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In answer to your question I have made a forum to list ALL games that work with Vista. We will also have a section for "Workarounds","Awaiting Updates" and new games. ...

Hi I recently installed windows vista home premium on my pc. When trying to install quake 4 it tells me that there are known compatibility issues with vista. Any advice on a possible solution or on an available patch would be greatly appreciated.Th ...

How do I set up my email to receive email that is sent to an email address that is part of my web site? I have my Email account name, User name, and Password. I also have info on Incoming Mail Server (POP3) and Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) On Outlook express I had it come to my regula ...

Hello, troubled users.Using Windows Mail with Vista, I cannot: Send or receive email regularly. View my email folders, though I know they have lots of mail in them. Delete any of the items in my 'Deleted Mail' folder.Does ...

It doesn't matter What type of attachment i have, Win Mail will not allow me to view/open/save attachments. I have installed Office Pro 2007 to no effect. I have tried all work arounds in this forum but still no joy. Obvious;y Microso ...

I went to back up my win 2000 partition today and only 2.5 gig out of 8 gig copied. I opened the drive in my computer used select all and copy.I installed a new sata hd for ...

sometimes my brand new laptop takes upto 4 mins to shudown, somtimes i takes 20 seconds. any help also on boot just after the scrolling logo the screen turns off for a second the quickly flashes back on just before the logon screen....please help mark ...

1/ I found that Vista's builtin fax software only allowed you to "fax print" one document at a time, so if i go to diffirent application and print several documents to fax, it required many different fax ...

Hi Bas, Found a bit more on Fn and Bluetooth problems. I know your machine is an M2 (is it a Tecra or Tetra?) but can only find refs. to M200, M400 etc. Found a couple of useful links re drivers (I think that is the problem). itpro.co.uk/blogs/2167/vistadriversrolloutf ...

I am getting this error popup message several times a day and I have 3 buttons: Cancel, Try Again and Continue. It is referring to a disk drive letter that is a DVD drive and nothing is in the drive. So why am I getting this error message and what to do about it? Any suggestions would be he ...

I love the zoom feature in photo gallery but how can I save the image in its new zoomed size/view? ...

Hello, I purchased a new HP Pavilion dv9000 less than a month ago. It has Vista Premium installed. I have gotten a total of 9 blue screens since I purchased it, for various reasons USB errors, memory...it seems like there is a different error every time! I f ...

I am preparing to purchase a new Dell computer with Vista installed (Vista Small Business Edition). On my current computer (windows XP Pro SP2) I use the Symantec Livestate Desktop program and it has worked very well for me for backup and restore. My initi ...

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Using Vista for the first time not sure if this has anything to do with the problem. Problem: after three weeks of using the program, it suddenly refuses to open, and now can only open in safe mode but will not open any of my existing Word files. What's goi ...

I installed/upgrade (clean install) from XP Prof to Vista Home Prem. and it seems to take 34 min. to get to welcome screen, is this normal? Appears long to me. Thank you ...

Hi there ,Since I've installed iTunes 7 in my computer running Vista Business I have no automatic standby or hibernation anymore, only manually. I had this issue before with Palm Desktop software and I had to uninstall it to have standby and hibernation working automatically again. Now, ...

I have a wireless router lynksys (another laptop using xp appears on the lan) but my new vista laptop does not. I have gone to advanced settings in norton internet security and added the ip of my lan and the individual ip of my xp desktop but it doesn't detect the network.What can I do to get th ...

since the first day I installed vista ultimate, i have not been able to print (without problems). from word, if i click print ,it tells me word is not responding, then i click cancel , then wait 2 minutes and it finally prints.if it is a pdf and has to print something via adobe acrobat ...... i ...

I found the directory C:\Users\Default\SendTo, but the system won't allow me to "add" items like I did in XP.Any help appreciated. ...

I've been using Windows XP for about 6 years. Good and bad... I think I must've reinstalled about 9 times, mostly track back to fiddling too much with disabling services to tweak the system to run faste ...

FYI:download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/beta/index.html#downloadRead the notes on the web page before you use it, as there are some issues. ...

When printing I am not allowed to select large paper sizes (nothing over 8.5 by 14) to print or to set up a customer print formate above 8.5 by 11The 1700 accepts 11 by 17 ...

When trying to add a network shared printer (HP Laserjet 4100) I always get a message saying the 'specified print monitor is unknown'.What exactly does t ...

I am a traditional IE user. I write JSPs and servlets for a living and I write them only for IE. I do not <i>hate</i> firefox or oprah (or is it opera) but I am simply too lazy to make my products work for other browsers. ...

I,ve changed the motherboard & hard drive, now windows needs reactivating. Can't find a link, or tel number to do this.Can anyone help. Regards Pedro. ...

On Windows Vista, will the new Windows Mail work as a client for MSN accounts similarly to the way that Outlook Express works as a client on Windows XP? ...

Is there any way that I can just say a couple words and it will put in the correct information, for example if I say 'yahoo email' it would type my yahoo email or anything I would like to for each macro or whatever it's called. If you would like to you can use my email at mhavlat@yahoo.co ...

Anyone know how to view a news group (these newsgroups) in outlook 2007? G ...

Does anyone else not like the fact that in Vista you see a "not responding" message at the top of the window next to the application name, when that application is working. In XP this message usually meant that the application has hung up and ...

