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After Installing Windows Vista & attemptiong to go out to find any updates, i get the above error that there is no documentation for. Thoughts? ...

Hello Everyone.I had XP SP2. I installed Vista Ultimate as an upgrade install. Ever since, when I try to play a skirmish, my base is demolished almost immediately.Anyone got a clue what's going on and ...

HOW DO I LEAVE A COPY OF ALL MESSAGES ON THE SERVER,WHERE IS THE BOX TO CHECK ...

I am getting emails but they have a white box with a red x in the upper left corner and I can't see images. How do I get rid of this? ...

If Vista is so easy why is it so hard to transfer all your emails from one computer to another without such a hassle. I've been on Vista for one day and frankly everything seems hard to do. The easy transfer program moves system settings but even that doesnt work good. Why can ...

When I run the score index, the process goes well all along to the end. But, at the end, I have no score at all. I see all categories (HD, RAM, ...), but in the score index column, it's empty, there is no number at all.Any idea? ...

Hi,I've been running vista for a few days now and over the past day or so I have started to suffer random crashes when using either IE or Media Player. The monitor stops receiving a signal and the only solution see ...

im trying to play spades on yahoo. but the applet is blank, there is no table. what should i do? ...

The first time I select connect to on the start menu it take like 56 second or more for Connect to network to open. the network icon on the taskbar is very ...

Hi. I've got Vista Home Premium 32bit. My system is a S478 P4 3.4 Ghz, Asus P4S800EDeluxe with SiS chipset. Theres 2GB RAM and 3 SATA HDDs . Theres a ATI Radeo ...

About every 10 minutes or so, my computer makes an alert sound. No information windows pop up, nor any kind of message, and it happens even when no programs ...

Just bought a cpu with Vista on it, I can print from that computer, but I can't print anything from my other 2 computers that have XP on them. Ever ...

When I first set up my new PC and Vista, the sidebar was transparent. Now that I've set up a few other things, I have just a plain grey background on the sidebar. Is there some way to reset it to transparent or change the background? ...

For some reason windows media player launches by itself usually while I'm playing WOW and interupts my game, but not just when I'm playing, it does this whenever it feels like it, usually once or twice a day. Any clues?Thanks, Kurt ...

It "sees" every other format...and my computer specs says that it will readn and write to dvdrw.......help ...

i just upgraded from xp to vista. and i cant hear any sound i fixed everything but it says i have to add the drivers for sound card or something like that . how can i do this smoothly and where can i find them? ...

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Windows Explorer in Vista is lacking. Why did they make the tool bar so useless.. No move to copy to buttons and so on. I want these tools back. ...

Hi,We use WSUS in a domain and the clients are configured by GPOs (DC runs with winserver2003). Everything works fine with winXP but vista does not adopt the GPOs that configure the "windows components" (especially update rules). The othe ...

Hey, I just bought a 4 gigabyte PNY attache thumb drive from Best Buy (it can be seen in this week's Sunday ad.) Anyways, When I first plugged it in, and clicked "speed up my system," it said this: This devic ...

Hi all:Today I restored some files from a zip file stored on a DVD archive. The files were extracted with the folder path to my desktop, and now that I have gotten the info I needed I want to delete the folder. However I get a "Destination F ...

The only way I've found to activate the snip tool is with the link on the Windows Help and Support page. Obviously, there must be a better way. Don't see it anywhere. Thanks for your help IM ...

How in the world can I get wmp to recognize the same song and delete extra's? some of them are names differently and I can sort the lists by size or artist but ther ...

Vista 64 bit O/SFor some reason I can no longer add web pages to my Favorites IE7 comes up with an error message when I try and create a Favorite it doesn't matter how I try and ...

Hi,What do I need to do in Vista Ultimate to come back to the classic view of Windows ?My Windows environment should look like Windows 2000.I never succeded to get the " My Computer " look ...

I've just recently upgraded to Vista from XP. Had everything installed and working great for about 4 days now. Even managed to installed most of my older game ...

after running for about 2hrs my screen suddenly went to the left side leaving 3 inches of black on the right. everything still works but only 2/3 of the screen is used! any idea ...

I have printer Epson CX3700 connecting to router (ip 192.168.1.1). I've change OS from XP to Vista 32bit Business. Now I can not print anithing. If I install the port settings as R ...

I am curious as to see why it takes more than 72 seconds for windows to shutdown ..is there somewhere i can check to see what hangs for so long in windows vista ultimate . ...

After running the web based upgrade advisor on the machine it told me I could run Vista. Being the owner of licensed XP I chose to Upgrade Home Premium @ $159. During upgrade I'm told sorry can't change language !!! I managed get installed and running by skipping the Pro ...

Hello,I have a laptop running Vista Ultimate. When I'm at home, I connect to my home network via wifi, but when I'm out and about, I connect via a VPN over either someone else's wifi, or GPR ...

Okay, I installed VCOM Partition Commander on my Windows Vista Ultimate my Windows Vista dualboot (Windows XP Professional & Windows Vista Ultimate) After rebooting partition commander came up and gave me two ...

When searching contacts, if the word I am looking for is in notes, job title or some other field, it doesn't get listed in search results. It is really ...

