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When I used XP pro, I just turned on the computer and it opened to my desktop. With Vista Ultimate I always need to click on my administrator icon then it takes me to my desktop. Is there a way to do thi ...

I am in the process of upgrading my home network to Vista Home Premium. Upgraded my laptop, no problem (from XP Media Center 2003).My daughter's computer i ...

Hey guys,Having a bit of a problem. Here's the situation:My Internet works just great, so does my wireless printing, and so on. So, my problem is when I game on Halo ...

I'm running Windows Vista and the MMORPG Maplestory has compatibility issues running it. In other words, I can't get it to work. Are there any solutions for this? ...

I'm trying to setup my Mindows Mail with my Army knowledge Online mail and once it was setup it told me that there was an error and maybe I didn't have enough memory, but this is a brand new, pulled it out of the package today computer, it's probably not full. B ...

Can I Import MS Exchange .pst Files Into Vista Windows Mail?Up on Vista. LOVE IT. Wanting to access old Microsoft Exchange .pst files through Windows Mail. File>import > messages and choose message ...

I am trying to send a 2 minute video clip and when I click send it comes back with an error message that says: The message could not be send. There is not enough memory.What does t ...

I keep getting messages from shockwave.com, i've tried contacted them to get them to stop sending me mail. ...

i need help with setting up windows email in windows vista...when asked to choose pop3 or imap etc...i entered something incorrectly and can not send or recieve at microsft email address i as trying to set up. I was trying to email fro ...

i changed what i was told to and still not working below is what it saysThe host 'pop3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'pop3', Server: 'pop3', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket ...

I received this error message just now, used the Task Manager to close the program and restared it with no problems. Mail opened the message it couldn't moments before. I have 2 gigs of ram, 320 gig hard drive, nVidia 7300 video card. ...

Having the same problem as a lots others can't move address book from Outlook Express to Vista Windows Mail any help on this problem????????????????????Ron LaFlam ...

So hmmm... I am experiencing a weird lag in my translucent selection rectangle when I go to click and drag my mouse on my desktop. I've done a bit of research and tried the 'untick retick' solution but it doesn't work for me. To get a better 'p ...

I want to print pages doublesided. However, everytime I use this option, my printer ends up printing an "Instructions for TwoSided Printing" page, which it never did b ...

We have 2 Vista Ultimate machines that get printer spooler errors when adding network printers from a 2003 Server via bat file. Have to go and restart printer spooler service to add more printers. Anyone else having the same issue or know a fix?Here is a sample of the bat file we run:@r ...

Dell does not have their act together. I have a 1815dn printer that works fine with XP. Dell's website claims the driver (updated 1/19/07) is Vista compatable but it is not. I spent several hours with their tech support with no resolution. Several days la ...

1. Does the automatic backup setting include files under the "public" directory? 2. Vista Backup and Restore has a question "When should I create a new, full backup?" that is a link. Clic ...

Hi all,I have a Toshiba A135S4427 Notebook that came preinstalled with Vista Home Premium. I want to use Partition Magic ver8 to repartition the HDD into 3 total partitions, in other words I want to creat 2 additional partitions.I read on ...

How can I keep different screen resollutions for different users? ...

Hi,i have a mail in the outpost and cannot delete it, after a crash. What can i do?Heini ...

I bought a new HP officejet 7310. It would not allow me to install the software that came with the printer. I am stuck with an allinone machine that will basically only print. I can scan but it will only import as a ..tff. Any suggestions? ...

Hello guys,I have a machine that had Windows Vista on it. The customer was unhappy, so I tried to use his "Windows XP Media Center 2005" install media to install MCE 2005 on his machine. However, when I went through the XP setup, it did ...

I did a Vista upgrade over a OEM Windows XP computer and I'm not happy with this. Now I want to do a clean installation in order to have the option of which OS to use. Can I use my Recovery CD , format my hard disk so OEM Windows XP is installed back ...

I log on to You Tube to view video, You Tube tells me I need Flash Player. I go to Adobe web site and download latest flash player. It tells me download and install was successful. I still can't view videos on You Tube. Anyone have a clue? Is t ...

Hi all, I have a compaq laptop with Windows Vista Basic pre installed. It has a built in network card. I have ADSL modem which I have connected to my laptop via USB. The following problem occrus regardless if I connect via US ...

Vista will open programs on the hard drive with no intervention but when I want some address on the web there is an error message that comes up in a long narrow box telling me that I have mi ...

I have some graphics files (.smp) and when I do a search, nothing comes up. I know they are there because I can navigate to them and there are a lot of t ...

I _think_ I understand the reasoning behind virtualisation of Program Files (and other system folders) is to make older applications work with the new security. But why are the virtualised files stored on a peruser basis, rather than somewhere accessible to ...

For standard user accounts that have parental controls turned on, halo for PC cannot host a server or connect via internet for multiplayer games. It can retrieve a list of server fine, it just won't connect to a game. Administrator account works fine. Standard user ...

You ca delete all Junk Email by clicking on the address ,and then tools ,select all. and the click on Delete. ...

Hi all I have just installed a new mobo. (Intel D945PVS) I have never had this problem before with intel board or other brands. I have Vista installed on SATA 0, Storage on SATA 1, XP on sata 2. On my other boards I could use ...

I have been trying to install Vista Ultimate for a few weeks now without success. My hardware is compatible with Vista (this was confirmed by my retailer as well). Here's the situation: I am running Windows 2000 Professional right now. ...

