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I want to change the security settings on a file (my personal finances) so that only my Admin account has access. However, by default the Users group ...

Hi there,I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and the computer is being shared by my children as well. But when I install a new application which Vista identifies as an unidentifi ...

Running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell. I cannot set my Update to automatic because it says some settings are managed by the Administrator. I AM the ...

I loaded SWG and went into the compatability tab and made the changes that the support forums told me to do. Now I am having client crashes and cannot run the game. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this.SystemAMD64x2 4600+, 2GB ram GeForce 7900GS ...

When trying to send an email direct from an address book entry or from a hyperlink online it says: operation failed then: an error occurred while attempting to invoke the default ...

hello.i was wondering if there was a way to have your address book/contacts docked inside win mail rather than having to open a seperate window when you press contacts.e.g ...

For all you fellow losers out there that are running Vista Windows Mail and miss their Groups from Outlook or Outlook Express, I have a found a workaround after a week of trial and error. I hope Microsoft is listening when I say ...

I had 10 or so messages in my Delete folder and several others in my In box and every time I went to delete them I would receive the 'Impossible to delete' message (or something like that).What I did was this, I simply right clicked on the folder in question and deleted he item ...

I have verified that all my account info is correct and that my internet mail works. I have deleted my mail account and rebooted prior to adding a new account with password checked before and after entry (depending on the attempt). While I am able to recei ...

how do i go about making this work??? :) ...

My "Snap to" mouse feature, from Control Panel\Mouse is not working when in Windows Mail. I consider Snap to a time saver and managing my Mail certainly involves mouse work. Any idea why, it's apparently disabled in Mail and where I might find a way to enable it? ...

First time I fired up the new Mail, downloaded some newsgroups, and lots of the threads were noncontiguous! Had the same issue under XP, but I could de ...

When you double click on win explorer in vista ultimate by default it opens in an expanded My Documents folder.I know you can right click and collapse the folder but would prefer if My Document ...

I am having trouble updating my spysweeper. It say it cannot create the file C:\Program FIles\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\Masters\masters.mst Access is denied. I have tried changing rights to the folder and file and shutting down the service etc.. I still get this message. I also try right ...

can any one help and tell me what is the best backup to use? microsoft visa buisness built in or another. what type of compression ratio can i expect and what type of back up to do. I have a ...

My computer is 2 weeks old and my Recovery Drive is almost full (.99GB free of 9.71GB). I have no idea why it is saving everything here instead of the C Drive which has ...

Can anyone tell my why Vista only recognizes 2 gig of RAM, even when I have 4 gig installed? My BIOS sees 4 gig. I may not be the smartest person in the world, but why would a MB manufacture sell a MB that supports up to 8 gig ram, when the OS only sees 2 gig?Any help or explanation will be ...

I have bought a new laptop and intend transferring everything from my old one to the new one. The new one has Vista installed already and the old h ...

I am running Windows XP on a 4 month old Dell XPS computer. Before I switch to VISTA, I need to know if a very important software program will run on VISTA.I understand from the Computer Guy on KFI640 radio program that there is some way I can download from Microsoft a trial ver ...

When I get sent a pdf, doc or similar it seems I have to save it first to my hard disk b4 I can open it. If I try and open it within mail it gives me the file not associated with program error.However the file clearly opens in general running.Any help?....also how do I get the auto empty dele ...

I am trying to install .net 2.0 so the application I test will work with Sharepoint. I have Vista 32 loaded on a the system. Everytime .net tries to load, I get and error that ".net is already installed as part of the ...

Hi again, I 've a graphic accelerator, Nvidia GeForce Fx 5200, The Problem is that I can't install the software!, I want to concect my pc to tv, and I can't because I don't ve the software!, please help me is very ...

Hey. I'm sitting here, with my main Vista Ultimate Desktop, and a Windows XP professional Laptop.When plugging in my Windows Mobile 5 device through the USB port on the la ...

I have checked and rechecked my firewall settings...but for some reason, I cant get either of these to work. Vista will NOT ALLOW ME ( yeah...I am admin, but we all know how well that works in Vista) to update. Is there something I am simply overlooking? Thanks! ...

The pic at the top. (its a sunflower).. when i click it and select "change picture" i do. i chose the fish and it changes it on the right. I then ...

Hi All, Just upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate. In XP you had 'my network places' where you could add FTP sites that would then appear in and be accessed easily in explorer. I cannot find how ...

When I go to restart my computer I get the boot window. Is there anyway to keep this from coming up everytime? ...

I have a Sony VGC RA842G desktop. The machine more than qualifies for the Vista Home Premium upgrade Which I did three weeks ago. Media Center works fine EXCEPT I cannot get Med ...

I am installing Vista Home Premium on a new machine. I am a "power user". I see that it is recommended to set up an administrator account as well as a standard account, and use the standard for typical use. However, ...

Sometimes while messenger is running, i will be talking to someone and they wont respond for a long time...then either it will pop up 23 minutes later that my message wasnt sent or the person ...

Is there a way to have the contacts shown in under the local folders like in Outlook and Outlook Express? On the left sideThank you ...

I'm not sure what to put in for the POP3 and SMTP, could someone please help me!!! ...

Bought one laptop, crashed for one day use; Changed another one, crashed for 20 days use. I just feel that Vista looks beautiful but has nothing practical, and it is not compatib ...

