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I have a new Sony laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium edition. When the computer is on screen saver and I wake it, I am properly sent to the user logon and prompted for my password to sign on. But once th ...

This may be daft, but why can I access the internet but other account users on this computer not? (Using Vista) My kids both have user accounts, but they can't get connected. I've tried setting up the access on their accounts in ...

Do the "net user xxxx pwd /add" and "net user xxxx /delete" commands work for any version of Vista? I can't find anything and I need to co ...

Is it possible to somewhere download/run/install Vista games on XP SP2? ...

its tellin me my games incompatible... suggestions?? ...

I would like to rename the inbox, outbox, sent items and deleted items folders in our english version of Windows mail into Japanese, since we are using Mail mainly for Japanese language. I can do this with other boxes usi ...

I would like to export all my message rules (mainly, sorting messages to customized folders) from my XP laptop to my new Vista laptop. Does anyone know of a way to do that? I have read that exporting ...

Maybe I'm brain dead, but how can I change my password on my mail server so when I log in, it jsut signs in automatically? ...

I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a very basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a posting from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is a Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply? ...

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Where are the Windows Mail folders and what are their extensions? I would like to keep them backed up but can't find them. Thanks.Ron ...

Everytime I run my CCleaner and other applications, Vista always asks for my permission to continue. As I,m the sole user of the PC I find it annoying! how can I stop these 'Nag' screens and just run the bloody program ...

OK I've figured out how to assign programs to files simple, yet tedious. The thing I can't figure out since the file type association interface is gone now, is how to customize your icons for certain file types. I created some icons for some ...

I recently bought a computer that had Windows Vista Home Prenium installed. When I go to ShutDown or Restart the computer it doesn't .... I'm forced to do a Cold Boot. Is there a Fix for this ? ...

Hope someone can point me in the right direction on this one:Basically, we had a new Vista Business PC that was misbehaving and dog slow. After trying all sorts of tweaks with virt mem, AV, themes, etc I ...

Works Spreadsheets works fine as a program but when you try to right click on a works spreadsheet file and click Print the Works splash screen pops up but then nothing happens and trying to gain access to any works files is not happening. You can see the wk ...

I just bought a new computer with Vista Windows on it. I will not let me install my HP Photosmart C6180 all in one. Do I need a patch? If so where do I find it and how do I apply it. I wo ...

After many, many hours, my Vista machine is almost configured as efficiently as my XP machine. Just a few items left, and of course I have to wait for a PowerToys release for Vista...But in the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to add a shortcut to my CD/DVD drive (D:) to the "pi ...

I am using Vista Home Premium and it does not seem to have the Fax service installed, how can I install it myself? ...

Several have had the same problem I experienced. I am running a brand new topoftheline clean system with Vista Ultimate. After 100 minutes on the phone with HP, we discovered that by simply removing and then automatically reinstalling the network card driver, the problem was solved. Second: Whe ...

P4 2.8ghz HT, 1.5gb memory, 160gb hd, Ati Radeon 9550 256mb agp 8x.I have 1 intake system fan with a removable fan duct pointing toward the CPU large heat sink. when i upgrade the power supply with a new one it change the air circulation making the CPU heatsink much hotter than usual when comput ...

I need to add Italian to my Install for a salesman's laptop. Given that I can assume he wont need in the english bios, how do I add Italian, and where do I download the addin that I assume (?) I can use the package mangler to ...

Last Thursday night my new Dell Vista PC did an update from MS and had restarted when I found it the next day. Since then all the images on the sidebar have been replaced ...

Depsite assurances from both the Microsoft and Canon websites as to the compatibility of our digital camera, the data on the camera's memory card becomes corrupted once you transfer pictures to the PC. The images are still there, and viewable via the PC card reader, but ...

In vista mail cannot send background sound, even though it plays in the mesage. Error message is "picture could not be found". Help please! John H ...

Are you telling me that I no longer have a convenient shortcut bar in OE/Windows Mail? That I'm stuck with this expanded tree mess? Gawd, what inbred mutants concluded the shortcut bar couldn't make the final cut?An ...

Hello all,When I run sfc /scannow from the command line using an administrative command prompt, I receive the following output after Windows completes the scan:=== C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannowBeginning system scan. This process will take some time.Beginning verificat ...

With Vista's new disk defragmenter, we apparently cannot see the 'detailed view' of the disks status as far as disk fragmentation goes.Is there a way for us to show this view that once exis ...

Hi, i was wondering if anyone knows anything about the minidump file... i was watching TV on my PC and my computer resarted by itself, it went into d ...

I just bought a new computer with Vista Home Premium on it and now I am having problems with my work email. I access my work email through outlook 2003 exchange server. It looks okay until I try and rep ...

If I have a TV tuner that is natively supported by Windows Vista Ultimate or Home Premium for Mediacenter functionality, do the same drivers come with Vista Business? Will Vista ...

Hi everyone,Am needed alot of help as am not very good at computers and need this problem resolving in the next few days!! i bought a new laptop yesterday and when with the guy i asked how i could transfer my files, the guy showed me the belkin &quo ...

I can't figure out how to view Recorded TV from my NAS drive. I've tried mapping a drive, but only the local drives (C: and D:) appear on the "More TV Locations" list. The only way I can view NAS con ...

