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Please help. The exact same PC used to have Windows XP Pro, and FUS was very fast. Now that I've upgraded to Vista, FUS takes about 40 seconds just to get to the account selection p ...

Hi all the text in the inbuilt Windows Games has decided to eat cake and go massive. I *think* this coincides with the installation of nVidia Forceware (100.65) which also crashes Dreamscene and F.E.A.R. at random intervals. I've run an SFC /SCANNOW ...

I tried installing Marvel's Ultimate Alliance, but I can't play it because it's telling me that "DirectX 9.0c is not installed on this computer." ...

when setting up email account,is the incoming mail pop3 and what is the outgoing setup???? ...

I am having a small problem with my Windows Mail on my new Vista machine. I have several email accounts. All of them are working properly except for the most important one, my work email. I know ...

Is there a way to set IE so that when I click on mail it opens Mail, rather than minimize to task bar?? ...

When I start my computer it immediately opens to my password protected screen. It used to open to the main screen where I would select my user name, then type my password. how do I get it back? ...

le pilote iaml ne fonctionnait pas et a été récupéré i will try to translate the most accuratly but i do not know if it will help youmainly it says that the iaml pilot was not functioning and was recuperated my question is what is wrong and how do I fix this thank you ...

How do I perform this operation? I have Visa home premium. ...

Epson has released the Vista drivers for 32 and 64 bit for the R220. Further good news is that these new drivers support duplex printing. Thank you, Epson BillP ...

Why does Vista come with IPv6 enabled ?Has anyone here ever NEEDED to use IPv6 ?I know the whole concept of IP addresses/ing and don't need any don't need any help understanding i ...

A very nasty incident happened today. I tried to install AuzenTech HDA XPlosion to my 32bit Vista. There were some problems after having installed AuzenTech's beta drivers. I di ...

help: plays a scenario but wont play campaigns. message that windows has encountered a problem then shuts down. ...

How Can You Change the Sound That Announces that New Mail Has Been Received ? ...

I have a 2year old P4 computer with XP on it, and just bought a new Dualcore Computer with Vista on it. I wanted to take the drive out of the old machine and use it the new one, (temporarily replacing the vista drive) but when I went ...

I've got a security center warning that my Defender definitions are out of date (version 1.15.2334.6, dated 5th March 2007). When I try to update the definitions with Defe ...

Hi, By error, I erased my trash can in stead of empting it. How can I recuperate it? TIA Ana ...

How long are we supposed to wait for these Vista Redemption Upgrades ? I've been waiting 5 weeks now, surely it doesn't take that long to get one to Australia. ...

HiWhen I start up vista I get an error saying 'activboard was shutdown'I think it is that little bar at the top which tells you the language setting, etc, but not sure how to stop this happening, any advi ...

I have an unusual problem with Vista. First of all it won't allow me to eject discs from my DVDR drives unless I go to Explorer, rightclick the drive icon and select eject from the men ...

Hi, I have windows XP installed on my first hdd, and trying to install vista on second. By default vista upgrades XP system partition boot files. I want to have 2 different system partitions : old one XP ...

After i tried to get acces to all my folders in Windows Vista (on my own PC at home) I now get a screen asking me for my ASP.NET Machine account password. I also need this to install programs or even to install Windows all again. I have tried the two passwords I always use on my PC but they don ...

I have a laptop with vista ultimate running. I can currently connect to my home network and the network and sharing center says I am connected to the internet but I can access anything on ...

Our network has an Account lockout policy of 6 incorrect tries before the account is locked out. I have two machines I use on the network. One a box that I dual boot betw ...

Since it does not support Hotmail, the program is useless to me. Is there a way to install outlook express? ...

i have installed vista ultimate and have done a full backup.I then went on to install more programs and wanted to do another full backup.the only option i have now is to do a incremental bac ...

Hi,My problem occurs when I click to a photo and see it expanded in the Photo Gallery of Windows Vista: the bottom of the photo isn't white (it's cream color or beige, but not white), consequently, the white colors of the photo turns to tha ...

I have a PDF conversion program from Docudesk that worked very well back in the Windows XP days. Now I cannot convert MS word, Desktop Publisher, or Excel files to PDF. Docudesk cannot seem ...

My XP computer came with an upgrade voucher for Vista. I have now upgraded to Vista Business 32bit.Since upgrading start up has been extreemly long about 30minutes from power on to fully working with inmternet connection. Then yesterday it ...

vista ultimate extras are failing, i now know there is a conflict with real time scanning through bitdefender. this was helpful but now windows says there are no up ...

HiyaIf I want to totally wipe my harddrive that has a dual boot of XP and Vista and reformat and partition it, how would I BEST go about it?Should I use my XPPro disk to do it OR first use VISTA disk to format the pa ...

I have a dedicated NIC that's connected to a Netgear wireless router and I use ICS to connect my laptop to the Internet through the desktop computer at home. It's running Vista Business. The laptop is running XP.The deskto ...

Sorry to burst the bubble of all those trolls who post here but Vista seems to be doing just fine.Considering that about 40% of the posts here are from the trolls themselves, it proves just how good Vista really is.news.com.com/Microsoft+sells+20+million+ ...

Apparently I had a removable drive that had been assigned letter "J" at some point. Looking at the icons in "Computer" it seems it was probably a USB flash drive.And apparently it was attached long enough to somehow get indexed. I hon ...

