw my mail without a password or with a simple password of just a letter, now i have to sign in with my username and password from my mail server every time I want to check windows mail, is there an easy solution? Thank ...

I have noticed that the download speeds are less than a quarter of what I was getting with XP. Whats up ? ...

In Windows XP and Office 2003 Viewing and Editing Faxes were much easier with the Fax Image Viewer (or something similarly named). Where in Vista and/or Office 2007 can I view faxes by each page, delete specific pages, merge faxes together, move pages ...

Hi. I was trying moving with drag and drop a folder to another one and windows tell me that I need permissiom to that. I'm the administrator of the computer.Both folders are in Desktop. I have windows vista Bus ...

sorry if this has been covered... hoping to find answers at 1am :( just bought a new HP Pavillion DV6000 with Vista Home preinstalled. Open package and instructions tell me to plug in and hit start button and wait (for up to 1 hour) for init ...

I installed pro tools le 7 but i said i must use windows xp so i ran it under xp service pack 2 thru vista and now i need to unistall it but now when i try to uninstall through the control panel it tells me that it requires windows ...

My internet connection was working fine but now I can only get a 'Local Only' connection to my router (BTVoyager). According to the Network & sharing center, the connection from my router to the Internet is down (red cross through the line). I know this is not the case as my M ...

Hi,I installed the vista home Premium version, and I have a realtek rtl8185L wireless card,driver is microsoft version. when I disable the wlan service and reboot, I find the rtl8185L is disable, it is strange. who know the reason? If I ...

I am running into a wierd Chkdsk problem with Vista (Ultimate x86). Of course a Chkdsk requires a check at boot if you want to correct errors. At times when I do this, the system comes up, shows the scheduled Chkdsk and then immediately says it is cancelled. ...

My screen saver worked for the first few weeks, but since then stopped.Even with no usb connections, still nothing.I ahve the analogue clock on the sidebar, but even when i get rid of that still no screensaver? Would it be the cpu clocks?Billy ...

After installing and activating Vista Home Premium on my computer, I made some hefty hardware upgrades , in part to run Vista more smoothly. I bought a new CPU, motherboard, video card, as well as a cdrom. My hard disks didn't change and all of my old settings are s ...

Hi! This is somewhat of a strange problem and I’ve not seen anything about this in my searches on the Internet, so I thought I’d take a stab at it here and see if anyone has any suggestions for me.When you have many items in your ...

32bit vista home premium, intel DG965RY motherboard with intel onboard graphics media accelerator x3000 [GMA x3000]. seated correctly, it seems to me evga 7600 GT eGeForce 256mb pcie. i cannot force vista to override the onboard and recogn ...

Hi, about a week or so ago I posted an issue with Remote Desktop in Windows Vista and after some more exhaustive searching I found users experiencing basically the same issue as myself. It basically boils down to:1) Connecting to a Vista machine using Remote Desktop 2) After using the system and ...

I haven't upgraded to Vista yet but I'm planning on doing it soon. I'm a big fan of the *nix "root vs user" abstraction. I primarily use Windows XP using a limited user account for everyday use while I use an administrator account I aptly named "Root" for o ...

I have tried to restart hibeernate feature by following the powercfg instructions from the help. No joy, can you help?Billypremium version ...

I am configuring a new notebook running Vista Business with 1 GB Ram with 8 cell batttery. What type of increased performance should I expect running a 7200rpm drive over a 5400rpm drive. Is there going to be additional battery drain with the faster drive ...

If I muliple webpages open and click the option to close all tabs ,Explorer keeps on giving me the message "Explorer stopped working,looking for solutions,Exporer is restarting" Someting to that effec ...

I have both, and need to get new PC which will have Vista Premium. Can I run either one of those Office products with Vista? ...

the machine says the dvd thingy will write to everything under sun. Especially CDR and CDRW's, but it does not. What is going on here and how do I sove the problemnot taking the disk for return.Thanks Robert Hale ...

When downloading vista I lost the WAB DLL file how to I get it back so that I can send emails. I've reinstalled outlook but it diodn't restore it. ...

I currently have an XP pro computer setup as an ICS host with dialup (no broadband available at home). With my other XP computer I can enable/disable the interne ...

Well everyone, I have made a complete fool of myself. No excuses other than exhaustion and frustration over the very same WinMail.exe error that many here have had to deal with. This is my first day here and I guess I thought I was in a Live Tech help type forum. I'm really exhausted an ...

In XP and previous, Outlook Express in View>Contacts if you checked contacts you could see your contacts directly below your folders. Windows mail doesn't seem to have that feature at le ...

I just got window vista with my new laptop. However, I found out that I'm using way more disk space than the software says it would. I've installed a 2GB software on my window xp and it's fine ...

i burnt a cd with windows vista and it said burning was successfull. it was about 200 mbs of data. when the cd ejected i reinserted it. now windows explorer shows that 200mbs of cd space is used but when i open the cd it is empty. infact, any auto play option to burn audio cd with window ...

Can one still obtain Vista coupons with new XP boxes?Greetins all,I have a friend that wants to buy a new computer. He is concerned that a particular software package he must run is in ...

I'm having a heck of atime trying to determine my incoming and outgoing servers. I've searched the windows mail help and saw three options for each: IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. I set my ...

i'm having a problem w/ vista that nobody seems to be familiar w/. i absolutely must get this computer running smoothly ASAP. i've tried to appeal to technical support (which requires the vista serial number) but my serial num' is not recognize ...

