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I have windows vista full version and certain games like battlefield 2142 dont seem to work "punkbuster" also when clicking sound i get the blue screen of death is something wrong with vista compatability or what??? also i ...

Hi there,I just recently upgraded to vista. Everything worked fine prior vista, on XP SP2. I use ventrilo while playing Lineage 2.Once Configuring Vent and Lineage 2 to run in XP mode, SP2 m ...

Age of Empires 2 starts and loads OK but about 5 seconds in it drops to 256 colors. Any Ideas ?Thanks for any Help. ...

Please help I have just got the new Vista and cannot open any attachments which are sent to me and need to be opened via Powerpoint or Word or EXel, even though I have installed these programs ...

i cannot send or receive emails keeps popping up "error" server name ...

I have a file WAB and wish to move(export) from Outlook Express in a computer to Windows mail in another(new) computer. I cannot write it to a CD on the old and cannot input with a floppy to the new. I tried att ...

Hello, every since i installed windows vista premium i get a fail window that appears each time i start windows and shutting down windows. The fail windows shows no details of whats causing it. Just shows fail. What c ...

P4 2.8ghz HT, 1.5gb, 160gb HD, Ati Radeon 9200 128m AGP 8x.I'm running Vista basic theme right now since my Ati Radeon 9200 video card is not supported with Aero but it seem to run just fine Although Window DVD maker is disabled.I'm thinking of getting Ati Radeon 9550 256mb agp 8x, has an ...

I'm setting up a brand new Dell Dimension which has a good spec, e.g. Intel E6600 processor, 2GB 666Mhz RAM, etc, and latest Windows updates. When I go to Control Panel – System And Maintenance Performance Information A ...

Im running a laptop, and I would love it if my laptop BEEPed when the battery dropped to 2% or critical level, instead of going to sleep. I play games and I find that very useful when I dont want to overcharge my battery. ...

I am running Vista Business. I am using a dos program for business to print orders. The printer is a network printer so I use a NET USE command in dos ...

bt paperjet 65 i cannot get it to print ive run the discbt paperjet 65 is not on the list of printers on the computerwhat do i need to do please ?. ...

Hello, and sorry for my english;I have some problems when I try to print the mails, because I am not able to print the details such as To: Subject: From: Date:...I mean, w ...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium and was having trouble getting my headphones to work. I would just like to mention what worked for me in hopes that it could help others. When you go to sound in the control panel, it should ...

I tried install of Vista on my HP desktop that is six months old, says it is compatible, upgrade advisor says it is compatible and I followed instructions to the letter but in the last stages it got a blue screen after one of the restarts. I do have a new Nvidia high end PCIE graphic ...

To Whom It May Concern:I have the ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 video card and a program that needs OpenGL drivers. When I open the program (Aerofly) it says that their is "No OpenGL graphics card driver found!!!" I have talked to your technical support (ticket # 1204717) and you don't ...

Hello:Is there any way to control the order in which my newsgroups are synchronized? I have several newsgroups accounts which are listed alphabetically, but when I attempt to synchronize them, they are sync ...

If I go to Control Panel || System and Maintenance || System and select Device Manager from the taks list, I get the following error message:C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.mscThis file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Creat ...

I can not locate the windows exploer invista. Can anyone please direct? ...

i downloaded a movie in .avi format and tried to burn it to a dvd, but an error message came up sayingfile is corrupt or not the right formatwhat formats does ...

I just upgraded my computer to Vista and I'm trying to set up my email through Windows Mail It keeps asking for my user name and password. I didn't set one up and my computer account name and password don't work there. Please help! ...

I've contacted manufacturer (Xyron) and they say Microsoft hasn't furnished them information needed to update driver. Is this possible or are they just pulling the wool over my eyes? ...

Since I got my new dell with Vista I have not been able to send pics. My yahoo account is missing the photo tool and hotmail just keeps saying there are no photos. These show up wh ...

Just recently my Notepad application has begun to flicker sporadically. When I have a bunch of text written, the text will flicker violently for just a moment then go clear, then repeat the flickering. This is a very obnoxious thing to deal with when I a ...

How can I safely remove a single removable drive from Vista?In Windows 2000, I clicked the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray and selected the drive I wanted to remove. In Vista, all removable dr ...

Is there anyway to set up Vista to automatically switch from the balanced or high performance power plan to battery saver when I change from AC to battery operation on my laptop?The only thing tha ...

I have (over the last three weeks) had the opportunity to work at different places that have recently purchased new Dell Computer Equipment. A few small business's and some home users, so it's been a combinations of Vista Business and H ...

I have noticed when I restart or need to shut down that it gets to the 'Shutting Down...' screen, then locks up.Is there a log or something I can check to see what is going on in this process so I can fix it? ...

I have just been organising the drive letters/paths on my hard drive to incorporate a dual boot partition but 4 of my PC's Card reader partitions have suddenly disappeared, how do I get them back?I have no A drive (no floppy drive)C drive Main Partition D (50gb Unallocated space awaiting instal ...

I have a Trust scanner that i bought a few years ago. It worked great with XP, but the manufacturer don't have a driver for Vista. Is there anyway i can get it working? ...

How can I synchronise music on my pocket PC usin WMP11 and Vista? The pocket pc is correctly reconised by Vista and can synchronise outlook + pictures,... but it is not recognised in WMP. How can I add this device? ...

Hi all, I would like to know if anybody experienced any problems for Vista equipped clients accessing a squid proxy server that requires authentication. I have a laptop equipped with Vista Business. I have setup the proxy name and port on my browser (as I did with my old XP equipped l ...