Hi,Any attempt to install Windows Vista over Windows XP SP2 stops with the following error message: "The application or DLL D:\Sources\S ...

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

I purchased Acrobat 8 and try to install to Vista. I had trouble. First of all I could not find the file that I downloaded. I try several places to save but never found file. I see some information that Vista have problem so I went XP PC and downloaded. All OK and put it in CD. T ...

I'm running into myriad of Vista bugs (UAC won't let me enter admin credentials, flock keyboards can't launch safe mode, etc.) but I'm having to constantly resend my issue posts. Why? Because Windows Mail is buggy as HELL! Serious ...

In vista like in Win2k and unlike XP, when you press altctrldel then you get options, and only one of them is the task manager.The correct keycombo would be now (for vista but works fo ...

ok this issue is driving a bunch of people nuts. I have an ATI Raedon X1300 pro video card. and under Vista media center live TV and recorded TV have this really annoying motion trail ...

Hi, I have windows XP home edition CD (retail version). I would like to purchase and upgrafe to Vista, since it costs less than buying the full version, but I want to do a clean isntall. Does Vistat upgrade license support the following sce ...

Hi, I've Vista on a new 6600 machine, fast HD and a lot of memory. I'm connecting to a c$ share on my old XP machine, and the file trasnfer rate (when it doesn't hang on teh " ...

I just got a new computer with Vista. My system was used as a model and the administrative rights are to the company I bought it from. I am trying to install a few programs that give me the error message that "I ...

First week with new computer with Vista, not a very happy camper, I can not run any of my business programs and now I can not even delete email from my junkemail. Very disappointed! ...

i did a fresh install of windows vista but for got to get my emails out of outlook express my old copy of windows is saved to a folder called OLD WIND ...

Hello,Last night upgraded from XP Professional to Vista Ultimate. The upgrade procedure went smoothly, but from the first time I tried to login, vista crashed with a blue screen and an unspecific ...

Hi, I have a directory on a Windows 2003 R2 SP2 x64 and on Vista that I recovered from a damaged CD but now I can’t delete it the directory is called Renamed.DNG (don’t ask why it has an extension). If you try and delete i ...

Another answer to that URBAN lieguy.... whats his name.. I forget...crn.com/software/198701022 After all the hype surrounding its January launch, Microsoft's new Vista operating system has yet to brighten the outlook for PC makers and could even lead to oversupplies for those w ...

Hi,I was able to use Microsoft Outlook Web Access on Windows XP IE7 without any problem. With Windows Vista Premium, IE7 crashes as soon as I click the send or save button on Outlook. May I ask how to fix it? Thanks in advance. ...

Is there any way to make the Vista Start Menu behave like the Windows XP style start menu? (Not the Classic Style) ...

Please help me. I am trying to figure out why in the world my computer will not verify that there is a CD in the drive. When I go to My Computer it doesn't even say it is in there. None of my other music programs can see the CD either. Any help would be much appreciated. ae ...

I was looking at the maps section of Live.com the other day and I saw that there was a button that said 3D and I clicked on it but it told me I had to install it so I was wondering how much better it is then the normal one, can you zoom in closer, and if it is free to i ...

Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of a difference) on Vista and it do ...

I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Business and have never been able to get WMP 11 working. I just get the 'Windows Media Centre has stopped working' screen. T ...

After upgrading to Vista Ultimate my Outlook files were automatically moved to \users\... from \Documents and Settings\... and all was well. After a few days Outlook compla ...

Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an email and do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always saves off the file as some unknown extension. For instance I have a pdf I receive called ...

Hi FolksJust wondered if there was a way to set the Favourites folder, to pop up when you touch the lefthandside of the screen, as you could do in 98, ME, and XP. TIA. Yours Chris ...

Im having big problems with .png files and IE7. Untill recently everything has been fine, but i noticed this week that .png files do not show at all in IE. In firefox that i mainly use its no problem. T ...

Hi Thomas,Thanks for your update, I already visited these links but unfortunately its not help me. In download center if I search for LIPs their is no result for vist ...

When using the builtin Windows Calendar in Vista, you can of course set task reminders for appointments and such. My question is why are they so random? I set a task reminder for 0 minutes and it pops up sometimes one minute after, ...

Posed this before and got no response so I'll try again.......I am interested in upgrading from Home Premium to Ultimate. When I clicked thru the Anytime Up ...

I installed a dlink DWA552 Wireless Adapter in my desktop (formerly hardwired to the internet through a router) system so I could move it to another location with out hardwiring... Vista (Enterprise Edition) detected, downloaded, and installe ...

Brand spankin new 750wx. Brand new set up of WMDC. I tried to sync 8 times and get this error.Sync started Sync failed Server Busy ...

Hi, if I am 'clicking through' the setup process of Vista, I can omit specifying a product key and just select the Version of Vista, I want to install (e.g. Ultimate). Is there any way to create an autounattend.xmlFile that does the same thing? ...

I seem to have lost all ability to execute unix commands and open a posix shell using SUA on Vista Ultimate. It worked briefly when I first got this comput ...

When trying to uninstall or upgrade from VMWare 5.5.1 to 5.5.3 I get a Blue Screen Of Death. Is there anyway to uninstall this program? ...