This is not OT, in order to use vista you should have a multicore machine, the bloat is such that on single cores its too slow. New apps must be made...neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=38978Gigahertz are out and cores are in. Programmers must begin to develop applic ...

If I have 64bit drivers for all my hardware, would it run faster running the 64bit version? Does the 32 vs 64 issue have anything at all to do with applications (if they ...

This video compares LinuxMCE and Windows MCE. video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4422887272477313460 Just amazing !linuxmce.com Their download site is down due to server upgrade.// moma futuredesktop.org ...

trying to move my files over using wd external usb 2.0 hd with 200gb free. i can move small bits over fine, but when i try to move my main files (including approx 30gb of music) ...

On Vista Business: 1. The width of the recently opened documents list does not reflect the change in document name length it is truncated when opening it the first time after accessing a document whose name is longer that the names of the ...

Ehh is it now impossible to browse ftp servers like i could with IE6 ? cause when i type in ftp. urls nothing happens.. nothing at all. i used to b ...

The bugs in Window Explorer are really getting to me. Is there a better alternative program out there or is anyone developing one for Vista? I think Windows Explorer ...

I have a Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse that work fine in XP/Win2k3. But in Vista the scroll wheel doesn't work. Logitech doesn't have any software updates available for my MouseMan. But it does ...

Given what I'm reading about XFi drivers, am I better off to use the ASUS card that come with my Striker Extreme board ??How much better or worse will the sound be ? Thanks ...

I have many mp3 format music files stored on DVD which I had no problem in copying or tranferring on Win XP or Win 98 versions through File Manager etc.Now I have Vista Premium Home, the mp3's on the DVD's play OK on Media Player, can create and save a playlist f ...

Seeing a weirdness in Vista networking relating to DNS search order...Our DHCP gives out: corp.company.com internal.company.com company.com ...

Hi All please could you helpI have a desktop and laptop both running Vista, i have connected them together via a adsl 4 pot router/ethernet switch in order to establ ...

Sorry for my bad english.I think I have found a serious bug in software restriction policies.Can someone test this issue?:If you have two volumes or partitions, like C:\ and E:\, and if you setup SRS with default settings and you DO NOT ALLOW E: ...

When I try to access the Documents folder, Windows Explorer crashes and has to restart. I upgraded to Vista Home Premium from XP SP2, and I think everything transferred properly. Also, I can't add or del ...

Any one got any solutions to my problem, I ve tried contacting ea and they are not much help. The new laptop is a HP PAVILION DV9260 fully loaded with HD drive and nvidia ge force 7600 graphics card with 256mb dedicated memory. T ...

When I get an email with an attachment that is of the file type Email, Vista Windows Mail can not open it. I think it is a file that outlook express will open, but am not sure about downloading Outlook express just so I can open an attachment in an ...

We no longer seem to have the handy facility present in Outlook Express which apparently does not operate in Windows Mail. I refer to the old "insert picture" command which gave you ...

hello,I have a network hard disk Packard Bell Netstore 3500, I see it on the network, I can access to root folder but I cannot go deeper in the tree (with Vista Home Premium). Explorer search, search, ...Thanks for your help P. ...

Hello, i purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade version yesterday, I ran the upgrade advior and everything passes. When I get to the actual installing part it gives me a error code 0x80070017 at around 45%. I have ran a disc cleanup, Disc defrag, searche ...

I have get a new computer with Vista Business. Now I am having problem with VPN. I access our company's files and folder from server via VPN. After changing to Vista, ...

Hi,I got the game earlier this week, and it runs fine except for the above mentioned problem, I don't understand since my computer has 4Gb of RAM, and all RAM meters never goes over 50% of the RAM that i ...

Have lost the Up/Down scroll bar on the right side of Windows Mail. I can't scroll through my mail without this vertical up or down bar unless I click on each separate message. Please give me hint where it went yesterday. Have tried view and tools. Obviously ...

I recently upgraded to Vista H.P., and unfortunately my HP Deskjet 3325 isn't compatible (surprise surprise), anyone know of a release date yet of some compatible drivers for my HP printer? ...

I have at last got Aero to run on my PC by stopping a program called qttask.exe from running at startup. Qttask is made by Apple. What puzzles me is where it came from. Michael Chare ...

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? When I type the letters appear randomly somewhere else on the page. It's hard to type when the letters jump around to the beginning of the sentence or in the subject line. ...

Hello...I am in need of some help. I'm not very smart about these things! Am I able to download Microsoft 2002 onto my new lap top that has Windows Vista? ...

Dual boot Xp and Vista (rc2) on seperate HDD's. Today when I booted to Vista, it did a diskcheck and started working on my Xp partition with the following messa ...

I keep getting a message saying that a driver is being blocked due to compatibility problems and can not get the message to close I have tried to uninstall the program but when i t ...

I play alot of games with pogo thiedr downloaded games have combatility issues with vista is thier anything I can do to solve this issue. When I press run program anyways it says Game launcher has stopped working..Please help I need to play ...

My broadband speed is correct but email download into Outlook 2007 slowed to a crawl after I installed Vista. I discovered the problem was caused by the Norton AntiSpam feature in the Addo ...

Just got a new computer with Vista installed. All drivers are current.Problem: In PalTalk chatroom people can hear me thru cam's builtin mic. But when I play music (I used WMP and itunes) no audio comes thru.With XP, their was never a problem using the mixer to control ...