Hi, I succeeded to set up a local network via a wireless connection between a labtop (Vista) and a PC (ME)Both PC´s sees each other, and Vista tot ME is working perfectlyWhen trying to access the Vista PC on the ME i have to give a networkpassword?It is for sure not the one of the admini ...

I am using Vista Home Premium, and I am having problems with Vista intermittently "blocking" access to the internet. Without any warning, inter ...

I upgraded my OS from Windows XP to Windows Vista. now FS won't run. I can get plane on runway ready for takeoff but nothing from there. Any suggestions? ...

I have searched high and low on how to get Vista to share a printer with XP machines and not disable Printer Preferences on the vista machine. I found a support article on the Vista web page that said Vista re ...

I have vista office and when I am on the browser and want to copy a line that is on the web site I am at to paste in a word document or on a new web page to do a search it won copy so I can paste. I have never had a problem with this till going to V ...

I just rec'd an error message that my last automatic backup to drive D failed because of insufficient space. I am directed to delete files. I jump through hoops, 'more options', ...

Hi Guys,I have an ATI 1650 that worked great with dreamscene, on dual monitor briliantly, howerver ET wouldnt so I went out and bought a GForce 7600 and ...

My old laptop (Win XP Pro) has two drives (60 GB each), while my new laptop has two, but they are divided differently (10 GB and 150 GB). But when I try the "Easy Transfer", it wants t ...

I had very satisfying experience with Vista for about a month, then my motherboard died. I'm in the process of trying to recover.I upgraded the moth ...

I need help with instaling my ny scanner ...

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I have some old .nws files of sent newsgroup posts that are dated 2001. I don't remember what version of OE I was using with Windows 2000, but they are not .dbx files. ...

I have a new PC with Windows Vista Premium and Windows Mail. I imported my address book and now some mail is rejected as undeliverable when sending via Yahoo. I know the addresses are correct and when I go to my Hotmail account the same mail to the same ad ...

Is there a secret for configuring WinMail to import Newsgroups from services external to Microsoft? Comcast customers use GigaNews but I have been unsuccessful connecting with WinMail. ...

After about an hour's use (mostly IE& browsing) I can no longer do the following: Open new browser windows Open programs from the Start menu (though they are visible ans ...

Hi, I ordered a new puter with Vista Home Premium and just saw that it will not have the full disk backup or diskimage feature.This means that I have to look for a program myself and I need some advice.What program should I go for ?Thanks Geo ...

I just bought a new Dell computer with Vista preinstalled. Previously I used AOL and used the preinstalled AOL here as well, but the modem is dogslow. It says it i ...

i am about to run up my new vista unit and would like to transfer the programmes from my current xp without having to reinstall every driver eg; printer ,broadband, etc ...

I installed vista home primium on my Sony laptop.VGNFS28GP My media player can not be switched to analog mode. If I go to Synch further options I find the option to change but when I t ...

I have an XP Media center service pack 2 desk top.The printer on it is an HP 2210 all in one, attached via USB port.I now have a laptop with Vista Home Premium. I am running, both direct wired and wirelesss network through a router provided by my DSL provider.The netw ...

i have problen in windows vista that i tra to connect it to windows 2000 server as client in domain bu the windows can't join it ghive me deffernt messge the fir ...

Can I turn off the option for locking the desktop everytime I leave the computer for a few minutes? I don't want to reenter my password everytime I come back to use my system? ...

there were times where I was the master of my own computer. Windows Vista seems to be in control of my digital destiny. It decides which of my files I can edit or cannot edit. For example, I downloaded a patch for a game, and as the sole p ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate and trying to play Halo 1.07, now Halo it self plays fine if not better than it did on XP but my problem is that while in game I can't use othe ...

I just set up an INSPIRON 1501 with a Dell AIO 946 printer. It will print items from the screen, but will not print any emails. If I shut everything ...

I'm running Vista Enterprise, and my offline files service will not start.The event view shows the following error when I try and start it:The Offline Files service ...

How can I tell which version of Messenger I am running? ...

My problems and solutions program has stopped reporting my problems. Even manually they show as unreported. Have reached my limit mabe? (125) After a shareing of the screen with MS help. nothing has worked, any ...

Ok I bought this outrageously expensive Sony laptop a few days ago and the install of Vista + Sony junk software it came with was buggy beyond belief. I was getting various reproducable crashes and errors (one was "windows explorer has stopped working", another wireless netwo ...

When I pop in a finalized, write once cdr, Windows Explorer opens up and lists the files on the CDR and then has a bottom section that is titled "files waiting to be written& ...

Movie make won't let me import my mp3 files to my project. It states C:\Users\Michelle\Music\Little Big Town Boondocks.mp3 could not be imported. Unspecified errorPlease help. What am I doing wrong! Vista is killing me. ...

This is a single sata drive. Vista home premium . Not an update. The marching ants stalls in the box at the bottom of the screen. I reboot and most the time it will bootup. I have used the repair my computer. Defragged, I have not reinstalled Vista. ...

I have lately been having an issue with Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista and downloading files. As of late, IE7 has not been prompting me about whether to Open or Save document files, or to Run or Save applications. What's the deal, and what ...

With windows xp if I clicked on open in new tab the pdf document would open in IE and I could read it. For some reason this does not work on Vista ... I am using Acrobat 8... Any Ideas? Kevin ...

Can I use Windows Easy Tranwsfer to transfer files and settings from my old Windows XP computer to my new Windows Vista computer if both computers are connected us ...