Have read alot of the post here but no one seems to have the answer to my question. Seen alot try this and that but has any one actually imported a outlook 2003 contact into the new windows mai(outlookexpress)? I have two ...

I have a new computer installed with Vista home premium,My daughter likes to get on utube and watch some of the little clips there, recently when she clicks on one, the video wont play and a message comes up saying Java Script turned off or you have an older version of macromedia's flash pla ...

After installing the newest version of iTunes, Adobe Photoshop CS2 would not load for more than 5 seconds without exiting. Furthermore Windows Explorer would crash an ...

I've been running Vista Home Premium for a week now (C2D T5500, 2Gb ram, 160Gb HDD, Geforce Go7600) and I must say that I'm very happy with it. Everything runs smoothly, if not smoo ...

I have a Vista Ultimate as primary workstation on the home LAN, router connects up to 8 other machines, mostly XP Pro laptops, couple Linux machines and a Windows 2003 Enterprise serverrouter assigns all machines an ip via dhcpwhen I initially setup the VU machine, created a share ...

Has anyone found a wireless mouse that works with Vista? I mean a mouse the will let the screensaver work. www.paulsxp.com www.paulsxp.com/forums ...

If I am an administrator, why do I have to run something as an administrator? I have a VB.net app that I wrote that reads and writes a file. I use this app a lot. Why do I have to select Run As Admi ...

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In Outlook Express I used to be able to launch emails directly from my address book contacts list which I configured to appear below my folders list on the left. This made emailing very quick and easy. In Windows Mail however I do not seem ...

Microsoft is once again trying to limit users to using only their products. Windows Defender may be a good antispyware program but Microsoft ought to give the computer's owner the option to uninstall it if they so desire. I've ...

I am attempting to type in the license key to unlock a copy of PowerDVD 7 deluxe. After I finish typing in the serial number and hit the unlock key a popup window appears that says I do not have administrator privilege to do that. My user account i ...

I am using Vista Home Premium with an HP pavilion 2000. Speech recognition is vital to me as I am a high quadriplegic, and at the present time I am unable to use a mouth sti ...

I have a file on my SD card in my device (Cingular) that was created at 4:10AM Easter time. Both my device and my laptop are set to Eastern time and both are showing the same (correct) time. When I removed my SD card f ...

As a safeguard, when I installed my Vista upgrade, I did so on a partitioned drive G leaving XP on C and the HP recovery goodies on D. A week later, I' ...

Brand new computer, out of box, HP pavillion a1720n with Windows Vista Premium. Why am I getting the following error, any suggestions would be appreciated:Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: DVDMaker.exe Applicatio ...

after i trained my first pc for the new amazing voice recognition, i found NO way of transferring the training files to my second pc running the same vista business version? very frustrating. also does anyone kno ...

My brand new HP Notebook seems to work fine and I'm able to view the desktop fine on either the generic monitor or my new ViewSonic VX1935wm external monitor. I can change to move parts of the desktop to either monitor (though I haven't yet figured out how to move th ...

I used "Manage your file encryption certificates" option and got the following error message at the end of the wizard when I tried to use cert.Title: Encrypting File SystemMessage: The EFS rekey wizard encountered a fatal error: Provider ...

I'm experincing problems connecting Epson R800 & R2400 printers via IEEE 1394/Firewire ports under VU 64bit I've obtained the latest certified drivers, 6.5a, and installed them, both to a current install, then as first install on a clean build. I've also connected them v ...

I recently bought a new laptop, and am using Windows Vista Ultimate. i receive a lot of faxes daily that are faxed upside down. In Windows XP Fax Console you had a couple of buttons that you could click on that would rotate the fax for you, to make it right ...

I'm running Vista x64 home premium edition.I'd like to keep my program files and user files on separate partitions.I'd prefer to setup a junction (symbolic link) to the separate partition ...

I did that family plan upgrade for one computer and I have decided to buy a full version of home prem. instead and get a refund from MS for the family ...

I have an icon in the tray stating that New Updates are available, however when I click on the icon it shows me the schedule set for automatically installing updates but doesn ...

I hope someone can help me shed some light on this issue. I recently upgraded to Vista Business. I have had issues with installing programs downloaded from the internet. If ...

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete, move, rename wha ...

Hi,can I setup Vista firewall to ask me, if I want to enable outcomming connections (like for incomming)?(for each program) I don't want to enable this for each program manually in policies, thanks ...

Hi, I have this strange problem :I have a CD with a DIVXavi file on it. I can see the file when I explore the CD in WinXP and I can also play it with WMP11 because I have installed the necessary codecs to do so (Mega Pack from KLite). No problem with WinXP ...

I am periodically getting this error when trying to run the defragmentation utilityc:\windows\system32\dfrgui.exe The specified path does not existCheck the pat ...

My friend (with new Dell & VistaHP, behind a home router) sends me a request invitation file. It does not contain a public IP address & port number. It only has a private address (192.168� ...

When I go to "YouTube" and try to view a video it freezes up only after either 7 seconds of viewing or at most 20 seconds. What can I do to fix thi ...

My girlfriend just got a new emachines computer for xmas, and is not happy with vista to say the least. She just got a copy of XP professional(yes real product key), but when she installed it she got no sound. now besides checking the usual dumb things lik ...

hii have a gigabyte board, trying to run vista, was all ok till i decided to install a few new deviced eg dvd rom, ide hard drives, now asking for drivers ...