I am on Vista Premium. I enabled IIS and rebooted. I try to run IIS Manager and get two errors:"The file that stores your list of connections and layout preferences is corrupt and ca ...

abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3000336LONDON Apr 2, 2007 (AP) EMI Group PLC on Monday announced a deal that will allow computer company Apple Inc. to sell the recor ...

Okay. Last night I bought a new digital camera. I'm really rather in love with it. However, it doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista. This confuses me because my old camera (from 2 years ago) worked just f ...

I am unable to turn off password protected sharing. Vista Business UAC off Administrator account Private network.Clicking the "turn off password pro ...

I am running Windows Vista Home Professional and using a Linksys WRT350N wireless router with the USB storage link. Attached to the router, I have a Western Digital 500GB Essential Edition USB external hard drive. I created a share to the external hard drive in the rout ...

I got 2 computer,1 is runnig windows vista and another is windows 98 second edition.My printer is connected to windows 98 computer so my vista computer wan use the printer so i share ...

Hi,I recently bought Vista Premium. I am the admin on my computer. I have a subscription to Vongo. When I try and run the program, it tells me 'an unidentified program wants to access your computer'. I click allow, I trust the program. The application co ...

im running windows vista home premium on a new computeri can run generals ZH fine for single player, but for multiplayer, every time i try to connect, i get an error "cannot connect to the ...

I Have Scarlet for my outlook. I have called them severaltimes to ask them, how to installate this in mij new computer but it does not go then they know nothing about Vista. Plaese help my. ...

I can receive mail fine, read, open etc...however when I try to reply or send a mail it says this has been done successfully but just stores it in my outbox. I have checked my sent items and they are definately not sent? Any ideas? Thanks ...

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

I've read all of the online resources for vista and printing over a network but none of it has worked for me. I have a Gateway convertible notebook series CTX210 with built in WiFi and 2GB of ram. The network I am conecting to has 3 computers and 2 (HP 4200 & ...

Vista x64 Ultimate has crashed on me three times now. In one instance, a "superfetch has failed" type of message appeared on the screen and an exception code of 0xc0000005 showed up in the Application log. I have obtained the same error code from " ...

When I startup or reboot, several programs automatically load by choice in my main identity. I've set up a couple identities. When I log off my main identity and log on to my gaming identity, for instance, I do not want the auto loading programs to load. Is there a way to set which prog ...

Ok so if I select some files, and hit the Burn button on the toolbar, nothing at all happens. Just wanted a fix for this. Checked the drives Properties in My Computer and it's set as the default recording device.It's a BenQ DVDR/RWThanks. ...

Hi,Whenever i open a folder that contains some video files...it starts creating the thumbnails of the videos...and the following error comes up...as attached in the image..the detai ...

In XP, when navigating through files and folders in a FileOpen dialog box within Office 2003 programs, the operating system or program seemed to "remember" the folder level you were last in. When you next clicked on FileOp ...

I need some help...In XP Pro, I was able to rightclick on any file and "zip" or "RAR" it. In Vista Business, I am unable to do so.WinZI ...

informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198800645Article says most of Dell's customers wanting Linux machines will be "techies." That, to me, then raises the question: How many hardcore techies are going to want a ...

New computer Compaq Presario with factory installed Vista Home Basic. I'm using the speakers from my old HP Pavilion Polk Audio. I can get sound through them, it's just very, very faint. Is t ...

I have been trying to install Vista 64 Ultimate all day and i cannot do it. It ges to the bit where it looks for the HDD but never finds one. It asks for the Drivers, i don't know what it is doing. Any ideas? One of the things it s ...

I bought an additional seagate internal HDD (ST3320620AS), although my bios detect the new drive, vista does not detect it. I'm wondering is this drive vista compliant or must i do something ...

I am buying a new PC with vista abilitiy, HP rate it a business machine hence it will come preloaded with Vista Business. I use PS elements etc a lot, and would welcome the photo handling abilities of Vista Home Premium. 1. are Vi ...

I am using Windos Movie Maker v.6.0 with Vista Ultimate. I have imported a video from my Sony digital Handycam using a firewire. When I go onto the timeline and click the plus sign next to "video" as soon as the audio bar shows the program crashes. ...

All my doc files are opening in wordpad and they are unreadable. I do have microsoft office with word in the pc. When i right click on a doc file and then click "open with" there is no "word &q ...

Dear Collegues,I have two computers, the first computer runs Windows XP Professional and has a printed installed. The second one is a laptop which runs Windo ...

I wanted to see how Vista Narrator works. It now starts up on very boot up. I close it. How can I stop it when the computer is booted up ? ...

When I try to *uninstall* some programs (i.e. Cisco VPN client), I get the message "Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again". (I'm not tryin to install anything).Microsoft Office 2007 Standard ...

9down.com/story.php?sid=8803Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver for Vista 15.2.3Drivers for the following chipsets: * Intel(R) 940GML Express Chipset * Intel(R) 945G Express Chipset * Intel( ...

I had to assign a static IP to a Vista machine, now it seem not to be allowing me to change it back to DHCP every time I make the change in the network settings it ask for a restar ...

I have been unable to open the webpage www.arrse.co.ukAccess stopped suddenly after no config changes. Have exhausted all my own knowledge. Can someone else have a look please.Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] Copyright (c) 2006 Microso ...