I have converted my Outlook Express mail folders to WinMail in Vista and need to roll back the OS to Windows XP. I want to backup my mail folders but the export wizard in Vista is not working for some reason. Any thoughts on how to back this folders up so ...

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I have a ATI 9200 SE with 256 Megs DDR I am looking for a good low cost Card that will give me AREO What is the Spec that AREO need to work, Is directX 9.0 Help please Tony ...

I have tried everything, doublechecked everything, but it just won't work. Folders are shared properly, drivers are installed, settings are correct, even in the Vista network checklist page...Does anyone know of a resource that deals with PeertoPeer printer sharing with Vista a ...

The information provided is only to gain perspective about the problems regaurding the latest update patch from micrsoft.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39249dslreports.com/shownews/82781 ...

Here's something nice from Adobe, to brighten the day of anyone who has previously bought licences for Adobe products on XP, and now runs Vista:Q. Will Adobe update currently available products to support Windows Vista? A. Adobe has an extensive portfolio of products, each with differen ...

I have a Dell XPS laptop w/ a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 video card and Vista Premium. I want to have 2 external displays (not using the laptop LCD). I planned to have the 1 vga port on the laptop to displa ...

hi i have a Acer Aspire 5000 series notebook but i have a trouble with my audio i installed de audo driver and all is ok but the trouble is with the microphone i can' ...

Hello People,I have a New Toshiba Notebook A135 with Vista Premium (English, USA), installed. It came with a 120GB HDD. I 'removed' all the junk game programs from Wild Tanget and when I did a 'properties' on the "C" drive it a ...

I recently purchased a new computer w/ Vista Small Business. It has a Mitsumi 3.5" floppy drive (IDE) and Vista wont recognize it at startup. I can force to see it if I plug in a Teac USB 3.5" drive and restart Vista. In system it shows the ...

Hello everyone, i just upgraded my OS to Vista, got Go7200 driver form microsoft update,but my laptop is black screen random, it worked just fine on XP. Thanks ...

If just upgraded to Vista Ulimate from XP Pro SP2 and I get a blank desktop with a functioning mouse pointer after I logon. I'm able to get to the task manager and and other options like switching user et ...

Please someone help me. I just downloaded Vista(Upgrade) and now my screen jumps like mad! It is like there is a power surge and my screen is trying to shut off then comes back on at just the last minute. Please help. Hubby will be very upset is I spent ...

iv just done a clean install with vista.I now want to reinstall the drivers for my motherboard, so i insert the disc. However when i try to run the disc, there is an error message saying 'failed to fix security' then eventually t ...

I am using IE7pro to change proxy settings quickly. Unfortunately this feature of IE7pro no longer works under Vista, when IE runs in Protected Mode. How can I allow IE7pro, without generally disabling protected mode? Is there a way to m ...

I need to print my group addresses. Can anyone tell me how. I have 67 different groups with over 1400 names. So far I am not an admirer of Winmail. Give me my OE anytime. Never had a problems. ...

I had one of those just a few minutes ago after just installing the Vista upgrade yesterday saw a comment on a Judy having a solution read it and freaked:{ What a lot of work so this mail was in a folder of mail that I save made a ...

Dear All, I am now using Windows Vista Home Basic on my computer, but I met a trouble with printing on Windows Mail by shared printer (which is connected directly with my colleague's computer. My computer and her computer are connected by Local ...

Hi!Which is th difference between a striping volume and a spanning volume?talking about 2 hds, from what I have learned, striping: a file is divided into stripes and stripes are written across the 2 disk. ...

Every time i try to burn a DVD it stops at 0.8% of the encoding sequence and sends a popup saying an error has occured thats it. Any ideas? This is quite annoying as i can't even glean what the source of the problem may be due to the ambiguous nature of the error dialogue. =/Thanks. ...

I noticed today that I could not use the Aero flip screen. When I went into the Window Color and Appearance settings, there was not even a choice to switch to the ...

Is this strictly a software problom or is it a 'Vista' problem ... If that makes any sense. I only seem to run into this error when I (actually my mom) run this software. :) She's not techy at all and I'm at a loss.ProductPartyGaming MFC ApplicationProblemStopped ...

Please see my original posting and some of the replies, which are selfexplanatory. Please send an answer to this question, which is a problem experienced by many of your users. Thanks. ...

A Microsoft Rep. that was in the development team that answered tech support calls during the Beta Testing for Vista mentioned to me that the so called "Start Button" ...

hellogot my new vista few days ago along with a mostly new setup. liking it all so far. only windows ive used really feels slick pity about the memory usage!anywayscant get any sound ...

please help me...i don't know much about computers besides the basic use. I tried installing a music software and it seems my computer wouldn't allow it and ...

I have Vista and my D drive is almost full. I believe its because of backups. I bought more Ram, deleted files and finally tryed to delete all before my latest restore poi ...

I recently bought a laptop with Vista Business. Since then, I cannot access the some of websites. For example mymail.yorku.ca. I have no problem with opening this page on my other computers with Windows XP with IE6 and IE7 ...

I reinstalled Vista Ultimate. Now, the personalization control panel (what used to be desk.cpl) is missing or just won't load! Can I extract it from the setup cabs? Which file(s) are the ones do I look for? piaqt ...

blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=378Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fastbooting operating system. Fast, as in cold boots that were 50 percent faster than those possible with Windows XP? Something obviously went ...

to "Using the Vista OS ZIP decompressor produces two problems. 1. Often though not always, using the right click context menu to Extract all..results in an error message "The extracti ...

hey Ok i just bought Vista Home Premium, it installs fine until the Completing process where in the range of 60%70% done it restarts and then tries to boot up Vista, where i get a quick flash of a BSOD and another restart. i disabled the restart on error opt ...