I kicked off a first backup it managed to backup 20gb then stopped with Access is denied (0x80070005). I sometimes get access permission problems when looking at files belonging to other (administrator) us ...

I have a Dell Dimension 4500, 2.8 GHz P4, 1Gig RAM. I loaded Vista Home Premium onto a spare partition so that I dual boot with XP. I have a DVD ROM drive (Samsung) which Vista detects and displays every time in My Compu ...

I have a new ATI 1900 All IN Wonder Enhanced PCI Video card and I have not been able to find the drivers for the TV Tuner or FM Tuner. The TV and FM port ...

I upgraded to Vista Home premium yesterday; had to install a bunch of updates; blah blah blah. Now Update Manager says Error # 5 occurred. I do not know where the error is if it has to do with a program incompatibility. I had to uninstall / reinstall Norton. ...

Hi, (forgot to include subject on previous post) I'm not sure what group to post this in, so please let me know of a better place. I did not post to Microsoft's WMI newsgroup becaus ...

Been using Windows Mail on my new Vista Premium laptop for a month... yesterday started getting a prompt to enter my user name and password every time I open Windows Mail or try to send/receive... same thing when sending sending an ...

You must enable ActiveX controls in order to browse Discussion Groups.How can I enable ActiveX in IE 7.0 ?Thanks Don ...

I am running Vista Home Premium. 1 week old computer all updated and running firewall and defender. My problem is when I try to download something from the internet the dialogue box just hangs and sits there ...

How do you disable the security on Vista to allow the installation to continue ...

Have a new Home Vista , I was reading my email , I opened up one and it told me to go and follow the email site for more information on a site that I needed, in doing so, I couldn't . So I went back to my inbox to look ...

Hello all, I have uninstalled the HPpsc2210 and reinstalled same and still I cannot print out of my Office Word 2000. HP says I have all I need, and indeed a test page printed fine. The printer acts as tho it is printing and draws the paper thru but n ...

Is there such a thing yet as a generic print driver for laser printers using Vista? I've tried the HP PCL 5 driver to work with my NEC 1800 with no luck. I'm assuming there will be no Vista driver forthcoming from NEC as they have ...

Hi! I have a problem: in some folders (not in all) of my PC I can't select all the files with one click (you know, when you press for long mouseleft and the blue square appears to select all the files you want). I have to select one by one. Wh ...

I was using backup in Windows Vista RTM to back up files on a DVD and it was on "Creating a shadow copy", when I got an error. The error was "The system cannot find the file specified", with the error code of 0x80070002. Does anyone know how to so ...

Everytime I turn my laptop on I am running windows vista premium by the way, when I log on I receive an error message saying that Windows Calendar was unable to respond please close and restart the program, I would like it to autostart when windo ...

i may have accidentally deleted my recycle bin and now i cannot find it anywhere. at least i think thats what happened. i can still send things to the recycle bin but i have no idea where it is. i did a search and came up with nothing. any ideas? ...

hello,Whenever i open a window to show files in some folder, the title bar is always blank. Is this normal? it looks very strange.I'm using classic view and i've tried checking/unchecking the "Display the full path in the title bar (Cl ...

Hi there,Once in a while after going to browse some web sites....the temperature of my machine starts to rise.I check the Resource Monitor and find that AVGW.EXE ...

HeyTrying all sorts of pdf printers, can't seem to get any working any ideas ? ...

Ok, I've been trying to work through this problem now for over 2 weeks and I've gotten nowhere so I thought I'd make a post here and see if anyone else has some ideas I c ...

I've been using Nero for years. Let me correct myself: I've been using Nero's CD & DVD burning app for years. The 30 other bundled apps just sit there. After upgrading to vista, I thought I'd use Vista's builtin burning capabilities, but find that *much* too slow.T ...

I have a problem with windows vista, and the problem is when i start my computer ever 2 , 3 min it keep frizzing i dont know what is the resone. so could any one tell me what to do, is it updating or what? ...

I cannot remember installing anything recently which could have caused this, but where should I look for items affecting shutdown? I've had Vista Ultimate running for almost two months and it just started to take a long time to shutdown on Friday.Thanks! ...

Hello all,I dont know which group is suitable for asking this question.I am using Vista.I have two NICs one of which is assigned IP using DHCP (something like 157.x.x.x and subnet mask 255.255.255.128) while the other is manually configu ...

HiMy laptop has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my username has Administrator privileges to Windows.I'm trying to install an HP Analog TV Tuner card. So, I insert the setup CD, and a window pops up saying:You do not have sufficient security privileges to install hardware on this computer. ...

I just bought a new computer with vista home premium and WMP 11 already on it. When I go to websites and attempt to watch movies it says a plugin is missing, application/xmplayer2, it then tells me that no correction can be found and gives me the option to m ...

I installed Vista over XP and old files are now shown in c:\windows.oldAnyway I can remove this please and recover the space? Vista obviously blocks attempts to remove it. ...

There is a fold named "searches" under the users (me) drop down menu in windows explorer that keeps log of everything from recent emails to recent pictures uploaded and more! H ...