I am running Vista Home Premium on an Aus P5BV motherboard +E6600 + 2GBWhen I put in a Video DVD all I get is"Windows Media Player has stopped working""A problem caused the program to stop working ...

visualtasktips.com/ (free)this effect is something they added in the vista shell... If you are running xp and want to have this effect you can try this out.If anyone is interested... I have a list of applications that can make xp do whatever vista ...

Hi. I did a clean install of Vista Home Premium over XP home. I saved all the old account details on an external hard drive just in case. I formatted the XP drive, installed Vista OK and began setting up the user accounts from scratch. Imagine my surprise when I want ...

Any way Windows Mail can replace OE on a PC with Win XP? I like many of the fixes/enhancements in WIN Mail. Thanks, Bill Post replies back to News Group ...

Hi As much as I try Icannot delete this damned mail,any ideas suggestions please.I have included a capture that may help ThankYou all in advance ...

There are so many "negative" posts here about Vista, and by the very nature of the community I guess (we post BECAUSE we either have issues or ...

I'm trying to help my mom with her new PC that came with Vista Home Basic. For some reason, her sidebar has multiple copies of the calendar gadget. When she starts the system, it will take 45 minutes after bootup for the sidebar to appear. Any attempt to remove something results in a system ...

Is't Business Vista supporting technical softwares like auto CAD, Staad PRO, 3D Studio Max ? ...

Got a new TV package on my PC. Trouble is I can't pick up a picture even with an attena Is it possible to pick up a signal via internet ...

I just bought a new computer that has Vista on it and I need to open a Microsoft Word file. Is there another program compatible with Word that I can open this file in? I tried Word Pad and Note Pad and neither worked. ...

I have a desktop with Windows XP SP2. I have just purchased a notewbook with Windows Vista. I have a Netgear Wireless router attached to the desktop, to allow internet ac ...

I can't send email and the email that I sent has this message:Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again. Windows ...

Is ther a way to display the Contacts on the Folder List with Windows Mail (Vista) as I could in OE? ...

When I try to save a file from Internet Explorer to a location with in the "Program Files" folder everything appears to work just fine. However when I n ...

I recently installed Vista (clean) and am noticing a flicker (long flickerflash to black) in the screen at random times. Is this a type of refresh setting? It is becoming painfuly ann ...

What are the experiences in upgrading from Xp to Vista, mostly with regard to existing programs.Office 2003 Professional Media Player Real Player System Suite 7 Outlook Quicken FireFox Power Desk TurboTax Roxio Outlook Express News handler.They are all SUPPOSED to have no trouble ...

Hi All, I have windows vista installed on my machine. Suddenly Javascript stopped working. Any idea ? What is the reason.Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks in Advance Santosh ...

I used to be able to group and display files in folders according to first letter, but now grouping them is done by "range" (AH for instance), and has negated that usefulness. Now I have to loo ...

I'm running Vista Home Preminum on a New Gateway Centrino laptop from Bestbuy. I am having an ongoing problem when I open and close multiple windows. From time to time, part of the window box will not close and disappear. This "Ghost" box will remain on the display and w ...

Hey all, My windows explorer seems to crash almost everytime I open it. It will open then Vista says it encountered a problem and then it closes. Any ideas?Thanks! ...

I have a brand new Toshiba Satellite laptop and on a regular basis I can be just browsing and it freezes the little vista circle is the only thing that is activ ...

Hello, I have windows vista 32 Ultimate.For a while I had no problem with usb devices. But since a month I am unable to install any new USB device. The ones that are installed are still working. But if I try to plug the ...

If I double click on a Jpeg file on my desktop nothing happens. If I right click and choose open with "Windows Photo Gallery" nothing happens. If I right click & set ...

I find that when playing music from my computer (not CD) in Media Centre it plays in a very distorted and broken up way. The time elapsed/remaining moves very slowly. However ...

My Orange SPV C600 smartphone only shows as 'connected' when plugged into 1 particular USB port on my laptop. When plugging it into any other USB port, Vista pl ...

I had no problem installing the Windows XP driver for my USB scanner into Vista Business 32bit. After this I tried to install the TWAIN panel, but the software complains that it is for XP only. Running as administrator and in compatibility mode make no difference.T ...

I am trying to shrink my C: partition (from 55GB to 30GB) in order to create a new partition. The message says there is 0 available space. I have disabled system restore, and moved the pagefile to a different partition, but no effec ...

I hae the Vista Home Basic with CD. When I put CD in nothing happens. No message, nothing. Help. ...

Hi, I seem to have an issue with the P5W WS 64 Profesional motherboard and Western Digital 320GB WD320YS hard drive. I setup the motherboard for Standard IDE and also AHIC when I boot Windows Vista Business it doesn't detect the SATA hard drive. When I put in the Intel SAT ...

I use a creative XFi platinum sound card that supports 96mhz sound format. When I first installed windows Vista Ultimate all the formats were supported, including 48 mhz. Now windows sounds has for some strange reason disabled the 96 mhz format so I do not see that anymore. When I tyry and play ...

Hi there,I have .MOD files from a JVC video camera in my folder structure within Windows Photo Gallery.WPG won't actually play the video I'm sure it's related to the file extention but I can right click on the video and "open wit ...

Hello. I am using 2 identical HP laptops which have been using the built in broadcom wireless adapter and WPAPSK, for a week now with no problem until to ...

