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Hi,I've just been trying to do a Windows Update and have the error: 8024402C. I can't find any reference to this error, and there is no help for it.Anyone know what's causing this? I have no issues with Network connectivity, web access is available, and I can download ...

As the header states, does VISTA support the 360's controller to play games such as PES6? I have purchased one, however, I am paranoid about opening it as no one so far has been able to confirm it actually plays Pro Evo and If it doesnt I ...

Due to a catastrophic crash of the hard drive in my old computer, all of the old saved emails in their folders from my old Outlook Express have been saved to a cd. The question is, how do I get them into my new Windows Mail? The files seem to be ...

I am unable to log on to Vista Windows Mail. Verified all fields several times and continue to get this error message. Account: 'Spokane mail', Server: 'rmail.gensco.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'ERR invalid password', Port: 9110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Erro ...

Any suggestions would be appreciated...I am unable to download email from my POP account when I am logged into my domain (I can send email fine). When I am off of the domain (i.e. at home) downloading works fine. My ...

I can't switch my email from OE to WM. I keep getting an error message that POP3 account is incorrect. How do I correct this problem? ...

I signed onto a site and was asked for pop3 info and server name info. Don't laugh but I entered www.pop3.com an svrt.pop3.com. Ok, what do i do now? Where do i get the correct info and where do i go to correct it? ...

Can anyone help me, I have converted my mail from Outlook to the new mail in Vista. Immediately it said that my mailbox was over the limit. Does anyone know how to increase the ...

Hi,I have been having a weird problem. I installed Vista Bussiness edition a few weeks back, and had to reinstall it due to software issues. I have two partitions on one harddrive, C and D. I usually backup all my documents etc. on the D drive. I also keep ...

My Lenovo 3000 laptop came with Windows Vista Home Premium. Whenever I start it up and log on, the hard drive is active for five minutes or more aft ...

Hi All,Wanted to see if anyone knows of fixes workarounds for my problems with Remote Desktop 6.Target PC is a Vista Business machine. I've installed RD6 client for XP onto my XP ...

I finally had a hard drive crash, and have successfully recovered using Complete PC Backup. The recovery was flawless.But... the backup I had to use was over a week old. My last backup didn't work because it ran out of space (my fault). However, even though it ...

I have windows vista installed on my laptop and XP on my desk top. These computers are networked. I can see the printer in the Network folder. the problem i'm having is when ever i try to print from my laptop i get ...

As you would expect Vista has changed quite a bit starting with it's install program. As you know, there are now several different versions of Vista and it is obvious not all have the same list of features. What may not be as as obvious is some features are turned off or on by default ( ...

My old computer crashed, bought a new computer with windows vista which has windows mail.I have the old computer harddrive in the new computer. How do I transfer my outlook expressed s ...

Why does this keep happening? Every once in awhile I get this popped up when I'm playing Tibia:MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ RUNTIME LIBRARY Program "C:\Program Files\Tibia\Tibia.exe" abnormal program terminationIt doesn't happen all of the ...

I'm unable to select multiple files in explorer. The clicking methods with the shift key and ctrl key do not work. ctrla does not work. Organize>Select All is grayed out.The solutions found on in numerous threads relating to the registry keys for Bags ...

Hello and thank you if you have anything to offer on this problem. I installed Windows Vista Ulatime on harddrive 1 followed by installing Linux on harddrive2. When I installed Linux, the bootsector was ...

Is HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT a proper place for my program to read and write configuration data that applies to all users? I used to keep this data in HKLM, but now Vista does not like nonadministrative programs writing here, so I am looking for a better place to put this data. HKCU would not ...

Is there a NG for FSX? If not there should be :) Should be a couple I should think. One for general FSX issues, one for developers (SimConnect) programming, etc. I have finished an FSX multiplayer server I have programmed in VS C++. A public freeware re ...

I'm trying to understand the change in Windows Vista security events. The event ids for common security events (e.g. 529: unknown name or password) seem to be di ...

I just purchased a new computer with Vista on it and when I began using it as I raised or lowered the volume a volume bar appeared that showed the relative level of the volume. For no reason, when I adjust the volume the bar no longer appears. I did not intentionally turn it off ...

I have some photos i decided to tag and comment with my brand new Vista OS. In explorer i edited metadata info TITLE, AUTHORS, SUBJECT, RATING & COMMENTF ...

What's my best option?I was looking to use Ghost to image my CDrive partition but it Symantic site says XP/2000 only for Ghost 10. Anyone tried ghost with Vista? Why shouldn't it work if it's I just want to boot from floppy and backup the entire partition?I also ra ...

Is there a way I can add another program to the "Default Programs" to handle LDAPprotocols? Only "Windows Contacts" is indicated to han ...

Windows Vista Home PremiumWhen I try to install Office 2000 from a CD I get an error 1309: "File not found: E:\Pfiles\Common\MsShared\Themes\Themes.inf& ...

i got one blue screen when i did restart after the flawless installation of the drivers but then everything worked but CCCi always get a message that the CCC is not wo ...

I received a message with 7 .jpg attachments. Is there a way to view them inline instead of having to open each one individually? Thanks, Ron ...

This is weird... out of the blue my system which otherwise is very speedy dropped to a crawl, everything was running in slow motion with the hour glass showing excessively. I had my us ...

how do you use Windows Card Space? ...

I'm cruisin' along on Vista ... everything's pretty normal, and suddenly, on my Desktop, I notice a new manila folder icon, labeled "Start Menu." Sure enough, click it, and it opens ...

