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I have just done a clean install of Vista U, including formatting the HD. I have installed ffice 2003, and done online update on both. I added the computer to the domain, logged in and setup up my Outlook account and my Desktop. The pro ...

I am trying to register ASP.NET 1.1 with IIS. I was told to open a command window and run the following command to accomplish this: C: \WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 \aspnet_regiis iWhen I run this command I am told by the opera ...

Somethings wrong, I don't know if it's with my installation of Windows Vista or what. Anyway, everytime I try to launch any game, e.g; Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic, and I know it works, cause I can hear the sounds and so on, the(I don't know if this is the correct name, ...

Hi All I am now going to buy vista for my gaming Pc,The question I have 'Is shall I buy 32 bit or 64 bit' bearing in mind that I am only using this for games and games only. I will be buying ultimate.Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.Asus Crosshair motherboard AM2 5200 X ...

I can't delete any msg on Windows Mail Inbox or Delete Box. It said make sure I am not low in memory or space. It was working good for one week now this error message pop up. ...

in windows mail I attempt to import all my old messages. after locating the folder that holds these messages the windows mail does not see any messages in that folder. the help section shows that all this should have happened automatically. what's the p ...

When I click on an email address in a message, why won`t it go to the send email box? ...

On a clean install of Vista Ultimate I have had a hour of continuous access to the System Volume Information directory by the System taskI seem to have 200GB of hidden System Volume information.Adding up all my directories (inc Windows and Program Files) give approx ...

I've seen a few posts in these forums about people having VoIP and/or Voice Chat issues with Vista. I just installed Retail (not Beta or RC) Vista Ultimate and I'm having this issue ...

I just purchased a new HP Pavilion Notebook with Vista Home Premium on it, and can't seem to figure out how to send or receive faxes. I used to send faxes from my old laptop, straight from MS WORD, by clicking print and choo ...

Hi,I have a system that did have an Intel Core2 Duo 2.1Ghz cpu... this got around 5.2 for processor subscore.I've since upgraded to a Core2Duo Extreme edition (2.93GHz) which is only getting a score of 5.6 I've ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate and can't get any thing to show up in the "Recent Items" list on the Start Menu. I have the correct boxes checkd in the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties", so i ...

Hellomy first time posting. I just bought a laptop w/Vista and I have a desktop with XP SP2 with the Office 2003 for Teachers & Students installed. I've been using the stationery option on my d ...

Hope someone has an answer for me on this one:I have a Samsung 60" DLP TV plugged into my PC via VGA (Radeon X1800 XT). In Windows XP, I was able to choose 1280x720 resolution in most new g ...

Is there a way (using rules maybe) of automatically deleting mail from a specific folder that is over a certain age i.e over 3 days old? ...

I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to ...

Hi All: I currently have Vista installed on a Sata drive and want to move it to 2 new SataII drives in a Raid0 array. I used an F6 floppy to install the Intel Raid drivers during the Vista installation and then loaded the Matrix storage manager. I know I can use the c ...

Wireless connectivity can be problematic when using the Vista operating system. There are two "cures" I have found that can help to eliminate some of the problems.1. Change the work ...

I wrote this in October 2006... its a classic! LOL enjoy!In the 5 year period between windows releases Microsoft has a special project that was "top secret". They had sent expeditions to Africa to find the best quality baboons they could fi ...

After being prompted on several occasions to donate my USB devices to improving my system performance, I decided to try it out yesterday.The machine I tried it on has 2GB memory (approx 50% in use ...

Help! while running "full system backup" System crashes at about the 90% mark to a blue screen error ..... driver_irql_not_less_or_equal B ...

Hi all,device manager and Intel Desktop Utilities report that the drives connected to my intel D975XBX ICH7 SATA ports operate only in UDMA2 mode (33MiB/s).How can I increase them to use the optimal UDMA6? ...

How can I hide my contacts information when sending an email?Jessica ...

I'd like to know if anyone using a single core processor has noticed any significant improvement in performance after upgrading to Windows Vista or is it only those with Dual Core processors that are no ...