From the Terminal Services Team blog posted 28 March 2007...***********************"TS connection experience improvements based on RDP 6.0 client customer feedbackMany users have downloaded the RDP 6.0 TS client through W ...

Since this error is so generic, I have no idea if this is a Vista issue or Office 2007 issue. Opening an Access Database file on a network drive produces an error that simply states "File Not Found" . However the file ope ...

I am tyring to share my hard drives over my home network, but I don't get the option via RightClicking it like I used to in Win XP.In the Network & Sharing Center, my file sharing staus is "Custom". ...

Is there any easy way to setup network configurations for home and work? At work I have a static IP address and DNS settings. While at home (or coffee sho ...

I have a network with Vista and Xp computers. I have shared my HP printer on Vista but each time I restart it goes back to unshared and I have to go to Nework and Sharing Center and do it again. Pain in the neck. I gave uip on my Windows network (j ...

Comparing security issues between NT and Vista I need answers to the following questions...1. with vista is there a Security Access Manager file in /windows/ repair/sam. Has the bug wh ...

My software distribution tool fails because of it is not able to create subfolders below c:\windows\winsxsI saw, that only the group trustedinstaller can create objects here. What ...

I installed a program as an administrator. I want 2 of the 3 users on my computer to have access to it, but the only time it shows up in the start menu is when I'm logged in as an administrator. How do I give other users access to it? The socalled "Help" suggestion is t ...

Can I download this vista game without having Vista sys. on my PC?? :confused: :confused: :confused:I have a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 vistalol ...

This is a serious problem. Why isn't it addressed by Microsoft? ...

I'm trying to access my workplace website from home, in order to send and receive emails. I can receive them but can't reply/send since installing Vista. Any advice will be grat ...

I installed several new software packages and now Help and Support won't load. The window appears but it is empty.Any ideas ...

The last few times I've booted up I have been unable to write to my D drive. I get the message "this drive may be full or write protected".If I reboot everything is ok.I've been running ...

Vista Home Premium. I have a lot of errors and warings in my event logs. where can I get help with this? ...

I have a new Lexmark AIO 7350. It installed OK to my PC with Vista using USB cable. My laptop with XP works OK using my Linksys router and adapter car ...

Windows Update v slovenski verziji ne ponuja nobenih Windows Ultimate Extra dodatkov! V angle¹ki verziji sem uporabljal Vista DreamScene za ozadje, tega pa v Slo verziji veè ne morem, ker nimam name¹èene Viste Dream Scene. Poskusil sem sam namestiti MicrosoftWindowsDreamScenePack ...

Hi there! I have used vista ultimate edition for about one week. Today I found the "Disk CleanUP" Button that ever was in the Disk Properties dialog disappeared. ...

Hi Everyone,I've been looking all over the net and on the forums here and I can't find a definitive answer to my question, so here goes:Can I safely perform a cle ...

Hi,I am having problems finding things with the search in Vista. With XP when I set it to search system and hidden files it stayed that way. It also didn't give me ABSOLUTELY everything including emails, favourites etc.All I want to do is to be able to search for a file name and have it list ...

Although my Floppy drive is being shown in Devuce Manger, but it is not being displayed in Computer.I have tried every trick like reinstalling drivers but nothing worked for me. ...

A lot of times when I pull up a video from the internet in Windows media player it starts out slow and then halfway through my computer shuts down, going to a screen where it dumps the memory and says something about the ACH1 Bios...I'm not sure all it says because it happens ...

Ok I couldn't find this anywhere so I'm going to ask.I installed Windows Easy Transfer on my XP machine and transferred files to my new Vista box (just files, not settings). My licensed music that I downloaded from Zune and W ...

Hi, I know DVD iso's are an iffy area on legality but is it possable to have windows media center play dvd iso's. ...

When exporting contacts to a CSV file, I noticed that several contacts do not have First and Last names. However, the Name column includes the contacts' full name. I cannot figure out any rhyme or reaso ...

I have Vista 64 Ultimate. In previous windows I kept programfiles in seperate partion because I heard this was good logic for performance etc. Is this the case in vista 64? If so how do I do this?If not should I jus ...

I tried three times to take my PC back 24hours to get a programme back, I was told each time that an error had occurred during the process , can anyone help ...

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how do I return the icon for the recycle bin? I accidently deleted it....thanks computer illiterate!! ...

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that IE7 is a memory pig. I often have several browsers and several tabs open and have found that after some ...

i recently upgraded to the new windows vista ultimate 64 bit... and ever since i have upgraded i have no sound what so ever.... it says its installed and is working prperly but i cant hear anything. ...

Is there anyway to find out WHEN there will be a compatibility patch for Printshop 22 on Vista???? I am really getting cranky. Have had the software for over a month and can ...

I've seen many posts about problems running videos with Vista/IE7. Turning off Protected Mode worked for me. I've tried TheStreet, CNN, Foxnews and SI. From a browser window use Tools>Internet Options>Security and unche ...

Thanks John. It didn't work. It says sisplay driver does not allow changes to be made to hardware acceleration setting. Anyother help? ...

Before I create a password, I was warned to create a Password Reset Disk by the Windows Vista OS. However, when I follow the instructions, the utility doesn't recognize the internal CD burner. It ...

I recently upgraded from XP to Vista Pro. I have the Windows Calendar, and Contacts, but the program Windows Mail is NOT on the PC. I did not have Outlook Express on the PC as I was using Thunderbird. Can I download it? I have an Acer PC and I would have to go all the way back to a clean insta ...