How do you change skins for Media Center in windows vista like you would your wallpaper on your desktop? ...

How many TV Tuner devices does Vista Media Center support? Thanks in advance ...

I have been having frequent lockups recently with my Vista Ultimate (x86) system. At times Vista will come up without keyboard & mouse; at times it will go through login and then lock up as various startup progra ...

Can _any_ case be made for upgrading besides:1. Vista (or XP for that matter) is the OS the new system came with OR2. "I want the newest and latest despite not having anyother reaso ...

For some reason, everytime I try to install drivers for a device by asking Windows to show me a list of device drivers, after selecting the category (DVD ROM, Network Adapter, etc.) it shows me an empty list. ...

I have just set up a broadband dialup on a new Vista PC. There are now three dialups on the machine, but none of them will remember the password and all users option. I did ...

The company I work for has a web based point of sale program that runs thru IE. When we run it under XP and IE 6 or 7, it runs fine. With Vista, the log on screen comes up, and an employee can sign in and click the module he or she needs to run. Unfortunately; that is all that happens. After cl ...

Hi!I have my whole .mp3 collection backed up on multiple DVD's. They are structured as:Artist Name > Album > mp3 files and Folder.jpgIn the normal view of the Music folder there are large icons with what seems to be text thumbnails on them and I thought that the Folder ...

I have three machines, two XP and one Vista; networking is set up w/file sharing, and all works fine, EXCEPT...The Vista machine will see one machine, 3 HDD' ...

Windows Photo Gallery is a great advance in comparasion to what we found at Windows XP but... using Windows Photo Gallery to send a a picture by email I realize that this feature do not work. ...

I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared... anyone have some ideas to get it back? I guess maybe the HP wireless Center takeover it, but even I uninstall the HP software it still missing...My laptop model is HP dv6102t ...

Help please,The COM+ Event System could not remove the EventSystem.EventSubscription object {CEB8B22189C541A898CE79B413BF150B}{00000000000000000000000000000000}{00000000000000000000000000000000}. The HRESULT was 80070005.How do I fix this?Thanks ...

I there any way to look at two files at the same time? I am trying to verify 2 file folders that are supposed to have the same information to see if I can delete one of them. These are personal files that I have copied from other computers that I own. Any help ...

Can someone tell me where Media Center stores its recorded files? Thanks ...

I figured out what the problem is with VISTA taking for ever to shut down. Go into your DEFENDER, click TOOLS on the top line, then click on SOFTWARE EXPLORER.There you will find a list of ALL of your STARTUP programs. What I di ...

HiWe have 3 PC's and one mac mini, at home. All on a local network. Two of the PC's are dualbooting XP and Vista. Now every computer sees all the other computers on the network but while I have no problem with XP, the Vista installs will not allow me to conn ...

I remember back in windows 95 when you had 8 mb or if you were lucky (and had lots of money) you would have 16 mb or ram, some programs started coming out that would actually prefetch your applications so they would run faster... reminds you of anything? They could lea ...

Anybody running into this problem with Vista rebooting over a least three times while surfing the net. Any advise would be helpful???? ...

Microsoft adjusts to add thinclient computing supportpcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1639160612;pp;1;fp;2;fpid;2FINALLY!!! After ALL These Years, Some Year 2007 Computing Progress Actually, In The Year 2007!!!Microsoft Windows Vista Woulda Been 'Great' ...In 1999!!!I Feel Like CELEBRATING!! ...

Hello all,If I Open an XPS file in XPS viewer in Vista and Print to XPS file using Microsoft XPS Document Writer, is that a direct XPS Print path?Does it involve intermediate conversion to GDI+ and then to XPS?If I Print to Global Graphics XPS Driver from XPS viewer, does it send the XPS dire ...

Just noticed this wonder if anyone else has:I have a number of multi session DVDR's created in XP using Nero 6. Each disc has between 5 12 sessions on each.Use the discs in V ...

I cannot delete messages out of the delete folder. I have my windows email program set to empty the deleted folder on exit. I have tried closing the program multiple times, rebooted the computer, tried to delete all of the them using shift delete and I keep getting the error message unkn ...

I have purchased a new HP with Vista already loaded, but it is horrible...I want to revert back to XP...THere is nothing about Vista that I can find that XP can't work circles around...I have more trouble with Vista than I ever had with ...

I have a silly question about security of RDC. I was using pcAnywhere to connect to our company's server 2003 and consider using RDC due to faster and smoother. Can someone advise me if RDC is as secur ...

How is the rolodex feature for browsing through open windows activated?I just installed Vista. I can easily cascade the windows, but I cannot find the command or hot key to display the 3D rolodex.Thanks in advance for any help.Frank J. Reashore, MCSD.net, MCDBAVancouver, Canada ...

I have lot of linked web pages on my computer built for my personal use some of which extensively use javascript. None of them run through a server. Whenever I start them I get the message that the javascript has been ...

When I install the USB bluetooth transciever for my Microsoft bluetooth mouse and Keyboard on my new Dell computer with Vista Business I can't find the bluetoothicon in the control panel. I tested on a Vista Home computer and it ...

Hi, I'm completely computer illiterate, I'm upgrading from XP, and while trying to install Vista Ultimate i got a message saying to uninstall Nero (which i did) and now it says to uninstall another program which i cant find and to be honest have no idea where to look or ev ...