I have had Vista Business Edition running for about a week now. I like Aero interface, but wish to use the XP style Start menu, as the aero type start menu is "kind of" clumsy to navigate. ...

I have been using both XP Prof and Vista Business for 2 months on a home built computer with 100% Vista approved hardware and 2 GB memory. I am using the following software: Office 2003, Photoshop CS, MS money 2004, Norton 360, Perfect Disc 8, Nero and Acronis (both latest bui ...

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Hello, How do I set up my computer with xp pro on C: drive and vista on D: drive but I don't won't a traditional dual boot. I want to load vista on the second drive just as if I only had ...

When I try to play video that was uploaded from my camcorder both media player and media center will not work. When trying to play through media player t ...

My mom had a Windows XP computer with a HP LaserJet connected to it shared with my iMac, I was able to print to it fine. She just recently upgraded to a new Windows Vista PC and i am no longer able to print to ...

There are several "thirdparty" applications that I'd like to run on my Vista Home Premium machine, and that are being crippled on varying levels.I've tried disabling the User Access Center to see whether that has an effect, but it only stops "Cancel/Allow" dialogs from ...

i cannot send email. bec 'message cannot be displayed' i cannot delete message as a result , i cant send out emails at all now, tho i can receive mails so how? ...

I am currently using Windows Vista Ultimate edition. When I tried to start Windows Meeting Space, I got the "Windows Meeting Space cannot start" m ...

I recently installed the latest version of Nero on my Vista Ultimate PC.The software works fine and I noticed a new plugin in Media Center when I tried to burn a TV recording to DVD a Nero plugin. I tried to use this plugin and it recorded the TV program onto DVD OK but without any sou ...

I really hate the way the community page is set up. It would be so much better if the area where the posts are listed was bigger. The page just doesn't look good. Most forums on the net use the whole page for pos ...

I am running Vista Business and MS Office 2007. Everything ran great, then I downloaded WMDC ver 6. At that point all office programs work fine EXCEPT Outlook 2007. It takes 510 seconds for each folder to open as well as when I ...

i just got windows vista home premium and it works great. i love the fact that i have all my music on my computer and it has not slowed it down. i like the new wi ...

Hi everyone. I have an new HP laptop that came with Vista and am running into a problem. I am finding that when I make the computer sleep or hibernate, that I can no longer connect to my wireless router (Dlink 5 ...

This question has been bantered for weeks/months apparently. Just got me last night. I received email, tried to forward one and could not send. I deleted it into ...

I have recently started using Vista Ultimate's Photo Gallery tagging system. This works great in spite of PG's limitations. Also, the tags and star ratings show up in PhotoShop Bridg ...

If I try to copy Windows Mail messages (in .EML format) to CD, I get a message telling me that certain properties cannot be copied do I wish to continue? Yes I ...

I'm a longtime PC User and recently retired app support manager. A few weeks back, I purchased a new laptop (specs below). Even though Vista was available by then, I almost p ...

I am not sure if this is a common thing for vista but recently I noticed that after installing games and regular software the programs are nowhere to be found. in order for me to use them I have to go into program files folder to lau ...

Hi,When I first boot up each time and try to open Windows Mail program I get this window to get me to explore different ISP's and means of connection. I always click ...

when i try to delte a file such as a picture, it delets straight away but about half a sec after that, the deleting window pops up and trys to estimate the time left of the file that is gone, which means it never goes away ...

I upgraded my XP to Vista hp then decided to reformat using vista hp now it tells me windows could not activate the activation key is all ready in use, yes it is by the same comp ...

Ok everything has been working fine with my Vista install I that got fresh on a new Dell laptop. Aside from all the annoying 'run as administrator' when I want to flush my dns or debug ...

would you please answer the Q posted on thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10711&st=0&gopid=64257&#entry64257i don't know but i think it has with shared memory.*I po ...

How to enable JavaScript in Vista? ...

Hello, I need some help with creating a partition from within my unallocated region. I first successfully shrunk my “C” drive, and then followed these steps: 1/ ...

I would like to purchase two additional copies of Vista using the Familt special deal.How long do I have to use the two downloaded licenses? Can I wait (1 year ?) with one of then ...

What edition of Vista allows the use of the Previous Versions of files and folders? I can't find it!skeene ...

When I got my new computer with Vista I accidently moved a bunch of folders. I managed to fix it, and everything works fine except that due to some of my unsuccessful a ...

I'm about to buy a new laptop and was wondering which is a better operating system: Windows XP or windows Vista. I've read some of your comments and was thinking maybe Vista is a bit of a doozy. :) What do you think??Sid ...

my windows vista system will not boot up i have tryed all i can here and i have no disk to help with booting up with my system is new and i still have my 1 year ...

We always had an issue with this working in XP, so I was curious about how it works in Vista. Here is our issue. We have users that have their redirected My Documents folder set ...

Hello,My neighbour recently bought a new Compaq desktop with Vista home premium. As usual, when 1st switching on, the pc started to 'install' and configure Vista from somewhere on its hard drive. Unfortunately m ...

I have a strange situation on one of our computers where I have to uninstall Vista and reinstall XP (gasp!) I know how to do that on most machines but when I try to install XP on the SATA drive, it tells me there's no disk present. I tried booting ...

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I don't want to, but several people have posted questions here about how to do that.Maybe this will help.support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933168&SD=tech ...