I used WETC while installing Vista on an XP box. I had backed up most things but missed a few, namely some files that were saved to a user's desktop. WETC managed to copy several apps, but no old data appears. After reading several ...

I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. Right after it says Windows Vista is going to run for the first time, I get a blue screen indicating that the device d ...

usually in xp my installation would last at least a year or two before it started to either grind to a halt almost or start action strange, ok the first installation of vista was scrubbed due to the fact that it ...

Does Vista not have a "boot.ini" file, or some equivalent to steer the boot to the esired OS in amultiboot situation? I can't find a boot.ini on my new Vista system. ...

There is a small flaw in the Upgrade installation programming of Windows Vista...In the past, you could upgrade a blank (formatted) hard drive, with only a single upgrade disc and a full version of ...

Upgraded from XP Pro SP2 to Vista Business. Not only are all my documents and application data gone but every time I log on, it appears as the first time I logged on. I setup my email account and preferences only to have the settings lost wh ...

Hey everyone, I've got a question! I'm currently in Spain, and I bought a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, but I got it in Spanish, which is a bummer, I mean, I understand it, but I would prefer it in Eng ...

I have several machines, 2 Windows notebooks, a Mac, and another Windows desktop running XP, that all keep their network connection perfectly. The only machi ...

I have a Dell XPS 410. It orignally came with Windows XP Media Center. Since I ordered the computer in 2007 I was eligible to updagrade to Vista. I have updated to Windows Vista Home Premium.In File Explorer on a local drive, when I do a ...

This has only happened once (this morning), so I am not completely freaking out yet, but given that I just got admin access back on my Vista machine (see my UAC post for details), any kind of security issues like this get me paranoid. Basically, I restarted m ...

Hi I have vista home, I had instaled Norman antivirus for about one week ago, then i reinstalled and removed this program, and bought Norton antivirus, but i have a problem, in controlpanel the security page it says I have 2 antivirus ...

When I start Vista, I always get a popup that says Windows blocked some startup programs. When I go into Windows Defender to find out what is being blocked, I get the list of programs loaded at startup, and each is either d ...

I am facing an issue with windows mail. Everytime i load windows mail, it shows me that there are 2 unread messgaes int he inbox. I have scanned thru my entire inbox including the various folde ...

I have now learned that outlook and vista don't like each other and I don't like having to reset the password every time I open the program. I used outlook for business a ...

when i open vista windows mail, a dialog box pops up and says "processing messages" it goes thru several lists (have no idea what) with a green bar showing progress of the "processing". what is that? that feature did not exist o ...

Heya, I tried searching for the answer to this question, but no luck, so here goes:I just got Vista and am using Windows Mail. I am connecting to 2x IMAP servers hosted on entirely different servers (one work and one home email). When I ...

I cannot send out any emails. I am using Windows Vista and the emails just stay in the outbox and don't go anywhere. This started last night. The error message I get is:The connection to the server has faile ...

I've set my display settings for my monitor to turn off after being 5minutes, but when i'm watching a movie or presentation in full screen XP had the option not to turn off the monitor. But i can't seen to find this option in VISTA.It ...

This was an issue in XP as well and would like to see this problem resolved in Vista.In XP there was a work around by using a TSI called TameDOS, but they don't currently have a version for Vista yet. Th ...

I just installed Vista on the spare partition of my XP developemnt box (Atholon 64 X2 4200 w/ 1GB) The old system was running rock solid. The Vista system has had a couple of unxpected reboots. ...

On the new Windows Fax and Scan Console with VIsta Ultimate, after you create a new fax and preview it, how do you go back and edit some more if you do not like what you previewed? ...

I mistakenly installed a second copy of a local printer and I can't delete it nor enter into the properties to see if I have permission?? Any help would be a ...

Cant delete news group fileswhen I open them and click on file the delete button is grayed outmust get rid of them ! ...

I bought my parentsinlaw a laptop with Vista Home Basic on it, trouble is I bought it in the UK and they're Greek, can I 'purchase/upgrade' to a Greek version of Vis ...

I have a large document archive consisting of scanned files in TIF format, where all text has been OCRed. With Windows XP I was using the Windows Desktop Search ver. 2.6 that was neatly ...

Do you know where Vista takes the information for the Media Center guide? There are a few channels in my area that have changed in the past few months, but they are not reflected in the guide (they still show the old channels and programs). Aaron Stambo ...

Hi,I have upgraded from XP sp2 to Vista Enterprise.Everything looks good, but my networking does weird.Internet explorer works fine, but telnet, nslookup, msn, windows update and remote desktop don't work.e.g. ...

Hi, I have a connection Vista (premium) to ME From Vista i can perform everthing except accessing the remote printer. ME sees Vista but can't perform any action on it.Using a br ...

Current status: Networking 4 computers(Vista and XP) all networking, folder and printer sharing etc is completely functional. No problems Vista to XP and vice versa.But.....Somewhere along the line I have lost the abil ...

i upgraded to Vista home premium a few months back and have had only a few minor problems, so i've been happy, until today.I put my computer to sleep, as always, went away for a few hours, woke it up and it was slow loading up. When it finally did load, the screen went blue, then shut down. ...

I am trying to figure a way to separate my two email accounts from the one Inbox. I need one of these accounts to be accessed privately and separate from the other account. Is there a way to do this? Please help!!! Sankie ...