I am looking to "upgrade" my Vista Beta to the full on Vista release. I realize that I can't "upgrade" because the beta was Ultimate and I'm going to run VistaBiz.I thought ma ...

How to enter after installation (trial version)Thanks ...

Edition: Vista Home premium & WP11Problem: I have an Indeo coded AVI. The WP11 does not playback the video. And there is no error message either. Looking at the 'Properties' of the file, WP11 says the m ...

Here’s my problem.A few months ago, I got the new Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my Sony Vaio PC. Probably a mistake as it’s hardly any different to XP.Anyway, since then, it’s been giving me serio ...

I just installed Vista. AOE runs fine, but won't recognize the multiplayer game on the XP. XP can't find the multiplayer game if I start it on Vista.3rd computer on LAN running XP works fine wit ...

Hey All,I'm having a problem with one of my computers running Vista. I used to be able to share a root directory (such as my USB drive) no problem; did the usual RightClick thing and select "Share...". Well, I noticed a day or two ago that I am no longer able to do that, for any ...

Anyway to make this game work with Vista? ...

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Can someone please help.Windows Mail was working beatifully until I imported my Outlook Express 6 Messages.Back ground: Done many hours of research before importing the messages in to W ...

I had one of those undeletables with the "unknown error" message just a few minutes ago after just installing the Vista upgrade yesterday saw a comment on a Judy having a solution read it and freaked:{ What a lot of work so this mail was in ...

Hello I made a small mistake while drafting a email last night. When I went to spell check it I accidently added 2 or 3 misspelled words to my dictionary instead of changing them. Does anyone know where the dictio ...

Sometimes I'd be using my computer and someone else would like to use it quickly and I don't want them to be able to hit the email button on my keyboard and be able to retrieve all my personal email and forum passwords. Why is ...

I bought a new computer with vista already installed, but since only red x show up in emails where pictures should be HELP ...

Não consigo remover da pasta Excluídos e com erro desconhecido. Será que me podem ajudar? Obrigado ...

Please someone help me. I just downloaded Vista(Upgrade) and now my screen jumps like mad! It is like there is a power surge and my screen is trying to shut off then comes back on at just the last minute. Please help. Hubby will be very upset is I spent all that money and can't use Vis ...

I scanned the forum and didn't see a problem quite like mine. My laptop will sleep fine when I tell it to. It stays asleep and wakes fine. The problem is that it doesn't always enter sleep mode automatically as I specified in the power set ...

If I have manually deleted XPS Document Writer from my Printers section, how can I reinstall it again. ...

I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On ...

I am trying load my software for my Photosmart 8250 HP Printer. I keep getting a message saying the following files are missing: Slbcsp.dll, Sccbase.dll, gpkc ...

HelloI have recently bought a Toshiba Satellite laptop, with Vista. It works fine.If I move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen I sometimes get a faint row of 'buttons' appear for the function keys F1 ... F12.I cannot find an explanation of this i ...

hi i've got a very strange problem.. in a few random directories i can't see text under icons.. only icon of a folder or file is visible.. how to restore this texts?? i've restored all folder options but it didn't help any suggestions how to fix this ...

Recently acquired new PC with Vista operating system. Reloaded Office 2003 programs which appear to work ok except for Excel 2003 where areas of screen blank out in worksheets and do not show information until activated by running cursor over them. Does ...

My Network: All Same Workgroup, Each Computer a Unique Name, Private Network. #1 Vista Ultimate x64 Desktop Wireless. Win firewall ON, Guest Account OFF, Discovery ON, File Sharing ON, Public OFF, Print Sharing ON, Password Protect ON, Media OFF (for now). 2 USB Printers and 2 ...

I have Vista 64 bit Ulitmate running on HP Presario dual core 64bit with 2GB RAM.I have the hard disk partitioned to two c and D. C for the OS and D for data. I want the Users directory and everything under it on D.And, this is where my problems started. When I create ...

How do I sign on to Vista WinMail when not at home?? I used to sign on to www.bellsouth.net and enter my user ID/Password on my old XP computer, but can't get that process to work now. What am I probably doing wrong?? Seems to me that it should be the same process?? Thanks, BobS ...

I am trying to import my old emails into Windows Mail. After I have selected files import messages and selects Microsoft Outlook, I get the error message that messages/emails cannot be imported from the MAPI cli ...

It won't Import. I have the OE6 files on a Flash Drive that I can see files via Windows Explorer but doesn't see them when doing Import from Windows Mail. What next? Thanks, Bill Post replies back to News Group ...

BSOD error: STOP: OxOOOOOOOA (OxOOOOOOBO,OxOOOOOOOZ,OxOOOOOOOO,Ox81COCOF3)Please help? BSOD happens everytime I shutdown. Everytime... JEFF. ...

I uninstalled a program but not all the folders and files were removed, so I need to delete them manually. For some reason, even though I'm the Administrator I don't have the necessary p ...

Yukon Windows Vista x64 Vista x64 2/7/07 9.16.4.3 marvell.com/drivers/search.do ...

I have 2 quick general questions: what FREE antivirus programs run on vista and what are their compatibility with 32 and 64 bit versions. The same goes for antispasmodic, i mean antispyware tools like spybot?Thank you! ...

What is the best bet for setting default properties on a system so that *all* CD's and/or DVD's ill be encrypted, perhaps with a public key, ala PGP or a decent EFS?Thanks!Ross ...