Hi, I cannot open the mpgfiles that I made with my photocamera any longer. This worked pretty well in XP, not in Vista anymore.Help ! I have lots of them, what should I do ?Thanks ...

I have always understood that old graphics drivers must be uninstalled before you install the new ones. But when you do this with Vista, and then reboot, Vista immediately installs its generic drivers, leaving you ...

I am using vista ultimate, on Asus A8NVMCSM Motherboard. PC has no floppy drive and I am attempting to use a USB Floppy drive (Lacie Pocket USB FDD Myfloppy3). Upon co ...

I installed 64bit OEM on my newly assembled system tinyurl.com/33pzjg which has a single 1gb PC5300 stickjust two days ago. I am waiting for a 2nd 1gb memory stick to come in before a ...

I am unable to convert AVI or make an AVI file into a DVD in Roxio 9 or Windows DVD Maker in Vista. It doesn't recognize AVI files as a valid format. Help Please. ...

With my old XP machine when I ripped a CD and wasn't online it was classed as "unknown artist". Later when connected to the net, all these unknown folders would magically transform to the appropriate titles etc, including CD cover. My machine did this automatically as soo ...

Hi, I have an HP m7160n that I did a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate. Before it was running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Now that it is running Vista, the sound doesn't work. The only thing in the devi ...

For some reason, Windows Vista (Ultimate 6.0.6000) is not letting me change the MAC address of a DLink DWLG510 wireless PCI adapter.If I make the change, reboot, and bring up the adapter Properties (through Devic ...

I attempted to use the file and settings transfer wizard on an xp machine, and it froze at 3%. So I tried a few more times before giving up on it completly and it failed everytime at 3%. Now I have the problem of creating a user profile on my vista, as the accounts the FAS ...

Hi,I have a new computer with Windows Vista and the email box is not the same as Outlook Express (it's called windows mail). When I get a message from a contact, that belongs to one of my groups, and I want to transfer ...

I upgrade my XP PRO to VISTA, and I can's use "windows fax and scan" on vista now. It appears that "Windows fax and scan cannot run as it cannot access your documents folder.Please ensure that windows fax and scan can access that folder". Because I ...

Mon ordinateur (windows vista) ne trouve pas les pilotes pour le scanner acerscan620u prisa? Que doisje faire? ...

Will we soon have a group for ie7 OE? There is one for ie6 OE.Oh, well I'll ask here then ie7 has a huge conflict with HP's Director software used for some of their scanners and all in one machines from the early '90s such as my scanjet 4570c. When ...

Gentlemen stop trying to get the software to work with Vista, ain't going to happen. Yet another Third Party software vendor, that has to come up with a fix. This appears all the time as you wel ...

I have two computersone upgraded from XP to Vista Business and one with XP, SP2 connected to a Linksys router. Both machines are up to date on patches. I shared drives and folders on each machine and put them both in a wo ...

I have three mikes of assorted styles (none headsets) that I have tried with Windows Speech Recognition and none has generated an accepted test. Does it HAVE to be a recommended headset for this feature to work?? I broke my right arm so this would be a huge plus right now for me !!!!!!TIA ...

How do I make Yahoo Mail as my default. In XP, you had to install Yahoo Messenger which would add Yahoo Mail into the choices of email programs to set default. This apparently ...

Rick,Several weeks back you said you would get a reading from MS about using the Vista host license for a virtual system. As you'll recall, there was a long thread about this.Any word from MS ?Thanks,Bob S. ...

Can Windows Media Player 9 or 10 be loaded on a system running Vista and will they work? ...

If I insert a game in my dvdrom I get the dreaded blue screen with an error that it tried to open a thread that was not it's own and windows must shut down. OS vista home premium 32 bit Games Company of Heroes and Battlefield 2 complete collection. Just to add a little drama ...

I copied all my filess from previous PC to a DVD and then copied from that to my new PC w/Vista. My Excel files get the following error: "This file is not in a recognizable format." If I click for it to go ahead, it will "open" the file with proper header but no date ...

Has anybody noticed how Windows Vista takes longer to calculate how long it will take to transfer a file from one drive to another, than it does to actually trans ...

after installing vista premium my epson r300 was recognised and the in box driver installed but will not print. when i do send info to print the printer goes straight to error. i hav ...

Hi Folks. I was noticing that some MS certs are strating to come out for Vista and saw that measure up had a practice test for one of them. Going through the demo questions I saw a question regarding the popups from UAC. The que ...

Hi,My Windows Media Player 11 cannot play WAV file. If I play it, it just load it up and sit there doing nothing. No error.Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...

I'm trying to get a handle on searching in vista. My system is a relatively decent performer (Core 2 Duo E6300, 2 GB ram, hardware raid, ...) Here are some numbers.Desktop ...

I WANT TO HAVE MY PRINTERS AND CONNECTION OPTIONS IN THE RIGHT PANE ACT AS A MENU BUT THERE IS NO OPTION FOR THIS IN VISTA. I TRIED BUT IT JUST LISTS THESE TWO WITH NO OPTIONS. ANY SUGGESTIONS?CAROL ...