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Is there a way to have the computer automatically wake from sleep when you have Automatic Updates enabled? I don't see Automatic Updates listed in the Task Scheduler, and there is no option to ...

I can no longer upsate the WEI score. In control panel system, I see the score but there is no breakdown into the subsections. This has changed recently. And there is no button to update the score.Any ideas? ...

hi im wondering what type of video card i need for vista? cos i wont to conect my ps3 to my computer. ...

microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspxwindowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/enUS/Help/9636e0f2022345d289cb3e317c4509051033.mspx#E4The two links above, ...

My desktop computer appears on the network map on my notebook, but I can't access any files or printers. Here is a few notes: desktop computer is running Windows XP SP2, notebook is Vista ...

IE7 does not display .png images. All other images display correctly. The .png images appear as redx's on any page that has them.I did some testing an ...

In my windows mail options I have checked the “Automatically display folders with unread messages”, but if I don’t expand the main folders, I will not see the ones with ne ...

Hi I just upgraded to vista home premium and I'm trying to use windows mail. My address is myname@remmerriley.me.uk When I try to set up the account I get a message saying the address is invalid? If I ...

I am running a new Dell Inspiron E1705 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2G RAM) that came with Vista Premium. Every few minutes, there is a "hiccup" when playing MP3 files.I ran the "Reliabilit ...

I have a windows vista ultimate installed which runs pretty smoothly except that on checking the installed updates I noticed that some that of them were still "pending" despite having apparantly downloaded. I have downloaded them seperatel ...

I can't install anything, I've read everything and applied the suggestions. I can't get the support from support personnel so HELP!!!!!error 1719 I get the error message that says I can't access then contact support person The other message says wasn't ins ...

I have just purchased a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium installed, to replace my ageing Mac G4 PowerBook. I have noticed that the button icons at the top righthand ...

Using Windows Ultimate, I have added an .avi from Windows Movie Maker to Windows DVD Maker. I start the burn process, and approximately 50% through th ...

help; Got Vista operating pl form Two drives on system, C and E. after installing operating system reformated E drive completly clean I want to use it dedicated for movie storage and play from there. The movies are loading there to E but I c ...

Back when I worked with Windows XP Pro and while I was logged in as Administrator, I used this procedure for saving, for example, Devices Manager's preffered window position: Start Run mmc. Then, File Open C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc. Adjust window positio ...

I am trying to use flight sim X deluxe edition as a study aid for real world flying. I just bought this computer about 6 weeks ago and not knowing much about computers and not t ...

Ok, so this is ridiculous. When I first set up my Windows mail to download from my ISP server, I receive but not send email. Then I checked the box that my server required authentication and that s ...

One week with Vista and I've got a long list of problems. The most annoying is Indexing I have spent a great deal of time trying to get the function to work properly. Personally I c ...

cadopolis.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=562&PN=1make sure when it tells you to use acad.exe you right click the application, not the other one (a config file) ...

I've read that Microsoft if going to release Vista Service Pack 1 soon, do you think they will include the classic dialogue box logon as a update? because i really miss it as i am running Vista Home Premium and am not too us ...

it won't play cd's or dvds. i checked the device manager and it said "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" wha ...

I just recently installed Vista 32bit on my computer. I installed it to a separate physical hard drive as to not conflict with my previously installed XP Pr ...

I am having real trouble trying to set up a simple home network. I can see the residential gateway icon which my sons xp computer is connected to ( I am running vista) but I cannot see his computer. As far as I know I have c ...

Previously in XP, I used to connect to my work computer by Dialup netrworking I used to have "a dialup connection" on machine A and "an in ...

whenever i open a file i get a message, file download security warning.How do i get rid of this warning.It ia annoying ...

Is my network secure just through having it WEP enabled? ...

I installed a brand new copy of Office 2007 Standard. Works fine. I then created a new user for my wife. For some reason, she can't see any of the office programs. Oth ...

....for a XFX Geforce 6200. I am using Vista Ultimate 606000. Where can I get it? ...

My MS update notify seems to hae quite notifying me. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Sam ...

Hi,I'm aware of the 'Power buttons and lid' option under 'Change advanced power settings' but one can only choose between 'Shut down' or 'Sleep'. I wish that the default setting is 'Restart'. How can I achieve that?(Vista Ultimate x64). Regards Madsen ...

my computer is frozen.i have tried to ctrl alt delete so i can end task but this function does not work with windows vista.so how do i go about ending a task using the ...

I know that if a folder is for pictures and videos and the files are viewed as icon then windows will by default hide the file names. No problem there as I can change what the folder type is. The problem is when I go to control pane ...

Dear friends:Are the Vista users well informed? The BIOS issue.I have been surprised that my Notebook's manufacturer (Sony Vaio) has released a free BIOS update (dated 04/20/2006) but with two different ...

Hi All I want to know how to delete this windows vista bootloader? i ...

Can anyone tell me why clock runs slow despite synchronising ? Thank for any help. ...

I've only tried this a couple times, but I have an Admin and a User account on my Vista Ultimate. I used the Autologin setting so I don't have to log in normally, but need a password on the account for networking to work correctly.Anyhow, aft ...

After buying a DELL Inspiron 6400 with Vista preinstalled, I had serious discussions with tech support. Actually, now they state, it is not a bug, but a ...

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 ...