This probably came up here several times, but frankly, nothing worked. I have a drive with Vista Home Premium installation, and several other with various versions of XP. They are completely independent drives (no dual boot/install), all bootable with their own respectable os.The problem ...

This is on a brand new HP Pavillion computer which came with XP installed and I got a free upgrade to Vista Nothing but problems since!I have an ongoing problem with my Vista Home Premium. IE7 shuts ...

when I try to download from Microsoft Downloads website, the website ask to validate my Home Premium Vista, I hit the validate button and the page freezes. Other downloads that don't requires validation, I download with no problems. Any advice will be appreciated. ...

I have an old XP Home laptop and am trying to transfer files and settings to a new Vista laptop running Vista Home Premium. When I try to run Windows Easy Transfer on the ...

I have a brand new Vaio Latop Model # VGNN250E with an Intellipoint Wireless Mouse 4000. When on the net (only) works fine when not on the internet , I type as I normally would and miss seveeral letters, space bar doesnt work, even when ...

Can someone point me to where I can join the best class action suit for the time and money wasted trying to upgrade from win xp pro sp2 to vista busi ...

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? ...

I kept seeing people trying to justify why Vista might be slow antivirus, firewalls, router configuration, network drivers. And while all those things are things that should be investigated and corrected, too many people had already done the legwork and it was still slow although some of these ...

Does anyone know how I can get a Brazilian Portuguese spellcheck for Windows Mail? Thanks ...

Does any body know where I can get a Polish spellcheck for Windows Vista Mail and how to install it?Thanks in advance. Marcus ...

I use Windows Mail Vista for my newsreader and Outlook 2007 for my email client. I can't figure out as I used to with Outlook Express how to make Outlook 2007 the default email ha ...

here I am you all, with vista windows, I lost out look express, is there any way I could get it back ? lissa ...

I have been hearing about Linux Free O/S's for many years now, and I have decided to try it out on one of my older P/C's one that I built from parts purchased at PC Club which I have replac ...

Have installed Magellan MapSend DirectRoute Ver 1.00a in Vista Ultimate. When I try to run the program I receive a 'no appropriate disc in drive' message. The disc is inserted in the drive and everything insta ...

my screen saver doesn't kick in. help. dhans8887 dhans8887's Profile: forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=24448 View this thread: forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=730145forums.techarena.in ...

I just copied a 77kb PDF file from my Vista (Business) machine to a USB drive. The filecopy dialogue spent about 15 seconds "Calculating time remaining," ...

I have a SCSI adapter with Vista drivers: the drivers do not work. Tech support is of no help. I have the typical Vista/XP networking problems. Basically unreliable and settings ar ...

When i want to save web pages to mht file from ie7.0, an error window popup and said that missing some necessary files for this webpage, all web pages can not be saved. Thank you. ...

Hay all, I have on my system two o/s windows xp home & Vista home premium. each on it's on hardrive. xp on the master & vista on the slave. u ...

When I try to save a project in Windows Vista Paint, I get the following error message: "There is not enough memory or resources to complete operation. Close some programs and then try again.&qu ...

How do I resend an email as new. I can't find this feature on Windows Mail. ...

Hi,I am not able to add a printer on a local port. Actually if I am trying to create a local port and giving the name as LPT4, an error message is popping up on the screen saying 'LPT4 is not a valid port number'.Actually I am having tw ...

Has anyone experienced this? support.microsoft.com/kb/933872/enus ...

Microsoft preps 133 patches for Windows DNS hole!!! Now 'dems alot of patches. Too bad MickeyMouse has such a hard time getting it right the first time. It's no wonder the world and especially the business community is getting totally fed up with Microsoft.n ...

When I first received my system I was able to point to programs that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a "miniview" of the program, whether it be a web pag ...

I installed Vista in VMware, for the second time. The first time I could install the VMware Tools. But now, I can't. There is no reaction if I try. Any idea what's going on? Met vriendelijke groeten, Ja ...

How can I turn off the Vista login page listing all the local accounts and login using the windows workgroup logon badge like the domain login. I am using Vist ...

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I'm running Vista Ultimate 32bit. You know how you can resize the desktop icons by holding down control and using the scroll wheel? I'm experiencing an issue where:1. I ...

Two weeks ago my hard drive crashed that had Vista on it. I replaced the hard drive and everything was fine. Vista installed on the new drive and activated. This morning an error message came ...

My toy cann't control the windows media center ...

I just upgraded to Vista. Movie Maker no longer shows an option to import from anything other than a video camera. With XP Media Edition, Movie Maker had an option to import from my Dazzle. Has this functio ...

I am New with Vista and Windows Mail.I can get iy to work most of time but every once in awhile my mail will switch to a Diretory Service (Null) and I do not know why? How can I access the micrsoft acct.? ...

What is the active directory? I was making sure I had my email right, b/c still not receiving on an added user. The active directory says NULL, is that right, or what does that mean.Thanks Still mad in Boston......... CB ...

I cannot seem to access the control panel nor Windows Updates... It says I have new updates I click the shortcut to go to Windows Updates just hourglass and cuts off does th ...

AllI just tried WU and it comes back with an error: Code 80245003 and the 'Get Help' lists codes but this one isn't amongst them.Does anyone have a clue what this error code means?cheers ...

Occasionally, documents sent to print will queue, but will not print. Device manager says all is well and I have installed the latest drivers. This always corrects itself with a reboot, but that is not altogether satisfactory. Any help would be great ...