Is there a GPO setting somewhere that can be used to turn on the remote registry service? We have an AV application that has a remote install application that requires this service to be running. It is enabled by defaul ...

and maybe know how to get lime wire or morheus or kaaza to work? .... i know its not good for your computer ... i know its not kosher for people to believe in sharing free stuff anymore.. but.. still some people love those programs .. im one of them.. and i sure would like to be able to ...

I have an msi tv tuner card and there are no vista drivers for it. How can i get it to work with media center in vista? ...

The latest drivers for Vista work fine if I plug in the camera after booting, but every time I boot with the camera plugged in, Vista says it can't find the driver ...

Hi all,Right i have a little situation and would be very greatful for some pointers.I purchased a HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and it works a dream. It came stocked with XP MCE and i decided to use a beta release of Vista to give it a try.To give it a fair test i install ...

..I have tried elsewhere in the community without any response. When I attempted to connect a projector via VGA, Vista did not identify it and the projector screen showed "no signal". I was advised by the projector people to "fool" Vista by connect ...

Hi,there is an Open Source hardware driver for Bt848 / Bt849 / Bt878 & Bt879 chipsets: btwincap.sourceforge.net/ Latest revision: 2004! However it is supposed to install and work under Vista 64 properly if Vista's signature ...

Hi, Where can I find it ?thanks Vilius ...

Well I can't take it any more I was sincerely hoping that upgrading from the beta would have fixed this!!!So when I was running the beta, I would get an "ntldr" error message at the very beginning of my bootup, after the bios screen. I tried to fix it w ...

When ever I boot my dual boot system I get "Missing Bootmgr" or sometimes "Missing NTLDR". If I leave the Vista DVD in the drive this doesn't seem to happen.After nosing around this seems to be a comon problem but I haven't found the cure. The first drive is C: with Windows ...

Hi, I created a VHD file using the computer backup in Vista Ultimate. Can I use the VHD file in Virtual PC 2007. I tried to use it in a new virtual pc using Virtual PC 2007 but it says that is not bootable. I want to be able to run test i ...

To all,I have spent the last few hours working on transering data from a Windows File and Settings Transfer Wizard (FAST) IMG00001.dat file made in XP to my mother's Vista laptop. This is driving me crazy because it seems th ...

Hi,Vista is downloading at 0.5kB/s constantly. This does not seem like much but adds up to over 1GB/month if the computer is always on. Is there any way to stop this? I tried enabling the administrator and then systematically closing all the system processes but i ...

Yesterday...Set up a workgroup of XP and Vista PCs Shared relevant disk drives and printers via a router All working fineToday ... workgroup there, but no XP machine.I read (I think) the XP machine needs to be turned on first, then the Vista machine, and all will be well again....IS TH ...

On Tuesday 3 April 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:Security Updates * One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maxi ...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. I'm trying to setup a password prompt for Windows email. When I first turn on my pc and access my email, I receive a prompt for the password then, but if I close it out an ...

Is there any way to always run IE as an Administrator? Vista Ulitimate...Thanks Kevin ...

Is solitaire still available in Vista? ...

I am very disappointed with Windows Vista. You changed things that didn't need changing, many things I can't find anymore in Word. I can't spell check my email messages, I get a stop error message about every other day which requir ...

In trying to install Logitech Webcam onto my new HP Compaq Pressario with Vista I froze the lot, apparently not compatible. Uninstalled everything perta ...

Hi, I just want to say thank you for answering my question yesterday about the incoming mail attachments. (I couldn't get my reply function to work on the original message. ) ...

I am able to receive email from my road runner account, but am not able to send email. I have contacted time warner cable and walked through the setup a dozen times, but no luck. They gave me microsoft office's phone number. Anyone ...

I have been transfering my OE files between computers for years using OE. I realize Windows Mail uses a different way of storing mail files so I can't continue to transfer files between my WinXP and new Vista computer. Anyone know how to install OE Version 6 on a vista ...

Hoi, ik heb mijn gegevens uit Outlook Express naar Windows Mail verplaatst. Nu ik bij ExtraOptiesSpelling kijk zie ik nergens Nederlands als optie staan. Kan iemand mij zeggen hoe ik deze er op krijg? ( Liefst nog Nederland ...

All of the sudden yesterday I can no longer send messages they sit in the out box. and just will not go Iam receiving fine any one with any ideas??Kathy with questions ...

I am trying to resolve a slow startup of Vista. In the Problem Report and Solutions program the system reports that every time I start I have a Service Hang Report for A ...

I'm using Windows Vista trying to connect to my work computer from home.Thanks.Billy ...

Let me preface what I'm going to say by telling you I do this professionally and have burned in excess of a 1,000 DVDs on various PC grade computers and more CDs then I care to remember, tons of them.Myth #1 Quality of the media (the blank DVD ...

Years ago I had an AOL account. I wanted to chat on line w/ friends & started up AIM to be able to do this. It only took me a few mins. because I had been a previous customer. Now, I have a screen that pops up from AOL asking me to return ...

I have just purchase a new media center Gateway Computer preinstalled with Vista Ultimate. I have had problems burning video and pictures using Windows DVD Maker frequently getting "An error occured while ...

I have a bit of a weird problem. I am trying to watch recorded TV in Media Center. The first time is OK. Video and audio. But, unless I restart Media Center, the second time I try to watch the program, or a different one, I get a black screen. Audio but no video. Same thing happens in ...