Hi, I have a dual 500 GB RAID 0 configuration being seen as a 1 TB HD. On the far left is a 1.5 GB EISA configuration.Which is used for recovery. Then an unallocated free space of 15 GB which was a partiti ...

The latest I have noticed is that Windows Vista "Actively Kills" Applications that are not on M$ authorized list of partner applications. For this reason , Starting tomorrow I will be rolling back to Windows XP pro ...

Vista wants to resynchonize the time once per week. Is it possible to change this so that the time is resynchonized each time the machine boots? (Without running an additonal program such as Automachron.) Michael Chare ...

I can see my secondry hard drive, in the device manager, but when I try to populate, it gives me the message that no information is found. Also I can't see this drive on my computer, although it was there during instal ...

Windows Then And Now; Win98 se/WinXP pro/WIn Vista: Hi; My problem is that when I upgraded from a 64 MB PCI card to an ATI AGP (Radeon X1050 256 MB DDR 8X) Graphics Card to accommodate Windows Vista, I am not able to install this new catylist software (62_wme_dd_cp_30314) on W ...

HiI just installed Vista 64 Business on a built machine. I set it up in RAID 0. When I look at the device manager for my hard disks, I see it detects it as " ATI 2+0 / 0 RAID. " Windows Explorer shows the hard drive proper as well.Does Vista have built in RAID support? I ...

When I start IE7 after awhile I get random ads that open a new instance of IE7 Windoes one care was install and so called protecting when it happened I have since installed McAfee and it doesn't find it I've also tri ...

I just got my new computer with Vista. I have read a few of the questions and answers here and am a little hesitant. I need to move my old emails from OE to this new system. What is the best process? ...

I get this error when trying to create a system restore point. Any help would be appreciated:The Restore Point Cannot be created for the following reasons:An err ...

I got this error (print spooler(spooler):The service could not be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it) also do i need to have the printer connected to my computer when i install it? ...

I believe this question has come up before, but I can't recall the answer: I want my "views" in various functions to be shown as a small list, but they keep changing to thumbnails. Is there a way to lock the view on "list"?Thanks, Ron ...

I created a new account using Protector Suite QL (fingerprint entry). I want to make it my sole entry account and give it administrative privileges. When I go to User Accounts, however, it is not shown. When I reboot, I first see the old Windows password entry. I can en ...

I have been experiencing a known Windows Mail (compacting database) problem. At the end of each use of Windows Mail, it prompts me to compact the message store, but before finishing the comp ...

Gostaria de saber como vou fazer para resolver o problema de ortografia... não esta aparecendo a opção para ortografia em portugues....Gostaria de um retorno... Robert Rabelo ...

When I use Vista Mail for Communities, when I switch from one community to another random messages are selected, as opposed to the first message of the group. Why i ...

does anyone know how to install the sms 2.0 smsman.exe on a windows vista client pc?EggHeadCafe.com .NET Developer Portal of Choice eggheadcafe.com ...

A few days ago, an update appeared for the Last.fm software I am using. When I clicked to go through this it would not complete the update, where it used to do this it now says it cann ...

I know I know I should have checked whether Vista Premium contained fax software. The point is my aunt bought the computer at Dell for me, she chose fax and assumed software was included. As we all know the is no software. My question is does anyone lnow o ...

For the last two or three days, WMP11 & Media Centre in Vista have developed a problem when attempting to play the above file types.The symptoms are:Slow video (frame by frame) No sound MP3 files display slow progress and no sound (a bit of a problem for an M ...

Hi, I accidentally deleted a TV recording from Windows Media Center. Where might I find that, if anywhere. It's not in the recycle bin. Thanks! ...

Hey there guys. I have an issue when playing videos on Windows Vista that has been annoying me. I watch a lot of videos on my computer so I decided to ask for help.When I play videos in fullscreen on Windows Media Player it fills the area that does not have video (such as a 16:9 video ...

Good day,My home folder is redirected to a network share, and when I am connected, and working online, I can do everything I want to do with my files, but as soon as I go offline, I recieve a 0x800710FE error.... A quick search on google does ...

macrovision update service keeps getting blocked at start up, any way to fix????? ...

What I liked about OE was that all contacts were displayed in the lower left pane of the main window and by just double clicking on a name a new message window to that p ...

My husband and I share an email addy. With Outlook Express on Windows XP we used to be able to share our inbox. So it didn't matter which account you were on when you read in the mail, it stayed there for the other to see. Now that we've moved to Vista and Windows Mai ...

Hi, anyone have any luck getting HP 6100xi scanner working fully under vista, in particular the "Scan to" function on the front panel? I hav ...

Hi, Ive just bought a laptop with VISTA basic on it, I can connect through the wirelss and access google. yahoo etc but when I try any microsoft site and various others it wont let me, I had this on my ...

Hi, I'm trying to locate C:\Users\Rob\Application Data\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files in Windows Explorer and simply cannot find it whereas I KNOW it exists! How do I g ...

Sorry for repeating something htat has probably been asked. I did search. We are a small school and have licensing for xp pro. When I replace a machine I have to format the hard drive and install XP pro ...

good day.i, like many people, have been having sleep/hibernate issues.i have narrowed it down to usb problems. basically i could hibernate or sleep once, upon waking up i could not access my usb memory stick. it would f ...