I just bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium. I cannot create a backup of recovery files on a DVDR disc. Everything starts off fine, then at the end this error comes up:The backup did not complete successfully. ...

My iPod doesn't show up in "my computer" or in iTunes. I looked at the device manager and it shows up under "other devices" but when I look at ...

Anyone know of a way you can readd the "My Web Sites on MSN" link in your windows explorer for windows vista? I've tried going to the online passport my storage area that used to automatically add it under windows xp / and or double click an existing my web sit ...

I have an external drive on which I keep files. If I encrypt files at home using Vista machine, backup certificate, import it on Windows 2003 Server machine and try to read files from Windows 2003 machine I can't do that.The rev ...

Hi, My old PC is using ME so i cannot using the Easy Transfer Tool I know that *.wab is used but how to move it on Vista? (locatie and so on)Regards Huib ...

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If I play a sound file ( mp3 or wave ) and select repeat, after a few minutes the sound becomes choppy or has a lot of static. ...

Something is not right about all these posts.Just about every single one these posts made over the last few hours were made from the web interface. Given that Windows Mail in Vista comes with the Microsoft server already plugged in I find it ...

to jake ...

Hello folks,I've used the briefcase feature for years, and currently use it under Vista Home Basic to backup working files to a flash drive each day. Recently, I found that briefcase updates were not completing properly (some files from synched folders were missing). Looking into this ...

Two programs that I wish to start at boot, Dimension 4 (v.5.0.35) and Karen's Replicator (v.3.3.4) are stopped from opening by Windows Defender. I then have the option to manually start them.One of the things I tried to correct this problem was to right click on the executable, ...

Has anyone had problems trying to get Paperport 11 to work?I had no problem installing it, but when I click on the desktop icon or the program list, it comes up with 'This program has st ...

Right Clicking to open the properties of anything works fine until I try to open shortcut icons, some files and folders. I get a fatal error message and then Window Explorer shuts down and then restarts. No access denies or request for permission, just shut down and restart. ...

I hit the [protected mode off] at the bottom of the browser. This brought up Internet security properties. the 1st link Internet medium high, protected mode check marked 2nd link local intranet medium low, protected mode check marked 3rd link trusted medium, protec ...

Hi, Is there a way I can change the permission to wextract.exe? I am logged in as an admin to my machine, and been trying to make myself as the owner of ...

I still have the package and all of the #s but no windows xp disc. Can I still do the upsgrade? I was thinking about doing the home premium. I have 4 kids always doing homework or games such as Oblivion. All my son does is ebay. Is home premium the right th ...

I built a new computer from the least costly parts I could get. ECS motherboard and E6300 processor, Sapphire 1900GT video, a couple of Seagate 300 Gig hard drives and a Samsung DVD burner. Also a $15 modem and a $15 an ...

I would like to switch my English Version of Windows Vista Business from English to Spanish, is this possible? Are the other language versions, ready?Does anybody know?Thank you in advance. ...

running vista business, Vista will not let me disable password protected file sharing. Clicking the button to turn off password protected file and printer sharing does nothing. It never turns off. Network is set to private. Network ...

I have my User Access Control turned off but every time I start my computer I get the message that tells me that my UAC is off and click here to fix the problem. Any way to ...

Hello!I have Windows Vista Ultimate and is not possible connect to via Remote Desktop to a Windows 2003 Server Standard, the error message is the following "The remote session was disconnected because the Terminal Server client access license stored on this computer has been ...

I recently purchased a new Dell computer for my parents, which came with Vista Home. They've had nothing but continual problems, one issue after another. Now their desktop is all screwed up. Being located 100 kms away from them, I can't run over ...

i keep getting install KB927978 3/22/07 and it looks as if installed over and over in the folder (duplicated many times) (says 3am but comes at other times too) i can't uninstall it because it is not listed when i look in the uninstall ...

Hi All,I have a client who is using a scheduling/patient recordkeeping system for his chiropractic office. He just received a new laptop with Vista (I think Home Premium) and the software will not run ...

