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There is a serious bug found in Windows Vista Ultimate, which allow the user to login in to Window Vista System without providing any credential. It just requires the attacker to access the vict ...

I think vista user accounts should in there grate with msn and wlmail for autosign in an when you log off you see how many messages like in XP. ...

I understand I have to download java for yahoo games, however, which version?? ...

Is it possible to overclock your nvidia graphics card with cool bits or rivatuner? I have read mixed rewiews on the subject.anyone sucessfully OCed their Nvidia GPU? ...

I got a few emails today that the pictures, company logo, album covers did not appear and I do not know why. They were showing up the other day.What could I do? ...

Have tried to set up a Contacts Group in Windows Mail. Told to Click New Contact Group on the toolbar, but there is no such action there. Rather easy in Outlook Express and Outlook but not Windows Mail. ADH ...

After i upgrade from XP to Vista for 2 weeks, error messages keep on popping up when i tried to open some programs and even my DVD player drive. The message is like this"&q ...

I bought version 2.7 NOD32 antivirus software. Before installing the new version the bundled version that came with Vista needs to be removed but it isn't an program option to unin ...

I mean, really, I can't figure out the logic of this "feature" at all. How can you give me a personal documents space under the Users folder, yet only b ...

I have LexMark Z25 (2004) and this new W3609 emachine windows vista basic installed out of Walmart's shelves 2007 February. I dont understand how I can be short o ...

Vista Home Premium. Epson RX500 drivers install autmatically since it is USB.Cannot find how to force it to print in Black and White. The only reference I can find is under Advanced ... which ...

I am having 2 problems with the public folder: 1. When I create shortcuts of my documents folder into the public folder, I cannot access them from another computer. But if I just create a normal folder, I can access them anywhere on the network. Is it just not possible to access ...

I have my Windows Mail set to delete my deleted items when I close out Windows mail and it was working, but I noticed this morning there were over 100 messages in the deleted folder when I opened Windows Mail so the first thing I did was make sure I still showed that option, which I did. ...

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I do production work for an internet radio network, and often have to pull audio from a video clip to incorporate into a promo, sweeper, etc. In XP I would simply set my recording device to "Stereo Mix" or "Mono Mix" and it would record any audio sent tot he speakers. ...

I am running a AMD Sempron 2800+ with 1.5 gig of pc 2700 ram with 256mb ati radeon 9550 and 3 hard drives one dedicated to run vista only (120gb wd 8mb cache) i seem to be getting alot of lag and put the cpu monitor on the sidebar my ram usage seldomly goes over 30 to 40 percent i am wo ...

I am new to Windows Vista and just wondered if anyone could tell me why when I click on the all programs button of the start up menu, some programs are highlighted in orange. What does this mean? ...

Hi All,I recently purchased Dell 640m with 2gb ram. it has pentium dual core and Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 GM. Specs shows that Grap ...

Still looking for the va11a driver from x10. I thought this was an interesting response from them. I didn't know that Windows vista was not yet 'trustworthy'. Copied from x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=11668.msg67139#msg67139We do not expect to have VA11A drivers for Vist ...

I've got a harddisk activity stronger than activity at bootup. It starts may be half an hour after boot. I can only stop it with reeboot.Vista (Ultimate) is working normaly and fine exept of this harddisk activity nois ...

I have an odd thing happening with my Outlook (we use 2003). After the upgrade to Vista Business, parts of the folder names (down the left side) are now cut off. They are not in a ...

My computer no longer starts automatically since upgrading to Windows Vista. It now gives me three options, one of them that tkes me to Windows Vista. ...

Is there a trick?Vista is pretty with a bunch of new features, some useless, others helpful.But none of my programs will support it yet. And I need these programs NOW. so with my new laptop, how do I get XP back on there, and VIS ...

Hi After installing Vista premium on a new self built system i've gone pass the activation date and have been kind of locked out. I was going to register on line but my broadband package was not compatiable with vista hence the delay.Now t ...

There seems to be some key differences in the way that Vista works with a docking station (from what I am accustom to in XP). All these articles relate to a Dell Latitude D505 using a Dell d ...

Hello, microsoft has been boasting about it's new features. Makes sense. One feature is the new audio mixer. Here's my problem and question: in previous versions of windows, such as xp or 98, I could double click on the speaker in the task bar, ...

Hi I recently got the Business version of Windows Vista to install on my computer. I had Windows XP home edition before that. I decided to upgrade, so I checked which progra ...

it used to be easy in xp. it would allow me to search for a particular file type without actually typing a name.i want to be able to search for all pictures (of all supported types) in a ...

I have just installed an ADSL modem/router for a friend, who is running an XP PC and a Vista PC and everything works on the resultant network. As ever, firewall settings were at the root of most ...

Is there a Gadget that will check my POP3 Mail on my ISP in the same way as the "GMAIL Checker" does (that is one great Gadget!)I can't see one on the "Get More Gadgets" page but maybe someone has one??Frenchy ...

It's been about 18 days since I've complained about this so here I go again with a similar but different explanation:The one thing that really bothers me, which really makes Vista unusable for my production work the fi ...

Hi,I have some problems accessing my personal profile folder, and subfolders.Explorer will crash sometimes when accessing the user folder root from time to time (explorer.exe appcrash ...

Can anyone tell me what, if anything I can disable from all these running processes?Thanks. ...

In IE 6 under File menu I was able to click on "Edit with Front Page" option. I cannot find that anymore. Any thoughts? Jack ...