I need to reinstal my Vista after changing mainboard and video card. I can't even start in safe mode. Will it cost me to reactivate? Tried doing repair but it does not want to work ...

My laptop become very slow after installing Vista. I wanna reinstall my XP but I can find the way of transferring windows mail back to OE6(.dbx). ...

I can't right click on either the desktop or within Windows Explorer. Either way Windows Explorer hangs, stops working and restarts without me ever seeing the right click menu. Any ideas what's going on? ...

Hi, I am running Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Messenger. When I try to have Webcam Conferences the whole of the Messenger freezes for about 5 minutes where it says ...

So if you don't want to tackle the whole new OS, but wouldn't mind a Vista face lift, are any of these themes out there good ? WindowBlinds is one that's popular ?? ...

Where can I get and set Outlook Express as my email program. Windows Contacts leaves very much to be desired (it sucks) and I have no where to store my email adresses.James ...

Hi, I have written a brief program that sets up a server. It is working fine on my XP machines but I can't get it to work on Vista. Actually, it "works: in that it runs but when I try to connect via telnet I get no ...

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Hey guys,Have they cut games like Solitaire out of the business edition entirely, or do I just have to hunt for them? I sorta left the installer to go have fun, got back, put my p ...

How can I change the path statement in Vista? I want to have it load the new path every time I boot up, not just a onetime change.Thanks, Brandon ...

I have a new laptop with Vista. The only problem is I can't run my several of my programs because their not yet Vista compatible. So basically I spe ...

[cross posted to hardware.devices]I have a friend with a home network. He has XP MCE 2005 on 2 machines and Vista (Ultimate on one, Premium on another) on 2 machines.Same workgroup Vista can see and share folders on XP XP can see and share folders on Vista Simple sharin ...

Hi, I can burn a cd/dvd with programs like itunes, remo, etc. But if I want to do something simple like drag and drop pictures onto a new dvd it doesn't work. Any advise?Thanks,Chris ...

My mouse is working as the pointer move when I move the mouse, the problem is that when I want to select something in a window dosn't work. For example, in a program if I want to choose any item in a box I can't do it...in the msn I can't select a person of my contacts...I h ...

I decided to take the leap and install a dual boot setup.......except;FYI, I (had) a Raid1 mirror setup (Silcon Image 3114) BUT I made a mistake/error of removing all my Nvidia display drivers (as requested by MS Vista Upgrade Adviso ...

Hi, I am doing a clean installation of Windows Vista Home Premium and I ran into a problem. After everything on my hard drive was wiped and it was restarted to start the installation, I entered my CDKey in, accepted terms, selected Clean (as it was only choice now), and when it ...

I recently installed Vista Ultimate on a new laptop which had Vista Home Premium already preinstalled . I installed a program that fouled up my installation so I reinstalled windows. I have a 160 GB HDD installed in this laptop and very few programs ...

VHP, similar to an old XP problem where preview & edit got mixed upHaving set JPEG images to "Open" with Photoshop, the View option on the Slide Show gadget brings up Photoshop rather than Windows Photo Gallery as it shoul ...

Does Vista Home Basic include the Microsoft PPTP VPN Client? Any help would be appreciated.Brandon Vogel ...

As most are aware, Vista has its share of networking issues, NAS access being one of them. I have a Coolmax CN550 NAS. I can access the shares on my NAS if I use the common work around for ...

How can I delete an incoming message without opening it? It doesn't seem to matter if I right or left click on it. Either way it doesn't give me any options it just opens. I would ...

Ik ben niet de eerste en vast niet de laatste.Hoe kan ik de Nederlandse spell check in Windows Mail krijgen? Bij Microsoft Office (officiele versie voor thuisgebruik) zit geen outlook meer omdat er nu Windows Mail is.Hierin zit echter gee ...

Hi I'm Vic! Thank you for reading my file. I'm sorry to tell you about my difficulties while attempting to fax the maximum number of times because I do not know how to disable detect for dial tone before faxing. I ...

I recently installed a lexmark z645 on a new computer equipped with Windowss Vista home basic, and have not been able to use the printer. When I click on the print icon in Microsoft works, the mach ...

Hi everyone!I'm running Vista Home Premium and have a couple of questions in terms of the organizing of files in Vista. By default all files are sorted by name which is fine, but in a few folders I want them t ...

Vista Ultimate. Nothing happens when i drag and drop folder to other hard drive to copy it. that's all that i can say. cut and paste doesn't do anything either. you cut the file ...

I dl'ed version 7 of Urbuttoo and it won't install on my computer. It can't recognize my Matrox P750 video card. What a piece of crap! Frank ...

for wmp and ie, the 32 bit version offers better compatibility w plugins but why the other apps? there are 2 versions of each app (in program files and program files x86) and it seem ...

Hi, my name is Ben. Recently, I have a problem with Vista Ultimate. One of my software that installed on my computer prevents Vista running properly. The problem is Data Execution Prevention and the s ...

I'm running Win Vista Home Premium on a Gateway GT5238E with a core 2 dual processor with 2 gig of ram. Also, I did a clean install when I upgraded from XP.I've been getting the following error in the event viewer sy ...

When i try to create clips in windows movie maker it says "you do not have permission to change the video file".I use windows vista home premiumPlease help ...

I've read that there's "heuristic detection" code in Vista's UAC to automagically sense installers (by more than just file name) and issue a "Run as administrator" behind the scenes so that you don't have to do it yourself but how good is it?What I'm hoping to avoid ...