I have a new Acer T180 PC and tried upgrading from XP to Vista over the weekend. It went fine until the last stage of the installation, and now if I turn my machine on, I can only start it in safe mode, and then I get a black screen w ...

All,I realize this post may be slightly misdirected, but ...I'm having no joy getting ANY OpenGL initialization on Vista to succeed. Using latest 7.4 Catalyst drivers from ATI, it appears that my call to C ...

I have a Dell Optiplez GX745 Intel Core 2CPU 6300 @1.86GHz 2GB RAM 32bit Winsows VistaI am not allow to run a third display on my system. I have a Ati Radeon 9250 and a 256mb ati ra ...

Can anyone get the videos (I believe they are flash) to play from www.heavy.com ?I can't get any to playWhat do I need to do here? ...

Maybe zachd or some other WMP11 guru can help!WMP11 burned audio cds fine until this week. Now, this happens:When trying to burn any file (tried multiple MP3s ripped by the same WMP11 ...

My new computer came with Norton Internet Security pre installed. I am subscribed to another center McAfee. Prior to downloading my McAfee I went to Norton website and downloaded and run the latest uninstall. Everything seems to have uninstalled correctly, nothing sh ...

When I put in a CDR and doubleclick the drive (no autoplay comes up), it says "Prepare this blank disk" and gives me options to format it. Can not explore the CD... ...

I've had this issue for several weeks now since I installed Vista.My computer simply does not do as I ask.I tell it to shut down, it reboots.I tell it to hibernate, it does so, then reboots.I tell it to Stand by and that works.BUT, I need Hibernate to work ...

I would like to ask MICROSOFT if they are intending on fixing the Weather Gadget. Since now everyone knows that after changing the system locale to other than USEnglish the gadget stops working. What are we mortals from non english spoken regi ...

For some reason My D, F,and H partitions have gone missing. They don't show at all in the my computer window. They show up in the drive manager window in the manage snap in but I can't access any in ...

Hi All: I have two pc's with the same mboard and recently tried to update the bios on the XP pc. The update failed and I had to go thru several steps....using a recovery disk, removing the configuration jumper & repla ...

:confused: Please help, I have a simple 2003 server configured as a DC and DNS. I use my router for DHCP.I can add my xp pro boxes no problems but I have just freshly installed vista 64 ultimate, I have enabled the local admin account and I'm logged in ...

When I boot up, the UAC box asks for permission to run my netgear wireless adapter. I say continue and everything is fine. It is somewhat annoying though. Can I have this program run withou ...

I've setup my users with a network drive "W:\" that keeps their data files. This drive is mapped using the profile setting in Active Directory. I then redirect the "Documents" folder to w:\ ...

OK I've installed Vista and I like the interface. I've had a few windows products from win 3.1, 95, 98, 98se, me, 2000, XP home prem, Xp media centre now Vista premium. When can I expect programs from other software companies to get ...

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I cant figure this one out. Heres the question.can you set it up where each individual email accounts downloads mail in to a seperate folder?Thanks ...

I feel like you guys (Microsoft Offline Files Team) have really dropped the ball with this feature.From the start I have had nothing but issues with offline files. I purch ...

I am using vista ultimate and I am trying to import my fax files which I was using in window xp but I don't find import option in vista fax and scan. pleas ...

Hello, please help.I'm using Vista Home Premium Edition, and whenever I try to create a DVD using an AVI file, it immediately stops working and I get a Data Execution prevention error message, dvd maker closes.The problem details are: Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application ...

Hi, I have a Vista Ultimate machine on AMD X2 motherboard today. It was originally XP, then I used Vista Business Upgrade CD to get to Vista Business, then I used ANYTIME U ...

I work in the IT Department of a University and we are testing Vista. One problem that I am having is that when I try to browse our network I get a bunch of stuff that I don't need but not what I do need. In Windows XP I browse Microsoft Windows Network and I find all of the Dom ...

Hi, I have just installed Vista and managed to connect to the net with my ADSL acct. I found that my setup cd from my ISP wont work with vista. Rang my ISP and they said yep it wont a ...

I installed a trial version of WinZip and have since uninstalled it. However, now Vista (home premium) won't decompress .zip files as it did before. Is there a place to renew the file association or am I out of ...

i just bought a pny 2G attache thumb drive. it won't install in vista. i've tried the drivers from the manufacturers site and tried the drivers from a computer running xp with no luck. ...

Hi all!Hopefully someone can help me. While running XP MCE, everything worked perfectly. Now that I have upgraded to Vista, the media centre stops working after about 10 seconds. I thought that maybe this was a codec problem so I installed a codec pack. All the videos, music etc works in med ...

My vista explorer has gone u/s does not come on. any suggestions other than using firefox? ...

i installed ms autoroute on a machine running vista premium and loads ok. when you got o run states registry files did not copy correctly reinstall reinstall and same message after restart. does anyone have knowledge of a fix please. thank you ...

When saving jpg picture files to cd for use in a DVD player, Vista saves them in a random fashion so that the DVD player doesn't play them in the order of the file names. I've burnt exactly the same files to cd in XP and Vi ...

Over the years I've had more computer problems with data (not music) writing to CDs and DVDs than everything else put together. Yet it's a very basic ...

I want to manually turn on Away mode in Vista while I'm using my Xbox 360. I have never seen my x64 Ultimate machine go into Away mode, and I have checked in the ...