I have folders showing up in other file folders and storage devices with very strange names like "{4c0fea2858b24bcea0f790b5069510c4}". They contain absolutely nothing and properties show them taking up 0 bytes of storage. Can I delete these and how and why are they genera ...

I know I should probably post this on Symantec's site, but I waited over 5 hours to chat with one of their reps and never got through so I decided to come here.My computer operating XP recently crashed. I've bought a new PC with Vista Premium install ...

Hi everyone. I wonder if there might be a chance to customize windows explorer toolbar. Under XP you could right click on the toolbar and select "customize" there you had several more icons like "move to" or "copy to". Can I somehow bring those little icons b ...

I thought maybe some one here can help..First off Vista works great for my games and actually I have not had any problems with it at all but I want to improve things so,,, Currently running Vista Business on a AMD socket 939 motherboard with a AMD 3 ...

Hi,I have an english copy of Vista but i have a chinese version of office xp. I installed it but the icons in outlook come up with funny characters. How can i fix this? the menus and all are in chinese (they display correctly)Thanks ...

Before I installed the installation program for Logitech QuickCam on Vista Home Premium, I lose the sound reproduction. I connected a JBL active speakers and working correctly. Can someone advise any possible causes and fixes.Thanks,Sc ...

A survey in December by US IT services company Softchoice claimed that Vista will be the most powerhungry Windows desktop so far. The report claimed th ...

I have Vista home premium edition and it was loaded as a clean install. There is constant disk activity without any programs running other than some simple utilities and a few widgets. I never experienced anything like with XP. Sure th ...

Is it possible to get a Vista Media Center addon for Vista Business Edition? Thanks ...

hello,I've installed vista but after that the sound on my laptop idn't work anymore. It's a high definition audio device from microsoft. How can I fix this problem? ...

Hi,I have just bought Vista ult. What is the difference between Vist version of Media Center and XP Media Center?If I want to get an xboks 360 as a extender what version of Media center is the inside xboks?I have never tried Media Center before: is it the xboks media center so ...

I've been experiencing the same problem now. I have disabled all enhancements as well as unchecked the exclusive mode option. The stuttering/skipping is better and WMP loads a song much quicker but still hasn't completely fixed the problem. ...

My sound will work for about 510 min or less, then it just cuts off.. the video does the same as well sometimes. Only happened when I updated to Vista, any ...

Is there any way to 'import' iTunes star ratings to MP? I use both and double entries aren't working out too well...Thanks! ...

Hi,I want to give a user the right(s) to control an already installed windows service. The user runs an application which start a specific windows service at application startup and stops the windows service when it does close / exit.Back in Windows XP this was ...

The awaited launch of Burt Young's official website is now available on the Internet for the public. The website has become a literal library describing his milestones. His most recent endeavors include a marvelous display of c ...

In the olden days....when I had windows me...and then windows xp, all I had to do to open my word processor was hit the icon...my brand new POS vista OS doesn't allow for such ####.I CANNOT find ANY word processor in my pro ...

I have encounter a problem, My video card :Nvidia geforce go 7300 and the driver version 97.46 the error Description A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.Problem signature Probl ...

Very often I have TrustedInstaller.exe utilizing about 100% of my cpu for several minutes. Is this something I need to worry about; especially if I have Windows Update on notification mode only?Thanks in advanceKing ...

dao350.dll will not register. This is used by an application that was based on Access 97. I have tried manually, the tech. page indicates that it has be ...

I got Windows vista starter(OEM) and of course it's license... Is it has any limit to use such as can I install more program(MS office), home network, games,limit time to use or any differance from home edition. Waiting for all replies and suggestion. Cheers, ...

my company want me to install office 95 then upgrade it with office 2000 I had tried twice. the comp can't find tools. ...

Hi guys. I hope someone here can give me reasonable answer to my problem. I experienced very wird problem. When I insert DVD disc (i.e. DVD disk with game on it) in Windows Vista Business (32bit) and when I go to my computer on DVD disk and right click and explore to view files and folders ...

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I get the message that Word is unavailable, not uninstalled or is not the same verison as Outlook. Word is working fine on its own and it is the same version as Outlook but the e ...

When I open the contact list with "details",the list shows entry columns for Email and Tel. #s, but there are no entries, although that info ...

Below, i've pinned my original question. since posting it, i have appealed to this computer's tech service and i have asked just about everyone that i know for any ideas. i understand that i may not be able to use ms tech support for free. paying for it will not kill me, but i thought i wou ...

FYI Checked tonite and these drivers are available on their site. Full support for all AIO functions including scanning and wireless. I've installed them and they seem to be working fine.Art Note to HP: Thanks. ...

Ok here is the deal and it is very frustrating.I have full control of the drive (F in this case). Two Accounts, both full control.I am trying to delete my old Norton AntiVirus and it tells me I need permission to delete the folder and its contents. Once again i have f ...

I have installed microsoft vista in my computer... My problem is ....when i go to the photo folder...and select view thumbnail...it shows same picture as thumbnail for all pictures. I tried a lot to find a reason .But couldn't find it please anyone can guide me ...

When I insert a USB disk, I can not find the readyboost function. Why?The USB disk is compatible for readyboost. ...

I have Vista Home Ultimate with an HP PSC 1350 Printer/Scanner.There are Vista Drivers for it and I have downloaded and installed them. The printer works fine. Installed in the system tray is the HP Digital Imaging Monitor. When I click this it never open ...