Dear NG,I was trying to post a message TO a BellSouth newsgroup. The system rejected my message with a 441 error. It was error number 0x800CCCA9. Now I clearly can post to Microsoft NGs as this message demonstrates. It is not a password error, because trying a wrong password gives me an ...

I have an email that is in a folder on my IMAP account, but Windows Mail will not display the contents (it displays an empty message body).The curious thing is that if I copy the email to ...

I've noticed that sometimes Windows Vista (Business Edition) asks for authorization before I can move one folder into another. When I give permission (I'm the administrator) I get a bunch of Try again messages They only solution I've found so far when this happens is to restart the computer. ...

Got a big problem. Since I bought my pc, everytime I try to move folders from one to the other, or files from folder to folder etc... be it via a normal drag and drop or via a batch command, the menu Edit in Windows Explorer is grey, ctrl+a stops working, drag and drop more than ...

I face the following issue after upgrading to Vista. My BT mouse will not work after I suspend and resume the laptop. I need to restart or reassociate it in BT profiles. It used to work ok with XP ...

Hi Where can i find the internet explorer log files (history files, past web pages etc.)? ...

hi, just hoping that someone can tell me how to get my Windows Media Player Icon back (the one with the green arrow) I don't know how it happened but it has gone and now all I have is j ...

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Hello, Here my problem, when that I click on a link to send a message, the system is said me that I have not any associated software to the sending emai ...

I started out with 14 but removed my email account and reloaded and was then just stuck with one. Cannot get rid of it! What makes this so much better than Outlook? Why can't I just load Outlook and use that?? ...

Starting having a problem with shut down yesterday. It takes 12 minutes to shut down. Before it only took about 5 seconds or so. Everything is the same no new software or hardware added. Wouls appreciate somwee help. Thanks and have a great week. John ...

Hello,I did a complete PC Backup. Windows suggested my E: partition for it (Windows is on C:), so that's where I put it. Now I want to do a complete PC Restore from that backup. How do I do it? I've tried pressing F8 during sta ...

I recently upgraded from XP to Vista BIG MISTAKE. I have nothing but problems.1. Outlook 2007 does not work 2. Word 2007 does not work properly I keep getting "saving the autorecovery file is postponed for Normal.dotm" and I am not t ...

For those who are interested, Server 2007 Beta 3 is available. Installation was smooth, fast and error free. We didn't have a single crash with Beta 2 over several weeks of continuous usage. Limited testing of Beta 3 has thus far revealed no s ...

I have vista ultimate. Currently i only have a 32bit processor. My question is, Can i uninstall the 32bit vista, (install a core 2 duo,) install the 64bit vista and activate it using the same product key?:) ...

I have a problem with my picture viewing. Everytime I save a picture or whether is a picture already in my library, and I try to open it with Window's Photo Gallery, my picture comes up a different color. If I open it with another program like MS Pa ...

hello. would really appreciate any ideas on this... question: DVD maker projects end up with a lot of space between music tracks. this happens in the preview as it does after the disc has been burnt. anyone with ideas, please share, this is ...

Is it possible to save a clip for future use without publishing it. I want to make a collection of videos from different sources and utilize the clips that I made whenever I want so that I can insert them into different projects. I dont want to lose any quality by republishing it ea ...

Hi I am thinking about setting up a wireless network in my house. I have less than 100 ft. between computers. One would be hard wired and runs XP, the other would be wireless and run Vista Home Premium. I would like it to be Bl ...

Hello. I'm having some problems with half life 2: deathmatch, and some other games aswell:I start the game, and it starts nicely and stuff, i get to play for some time(like 5 mins) and then my graphic card just crashes.... i ...

Is there one? I want WM to be open in the background. Every other program for windows has a tray icon and keeps the program open? Any suggestions? Don't like to have WM as a minimized ...

I have turned off Norton, but this reason for rejecting comes up, www.spamhaus.org... Is there something I need to turn off from them as well? Windows Vista is a pain. ...

Hi all.I set up to retrieve emails every 2mins. Unfortunately, I receive emails long after they were sent by someone. I'm talking like a few hours.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Michael ...

Hello Everyone,I was wondering how you set up an account in Windows Mail? I have it all down up to the point where it asks you for a server. Then I'm not sure what to write down for the server. I would like to set it up to where I can have my email at my acc ...

The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing email [SMTP] server. For help solving this problem, go to Help, search for "Troubleshoo ...

I recently downloaded a file for a program (design, Revit). The file did not download fully, yet the icon of the file is still on my desktop. When I try to delete it or send it to the ...

I have vista home premium when I try to tpublish a movie to DVD maker it shuts down saying error re: Impgd10.ax unregister regsvr32. How do I do this plerase. jamiebanj ...

Hello,I have pure RPC server and client. I need to call each client that has already been connected from the server side. Something like this: 1. The client calls Register(Event) on the server to register itself for an Event 2. The client returns from the Register call 3. At some poi ...

I have Vista Ultimate, I only have a cable modem in my home, no land line phone. The directions say I should be able to FAX with my cable/modem connection but have not been successful with "Windows Fax & Scan." The FAX Modem is "Connected." Ideas?? ...