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I have a < 2 year old Toshiba laptop with Intel 915GMS graphics which lately has been having a serious problem with the screen going "semidark" upon "waking."It has been occurring for a couple of weeks now and the interim solution ...

My CD/DVD frive stopped working, and i got this error message in the properties:Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted o ...

Any one who help me about my video card driver (nvidia GeFORCE go 7700) pls!!! tell me what I do for my video card my OS Vista Ultimate 32 bit THE notepad computer i'am using is asus a8js, caliper is go7700,driving equipment is asus'.but THE zo ...

Hello, I recently bought Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit system and installed in on my 120 GB hard drive. After the installation was complete I did that "rate my system&quo ...

I purchased a new Gateway FX530XM with Vista. I don't know if this problem existed prior to me installing my software, but, I'm not able to get the packet writing software to work correctly. I installed Easy Media Creator 9. It doesn't have the option to ins ...

Hi,Within the device manager, Network adapter Properties there is a check box to allow the network adapter to wake the machine.Doe anyone know if there is a universal way of setting this us ...

I am an Action Pack subscriber and now that my Office 2007 beta period is over, I decided that I would grab hold of my Vista and Office release versions and get it all over with. I realize that I can NOT 'upgrade' in the traditional sense since the RC2 was Vista Ultimate and the Action Pack dis ...

Hi all. Cannot open my jpeg files from my CD in my player. Microsoft 2000 opens the files without any problems. Whats wrong. ...

I recently subscribed to Urge and when I try to play a radio stations I receive the following error message "Windows Media cannot play the playlist becaue it's not valid." I read a post saying someone had been able to resolve the problem by downloading a plugin for *.pls (playlist) ...

I just burned a DVD from within Vista Ultimate's Media Center. When I played the DVD in VLC on my XP desktop and DVD Player on my Mac the video is upside down and backwards. The menu screen is correct, it' ...

Hi everyone,I have a problem with Vista that is driving me NUTS!!!!I have a DSL wireless modem (it serves as a wireless accesspoint). When i am in my bedroom in am generally able to connect as expected to the home network through this accesspoint.The signal of this ...

ok i lost my 25character Windows product key and i was wondering how i can recover it? ...

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I'm having a problem with games crashing to desktop with my Vista system. I originally only tried Vanguard and thought it may be a problem specific to that game. I tried installing Company of Heroes to test and sure enough, it does the same thing. Plays for a little bit ...

I have received a few spam emails from Canadian Pharmacy, but what I don’t understand is the from address is mine, e.g. the from address is the same as the to address, if I add ...

I have Windows Vista basic home edition with Windows Mail. I cannot seem to open attachments that have been sent from someone using word any suggestions? ...

When I try to update I get error message 80072EE6 can anyone tell me how to clear this error so I can update? JAH ...

Ever since I installed my Vista Ultimate Edition, the icons in "Help" have been missing. It makes no difference whether I use online Help or Offline Help. All I see are the proverbial place markers (red X) where the icons should appear. Anyone ...

Hi FolksIn previous OS, if you opened the favourites and unpinned it, it would open when you placed the pointer on the left hand side. Any way to do this in Vista H ...

I don't understand why Microsoft has not provided an easy to use program for all of us beginner and intermediate users to transfer the OE files to Windows Mail??? What is one supposed to do?? I do not feel comfortable with some of the m ...

Hello all. After installing VISTA Ultimate 64 BIT, I can't use my printer. It's a HP LaserJet 3052 connected by USB cable. (it's a multifunction unit with printer, scanner and fax allinone). When I plugg ...

Hi, I am trying to load a dll using Loadlibrary in MFC application. It works on XP but fails on VISTA.Regards, Karthick ...

Got my Acer Vista Upgrade disc on Saturday, Tried to update yesterday and had probs and had to revert to XP.Seeing as I have had no problems with XP I might as well stick with XP.However, is there any t ...

This is a Vista problem. When I open my CD drive or my DVD drive and insert a new disc, like a game, Windows doesn't recognize that I've done so. The autorun doesn't run. In my computer, it still shows the title of th ...

Well, this CD came with my new Windows Vista computer, it says "Upgrade your Windows Vista Experience". I put it into my Windows XP computer and i installed Home Premium, since i put in my Vista code a ...

I have a Kodak EasyShare Z760 digital camera that I cannot get it to upload any of my photos or videos to my Windows Vista computer? I went to the Kodak website and they te ...

I cannot send or receive in outlook 2003. I tested the accounts and it says they are fine. Removed all spyware stuff. Just Upgraded to Vista. Thanks, Tim ...

My OS is Vista and I am also using Windows Mail. When I open rules in Tools, and go to mail rules, I do not have an option to move certain emails to designated folders. Am I missing something? Thanks for any help you can provide. BJW45> ...

Im using window Vista adn I can't find where to go to set the bass, treble and balance etc... or is it all pre set ??? Thanks bobsworld ...

Crazy idea ? maybe .. anyone knowledgeable in this area?Now that Apple or Mac is using the "Intel cor2duo" chips on their systems.It seems to me that any newer motherboard can now be optioned to run the mac OSx operating system?Will this work? Can you now buy or buil ...

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The Vista start menu is driving me nuts.I reorganise my own start menu folders and apps. Everything was fine on XP but under Vista, after a reboot, some folders that I have deleted reappear.Is there a good guide anywhere to help with organising the Viista start menu before I ...