I download the latest limewire 4.12.11. It opens fine but every time to use it my internet connection shuts off. No warning or reasoning given. Please tell me why. Thanks! ...

You need *some* experience with notepad and device manager for this to work.After trawling the net for a solution and finding none that worked, I thought of my own.This is only for VISTAUninstall your code 10/19 devices in Device ManagerOpen Notepad and copy the text below***********Copy B ...

,OK...so, I have reinstalled Home Premium on my computer, but have lost access to the D: where it is partitioned iinto Music, Video, Pictures, and Backups. Looking in disk management says it is offline and I have tryed to put them back online. Tried Windows interface and comma ...

I have 4 SATA hard drives installed. Is it possible to have 2 Vista and 1 XP loaded on 3 separate hard drives and boot from either of the three? Thank youHDR ...

I just upgraded from XP to Vista and now Media center just hangs when I try to use it to play a DVD. I can play the DVD using WMP 11 or Dell Media Direct, so it's not the video card. In general I'm getting a lot of error messages when using Media Center. ...

I have a client with a oneway satellite Internet connection, which uses USB. That host PCs NIC is connected to a Belkin Wireless router and 3 other PCS us ...

I am the administrator on a Vista Home Premium laptop. I set it up so that anyone can use this computer just to test this...when I see a folder that has a short cut arrow on it and I click on it, it gives me the access denied popup. can anyone tel ...

I used to be able to insert an item such as an email message or draft by selecting Insert, Item and then selecting the item. This is no longer an option that I can tell? How can I do this with Vista mail? ...

1. Install a printer driver on Windows XP 2. Share this printer 3. Logon another VISTA client via Buildin Administrator 4. Drag this printer from the share printer.==> Vista will pop up an error message that "c ...

Vista Startup shows multiple entries for the same programs. If you delete one entry, you delete all entries. There are multiple instances of several programs running. Example: I have ...

I am trying to reinstall a HP printer Photosmart 7760 on my new Vista Ultimate PC. I have resolved the compatability issues, but programme still won't run because it claims I am not administrator with adminstrator's righ ...

I know this is off topic, however, I thought someone here might know. I'm looking for a wireles router with a very lengthy range. It is possible to get a router with a ...

Recently my vista premium 64 stopped going to sleep automaticly like I have set up. I did not change any settings or add anything that I can think of. It worked since the program first came out but about a week ago just stopped. I can go ...

I developed a system error & now I get a boot config menu, can anyone tell me how to get rid of the menu & boot straight into Vista.CheersCraig ...

I tried it... gave it a go.. at first things seemed to work ok...after I installed a few hefty VISTA COMPATIBLE applications... the crawling commenced...All drivers were also from vista itself.. I ...

HiTrying to run a DOS program from a BAT file in Vista but I get the folowing message"This sytem doesn't support fullscreen mode. Chose close to terminate the application"Is there a way to fix this so I can run the program? Thanx ...

Hi I would like to know if I can install 64bit over 32bit. Or can I do a repair and install 64bit. I found out today my Pentium4 processor is 64bit. Its a 630 processor. Any help would be appreciated. I have 3gb ram. Thanks. John ...

Hello,I'm running 64bit Vista Business Edition and am looking for a USB to IrDa device to use with my mobile phone.When I was running XP Pro I used a MosChip MCS7780 device which was perfect, but it doesn't work with Vista, and there ar ...

Well every time it open it configures. No problem that it takes 5 mins every time you wish to use it.In keeping with the general MS product quality this is quite pos ...

have any of you seen all of these bios hacks for activating vista? i was wondering why these people dont get sent to jail (the ones who made them). or is it legal to make just not to use? ...

Could someone please tell me what the normal operating temperature of an AMD Athlon 64X2 4200+ is? I have searched everywhere, including these forums, for an answer but cannot find one. I have al ...

Windows Vista Media Center users, take note:windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/04/24/windowsvistamediacenteruserstakenote.aspxFrom Nick White's BlogCH ...

Hi,I am living in Germany at the moment, but I would prefer to buy Vista in English rather than in German. If I was to buy a Home Premium version in the German language, and then use an English Home Premium install disk, would this accept my lice ...

Hi. i got the new virtual PC 2007 and the free xp download from microsoft. When i ran it, it said: "Windows NT has not found enough extended memory". Can somebody help me? thx. P.S. I have vista ...

Hi To extract/edit .WIM files a small command line tool is needed, namely ImageX. It works as following: A .WIM file needs to be mounted to a existing directory, which means the contents of t ...

How do I make Windows Media Player 11 have a "clear" effect? Thanks and please answer, Nick. ...

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When attempting to delete, edit or look at any Contacts I get a "Windows Explorer has Stopped Working Windows is Checking for a Solution to the Problem". It cannot ...

is there a way to save only the(p.e.) jpg or pps attached to a post instead to save the associated html ? or people has OE, WM bad configured ? SaludosAntonio ...

I have recently upgraded to Vista, and i really like the new look. I don't have any performance issues when running normally, but when i work with graphics, the software starts to lag.I understand that large graphics tend to slow down the system. However, from what i'm seeing o ...

Every time I boot or reboot Vista Ultimate, it runs chkdsk on my CDrive. This takes a considerable time almost 1 hour. For some reasons my usb keyboard is disabled in this process and I therefore cannot cancel it. After ...

We upgraded to Vista Home Premium and now I have a problem with a memory stick I use as a backup for a couple files I routinely change. Specifically when I go to save a f ...