I've noticed that web browsing, whether in FireFox or Internet Explorer, is slower than under XP. I've even tested this using an XP virtual machine under Vista pages load faster in the virtual machine than in Vista, regardless of which br ...

I have two Vista boxes one connected to a PC and one to a 57" Sony TV via DVI. Subtitles for a DVD on the PC have a nice black outline around yellow letters making it much easier to read vs on the TV where the black outline doesn't show, just th ...

Please someone help me. I just downloaded Vista(Upgrade) and now my screen jumps like mad! It is like there is a power surge and my screen is trying to shut off ...

I'm trying to do a clean install of 64bit Vista. The problem is my Dell Precision WorkStation 670 only has SCSI drives which need a device driver. I went to the Dell site and tried every device driver they had for the SCSI but Vista refuses to see the drives. I ...

No, not me... my brother. :)He's got a custombuilt small form factor PC based on the AMD Athlon 64 3800+, and he's having problems with his CanoScan N670U USBpowered scanner under Windows Vista Home Premium.Prior to plugging i ...

I have Vista Business Edition on an IBM ThinkPad (Xseries). No special software besides the usual: MS Office 2007 (incl OneNote), Firefox, WinAmp, Acro ...

Hello, since i upgraded to Vista i cannot use my DVD Burner.Under Device Manager it is a "SONY DVD RW DWD22A ATA DEVICE"Any Help Please?Thanks. ...

I'm using a swissfrench keyboard.In windows applications everything is ok.When I open a dos command prompt the keyboard works normally, if I use Edit (do ...

I currently have XP pro installed and just got vista business through my school. If i install it on my current HD will it transfer files? or if i got a new HD would i be able to transfer the files from my old HD to the new one with vista ...

OK, heres the problem...I have an HP DV6000 Laptop, it has the basic 'Vista' package installed....I took some pictures on my digital camera, downloaded then to my laptop & burned them onto a cd for a friend ...

I have a three storey house that calls for w/less access points on each level to maintain adequate signal strength. The cable modem is connected to a Linksys router in the basement and each access po ...

I have an XP laptop and a Vista desktop. The desktop can access all shared folders on the laptop. However, the laptop can only access files on the desktop if the files are in the public folders. When I share a folder other than in the public folders, I can't access them. I g ...

Dear All,I have Windows Vista Ultimate installed on one machine and I want to make desktop sharing of this Vista machine with about 10 XP SP2 machines.I tried to use Windows Meeting Space b ...

This policy setting does not work for me:"User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Mail\Turn off Windows Mail Application" = enabled.Windows Mail still opens.Similar setting for Movie Maker works just fine. Can someone confirm this? ...

This past week, I've noticed that when I log in, Windows reports an error in the system tray via a tooltip. The tooltip's title is "an error occurred" and the descriptive text indicates that errors were detect ...

I got Vista Ultimate and have an error: Windows Defender cant update ?I got an error saying that security center cant update definition for Windows defender ? ...

I moved my hard drive from one computer to another now my windows will not activate because of the product number was registered on my old laptop. I did not think I would have a problem because I simply removed my hard drive and placed it in this computer so I am ...

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Is it possible to have sign and encrypt icons in the Windows Mail new message window toolbar? If so, how? ...

In Windows Mail, after installing updates this morning, I cannot receive or send any mail. We use Yahoo Bizmail, but it keeps on asking for username and pw, and the error showing "Account: 'xxx' ...

I have a message in my outbox when I try to send or delete it is says that an error has occured. I am using Vista and Windows mail.Any help would be greatly appreciated!! ...

I've seen that the import/export issue has been addressed, but I'm now in a bit of a quandry thanks to my beta expiring last night.So I've been running the Office 2007 beta, which expired last nigh ...

Hi everybody! I am trying to decide who can offer me a solution to a problem."ATI external event utility EXE module stopped working and was closed" (Windows will notify you when a solution is found.)Folks, Windows hasn't notified me yet, and I don't think they will be ...

Hi, I keep getting the following pop up; trouble is even after reading it I have no idea of what do to. I've been into the "knowledge base" but got lost there as well. I don't even know if I am posting this in the correct section ....lolAny s ...

Hi,I'd like to move (being the machine administrator) the whole "User Folder" in Vista to another disk or another partition ? Will all the applications t ...

This is a strange annoyance. The my.msn.com website, when viewed in internet explorer 7 on my Vista PC appears draftlike with no font smoothing. Strangely, when viewed in firefox, the fonts are OK. When viewed in my old PC running XP and IE7, the page also looks OK. So I fig ...

Hi,when i start from the DVD and choose repair my USB HD is not found, what can I do? ...

I am very uncomfortable having all my files with "previous versions" stored all over my PC in backups. Can this me limited or turned off?Best, Scott Adams ...

why is picture viewer so darn slow in opening an attachment with .jpg as the extension. sometimes it will show "not responding" but will eventually open up in about 1015 seconds. Such technologyWayne Olsen ...

In XP you used to be able to go to the Add/Remove Programs button and uninstall IE7. In Vista when you go to Control Panel Uninstall programs IE7 is no where to be found. ...

I was using vista no problem until this morning. Over 2 months of uptime. Games, internet, utilities, etc all working.Now safe mode only works.In regu ...