Thought i'd share this. Sometimes the offline defrag facility in some 3rd party defrag apps doesn't work on 3rd party encrypted volumes. One reason for this is that the defrag app cannot lock the drive.I had been told that Perfectdisk offline def ...

My laptop has an internal SD reader and is registered as such (not a usb drive).Is there anyway I can fool BitLocker into thinking its a USB drive? It is still removable memory, and it would be much easier than a usb drive. ...

A good friend of mine recently purchased a laptop with Vista preloaded on it. She has several games that is of course not compatible, (works on XP, but not on Vista) but some that is made for "95 and 98" of all things, and works. Well, she has never had one throw up a BSOD, and so ...

Hi guys, I just got Vista Ultimate and have been playing with it over the weekend. A few things I’d like to change and some general questions:1.First issue is my cdrom. I got a message in Vista while playing with the backup utility that some corruption has occurre ...

Hi,I am a Vista premium user(32 bit). I had few folders on my desktop that contained video, audio , photos, docs etc. Once after shutting down my laptop and restarting later, I found to my shock that all those folders were gone. I browsed and found that most of them were under "recen ...

Hi, I have this weird problem, some of my programs display color a little bit different than others in windows vista, if I open the same photo in windows photo gallery and in internet explorer and then put them together they don't ...

Hi ThereI have Vista Premium. I purchased a Buffalo Drivestation (500gb) Buffalo say it is Vista Compatible but my computer does not recognize it. Plugged it into my XP machine and that was fine. Anyone know what I am doing wrong vista picks up my other external drives ok. Any help woul ...

I get an 8007000D error message when trying to install the Window Ultimate Extra "Dream Scene Content Pack" When you go to the Microsoft help facility they don't even show this code. I found some similar problems from users who are part of ...

We have a two person wireless network in our house. I followed all the prompts to enable me to see my son't station and it just didnt show up. After a day or so it's icon mysteriously DID show up without any action on my par ...

I have 2 SATAs in caddies that I use for backups. Basic disks, not dynamic. I call them #1 and #2. When I loaded Vista #1 could be reactivated but not #2. Disk manager didn't show an error, it just wouldn't reactivate the disk. So I disconnected the Vista disk and loaded XP on a blank one. B ...

Ok, I had to rebuild my computer due to a bad install of some software (my issue not Vistas). I reinstalled OneCare. I know there are ports and apps that I have to enable on the firewall in OneCare but for the life of me I don't remember what they are. Can anyone hel ...

I uninstalled Orb MyCasting, but the links/icons are still present in Media Centre. Any suggestions? ...

I couldn't decide where this should be asked, so I decided to try general first.Have 2 HDD's installed on my maching:#1 300 GB #2 160 GBI would like to make a partition at the end of Disk 1 for my pagefile. When I get into the Disk Manage snapin, and tell it to resize disk 1 ...

Lots of my Windows Help result pages are missing the images (I just get the traditional broken link red cross and "show content" label).I looked at the source* for one on the "Reporting and resolving c ...

Win Vista Home Edition. When my Computer Logs on it Automatically Opens the Live Messenger and signs me in. I set it to never log on.When the Messenger Logs in it Freezes the entire Computer. Nothing works. No KB, No Mouse, No Keys. Cannot shut the Computer off eith ...

Hi,I installed MSJVM on Windows Vista. But i am not seeing Microsoft VM in Internet Explorer. How can install and get that one in Internet Explorer. Please h ...

Hi Guys, have a problem, maybe you could shed some light on it. I am using Vista Home Premium. When I set it up I did not make a separate account so I just have one account as the Administrator. I have installed a prog ...

H i i have home premium oem i activated in march on new drive which burned out so had to start again and install vista activated over the phone okay then my system packed up replaced motherboard processor memory useing same hd message your co ...

I bought an ACER Aspire 1500 about a month ago with Vista Home Premium already intalled. Now I need to reinstall it because my computer running really ...

Back many weeks ago I asked about Vista 64 compatible modems, couldn't find any drivers for my ancient Hayes WinModem. I looked at Microsoft's compatibility list but found the pickings were very thin.I finally admitted defeat and installed my USR Sportster external which was my absolute las ...

Hi, I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously was using XP Pro media center 2005.. My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about Spyware and malware prog ...

Hi all. hope you can help.I have bought a new pc from pcspecialist with vista already loaded on and working. When I go into any office package e.g. word it asks me for the product key. I enter the one supplied with th ...

hi,i am not sure if this is a vista problem or what... but since i moved to vista, constantly, i download files through IE or firefox and they come out corrupted or broken, other ...

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to Make Historic Joint Appearance at the Fifth Annual "D: All Things Digital" ConferenceAs of tonight, there has been no mer ...

I would like to customize the buttons on the left of the keyboard (Help, Mail, Web, etc) but the process does not work. When I go to ConPanel and click on Keyboard and choose the buttons ta ...

Okay, what gives.The Xbox 360 team puts out an update that allows streaming of all types of different formats from PC to xbox 360. Yet, those of us using Media Center (which is what you sho ...

Hi,I had a problem when my laptop's sound decided to stop working recently, and I uninstalled and reinstalled the sound drivers. Now my sound does work, but now I have absolutely no control over the volume. As much as I like blasting Motorhead's ...