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I tried to install XNA on Vista. Everything works fine, until the project templates are being installed. The program quits working and the installation is rolled back.Does anybody know how ...

In earlier versions of Windows I could see the Start Up folder and put in shortcuts of programs I want to run at bootup. On Vista I can't see it. Yes, I've changed the configu ...

At the present time I host webpages and software servers for many purposes. I host a http, dns, ftp, smtp/pop3 servers. I am the authorative dns server for my own domains and ...

I am running terminal server 2003 enterprise (RC1 & 2)and exchange 2003 std. When a Vista client accesses a remote connection and opens their outlook (the vista client runs outlook 2007) and tries to make an appointment or save a task, the system prompts "unknown error& ...

Hi,I'm running Windows Vista Business with a network drive mapped to a server running Windows 2000 SP 4, admin share d$. If I do not check "Remember Password" my account on the server gets locked out EVERY TIME I reboot my Vista PC and log back in ...

Has anyone else had the problem where the folder view state that you set is not persisted to the next use of the folder? This happens to me consistently with the ...

I've just recently joined a new Vista PC to my Windows 2003 domain to test compatiblity with some of my company's legacy applications. Our domain has a 'My Documents' redirect policy that stores everyone's My Docum ...

I've got Vista x64 on a Toshiba P100 laptop and when it comes out of sleep some devices don't work.The Conexant HD audio doesn't play any sounds until after I reboot, although Vista seems to think the device is working fine.The Intel PRO 100 NIC seems to lose it's IP address shortly ...

Hi, i plan to use MS Vista Business on my new laptop. The machine is Asus A6KM with 2.0 Ghz AMD Turion (one core), 512 MB DDR 333 MHz of RAM and GF 7300 GO. As i know, VIsta required at least 512 MB, but i wa ...

Hi New install of Vista Enterprise on a development machine. A problem came up when I tried to add a Windows component. The installation fails and I get a HOST (140) of the follwing errors:4375 CbsPackageChangeState PackageIdentifier Windows Foundation ReleaseType Foundation ...

Ciao, My name is Walter, typing from Rome (IT) and i would like to thnx all people working here to help us!! This is my question: I buyed a Vista Home Premium (upgrade version) to take over my xp home and became a vista user :)!! First installation was ok, but now i have changed some h ...

I bought a HP laptop just after Christmas which had a free upgrade to Vista. I ordered one, but had to wait ages. in the meantime I borrowed an Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD and from this installed the Premium version of |Vista with ...

Can someone tell me what exactly it takes to get full control of all files and folders, permissions etc.?I have turned on the hidden Administrator account and renamed it to ...

I am using the Windows Import Pictures app to get my photos into my PC and I would like to simply name files with the import date. It seems to offer the option to put the photos into a folder by date (& ...

Move Maker 6 quite simply does not work!I just tried to create a title for a movie, without attemting to capture any footage (as this doesn't work either), and it failed. I opened the program, and tried to create an opening title, when I click to add the title I get an error m ...

Everything was fine with XP. I could share files, print on the network printer but now I can't do any of those things. Is there any links or demos that can show me how to change something so it will work a ...

Hi, is there any body able to guide PKI enhauncements in windows vista. I heard Microsoft provided builtin OCSP responder / Server in windows Vista, is it correct? If yes which windows Vista version contains OCSP server (in wind ...

I am trying to connect to a 2003 Exchange Server with Outlook 2007 on Vista Ultimate. When I select Exchange Server while setting up the email address in Outlook, I am instructed to ...

when i ry to start sims 2 on my windows vista OS it acts like its going to start up but after about 10 mins a message comes up saying sims 2 stopped responding every time. What should i do? ...

i am trying to email pics. i can't until i fill in all the info. waht is my email provider? what is pop3? i don't know how to get what i need to get the email so i can send pics!!! thanks for any help you can offer!! ...

Whenever I try to delete a contact by right clicking on the name, I receive an immediate message that displays "Windows Explorer stopped working" It ...

I can't figure out how to import directly into a contact group in windows mail. It only seems possible to import into the main contact section. With Ou ...

I have a new Lenovo Laptop with Vista Premium and cannot download any email that has an attachment withit. All plain email come right in but Windows Mail hangs up if there is any type of attachment.This not a case o ...

hoe moet ik mijn printer canon pixma mp450 laten werken op mijn pc vista. dank u bijvoorbaat. leo ...

I have my windows mail set up with 2 different pop3 email accounts. How can i get it so they both have own inbox. One account is business one is personal. ...

I always thought that restarting the computer was the way to go every morning. Now with the sleep function, basically we are advised to use it, and never turn off computer, save for installing programs and updates. So I guess the question is, is it not a better idea to shutdown at the end of t ...

Hello,I have a Gigabyte GA965GMS2 motherboard, Intel E6600 C2D COU, 2 gig 800MHz DDR2 ram, Adaptec 2120S SCSI adapter with 73gig 10K Seagate SCSI drive (for apps and system), and one 400gig SATA2 drive for data. The OS ...

I have Sphinx's Vista firewall control installed. It was running fine until recently. At a recent boot up, I got a "Vista firewall not running" popup window and I lost my Internet cnnectivity. Going into the services panel to try to start up firew ...

I am using Vista Home premium. I had added a 3rd party program (Freeram XP Pro) to my startup folder. Growing weary of it always being blocked, I tried to remove it from startup through Defender. I even refreshed the pa ...