Does anyone else receive this message after booting to windows/desktop? This has occured since loading Vista Business on a formatted disk...in other words, from the very beginnning. Any ideas? Microsoft Windows32 Bit Scanner ...

Hi,I have a Vista Business just installed for testing, all most is working fine, except for the Logon Script which I created in VBScript to map network share in servers.The Vista can logon to the domain and I see it run the logon script, but the Vista won't map an ...

Hello Microsoft,It's well known that the waste of energy has become a major preoccupation. And that most computers use windows as their main application software.There are many solutions to avoid a computer from wasting power.But using the shut down solutions give ...

Apparently the disk space problem I encountered is well known. There is a nice fix for it however an undocumented (naturally) command that lets you set the max diskspace used for the restore points (called shadow copies.)Here's the reference in case yo ...

Can someone please help me! I installed the Vista premium on my lap top and everything installed ok, but now i keep getting a low memory, i have 1GB of ram and it is at 65% all the time. HP m7470n Pavilion Media Center, 2.0 GB Ram300GB Hard Drive, AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore processor 42 ...

Hi. I need to hear my voice in the speakers at the same time I am speaking in microphone. In Windows Xp, there is an option called Volume boost in the advanced settings. But in vist ...

I have an application that would like to perform voice training for blind users. Historically the application has used Dragon and gone thru all sorts of hoops to screenscrape the training dialog so that it can output the req ...

I get this message when I try to install the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor and it will not let me install it. This is a single laptop and I am the administrator. I get the same message when I tried to uninstall Paperport 11. At times it will give an error 1730 ...

I just transfered my songs from my old XP machine to my new Vista machine. When playing the songs from my library, every song skips near the end of the song. This is all legal music that I copied from my CDs. Any suggestions? I ha ...

I have a new laptop and it has a horrible placment of a key where the left shift should be. I am always hitting the "\" instead of "left shift" which is not a double sized key like it is on the right shift. Also to make the keybord layo ...

After a week and a half I found out why XP and Vista wouldn't talk. I tried everything and more. I can sum it up in one word...NORTON.I saw all the posts on firewall problems, but I wasn''t using one. I had the Windo ...

My wife has some recipes she wants to give to our granddaughter so she burned then onto a CD. The CD is only readable on the Vista computer. On an XP and ME comput ...

can't get anything ouf of my outbox it is giving me an error message it's almost like my emails get tied up from written to sent they just stay in the outbox and then i can't delete them. any suggestions? ...

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'pop.gmail.com (1)', Server: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, ...

The computer had been functioning well since a fix from Symantec for I.E. not launching. Involved changing "auto" to "always" for 3 microsoft programs. Then yesterday I had a new raft ...

Hi,is there a way to get Vista as a Trial Version? Currently i develop Drivers for 2000/XP and i found out that some of them cant be installed or even loaded, though they are signed for Vista. Any way to get a legal vista Trial Copy if any available,... Best regardsKerem G�mr�k ...

We use the MerlinS620 wireless card from sprint from our other laptop. We just purchased a new laptop with vista software. Cannot get our wireless to work and we were told to see if there were update ...

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I've just finished installing Vista on a brand new machine along with the drivers for my hardware and i keep getting a window popping up called Open Service saying "can't Open kernel mode driver service". I click OK and ...

Hi, I'm running Vista Business and I have a MS Optical desktop Elite for Bluetooth. Most of the time the Keyboard and mouse work but every now and again the Keyboard does not respond (the keys ...

I'm becoming crazy... Cannot find the way to print in networkink with Vista, using a print server and my printer samsung 2010. Everithing seems ok until the end, but then, Vista cannot recognize the printer.My conclusion is that my Belkin print server is not compatible with vista Do you h ...

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

i have setup 2 computer running vista enterprise and both are in same domain but using vmware. currently i try to remote assitance each others i always receive error message "your offer to help could not be sent" .possi ...

when I click on start I no longer see link to computer on right hand side. I have checked in properties, start menu, customize and link to computer is selected but it does ...

Have a new Dell 640M laptop w/vista HP and when close the top while running and then reopen later the resolution has changed and must open display to reset. Have been talking many too many times with dell, but no help.Any suggestions?? ...

How does one create a desktop shortcut in Vista? e.g. I would like to create a shortcut to open the broadband connection (DSL) to the Internet instead of clicking START > Connect to...? Thanks. ...

I am trying to use the Radio feature in windows media center (Vista) and am told "no services found'. How can i add services? ...

Vista 32 bit Ultimate The 9.1.0 Synaptics driver always causes a Open File Security Warning at startup, after logging in, behaves as if it's not a signed ...

1. Can I see how fast my dialup modem is running?2. I note that in my personal area of folders that some are green and some are yellow. What is the significance of the colours?Thanks ...

Two questions.Is there a way to have personalized start menues for each user in Vista, if so how?I would like to restrict the Guest account, how can I do that?Thanks! ...

People who got vista on non new machines... are 100% dissatisfied...I would add the stories here of the people.. but they are too long.. guys its a massacre out there!Others formatte ...

Vista provides a generous area for a legal notice at startup (prelogin). Text in this area wordwraps. I there any way of manually adding line breaks (or perhaps I mean carriage returns?). Numeric keypad 13 and Ctrl+M don't seem to something ...

I purchased a HP laptop w/Vista and am trying to connect it to my network. Following the regular procedures, my main XP machine can't see the new laptop and the Vista laptop nor ...