Running AVG anti malware fully updated.AVG found the dropper.pakes trojan in the uninstall executable within the Ccleaner installation dir. Cleaned it, rebooted, did ...

hello,is there someone how know how can I enter a name and a number in the to fild, name that is not in the contacts list? what is the format? ...

Just upgraded to vista home prem 1 have 6 hdd and 2 of these 500gb are set up as a raid for video.After I have installed vista and all the drivers I cant get my raid to show.in computer manager I can see the raid and its showing as disk 4 dynamic ...

I've recorded 10 episodes of a series. Each one on DVD in VOB format. All were done at XP (record setting) with 64 minutes per disc.The first 9 are OK. The tenth seems to have a time stamp of 26 hours. The DVD plays just fine and runs 1 hour. However, when uploaded to movie maker ...

Hello all,Ubuntu 7.04, the ultimate Linux operating is now available for download. Browse to: futuredesktop.orgSincerely Moma :) ...

First: I am using Vista Ultimate (x86) and the latest version of Itunes (as of today).I have noticed the following course of events:1. First run of Vista ...

I recently upgraded my laptop from Windows XP Media Center Edition to Windows Vista Premium. The installation went well. When I ran "Disk Cleanup", I could gain 17.2 GB by removing Previous Windows Installations. This is the message regarding ...

With the Security center and the defender what kind of anti virus should I have. McAfee's offers the 8 in 1 security sweet but do I need all that? ...

I have purchase a French Canadian copie of the NAV 2007 and when I try to install it on my Vista it send me to microsoft for services patchs or updates??. I don't know where to search, can some one help me with this problem ?I'm using a Dell ...

Is it just my imagination, or is WLS Beta much faster than Windows Vista? I just installed enterprise edition and installed all the goodies (incl Aero Glass, Wireless, WMP and Windows Search) that make it like Windows Vista (well almost, the Media Center is missing bu ...

i was wondering if vista has builtin support for floppy drives or not. and if vista does what are the details of it are. (ex: floppy boot, floppy repair diskkets, and s ...

When I tried to install TCL on my vista with SUA (Ultimate and Enterprise) it gives me an error like this:/dev/fs/C/Users/test/tcl8414src/tcl8.4.14/generic/tclClock.c: In function `Fo rmatClock ...

Ok, I have a bad install of my windows XP professional edition and it keeps giving me the blue screen of death along with several errors. If I get an upgrade CD ...

I got tired of looking at the language packs and went ahead and installed them, but now my computer takes quite a while longer to start up, should i uninstall them, what if..... that doesn't work? ...

When I open any video file with Vista media player they run fine as long as they are in a small window. If I maximize the window in full screen or even if I rey to make tyhe window significantly larger ...

I just purchased a laptop with Vista Home Premium. I am able to log onto our wireless router, but do not see anywhere where I can locate other computers on the ...

I have no affiliation to this company, but it has solved all my networking and file and printer sharing issues between Vista and XP.www.networkmagic.com I highly recommend this program. My wireless network is now exactly how ...

I'm well into my second month with Vista, and aside from the "calculating time remaining" fiasco (the fact that there isn't a fix yet just blows my mind), things have been going pretty well...Until tonight.I opened up my trusty copy of WS_F ...

I have recently moved all files from Outlook. When I try to open Windows Mail I get the message An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C0148and my emails do not show up. BUT when I look at properties it tells me emails are there!!! The serv ...

I keep getting the same emails from the same people 2 and 3 times, even the next day. I dont believe they are sending the emails more then once, yet I keep receiving them. Can this be fixed? ...

Trying to set up E mail on vista from windows xp. It tells me pop3 is wrong! Lo ...

New machine with Vista Home Premium250GB HD, 2GB RAMAfter the new machine was first turned on, C:\ was about 12GB used. After removing several of the usual crappy programs one gets on a new computer, I installed acrobat reader 8.0 and PowerPoint Viewer 2007 ...

I have a Core 2 Duo computer with Windows Vista Ultimate OEM on it. Since it's an OEM, I supposed to only be able to have it on this one computer. If I upgrade the Mothe ...

Hi recently bought a laptop preinstalled with Vista Home Premium. One major snag. It refuses to even see my WM5 device (an HTC Prophet based phone). I have installed Windows Mobile Device Centre, I have installed the update, I have turned off ...

Ok, I have a wierd problem (or maybe it's not that weird).On a server, let's call it \\myserver, I have 2 shares that I want to map to. \Share1 and \Share2Vista lets me ...

So you know that cool feature that allows you to switch between windows with that 3D effect. When I place my cursor over the icon it says "Switch between wind ...

I am running IE7 on a compaq presario c504ea running on Vista Home Premium. If I'm on internet for a long period of time, and browsing chatrooms, etc I find that it gets to a point where I cannot open profiles or other chat windows. This quickly ...

Have Vista ultimate 32bit and windows update has been working fine until recently. Now, at the end of any update (KB931573, KB932818 or any other update), Windows Modules Installer is crashing. Multiple restart doesn't help. This keeps happening every 10 min. Crash windo ...

Has anybody had any luck finding working drivers for a creative Live! value under Vista? Creative say they won't make them because the card is too old, and I tried some modded drivers about there but they didn't work...I h ...

My pc has a dual processor (E6600) and 4Gb of RAM but allways that i open a explorer windows the use of CPU up to 100%. Explorer.exe between 40 and 60 %, and dllhost.exe the rest. I dont understand anything. I've still got ...