Hello,I just purchased a new notebook and have ran into a couple of problems. While using notepad.exe I get the following error whenever I try to save a file:C:\Program Files\Common File ...

When we try to print from the Windows Photo Gallery all the pictures are pink,purple and blue. If we print the same picture from Word etc. they come out fine. It is definately not the printer and seems to be in the ...

I have a new Dell computer with Vista Home Premium (32 bit) factory installed; HP 4570c scanner, for which there are no Vistacompatible drivers. I loaded the basic drivers, the scanner appears in Control Panel/Device Driver.I open Windows Phot ...

I have a new laptop running Vista Home Premium and it is connected to my home network which has two desktops running XP Pro. I have two printers connected to one of the desktops, an HP LaserJet 2200d and a Photosmart 7960 and both are shared. When I ...

I can't seen to find out where the different folders for my different accounts are? I made two new accounts for me and my wife. And now both of our mail ends up in the same inbox. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Please help me. ...

want to thank both men for thier help, what I fineally had to do was call internet as was suggested, again THANK YOU lissa ...

I just set up my email accounts, but I have 5 email addresses and would like to have two of them (my spouses) go directly into a folder instead of opening up with my emails. Does anyone know how to set that up? Thanks in advance! ...

can i use my toshiba 1GB SD micro card on laptop for ready boost also i have 512mb usb drive. can this also be used as same. ...

It appears that my codecs are corrupt, since I can not play any wm? (Generally I will get C00D11B1 error)files and I can not find a way to replace MS codecs.Is there a way that I can uninstall and reinstall WMP in Vista?Thanks,Frank ...

I'm encountering problems when trying to open XPS documents. Although XPS documents on my computer are associated properly with the Microsoft XPS Viewer, they load in Mozilla Firefox, my default browser. Obviously, the documents won't op ...

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I read somewhere that you can buy Vista Business, but given you have the media, install XP Pro until you are ready to move to Vista.I want to validate this before I start building PC's f ...

I just bought a Compaq computer, which came with Windows Vista. I'm trying to get all of my music (2.5 Gigs) from my laptop, which I was using before this computer. I have a 40 Gig WD Passport, and I've loaded my music onto it from the laptop. I've p ...

Currently have Windows Vista OS but trying to switching back to XP OS.Whenever attempting to reformat, I see the error msg saying:A prolem has been detacted and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.If this ...

I am trying to tweak my Vista Ultimate system to launch the Windows Photo Gallery screensaver when no one is logged in. Using regedit, i have modifed the keys \HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop and \HKEY_ ...

I have been trying to install Bard's Tail and get an eror code about Media Format 9 Series. Vista did not put this in Media Player 11. Dose anyone know how to put this into media player. ...

Ok, I don't know exactly what this is for except to take up more unnecessary space on my computer, but none the less, it is there. Someone thought it might be useful. I guess there were too many people that don't know how to read the configuration of their ...

I just purchased a Gateway laptop computer and would like adjust the screen orientation. I was able to locate this feature under the tablet PC settings. The problem I have is that only one ...

So after having a stable and successful dualboot with XP and Vista Ultimate 32Bit for a couple of months now, I got overconfident.I had the bright wee hours of the morning idea that I could quickly increase my Vist ...

Bought a nice Gateway PC with Vista on it at Circuit City. I'm so utterly lost with Vista I don't think I'll ever climb out of the hole it put me in. Mostly the filing/folder system, locations, etc. I've lost so much data I'm going crazy.What ...

am having trouble installing games on 64 lately. I downloaded the latest patch for Total War MII and after it installed TW would not start. I uninstalled it via CP and re ...

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How can you import Outlook 2003 calendar into Windows Vista Calendar? I tried but it seems like Vista's calendat only supports icalendar format importing and Outlook won't export in icalendar format. Is ther ...

Everytime I run a .exe of any kind I get a window that says the file has stopped working and will be closed by windows.Anyone seen this?It's looking li ...

Hi everyone. Been searching for an answer to this for some time, but to no avail. With Windows XP, webcams used to show up in 'My Computer' (just 'Computer' in Vista). Doubleclicking gave you a live preview from within the My Computer window. This ...

I was trying to learn about the best way to play DVDs and encountered a problem I was "practicing" with "Gladiator" figuring this would have the best video and audio output. I can play the DVD with no problems on Windows Media Player but when I try to play it ...

I gave up on trying to do the upgrade from XP MCE to Vista Home Premium with the download from Windows Marketplace. I returned that, went out and picked up the retail version at Be ...

I Bought a new computer having Vista Home on it. The problem Im having is that the sound for music sounds BAD! When I play a DVD on it, the chareters voices are real low however the music in the back ground is loud. Ca ...

In Windows Media Player 10, on the library tab, at the bottom it would display the number of files in the library. In Windows Media Player 11 it does not. Can this be added to the bottom of the library\? ...

Could anyone tell me how to permanently disable subtitles in Vista's Media Center?I have tried disabling them in the options (setting the subtitles to "off" and "on when muted"), this makes no difference. When I play a DVD I always get subtitles and it's driving me mad. ...

I have set up a home network and I can see the computer running xp and the xp can see my Vista Home Premium Host computer. As far as I know I have set up both to share (I only want to allow the ...