I just got Vista Home Premium and I'm haveing a very difficult time getting to some pages. I can view this page, google, and some other pages fine. However, when I ...

I own a tablet pc fujitsi siemens running on windows xp tablet version. I lost both windows password/ username as well the bios access. Does anybody know how to resolve this topic, i am desperate. Thanks. ...

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If I have a person or address in my address book how can I , when I am sending out an email, when I start to type the name or address in just have it all appear? What is the point of having it in my address bo ...

Passed my test at MS this morning and got my new credentials! Now I can help anybody! ...

Hi, I just purchased a new hard drive and installed it then transferred all my programs over to it. But when I made the new hd my master it said operating system co ...

Every time when i try to surf on the internet this crass appears on my computer. I would like to know how I can solve this once and for all. Can someone help me? In advance tha ...

I did a very foolish thing, I admit it. I purchased and downloaded 6000 fonts from one of those font sites, and then proceeeded to download each and every one of them. Now my computer is a little slower than before. So I went into fon ...

I have a program that Vista only wantos to run on one core. I have to manually go in and set the afinity and priority everytime that I start the program. I have to run it in XP compatibility mode. I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to assign the affinity and priority so that i ...

Ive used the tool before and now its no longer in the start menu anywhere. Search doesn't find it either. This problem has happened before where the recycle bin went missing then one day i booted ...

When I try to open an Excel 2003 document I get this error "access denied contact your administrator". I have checked and the document that is trying to be opened is unrestricted. Please help. Thanks, ...

Yesterday morning & this morning, after turning my computer on, it freezes! I can't get anywhere or do anything. I have to turn it off by pushing the button until it shuts off. I wait a few minute ...

help! This laptop has a mind of its own after installing Vista. I cant type in a straight line. Text jumps all around the screen and types over itself. anyone out there that has has a similar problem? ...

When I close my laptop lid the screen should turn off but it doesn't. It just turns blue and keeps the same brightness which I would say is not the best thing for the monitor. Why would it be doing this? ...

OK, so I just got my first taste of Vista (Ultimate). I was called upon by an acquaintance to come and help them with their new HP DV9000 laptop (nice box) loaded with Vista Ultimate. I really disliked what I found in Vista. Perhaps you may ask why?The main reason I didn't like it was t ...

I have a new Dell computer with windows vista home premium. Most of the time I use my usb speed touch 300 modem to access the internet. I would however like to use a modem on "pay as us go" access as backup. I have a "conexant d850 pci v92" modem. I have never yet howe ...

From sleep mode I can press any key to get the screen back. However in order for Vista to recognise a mouse action e.g. click on anything, I have to control alt delete. Then I've found if I click cancel two times it goes back to Vista and everythings fine. It's becoming a bit of a pain. ...

iv recently had a registry error (a prgoram that didnt close properly and has corrupted the registy) on my pc which has data on which i need!! due to this problem i have purchased an external hard drive and tried to install xp on this so as to boot on this drive thn access the corrupted disk ...

I run the upgrade advisor and it gives me a clean bill of health. I attempt to run the installation and it stops while doingthe compatability check and says that I need to obtain new drivers. I have the latest ones but it just won't do teh installation. Any suggestions? ...

Hello all. I need a bit of help. I have been tearing my hair out for a few days now. My mother has a Desktop computer with XP Home SP2 installed. She just bought a laptop ...

Has anyone else had this problem? For some unknown reason I can no longer stream my music to my Roku. I go to WMP11 which says that media sharing is disabled. When I try to go to the Network & Sharing page, it takes forever to load, but is frozen and I cannot make any c ...

I recently brought a laptop (Vista Basic) and a wireless modem and connected it up via Ethernet to my desktop computer (xp). Both worked fine and I could access the internet from either one but now, even though my desktop is telling me I'm connected to the interne ...

When enabling the Network Discovery option I receive the following error:The specified service does not exist as an installed service.I performed a Google search with little or no results as to how to solve this. Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST The I.T. Classroom t ...

I have a few apps (windows .exe files) that worked fine in XP when installed them to run as windows services. When I try to install the same programs to run as services (using command line and typing appname.exe install) in Vista, I get the follo ...

When receiving mail from people I know. I cannot open attachemtns ending with .eml or .email. What program will open these? You can send me email or post here. I will check back.Lenzo_M1@msn.comMaureen ...

Hello All,I am wondering if there are autoentry fields possible in addition to the following:Recipient Name & Fax No. Sender Email, Office Telephone, Home Telephone, Office Location, Department, Title, Fax No., Name, Company, Address; ...

whenever i try to download things from microsoft it asks me to validate my copy of vista. when i go to the validation page it tells me to click the active X control bar but the bar never appears. i then go to the alternate method at the bottom of the page and when i click ...

I am trying to change my background to a picture. I can change the color of the background, but when I choose a picture it does not appear. I have tried the help screens, but no success. Any suggestions? ...

*::Any one know of any themes out there made for Vista without having to use a 3rd party program. Vista has the option if picking themes that you download. I just can find any with a .theme extension. Any ...

Hi,I was playing around with Ease of Access Center on the logon screen and enabled Narrator. Now, everytimes I log on into my account, Narrator will be started. This only happen to my account only. All other accounts are not afffected. I tried in vain to disable it but so far to no su ...