I have a Mustek video camera which I had taken lots of videos with which played back without a problem in Windows XP.Trying to load them in Vista brings up a mess ...

Incredible Summer Gig$If you dread the idea of another summer of gigs spent in hot, smoky nightclubs making a limited and small amount of money, in exch ...

Hello all,I've got a brand new Vista Home Basic laptop from Dell. Everthing is nice and shiny, but... When I try to connect via my Wireless connection to a share on a Windows XP computer or a Fedora Sam ...

anyone know anything about this program, good or bad? electro ...

Would there be such a beast? iTech Consulting Services Limited Expert of ePOS solutions Website: itech.com.hk (IE only) Tel: (852)2325 3883 Fax: (852)2325 8288 ...

When I click on an email link in my browser (Firefox), nothing happens. When I try using IE it says Windows Mail is not installed properly. Microsoft help says my serial number ...

I went into Windows Explorer to investigate the Windows Mail message store and I saw zero size entries seemingly for every message I have ever sent or received and then DELETED for both the mail and newsgroups.Why, ev ...

With windows XP I had outlook setup so that when you open email you are prompted for which email account you want to open. I had three different profiles(one for myself, wife , and child). In XP you would set this up by going to control panel, then users accounts, then mail and then show p ...

I have a program (FileMaker Pro) that launches a new email message using OE. It works the same with Vista except that I had to go into Control Panel > Program Defaults and change the deftault email prgram to Windows Mai ...

I have found multiple files in my temp directory referring to lpksetup. it seems to run every time i boot. I bought an english speaking machine and don't need anything trying to change my language. Also why run ...

I have two LCD screens hooked up to Geforce 7800 GTX. Is there a feature in Vista, so I can set different themes for each screen... or at the very least set different background for each screen. ...

Dual boot WinXp/VistaU RC2 on the vista side only keeps telling me I am not connected, "retry" confirms not connected, yet when I "ignore" the message, I am connected. I ...

When using adobe reader 7.0.9 I get a corrupt error and it closes. I have tried to uninstall 7.0.9 and install 8 but I get an internal error 2003 relating to javascripts. I tried using Dell support and they told me to reinstall the OS. any suggetions so I don't have to resort that? Ever ...

Hi all,I'd been running Vista fine for about a week and a half on a new Dell Dimension E520 desktop. This morning, I woke up to a System Recovery screen. I've been unable to get Vista start. When I try to run Startup Repair, I get the error:"The partition table does not ...

Hi, I have a problem with the builtin burning feature of Windows Vista. Vista does not allow me to burn files to DVD/CD. When I insert a blank DVD, I'm asked to prepare the DVD (Live or Mastered). Then the DVD RW folder windows opens but I c ...

This happened after installing and uninstalling Autocad! I appreciate any advice. ...

Hi everyone, I've got an interesting problem. I purchased a Vistaready computer in November, and received my upgrade Home Premium HP disk last month. Suffice it to say, this problem popped up when I did the upgrade, so I did a full clean install, and the problem still exi ...

Hello.I built my system with AMD 64 X2 3800 but Vista installed 32bit OS.How can I change it so that Vista will install 64bit? Is it a separate install CD for 64bit s ...

HeyI’m really sorry to bother everyone but I’m a little worried about my PCI’ve heard reports that some people are having issues with Vista’s boot and shut down time, but no ...

I recently signed up to Technet Direct and installed Vista Enterprise on a machine to play with. So far its all been going well except when I try to use the technet website. If i click on the subscriber benefits ...

Okay, I had a linux computer, but i upgraded it to vista home basic. Now I try to plug in my usb wireless adapter, and nothing happened. No lights, nothing. I tried with my usb pen, to see if that worked. I tried it in all the ports. Nothing. I checke ...

The other day my Windows Media player quit having any sound with my video files. This happens with .mpg and .avi files. The .avi files are encoded with XVID video codec and mp3 audio. They play fine with oth ...

When I try to set up a back up to a network drive(Buffalo Technologies Linkstation ethernet drive) I select back up to network location and I browse. It finds the drive no problem however after I select it and try to continue it asks for a user name and ...

do i still need to download the LLTP protocol for the xp machine to network vista HP with XPH? ...

Is there a way to print to a windows 98 network printer from Vista? Vista sees the printer but can't complete the operation. Yes, all settings are correct. Printing works when sending from an XP PC to the network printer. ...

I am trying to setup windows firewall but keep getting an error stating "windows cannot start the firewall/internet connection sharing (ics) service. Can any one help me out? ...

I cannot save new mail received in Windows Mail to a folder. The folders appear to be tranfered over but do not show in the tranfer window? Also I cannot send mail even with McAfee antispam turned off? I have the authentification checked. Help please! Thanks Why Not ...

The time displayed for my emails received is incorrect. The time my PC is set to IS CORRECT.Any ideas why please? ...

Every time I try to use gpedit.msc to open Group Policy, I get the following errors:The following error occurred in C:\Windows\inf\AER_2068.ADM on line 30: Error 64 ...

device cannot start. (Code 10)." I think Windows believes the USB device is a CD drive, since it shows a nonexistent h: CD drive. I have tried everything I can think of, inluding ...

ok this may sound strange but I've seen it on 2 Vista premium computers whenever I run Disk Defragmenter the Adobe Flash Player no longer works it is still listed in the addons as active with no problems but on websites it says it isn't installed that is until i use the uninstall tool, restart th ...

windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/04/16/windowsmediaplayeronfirefox.aspxHave you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows M ...