After running Vista on a few machines in my network, I have come to realize that Vista seems to (over)err on the side of security. DFS shares, printer ...

my pc only about 4 weeks old and last night it threw this one out at me about defender being out of date? the error code is 0x80240029. i cannot find anything about it on the web site.is there a fix for this? ty ...

I am using a readyboost capable flash drive, which has improved performance. Got me to thinking, if I got a large enough flash drive, could I use that drive as my swap drive and would that improve perfo ...

I am running 2Gs Corsair Mem./5200 X2 AMD.When I open FSX, the color scheme changes to Basic.In "help",it states that either the program(FSX), is incompatible or there is not enough memory.As I understand memory, anyth ...

Hello Anny body know how to find wireless LAN and turn it onbest regards Chris ...

I posted a message re my problem importing contacts into Win Mail. Here is some further input. I deleted all the contacts from Win Mail Contacts (they were from the wrong file). Now, wheneve ...

Wow, Microsoft has really done a number this time... I have a new machine with 2GB and a Duo processor, but I constantly get the message that I don't have enough system resources and windows don't open and apps don't start, yet I have lots of CPU an ...

Most of the links in my Programs menu are broken. They turned to blank white icons that do nothing when you click on them. How do I fix them? ...

Question, I am running vista beta rc1. Is it possible to upgrade to a retail version of vista using the anytime upgrade?ThanksJoe ...

hi can any 1 plz tell me where is windows aero on windows vista ultimate and how i put it on thx ...

so see if "Vista Experience" base score would improve but primarily so GET better performance. My baseline score went from 2.0 (Video for A ...

I have just bought a new PC.I'm getting occasional (2 or 3 per day) STOP errors. The one I've just had reported:"uncorrectable hardware error" and gave a STOP error message: "0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x8533E610, ...

This question is not misplaced. Windows PE 2.0 uses Vista Kernel and Bootmanager (BCD & Bootmgr). I am trying to setup a dual boot system with Win XP and Windows PE 2.0 on the same partition. Windows PE will be an ISO or WIM image running from RAMDISK ...

I cannot get Vista to install, no mater what i do it wont work. I am trying to install vista ultimate, i have tried a complete instillation from boot and i get to select my country and then ...

When I try to publish a movie I get a green bar along the bottom half and the movie is stretched across the top half. have tried all the different settings in 4:3 and 16:9 ...

Sounds simple, but I want to start agin with this Vista H/Premium <> Win XP networking, but I cant figure out how to UNSHARE the Vista drives/folders I am presently & ...

HiOption for send immediately is selected and is On. I very often get Windows Mail putting up a dialog box saying there is no connection this while I'm actually on line with a normal and sta ...

I understand that Vista HP does not include faxing software. Is there a software that will work like old XP; faxing from the Print menu? I appreciate suggestions, Thanks ...

I made a new user on my laptop and I can't seem to get the details pane, I've tried checking in Organize>layout but it isn't there, can someone please help e out??? Th ...

I can get the onscreen keyboard to work with all my programs except for the new Windows Mail...... What am I missing....TIA ...

Since installing Vista, I am unable to download clips from microsoft.com or access them. I also cannot "automatically" organize all the clips on my computer. It worked fine until installing Vista. I HATE all these patches and p ...

The battery power icon seems to disappear at times from the system tray/taskbar. I clicked on the taskbar and start menu properties and tabbed "Notification area& ...

Hello, with windows nt/2k/xp i could do a unattended install and use a UDFFile to specify unique values like computername/ipaddress etc. How can i accomplish the same with vista unattended? ...

Running Vista on Computer1 and Vista64 on Computer2. On both computers the Networking screen shows Computer1 and Computer2. When you click on either folder it show ...

je n'arrive pas à ouvrir les piéces jointes ? merci pour l'aide à une débutante ...

Hi, I have problem with windows mail, when I try to use spelling check in this, it's coming up with english dictonary. If I go in at tools, alternative and spellin ...

I have an msn account and I am trying to set up my Windows Mail. I am having trouble doing this it gives me a list of errors Sorry, but it looks like you won't be able to participate in the Mail Beta at this time. This ...

1 gig of memory and sitting still I am using 7080% of my memory. Processes are showing Idle at 98%. Vista Home Premium in use. ...

Hello, I booth a new pc acer laptop, with vista, but now my scanner toolbox 4.1 doesn't function with vista. I'm already tryed to reinstal the program scanner, but anything changed. What I've to do? thank you nuvolare ...

How do i specify a layout for a certain folder? When I tried to enable the preview pane for a specific folder, it applies to all folders instead, which I do not want. How do I enable the preview pane for only one folder? ...

ok, so i have a readyboost certified USB so why one minute it works the other it doesnt? what gives? i tired formating and bam now it wont do it at all tried all formats and ...

I changed my left click so I would only have to hit it once to open a program , why hit it twice it`s just more work right . Bought Aunt Shirley a new puter and she`s approaching her ...

I have seperate 2 Sata Drives. When I installed Vista I had XP on a partition on drive 1 and installed Vista on a partition on drive 2. I now want to delete XP because I'm pretty surprised by Vista's overall performance so far. However, the partition w ...

I recently discovered speech recognition on Vista, and started to train the computer to recognize me. Everything went beautifully, until I actually attempted to start SR. The application started and then promptly shut itself off, e ...

I want to view file extensions but I don't have Tools>Folder Options in the Windows Explorer!! how can I get it? ...