There are so many posts in this group along the lines of "Why is my device not supported?" I'd like to suggest how we can all deal with the problem.Le ...

i have one qestion......why the hell haz vista got so many bugs??,my computers Internet explorer 7 freezes my computer now and then when im only on the net so i have to turn my computer off at the wall! cos it haz no responce!!!!!!! can anyone help me? ...

I have two IDE hard disks, to be used as external hard disks for backups.For this purpose I bought two NexStar hard drive enclosures, with an IDE/USB interface. The first one, a Maxtor 60 GB disk, works fine.With ...

Hi, How do I add another os (xp this time) to vista boot menu after vista install. It should be possible.thanks Vilius ...

This started about a week ago, every time I boot up my computer, Roxio EMC9 starts up and opens the home page. I'v gone to programs, startup and disabled and remov ...

Hope someone can help )I have a number of folders that I have made available offline to my sony laptop which is runnng Vista business edtion.HOWEVER whenever I change the contents of a file in word/excel/powerpoint when 'm out, I get a sync error when I reconnect to my network.In sync center I get ...

Hi All, does dual booting XP and Vista still have problems with both OS's system restores being wiped out? I would be so much better off if I could dual boot XP and Vista vs using Vista on VM2007 but I d ...

I am trying to diagnose why my Vista computer cannot see a NAS device that all the XP computers on the network can see and access.When I do a 'net view \\NAS", I get an Error 2114 'The Server servic ...

I have had a number of instances of this error:"Your computer has run out of available memory. Please restart Flight Simulator and select different graphics, scenery or traffic settings."Computer specs:AMD Athlon x2 4600+ 4 GB RAM EVGA 8800GTX HDD 1.44 TB (total) 1 ...

I have read some of the threads which advise exporting Outlook to Outlook Express. How do you do that? I have Office 2000 on the old machine and temporarily loaded Office 2003 on the Vista machine (the Outlook reads the email file ...

since i upgraded to vista a few days ago i am unable to send any email to a certian contact of mine, but the strange part is that i am able to send email to all of my other contactsheres w ...

I sent an email and the Mail sent it right, however it left a zombie copy of the email in the outbox so that it looks like it wasnt sent. [Itw was sent for sure and a copy was properly moved ...

If identities have been removed why does it show up on the File Menu. I you click on it you get caught up in a catch 22 that says identities have been found on one ...

Whenever I try to delete a contact from Windows Contacts I get a message saying that Windows Explorer is not working properly and it restarts Windows Mail.This message appears when I highlight to contact and use the delete button ...

Hello MS, I am seding this email to let you know that I have been experiencing some errors from C++! These errors are referencing the HP mgr.exe program...I'd like to know how to sto ...

Hi, I have a Windows Vitsa Ultamate 64bit RC1 (build 5600) computer. I had had a video card which did not support DX9 and therefore did not support Aero. I just installed an EVGA GeForce 7600GT w/ 256 ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to limit the amount of space that Vista uses for system restore on my hard drive other than turning off system restore altogether? If so, how? ...

My HP color laserjet 2500L printer won't work on my new Vista PC it prints black and white. I tried downloading the Vista PCL5 and Postscript drivers from the HP website but this didn't work. Is there a ...

Well for one. I have a 40 gig hard drive that I split into two about a year ago. I had XP pro on it till I recived the disc for Vista Ultamite beta version. I had problems upgrade it. So I reformated my ...

As it is when I bring up WE it opens the tree at "desktop\bob\documents" I'd like it to open at "desktop\computer folder" Can I do this? It's not a big deal but I'd sure like to change it.Thanx for any help, Bob ...

every time I start windows media center and viiv I get the following message after a few seconds "Media Center has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows w ...

I am using a U.S.Robotics Wireless Adaptor to connect to my internet access point. The model of the Desktop PCI card is 805416.Ever since I have installed Windows V ...

I am trying to reformat the Vista HD so I can install XP Pro. I am the only user and administrator of the laptop. When I use the command prompt to reformat C: I get the messa ...