I installed vista today, and my network connection no longer works. right before the install, I was able to go online. Then, after the upgrade, it's elling me something about how a cable is unplugged. I checked all my cables, and that isn't the case. A ...

Here's a bug with the WMP Network Sharing Service: If you have it turned on and switched sharing of your library files on also, your system will not go to slee ...

Sorry if this is beating a dead horse but I'm lost and spent so much time reading on google searches that my head is spinning.I have a Dell XPS710 with a builtin turner card from Dell. I'm running WinXP Media Center and have the upgrade t ...

I have a strange problem with Windows Vista (Business and Ultimate Editions). We have an ISA 2006 Server with PPTP dialin. The ISA server is protected by an openbsd front firewall which redirects all pptp related traffic to the ISA box.The PPTP dia ...

Has anyone had a problem with an unauthorized password change in the password manager for Vista 32bit? It states that my password was recently changed and i cannot log onto it now. I couldn't re ...

In the older version of Outlook Express, I could combine and decode Mpeg's, AVI,s, WMV's etc and then click on the combined file and it would invoke Media player. This new version combines and decodes but the resulting file name is not "Clickable ...

I am having a problem setting up yahoo! as my default email through windows mail. i have a brand new compaq laptop thats running windows vista. i need help finding the right smpt and pop3 code. i thought i had the right ones, but i am unable to s ...

Since I startet using Windows mail from windows Vista, all files with extension *.pps (powerpoint Presentation) do not open. It says the files does not have an association with a current working program. It t ...

vista wont load any programs from the old windows xp, any suggestions M Greg ...

how can we take backup of a map drive from Network. in Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. ...

I installed Vista to my aging computer only to find that performace wasn't up to par as I had too small a hard drive and a relatively slow CPU. So I ordered components form NewEgg to build a faster computer with a du ...

When using Firefox browser & trying to open a page with jave script my browser locks up & is not responding.Anyone experiencing this or do you have any suggestions?Thanks Gary ...

How to dual boot Ubuntu 7.04 with Windows Vista already installed? I don't want to remove vista on this machine but i want to dual boot. Can i do it without reinstalling Windows Vista and creating a partitions or without buying any software that can create a partition. ...

Hi all, I have the weirdest problem with my newly installed Windows Vista. Let's say i have started a program before by going in Start > All programs. Then the icon will be in the start menu. If i try to click on that ico ...

Let me say up front that this is NOT a Vista problem it is a problem with the installer (and perhaps the program) itself. I am only posting here in the hopes (slim as they might be) that some other poor admin has run into this problem and figured out a solution. About a year ago I purchased ...

Hi,I have a IBM Thinkpad T60p with ATI mobility FireGL V5250 graphics adapter. The driver Lenovo provides for this is useless and make the computer not bootable.I have found drivers from Mi ...

I sent several messages yesterday and viewed them in their appropriate folders. I do not see them in their folders anymore they just disappeared. Please help.Raya ...

Whenever I use the word "picture" in an email, the program warns before sending it thqt the picture cannot be found. I belong to a photo group, so this word is included in many mails. How can I turn this feature off? Duene ...

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.DbgBreakPoint() function. What I have done wrong I think it is in Vista securities but where must I look? Could you help ...

I have Windows Vista RTM. When my computer reboots my Welcome Center does not appear. When I try to run it the window opens but closes immediately. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?Thanks. ...

Hi plz help me how can i install my vista graphic cards driver for DELL 5100 laptop ...

I've seen this posted here and there but no solutions so I thought I'd ask again. When you open a program from the "All Programs" list the apps lauch fine. Then this app is added to the recently opene ...

Vista gave me a BSOD which said*** Hardware Malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error *** The system has halted ***But the system has no parity (or ECC) ...

Hi, I am running Vista Home Premium and everything seems to have been fine so far except that after using it for a couple of hours the desktop doesn't work at all. I cannot click on anything and the task bar at the bottom goes wonky with the icons all over the place. It works fine after a ...

I just got the computer today with Vista Prem. I am the only account on the computer with Admin rights. I tried to install the software for my printer. It says that the OS is compatable but I don't have admin rights and it ca ...

Hi,Have a brand new machine running Windows Vista Ultimate. Remote desktop works fine, however it looks like only one person can remote desktop into the system at a time. If a second person w ...

I have a new system 2 weeks old with windows vista home premium on it. Yesterday this box pops up on my desktop with the 3 choices for creating my system recovery disks. It will let me choose any option but it won't let me scroll up or down & I can't close this box out. I've looked und ...

I would like to know how to revert the backspace key back to the function it performed in windows xp, specifically the one level up or go to parent function in explorer. I use the back ...

On all my drives I have two strange named folders in the root directory. Something like D:\0fa08d9c08ef5fa0d75624c377b0790a Clearly they are something related to Vista/Security. If as an administrator I open one. I see a file: ...

AOL software keeps asking for an internet explorer add on every time you run it. Sometimes it works OK but more often than not it locks up the PC. Anybody run into this? ...

The problem first occured when i had my monitor set to sleep after 30 mins. or so. when i would try to "wake up" the computer, nothing would happen. Then when i would reboot ...