Hi! I am having a problem that makes me want to throw the computer out the window! For some unknown reason, my cursor sticks and stops my computer for as long as 20 minutes. It is a basic vista ...

I ve this printer, but i cant configurate in windows vista. Try to discharge the driver in www.hp.com but the driver is failed. Excuse me for my English. Im from Argentina.Thanks ...

I have begun to get incorrect symbols from my keyboard when I use Shift+?, Shift " and Shift+/ when writing in MS Outlook 2003. Any suggestions for how to correct this situation? Cheers Howdy ...

Everytime I play a DVD on Windows Media Player, The Charecters voice is real shallow, but the background music and sounds are real loud. Also same problem with music. Music loud and voice is low. Can anyone help? ...

Whenever I either download a song or put on mf my CD's on Media Player it plays great until the last 30 seconds of the song.When it gets to this part it goes through a 5 second period where the song jumps and sounds like a sc ...

I have an email in my inbox from Stout T. Dan that won't let me delete it. If I try it just says " Unknown Error has occurred" It says it's a Spam mail ...

I have just imported all my contacts from Outlook Express 7 to windows mail, all my contacts are showing in the contacts file. When creating a new message and adding a contact from the select recipient window only some of my contacts ...

Help. For 2 weeks now I have not been able to send messages via Outlook express. The messages just sit in my OUTBOX. How do I fix this problem? ...

Hi,I just bought a notebook with windows vista business installed. It has a 120GB hard disk with one primary partition of 120GB. I would like to crea ...

Hello, Can anybody suggest what's going on with this update? I'm getting this error after trying to get and install it.tks in advance, ...

I am getting this error report: This application has failed to start because MSVCR70.dll was not found. ybrwicon.exe was in the top part of the box. I called Toshiba and they said that I needed to download a patch from Microsoft. She, of course, made it sound like thi ...

The New Microsoft Patent Subject: Microsoft Press AnnouncementREDMOND, WA In what CEO Bill Gates called "an unfortunate but necessary step to protect our intellectual property from theft and exploitation by competitors," the Microsoft Corporation patented the num ...

Hi, I am new to vista and uac. We have an app that was written under vs2003 (windows). When the app runs normally it has a problem creating and writing to network directories. I've gotten around this to some extent ...

What is the best way to search the hard disk for files/programmes.Thanks ...

I have a new Dell dimensions C521 with windows/vista on it, when I put my disc in to download the Lexmark 3 in 1 1200 series my screen states that it has dow ...

How do you tell Vista that a startuip program it is blocking is good? Everytime I boot Vista I need to permit a wireless lan program which came from ASUS to run.Al ...

Which app is the best? VistaBootPro or EasyBCD? And why? ____________________ ...

When using the Windows Classic Start Menu, if I click the Orb and select shutdown, I get the following options:Switch User Log Off Restart Sleep Shut ...

I am seeing a problem when running cmd.exe and redirecting both STDOUT and STDERR. I can't run a windows application and redirect output to log files so we can capture STDERR as well as STDOUT. Some examples of the symptom; t ...

Hi,I do not know what I did wrong, but one day mysteriously Vista started rebooting nonstop. This would happen even if I tried Safe Mode or Last Know Good Config. My PC suggested that I try Startup Repair from my Vista DVD, but when I tried using it, it was stuck for over an hour searching for Wi ...

I have a friend that is having trouble installing his OS. Can you look here:vista64.net/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=19And let me know of any more ideals. I'm all out.Thank you, Shawn brinkVista 64 Home Premium 1.5 Gig DDR2 (PC4200) RAM ...

If I am not on a network..can I disable 'core networking' in Vista business ? Thanks... ...

i used windows mail when i first got my computer about two months ago and then it randomly deleted the email account i was using from it's account list (it is a Mediacom Cable email address, a POP account). So i just thought whatever and tried to add the email account again, I ...

Been getting a ton of BSOD's lately... what utility do I need to view the ..dmp files that are created ? Used to be dumpchk but not in vista (Ultimat ...

Seem somewhere along the line someone changed our settings when importing photos from our camera Windows Photo, it now automatically sends them to a fold ...

Folks, all of a sudden yesterday, some of my icons went to the default white icon and when I clicked on Word 2007 to do some work, it said it couldn't find the program. A few other programs are acting ...

I just got my new Dell E521 with VBista Home. I cannot figure out how to get the remote desktop connection enabled. When I click on computer, properties, remote, it does not show a section to add users ...

Hello, I did an clean install of Vista Business and when i go to set my desktop image, it stays black.... i have tried going into the gpedit.msc to make sure privledges were suffice for doing so and still nothing. i am running a dell op ...

After I shrunk the C drive, I got an empty 53,57 unallocated space on drive 0. When I choose the "new simple volume" option, It proceeds normally until the last step and then I end up with the following error report:"There is not enough free space on the disk ...

hi i using vista home premium which it came with my new laptop. my laptop is 2 ghz core 2 duo (4 mb cache) and 1 gb rams i bought it from 2 weeks from now and it is great , but now when i want to open a folder it takes many times to load , or i try to rename a folder or anything else even de ...

I looked on iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List it says that the Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced v. 7.8.5.0 says that it is compatible with Vista. I am having some problems when I try to run the installation, it gets to the part saying Windows is configuring to ...