Attention Windows Vista Naysayer's: Try Windows Longhorn Server Beta 3 Public Beta Instead, Just FYI.Kevin John Panzke (I Love Windows Server Long Horn Beta 3)microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn Just FYI. ...

I discovered that my usb hp 2175xi printer is the reason my computer will not enter sleep mode. I tried the workaround where I select the power management tab from properties in the device manager screen. I followed the instructions in KB article 927821. For my printer tha ...

I need help on a windows vista pop that keeps on coming up saying: "WINDOWS EXPLORE HAS STOPPED WORKING". then it says "WINDOWS EXPLORE HAS STARTED WORKING". It keeps on ...

The CRecordset AddNew function function returns the error recordset is read only. The database is opened using OpenEx function, specifying deafult option 0 for dwOptions ...

I know a lot of this has been covered but I would like to clarify. As an average home user with Office 2007 and some games, should I go with the 64 or 32 bit install? I have an ...

The Sound Recorder in Vista 6 saves files as wma, but the system sounds are all wav. This is a curious arrangement, and I cannot understand why it is. I c ...

Why does my C drive (the boot drive) wind up listed as drive 1 (the second drive in the "storage devices" list) and my D drive, the data drive, get listed as drive 0? I added a third drive which is now drive 2. Everything works o ...

From what I read, it seems that XP is the one that has problems with a dual boot ??? If at this point and time I only care about the Vista drive. Will I be a ...

Why won't it enter Sleep mode? ...

I have two new PC's, purchased on seperate orders, from Dell. The models are both Dell XPS 210, both preinstalled with Windows Vista Business. They are both running Internet Explorer Version: 7.0.6000.16386 Cipher Strength ...

I am constantly attaching new HDs to my computer via a USB interface. Under XP, if I attach a new (as in new to the system. The drive may be new or use ...

I can get my new VISTA pc to see my Windows Mobile phone, and even sync digital media files using Sync Center, but I can't work out how to sync contacts and calendars etc. This worked fine with ActiveSync on Windows. Anyone know the answer? ...

It started on 5/5/07 while I was playing a game & I heard a "Bing Bing" three or four times & then the whole game froze So I shut down game with task mananger & that is when I found the mouse would work on & off & the ...

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a driver for Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller that will work on Vista, I went to intel.ca and downloaded the newest version on the driver but it doesnt work on vista. ...

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Tip #4 on my Vista > Movie Maker > Effects page is new....the Ease In and Ease Out effects work the same with this difference The effiects in XP are like a 2x easing in and out The same effects in Vista are more like a 5x zoom.... s ...

When synchronizing Vista Business with network folder I receive conflicts for all the .tmp files that are created (by Word and Outlook I assume). In 'Resolve Conflict' it says: "This has been deleted from one location a ...

I have several computers on a Home network. One is Vista all others are XP Pro. I All the XP pro can share data with one another. The Vista computer can see (copy from and send to) the XP units. The XP units can SEE the shared Vista drives but cannot send to or copy from them.The Vista m ...

I have 4 accounts made 1 Admin and 3 Standard/Limited User. They all use the data drive on D: but there are a few folders in there that I don't want the 3 standard users to see that it's in there.Is there a way of getting rid of ...

I'd appreciate to know some links explaining how to setup a fresh fsx install on vista, having the game already in progress on xp sp2 in order to match the current game state before uninstalling from the older system. (game state meaning rewards, missions, ...to be able to ...

I started installing Vista yesterday around 2:00 P.M. It is still installing at 10:00AM today. Is this normal? ...

Windows Media Center VISTA Only Maximize Screen and Minimize Screen?Hello, I have Windows Media Center running in Windows Vista Ultimate. For some reason, I can only run it in maximize screen ...

I have a IBM thinkpad t43 with a 2gb of memory 100gb 7200rpm drive, i believe the processor is 2.0gb pentium m, and the video is 64mb ati dedicated.Starting this thing up the hard drive (after signing in) grindes away for at least 34 minutes, and ...

Hello to all, My Asus WF Tv works for wireless, works fine for capture, when it works for TV and radio?????? I have the last Vista driver from 03042007 Vs 6.0.6000.16420 and until now no tv no radio. Someone have solutions??? Thanks ...

My (new) computer currently has 100 series drivers. The 158 series drivers would appear to resolve a couple of (minor) issues I have, and possibly offer better performance. BUT... Knowing how fussy x64 is about drivers. Are all the released version ...

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having trouble conecting to the net cant work moderm can any one help ...

LUCKY FOR ME THAT I BOUGHT MY NEW COMPUTER AT COSTCO WITH A 90 DAY TAKE BACK POLICY. WINDOWS VISTA SUCKS.. GOODBY TO ALL MY PROBLEMS AND I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY XP SYSTEM.. MICROSOFT HAS A WAYS TO GO ...

When I try to import an .avi file, it won't go onto the timeline as a video file, only as an audio file. What can I do to get the .avi files to get onto the video timeline? ...

Who knows? And the "save session" button as well. I know in XP and Window 2000 we can edit the registry key in POLICIES\Explorer, but it seems not working for Vista. Thanks! ...

How I can selected Aero scheme from my windows Vista Ultimate? ...

I am currently running vista with only one account. in the add/change users it shows up as admin. yet when i go to instal punk buster i get this:is ther esome special way to log on as just adm ...