Clean installation/nonupgrade.1) Vista64 Home Premium setup CD successfully runs to "Complete Installation" step. Reboots.2) Microsoft bar with running green lines appears.3) Window appears, stating ...

When I test the VPN with an XP box, it works fine. When trying using Vista to connect to my VPN, it gets to Username and Password and dies. Then a box pops up with Diagnose (finds nothing a ...

I recently completed setup of my Public Profile using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. While I don't think its critical, I'm hoping that its really just me not doing something right. Here are the steps:1) Open Windows F ...

Hei all.Does Vanguard support 64 bit ? Any what about SLI ?/Thomas ...

Hi, hope you can help me! Since two days I can't delete my trash folder anymore. If I chose them to delete them finally, there comes a message "Unknown error". I'm really disappointed, because I couldn't find a solution. ...

I have a problem where I can only print one copy to a printer that is shared through a Windows Vista Business machine. The machines are part of a domain network. One "client" trying to print to the Vista attached printer is a Windows XP Pro SP2 client and one is a Windows Vista Bu ...

I've noticed that several times when I do something that makes the UAC window appear in Vista, that the window itself doesn't always appear in the same place. For example, I just double clicked an executable file. Now I'd expect the UAC win ...

Including one that could allow privilege elevation attacksblogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=161&tag=nl.e589 Terry***Reply Note*** Antispam measures are included i ...

Hai I have Windows Media Center 2005 Edition with remote control and receiver. I am planning to upgrade my OS to Windows Vista Premium. Will my remote works with Vista will all the same functions.Thank you in A ...

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I just upgraded to a MS Wireless Laser 6000 mouse. I had been using a Explorer 2.0 with Intellipoint 6.1. I just reconfigured the software for the 6000 and everything worked fine except my system will not go into sta ...

Hi. I just installed Vista Ultima and have now to live with a very noisy graphic card it seams. On WinXP it was only blowing when starting up and playing game ...

Hello. Trying to figure out what is different between the HP Pavilion a1740n vs. a6040n, both rated for Vista. Comparison of specs on Circuit City website loo ...

Hi,This never used to be a problem, but now I can't seem to find a solution. Anyways, when I hook up my camera to my computer and try to import the pictures into my computer via "import pictures through windows", I can't open the options tab. I can still import and ...

Hi Everyonecan anyone help with me putting a signature including my company logo at the bottom of my windowsmail message?ThanksTrevor ...

This happens a few times when I restart the PC. Sometimes It don't, but it gets a bit annoying it will go past the boot menu and the Vista boot screen a few seconds later a BSOD could not read messages because t ...

How do I delete a damaged ocx from downloaded program files?If I select the file then click "organise", then "delete" nothing happens no messages, nothing. The control just stays there. Now that is really bad programming at least I should get an erro ...

I recently purchased a new computer with trial version of Norton Internet Security 2007 program. I uninstalled it successfully but in Security Centre, No ...

I bought a laptop in Japan, witk Windos Vista Premium pre installed. It runs fine, but I cannot understand Kanjis, making me see every alert/confirmation message in japanese like a "do u realy want to format your HD???!!!" ...

Please HelpI have ran scan after scan from Trend and I have also ran my Window Defender and my system is saying clear from all viruses but when I type a ...

Hi, (Note: I posted this on a general vista group before I discovered this security forum. Sorry for the double post)... I'm on Vista Home Premium and I've got Norton 2007.2 AntiVirus software installed (it's Vis ...

When sending .jpg attachments ....the Attachments are both attached and embedded in the message. Running Windows Mail, Vista Home Premium Ver 6, build 6000..... McAfee Security Center...Turning off the Email scanning does not affect the problem. No Email options address this issue.Anyon ...

The Control Panel icons, in classic view, have suddenly doubled in size, all Icons in areas other than control panel, remain as I had them previously.There is no "View" to allow me control the size of the Control Panel ones, c ...

Hi, I been getting BSOD's and it is only visible for about a 1/2 second. I am hoping that this file will show me what they are but it won't let me see it says access denied when I try to open it with Notepad. Is there a way to view this file or see t ...