I got a P4 4.4 GHZ (single core) 3gb RAM, 512 MB X1950 pro AGP 8x vid card, 10000 RPM 70 GB WD Raptor HD and Im getting...Processor 4.3 (damn single core, should I over clock it maybe?) Memory 5.2 Graphics 5.9 Gaming 5.8 Disk Drive 5.9How good is that? ...

When I am working with Office (just installed 2007) switching between Word and Excel files, sometimes the screen will black out. The taskbar will reloca ...

Hi all. I'll buy Vista tomorrow, but before i'd like to know if i could install Vista at all my Pc's without buying new cdkey for all of them. I mean, how many times can i install/reinstall Vista?Thanks! ...

Why I got this Vista junk I don't knowAnyway biggest problem is I can't open attachments received on emal. I have loaded microsoft word etc but when I try open a word doc I get taken to notepad. I have tried in default programs to change the doc. to word but with no l ...

I recently bought a Dell Inspiron laptop preloaded with Vista Business. Most things seem to work fine, though I do have a few problems.Chief among them is that I have a wireless network at home, and a wired network at work. I take my laptop between the two all ...

Immediately after I install Vista Business (before I connect to the internet) one of my spyware checkers (XSOFT) finds two problems:1 PCTattletate File Keylogger C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe SEVERE RISK 2 Troj/Agent Host File Item Trojan local host Sev ...

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Assuming I key in a new contact in Windows Contacts, Last Name = Johnson and First Name = Ben and the setting in Window Contacts is to display the name as "Ben Johnson".In Windows Mail, when I ...

Is there something equivalent to a file browser somewhere? I can see how to search for files. I can see how to browse for folders. I can't see how to have something like Explorer but for backup files. ...

In Vista x64 there are two "Program Files" folders.One for (x86) programs, and the other for everything else.This makes my whole process of finding files a whole lot more confusing. I would like specify the regular "Program Files" (not "Program files (x86)) as m ...

I was very pleased when Vista was released and impressed with its visual interface improvements. However, considering the number of serious "unworkable" issues that I personally am running into, not to mention ...

Hi,I installed a logitech webcam, and heard al the appropriate sounds, but now the sound won't work on any Windows application, including the webcam.Help!Stephen ...

I have 3 XP boxes and my Vista box networked together.When I access the public folder on my Vista box from an XP box I am asked for a password. How do I remove the ...

Hi everybody,I'm thinking about finally getting a new desktop (I have a 6 year old Gateway that i've gotten as far as I can with upgrades). Obviously, any ...

Trying to find out how to disable a startup program. Im in defender and click on the required program under the tab start up programs. I cant find the disable button ...

Is there some special trick to make Windows Mail see that Outlook 2007 is installed in terms of importing the mail account settings? If I try to import the messages, it worked flawlessly but when I clicked on import mail accounts and settings, I go ...

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Whenever I plug in my Creatize Zen Vision W, the MTP driver tries to install but then fails. I subsequently found a message saying the device cannot start even though the Zen screen shows up a ...

I Have XP on my C: drive, and Vista on my V: drive on another dish. Is it possible to delete XP without damage Vista and the start up section ?? ...

I installed this security update that was coded as an important update on Windows Update. After rebooting, the system went to a blue screen (error in win32k.sys). It wou ...

I recently upgraded my 2 computers (desktop & laptop) to Vista Home Premium, & everything works fine except that I can't watch videos from the My Videos folder through Media Center because i ...

Hello, I have a new PC with an activated OEM 32 bit version of vista ultimate installed. I got the OEM DVD, which contains both the 32 bit and the 64 bit version, and the booklet mentions that you have to decide on install between 32 bit and 64 bit.My questio ...

I have seen other people saying their computers state that their "key is in use" after reinstalling. I have the same problem, but my computer states that the key I have ente ...

I have a laptop and a desktop PC. I use the laptop when I'm on the road and the desktop when at home.Putting aside the legal ramifications of using the same CD key on both machines, will one PC stop working if I install Vista Home Premium upgrade over Win XP Pro on both machine ...

My Vista Home Premium system has recently developed a curious behavior. When I go to the Pictures folder and select a folder containing pictures I used to be able to select Slideshow and see a slideshow. I used to be able to select Print and print a picture. No more. Nothing happens. The oth ...

So I copied all of the ripped music I had onto data dvds and loaded them into windows media player 11 when i got my pc. Everytime I play something the last 10 seconds or so the sound ...

Media player suddenly stopped showing ripped files in the library. I know the files are being ripped because I can see them in the music section of the Cdrive, however they d ...

i have a laptop which runs vista and a desktop which runs xp home. when i serach for my network computers in the laptop, it shows the desktop computer but i couldnt access it.. it has an error saying," network path was not found. error code 0x80070035 ...

I'm having trouble getting my 2 computers to see each other wirelessly on my home network. I have a notebook running Vista and a PC running XP. The PC is connected to my router by cable a ...

after Security Update (KB925902) was installed manually by me Window Vista now load very slowly and my monitor turns off for like a 34 second. This problem happen after installing Security Update (KB925902), This update resolves vulnerabilit ...

Hoi, Kan iemand mij zeggen hoe ik de spelling in het Nederlands kan veranderen? Deze optie is blijkbaar niet aanwezig thnx ...

Hi FolksI like to use specific email accounts with specific Newsgroups. Is there any way to associate specific emails with specific NG's, especially as ...