Windows Mail has developed a most irritating bug. Every single newsgroup message I select will download fast, as usual, but then it pops up like it should and vanishes. Both cores of my CPU hit 50% for around 4 or 5 seconds and then the message will rea ...

....is over, at least on my VISTA machine.I put it on its own hard drive and messed around with it for a week or so.Colossal pain in the ass.Worked okay, but not very user friendly.Bye, bye...ubuntu. ...

Dont believe me? See this graph I made with a possible "projection" to year 2010 when the next version of windows will come out codenamed "vienna"img120.imageshack.us/img120/6651/graphic1sw0.jpgDid anyone say the word bloat??? :) ...

I have my files and folders saved on a USB flash drive. I want to load them on my new computer. I tried the easy transfer but it's not easy. The USB flash drive option ...

Can not get my computer to come out of sleep mode using mouse or keyboard except pressing the momentary reset button on the CPU.BIOS is set to allow wakeup using mouse or keyboard.When in sle ...

Hello,The context menu which appears when you rightclick the Network icon on the Vista desktop doesn't have a "Rename" item.Is there any way to rename this icon or must it stay as "Network"?Thanks.DJ ...

I downloaded Vista Manager as a free trial to give it a spin. It found a large number of registry errors in a new install of Vista. Could this be true? Has anyone else tried this program? Is there any value to it of is it just best not to tweek.Jim ...

I installed Vista Home Premium only days ago and tested the program in question, and it works fine for me just as it has in XP for more than 2 years. It was another person who has Vista Ultimate (upgr ...

I can never remember birthdays.. So I thought my pc can help.. I've tested Windows Live Mail option, which I see can send an email to remind me.. and I see windows calendar has a reminder feature.. is on of these the best option or is there an even better way.. ...

Ok.. whats up.. no idea what to do. I havent burnt it yet, is it NECESSARY to burn it? what then will it work? Please help. the file size is 2.86 gigs... fredd001 ...

Hello,I have run into a frustrating problem. Vista MCE has worked flawlessly for the first few months with my tuner card installed. Last week completely out of the blue (I didn't change any settings) MCE will no longer play audio for DVD or recorded v ...

For Vista, is there a good speech recognition program (like Naturally Speaking) available? I like the builtin one but hear that better ones are available. If anyone is aware of such a program compatable with Vista, please let me know. ...

I am trying to open a .torrent file, previous to my problem it opened automatically in Utorrent. Now when i go to open a .torrent file Adobe 8 wants to open it with an error that the file may be corrupt. I went into the control panel and went into the f ...

hi i need downloader fo windows vista plz tell me the best downloader for vista that works fine thanks ...

Using the latest Palm Desktop software (says its Vista capable), a Palm syncs ok under Vista. Where the problem occur's is when you try to upload a file to the Palm such ...

Question: If i use the Complete PC Backup utility that comes with Ultimate, will it also backup my recovery partition in addition to the partition that contains my vista operating system. Both partitions reside on the same hard drive. I have accidentally e ...

We install our Root CA on W2K and XP clients via the Internet on a ASP page using the CEnroll object. We read the Root CA certificate into a string variable, then used the installPKCS7 method to add the c ...

Every two mins my cpu pegs and my wireless connect drops. I found the problem to be the mobsync process, after monitoring the task manager and seeing this process suck up 90% cpu for 20 sec. I have tried clea ...

I recently bought my father in law a dell with vista premium pre loaded. Twice a day he gets a rooster alarm sound eminating from his PC even when it's turned off and disconnecte ...

Hi, I am about to purchase a new PC and it seems most have x64 bit double processors, but most suppliers offer them with Vista x32. would it not be better to buy with Vista x64? Will the x32 version utilise both processors or wi ...

Hi there.I have recently built a new machine and I have purchased Vista Home Premium 64bit.System spec, if it helps is:DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6420, 2133 MHz Asus P5NE SLI nVIDIA nForce 650i SLI 2048mb RAM BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320mb Western Digital HardDrive ...

In XP the All Programs menu displays as a large flyout across the screen, which I like as I have many programs installed. In Vista, the All Programs menu is displayed as a single vertical column with a scroll bar, which I detest! Can this be ...

What does it take to get Vista to backup to tape? And why on earth would Microsoft break this?? Vista Ultimate 32Bit. Sony AIT1 Turbo tape drive.Drivers installed, drive can be found in the device manager.Frustrating!! ...

I am using Microsoft Windows Vista. I have received this message:Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)Now i have read through the f ...

Hi All,I bought Vista Ultimate Upgrade, to install on my latest XP PRO SP2 Gamer. It would not install on any partition that was physical, only logical partition. After I finally did get it installed, I wa ...

Yet another issue without hints from Microsoft:OS is 64 bit Home Premium OEMOpened Computer Management>Disk Management(local)In the right pane where it says "Actions", I selectedDisk Management(local) More Actions HelpA popup titled "Disk Management Extension" announced t ...

Just installed vista ultimate desktop on my network. My other pcs are all runningw xp. Although I have internet access on all my computers, my vista pc cannot access files from the xp pcs and vice versa. Now I know the network doe ...

Hey, We've got a service that starts a bunch of executables, one of which needs to access the modem to dial out, but when it's started as a "SYSTEM" process it's not allowed to do anything with them. When I go into ...