With windows vista I can read my email (I Notes used at work) but when I try to reply or forward or send a message I get a square with a red X in the top left hand ...

I have a Visiontek Theater Pro 550 MCE PCI card installed in my Vista machine. However, for whatever reason, Media Center cannot get through a scheduled recording without halting for various reasons.I've searched through the event logs and these are the various messages I get:Recording of Wel ...

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

I purchased a downloaded copy of vista today, and was having some issues with installation process. After the 1st restart it would come to what I would assume is the Vista Logo screen san ...

After connecting to our domain and maping network drives, when opening any document on server will not allow save. Likewise, the FoxPro based accounting system will not allow cr ...

Bonjour à tous, comment faire pour ouvrir directement une pièce jointe .pps (Powerpoint) dans Windows vista mail j'ai bien fait l'association de fichiers, ...

I'm running two PCs, one with Win XP Pro and one with Vista. Both connect to my department's LAN.When I delete or rename a folder on a network drive, using Win ...

Where are they stored? I have several URLs in that list that I want to delete. thanks, Bob ...

I am trying to access the hosts file in Vista to add in a line that will prevent Intellitxt. However, whenever I try to save it, I get a message that my access has been denied. I am the admin. and if I righ ...

There appears to be a difference (or bug) in the way Vista handles authentication for WebDAV versus the way XP does it (miniredirector or webfolders.msi/Office2003).I've created a web page with custom web fold ...

I am wanted to purchase a new computer with Windows Vista and wanted to know if i could remote desktop to my work machine which runs Windows XP Pro. some people are telling me I can, others are saying I can't. Has anyone done this????Thanks ...

machine has two 40gb drives, plain IDE type, on vista ultimate edition1st drive has all kinds of errors and I'd like to clone it, using acronis 9 boot cd to a usb drive and then to new, same type of ide drivewill vista ultimate object to my plan or should I use some other software instead of a ...

How to dual boot Window Vista and Ubuntu 7.04? ...

As I tried to copy a large folder between drives, I realized i also wanted to copy another large folder. If there are two "Copying Files" dialogs, only the most recently created one can be selected using the taskbar buttons. Sel ...

I've noticed this in Word, Powerpoint and OpenOffice now and it's quite annoying.When moving documents from an XP system to a Vista system and back, the font alignment gets completely screwed up. Horizontal appears to be fine, however the vertical alignment appears to be o ...

arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070419dellcontinuestotakemarketsharebeating.htmlBut I'm sure once Dell starts actually selling Linux machines, things will pick up. ...

I could use some resources on how to get my Device Manager and my Microsoft Management Console up & running.. all tips welcome.. neither will respond or open when you double click on them. Thanks. Fuzz ...

Top 5 Windows Vista Tips To Personalize Your PCPosted at InformationWeek, here:informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199100228 Our list of hot features to add to your Vista installation includes video wallpaper, making Flip 3 ...

What does Vista's restore point actually remember, when you create one?If you restore to the restore point, what changes actually get made? E.g., if I create a restore point, then delete a directory by mistake, does restore call the missing dire ...

I am looking for the registry location of the recent network location list. I want to clear old and unused network shares but i can't find it where it used to be. ...

Hi: I just put together a computer, and am trying to do a fresh install of vista home premium oem 32 bit. I have a ide 250 gig harddrive as well as a 400 gig sata drive and am installing from a sata dvd rw. so I start the install, ...

How is this done exactly? I have been given a copy (legally) of Vista on a DVDR to install on my home machine by my employer. However, I want to create a bootable version of this disc.I can do this with XP using the microsoft.img boot image file but crea ...

My home network consists of 3 pc's, 2 using 2k Pro and a new pc using Vista Ultimate. All using manual IP's connected to a 4 Origio port router.I have gone though the replies to other queries for win2k here and can now Access my shared drives on my vista pc from my other 2 b ...

Hi, I've got Vista Ultimate running and was wondering if it was possible to remove or disable the Run as Administrator entry in the context menu. I ask because this can be used as a workaround for the software restriction policies I have set for the otherr users of the system I have turned off UAC ...

I logged off my computer, then shut it down. tried to log on and it says the message . the user profile service failed the logon. user profile cannot be loaded. i have windows vista ...

Newest driver fixed problems I was havingif you meet the above 3 criteria and were having trouble running TW2007 in windows vista try beta driver version 165.01. This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most v ...

Evrything has been set up as required with all the correct information. When selecting send/recieve, the system asks for verification of the account log on and the password. this happens with all the accounts that have been entere ...

Ok, heres the story.I have a Dell XPS 700, it came preinstalled with XP Pro/Media Center Edition 2005. I also have previous versions of windows from other computers (xp home sp2 & xp Pro sp1)I wanted to try vista, so I backed up all my important file ...

I have run various versions of vista from beta through to retail and never had a problem with my mouse.Two weeks ago the mouse motion was slow so I upped the speed. Today it has happened again and got ...

I am running Vista Ultimate on a new Dell XPS M1210 laptop. I am trying Vista to see if we should role it out business wide. I am having a problem pri ...

Hi, sorry but I dont speak english very well I need register a .DLL buy Windows Vista Home Premium say, error DLLRegistrerServer 0x80004005 The user is administrator but .... Thank a lotLuis M. Bacigalupo Argentina ...