I have a new computer with Vista preinstalled, as others have stated I have no CD that came with it,. I would like to wipe out and reformat with my XP home version. Can I do that without creating more problems....is it compatible with these new compute ...

Hello, I am building a Vista Enteprise image and am using sysprep with an unattend.xml file. I have a couple of tweaks that I would like to add to this process but not sure if they are possible or where to look:1) In Windo ...

I have Windows Vista Enterprise and want to install a MUI. The windows help very helpfully tells me "If you are using Windows Vista Enterprise, contact your system administrator for information about installing additional languages&qu ...

I did a clean install of Vista and now I can't view some pictures (jpg, gif) that were on my hard drive before the install. I get the error:"You don't have permission to open this file.Contact the file owner or administrator to obtain permission."This seems kind of od ...

Hello,I have VMware Player installed which created 2 virtual network adapters. These adapters are seen by Vista as a separate unidentified network from my wir ...

I recently reloaded my Vista Laptop and now cannot connect to my XP shared Drives, Worked fine with vista the first time around, Any ideas ...

I have many saved Outlook files. When I bought a new computer recently, it was loaded with the new MS Vista software. I have tried to open my Outlook files thyrough MS Mail but am not able to do so. I get a MS ...

I'm a Gmail user haven't used OE in ages. Just started using Windows Mail and straightaway noticed that my Contacts are not shown in the bottomleft part of the screen like they used to be. Couldn't see nothing in the View menu, so how can I show it?Otherwise I won't b ...

I cannot import my OE addressbook from OE to Windows Mail. Have imported my message folders from OE to WM, but they arrived all in a folder rather than individual folders. How do I get rid of the folder and have my message folders listed as all other local fold ...

Am I missing something? I cannot see Windows Mail ( or Vista Mail ) as a Product to enable one to search for relevant Articles! Gerry ~~~~ Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

Hi the system seems to be creating folders in every document folder I have. I havent requested this, nor can i find where to switch it off. THese fold ...

I am running an Intel Core Duo processor, 2 gigs of DDR ram (800 speed) good graphics card (Rating by Vista is 5.0). My task bar will go blank, right clicking on dest top will not work. I go to task ma ...

Hello,Is there anybody who has got idea how to install konicaminolta bizhub 162 on M$ Vista Ultimate x64?Here is konicaminolta bizhub 162 spec. konicamin ...

There are a lot of Microsoft and Adobe programs on my computer. When I click on Start Menu>All Programs , want to be able to organize programs in folders; ie. all the Adobe Programs in a folder. I could do this ...

I cannot send mail using Outlook 2007 under Vista Enterprise; it used to work but without any obvious changes to the settings it stopped functioning. ...

Seriously...how could Linux ever compete? I mean, lets look at what I did today.What did I do today? I decided to give my onbard sound card a run instead of my Audigy 2. Was having some weird sound artif ...

the game insalls fine but you go to play the game the screen goes black and the back to the computer screen cant play the game I have the windows vista home prem. and have tried the compatibility and ...

We have an online system developed that makes use of Flash Form through a web browser. Up until now there have been no issues, but I have changed to VISTA OS and IE7. Now when entering data into the form I am getting keystroke errors, where the keys are not recognized and skips over ...

Hi, I have recently upgraded to vista 32 ultimate, everything has installed ok apart from my tv stick as i can't find any vista drivers for it anywhere. Has any one had the same problem or am i unable ...

Look.. ive been having issues with vista since i bought and isntalled it.. first.. it put all my old stuff in the Windows.old file.. ok.. good.. one problem how the hell do i get them out? Second.. why the hell do i ahve no sound. and that it says i have nothing intalled no audio hardwar. ...

Hi, I have a Vista laptop set to my work workgroup , when I'm at home I can't see the storage device ( maxtor network disk ) or the other pc , only the printer ( HP dekjet ) , all these pc and device are in my Home workgroup and I ...

This just started the other day. If someone sends me email that says there is an attachment there is no attachment. I haven't changed any of the settings and am at a loss as what has happened or what to do.If so ...

SO the big question. How do I do this? My wife has an XP desktop and a Vista laptop and wants to read all her emails on both computers. Well this used to be easy with XP. ...

I've tried to change the defragmenter schedule and I get this error:Task Scheduler: An error has occured for task ScheduledDefrag. Error message: The following error was reported: Transaction support within t ...

I have a filename that is really long, but vista will not let me delete it. I have tried several other ways, but they do not work. I also cannot rename it so that the name is smaller. What should I do? ...

Hi,When I redirected my Users/Music folder to an external hard drive in Vista, a second item named "Music" showed up. One was the old one, paralleled in User ...

I’ve had this problem for about a week now. I was happily computing on my new (one month old) HP dv6000t when I decided it was time for me to go to bed. Usually I either just close the lid to my laptop, or leave the lid up and just hit “s ...

iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid, £250 for my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's with monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz 1gig of ram going for  ...

MM Places its backup file in a folder on my HD. Then when I try to copy it to my RW CD it says the Drive is Read Only. It does this until I manually erase the file I am replacing on the RWCD. I have tried to make the file RW but ...

Hi, I only set up my new Vista computer at the weekend so am still exploring. Can anyone please tell me why I cannot copy and paste anything? Is there a way to get it to allow that? Saffy ...

When I attach a 2007 Word document to my windows live email account the person receiving gets nothing but gibberish, furthermore it is being saved as a .docx extension. Even worse is ...