I have just reinstalled windows vista ultimate and to the greater part it went alright. The problem I am having though is some programs are being a pain. The problem is that when some programs start up there is a installer configuration that insists on running each time a ...

i have got vista home premium , my specs are ok, my index rating is 4.0, but aero is not anywhere to be found where can i find it ? or look for it? ...

I've been using one of those "wireless" monitoring gadgets in Windows Sidebar for a couple of months.After rebooting my machine yesterday, I ended up without a network. To make a long sto ...

Is there a download manager software for the Palm Treo 700Wx ...

Windows Vista cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39).My DVD drive used to work properly but now the device for it cannot load (Code 39) above. Can anyone help me to resolve this problem. Do I need ...

4/24/07I recently built an new machine for Vista (Home Premium). As Newegg was out of stock on liteon drives I ordered two Samsung SH183L drives. These constantly gave me an error of: ...

Hi,When I try and manage my hardware devices I get this error:The pipe state is invalid.This has only been happening recently though I don't know what I had been doing before it stopped working. ...

I have a computer with Vista Business installed i also purchased a copy of Vista Home Premium my question is can i install from the home premium ed. the windows media center on my vista business ...

i got vista business from msdnaa because im a cs student in college.. and i originally installed it on my laptop but it doesnt work very well on it because my laptop doesnt have a very good video card.. i activated it on my ...

Even though I am logged in as Admin on a Vista Ultimate installation when I try to set processor Afinity in taskmanager it denies access. I have tried with several processes Microsoft and others and none will allow access!!!!???? Any Ideas???? ...

I've reinstalled, I've "Detect and Repair"ed, I've tried opening in "Safe Mode" and Office 2007 programs still shut down or (Word's favourite) refuses to open. Every Office program has been working, but now has stopped. ...

Hello everybody. I have two computers: HOME(with windows vista) and OFFICE(with windows xp), in HOME i can see all the pcs, i mean i can see OFFICE pc and its sharing documents including the printer (it's local installed in OFFICE); but when i try to see HOME from OFFI ...

Have 4 vista PC's all with Home Prem. One one of the PC's I have a printer installed and shared.On the three other PC's I have to manually delete and add the printer each time or I w ...

Hi all, recently got windows vista and im having problems connecting to a Bt Homehub. I can connect to hub wired and also if i make it unsecure then i can connect but as soon as i set it to secure using ...

Hi, I have most of my games working now (Dreamfall, Mark of Chaos, Baldur's Gate, Tunguska, Battle forMiddle Earth, to name a few) but no luck installing World of Warcraft. It either errors whilst installing about validating files or similarly whilst applying the first patc ...

I need help desperately. I have a message in my Outbox that will not delete, send, move, or anything. I have Windows Mail with Vista and I see others with this problem. Does ...

hello.... i seem to be having trouble getting my 3 other mail accounts transfered to windows mail..... how do you see what the server name for each are? and how do i get windows mail to send and recieve th ...

In some circumstances, messages will become stuck in the Outbox folder according to WinMail (even though no message may exist in the outbox directory of eml files). Thes ...

I have tried every thing to get rid of messages in the inbox. Microsoft what gives, I begining to hate VISTA. ...

Hi, I went from a desktop to laptop and xferred all processes over to the laptop (or so i thought). Just noticed that I'm only receiving emails on the laptop from those that I sent thru th ...

I get an error when trying to open this link that says something to the effect of not being able to open the webpage. It does not crash IE but instead just doe snot load the page. Can someone confirm whether the link is a problem with the si ...

Vista Home Premium connected with line to Siemens Gigaset 555 WLAN dsl router , another connection to same router by Mac laptop. Internet connection is set t ...

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Ok i currently have vista home prem upgrade installed on my hd, but i have a feeling it is going to fail,as it sounds like it is being strangled.My question is this:if i bought a new HD would i be able to reinstal my vis ...

When replying to a post do we add our reply above or below? I see both here and was wondering what is preferred. ...

Would it be possible for all of us to completely ignore it ? ...

Hey, I have heard rumors that Microsoft has corporated with CIA. And that they can download all you have on your computer when every they want... Can any one confirme this ? I also hope Microsoft will lower the pric ...

Everytime windows vista updates automatically, it instantly reboots without even asking if i have something to save, or giving me time to manually close programs. It causes everything to shut down and reinitializes by itsel ...

The monitoring tools in bios shows info about CPU/system fan control. What do all of the things under the CPU/system fan control mean exactly? Should the setting be change?CPU temperature 36c/96.5f CPU f ...

I want to install an identical motherboard to my pc.I'm running ultimate 64 two 8800gtx cards with raid 5.Asus says it will boot without error.I just don't know.I would think at least the bios options that were changed ...

Just wondering if there is a way to register older games in Games Explorer. I've installed them and dragged the icon to the explorer, so at least they appear in the list but they sho ...

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

Running vista home premium with MS Media Center (when it works) and my question involves a recent change in my system behavior. Specifically Panda Internet Security ...

ON MY COMPUTER I HAVE THRE HARD DISKS (30GB x 2 AND A USB 250GB) NOW WHEN I "Click Defragment Now" AND DEFRAG STARTS, DOES IT DEFRAG ALL THE HARD DISKS. BECAUSE AS IT IS, IT DOES NOT TELL YOU WHICH DISK IS WORKING ON.ITS NOT LIKE WINDOWS XP WHICH SHOW YOU ALL THE INFOR ...

Hi all,I've had a strange problem in the last few days. When using Excel 2003, all files I save are deleted. Sometimes they get deleted as soon as I've saved them, other times they remain on my PC until the next time I start the computer.I tried reinstalling Excel 2003 but t ...