Hi, this is rather a strange situation for you so please bare with me.My flatmate is upgrading his PC and will have to reinstall his OS in the process (new HDD, M/B, processor etc) so was hoping to install V ...

I'm sure everyone knows you can set a website as a background on windows xp. i was wondering if you can do this in vista also.The reason why i am asking is i made a flash animation that i want to make my background, but vista will not ...

Is there a program that I can download free to prevent virus or spam ? ...

I just installed acrobat pro on my computer. I first installed it on a second partition I had but when I went to open a pdf I clicked "open with" and navigated to acrobat.exe clicked open it went back to the open with box without adding or selectin ...

i have read there's a virutal thing in vista if you have a virtual processor. a processor capable of the virtual thing. what exactly is this virtual thingy? i also have read a long time ago that vista woul ...

Hello everyone,I seem to all of a sudden be unable to send email properly in windows mail. If I send an email to myself for example it stays in my outbox. I also have a message that was sent I think from wi ...

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Vistaboys claim that its ok that vista is bloated since ram is cheap and hard drives are big.. there is no problem... Sorry for another RANT.. but you vistaboys earned it 100%!Now this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard ... and here is the proof ...

Hi,Dear All I have win vista ultimate but i can`t fin "Windows Fax and Scan" in start menu My Q the Windows Fax and Scan a file can i install ?Or option in windows can i a ...

My laptop on windows vista premium does not seem to be making automatically creating resotre points, system restore is turned on how can i resolve this issue? can anyone help me please or do they now any other ways of getting back in t ...

Vista cannot remember settings for folder views! Here is my problem: Folders keep changing to random sizes, like Details or Large Icons. Folders sometimes get Grouped by Name, even though I never specified for this to happen. If I customize the order of files in a folder, by si ...

I am trying to sync up my HP Jornada that has Microsoft CE on it with my SONY VAIO tht has Vista 32bit. I have already downloaded the Mobile Device Center and it will not recognize my device. It's hooked up to my pc by a USB C ...

I am running a clean install of Vista, but which ever drive and partition I select Vista reports that it cannot allocate a drive letter. Any ideas? Thanks ...

I recently purchased a desktop PC as well as a new laptop. I disconnected the old desktop and replaced it with the new without any problems. However, I am unable to figure out how to get my ...

I purchased a notebook computer yesterday. I tried to connect to my MN700 router wireless network and have been unsuccessful. The computer sees the network, which is unsecured, but will not allow me to connect. It does not seem that the router would be the issue since th ...

This might help someone else. I could send email to other people, but not to my daughter. The mail would appear in my Sent box, but she never got it. I finally found that ...

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I have a mother asus a7a266 and Windows Vista don´t turn off correctly nor reboot or hibernate.It is something really rare and I expect thath someone could help me.Thanks.Norberto.Argentina ...

I had a perfectly functioning external hard drive until I tried to back up some fileson my main drive by copying them over to it. The copy function stalled when it was calculating the size of of the transfer (at least that is what it said it was doing) so I finally clicked on cancel.Now, I ...

There's a folder on my desktop that used to contain a few files I was working with. They're gone now ... the folder is completely empty ... but I cannot delete the folder itself. When I try, I get that annoying error m ...

I have an old copy of picaview.. a small app that allows you to see a thumbnail of a picture in the right click menu.. I have not tried to install it yet. Can vista does this on it's own, or do you know of any other apps that will do this in Vista ...

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I did a disk cleanup, and without thinking to much about it at the time I allowed disk cleanup to delete the hibernation files. Now when I close the lid on my laptop the computer appears to sleep, but whe ...

When ever I am on the computer, on any program a blank screen appears, I then have to go to task manager to end it. Could you please help on this matter, I don't know why this does this, and w ...

I have a Toshiba Sattelite Pro M70 laptop Windows Vista Intel 1.86 HGz 2 GB RAM Mobility Radeon X700 (MS WDDM) Theme is Vista Color Scheme is set to Aero Colors Highest 32 bit Still I can't see ...

Hello Everyone,I am having some issues with the aspect ratio media center uses in windowed mode. Previously, I can remember media center opening up in a widescreen window, but after some time it no longer seems to do this, and I a ...

Hi all,I want to know that if i buy the OEM version of vista or receive the upgrade from moduslink and I buy a new HDD for my laptop (Acer TM 6410), can I install the Vista on that new HDD without installing XP first on the drive?Thanks, ...

We have 2 Vista computers here (Business and Ultimate). Often whenr I play Chess Titans something happens on on the desktop and you cannot access the shared folders from the laptop running Vista Business. Reboot the desktop running Vista Ultimate and t ...

There is some trouble for my dual boot system (XP plus Vista Ultimate) when i logged in at one of them restore points are disappeared and i can't restore my system (undo changes) I've read that it is possible to tur ...

I'm a software developer and after a debug crash I cannot access a folder which my program was using. It simply says "Access denied". I have tried to restart Vista (Ultimate), but it doesn't work. I have tried from the dos prompt using rd and rmdir /S and it doesn't work. ...

Hi all,Anyone knows how to changes a normal user to a rootadmin under vista ultimate?Thx,Bram ...

I have installed a Netgear WG111v2 USB wireless device. It works great but ..... every time I login I have to install the device?I have four users and everyone has to do this. I have sent emails to Netgear but with it being ...

I am using vista ultimate 32bit and when my computer comes out of hibernation I get the message "No Audio Ootput Device Installed" and the sound will no longer play until I reboot my ...