I have been trying to download a template from the Microsoft website. Vista says I am not administrator and won't let me install the ActiveX control. I am the administrator, and am the only person that uses this c ...

Hi, I'm on Vista Home Prem. I was just bragging in another post how this upgrade install was more stable.Anyways, usually my computer has been coming out of sleep mode better than usual, but now I got a BSOD and an automatic restart. It then took 2 manual rest ...

I'm having a few issues with Sleep mode, and I'm hoping you all can help out.Firstly, I'm not quite clear on when I should be able to wake up the machine with the mouse & keyboard, and when I need to use the power button. I ...

I have just bought a new computer ruuning Windows Vista Home. I have a problem of installating a new software to my computer. When I click to execute the exe ...

Ok finnaly got ftp working on IE 7 But to my horror it shows as a sort of apache server styled html list. which makes it impossible to create / delete files and folders. Or add new for that sake..suggestions on how to turn it ...

Hello everyone, I'm trying to use Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Vista. When I try to start the admin console I get the message: <my computer name> is not set up to establish a connection on port &qu ...

Ok, I am trying to do an online virus scan. Before I got Vista I did one every couple of months on top of my virus program because I have caught them that way. Anyway, since I have Vista, I keep trying to do online scans, thru various compani ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate on a pc. Xbox with xbox media center on the hard drive so I can stream media from my pc, not Xbox360, Windows XP Home on a pc.I c ...

How can I turn off the Vista login page listing all the accounts holders and login using the windows badge like the domain login. ...

The "Shutdown" command when issued against a remote machine in a workgroup, on which I am supposed to have administrative rights, I get "Access Denied". That worked on XP. I cannot use RunAS for t ...

Hi All knowing ones out thereWell my WinME box turned up its toes at last. It just stopped working in the middle of a session, and won't start again.Not being willing to waste money on a never ending replace session, I have bought a new box. It's a P ...

There are programs on my drive which I cannot update, repair, delete, etc because I do not have 'administrator or power user authority'. I have turned off uac, I do have administrator authority ...

Hi All, After a really long day and lots os swearing, I give up.I have just built a new machine with vista home premium on. WHile installing, the files started loading and suddenly a dialog pops up stating I need to install drivers for the DVD / CD drive. WTF? You wer ...

Synaptics Touch Pad Driver fails load intermittently.I’m running Windows Vista Business on a Fujitsu P7010D. Fujitsu does not have Vista drivers for this unit at this time, so I am running the latest Vista Driver from Synaptics website. ...

Vista Home Premium to SMC WAAB Media receiver. I cannot play any music from my pc when trying to access from SMC media receiver. I can "see" all of the musica as the folder has been shared but I am not able to play it. D ...

I just purchased Vista Home Premium HP Desktop. I have a Netgear Wireless Router Hard Wired to Vista, and XP laptop is connected via wireless.I am trying to share files between the two computers.I am able to get out to the internet from b ...

What is the best and reasonably priced antivirus software available that is compatible with Vista? ...

Can we have a option to have a password credential on user account control when log in with Administrator. This would be option on all Vista edition. ...

Can receive email, but I cannot send it!!!! Can anyone help?? ...

The, you have new email icon pops up in my system tray, but I have no email. It won't go away unless I reboot. gfrank26@comcast.net ...

HiSometimes my cursor changes into a black box, about 100x100 px, and it first changes back when it change into another cursor (eg. when i mouse over a text or a link). It comes in any programs any times. Why??? ...

Hi All,My preview screen has stopped showing previews of clips or movie itself. I can't drag and drop, play doesn't effect it and play from the drop down menu won't work either. Everything else wo ...

I have a Canon CanoScan LiDE 35. When I install the Vista drivers from the Canon website and connect the scanner to my notebook, everything seems to install correctly. It shows up in Device Manager, ...