Have a 7800 and the drivers for that card but as Nvidia have now made separate drivers for each generation of Geforce how would upgrades work. Will Vista revert back to its basic drivers or should I remove the drivers for the old card before putting the new one on.btw: card will be either ...

I've noticed that when I boot up I get a screen that asks which version of Windows I want to openone of the choices is to open a "previous" version of Windows (that'd be XP for me). I didn't do a clean install, so ...

I have a legit copy of XP and Vista Home Premium (just to get that out of the way).I have been running XP (validated) on my desktop and got Vista for my laptop which I also validated.As I needed a ...

Any opinions on these voltages on my new power supply?The are from the BIOS. I have had a couple of other PSUs which have had fairly close readings from this BIOS.Here's what it reads:VCore 1.79 3.3v 3.25 5v 4.78 12v 12.48Are these clos ...

Hello EveryoneI finally got Vista installed, after spending days trying to get it to work. All the errors I got had nothing to do with the reason why, for example one error stated that it would close down to prevent damage to ...

HiI've got Vista ultimate installed on one computer and XP SP2 on the other. They're connect via crossover cable with the Vista comp also connected to the internet. They can "see" each other but register each other as "unidentified netw ...

Hi,Is it posible to make a open802.1x connection in Vista?Network Settings: Security Type: 802.1x Encryption Type: None Authentication Type: TLS/TTLSI tried with WPA Enterprise, TKIP, TLS/TTLS could able to make a successful connection. But failed to ...

Just added a Vista computer to my network. When I go into the Network, my other computer (running XP) shows up as a Media Player. I can't seem to change the properties so it gets recognized correctly. Any ideas? ...

i tried to install a few games, but two games failed, but even so, it used up my free disc space, and before i knew what was going on, I had tried t ...

Hi, I'm trying to put my hotmail account onto Windows Mail and always give me an error message and it has something to do with the server. Something about the POP# and the Incoming and Outgoing Mail. If someone knows what to do please he ...

Hi, How to add emailadresses to be sent if one doesn't know the name and if they are in more than one map in the MAP Contactpersons?Who can help?Regards Huib ...

With Outlook express I was able to hide my contacts email when sending, it would just say their name, I cannot figure out how to do that now? Help!!! ...

I find it incredible that MS Vista will not support my old email address and it is a MS account! I do not want the hastle of changing my email address. How can I use Vista mail with my current account on ...

You know how Outlook used to have the little envelope appear on your screen at the bottom right to alert you that you had a new message? How do you get Windows Mail to tell you/show you you have mail besides click ...

I went through to uncheck the leave copy with server...... it was not checked to begin with........ what else might be the problem.... Don''''t worry about a thing ...

Am unable to delete message in outbox...keep receiving error message...cannot send mail. Has anyone heard how soon this problem will be solved or can you give me any advice to get around it? ...

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i can not set my windows mail well, i do not why/?i have the someway as the others, the success, ex me. very sad. ...

I have a new Dell laptop with Vista preinstalled. When backing up with Retrospect Express I get the error message "error 1123 (volume structure corrupt)". If I try to check the ...

It opens but when I click on anything is stalls and says "no longer responding". This happened after I moved over my files to be viewed on an external drive. It was working fine when I moved them over but now when it opens....it does not allow me to click ...

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium and instances of COM+ Event System Errors with Event IDs of 4621 appear in my application log every day. I don't know ...

I am trying to change a FAT to NTFS file and I started by going to a command prmpt in XP SP 2 and after intering (convert :/fs:ntfs) I got stack in the next ...

I changed the theme to Windows Classic and put a different desktop background. I was recently playing a Game when I noticed that at the top the taskbar was flashi ...

Today I was starting up my Custom Vista computer bought of Ebay as usual. When the progress bar with something like Microsoft Corporation under it starts loading the log in screen ...

Only shows local access to wifi hub after coming out of sleep so I have to manually disconnect from the hub and then reconnect for net access.Any ideas? ...

I keep getting an error window when I turn my USB printer on and off. So far, all Microsoft solutions have failed. Any ideas?Koka ...

Hey there, I have this warning coming up that says I have to activate my Vista? I haven't changed anything to my knowledge, the only thing I can think of is putting in a new networking card abou ...

somehow the proxy autodetection fails in vista. It appends an /N to the information it received from our DHCPserver and therefore it's unable to use the information. On 2000 and XP it worked allrigh ...

Brandnew installation of vista + works 8.0, after copying the old files back from a previous computer, it only opens certain files. If I go to the windows dsafe mode, I am able to open them all, which of course really bugs me. As far as I can see I am running as an ...

Just a general note here.I know how frustrating this problem can be. My screen was flickering and shaking, showing the desktop items sometimes and sometimes not. I did everything I could think of. (I even did a fresh reinsta ...

I installed Vista on my old PC, and while it worked ok, it ran quite slowly.I built myself a new computer and want to transfer my vista licence onto it. How do I go about doing this? Thanks. ...

i dont want the media center as my default dvd player, it automatically starts up when i put a dvd in...i use WINDVD, that i want as my default.so how do i undefault media center?! ...

Hi all, I bought a new HP computer loaded with VISTA with IE7 of course. While I navigated web pages I found I was not able to load images from some web s ...

Hi,I am running Vista Business OS now since January this year. So far there are goods things about Vista and there are definatelt bad things occurring that i need help with.My PC ...