Mouse pointer keeps dissapearing, its there beacause when I move over an option in a drop down menu in IE it highlights the option's I have to click to make the mouse pointer reappear, thats annoying because you don't know here the pointer is when you click you can active s ...

Still testing this on my RC1 cos I don't want to break my real Vista.We have some roaming users on a domain who don't roam all that often. If they haven't been at a c ...

Downloaded Dreamscene preview along with bitlocker updates. Several minutes later downloaded Windows Live Onecare. 1 minute into installing OneCare the dreaded BSOD occured. ...

I just bought Toshiba Satellite U2055057 (Intel 5500, 2GB RAM, 224MB Video RAM) running Windows Vista. Every few minutes (about 20 or so), the screen goes blank for few seconds (45 seconds) and comes back. It seems that explorer seems to be restarting with back light ...

Hello.Is it normal for 64bit Vista to perform slower than 32bit Vista? This is assuming on the same exact machine, same edition, and configurations.Thank you in advance. :) Phillip Pi Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst ISP/Symantec Online ...

Okay, since I'm delving into the dark pit that is Wintendo vista on my new lappie (of course I'll setup dual boot SUSE afterwards) I need to know which AV y'all recommend.On my Win2K system I have Avast! and did use AVG. Any luck with these on Vista?The laptop is ...

Sometimes I close the lid so my computer goes into sleep modes b/c I don't want to totally turn my computer off. But whenever I open the lid after I do this the screen seems to come up in a ...

I lost my product key for windows vista ultimate and i am wondering if there is any way i can get a new one because i lost it when i tearvl form Suadi ...

Had a laptop for 2 months and installed from cd many programs when I first got it. Just noticed today that my cd/dvd drive was not shown in Explore. It shows in device manager and Disk manager. When I try to manually assign a drive letter in disk manager, the drive letter flashes in ...

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 ...

This happening regularly when I attempt to open a document via My Computer but it doesn't seem to be any particular type of document that triggers it. I see from other postings that the information from the Problem Reports and solutions log may be ...

My new VISTA machine has many more USB2 ports than my previous computer. I seem to have quite a collection of USB cables. Is there any physical way to tell U ...

Background: No problems with vista/orbit before sending laptop of for a hdd swap out, comes back with a new drive and I do a fresh install of Vista, WMDC has been ...

I only have a 32Mb graphics card, everything else is uptospec for Vista. I don't need the real whizbang graphics, I am satisfied with the XP look & ...

My system is built on a D975Xbx2 motherboard with built in auido. I'm using Vista Business for an operating system. The sound drivers are for SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC. Like so many others, I've mistakenly updated the drivers from Windows Update Center and lost ...

Anyone,How does one edit a post made when one notices that one made an error that needs to be corrected? freddy ...

I have been experiencing problems when using my usb pen drives, when inserted vista finds the drives with no trouble and installs them fine, autoplay opens and lets me access the drive, however when i try ...

Folk'ses,I got a new Dell E521 with an AMD 64 X2 and 4GB of RAM. SInce Dell ships it with only 32bit system and went and bought a 64bit version (to actually be able to use the memory and CPU power).when I try to install the 64bit system, it "bluescreens" with either 0x7E or ...

I can no longer import pictures from my camera with Vista Premium. I connect the camera and click on 'Import Pictures Using Windows' and a box comes ...

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium with 2 users, Mine (Admin) and a second one (Standard User). I have a DSL Internet connection that was working just fine on my XP computer (same setup), but with Vista (brand new and completely different computer), it will only wor ...

Vista Home Premium 64bit on Intel Core 2 Duo 965 chipset. Whenever my internet connection is interrupted and then fixed, rarelyADSL, *ALL* 32bit applications no longer can connect to the internet. Whil ...

I have been unable to access my shared files from my home's XP machines to my Vista Ultimate machine. On the Vista machine, I have enabled the guest account, enabled all of the file sharing, enabled sharing to "everyone," "Guest," and anything else I could ...

Assuming normal security precautions are taken on both systems is Vista with UAC disabled any less secure that XP? ...

When I try to start windows fire wall i get a pop up telling me the service isn't running, and I tell the popup to start the service.It then says that the service has failed to start.It gives me the servicespecific error code 5. (0x5)Any ideas on how to fix this ...

I am trying to create new folders by either right clicking in desktop or a folder listed in My Computer. the only choice i get is new Briefcase. I can create from CMD window using mkdir. Doug ...

Hi, I have Windows Vista Ultimate and I got this error when I try to connect to any server and play online: "Connection attempting to remote host failed. Reason: TIMEOUT"I have enabled il2fb.exe and UDP port 21000 in the firewall, I have disabled user ...

If I were invilved in any way,with the creation of this program,or Vista for that matter,I would be embarrassed to admit it.I would be equally embarrassed that this site even existed. Pony ...

I have to say this new Mail program leaves a LOT to be desired ...Background: I had three identities in OE on XP. Migrated them all to Vista and Windows Mail a month or so ago. All was going fairl ...

Not wanting to denigrate any of my American friends out there, I find it strange that windows mail no longer has the option to adjust the language in the spell checker to Australian or UK english. There are many words in the english language that are not spelled the same way as ...

Windows Mail has quit sending the mail that I create. When clicking send and receive mail it "connects" and shows the receive and send mail functions but the emails are building in my outbox and will not go. can anyone suggest ...