I dont want to loose all of them again so 1. how do i back them up in vista?2. Where are they stored (the full path please) ...

Hi allJust mucking around today, began DOS prompt as admin: cd\ into root of c Drive. Issued dir d*.* command Expected a list of all documents and folders in the root of C starting with the letter D, and instead got this:C:\>dir d*.* Volume in driv ...

I am trying to use Team Speak and I don't seem to be able to get enough Volume for people to hear me. Windows XP has a mic boost is there one in Vista Ultimate 64? This was a nice thing XP. ...

HI,When I click on any of the links, underlined blue text to find out more info. Example the blue under lined text on the System restore window saying How do I choos ...

After upgrading to Vista, I now have to remove and and reinstall some of my software programs.Instructions for the reinstallation emphasize that ALL Tasks and most processes in Task Manager should be ended before starting the installation.However, the instructions p ...

Hi all, We have a Desktop PC and a Laptop both running XP and using a LAN the Laptop is wireless. We want to get a laptop running Vista to replace the old one. Someone said that you can't ...

Hi,We're using a third party application that keeps its preference files in "program files\appname" etc.. We are doing some qualifying testing u ...

I have Vista Premium on my HP laptop. If I download or create a zip file, and I go to move it or delete it, windows explorer shuts down then comes back up. As long as my mouse doesn't get near it it's fine, but if I merely hover the mouse over the fil ...

If you've been experiencing internet dropping, hanging, ect. on Vista, you're not alone. I was ready to throw the thing in the trash. I finally fixed it by going to the Net ...

ok so i use readyboost (and have for a while) but recently it keeps crashing to a BSOD and restarting. any ideas on how to solve this? ...

Hi,I have Vista Home Premium and 5 User Accounts for the family.I was thinking of buying a second hard drive and have all users save their files/documents to there.I could then do a daily/weekly backup of that drive to an external h ...

I was just reading a thread on removing XP.. I just want to map out my configuration and make sure I do this correct. I have two hard drives. Xp is on the original. the new second int ...

Hi guys,Just wondering, when deleting a file (move it to recycle bin) anywhere on my computer everything is fine and fairly quick.When I then try to delete (empty) recycle bin it takes forever, 45 seconds is not rare before the confirmation b ...

For a while I could restart the computer and they would show up. I installed Vista Home Premium in January. Now they won't show up at all in Computer or Device Manager. The only thing that shows up under Removable Storage Devices is the Flo ...

Am using Vista Home Premium. From the onset, Movie Maker never worked properly at saving projects. Even if I create a new "test" project with only one JPG in it, I cannot save that project. Neither File > Save Project nor File > Save Project As displays the expected ...

When i booted my computer today i had no connection to the internet or home network. I tried resetting the connection but with no success. I cant even connect to the router settings webpag ...

OK, I have an Intel DG965OTM board with an E6600, 2Gb Kingston RAM, and an Inno3D 8800GTX card if it matters.9 out of ten times when I'm copying a decent size file from a network share (the one I'm having trouble with now is 6 ...

I have had to replace my desktop I had offline association at that time I replaced desktop gave it the same name but changed file locations to a usb drive now I have to sets of offline associations how do I delete the one that does not ex ...

A client of mine has just bought 2 new desktops and two new notebooks. I set up the Dimension 9200 with no problem and it is on the Internet through a Netgear router. I started working on the XPS noteboo and I cannot get it onto the Internet either through a wire o ...

I have been looking at the user picture facility in Vista. I have been able to set a picture for myself that appears at logon screen and when I lock the computer.My question is, can this image (or a link to it) be stored in active directory so that if a user logs o ...

I'm new to Windows Mail. Every time I send an email, it sends TWO of them. Can anybody tell me how to stop this? Patty ...

Click message to remove, in deleted items. Right click bin ( deleted items ) on left. left click 'deleted items' folder in drop down menu and delete one at a time. kd ...

The contacts I deleted are still showing up when I click on the 'TO' field in a new message. Can anyone help get rid of the deleted ones permanantly?Thanks. ...

Everytime I send a phot from Windows Photo Gallery, there appears the below automatic messgae. "Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: 010Note: To protect against computer viruses, email programs may prevent s ...

Is is possible to select just one email address out of a group to send to. Its nice to be able to send to the entire group, but what about just one individual? Can it be done without ...

I cant send email because my Outbox has a message that "message could not be sent. An error has occurred". What can I do to purge this email in orde ...

I have stoppped receiving emails even though I have confirmed that I am still connected to the internet. When I press the send/recieve tab on the tool bar, it starts working like it usually does and then disconnects very qui ...

I have reinstalled vista home premium. All the old system has been put into a file called old windows. I found the contacts easy enough, but am unable to find my old email messages. They do ...

Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28% during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk check? TIA ...

i have a windows vista bussiness.when i go to the taskbar and starter menu properties, "show window previews (thubnails)" is shaded gray. Is there a was to unshade this and enable it? ...

Hi: In IE6 when you went to Full Screen (F11) and selected the Favorites icon, the drop down box could be unpinnned allowing the Favorites box to move offscreen to the left after secting a favorite, then it would reappear ...

For complex windows we are running into limtations of number of windows we create. Some of our FrameWindows have hundreds ... of Controls. At the end , 'CreateWindow ...

I adjusted the font size to 120 dpi, then I did not like it so I changed it back to 96 dpi but it never come back as it was. The font size of the window title bars, context menus (right click menus), start menu, etc has become samller comp ...