So I just upgraded to Vista from XP. Had a few issues with security, couldn't open Control Panel or windows Explorer, was getting "Windows Cannot Access the Specified ...

Hey,This is a new install, the aero color theme is missing, I have the vista theme in there. I have the destop windows manager running, I tried running that aurora thing. It's vista ultimate and a performance rating of 3.8.thanks, ...

We have three computers with windows XP home edition and one with Windows Vista Business edition. I can access shared folders on the XPs on the Vista, but I can't access any of the Vista shared folders from the XPs. ...

I work for a small library and am about to order a new laptop for the director. Since Vista is now available, I am not sure what to get. All of the other machines we have are XP Pro. and we probably will not be upgrading any time soon. So, I can either get a new laptop with ...

I have reqad the thread about sharing printer with win98 and vista...howver the thred stopped w/out a solution...I have my printer installed on the vista laptop with the vista driver. I have the printer shared on the win98 computer. I can see the printer in the network folder on the ...

I have just added an external HD to my Desktop, however, I can not setup an automatic backup process on my Laptop to this hard drive. My network appears to be fine for everything else (I can see and use files on shared folders, including the externa ...

When I print incoming messages, it includes the contact information, date, subject, etc. When I print sent items, it just prints the body of the email. ...

Como localizar o outloo express no windows vista? De: "Watto" Assunto: Outlook 2007 Data: terçafeira, 1 de maio de 2007 10:16Can someone please advise. I am running Vista and have installed MS Office 2007. All seems well with the exception of Outlook. On trying to c ...

Bought an Acer laptop in March, and noticed a problem, happens very often. When I am on the computer the screen goes blank and I have to go to task manager to remove the blank page. IN the task manager it shows blank page Window internet Explorer. Could anyone please tell me what is wrong so I c ...

Beste lezer,Bij de spellingscontrole in windows Mail, kan ik slechts voor 4 landen kiezen, helaas zit Nederland er niet bij!Hoe kan ik Nederland hieraan toevoegen?Weet iemand voor mij de oplossing?Alvast bedankt! ...

How do I enter my electronic signature into my posts when viewing and posting on newsgroups in Windows mail. I am a student of University of Phoenix online. ...

I am wondering why I can't send and receive emails to my accout at tclough@cogeco.ca. I have been in touch with cogeco and they told be to found out from you. Everything is ok with cogeco.Thanks T.Clough ...

I receve mail but can't send, I get the message that my connection was lost Email scanning encountered a problem: this email message cannot be sent.McAfee recommends that you resend this message from your email program. NOTE : I thou ...

I have a ppc 6700 and it worked on xp with outlook 2003 but now that in i have switched to vista it sucks. I have installed windows mobile device manger and the file will transfer but the calender and contacts and email are now where to be found. Can some ...

I just set up my email accounts on Vista with Windows Email. On my old account, Outlook Express, I had two seperate email accounts. One was for business and one was for personal. I would open Outlook Express and ch ...

Hello all,I am wondering why I can't SEND email ,using Windows Mail with Vista, to anyone that has an account with AOL and/or HOTMAIL. I can receive mail from people at those email addresses, but I can't send any to them. It generates an error and won't send. These are the only 2 places I ...

Attempting to go back via a restore point but get a message that the restore process failed because of an error (Can't remember the wording of the er ...

Hey there guys, I am having an odd problem where if I have a lot of windows open (explorer windows, program windows, internet explorer tabs etc.) then I come to a point where Vista starts to refuse to let me load any more I can't l ...

I’m trying to use Vista’s Backup and Restore Center to backup my files on an external hard drive (SmartDisk, Firelite). When I select the disks that I want to backup in the Backup and Restore Center program, an error message pops up which tells me “The Disk C ...

In my folder "Program Files\CurrencyInventory" I have a file AA_Inv.mdb. When I copy from another folder the same file name AA_Inv.mdb to the CurrencyInventory folder it is NOT rep ...

In Vista Business, the File Open windows on all? apps now lack a column for file dates. I am now unable to sort files by dates all I have is names. This ...

of the 2 cd and dvd formats cd+r, cdr, dvd+r, dvdr which is preferable for file and data backups? Fool on the Hill ...

Hello, I've added a new sata II hard drive to my windows vista home premium installation. When I started up vista, I got the little bubble in the lower right portion of the screen telling me that new hardware was detected and that drivers were beign installed.All ...

Hi, I have a Sony Mini DV DCRHC44 video camera. Worked fine with XP using a Firewire to upload my video. Since installing Windows Vista will not work. Have used MM to acquire capture but says can not find camera, firewire card all installed and said to be working ...

I have a desktop PC running Vista Ultimate Ed, and I hooked up a Western Digital 250gb external usb hard drive. I am trying to get it to where I can save from my laptop running xp to that drive as well. When I check the permissions, the option ...

Whenever I try to print using IE7 under Vista, I get a popup saying "A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer." I have to click "allo ...

Suddenly today the Windows mail program (which I use only as a news reader) is acting up. When clicking on a message there is a long pause before it is displayed. (This is true of all news accounts.) Sometimes the message shows, the preview pane goes blank, and then ...

I have now changed to Vista and would like to have my contact list where it was in Outlook Express? It was on the left hand side underneath the Inbox/Outbox/sent items etc, and was very handy Can anyone help me please?Thanks in advance for any help ...