I install the Vista Ultimate in my system (FujitsuSiemens Lifebook T4010 Tablet PC) and I have problems with drivers for the bellow hardware. Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse (!!!) USB external Keyboards (any) USB hubs (generic) An ...

Want to install Vista on my desktop, but video card is not supported. Is there a way to find out if the one I'm considering buying is? ...

Just installed some extra RAM, I have been told to reactivate Vista, tried to do this online and it told me to do it another way? Then tried via the phone but I got cut off…I did have to clear ...

Bought Vista today and at start of install process, it says my pc is non ACPI compliant. I've called the guy who built my PC and who is MCSE certified, and he said it most definitely is ACPI compliant. Can anyone help me with this?Hugs Heidi ...

Trying to Install VISTA Ultimate 64 on my new machine... I have a 64 bit only OEM disc, purchased from Fry's...Intel DQ965GF Intel Core 2 Quad (6600) CPU 2.4GHz 4 GB DDR2800 DRAM (Corsair XMS) 2 x Maxtor 500GB SATA2 HDD 1 x Samsung DVD Drive (SATA) >There is nothing else i ...

I have just upgraded to Vista ultimate and now need to run the XP operating system, for my project. I have the XP CD 2002 version. Can I install the XP and still have my v ...

XP/Vista Dual boot system. This system has 3 hard drives with each OS on a separate drive.Upon every boot I get a message lower right that says "Can not connect to network drive". I cli ...

My problem is: I want to take all of my homemade dvds and copy them in some format? to an external hd so that i can play them whenever I travel from the external hd. I have tried and tried. What format should these be in ...

Hi AllAs a total novice on wireless I need help. I have purchased a BT voyager 2091 for my wireless enabled laptop. The CD with the router is not compatable with vista. I have downloaded the drivers from the BT webs ...

Any Ideas on how to remove or delete unsused network shares on vista? ...

Can anyone out there diagnose a fault using Ethereal? I have a Vista notebook, which will NOT access the Internet via an XP PC running Internet Connection Sharing. I have Capture files from the Vista, from the XPVista connectio ...

I have had no problem so far setting up the Internet connection and getting it to sign in and remember the password. The problem I am having is trying to setup a connection to allow other users on the system to access the internet, I hav ...

Hi, when I make network with Xp and Vista , my Xp pc getting slow to collect data from data in vista hardisk... i'm using Miscronet switch 10/100Mbps ....please help ...

i am trying to connect my computer with my other 2 computers in the house and the printer... i run vista home prmium, and both the other computers run xp sp2, they are all co ...

I can only get some tv channels on my media center computer ( windows Vista). I understand I should be able to get all the tv channels I have on my tv (about 100 )but I can only get 20 channels to play on my pc. ...

is there a way to get applications to not steal focus? I play online games in full screen mode, and when my av decides at random to start and steals focus, sometimes I'm in the fight of my ...

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I have created several .html files for email signatures that I have used in various other email programs, but when I inserted them into Windows Mail, the images won't load. I get the blank images "X", but the code works fine. ...

Does anyone have a clue why my cursor disappears in the middle of typing an email. It happened to me just now. While typing this question I looked up and the cursor was gone a ...

Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and it got transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that folder now. and every day more email ...

Im setting up using Windows mail.. what should be check in secure auth boxes? remember passwordi kepp getting login box no matter what combination i use?? and no matter how many times i keep doing it ...

Hi, I hope someone can help me... I'm trying to delete a message that reads "Le message n'a pas pu être affiché. Windows Mail a rencontré un problème inattendu lors de l'affichage de ce message. Vérifiez si la m ...

Vista seems to be always losing my monitor specific settings, and reverting to generic. Is there something I can do to correct that? I am using a Samsung syncmaster 753 df crt monitor, if thats any help. And it won't let me increase refresh ...

The 'Cover Page Designer' is pretty rudimentary. Can the user design cover pages in another program that includes rulers, grid snap, and other helpful features? Afterwards, ...

an update arrived on my Vista PC on 5/21: "Hewlett Packard other hardware hp laserjet 1012". This was great news since my hp1012 will not print both sides of the page since I upgraded from XP to Vista.Problem is the install fails every time. 800F020B 80070103. ...

After my machine rebooted because of a BSOD (when trying to adjust VM settings) and I logged in I got the message that the user profile did not load correctly or completely and that I was logged in with a parti ...

I have a Dell laptop and recently upgraded XP Professional to Vista Business edition. While tring to install SQL server 2005 developer's edition as it ran through the preparation steps I rec ...

We have a three person wireless network in our house. Here's the problem. Sometimes I can see the other two locations on the network diagram. But most of the time I cannot. Why would they be there sometimes and not at other times. All three computers are left on all the time. ...

I have tried a number of pdf creators on my Vista machine but they all seem to be incompatible, invaribly crashing (Acrobat 6, deskpdf, nitropdf). I understand Acrobat 8 will work on Vista but this way to expensive for me.Anyone know of a pdf creator which works reliably on Vista? ...

Can I somehow prevent that Media Center loads in Vista Ultimate? I have a Gyration Remote Control that I wish to use with Girder but I cannot seem to disable the default settings for th ...

enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMzNCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==Make sure you copy the whole link above into your browser, also see the links on the bottom of those page since this test has multiple pages.A horrible uneducated MVP (Dana Cline MCE MVP) was clueless about vista ...