2 billion people pressing on UAC buttons 10 times a day average for 3 years until the next windows comes out gives us:20 billions clicks a day times 3 years or 1095 days is appro ...

Who Knows about a generic driver for video card thats suport DVD creation in Vista Ultimate? I receive message thats my video card not suport this. I need a generic drive.Helps please.Afonso02 ...

When I try to open Outlook, having just installed the Vista upgrade, I get an error message which suggests that I install IE5 or later and need Outlook Express to use Outlook. When I try to install Outlook Express I get a message to say that I have the latest version installed with Vi ...

Hi! I have to connect to a L2TP VPN using a preshared key. This works well with Windows XP clients, but it doesn't work with any Vista clients.In Vista I get an error 789 ...

Yesterday, I had Outlook Express v6 and converted to Vista and Windows Mail today. Using OE6, I could access thousands of newsgroups (I joined several Star Trek groups). However, with Vista, I can only see Microsoft Communities groups. How ...

I have several mails in my inbox and my Junk mail folder. I already deleted them, but they are still there. I can select them, but I can't move or delete them. First it was 1 mail, but right now there are ...

Is there a good free yenc decoder that integrates with windows mail? ...

O.K I am trying to install my Fax and scan, followed the following instructions; Modem installed is Agere V.92 Data &Fax Modem Version 8.36After Choose Modem name got this when pressing Next>Error "Th ...

Where can I find the file to view the contents of the clipboard??? I've searched the Product Solution Centers in Vista for Clipboard Viewer and apparently it has never heard of it. I've searched the Windows folder and couldn't find ...

how can I change the wallpaper (background) in Vista's Media Center? ...

Has anyone had any luck in installing Omnipage SE, for a Canon LIDE 80, in Vista?I have been chasing around in circles Canon say do not install from CD, which it wont anyway, as it 'reports process interrupted' but not what:((Nuance Omnipage SE upgrade says to install t ...

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Anyone know how to make font changes while dictating in Word 2007 with Vista Speech Recognition? Bold, underline, italics, etc. ...

all of sudden I notice I don't have aero,it worked before I have a navidia 7600gt card and I have vista home premium,what happen? ...

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 differe ...

Have VISTA Ultimate on one computer and XP SP2 on other...computers are networked but not via peer to peer. Am having trouble trying to sync MY DOCS using VISTA SYNC CENTER.....what am I doing wrong? ...

Just installed Vista. Whenever I try downloading a pdf file, Windows Internet Explorer locks up. What can I do to solve this problem? ...

I initially got a rating of 1 using Vista Ultimate on my PC with the low number due to the video card. I upgraded my card with no problem but now I cannot update my score. I click the update link and it starts but just stalls with the indicator about 510% of the way th ...

When I do a virus scan I get this virus is on my computer. My virus protection doesn't remove it. It tells me it is in:C:\Users\Marian\AppData\Local ...

Hello i need help, everytime i click on help and support from the start menu, i get an error message saying "internet explorer cannot download from /Help"Does anyone have a solution.I have vista ultimate, just updated malicious soft ...

I bought a supposedly readyboost compatible flash drive yesterday. From the MS web site, it says that when inserted, there will be a message on the screen to either use the drive as a booster, or use it as a normal drive. There is NO m ...

Hi all. After recently installing my new VISTA software I have had "sectglobalmail.exe has stopped working" continually poping up. Can anyone help me with this problem? ...

Guys i need help. My product id looks like this: 12345OEM123456712345. What does that OEM stand for? It's urgent! Thanks! ...

How come Vista didn't even make it in the top 100 Best Products? Nice to see #16.pcworld.com/article/id,131935page,13/article.htmlLove and Kisses, Doris My Microsoft Hero (he loves this company!) .. ...

IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME PLEASE!!! I JUST UPGRADE MY DESKTOP FROM OLD ATHLON XP BASE WITH WINDOWS XP PRO TO ATHLON 64 X2 BASE WITH VISTA HOME BASIC EDITION CLEAN INSTALL. I HAVE 2 (TWO) 250GB WD HA ...

I notice that Windows mail rules are stored in a different place than in XP and it seems to be in a place where all rules would apply to all users. Actually, it is und ...

I have been successfully using Vista Ultimate x64 for a few months now and I have had few (if any) problems until now. Now for some reason whenever I open a new window (such as when I compose a new email), the new window auto ...

I have a website that I post word documents to. I used Word 2003 until recently and I would write the document then when I would save it, I would &quo ...

I have a Vista PC in the living room with a webcam and I was wondering if anyone knows of good remote monitoring software that I could use to monitor the room while I am away from home?Cheers.Bob ...

In some cases, I work on confidential MSWord and Excel documents that reside on the computer only temporarily, and it is important that no residue remain behind.I've just learned that Vista makes "shadow" co ...

I have a green vertical line seperateing my sidebar from the rest of the screen that is aways there. shows up over top of all other applications as well and I can't figure out how to remove it. any suggestions?? thanks ...

I have the Nvidia graphics card and the manufacturer of the computer says there is a conflict with the Nvidia drivers and Vista that is causing my problem. The problem is that the mouse and keyboard will not wake the computer even though they are properly set to do so. Apparnetly, th ...

I have a new computer from Dell that has Windows Vista installed. I was installing some programs and updates from my old system, and all of a sudden my computer crashed and everytime I tr ...