Is there any way I can have one email account that uses a seperate smtp address depending on what network you are logged onto? When I am in home, I cannot send my work emails unless I manually change the smtp address from my works outgoi ...

HiI have just started using Windows Mail having previously always used Outlook. I am having a number of issues but the worst one at present is that whatever font I use on the screen the emails I print use a font so tiny as to be illegible. Any suggestions?John ...

I am running both programs. I do see a message stating that the use of two firewalls might cause damage but both are a form of windows. My op system is windows vista home premium. Please advise as to using both ...

Canon LIDE 60 scanner is installed and works to scan. OS is Vista Business. The scanner appears in the Scanners and Cameras section of Control Panel. In fax and scan I get a "No scanners were detected" message under the tools section.I can ...

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AT EACH BOOT, I RECEIVE A MESSAGE "THE FEATURE ISON A NETWORK RESOURCE IS NOT AVAILABLE" DESTINATIONS .MSI CAN NOT BE FOUNDAPPARENTLY THIS IS AN INSTALLER ISSUE RELATED TO AN U ...

So from what i have gathered there are alot of people that are having trouble with dvd maker, specificly at the menu layout screen. One reason i have heard is that nero installs an audio codec that will mess stuff up, but this is not the case ...

I would like to remove the lines under Internet and Email links, the ones in light gray that say Internet Explorer and Windows Mail. I don't think it need to say what they are twice. Where in the registry do I remove them? ...

I can't get or receive windows mail. Yahoo mail works fine. Why? I had it at one time. ...

Hi all.I have the beta version of Vista on my D: partition. It's wasting a ton of space. When I try to delete it, Vista says I don't have permission. I'm the owner and trie ...

Foregive my learning curve on networks, sharing, permissions, etc., but I have read a lot and am still lost. Here's the deal:Lexmark E120n has choice of USB & Ethernet ports. I'd like to use the Ethernet port. I have one Vista Home Premium PC and th ...

Hello out there!I'm trying to setup my wireless notebook with an HP 2575 printer to be recognised on my LAN and all I get from Vista is it can't connect to the printer. I have set the neccessary c ...

In Vista Home Premium every time I do a simple move or delete or copy of a file or groups of files or folders, up pops a box telling me what I just told it to do and telling me how long it is going to take. It pops up in the exact middle o ...

I have 227 GB of disk space. I've been running vista home premium with no problems and have not got much installed or loaded on my computer. Today I rcieved a warning that I was running out of space!!!!!!!!!! 182GB are attributed to my personal user files ...

My media player is not working in Windows Vista Business edition. When i make another account it works just fine. but when i'm with my administrator ac ...

Quote: "Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analy ...

Vista will not go to sleep automatically. The screen turn dark but machine will not sleeep. Even after a clean restart.If I manually press the sleep button on the keyboard it works fine.Why will it not autosleep ...

When I click on any of the control panel icons it acts as though it's going to open but it doesn't. The only way I can get into Control Panel is through windows explorer. can someone please help! ...

after noticing a noticable reduction in perfomance starting last weekend, I found that search engine (SearchIndexer.exe) was using 100% of the available processor ...

Hi! When i first installed windows vista i could press a button down on the start menu bar and show windows paralell up on each other, but now i cant find ...

fixed the problem with this update........Microsoft Other Hardware HID NonUser Input Data FilterInstallation date: ‎4/‎14/‎2007 2:50 PMInstallation status: SuccessfulUpdate type: OptionalMic ...

Is there any way of getting a larger mouse pointer than the "extra large" pointers found in the "mouse" control panel? ...

I'm running Vista Home Premium on a DualCore Mobile Processor T2060 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache) machine with 2GB DDR2 memory, ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M Integrated Graphics (64MB dedicated / 735MB shared), and a 100GB PATA hard drive (4200 RPM). Could I configure a 2GB SD card ...

The Vista calculator pops up randomly and takes focus/control whenever I use keyboard shortcuts. I want to disable it. How can this be done. I am using 32 bit Vista Ultimate on an HP Pavilion DV8000 notebook. ...

Hi, Windows Vista supports Software HD Mirroring like Windows 2003 Server? Copy 1 to 1 of a physical Hd.If this is supported, which version will support this feautures? ThxRegards ...

HelloI seem to have a problem that i can not see any preview of windows pictures or my own pictures on window vista and in desktop background.Is there a way to rectify this problem? ...

I know that there were already threads with this theme but all the suggestions and hints I found don't resolve our problems.I try to describe it as simple and clear as ...

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A HP TABLET PC WITH VISTA HOME PREMIUM.WHEN I LOAD IE 7 AND TRY TO CREATE A PROFILE TO REGISTER MY TABLET PC ON HP.COM.SG/REGISTER IT DOES NOT GIVE ME PERMISSION TO ACCESS THAT WEBSITE. THE ERROR MESSAGE IS BELOW:& ...

I want to set up my PC with both Vista and XP on it. Do both OS have to reside on the same hard drive or can they be on separate drives? ...

Can you help me to use my Yahoo mail with Windows mail. It says that the POP and SMTP I use is wrong: What is the POP and SMTP I have to use? (my adresse is yahoo.e ...

I have an xxxxx.@msn.com email address and when I try to email a foto from say Picasso 2 it tells me that vista does not use the hotmail addresses only windows mail ...

Is it true that every time I send out an email with the new mail program that all the email addresses is shown at the receivers end including the "blind copy" receivers. If this ...