Hi.I'm trying to backup files in Vista Ultimate but the folders that contain my websites can't be backed up completely. Javascript and PHP files wont backup and I don't know yet what other files wont ...

Hi,could anyone please tell me how i can get rid of the boot menu on my vista only laptop. I experienced a system error, and vista rebooted, & now every time i start the boot process i get the boot menu ...

I am having a laptop with Windows Vista operating system. Whenever i open multiple windows and if i wish to choose a particular window, i used to press " Alt+tab" or a short cut key for switching between windows and all the w ...

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 without it asking for permission? Someone mentioned to right cli ...

How can I turn off the Vista login page listing all the local accounts and login using the windows workgroup logon badge that looks like the domain login with the two lines for entry of username and password. I am using ...

I am running Vista Ultimate 32 bit edition, and noticed that I did not have as much hard drive space as I thought I should.Upon further investigation, I found 2 HUGE files.C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Projects\ ...

I can send Emails and post to the newsgroups but cannot forward messages to anyone from newsgroups? is this one of Vista's "new" features? Luckly I still have my XP machine to work with effeciently. I am regretting buying windows Vista, I should o ...

I have a Vista Business Operating System and am using Windows Mail Receiving emails seems sporatic at best. Sometimes I get them as soon as they are sent. Other times I don't get them until I restart my laptop.Why? ...

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Have read message from Frank Saunders to save WinMail message store and drag the EML files to a folder in an open instance of OE. The old account is on another computer and each time I try to copy files to the USB drive I get a property loss alert and asked ...

I purchased a Sony Vaio a week ago with the intention of making it my mobile development machine. I am a developer, and focus almost exclusively on .NET technologies. Here is the story:1) Installed VS.N ...

HiNow I have installed the hotfix, is it possible to have Windows Calendar start automatically at Start Up / Bootup, which would seem logical to me... ?Tks Rgd ...

I have Vista Home Premium 64bit installed but not yet activated and some of the hardware I have does not have 64bit drivers, so I have some questions about Vir ...

Whenever I open anything on my computer I get a message that says, Windows Vista's Host process (rundll32) has stopped working. Could someone please tell me what rundll32 does in the firs ...

Hi...everytime I click a link to download an mp3 file, it starts the download in the background without offering me the choice to choose a location. I would like the option to select where I want to download the file and how to ...

I have to say, after using it a couple of days, I kind of like Vista. Been using XP since it came out and am pretty impressed with Vista. It's much better as soon as you get it customized the way you ...

My Computer often getting crashed (Blue Screen) Vista Home Premium X86after the system reboot it shows the following information ,is there anyone could help me to solve this.Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 ...

setup is now dual boot, linux and xp. lilo is the boot loader. if i run a vista upgrade do i need to remove lilo first, or will vista just take over ...

my laptop acer aspire 5573,can't boot windows vista,error message appear <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll Please ReInstall or copy mising filecan you guy ...

Hey all, I have currently installed windows XP home edition on my pc and ordered windows Vista Home Basic. However, when I wanted to upgrade I got trouble. First I have to register which all works fine. Then it starts installing and when it has t ...

If I activate the 32bit version of Ultimate now, could I activate the same key again when I switch over to 64bit maybe a year later? .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. linuxsxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.21.1 ...

i installed vista then i put the update dvd in but i had a power cut n now my computer doesn't get past the loading screen can some help me pleasej1is@hotmail.com ...

i have windows media 11 with vista ultimate, and at the end of every single mp3 i have in my library the audio becomes choppy. it last for about 5 sec and then the audio plays normal again. i know it is not the files becau ...

I use my Windows Vista at home with a broadband connection with static IP and at work with a dynamic IP. At work, I also use a proxy.I need to change the IP and proxy settings everymorning at work and in evening at ho ...

Help please ....... Vista Businesstrying to troubleshoot .mdb file on a Vista Business installation. Using MS Office 2003 Access. I can view the file without issue on the Vista Business laptop but when I send ...

I have an application which uses the Microsoft Access Runtime (2002). When run on Vista as a standard user, we get the prompt than runaccess.exe is unidentified, and asks for an Admin password. Which of course the standard user doesn't have. What can we do to make the access r ...

(Windows Vista)please help, by accident i clicked the 'lock button'... the icon next to the button which enables you to shut down (once you have clicked the menu)... its got a picture of a padlock. I now can't log into the computer at all its saying my password is in ...

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After painstakingly attempting all relevant fixes posted here, I still can't send email, I have tried everything to no avail. Even after deleting WindowsMail.MSMessa ...

Hi!Someting strange happening in my Help and Suport Menu. It apears withouf CSS code. It seems there are in the computer some file that I lost..Can anybody help?tks teresa ...

***just installed latest updates, then clicking on IE7 it asked to download "navcancl from ieframe.dll" then demands it be opened, then >R ...

Anyone know how to edit desktop.ini (or otherwise) to eithera/ Set a background colour b/ Change the text colour of file names, properties etc. c/ Apply a background im ...

If you think Vista users are having problems head on over to the open sores urbuttoo ng:alt.os.linux.ubuntuIt's deja vu all over again! :) Frank ...

I can not double click to open a file or folder. I can only open them by right click and open. I am using a Microsoft trackball mouse. Does anyone have a solution? I am sure it is a simple one, but I can't find it in help. Actually I like to blame it on Vista since I hate it!!!!!!!!! ...