I cannot switch users as explained in the help files. I am using Windows Vista Business. I can go to the manage users area. When I switch usersin the start menu it on ...

1) Since I haveAdmin rights on both computers in a workgroup, why can't I access the administrative shares? It prompts me for password, which I provide and rejects. That used to work in previous versions. If I define my own administrative shares (with $), it works fine.2) The same issue ...

OS: Windows Vista Home PremiumStandard user can turn off Security Center Alert without requiring a administrator password credentials. Standard user account should be restricted on changing Security Center Alert and only the Administrator can change Security Center Alert. This should be change i ...

I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 that has its old MediaDirect partition. Completely forgot to remove it when I installed Vista. And its at the beginning of the drive :[.What I want to know is if doing a complete back up and restore wi ...

Every time I start Vista, WMP 11 opens up. I have looked and looked but cannot find where to turn off this option. Anybody have any ideas? ...

HiI have an HP laptop (DV9207us). There is a minor problem, but nonetheless yettoberesolved problem.Say, I click Start | Hibernate, and the laptop goes into hibernation (all lights went off, etc.). I close the lid, and retur ...

When I clean the Recycle Bin, it does not clear in the recycle bin window (the items remain displayed) although it does clear the bin. Is there a fix for this?Thanks, Bob ...

Please helpI have installed Spanish windows vista on my dell laptop. My Vista build is 6.0.6000.16385. The problem is that i don't understand Spanish and wanted to install language pack shown in windows update but it gives me error code 1. ...

I'm run running Vista Ultimate on a Dell XPS 600 totally packed for programming and game playing. It includes a Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS, a 6 way Cambridge sound system, and a Plantronics DSP 500 headset.When I was running the XP Pro sp/2 OS, Plant ...

okay so i bought my new computer about a month ago. It came ready setup with vista premium. It was all working fine. Startinf up, shutting down, going into sleep mode. But then one day i started having problems. It would come out of sleep. it would freez ...

Hi to All, When i try to run the visual studio 6 setup.exe, it is not working. I got the following error. "couldn't find acme setup". How to fix this issue pls help me.with advan ...

MayDay! MayDay! I have an Asus A8NE Mobo running with RAID 0 data striping. Vista Premium Upgrade from WinXP nearly completes until the final reboot when I get a blue screen message stating that Vista needs or can't find the driver to WinXP Promise FastTrack S150 T ...

Cyberlink PowerCinema came with my laptop, but since upgrading to Vista HP I've noticed that I have a DVD decoder by default.Is it worth installing the Cyberlink decoder? The image I'm getting seems more blocky than it was under XP, but that could just be my imagination.If it is worth ...

Just got a new laptop that has Win Mail on it. This is the first time I have used VISTA and WinMail....used to OE. The laptop has McAfee Security on it and I am trying to email picture attachements and keep getting this error message (i used a contact group i created in winmail to send th ...

I want it to be like Windows XP in which only the filename was selected. There must be a workaround or hack to disable it ? ...

Whenever I go to a web site the page I want to look at loads, and a blank page also loads and the screen goes white. Does anyone know how to stop this happening as it's very annoying. ...

Hi,I want to listen to some radio programmes, but they require Real Player.I would prefer to install Real Alternative Lite because it is a smaller programme.Does anyone know if RA Lite is compatible with Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit). I use IE ver 7Thanks ...

Just an interesting observation,On my desk, I have two systems running at the same time, an XP Pro notebook using OE6 and a LCD screen connected to a Vista desktop using Win ...

i delet recyclebin from desck top how to creat again? thanks ...

I am trying to setup vista (enterprise) to run it's backups to a network share.When I point to "on a network" and tell it \\server\sharename, vista ...

Since I had Windows stop loading certain programs at boot up I constatly get the "Windows has stopped some start up programs" balloon pop up on my Taskbar by the time/au ...

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I having a %$^**!! of a time geting Linksys USB wirelss adapters work with Vista. I had a WUSB54G ver 4 (little blue/black box with antenna) and had continuos disconnects. I downloaded the VISTA drivers from Linksys a ...

I have successfully upgraded my Operating System to Vista Home Premium from XP Home SP2 and upgraded my Graphic Adapter from the intergrated motherboard graphic card (that had no dedicated v ...

Hi. I am running Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit wth all the updates installed.I get error 10016 in the system event log every five minutes for the last week. It persists after ...

The Short Version: Any 32bit application that tries to access the internet terminates unexpectedly. 64 bit applications seem to work just fine.I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit edition on an Intel C2D E6300 CPU with a Intel DG965WH motherboard and 4GB of memory.What works: Inte ...

Please help ...... I have been trying to install Microsoft Home and Student 2007 for a couple of weeks now and keep getting Error 1935 component error. I have installed this from disk on my XP machine with no problem so I know it isn't the ...

I wonder if any one can help me, I cannot seem to open the reuters media in the media centre.I click on the icon to open the news and all I get it the start up picture.All the other ones work ,but tnot the reuters news any help apprieated ...

The Bluesoleil Driver 3.2.2.8 does seem to work with Vista, but is this the only way to get bluetooth to work with Vista? is there a cheaper alternativ ...

Trying to import an Access 2003 contacts db to Windows Contacts. I've exported the db to cvs (txt) but when I import it into Windows Contacts it puts .Contact at the end of all data. Any way to eliminate this?James ...