I can't remember how I did it before so a little help please.How do I make it so that when I open a window, it always opens the same size?Thanks in advance.Using Windows Vista ...

I have recently created a image file for our mass deployment of vista. these computers will be connecting to a KMS server which has already reached the 25limit for the activation process to take effect. the problem is that i installed the c ...

My computer runs Vista Ultimate. I use Outlook 2003 for my calander. Is there any way I can get this calander to sync with the Windows Vista Calander so that I an see upcoming appointments in the gadget ...

Hi, Wanting to export to my contacts from the windows contacts folder and there should be an 'export' button in the upper toolbar (next to organise, burn etc) right? I've tried restoring folders and views to defaults and things ...

I have now tried to migrate using the Belkin cable and easy transfer tool. Firewalls were off for both machines. I still get a migration failed message at around the 90% mark. Any suggestions? Martin ...

I delete the downloads directory when i creta a new folder, i can move it on a new partitionThanks for your help ...

We have a problem where periodically one of our programs stops working. When this happens, we double click the icon to start the program and a box appears in the bott ...

If someone could help me with this...**Problem Description:Primary monitor becomes dim, similar to when UAC highlights one of its dialog boxes. The only item of full brightness is the mouse cur ...

This problem appears to crop but after any AV install on Vista regardless of the vendor, Symantec, Mcafee.JThek[MS] appears to know that there is a problem and that ...

In Windows Mail, a message was stuck in my Outbox. No idea why. I sent another message, no problems whatsoever. Going back to the Outbox, I selected ...

I am running Windows Vista, while i am on the internet browsing, all of a sudden I get this message “internet explorer is stop working" and the IE will close and opens with my default page. I have 2 other machine they are running Windows XP, I never had ...

This happens with many of my fullscreen games, but at times it will occur with other programs including the screensaver! When I start a program, it will begin ...

Also I lost my recyclebin by deleting it accidently from the desktop. After the following procedure I managed to get it back on the desktop: "Rightclick on the Desktop and select ...

Im looking for modems that work with Vista, but i can't seen to find any. can anyone help me out, or point me to a website? (i found the microsoft one but all it li ...

Hi guys ,I have a lexmark X1990 all in one printer . I downloaded the drivers and installed the but after the installation screen i get nothing and my printer doesnt work now . Plz some help i need to print omething for my exams ...

Hi I am trying to install my upgrade to Vista, I got sent a disk which was to prepare the computer for upgrade, I opened it earlier today and discovered I need some disks to back up current system, so I cancelled (and shut down the computer) and wen ...

I have a two computer home wireless network using TrendNet TEW432BRP wireless router attached to a new HP Compaq computer running Vista Home Premium. I have an older HP Pavilion laptop with a TrendNet TEW424UB wireless USB adaptor. My previous tower was runing Win98 and the Laptop runs Win M ...

I posted this question a couple weeks ago and got no adequate response, so I'll try again in hopes someone knows the fix.I have 2 Vista machines and neither one shows any results when I click on ...

The problem is that the Ethernet card for the Local Area Network is not being identified:Internet (Public network) Access: Local and Internet Connection: 'The Internet' Unidentified network (Public network) Access: Limited Connectivity Connection: 'Local ...

Hi,I am having some issues when playing games. The following games cause my PC to reboot after a random amount of time.World of Warcraft Company of Heroes Splinter Cell Double Agent Ghost Recon Advanced WarriorThe only game i've ma ...

Hi All, Can anyone advise how to fix the error message which prevents the calendar from working and showing tasks??I am not very computer literate so will need a step by step answer if you have one??I am desperate as I urgently need the c ...

I have an email message in my outbox that I can't delete and I'm sure it's preventing me from sending emails. Please any suggestions in lay terms. Thanks Ed G. ...

I have MSN mail but when I try to click a link to send an email from inside a program, Windows mail pops up and says I can't. How do I configure to use my gmail account to send mail from inside another program. ...

I 'm unable to set up a googlemail account, following Google intructions for Outlook Express ( none for Windows Mail )( have Vista Premium) ? ...

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Since upgrading to Vista and using windows mail I get "Bounced" when sending email from my cox.net accound to anybody with a msn.com address. I've contacted postmaster at cox and msn without a reply as yesReportingMTA: dns; fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ArrivalDate: Wed, ...

When ever I try to mail others who won't excet my hotmail and I need to go to this account my messages never go through ...

I have a Epson CX7800 all in one and when I originally got my new computer, HP1730n w/Vista I had trouble installing due to compatibility. I can't remember what I did (I think install drivers from Epson) but both the scanner and printer worked for the last few months. Now all of a sudden the scan ...

I've looked through the system logs but I'm not finding anything that is telling me which driver is preventing hibernation. At least it's not jumping out and biting me in the nose.I think it's the beta drivers I recently loaded for my EMU 1820M sound card but I'm not for certain as I also l ...

Aloha all. I just got a new computer with Vista Home premium. When I try to access Documents and Settings I get an error saing Access is Denied. I am the ad ...

I have Vista Home Premium, and unfortunately I am stuck using Windows Mail for my default mail server, which is Earthlink. I tried to set up my Earthlink a ...

I would like to maximize any page so that when I exit that page and return to that page it is automaticaly maximized so I do not have to manually do it.Hope someone can help me. Thank you so much, Mike ...