Hi, I need help badly due to my laptop.Problem:When I close the lid the computer goes to sleep... but when I open the lid the computer restarts. Or if I put it to sleep from the start menu, and then wake it up, it restarts. No errors pop up nothing, it just restarts.Information on computer:Windows ...

I want to set the time zone on my computer to GMT (for the UK). But the drop down list in Control Panel shows only GMT (Casablanca, Monrovia, Reykjavik) which, unlike th ...

I was looking for a utility to run under NT (at work) to verify that the BIOS was not changed. I downloaded BWZREL (and checked it for viruses, of course) to te ...

I'm buying a new computer with Vista installed. One of the options I can specify is a "DataSafe" hard drive which is really three hard drives: two drives for the RAID 0 and one drive t ...

i need to connect to my xbox from vista. in windows explorer i need to be able to enable or disable psv. how do i do that? also how would i type into a browser or windows explorer the log in details for my xbox? i know i type in ftp:\\19 ...

I purchased a new laptop that came with the Vista Business OS. I would like to install VMWare 5.0 on this machine. However, I keep getting the following error: "This VMware product is not supported for this Windows operating s ...

Which is better McAfee, Norton, or Microsoft Windows Live one care? ...

The selected archive was kept in an incompatible language. The Windows Easy Transfer cannot apply the data. How can acess to my data? I dont made a backup, only used the windows easy transfer. I had a windo ...

How does one save the contents of a folder (files names and folder names) as text that I can paste into a text file. I don't want it in rich text.Thanks, James ...

I cannot get the Internet Explorer to run in Vista other than by opening it as administrator. I get the message that Internet Explorer has stopped w ...

It seems I am unable to remove picture folders once they are added to Media Center. I used the 'Stop watching folder' settings to keep only the folder I care about. But when I view a picture slide show while listening to music it still shows all ...

Hello,Is it possible to upgrade from a Vista Home Premium to Vista Business ?Best RegardEmeric thibaud ...

Hi,have vista only laptop & suffered a system error causing vista to restart, now whenever i boot i get the vista boot menu whereas before it booted straight to vista, does ...

Although I have Windows Media Player Network Sharing Services Configuration disabled in Services it still loads at startup. Any way to get this to stop running at startup??Thanks, James ...

I am having problems (on Home Premium) to get Windows MAil to store the sent messages on my IMAP server. It appears to send them alright, but either no copy is being made or, previously, ...

I am recieving mail but cannot send I think its how I did the internet option. on the csecond one I put stmp.comcast.net or smtp whatever its not working, Can you help ...

My clever kids have make disappeared the list of Contacts that was on the down left handside of Windows Mail.It was very useful to write a new email to someone in my list just by doubleclicking on the name of the contact ...

how do i set up new account for windows mail i am using vista and because i also use hotmail icannot send photographs because hotmail is web based. ...

I can't send messages from windows mail but I can receive just fine. I've contacted my internet provider and I set up the servers as instructed but I am still havi ...

Can one permanently dlete a message from the Inbox (like the ShiftDEL in Outlook) i.e. without going through two stages of deletion...? ...

When I try to backup my system I get the following error: A shadow copy could not be created for the following reason: Insufficient storage space to create either the shadow copy storage ...

Hello, I use Vista home premium on a laptop. I find I cannot add tags to some files in some folders, though I have no problem with other files. The files that cause problems are video files such as .rm, .ram, .wmv, .avi etc.Does anyone know how ...

It seems like every 15 minutes or so when using my laptop, I receive the following dialog box"IMAGE.Sync.exe Abnormal program termination" I click ok, and it seems nothing happens. Can anyone advise me how to get ...

HiI am told that Vista is missing some aspects of Direct x 9 and that installing it will install these, however, would this overwrite Directx 10, or would the install of Direct x 9 only put in the bits that are missing still le ...

I tunes doesn't work with vista, it seems. Does anyone know the solution?? = Posted using GrabIt = = Binary Usenet downloading made easy = = Get GrabIt for free from shemes.com/ = ...

I browsed a page , some time ago , where Microsoft , offered a download pack , to fix compatibility issues ( with games and applications ) . Just browsed MS , and ...