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I've mounted and injected drivers for several cards already. Here's the issue.HP BL460c drivers.. PE image says that the driver gets slipped doesn't work. I also try drvload to manually load the drivers ...

Hello,For is a Bi boot XP home SP2 + Vista Premium mce, isit better : 2 or 3 partitions? I am explaining :Solution (1): Partition 1: XP (advised Volume: 10g ? , ntfs) Partition 2: Vista (advised Volume: 20g ? , ntfs) Installation of Vista after XP for Biboot creationSolut ...

Hi,I realize that there are already a ton of threads on Vista/XP file sharing problems but I have did a search and non of them addresses my specific problem, nor does it contain the same case that I have.My setup consists of a new HP laptop dv6375us wit ...

I'm running windows vista and I'm getting the message below. Any ideas on this please? Server Error in Application "Default Web Site"HTTP Error 500.19 Internal Server Error Description: The requested page cannot be accessed because the related co ...

The games with Vista Solitaire etc, do not display names or tiles correctly. It is like they are displaying at a very low resolution and only show half of the tilte name, same goes for the tips or helpful hints when they pop up. Have u ...

Whenever I send a message it automaticly deletes it from my 'sent' folder. How can I switch it so it stays in the sent folder?Thanks, ejrh ...

I have a buddy who has OE6 setup with about 25 custom folders (No permissions , he drags & drops) he installed Vista biz about 2 months ago and for personal reasons , he now wan ...

How do I set Windows mail to keep a copy of the email messages on the original web mail account? I want to be able to use both Windows mail when I am at home and the web account whn I am traveling. ...

I suggest wholeheartedly that the MS team consider reverting to the Purging system of Outlook Express so that when mail is sent to deleted items on my Windows Mail, it is also sent to deleted items on ...

hi, getting pretty peturbed here.yes i bought window vista home premium, i have been using it since the very day it came out and not a problem. today now i'm being told by a box that my windows is not genuine, go here and validate it. ok, i think this is strange but go to validate anyways, it s ...

Trying to log a problem with Microsoft, but they need a product ID. When I look at the System Properties window (bottom section) it shows: "Windows is Activated Product ID: Not Available" Ran a Windows Genuine Advantage check, and my system checks out. Tried using my Vista CD key ...

was trying to install Nero 7, but error keeps popping up that says windows installer has stopped working and must close. went to remove programs to remove the components of nero that went through, and i keep getting the same error. now i can't remove the installed parts n ...

I'm not sure exactly at what point this started (if it was after installing software or if it just happened on its own for some reason), but other than using Windows Explorer, I cannot open or save a file. If I am in Word or Photoshop or any othe ...

I have used Avast, spyware doctor, and spyhunter. Spyware doctor detects it and cant remove it until it reboots the system. It reboots and runs again but the trojan is still ...

For some reason, yet unknown, my laptop will not allow the screensaver, any of the installed ones in Vista Home Premium to work. I can put it "to sleep", shutdown, never tried the hibernate setup. I'd just like to know how to get the screensav ...

I had Aero working for a couple of months when all of a sudden it's gone. I have the vista theme selected, but the aero visual style isn't an option in the colors menu (I get the classic window when I click on change colors). I've tried all the suggestions on ...

What source would I need to install Ultimate? I got a CD downloaded through a retailer, but I want to make sure that the img file is for ultimate as well. Th ...

i have seen someone else ask this before but i couldnt find it. from others, i think the problem is that vista's wireless is always searching for a better network to connect to. that searching cause any not ...

hi what are the protocols that are responsible in vista(IPv6) for a computer to visible in network neighbourhood (Network). ...

HiThis is my first post and rather a long one at that. Hopefully it gives enough detail for those who know such things to tell me if a) I’ve got a hardware problem, b) I’ve got a configuration problem or c) I’m just being stupid! ...

I recently purchased a new HP Pavilion and am running Vista Home Premium. Since I no longer have access to Outlook Express, I'm trying out Windows Live Hotmail…and the jury's still out!Right now I'm trying to figure out how to change the default font size. ...

I run a rig with: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2 GB of Ram M2R32MVP ATI radeon x1950 Pro 256MB 300GB SATA HDmy base line score is 5.1During install the "configuring desktop" screen on startup takes about 15minutes to finishD ...

I am having trouble getting Vista to install correctly the driver for my HP Deskjet 460 printer. I have tried the following procedures:Plug printer into USB, vista finds new hardware and I select Locate and install driver software. It then tells me to insert the dis ...

I save some photos in 1 folder, but now it doesn´t appear all folders, why is that?The first times appeared a question of relating files of the same kind, and then new folders showwhat can i do to view all my folders? ...

I have Works 8.5 installed which needs a fix available from Microsoft. The fix is KB*******.msp. This file extension has associated itself to a Serif Program installed.I have tried to change the program to open file but no suitable program is available in recommended list.I think I n ...

When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if you keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ? ...

Hello,In Windows Media Player 11 (11.0.600.6324)Tools > Options only gives me the "burn" tab.Is there a way to repair or enable the rest of the Options tabs?[Vista H ...

The online Express Upgrade is expired, but i still want to upgrade my already Windows Vista Home Premium HP laptop to the Ultimate Vista without having to going to the store(is ...