Hoping that someone can offer some advice on this.I've installed an application on Vista that doesn't run properly. I've found the correct vista upgrade for the software but when I run the upgrade I get a message that the older version must be uninstalled first. The probl ...

Hi,I am having real problems with trying to enable ICS (I have Vista Home Premium).I have a wireless network I can see in the Network and Sharing centre, when I choose it's properties and go to sharing I tick th ...

Hi, I am setting up my new laptop and is running on Vista. I have used Mac OSX for the last 4 years so I'm still catching up with Vista. What I need to know is what can I do to set up an email account ...

I have hidden files and show System files ticked / unticked in folder options. I can see all files. When I go into c:\documents and settings I get access denied. This is a shortcut /junction. I am in the administrator group. Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks. Mick ...

Need help, when downloading or installing software system restarts on its own. Files are just starting to download and system reboots. Thanks ...

Help!I am on Vista Ultimate and I keep a very clean machine. However, I can no loger view my documents...when I go to Start, Documents, I get:"Windows Explorer has stopped working." It will try ...

Has anybody heard if there's any progress on getting Windows Calendar reminders to show when the calendar isn't running? ...

I would like to change my computer's name appeared in Network Places. Where are the settings?Thanks ...

I am running Vista Home Premium and it seems I am running in 32bit mode. How can I run under 64bit, and what are the implications of doing so? ...

Why do they say it lives? Well some MS people circulated rumors that vista will never have a package called SP1... rather a stream of updates will exist via windows update.but guys.. this is a marketing thing ... many companies are waiting for what they have in mind as SP1 to see if ...

Been using Visa home premium X64 for about a month now, I have a genuine oem version I bought from the storeI activated it online on the first day of use, then today a window pops up telling me that it's no longer valid due to a " ...

I have 5 updates that will not install it give me an 800705AA error.KB925902 KB930178 KB905866 KB931099KB931768 will install an upon reboot it configures it, but then when you go back into the updates it's back in the list needing to be ins ...

I wanted to setup speech recognition, but whenever i click on ease of access in the control panel it says: There are no items to display. What do i do? Can someone help? Thanks ...

Home Premium version of VistaI can't access certain folders in Explorer such asDesktop\Spirit\Application Data message is "C:\Users\Spirit\Application Data is not Accessible" Access is DeniedSame for C:\Documents and SettingsI have UAC off and I have tried to RIGHT CLICK PROPER ...

Hi,IE& seems to have got corrupted on Vista. When I click on the icon nothing happens, it used to work. I tried doing a Vista Repair but this didnt help. Also I tried download IE7 from mircrosoft site and it says its the wrong version.TIA ...

I’m running Vista Home Premium with an ATI 256 MB graphics card. I have all updates. My system is smooth and fast, and most online services work perfectly. PC is a standalone deskto ...

Everytime I run scandisk on my Vista Home Premium (scheduled will run after boot), I'm always getting bellow error. It's a long list error:39 percent complete. (XXXXXXXX.. of XXXXXXX.. ...

I have been burning DVDs with files from Windows Movie Maker. I was having no trouble at all until last week. On the third DVD I was burning, it suddenly said an error occured. I started over and tried again....and again....seven or eight times now ...

The X does not work. I have to use CTRL+ALT+DEL to close windows then that window on menu bar. How can I fix this err? ...

I am now declaring Microsoft calendar useless for my requirements. I can't believe anyone would put out a calendar application that doesn't print appointment times on printed month copies.Please print (or provide an optio ...

Hi,Just wondering, I'm on MSDN, going to nuke a XP box this weekend (working over the weekend) and put my MSDN vista on it. I have a few retail DVDs sitting around here, so I didn't ...

When my pc is inserted with a USB flash drive, the pc does not boot up and stuck unless I change the boot sequence from USB device>DVD drive>hard disk to DVD drive>Hard disk>USB device. What does t ...

Hiya, I have just bought a compaq Presario F504EU... and it seems to run fine with Vista (came preinstalled). The main problem I am having is with the NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, in that it ...

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium. I was able to get the HP S20 scanner to run under XP, but I am unable to get it working with Vista. There are no Vista drivers on the HP site for the product.The scanner is connected via a USB port. When I run the scanner's software, ev ...

sorry, this is going to be long, because i am very frustrated.I have a sony handycam and I am trying to get the videos onto my computer. before i had vista everything worked fine, now it does not work. When I use sony's own program ( picture package ) with us ...

Hello I have a microcom usb 56k travel/s witch i have use in Vista RC1 with no problems. Yesterday I upgrade (clean install) Vista Ultimate 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1. Now after I install the modem driver and reboot I get a blue scr ...

When I first tried to install windows vista onto my pc (see spec below) the first thing that happed was while loading up the setup files a blue screen which was basically saying to prevent damage with no error code. Tried to install again same problem tried ...

After installing some software onto a new Vista premium machine I am now getting an error message on startup: "Error: Unicode Layer. Unicode wrapper not found: unicows.dll" ...

I purchased Vista Ultimate OEM version a few days ago for my current system, i'm now having to replace my motherboard, windows automatically activated itself 2 days ago, as this is oem i know it's tied to the ...

My company is testing Vista with our software. Under XP, the fonts get copied to the fonts directory and will appear in Word. The fonts are copied the same way in Vista but they do not appear in Word. Is th ...