I did a restore, (due to an incompatable software that is now gone) now vista is telling me that Task Scheduler has stopped working, Areo then crashes and my sound goes choppy, I have uninstalled my drivers, and reinstal ...

i have a bunch of tv videos of which i have got off the internet,,in xp the videos played fine,,but in vista when they move there mouth no words come out or either they are delay or you hear what they are saying before they move there mouth. any solution to this problem? thank you ...

I note that this warning is repeatedly listed in event viewer. Out of curiosity, what's its cause?"Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network add ...

I have Vista Home Premium installed and activated and I have been getting this red shield in my task tray telling me the Windows Defender definitions are out of date. I have ignored t ...

I have upgraded to Vista Home Premium and cannot find the Windows Fax program that was a printer option in XP and W98 and before perhaps.Seem to recall in was hidden in the previous versions and had to be installed separately from the CD.Where can I locate this in Vista? ...

I am purchasing a new laptop for my daughter to begin college in the fall. I've been given the option from my employer to buy a new Dell from them that has Vista Basic along with Office 2007. What's the difference between Vista Basic and Vista ...

I have an Aspire 5100 with Vista Premium, preloaded on a hidden partition. Can anyone tell me how to access this partition? I'm sure others would like to know also, to repartition, save, remove files. I'm considering going back to XP, just too many p ...

I have a couple of DOS programs that have desktop shortcuts. I am having a problem with the icon that is displayed on the desktop. I went to the properties dialog > program tab > change icon and entered the proper icon ...

Does anyone know what the icon on the right represents? It began appearing in the tray at system startup a couple of days ago for no apparent reason. When I click it, an explorer window opens at "my computer" d ...

Hallo every one, Each Time Just after Windows Vista has started Up, a popup window appears with following message: <<"HelpAware has stopped ...

For some reason, Internet explorer 7 in 32bit Vista is opening zip files in my zip program (zzip) when I click on a link rather saving them, and the rightclick option isn't always available to force a download.Is there ...

Hi,I installed vista home ultimate today and when I try and update it I get the following error:WindowsUpdate_80080005 WindowsUpdate_dt000It has not worked since ...

Hi,I would like to know if Twain is supported in Vista.If yes, how can it be activated.Regards Huib ...

Hi I have recently purchased a sitecom USB adaptor sitecom.com/product.php?productname=Bluetooth%AE+2.0+USB+Adapter+%96+100m&productcode=CN521&productid=364&subgroupid=22 which has now just had a vista compatible blue soleil driver/ap ...

I have a customer that upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium. He did not uninstall the intellitype 2.2 or Intellipoint 4.1 software first. Now when I try to uninstall either using add remove programs I get the error "This version of IntelliPoint (or ...

My power supply has a 2 x SATA cables for sata harddrive but I'm not using this 2 sata connector since i have IDE harddrive. I would like to use this sata cables for a fan with a 4 pin molex for power. are there any adapter ...

Hello all,I just installed windows vista and it is using over 14 gig just for just the operating system. I have a folder called WINNT and also Windows. Is vista using the WINNT folder? It looks like all of my old patches an ...

Recently purchased Sony VGXXL3 that includes the ATI OCUR support for CableCard. Comcast installed the card and everything worked great... For 24 hours. Now machine refuses to play any H ...

i have a problem with sharring a internet connection ! the problem is that i have 2 networkcards in my pc. the first card is conected with the internet and that is working fine.my other network i connected with my internal netw ...

I am trying to VPN to my office. i have vista 64 bit ultimate on my laptop. when i use my wireless modem card i can connect to the internet. when i go to connect to the vpn it connects and ...

windows defender crashes while trying to clean Trojan Downloader:Win32 /zlob Them my whole system crashes I have to shut dwn from tower and cold boot ...

I am trying to be able to send my Windows calandar and it has me set up an account but it says that yahoo email addresses you can't use because they are an HTTP???? I am really confused and not computer literate? Do I need help. ...

Does anyone know an explanation of this stupidity? Any links? ...