I am the only user of this computer seems to me , that UAC is a security item for newbies or for multiple users . I am inclined to turn it off ; is there something ...

I have noticed over the past week i have been getting random BSOD on my Windows Vista Ultimate computer but i don't know of the cause. The latest BSOD i wrote down the error message that was dis ...

I am using ChkDsk() exported function from system provoided fmifs.dll to achieve chkdslk functionality from my application.I am registring my callback to ChkDsk() function.In XP, When I return FALSE from my callback, I am getting 'FmIfsFinished' type of packet. But in Vista I am not ...

after about 10 minutes of my computer running it powers off, there is no warning, for about 1 second i get a blue screen, then its like there is a power cut and it just cuts out, th ...

I've just spent a few minutes adding all the pathetic little trolls that frequent this place to my Blocked Senders list. Suddenly this group has become a helpful and friendly place, and full of constructive advice. Wonderful!I str ...

hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or has to be b ...

I continue to get the following error when I open Windows Internet Explorer:Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeabnormal program terminationDoes anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem? I'm unable to surf t ...

I would like to invoke a third party program when windows starts. However, vista stops it everytime and I have to start it manually each time. Can anybody tell me (step by step) how to ...

on my USB tp Parallel adapter cable, which work on Windows XP perfect, I got the second empty page after testing printer or garbage from the Word.Is there any correction for that problem? (Vista usbprint.sys is 6.0.6000.16386 version)Drasko, Croatia ...

For some unkown reason, Vista began blocking a site that I frequent. It's a safe site, been using it for years, but now when I try to log in, the site won't load and I ge ...

Dear all,Just recently, (within the last 24 hours) doubleclicking on a folder in the list view (right hand pane) of Windows Explorer results in a new window being created as if I had done rightclick "open".I have check ...

I posted this in the Update section, so i'm making a post over here, too, since I can't find an upgrade specific section, and i'm not sure where this should go, anyways.I originally got the 32 bit version of Vi ...

On each Vista computer I've tested I am unable to select multiple files on a flash drive. I can select multiple files on the hard drive using either the shift + click method or the check box method, but on all flash drives al ...

I have been trying for days to succesfully install first Norton Internet security 2007 and now Nortain AntiVirus in a Windows XP Pro Virtual PC running on my Vista Ultimate syst ...

My son got a copy of office 2007 pro and vista32 upgrade from university bookstore. They were cheap but he was allowed to buy only one set. Office went on his desktop(with the vista32) and on his laptop (xp) and was activated just ...

its always off by a few minutes... it gets annoying ...

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

I recently updated from XP to VISTA and i continually get "sectglobalmail.exe has stopped working." Can anyone help Please?????msconfig has not worked. ...

I have a Lexmark X1200 printer. I just recently (This morning) got a new computer with Vista on it. The problem is, when I plugged the USB cable into the Vista machine, it saw that there was new hardware, asked me to put the disk that I got with the printer into the drive and tried to install the ...

HiIs anyone else having problems with Mediaplayer recognising usb connect devices ?I connect my Iriver HD MP3 player to the PC a Dell E520 running Vista Home premium. The PC recognises it I can browse t ...

Whenever I close the lid of my laptop, the display does not power on when it is reopenedeven when I move the mouse or press a keydespite the fact that in all power profiles, the computer is set to do nothing when ...

I have Nvidia 7100GS with 512MB memory. When I'm looking in the "display settings>advanced settings>adapter" on my WinXP i can see that there is a total memory of 512MB, but on my Vista it detects only 382MB of total memory. I ...

I have a Hitachi DVD Camcorder that is about two years old. I cannot install the software on my PC. When I contacted Hitachi I was told that Microsoft has not released the required information for them to provide an update. ...

Windows XP Pro installed on an 80gb NTFS hard drive. I used PM8 to reduce that primary partion by 20gb for a Vista dualboot. Rebooted the machine w/ Vista Business FULL in the drive, installed fine into the newly created partition. ...

Hello,I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate as an upgrade to XP Pro. I've tried to launch the install routine under XP SP1 and SP2. In both cases the install routine tells me it can't run under this operating system and that I need to boot from the CD. However, if ...

I recently upgraded by system from XP pro to Vista Business. It has been a HORRIBLE experience. Now, with Vista Business, everything is slow and I am continually bombarded with a dark scree ...

I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. I have tried "net use LPT1 \\w ...

In both both Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center when I play a DVD I get no audio. Does anyone know why and how I might fix it? ...

can anyone tell me how to import my video clips into movie maker 2? every time I try, only 9 seconds of video is imported. If by chance more than 9 seconds gets through, it skips all over ...

I can ping a real world address but I cannot ping localhost. The hosts file is ok. I cannot ping yahoo. When I set the IP to obtain, it won't obtain an address. If I give it an address and put in the gateway and dns, I can ping the internet address, b ...

I have several Vista and XP machines connected in the same network. I can't get any of the Vista machines to fileshare with any of the other XP or other Vista machines. On the Vista machines, the ot ...

Is there any wired NIC that work with Vista. I keep looking on the Linksys site and the wired card they have keeps say "Coming Soon" TIA! ...

I have an XP home box, it is up to date re: updates. and I have a Vista Pre box. They are connected to a LinkSys Wrt54gs router the router's DHCP is e ...