When I try to sleep the monitor goes black for less than one second and the pc reverts back to normal operation.I wasn't able to get any info from system log or to find any tool to troubleshoot this.I have to ...

hi. one day the folder names in my user folder (erm... the one with "documents" and "downloads" and "videos" etc) decided to ...

Since buying a new PC with preinstalled Home Premium I have been trying to make a backup copy. Every attempt ends with the same failure. The system event log contains "The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume OS_Instal ...

I work with visually impaired clients. Today Ii visited my fist client who has Vista rather than XP. He wanted me to get onto Settings advanced and ...

Does anyone know if there is the equivilent to the old Sys command in Vista?It's just, when I installed my machine with vista, I formatted the primary drive and installed it there, little did I know that becuse one of my secondary drives us ...

So here it is, for the 5th time today (since January 30th), I had to call Microsoft to reactivate Windows Vista. The reason was today the installation of an update for the Intel RAID Storage System. Of course, after loosing minutes giving my xx digits activation number, the phone system dispatc ...

Help! I am not able to locate any drives except C: in Vista. I am trying to run a setup.exe from a cd, but Vista says that the driver for my cd/dvd drive is not installed properly, yet wont let me reinstall it either.This is apparently a huge problem, as I have ...

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Help..I need to know how to make my HPPavillion dv9000 laptop that already has windows vista(windows live) to work if i want to send an email with a file . I am using the software Aurora that is an appraisal software. Everytime i tr ...

If you hate the IE7 interface, you are not alone.. that is the number 1 complaint about the new MS browser. However there are alternatives:ioage.com/en/product.htm VERY GOOD!!!!! ( ...

Second post I don't have Vista (still using XP), but I presume it has the equivalent of the XP "Users" feature. My question has to do with what effect, if any, does the User feature have o ...

i like to import email however, whenever i delete it on my dell axim, it also deletes it on my outlook. i only want to import data, not sync. is there a way to do this. thanks ...

can you overburn in windows media player 11 and if so how as got a audio cd to do that will only fit on a 90 minute cd that i have got but at the moment only allows a 80 minute, if it doesnt does any one know of a good program that does allow you to do it and has to wo ...

Hello I have 2 computers on a workgroup. One is XP and the other is vista Bussness. On the XP I can see and access the vista with no sign on. On the Vista I ca ...

i dont know if its vista or ie7 or both. But websites that used to steam ultra fast for me in XP are now super slow w/ vista. (I did the upgrade to vista home premium)I have intel dual core 6700 2.66 , 2 gigs of ram and geforce 88 ...

Switched user today and the CPU showed max use. Logged off and on to another user and all was OK. Is this normal? John the West Ham fan housetrained@hotmail.com <>< ...

Last time I tried it, it ran up 300+ pages, before I stopped it. I'm letting it run now while I write this. There's no way I want to print 300+ pages. I'm trying to print 1 single html order form from inside IE7. no flashing page to say it's ready so I guess it's still loading pages ...

Yeah, I know, petty, but why is the default shut down 'Sleep'?It is a computer, not a TV, not a DVD player, not an MP3 player, etc. If I choose to shut down, surely the default should be to shut down? ...

For the past 2 days my computer keeps freezing. I turn it on and it is fine. When I put in my password it accepts it and it says "welcome". It doesn't quite freeze because the icon keeps moving bu ...

I have Vista Ultimate installed on my home computer, and I was looking to upgrade the motherboard and CPU of said computer. Here's my question: if I do upgrade the motherboard/CPU, does Vista/Micros ...

After installing Kodak E/Share I decided to uninstall but since then the premium will not return. A message says programme running ( an Apple prog) and will reinstate premiu ...

Hi! Everything I try to run Slideshow, no matter where I try to run it from (the Pictures folder, the Windows Gallery, etc), I get this error "COM Surrogate has stopped working." There's no solution ...

Hi,I just upgraded from Win98SE to Vista and am having problems. I tried to install Diablo II from Blizzard. It ran, but the graphics were scrambled. I installed ...

This is NOT a wirless router. I use a Belkin (Blue) Wire to connect my vista premium to my xp. I cant find my Helwett Packard Deskjet 930c Printer (connected to xp) from my Vista. I dont know how i can find ...

I accidentally told Vista to "Don't ask me again" for the wrong device and now it doesn't detect my wired mouse if I move it to another USB port. It does appear, ho ...

Parents got a new computer yesterday but numnuts here got roped into setting it all up... Anyway, cant even get onto the main screen, the problem is a box appears saying;Windows needs to restart because of an unexpected error and so....Haven't been able to set the preferences or anyt ...

Hello,I recently purchased a powerful gaming computer that came loaded with Windows Vista Ultimate. Initially, it seemed like Vista was operating as it should, but by the next day it was clear that it was up to no good. So for the past 2 weeks I've been try ...

Any idea why in windows media the audio on a mpeg would be a couple seconds behind from the video? this is kinda annoying because the people speaking do not move in sync with the audio.....any idea why? ...

Is it normal to have Vista Home Premium switch to Vista Basic when Kodak Easy Share is running? Also, how can I remove Easy Share from the StartUp? I tried deleting it from Startup list but it wants to delete the entire program and I only want to stop it from loading at StartUp. ...

Seems like a simple question that should be answered in the documentation. Is Windows Vista 32 Ultimate limited to a single incoming VPN connection? If not, how to I increase the number on simultaneous VPN Connections? ...

I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista. MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and printer sharing. 1 computer is XP ...

I am running vista basic and have been unable to network a xp computer to it. the vista machine