I just got my new Pc with Vista Basic on it. I connected an external hard drive to this nice pc. I am a web designer so today I access the data on the external drive to update a website and go to save the changes and ...

Good afternoon, I'm currently running Windows Vista Ultimate with two monitors, with my left hand one being my main monitor.Recently there has been a box in the topleft hand corner of the main monitor that will not respond when I click on it, ...

I have only had my new computer for about a week, and now when I boot up it gives me the message automatically "the user name or password is incorrect" BEFOR ...

WHAT SERVERS ARE WE TO SET UP WINDOWS MAIL WITH ? WHAT DID YOU ALL USE TO SET YOURS UP? THANK YOU FLOBIE ...

I see no way to transfer the address book in "MSN Premium" (free with Verizon DSL) to the new WINDOWS MAIL included in Vista. I thought I would like to try it . Thanks ...

i only receive some of mail. i have tried to get it from windows mail....msn, even using both addys. what am I doing wrong? ...

The recipients of my emails are getting two copies of the email I send them. I sent myself a test email and only received one. Sent folder only shows one sent. Why are they r ...

My problem seems a little obscure but here goes:I have recently bought a new pc with vista (home basic) already downloaded I bought windows 2007 (home/student) seperately and downloaded it.My problem is that when I send emails from my home pc to my uni ...

Using Windows Mail had all my personal folders transferred over from OE, and everything's been working just fine for about 4 months. Yesterday, I went and emptied my Junk Email folder, and suddenly all of my imported folders disappeared. I still have the basic Inbox, etc., but my Imported ...

After installing the latest security patches this last Tuesday, subsequent boots have gone from 30 seconds from poweron to password entry, to 5 minutes! How can this be fixed? ...

I have an alert that says that I have a corrupt file and to run the chkdsk utility. How? When? I've been using Vista since released and this is my second issue. S ...

Message: on my computer it this program that im tring to start up but it keeps sayin Component MSINET.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly register: a file is missing or invald what do i have t do i tried downloading it it keeps starting win ace it not doin ...

to reply by email please remove SPAM from the email address. I have a problem with LOCAL profiles and Remote Desktop Connection. I have seen this for quite ...

I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works but after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole ...

Control panel will not open. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This began this morning 5/25/07 after my son installed action replay. I deleted the program and restarted but control panel will still not open. Tried to do a system restore but it keeps giving me an error that the sys ...

My screen has been flickering ever since I installed Vista in Feb 07. Have searched for solutions to no avail. The flickering used to temporarily stop when computer went into sleep mode. It now flickers all the time. Anyone h ...

Hi,My application sends fax through a MAPI compliant application (outlook). On WinXp, Outlook retrieves the message, and faxs it to the destination (no p ...

I have two printers connected to my Vista machine. Both are shared on my home network. One works fine on all PC's including the Vista machine it is installed on but the other will only print for the attached network machines, not the Vista machine it is attached to. ...

Hi,I am running Vista Business OS now since January this year. So far there are goods things about Vista and there are definatelt bad things occurring that i need help with.My PC is Pentium 4, 3.06Ghz, 4G ...

Hello, I bought Vista Home Premium for my lap top (Toshiba Tecra 9100). The comatabilities test showed all was well. I installed it (Vista) in my lap top and it hated it. So, I bought XP Home and installed it and all is well.I then installed Vis ...

Greetings.If I have a brand new Laptop with Windows Vista OEM in Czech preinstalled, how can I get the OS in English without having to buy the English vers ...

My desktop keeps on resetting I have to do a system restore to get all my setting and icons back I have switched off automatic updating but this makes no difference anybody suggest anything ...

How to explain that? UAC is turned on. ...

downloaded from thier website new version for vista.tryed to install would not install. said missing files.downloaded again 228mg flie said complete.tryed ...

Hi, I just got Vista Biz on my laptop. I am a seasoned Windows user/developer but brand new to Vista.... I am trying to install SQL 2005 on my laptop. I have the developer version. I run setup and I am told that in order to run it ...

I have Vista installed and play FreeCell. I must have saved a game and now everytime I start FreeCell, I am asked if I want to go to my saved game.I've tried everything I ...

Today when I opened Windows Update, I saw a message with a red X tell me that I never checked for updates! But this is false because my system is fully updated. In w ...

probably a stupid question, but what happens if i use a non genuine word programme in an otherwise genuine vista pc. will ms wga recognise this and punish me for it? ...

Hi.There are 2 computers that have Windows Vista installed. We have an application that downloads templates from a website to a folder on the local drive. On computer "A" I have to "run as administrator" when opening the application so t ...

I just bought a VAIO Notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium and want to synchronize this with my PDA, which is a FujitsuSiemens N560, via Bluetooth. Therefore I downloaded the latest Windows Mobi ...

Hi everyone,I've got a little, but annoying problem. Sleep Mode DOES NOT work! I've tried everything and these are the results: Sleep Mode worked only ONCE, at the Logon Screen (or Welcome Screen), when I was logged off, but I've tried that environment a lot of times, lo ...

In Vista, what's the maximum number of files one can sendto <application_name>?piaqt (TechZonez Vista Support Forum techzonez.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64) ...

I am running Vista Home Basic. I have placed shortcuts in my desktop to take me directly to internet sites. Yesterday, 52107, I clicked on one of th ...