I noticed no one tackled my post of 412 regarding Vista "trashing" older software. I guess that no one wants to comment about it. Here's what I had in compatible software. Antivirus = AVAST (claims to run on vista) and doe ...

Is there a keyboard shortcut to eject a CD or DVD? I have been using Media Center and didn't see one on there. My manual button on my DVD/CD drive doesn't work that great. Thanks for the help. ...

All of a sudden, I can no longer burn an ISO (650mb) on a DVDRW. I've tried two DVD's and two burning software:Roxio Delux Media Studio 7 Burn4Free ISO s ...

My Motherboard had crashed, and I had to install a new one, but now windows vista bussines ask me for a new avtivation, and when I hit the activation button, it wont activate please help I had only 3 days left till the activation.. resp ...

I get this error message when trying to create a recover cd. Any suggestion. Error message 0x80070015:confused: :( :mad: desidera ...

greetings.i need to become proficient with the command window. where can i find competent, comprehensive tutelage? /s/ Neal Weissman (212) 5911531 ...

For office there was a small file which if saved permitted a reinstall on the same machine with the same hardware after a hard disk reformat.Is there such a file for Vi ...

Hello.I looked into this and I have no idea how to creadte a Dword so I can share my MAC OSX, Vista and XP. Can anyone help out with these instructions....In Vista ...

Hi people,I have this really irritating issue. When i want to rename or move a file from one folder to another i get the following error message: The action can't be completed because the file is open in an other program. Close the file and try ...

On XP, when in Explorer if I right clicked on a .jpg file I had the option to resize very easily. I don't remember the program or where I got it or if it will work on Vista Home Premium.TIA Don Guillett SalesAid Software dguillett1@austin.rr.com ...

In the process of trying to get Windows Mobile Device Center to launch I discovered that I don't even have it installed on my new laptop installed with Windows Vista Business. I did a search for the file wmdc.exe and it ...

What's the best/least expensive way to upgrade a computer with Vista Business (preinstalled) to the Ultimate version? ...

Over the past week, anytime I've created a New Folder and then attempted to name it something else (using just the normal alphabetical characters, and not duplicating folder n ...

I have a Gateway with a AMD Athlon 64X2 Processor 5000+ Dual Core 64bit processor with AMD 64 Technology. 2.6GHz, 2 x 512 KB L2 Cache, 2000 MHz system bus. with a 320 GB SATA II Hard Drive and Dual Channel ...

I'm trying to download a security cert to login in to a private "vendor" website. and the website gives me an CryptoCompatiblityError. "Microsoft® security store Error: Required encryption strength not available.Problem cause:Your browser does not support the highstrength encrypt ...

i bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade 32bit from Alienware and i was trying to install it, it goes all the way through the install process to where it gets to the step a ...

After install Vista I can't connect to my modem which i could in XP by going to the address: 192.168.1.1. Please helo me to solve this problem. ...

Can anyone recomend a free Vista compatible firewall. I used to use Comodo but i believe it is not Vista compatible yet? James ...

I have used PGP on XP and to ensure there are no footprints I set XP to delete the Pagefile on shutdown.Now that PGP is available for Vista I want to install it and again delete the pagefi ...

Im running Vista Ultimate x64....My machine specs are...Amd X2 4200+ 3GB Corsair XMS Pro ATI Radeon x1800 GTO 19" WideScreen Sound Blaster XFi Fatal1tyWhen I ...

cada vez ke sincronizo en mi windows mail me aparece el siguiete error:Error de conexión con el servidor. Cuenta: 'jimmy', Servidor: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocolo: POP3, Puerto: 110, Seguridad (SSL): No, Error de socket: 10060, Número de error: 0x800CCC0ELa cuenta ...

When trying to open Excel documents, I'm getting a pop up error stating 'This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an ass ...

I have an OfficeJet G55 and use a HP print server for printing and scanning over my network under XP. The HP AOI Full network software for XP doesn't run sucessfully under Vista but ...

I have table cell turning blue when I type in them. First letter is a light blue but by the fifth letter the blue shading is to dark to see the letters. I have ...

I find that several times a day the Vista Windows Media Center Store Update Manager dials the modem and leaves the connection opne (on) for hours a time on a dialup connection. When I manually disconnect (if I am present!) I get the "Windows Media Center Store Update Manager has stopp ...

I have a shawdow that appears in the right bottom corner of my screen, I can run my cursor over it without clicking it and it will disappear, what can I do to fix this problem? Thanks!! ...

I installed Ikea planning software on my pc with Windows Vista Home Premium but it doesn't work. A message saying something like "furnish 1.9 stopped running" appears when I launch it. Does anybody know how to solve the problem? I'd like to avoid ...

First of all let me say that I am not computer savy but have managed so far. I can find stuff, download, burn, and shop. But I can't get this stupid mp3 player to install. ...

HelloI have a small thumb drive that worked previously in Windows Vista and still works in XP. Lately, when I plug the drive into the port I get the icon to "safely remove" hardware and the drive shows up in the removal list. But when I go t ...

Can one hide My Documents and Favorites in the Classic Start Menu without using a tweaking program?Thanks, James ...

I run Vista Business and when I go to 'Backup and Restore Center' and select the 'Backup Computer' button, the 'On a hard disk' radio button is disabled.How can I enable it?Thanks ...

Running Vista UltimateInstalled justreleased HP driver for 7400C scannerInitally tests OK under Control Panel, Camera and Scanner Imaging Control PanelTrying to scan using Windows Fa ...