I am looking to do a little tweaking on my computer over the next few months but i can only afford to do 1 componant at a time which should be my priority for reducing online game lag?upgrade from the NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller? upgrade fro ...

I know that the last thing people want to see is another startup question. But I am currently not having any problems with my computer. What I am trying to do is to r ...

I have an HP Photosmart 2575 Allinone printer. It has been printing pages from IE7 with no problems for a couple of months, using the drivers built into Vista Home Premium 32bit. Sometime between about 27th April and 5th May it stopped doing so. Now the p ...

I'm exasperated, I have tried to set permissions for files and folders setting full control for every category of user. I still cant open PaintShop and save a .bmp that will be visible in another application, Liberty BASIC in this instance. I have a projec ...

OK, so I run Windows Vista Ultimate. I have 3 partitions. One is drive C where all my important files and programs, etc. are. Then there's drive M. I created drive M specifically for media (that's where the M come ...

I am running VISTA HOME PREMIUM. Hi, I recustomized my links in my browser (IE7) and restarted my computer for the changes to take effect. When my computer restarted a desk top icon had disappeared but I cant for the life of me work out which one (i right clicked a ...

everytime i try and run the media center it keeps saying. windows media center has stopped working and then closes down. i've tried running it as administrato ...

I am unable to sync my calendar to my ipod. I also get a message that says "windows calendar has stopped working". Is there a problem with the calendar program in Windows Vista? I'm able to sync my pictures and address book to my ipod but not ...

I have just upgraded to Vista, and I am getting daily updates. The last lot is causing a problem in IE. I try to start it up and it does start. As soon as my homepage is found it just closes down. At the ...

The computer is set up with 4 users 3 of them are normal users and 1 is admin, if admin tries to log in on boot the computer does a memory dump and shutdown, if any other user logs in the computer works fine. if you try to do anything th ...

I have a sandisk Cruzer Micro USB drive and mistakenly allowed Windows to allocate all of the drive for Ready Boost. I would like to either turn Ready Boost off or find out how to reconfigure it to use less of the drive. ...

How can I get Vista to recognize my MSN email or Windows Live email, as my default email? ...

I like the "All news" folder. ...

I am having problems with my lap top and my 400GB external hard drive! I can see it in device manger but not in my computer!Please can some helpW4lla ...

Window explorer stops working and restarts ever time I try to open anything. Can't restore to a earlier date or open any window programs Internet explorer works fine. Bobby C ...

Windows Vista Ultimate includes a chess game so elegant and beautifully designed it would reduce even a cynical Bobby Fischer to tears. It's truly a magnificent work of art. ...

hi this is the first time for me on this site, so bear with me! i'm not very good on computers, but tryed to get microsoft windows help and support and it needed identification number, i clicked the link to sh ...

i'm competely confused i bought my laptop with a vista disc which i've just installed. i tried to activate but all it said was 'error code 0xC004E003.......have i done something wrong while i was insta ...

how much RAM dose vista use? ...

When I attempt to change folder name or file attribute, etc. I get message saying "You need permission or administrative permissin to do ....". How can I get these permission? ...

Hi.I have a problem with my new computer: Every time when I startup the machine I get this message:Problem caused by Ati2evxx.exe (Use System Configuration Utility to prevent this from running at startup)This problem was caused by Ati2evxx.exe ...

I use Sleep mode in Vista and on rare occasions (about 2 out of ten times no pattern seen so far) I would lose sound after the PC wakes up. All indications, including those in Device Manager, show normal. I restart the ...

I read in some site that I can use Vista for 120 days without having Key? Is that right and for which Vista version?RegardsGur ...

Still not possible here downunder to do a Windows Anytime Upgrade....anytime, like, soon, do you think?Rgds Rod Perth ...

I've seen an underwater type background in a few places for the Windows Media Center. Does anyone know how to change the background to this? Thanks. ...

I upgraded from Windows XP Media Center Edition to Windows Vista Premium Home Edition – which still has the functionality of Media Center. Unfortunately, some products (e.g. m ...

I have the MS wireless internet keyboard and installed the latest Vista version of Microsoft Keyboard (Intellitype pro 6.1). None of the hot keys on my keyboard work except the "sleep" button.Please help!Eddie G ...

everytime i boot my computer i have about 5 seconds before my computer crashes.is there ANYWAY to stop my computer from installing the driver within 5 seconds?i tried task manager(ending the task and process) msconfig ...

HiI'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it produces no result and rightclicking an ...

Just thought I'd throw my voice in. I joined this thread specifically as my new Windows Vista is not happy with my older Adobe Photoshop elements 5.OLE or my Adobe Premiere 6.0. Both older programmes, but suit my needs f ...

How do I found out my WEP key for my router? Ryonian ...

I just gave my grandson a new laptop as a graduation present. This laptop uses the Vista Home Premium operating system, and is a Gateway MT3418. Before turning this ...

Good day We have a network at work, with one server running on 2003, We have 8 Desktops running on XP, up to now the networking was perfect. Then the boss got a new Sony Vaio with Vista Business on it. I have changed the domain name on the Vista so that it is the sam ...

On my home network I have 4 networked computers. One of the computers is an XP Pro SP2 machine that is used as my music server, it has a shared folder with my music that a ...

OK Somewhat of a long story, but I'll try and give you the condensed version. I have a Windows Vista Ultimate desktop machine and a Windows Vista Business laptop, as well as a Windows XP Laptop. What has started happening is th