I know where to find Cookies, I do not have empty them on browser close clicked but there are never any cookies listed. Can anybody shed any light on this problem of mine. ...

i am having trouble with Windows Vista games i.e freecell, chess etc every time i close the game down it shuts computer down it is a new computer 2.8 dual core processor 1gb of ddr2 ram ...

Had tried to do tat but unsucessful. Can someone tell me how to do tat or how to import outlook express? ...

I Don't think im using the correct email address? ...

Is there any way to export or copy the safe senders list?Thanks, Jerry Scanned by Norton AntiVirus 2007 ...

Please be clairify if you know the answers... tanks! ...

I've just upgraded from Windows XP Professional to Windows Vista Business.I'm trying to use the bundled Windows Mail Application as my Newsgroup Reader. However, one thing that disturbs me is that every time I open up one of my newsgroups,while it i ...

I have a new Dell computer with Windows Vista (about 4 weeks now). Suddenly (as of yesterday evening), I am unable to send email. I am getting no error message and I have checked the o ...

Hello Peeps, Just thought I would give my 10 pence worth on the "Problem ? None!!!!"When I decided to purchase Windows Vista Ultimate Edition to complement my Laptop which has 120GB HDD Sata drive divided into 2x Partions. Installed Vista ...

I recently noticed that whenever my laptop is an idle mode for a prolonged time, DfrgNtfs.exe comes in. I understand that this Vista’s native Disk Defragmenter.Since I am using Raxco’s Disk Defragmentation Utility, which seems to do a far bet ...

I have a Lexmarkx1100, why won't it work with my vista premier? ...

In XP I was able to go to "DocSet/user/LocalSettings and recover temp files, like movie clips, that had been downloaded by my browser. In Vista Home Prem I cannot get access to that folder. I am on as Admin and know that Use ...

What is the trick to enable Windows Aero on a Vista Ultimate [Retail] system with hardware that doesn't support it (i.e., one where the "Windows Aero" col ...

hello all,accidentally i deleted one important information from the "notes" gadget. is it possible to recover that information, somehow?tks in advance for any tip pirisca pirisca's Profile: forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=26099 View this thread: forums.techarena.in/showt ...

Last few days I've been unable to complete a file backup.I've attached a screenshot.The error says I don't have enough room, but I do. It's backing up to a partition on an external drive that has about 60GB of free space. The backu ...

I have a toshiba laptop with an external monitor connected, i have it set to extend the destop and it works fine, but when I try to do a dual screen background it copies it on both screens and wont stretch it. any help would be great ...

Hi, my laptop will not logon to vista, I am getting a black screen with system32/logonUi.exe. I have important files on the hardrive which I need to get off. Any help would be gratefulThanks ...

I have a HP 950C printer, and all of a sudden it doesn't work from my Vista PC. I can print on it from my other PC which is an XP system. I go to the HP site, and it says all the drivers are included with Vista ... lots of help. I tried reinstalling the software, and it got worse. Before it w ...

I am running Windows Vista Business on a new Dell XPS laptop. Sometimes (frequently) it does not recognize a CD I place in the DVD/ CD drive. In this case, when I try to open or Explore it, it asks if I want to "Prepare this blank disc". This has happened with many C ...

I would like to say sorry to all the mvp's for all the trouble i may av'e caused, iv'e had alot of help from u all,Thanks very much,your help is very helpful.Sorry for all the greef i give u all. Thanks again:) IQON:) ...

How do you change the user name? every time I use remote desktop it supplies my username as the IP address/my user name which results in no log on. I am then given the opportunity to delete the 192.***.*.* so that I am left with just the user name. Also, I do not know if this is a Vista quirk, ...

When I try to publish to a DVD in Movie Maker, it begins by closing Movie Maker and opening DVD Maker, the encoding process begins and gets to about 310% and then stops working, basically shuts down the windows and back t ...

I am using Vista Ultimate and I went to the adobe site and tried to download Adobe Reader. When the download manager starts, I get a message saying that IE has stopped working. The download manager only shows 9.7%.Does anyone ...

Hi,I have used the code below to return the default printer in 32bit WinXP Pro, but now that I am running 64bit Vista Business I'm getting an error:using System.Drawing.Printing;using (PrintDocum ...

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Has anyone found any third party Vista drivers for the All in Wonder series of video cards from ATI that will allow the TV and capture function to work? The Vista ready logo that they previously displayed on the product was only for the display function of the video card. None of the ca ...

I am getting in event viewer on my dell dimension E521 after upgrading from xp media center with Dell upgrade to Vista Home Premium these errors over and over again.Can you please give me advise on how to fix this please?IRQARB: ACPI BIO ...

Running 2 7800 GTX NVIDIA cards. They are in the Device manager and both have the latest 124 drivers.Try to set SLI and I am dropped to desktop.Anyone know of a fix?Vista is ...

I am currently trying to install a Sagem 800 ADSL modem on my laptop to gain access to the internet. However, apparently, after I install the Windows Vista capable drivers, then plug in the modem, I get a Code 18 error message telling me to install the d ...

Hi,I have a Sumvision USB2SATA Drive enclosure, fitted with a Western Digital 400 Gb drive.When I plug it into a laptop running XP, the drivers all install automatically.However, on my Vista box, there is a problem in finding a driver Vista reports this as the driver f ...

Vista could'nt locate the keyboard I connected to my laptop, this way I could'nt use a normal one on my laptop.I can hardly work with the keyboard on my laptop, so I'll need to instal a normal one. ...</