I am using a KVM switch for my Vista Business computer and my former XP SP2 computer as not all of the devices were compatable. I am not able to get my ...

I bought a computer that has a hidden recovery partition from zoostorm , it comes with vista home premium preinstalled and has the authentic vista sticker on the side of the base unit with serial. It doesnt come with rescue disks , so is it possible to buy a ...

I have Vista Home Premium on a new Gateway machine. I can't seem to send or forward videos larger than 2mb or so. What seems to be the problem? I didnt have this problem with Outlook or OE. I have no problem recei ...

When I try to delete contacts from Windows Mail, the program restarts. Has anyone found a solution to this problem? ...

Hi. Does any know if you can password your windows email account like you could with outlook express? Cant seem to find how to on here if you can. Thanks ...

Well after getting 2 copies of Vista (one for laptop and deskop), I really tried my best to be happy with vista, but unfortunately I'm having to go back to XP. Perhaps when Microsoft release SP1 for Vista then I'll reconsider p ...

can I make Microsoft Picture It from my old XP ,compatible with my new Vista PC ...

Does anyone know, if a programme exists to report back to me exactly what my hard drives doing? Or which programme is requiring acess to it?I've had a new laptop with vista on it for about a month now. The hard drive isn't frantic, but it is clicking over con ...

Lol stories like these are creepy....people are paying whatever it takes to get new comptuers with the last copies of XP around...I wont say a price, but some people are selling computers w ...

How can I change the size of my ICONS on Vista? I did the scaling thing and it didn't change the size. The Icons are huge lolThanks Chuck ...

error 4201: The instance name passed was not recognized as valid by a WMI data provider.Anyone care to translate this ? I can probably get along without the logs, but I can't troubleshoot anything using the logs. This was the error I got when I tried to start it. When I tried to view ...

I have Word documents saved on my other PC (WinXP) and when I try to open them on this PC (Vista) it shows it all weird, symbols, xnxzyyxyxyyxyyx kind of thing. How is it that this wonderful ne ...

With the rumor that on dualboot systems, that booting onto XP will delete all of my System Restore Points as well as my full system backup is a bit frightening.This was supposedly covered in the Missing Manual for Vista by Pogue.Any truth to this?Thanks.Ross ...

Hello,I must install an old application (VB416bits) in Windows 2003.While in XP the apps works perfectly, under Windows 2003 and Vista, some controls do not show their contents. While some controls work well (option groups, text boxes) others like pictures and labels shows nothing in ...

Is there a way to stop Shadow Copy from making backups for certain folders? For example, the Recorded TV folder is constantly adding and removing 24GB files. I'd rather not have this folder be backed up and take up valuable storage space.Is there a way to s ...

When I purchased my new PC with XP I had use of Nero Express which I found great for burning downloaded radio MP3's to CD to play in the car. It was bundled, I think, with my LG burner.Before I up ...

I am not sure why when you copy files and it "stops" or is interrupted, you have a ZILLION files and have NO CLUE where the copy stopped! Why can't there be a NO TO ALL feature as there's a Yes, Yes to All, No, Cancel. Why can ...

Since I installed windows vista home premium I can not put my secondary hard disk online, when I go to disk part on the command prompet it shows the following: ...

Hi,I currently have Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my PC. I just came across a cheap processor that fits my motherboard. Can I upgrade to that processor without problem? I know its a problem when replacing the motherboard but thats not the case here.Anyone know ...

have 2 new machines running vista. both machines lost their cd/dvd drives after installing Norton 360 anti virus. Device manager error 10. Have tried to delete drivers but driver keeps comming back even though device will not start. ...

In the beginning I installed Vista into RAID 5 desktop system. Later I switched RAID to a single disk, as RAID was so slow in write operations. I did it backing up the raid contents & restored it to a clean disk. Unfortunately I forgot to change the setting in ...

Well, having tried all of your suggestions (thank you!), and being no further forward, I called Microsoft, who were quite helpful, but we just went round in circles and ended up with the same message on the screen. They now say I need the XP recovery disks so t ...

Hello everyone, I had Windows Vista Ultimate installed, it worked fine for me for 1 month I used it and it was good O/S but I habe a crappy SiS661FX IGP so I got a nvidia geforce 256 from a friend, ...

Ok i got the phone number for activation but for the U.S. it is in french or something and have no clue what to do the number i have is 86676401256 is that the only number to call or is there another one that is English. BTW i am using an Sprint PCS cell phone could that be ...

I had w2k on drive C (IDE drive). I added a SATA drive to the system as drive D for data and back up.I reformatted Drive D and used the bios to change the drive order reversing drives C and D.I then used a vista home premium upgrade disk to do a clean install on the SATA drive (now dri ...

I am pulling my hair out with Media Player on Vista and its annoying "wma" format. I have two MP3 players and neither will recognize wma songs. I am trying to get my CD's ripp ...

i will set up an email address to frustrate the spambots something like bupkis@REMOVEgmail.com.i want to use this spambotfrustrating email address for posting to NEWSGROUPS.but i want to use another address when sending EMAIL.how do ...

Does somen knows how I can use my hotmail account on Windows Mail?? Please ...

Whe I select Tols hen Newsgroups,The Newsgroup Subscripions window opens but in the Accounts box only Microsoft ommunities apears. How can I get to see a larger ran ...

Every time I start Windows Mail it goes through over a dozen sets of messages. Each popup window has a different number of messages and a counter runs through the number, then on to the next set.What is this and why does it happen ...