Hi, I apologize for being redundant on this topic but I too am having that issue of not being able to respond or forward emails in OWA. I have Vista and IE7. I saw in a previous post to install S/Mime and it should hopefully take care of the issue. Unfortunately, it did not. Now when I cl ...

whether novell client for windows vista (for novell 4.11 version is released) ? or there is any other solution in windows vista to acess novell netware 4.11 server MRN ...

I looked through the newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com, and couldn't find one that looked appropriate to Office 2007. Any idea what news group I would post Office 2007 ques ...

Vista Home PremiumCan not delete the contents of the recycle bin with one click I can delete a single folder or file or a group that is highlighted. At the end o ...

Am getting this at start up "C:WINDOWS\CmUCRey.exe" and is asking for permission to continue with CmCardMonitor MFC Application. Have done the search to find out what this is and just know it's something really simple but just c ...

I just recently purchase a copy of WordPerfect Office X3 and having trouble downloading Paradox im using windows vista home premuim what should I do ?? ...

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 ...

when i move my mouse over a window it switches to that windo how do i stop it from doing that? ...

Back in XP the windows/temp folder I found could often be emptied... many things would live in there and could build up.. Years ago in window 95 photoshop left some real hefty files in the temp that just about filled my drive.. and I needed to manually delete them, so I got into the habit ...

My computer is set as the central for our home network. I have the modem and the router which are connected okay. My sisters laptop has Windows vista and is picking up the signal and connects to it, but when I try to pull up Internet Exp ...

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I am running Vista preminum on a laptop. I use an external hard drive to store pictures and music. I would like to defrag this dirive but I can't figure out how to do that? I need your help. ...

Upgrade new HP computer with Vista how the mon shuts down . computer still running just screen black.all s/w updated swapped lcd to crt ok . anlog work ok just in the digital. thanks ...

I have a ATI Saphire 1600 512meg video card. The index is a 4.6 for graphics and a 4.9 for gaming graphics. The problem is everytime I play Chess Titans the screen freezes (Complete Lockup) ...

I understand that vista uses memory to store needed data for common programs but when you want to play games with only 1g of memory it doesnt work so well just wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of common program data to decrease memo ...

I bought a modem from these BOZOS who said it would work with Vista and it didn't. They refunded the product price but not the freight. BEWARE of this merchant!Koka ...

We are manually organizing our folders for the ALL PROGRAMS item on the STARTUP menu, but are having a few problems and would appreciate some help as follows:FIRST, is there a way to temporarily turn OFF all the security ...

to reply by email please remove SPAM from the email address. I have a problem with LOCAL profiles and Remote Desktop Connection. I have seen this for quite sometime and thought it was a local profile problem. or shadow copy err ...

I have quite a problem. I paid for a full version of Vista Home Premium and installed it on my computer. Later I bought and installed the Ultimate upgrade from Amazon.com. Last night my hard drive died. ...

I installed Vista Home Premium over RC2 Vista Ultimate (the latter was about to expire). I heeded the advice to make a complete backup, this on an external hard dr ...

I have a laptop with the following spec:Core Duo T2400 1GB RAM GeForce Go 7400 (256MB)As far as I can see, this should run Windows Vista Ultimate. However, I remember reading that you wouldn't be able to install Ultimate on a laptop unless that laptop had a flshbased hard drive ...

I've just installed Vista but have problems downloading tiff files from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk . Never had problems such as this with XP & I suspect there is something easily corrected.On the ...

I've got my new laptop with Vista (IBM T60) and can't access our Wireless network because the Cisco Aironet Utility is not supported by Vista. I use to get the IBM Access Connection client, and it use to be able to do LEAP authentication, but the version I downloaded doesn't seem to do it no more ...

Hello I launch my application with a breakpoint at the Winmain function,and I obtain the cpu windows stoppint just at the "ret" assembly command of the ntdll.DbgB ...

I am trying to run a bios upgrade that i downloaded from Dell.com When i try to run it it asks to run as administrator.. I run as administrator and now says i need to be "ogged in"as an administrator. I disable UAC I figure ou ...

Today I get a message telling me I have 3 days left to activate Windows following a hardware change. This is strange because I have not made any hardware changes, except for adding in a ne ...

Hi there folks, As a guy who likes the game Freelancer and who has just bought a new PC to play on i have just discoverd that Freelancer doesn't work on Vista.After much searching i have found out that Vista does not have Direct play so i cannot connect to any server.Not to worry ...

My daughter is getting ready to deploy to Iraq. She is looking for a laptop to take with her. We are having a problem deciding on what operating system ...

Windows' Mail 'Find' function does not find mail containing %some_text%.Right clicked on 'Inbox', selected 'Find...', in the 'Message:' field typed some string that is contained within the email, clicked on 'Fi ...

It's weird that out of 4 printers that I have in different places I connect my laptop, the newest one HP ColorLaserJet 2600n isn't compatible and apparently won't be available til July. Does anyone out there have a solution for now? ...

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Dear sir, We are using Windows vista business Edition.We have configured genesis81@dataone.in email to Windows Mail.The cofiguration settings were correct and verified with the network provider.The same setting is configure ...

Hi,When I open windows mail it takes time to open and once open it takes time to open a message. Is there anything I can do to speed up the opening process. ...