I am looking to get a new computer tomorrow,and it will have the new windows on it. I was told that it wont let you download games ,or spybot,or adaware.Also I have heard That I cant put my Paint Shop Pro 8 on it could someone please help me Thansk Tam Tam ...

Microsoft and Linux/UNIX corporations are apparently cooperating more closely than has been evident in the past. There is an interesting article about this in today's Yahoo Finance. See: biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070604/aqm106a. ...

Im at my wits end and ready to me laptop sprout wings and fly out the window. I have a graphics program that whenI use it and do certain tasks i get t ...

I'm a new Vista and windows user. With this new computer, there's an annoying bug. After the computer has gone to sleep, it will reawaken with the viewer ...

i have dell dimension 9200 with vista 32 bit and i would like to use my old keyboard as i have got very attached to it.i have it plugged in with ps2usb converter and have driver 6.0.6000.16386 installed.my device manager says it is working properly but just the f lock ...

Windows kludgy networking/file management errors has corrupted some of my jpegs by ruining the jpeg markers somehow. Is there a data recovery program that works with Vista? I tried vaiosoft recovery manager but it wouldn't run on vista. ...

Hi GuysI've been having immediate server disconnections (TCPIP disconnect) when connecting to my ISP's news server with Vista (NNTP port 119). Dual Boot in XP connects fine. Some days I can connect and get a list of the groups available but it disconn ...

Hi, Nearly all the laptops that I am interested in at the moment only come with Vista installed but I would like to have XP Pro in the machine instead. Can I buy a machine with Vista installed and 'down ...

Hi,I've got a new PC, which suddenly lost the 8600GTS graphics card on it and started coming up as a standard VGA adaptor with 4MB of memory lol. Anyway i tried sorted the driv ...

pcworld.com/article/id,132689c,vistalonghorn/article.htmlEarly adopters of Microsoft's new Vista operating system are reporting problems with its implementation of IPv6, a longanticipated upgrade to the Internet ...

Hi, I have been told that the drivers for my printer are included "IN BOX" with vista as the helpful people at epson cant be botherd to t produce a vista driver. when i try and install the printer it cant find the driver on the DVD, any ideas how to get hold of it ...

Hello . Is there any update or fix for the nforce networking problem . It is slow , when i transferr data over my own network here it starts nice 11mb/s but it stops all the time . it takes about 25 min for 1 dvd , shouldnt take more then 9 min like in xp . It is a kno ...

i am getting a message i have low space in d drive, it came set up with 9.9 gb. my os is on c drive . c drive has 222 gb free. an i asign more memory to d drive? how? is that what i shoul do?thanks nick ...

I have SONY DCRTRV 19 handy MiniDV camcorder. Now I want to install the drivers for this on my Vista Machine. I can not find any where the drivers for this model for Vista...any thoughtsthanks ...

im dual booting xp and vista, i have my web cam working fine in xp, when i boot to vista with the cam plugged, it finds the new hardware, then it crashes afterwards, and idea? lo ...

Hi, can anyone advise on the following: Having just purchased a new PC running Vista Ultimate I am unable to connect my joystick as it doesn`t have a 15 pin socket only 9. Will this joystick work if I purchase a USB joystick converter. Any response ideas appreci ...

Hi. I have recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista Home Premium 32. I have been having problems with HP C3180 printer&scanner. I have followed all the i ...

While upgrading to Vista, I received this error msg after about 2% of installation :" Windows cannot copy files required for installation. Make sure all files required for installation are available, then restart the installation. Error ...

Hello everybody,i wanted to reinstall some windows vista funktions like terlinalclient. Every time, when the install is running, i get an error an the install fails. In the Eventlog i can find Application Failture TrustedInstalle ...

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 under Windows Vista (preinstalled on a new laptop) and, most of the time, every time I try to open Word documents the application crashed. I tried opening such documents on a Windows XP system and the problem doesn't arise. Is th ...

installed vista upgrade and it runs fine. i am only user\administrator. But it won't let me install some (but not all) new programs. Some install just fine. for others, I'll get various 4 digit error ...

hi i have a stange problem, a couple minutes after startup my taskbar will revert to the windows classic style (from the xp style) and the windows audio service will stop. i then get a "no mixer available err ...

Got Vista Movie Maker 6.0.6000.16386Imported AVI, used storybord, saved project as. But when I want to publish the movie anywhere, MM shuts down with unknown error message. Anyone? ...

After adjusting my Norton security settings I can now access my Vista laptop from my old XP machine, no problems. However in reverse when I try to acc ...

My home network has DHCP and works smoothly, and at my works network they don't have DHCP so I put in all the proper ip addresses and it all works. But my question is, is there any way I can keep the ip addresses and get windows vista to automaticly alternate between the two net ...

I'm using a Thecus N5200 NAS. Any folder that I make 'always available offline' always fails to synchronise. I get messages in the Sync Centre saying that every file is in use thats right every file. I don't understand why this happens.If I do the same thing on my Windows XP Pro laptop, I ...

I have a workgroup at home. I am not easy to see the presence of network device on Network. Sometimes, I need to press F5 many times, type UNC path or IP address to ...

I have recently created a LAN. I have heard that you can send messages over LAN, but I cannot find out how anywhere.I am running Windows Vista Home Premium.Thanks in advance. ...