The subject text is the title for an alert I get when I try to run Disk Defragmenter after I use Task Scheduler to modify the settings for the ScheduledDefrag task. The alert body text ...

I just purchased a new Vista Business machine and am unable to connect to our network printers. When I try to add a printer to this machine, I click on "Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth Printe ...

Hello.<Originally posted to an Access group, without response might be more appropriate in a Vista group.>I had a client install an Access app I built using Access XP and package with the Package and Deployment Wizard onto hi ...

This is more of a survey question than a suggestion or tech. question.Do any of you like the Vista Gadgets? And have you had any problems with them?Me personally, I like them. Bu ...

I have tried to install Visual Studio 6.0 but can not load any of my projects. The version of VS is the enterprise. When I start VB it comes up with the error cannot register OLE object.Is there something special I have t ...

Hello I got following error:Produkt WindowsProblem Unerwartetes Herunterfahren (unexpected shutdownIDatum/Date 09.05.2007 16:17Status Nicht berichtet/no ...

hello,thanks for reading and helping.in all the former version there were hidden possibilities to install without the recomended ram.Is there one in vista?its important for me even if You think it makes no sense.for me its definitely sense because of several personel reason to use vista on an ol ...

I know I said good bye, but I just want Linux friends to know I gave it a chance by trying to download and install ubuntu.But it won't start the installation.The following is part of the endless error codes:Error messages:/bin/sh: ...

HiWhenever I click on a help link in Vista and it brings up the Windows Help and Support window, the text is all unformatted (Times New Roman and large etc.) and none of the images sho ...

I have an IOGEAR BOSS (Broadband Office Storage Server) 200GB Model # GNS1000200 Router/NASSince upgrading to Vista I am unable to acess the router in may ways, first and foremost is the web interface to configure the rought. When I try to pu it up via IE (also tried Firefox) @ 192.168.2.1, th ...

I bought PCCillin IS 2007 back in Dec. 2006 and installed it on my Windows XP laptop. It works great. I recently bought a new laptop with Windows Vista Home a ...

I have just signed in to digital locker and tried to download 4 themes, each one has failed to download, I might get 10% I might get nothing so now I have 4 items that have download errors next to them. First question is why ...

HiI am running Vista Ultimate, I have a 2 Gig Scandisk Cruzer drive.I plugged it into the USB port and got the message "do you want to speed up your system" I selected Yes, it al ...

I'm run Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium, all watch DVDs the subtitles is truncated.Already change video resolution de 1280 x 1024 to 800 x 600 and 150 to 96 DPI. Any idea? ...

Now we have our own forum for P2P! forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1505&SiteID=1Use this place to ask questions about P2P platform, troubleshooting etc. We watch it closely. Thanks, Pritam This posting is ...

Twice in the past two days, suddenly, while trying to access shared folders on the Vista (Home Premium) system, I received the message, "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network." I renamed t ...

From time to time, Windows Mail starts getting slow in reading messages in the preview pane. Before this, it reads almost instanteously. Now it takes a few seconds for message to load. I reinstalled Vista Home Premium a few times to solve this problem. I switched off my AV program and even d ...

I am getting a lot of mail from the same person with attachments,and can't open the attachments.I gave all of the usual stuff that came with this nightmare. i.e. vista.Wha hoppen? ...

The sound through my headphones is pretty low. I've got the latest vista drivers. Its a conexant HD audio driver.Was wondering if there was any sort of registry tweak to boost the volume on windows vista. Sorta like itunes and how u can amplify the music there? ...

Has anyone else experienced DreamScene lockups? Mine started when I added music to MediaPlayer and started changing it's settings. I also started changing my sound settings. I changed the bit rate quality under th ...

Microsoft's licence threat to Linux Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jim Finkle MAY 16, 2007 MICROSOFT has made its biggest challenge against opensource software, including Windows rival Linux, claiming that such programs violate 235 Microsoft patents and saying it will seek licence fees. The wor ...

When i try to sign in on Windows Live messenger on my Vista Premium it fails to sign in and comes up with the troubleshooter. I run the troubleshooter and th ...

I have an old MS Intellimouse Explorer (USB) that works quite well on a Windows XP Home computer.On a new Vista Home Premium computer with the latest Intellimouse driver (6.0.6000.16386) when I try to set the options I get the message: &q ...

Why doesn't the Vista Screen Saver support dual monitors? I notice pictures are displayed on my digital monitor, but my analog monitor on the same system just displays the desktop image. It would be really nice to ha ...

How do I change the default location that Microsoft works (word) saves its documents to? ...

Hello all, I have a laptop running windows Vista, and I'm wondering if when it is put in Sleep mode, it is safe to move the laptop, or if it should be ...

This is weird. Sometimes when browsing I'll download a program to the Desktop before relocating it elsewhere. In Vista, about half the time the icon goes to the "bottom" of the existing column (or two) of icons, but about half the time it ...

hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different symptoms. Can someone assist?I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007 enterpr ...

I just got a new notebook with VISTA, Restore will not work, any ideas? I tried to go back to a restore point it would not go back. ...

The Kevin Panzke SyndromeThe Kevin Panzke Syndrome is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating, taking care of him or herself, and social skills. These limitations will cause a poster to ...

A couple of years ago I bought a Veo Web Camera V300000 that works well with XP. However the driver CD doesn't support Vista (a message from it so indicates), and just plugging the camera into a USB port produces a message stat ...

When I start VISTA, everything works fine and I can use the stand by function. When I do this a second time, systems goes into stand by mode, but then starts immediatly again for no reason. ...