Whichever screensaver that I choose to use, it fails to start. Two additional points:[1] the screensaver used to work I've had my new pc since Feb but it stopped working about 2 weeks ago[2] I've noticed that if I lock the pc (CTRL+ALT+DEL, Lock Co ...

I have recenly made hardware changes to my pc which necessitated a reinstallation of Windows XP and Micrsoft Office 2003. I did have some trouble with Micrsoft Update once I'd installed Office but following a reinstallation of Windows Vista upg ...

Hi,I'm getting an Activation Error when I try to activate my Vista Home Premium upgrade.I was running XP Pro previously and the installer said I had to do a clean instal ...

Whenever I use the slideshow feature in windows vista, it crashes either before the first picture even appears or soon after. Vista automatically restarts explorer at this point. I tried fixing the problem and it appears that this happens only when viewing pictures taken by my sister's Casi ...

Ok after downloading the correct version directly fom the zune website my player wouldn't update the firmware so I found a friend with the software installed on an xp, signed in as a guest and updated my firmware on the Zune ...

Okay I have tagged all my photos in Windows Photo Gallery. But when I go to windows media center it shows about 100 photos that i have not tagged. I don't understand what is going on. I look through the photos and know that i have tagged them. Any help ...

Hi I am running Vista HP on machine 1 and XPSP2 on machine 2 and 3. Both machine 2 and 3 (XP) can access files and folders that are shared on Machine 1 (Vista) Vista can connect to machine 2 and map the drive, but cannot create folders, or paste documents from machine 1. This worked wit ...

I have 3 computers in a workgroup 2 XP SP2 and one Vista. The XP computers could always see the Vista computer and could access particular shared folders on it, but trying to access the C: drive at the root ( ...

My key board wont let me write any txt , which has stop me being able to login to my main account . I can get in to guest account but i have everything on the main one. how can i get my keyboard working so i can get in to the main account. ...

how do i create a form, attach it to an email for completion by the recipient, it will need to have check boxes, areas for text insertion etc... to return to me? I have been working on this all day and i am clueless! I have windows vista and office 2007 by the way. ...

Greetings everyone!I have some technical problems with the game; CS:S.Steam can find all servers without any problems, but when I try to connect to a server, it trys 4 times and than it says it faild connecting to server (Ingame) What's wrong?I allowed it in my firewall... ...

How do I convert Outlook 2003 mail files to Vista Windows Mail? My OE 2003 files are on an XP desktop and my windows mail is on a Vista notebook. ...

Just got my new Vista machine with Windows Mail. I'm now importing email contacts from another program that exported them in CSV format. After importing 140 out of perhaps 800, the process stopped with "Error importing to Windows Contacts". No further explanation was given. Any thou ...

I am unable to send email. I can receive, but it will not reply or let me send newly created emails. This problem just began today. (Windows Mail). My ISP is alltel... ...

I have a new laptop w/Vista and when I try to email pics I'm given a notice that WindowsMail no longer supports httptype accounts. It asks me to set up a new account but all my mail comes to my msn account. I NEED to be able ...

How do I remove attachments from emails? I like to archive some emails and I don't need to keep the file attached once I've looked at it or saved it elsewhere. ...

When opening windows mail the following files keep appearing on my desktop : edb.chk, edb.log,edbres.00001.jrs , edbres.00002.jrs , and temp.edb.How can I stop this from occuring ?Thank you for your help Al ...

Hi there,Can you backup Windows Mail Newsgroups and restore them if so how or do you need a third party application?Many thanks, Tim. ...

When I try to add a sender to contact list, I get the message Could not add sender to contacts (Vista). ...

Mail sucks, sent mail stays in sent folder Here's my error report Some of the messages in your Outbox Folder could not be copied to your Sent Items Folder. ...

When I try to load new`programs using VISTA I get the message unable to find C:\COMMAND.COM and the programme collapses ...

I deleated the icon..where do I go to get it back? ...

I am the developer of a commercial software application. One function in this application writes some information to a text (.txt) file which is placed in the ...

I had to edit a .bat file so I changed the default program to run .bat files to wordpad. Under the file association, the previous default program was listed as "Unknown Application" so I don't know what to change my file assoca ...

Can not update Windows Defender and have tried tofollow the troubleshooting guides but still no luck. I get error code 0x80070643 when i try to updat new definitions for Defender Can anyone help? Knowledge Base has no information on this error code!! ...

There is no sound from my system, neither through my internal realtek speakers, nor from my external Logitech speakers. When I try to play a music cd, I get a message with a red cross at the top "Windows cannot access the specified device, you might not have the appropriate permission ...

How advisable/inadvisable is it to setup an extended partition on my HDD and install Vista on that one. My current OS is XP Pro, and I want to still be able to use it on a regular basis, while testing Vista in the field occasionally. Therefore my best solution if it is known ...

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Hey, just at the topic says, whenever I open my computer from sleeping, it changes the resolution from 1280x800 to 1024x768, and its really starting to ma ...

Hello,Anyone knows what's the maximum score of Windows Vista's Windows Experience Index? I can't figure out what this Vista thinks about my computer (if this matters, i've got Home Premium). If it's 6, it's good (anyway, i ...

Recently purchased computer with Vistacreated a Word doc, and tried to send as attachemnt in emailhowever, Word doc came out as docx. file possible to create just plain doc file in Vista? If so, how? Thanks! ...

In Windows XP there was a way to turn off all transition effects so when you maximised a window it appeared immediately without that annoying expand animation and when you rolled out a drop down list or menu it appeared immediately without the transition. I f ...