I need to reformat my HD or run System Recovery. I keep getting the dreaded blue screen.I want to know if there is a way I can save all my emails that I have not deleted? I have all my cont ...

Even though Spellcheck is set to not be on at all ( in Tools/Options), it still checks and will not obey the "ignore" command. I can't send a letter because it won't let this Email address through and it repeatedly ignores my "Ignore" command. I once liked Window ...

Hi Group, I have had a problem develop where links in the body of my email messages do not work. When I roll over them, the cursor turns to a hand but when I click nothing happens. ...

Can anybody tell me why my cursor jumps to a different spot while I am typing??? I will be typing a message and my cursor will just move back 5 words or so in the same sentence, or as it did in this message it jumped up to the subject box????? ...

When the Windows Mail is open and I'm watching Windows Media Player in full screen every few minutes full screen is being reduced to a window. I imagine it's because Windows Mail is trying to download new mails. I ...

I followed the "directions" to create a Back Up File but after many tries I have to give up up unless I can please get some help! I tried to put the backup on the Recover ...

I know that Home premium doesn't have GPEdit but can it be installed? If so, where can I get it? (I don't want to pay all the extra $ for Ultimate just ...

Hello,I have a Brother MFC640CW all in one which wont print from WORD 2003 and POWERPOINT 2003. It prints fine from EXCEL, PUBLISHER and the web.I have updated the printer driver so it is compatible w ...

Recently bought Toshiba laptop Vista. Have 2 printers, Epson installed fine. Konica Minolta no go. Tells me it's installed correctly, but each time I request a print, a Dial ...

I just installed Vista and now iTunes cannot find the music files. Windows did not create a "Music" folder in my user folder when I installed Vista and I cannot gain access to my old music folders because I don't have permission on any of my administra ...

Good Morning I installed my XP Small Business Enterprise onto a new laptop with Vitsa. From this install Outlook and Excel work fine, but Word does not allow the saving of Word documents, it defaults to Wordpad. I cannot also open Word documents from my external drive in Word ei ...

Many icons are invalid or missing.In Explorer, the icons for: Computer Public Floppy Disk Drive (A:) (D:) (G:) (S:) are all the Windows default icon.Random folders have the default icon, but only with " ...

Hey,I just got Vista and my problem is that I have a Control Panel icon on taskbar beside other desktop icons but there is no Control Panel icon on desktop itself. I tried t ...

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

Hi, Does anyone know how to help Media Centre find my pictures. I have tried running the set up from inside Media centre again adn it shows the folders that pictures are in, but 0 pictures? This is frustrating. Even when rerunning setup nothing seems to change. ...

Every 3 or 4 years I get the opportunity and authorization (from spousal unit) to build a new computer. So when I do so I try to get the best of what I can get in the hopes that it isn't too totally outdated in 3 years. With that in mind I have been reading up on Vista 32 bit vs. Vista 64 bi ...

I’m trying to connect a machine running vista ultimate to a 2000 server network. My two vista machines can see each other through my hub; they can also see my internet router. They cannot see any machine running 2000 pro, or 2000 se ...

I'm trying to update the drivers for a PCI to Parallel port adapter. I downloaded & unzipped the Vista drivers from the MosChip website, I've tried every which way to get Vista to update the drivers, but it always ends up with the drivers that Vista automatically installed in ...

Some minor issues with Vista...Vista always insists on placing the 'user doc folder' in the upper left hand corner even though I prefer to have 'My Computer' there. Every time I restart it's moved back to the default location.Might be a IE e ...

Could someone please explain in layman's terms why sometimes the Watched folder settings icon in vista pops up. What does it do and what does it mean. Thx in advance ...

I love the Problem Reports and Solutions feature but have recently been having an issue with a certain report about my HP Asset (whatever that may be). I have a new HP Windows Vista Media Center computer with a program called HP Total Care Advisor installed on it a ...

Hi,I have started vista with 2003 office package a while ago. When opening 2 or 3 excel files in the same time: microsoft has found a problem and excel needs to be restarte ...

HP Update keeps trying to install the "Windows Vista Activation Utility" but always hangs on this error:3068:Function Syntax. Illegal delimiter found. On line 1289 of W:\Patches\IP\sp26915\install.wbtRunShell("regsvr32.exe", '/s "C: ...

This doesn't open under vista32 Used to work under windows xp ...

After installing WindowsBlinds demo I noticed a Blank Iexploer window loading each time Vista restarts. How do I find out why and what is cause the blank page to open? I have completely uninstalled Blinds and the page still opens. TIA ...

Does anyone know if it exists for Vista? ...

when i click on programs and features and select a program to unistall,(in this case MS ofice 2007) nothing happens. i don't get any choises. NOTHING. any ideas? ...

I have Vista Home Premium and I can't figure out how to activate the Aero feature. I have searched the display settings and the control panel but to no avail. I have a feeling that its right under my nose and ...

Running Vista, did a restart, now everything that was displayed in english, now is wing dings?So all program names, shortcuts, titlebars, logins, etc are in wing dings. If you open up a program, is part english, part wingdings.Any Ideas? ...

I know you can change the action of the start menu power button to various tasks, but is it possible to set it to bring up an XP style option box for stan ...

Please forgive me if I should be posting this in another group.Everytime I try to open Internet explorer I get an error box with the title"Microsoft Visual C++ Run ...