Right, I've downloaded the latest drivers from Ultima electronics for my Artec T1, Artec's own TV tuner works, but nothing else like Sage TV nor Media Center recognises it, has anyone seen this problem or know what I can do to fix it p ...

I have an application written using VS 6.0 VC++. This app has been running fine on Windows XP and 2K for hears. When I run it on Windows Vista, the main thread receives a message 0xC03B constantly, such that my app h ...

I was having problems with hotfix updates not installing. The OS update history showed these to have failed:KB930178 KB932818 KB925902 KB931768WinUpdate showed them as being installed and no updates available.I searched MS ...

Much like in XP, Vista will display zip files as folders. How can I prevent Vista from displaying zip files as folders?It really gets in the way when you have a folder with lots of zip files. This was easy to disab ...

My Windows Media Player 11 in Windows Vista Ultimate has stopped allowing updates. This means I can't rate any songs, download files from Urge or anything else wh ...

Anyone get this error: "Photo Gallery can't open this picture because you do not have permissions to access this file location."? If I right click on the picture and hit edit it will open up fine along with the edit tools. I do have access to these files be ...

I just bought a new computer with Vista Home Premiun.Do I have to download flash player to view images and audio files from internet? After clicking the button that select the songs on a web page, the song does not play back.Thank you for your help... ...

Hi, Yesterday, I installed a Vista Ultimate machine and hooked it up to our network, everything whent fine with the exception of not being able to log into our fileserver ...

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

TENGO UNA RED CON 4 PCS 3 CON XP Y 1 CON VISTA TODOS TIENEN ACCESO A INTERNET PERO EL PC CON VISTA NO VE LAS IMPRESORAS COMPARTIDAS COMO HAGO HELP ...

Is it possible to setup a yahoo mail acct to work with windows mail? I have tried but no luck so far. Any assistance would be really appreciated... ...

all is well with my puta, vista is, well, ok, but i have a problem which is starting to annoy me. I can open any links that i receive in my windows mail. The email look fine and the ...

can someone tell me why VistaMail seems to be utterly inept with this?I go into a group, let all the message headers download, and then filter to see threads i have posted to. the thing is, it will still show me dozens, or hundreds, of threads i did ...

Windows XP and its predecessors were able to group contacts in the address book. So you could select a group of email addresses give it a name and then you could send to the group. This avoids having to select them individually each time you send. Is this option available in V ...

I have replaced Norton with Avast as recommended but have noticed a marginal performance loss, slightly slower in reading posts, and am wondering if there is anything I need to know about default settings? Should ...

please respond as soon as possible, I am unable to receive any mail. A security window was added to our mail and we have never seen this before and we need help opening our mail account ...

I think I have really screwed up here. I went and installed Vista on this machine and forgot to backup some mail folders from Outlook Express 6. I do not care about most of them but I would really like to have three ...

Hi,My windows mailbox is doing better after I got rid of McAfee and Norton. But there is still a problem. I still cannot receive or send any emails. Do you have a simple solution? Thanks ahead for your help. ...

ever since i got windows vista it seems something happens to my computer. now i can not send emailscan someone help me. i tried doing the sugession of ...

I have Vista. Friend has XP. He sent a remote assist request. Worked fine until the end. Got a message that I could not connect, and that Remote Assist may have been turned off. Any Ideas what to do? Rich ...

I don't know what is causing this problem. It randomly happens. The screen will flash blue and reboot. I'm using vista home premiumProblem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScre ...

When I start my laptop up on Vista Ultimate it goes into the desktop and there is alot of hard drive activity for a few minutes. I have looked in the resource monitor and seen that it is windows services like svchost but I want to know if it could be anything else and how to improv ...

My OS is Vista Ultimate My computer is attempting a scheduled backup every week. I would like to disable this. But, when I go to the Backup GUI and try to turn it off, i get the following error message:Windows could not disable the a ...

Long story, short: What does this cryptic Windows Vista message mean in the Events warning log:"1 user registry handles leaked from \registry\user\s152138147994484025391 ...

When creating a letter with a BLOCK ADDRESS, the merge produced the following:Name Address City on 3rd line State with comma and Zip on 4th lineTo teach my students, I now ne ...

an easy way is to turn on or off UAC or to tweak it a bit:tweakuac.com/ What is UAC?See here jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=11093 and here for more details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control ...

Hi,I encounter that Vista (Home Premium) goes to sleep even though some programms are running. Namely Limewire which is downloading files. ...

We have a Sony Vaio that was preloaded with Vista, and I love it with the exception that when ever I do anything on Ebay, explorer drops and restarts. I can search anything else, anywhere else, but when it comes to Ebay no such luck. I have bee ...

I have recently upgraded my xp pro to vista ultimate and had all my documents saved to the server (SBS2003) now when i joined my vista pc to the domain everything worked fine (emails, mapped driv ...

Windows Update has just told me that there is a "Creative driver update for Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM)".I have never downloaded ...

I am trying to get my new computer set up with Windows Vista. I would like to have Power Point Viewer available. Is there a download for this from Microsoft?I haven't been able to find it.Thanks,S. ...

I have MS Office that I bought for the old computer and now I'm trying to install it on the new computer with Vista and it errors and tells me there is a missing INI file. It installed on my last computer fine and on the laptop. Both ...

I can't open a date file created in Vista's Open Office on a nonVista computer using Excel. How can I do this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ...