I purchased Vista Home Academic version for my son who attends a Community Collage. When I went to install It I found there is no Key number on the box. What do I use to registe ...

Well lovely. I didn't know there was a compatability issue with iTunes unitl I just started borwsing here. But now, all my music, not just what I imported into iTunes seems locked or something. After I installed iTunes I didn't mak ...

I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same problem as me. When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the message "The RPC server is unavailable." If I try to put ...

I posted it in microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless but so far no one there was able to help me. Configuration of part of my network fallows:Computer 1 (Vista) Internet connection is ok: ADSL modem (USB) IP address is diffrent every time I con ...

My bank (interbank.com.pe) is inaccesible through Windows Vista using IE7, Firefox or Opera. The url should load a frame on the left side that enables me to log on, yet all it d ...

New notebook with Vista Basic automatically connected to home network (nonsecure) wireless router. Used this connection to upgrade to Vista Home Premium and now network is found but won't connect.Tried solution set out at support.microsoft.com/k ...

Trying to upload some files using IE which howewer proves a though task, alternatly im using a 3rd party program for it. But im sure thats not intended. The problem is i open a ftp site, and logon, It shows AS a HTML site, well i can browse the site and ...

Hi Could anyone tell me if there is a limitation and which, to the number of PC's of a workgroup with vista? I have read somewhere that home edition has a limit of 5 and business with Ultimate a limit of 10. Thanks in advance. Giannis Hatzioannou [MCSA+SECU ...

I'm developing a program that needs Administrative privileges, so I have added the "Vista manifest" to get UAC to prompt for a password. So far, so good.Now the following weird thing happe ...

I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same problem as me. When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the messa ...

Hi first time here hope you can help.Bare with me this might take a while.I upgraded fro XP home to Vista Home Premium first attempt did not work so had to roll back with the help of a microsoft techy, after upgrading ag ...

Hello I am unable to perform any Administrative tasks becasue my only true Administrator was previously hidden from the Welcome Screen and remains so after upgrading from XP to Vista Home Premium. When I attempt to run regedt32.exe As Administrator my UAC dialogue appears ...

Every time I play Chess Titans, my screen freezes while playing. I have a ATI Saphire 1600 512mg video card. My index score is a 4.6 on graphics and a 4.9 on gaming graphics. All drivers are up to date. What could it ...

Top Half of my Write mail window is out of view so i can not click send, forward, reply or see other options like "font" etc. so I can't get the window to move down. I have tried right clicking and nothing seems ...

Sorry to repeat this but it didn't log in as a question...Auto complete addresses doesn't seem to work right. Under tools/options/send I have checked the box: automatically complete email addresses. It only completes to ...

My email disappears! After a message enters my inbox and gets previewed in the perview pane, it gets unbolded to indicate it is read. If I switch to another folder and go back, it dissapears! It does not go into my ...

I miss the characteristic of Outlook and how it showed you a little envelope and made a nice happy noise to alert you when "You've Got Mail." Anyb ...

Has anyone else experienced the problem of 'Windows Vista Mail' displaying undesired newsgroup messages when having selected the option to "Show Replies to my Messages." In earlier versions this filter worked well, but now we are forced to disable and then reenable this ...

Will not sent Power Point slides as an attachment ...

I would like to continue to use Outlook but for some reason Vista (??) is not allowing my password to be saved so I have to enter it every time. Am I missing something? ...

I'm new to having a computer, and i have windows vista. when i try to send an email to someone it says that i don't have an account with microsoft? but i went to my start menu and clicked on mail it said i have new mail.How can i have new mail if i don't have an account?? an ...

I am trying to create a distribution list, and add several hundred email addresses. Is there any way to do this w/o adding one at a time into your contacts, then adding to distributi ...

Please can anyone help me to understand where I can find the POP3 for windows live windows office live ?Thanks ...

I have RoadRunner Cable my email address tblacknall@tx.rr.com I have windows Vista so all my mail goes to Windows Mail. How do I access my mail from a different computer When I go to RR I have no mail in it. My work ...

Help!I've seen many posts on this around the net in various forums and no one has an answer.When I go to view certian directories on my hard drives via Windows Explorer, I get the message "Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working" and it will try to restart it but it doesn't...so, I am l ...

My computer is Vista Premium will not go into sleep mode. Under the performance information it says that wpdmtpdr.dll is causing Vista to not go into sleep mode ...

My bios shows all 4 gigs of the ram but for some reason my windows only detects 3 gigs. Does anyone know how to correct this? My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA59SLIG5 so i know that isnt the issue. Is it just a flat out bug in Vista because ...

Hi there, every photo I print out with my Canon MP760 multifunction has a green tint to it. I notice when I open a photo in Windows Photo Gallery and select Print the photo looks normal for a moment, then the tint kicks in.If I select "Options..." ...

HiRecently I got this problem that is I am unable to send email using my xchange server webmail after changing my Pc to Windows Vista Business OS. When I try other PC using Windows XP Pro, I am able to send. May I know what is the problem be ...

I am using windows vista home premium. One of the drivers for windows crashed, i don't know which, but it became unable to start so i went through the Autostartup correction wizard and it couldn't fix it ...

The docs mention that hybrid can be turned on and off, and that hibernate can be enabled. But in my advanced power settings, none of these options are there! Any ideas? czhower ...

vista keeps losing my network adapter in programs, along with others why what is wrong with vista. have to keep restoring to get it back why!!!!!!!!!!! ...