I just fired up a new Vista computer. I'm familiar with movie maker 2.1 on XP but the new movie maker 6.0 doesn't allow the dragging of a video to the stor ...

The password system for these newsgroups is way over the top security wise. Bring back a simpler way of retrieving a forgotten password just send us an email with the old password in it like every other organisation does, rather than this convoluted process of having to ...

I got my upgrade software of windows vista but it didn't come with the sticker label. I was wondering where can I get the Windows Vista logo for my notebookJames ...

Hi all, I recentley bough an OEM Version of Home Premium, to go with my Acer Aspire 3690 Laptop, (Fed up with the wait of upgrade from Moduslink) and installed it yesterday. Know what I want to know from some technical minded chap, are the following ...

I have downloaded the generic driver from HP and can print everything except items from web pages. I have to copy into Word and print from there (which works fine but is a pai ...

Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still ...

I am considering a Dell 2407wfp monitor for general use, gaming, photoshop etc. Everything seems OK except that the technical spec indicates a poor viewing angle.Anyone have experience of one of these?Phypps ...

HiI am using the Wireless Multimedia keyboard 1.1, recently I changed from another MS keyboard and since I changed to the wireless multimedia keyboard the keyboard / pc / vista and I are having issues.For example:1> the End key performs a ...

My computer will, 30 seconds after I log into windows, make the entire screen except the cursor go dim. It looks similar to when UAC dims the monitor to focus on a specific prompt, but it is perpetual, and the only think highlighted is the cursor. This occurs regardless of the resolution of the ...

I have a Dell multimedia keyboard on an ABITbased Athlon64x2 system.The keyboard has a bunch of multimedia control keys, which work fine (volume knob, playlist advance, mute, etc) in Winamp.However when I push the "music" button, WMP launches. In XP it used to launch Winamp, ...

Hello!I had downloaded the 90day trial (as an update on WinXP Pro) and used Windows Vista Ultimate 23bit without any problems. However, when the time to actually purchase Wind ...

I just got a computer and it has windows vista. does microsof office xp standard for students and teachers 2002 work on it? the end ...

I forgot my password to business and can't hack my way into the system. I'd like to do a parallel install to c:\win to get access to my file system but I can't seem to find out how to do this with my install cd. I've tried ...

I have recently got vista home premium on a brand new laptop. When i play a dvd in Windows Media Center it works fine. However when i play a dvd in WMP 11 and choose full screen the dvd begins to d ...

Why is that when I try to save a pic as a jpeg file the comp. wont allow me to accept that type of file. It only has the option for an art file or bitmap. ...

Everything I've read says that if your device is big enough WMP will set it to automatically sync everything. I have a Creative Zen Vision: M 30GB and I have about 10 GB of music in my library. It won't let me sync everything and makes me select certain playlists. A ...

Hi there, I want to share my itunes library between the various user accounts on my nonnetworked pc. When I set up the user accounts, they all seem to have new (empty) itunes libraries. Currently the main library is under ...

Hello,I have a WM5 based device (HTC Wizard) and Vista Ultimate x64 on my desktop. I would like to share my dialup Internet connection over wifi.Using conncetion createor I made proper setting so deskto ...

I need to digitally sign a print driver so that customers do not get the install warning. I do not want to have to pay the cost to get MS logo cert. I found a Windows Platform Design Note that describes how to sign the driver ...

I have got virgin broadband internet but can't install pc guard, is it compatable with windows vista? can anyone help thanks!! ...

Whenever I change homepages, Windows Defender wants me to Permit or Deny the change. Aren't there supposed to be other options like Always Allow? How do I permanently allow Internet Exp ...

New machine,new to Vista (just getting used to XP), no software installed, new wireless modem\router. Have managed to get internet working but after many tries have given up on e ...

I just bought new computers for myself and my wife and have the same problem on both. I set up vista email with all the same settings for our aol server that I had in outlook on our old computers. I can send emails, but when I do I get an e ...

Dear Steve,I also have problem to delete messages from delete item box. I cannot delete message permanently. The error message is as below:============================================= Message could not be displayed W ...

Hi,I'm running Windows Mail under Vista and am having trouble with Word doc attachments in messages. When I try to open a Word doc from an email, I get an e ...

After trying to fix WM problems for 2 mnths, I found one convenient feature I use Windows Sidebar "contacts". Two clicks on desktop and you have your page; click send wh ...

I have a 3 monthold Dell XPS 410, nVidia 7300LE graphics, and other stock hardware with latest drivers. "Much" of the time after booting up, I can't open the Control Panel, open many Vista games, I lose my Aero 3D desktop functions, and can't ...

Several days ago I bought a Gericom computer with Vista, but something appears not functioning as it should. Drivers were already installed and also some additional software. In the first hours af ...

I've got a problem with my modem, and I want to talk to it. However, HyperTerminal has gone, so what do I do? Nigel M ...

My screensaver in Vista will not turn on UNLESS I go into the screensaver settings after I turn my computer on and change how many minutes until it goes on. I just need to change it one mi ...

I got a Sky Caddie a few weeks back and when I connect it to an WinXP box it works fine. When I hook it up to my Vista box it installs the drivers but then returns an error. The guy told me ...

messages arn't being sent using windows vista mail. ...

This is very wierd. Just a couple of days ago I installed Vista Ultimate onto my machine clean install into an empty partition. No upgrade or file & settings transfer...everything is generic.I know a ...

I installed Vista upgrade and since have no sound at all. I uninstalled the autio device and restarted the computer but still nothing. Any help? ...