Hello all,I have a new Vista (Home Premium) laptop and Office 2007 and I just discovered this incompatible with my important ACT! program. ACT runs well enough, but (1) won't word process, as it doesn't recognize Word '07, and (2) won't email, as it doesn't recognize Outlook '07 with a ...

I'm buying a new home computer. I'm looking at a comparison chart of the versions of Vista, and i see that for Vista Home Premium, Remote Desktop Connection ...

I just wrote a question about why Walmart.com wont load on Vista, and i can't find it. It was asked today in Vista General Discussion, and i have already recieved a reply ...

Is there a way to make Vista remember your column preference for individual folders? When I open my music folder, all I want to see is the name column and the artist column. I uncheck ...

Vista Ultimate... When I run the Magnifier program the display goes nuts: it goes black, restores, blanks, restores, redraws my Sidebar a couple of tim ...

I have experienced similar problems to others in the thread Favorites: Read Only? I copied the favourites directory from my old PC to a new Vista preloaded PC. I could see all of the exisit ...

I have tried to play a music cd, but there is no sound from neither my internal speakers nor my external stereo speakers. Have checked drivers but all are properly installed and I get a message that my device is working properly. When I try to play a m ...

hi all,i have the hauppauge TV PCI with BT484, but i can not install it, due to driver not recognition !i've unlock the driver signature in my official vist64, and use the open driver to setu ...

I have Vista Home Premium and I can not set up email to send or receive messages. I keep getting asked about my dial up connection or that it can't be located. I use wireless web and am online when I get th ...

Can anyone help me with this problem? I upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium last week. It worked fine for a little while, then my hard drive failed. I called my Dell representative, and he said the problem was that my Dell comp ...

Hi, I'm a photographer who needs to see his pictures in Windows Vista Windows Explorer. Everytime I go in I see photos blocked to protect me, how do I turn this off it is taking me forever to find the item I'm looking for. Thanks, ...

I was running everything fine in xp/mac/shared drive via xp with mac accessing share wirelessly configuration. I recently upgraded to vista and had to reinstall my entire library, reexport, change paths to new vista network location and reimport library on the mac. Herein lies the ...

Hisetup :Telsey CPVA 500 router (adsl provider Tele2 in spain) DLink DWLG700AP access point Asus X51R laptop with Vista Home Premium (preinstalled):Atheros AR5006EG wireless network adaptor1. I can connect the laptop to the router directly via ethernet ...

Hi,i am connectet with VPN to a Windows 2003 Server (my computer is not in the domain)All workes fine but i cannot access the shares on the server like this:\\10.0.1.1 ...

My vista has the following problems:I can't browse any web sites and connect to any IP/address through IE,Firefox,CuteFTP and other TCP Protocol programs when I stared Vista over about 8 hours in a sudden, IE repored "Can't find the server" in sudden, even 127.0.0.1 can't be v ...

"H:\")Hi,I'd like to do a backup of my HDs on a removeable HD on my machine. This is not an external HD, but a separate HD mapped to "Computer", which I have to start separately from the main rig, using a key. When I point OneCare to it ...

I had BitLocker enabled, had to decrypt and clear the TPM key becuase I forgot the password. I now reenabled the TPM key, initialized it and now have a password I could get amnesia and not forget.When ...

Weirdest Vista thing yet: I am the only user and the administrator. I can access all parts of my computer (I think) EXCEPT: /local settings /my music /my ...

So I am the administrator on my computer. I am also the user who created a folder within a game folder. However, I can't create or copy files because I &qu ...

I HAVE 4 SEPERATE PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN NAMES AND SETTINGS, FOR SOME REASON NOW THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD , THEN MY OWN (THE ADMINISTRATOR) PERSONAL SETTINGS AND BR ...

All of a sudden I'm getting MAPI Failure, after trying to email from word 07. After a google search I'm suggested to reset my MAPI, how do I do this & what is this ? ...

I transported my address book from XP without problem. However, I can not sort it by last name. The only way I could do was to enter last name under 'first name' field. Any suggestion? ami sidpara ...

I want to link the calender and contacts from one user account (administrator) with another user account (standard) on the same PC; the administrator being the master account. This will enable me to review appi ...

Any help with the following questions would be greatly appreciated.1) How do I 'globally' turn off the watch thing for my posted newsgroup messages in Windows Mail so that the glasses don't show in the Wa ...

Just installed Vista to my computer, and the learning curve has gone steeper... Just a quick question; how can I edit the mail rules that I've created? Where can I go to edit and/or delete the rules? Any help would be most appreciated. ...

I've read all the other problems everyone else is also having with this and even downloaded the tool suggested from Steve Cochran.I try to send mail and get the following m ...

Hi, I was reading about how to get a digital ID and encrypting emails in Windows mail. It all seemed to get a bit to technical for me so I did not go any further, I thought I was just reading about it, ...

How can restore missing postings including my own, which are missing between 1st and 2nd June in Vista General Newsgroup? ...

I am getting spurious new contacts added to my contact list in Windows Mail. I am using Trend Micro 2007 Antivirus. Any ideas on what I can do tp prevent this from happening? Tony_S ...

I am trying to import my Palm Desktop contact list from another PC in