PLEASE PLEASE somebody help me. I have just today been receiving a error message which seems to be from an email (with a photo attatchment) I have in me outbox. I have no problems deleting other messages in my outbox except for this one. I cannot ...

Whenever windows mail is down loading messages it takes for ever. Sometimes it stops altogether saying that it lost connection with the POP3. Anyone else have this problem and know how to speed it up. When I first started using windows mail I didn't ha ...

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Im am properly pushing my luck running vista on a :2.8ghz processor1gb ram360 and a 80 Gb SATA hard drive256 Video cardSoundblaster audigy ZSThe problem is when im on the desktop, I am using 57% of my memory on the computer. I was wondering If anyone had any ideas on how i can ...

when i install the driver throuth PnP the status is changing from ready to driver update needed in vista. this problem is seen only if i upgrade XP to vista. if i install vista directly this prob ...

HiI am getting a few problems with Vista on a Sony laptop. One is IE related but i'm putting it in this post as i feel it is all interlinked. I thank you for your time in reading :) T5500 processor 2gb ram (shoul ...

Anyone know what I can do to get my computer to play DVD's? It will play DVD's that I record and make myself, however, if I try to play a DVD that I recieved from a premade one (Hollywood) it tells me it can't play it for some copy ...

I am running a program that deletes log files temp files etc but it stops when I try to clean out the log files as it says that it cannot delete C:\windows\windowsupdate.log No mat ...

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Thousands of users need a remedy to the KB 931768 faux pax from MS. The MVP's, who abide in these forums, appear to be silent on this issue...other than offering a few dismal sidestep suggestions.Mary Nothing else to say! ...

I currenty am running Vista Premium on a Dell notebook with an internal bluetooth receiver (dell 350). I was looking at a Logitech V270 bluetooth mouse. Are they as responsive as a RF wireless mouse? I am currently using a Microsoft wireless notebook opt ...

When changing tracks in windows media player 11 a message comes up on the bottom left of the player saying media changing, and it takes about ten seconds to change tracks. Can you make it so there's no delay between tracks when you skip them? If so h ...

I know alot of questions and answers have been circulating about the Linksys BEFSR41's combatibility with Vista, but I can't find one that quite matches my problem. I have two ...

I cant seem to figure out how to send music from my computer to my mobile phone. I have added the device and made it visible. When I get to the point where I want to send the file it says that Microsoft Windows Operat ...

I have Vista Home premium and am just setting up my computer. I have a workjing Administrator account and created two standard user accounts one for my wife and I. My ne ...

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I changed the file assco in a NK2 outlook auto complete file and I cant seem to change it back? or even know what to change it too? anyone know.thanks, RS ...

I have a similar issue to Bob Eaton's previous post in that I have an app that stores data in [CommonAppData]/Company/Application. I need to give the local/users group 'modify' righ ...

I can't get to the Nvidia classic control panal and I can't tell my video card tempure since I can't get to it. Also I have a XFX Geforce 7950 500mb video card and 1 gig of memory a ...

Does Nvidia Gforce 6200 supports Aero 256 MB? Thanks, mac ...

I am unsure of the expected behaviour when choosing "Run as administrator" on a standard user with UAC disabled. At first I thought that I would get an UAC prompt anyway ...

As I've mentioned before, my Actiontec Phone Wizard will not work in Vista and it doesn't appear as though they're going to provide drivers for it. *Several* companies make vari ...

hey guys,when windows (vista home premium) starts i get two error messages. 'part of windows logos has stopped working' and 'part of the NI variable engine has stopped working'.both mes ...

Is there any bug(s) floating around with the Activation\WGA right now ?I've got the MSDN version of Vista32 and Vista64 installed (on the same PC), I used it on Monday and all was well) Booted to it today a ...

I had been working with Windows XP Pro currently using Vista Home version. I access hotmail, Outlook (2000 &/or 2003) and some web sites where the horizontal scroll bar will appear, requiring me to read some text that continues off t ...

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When i go into the ease of access section in the control panel there are no icons, everything is missing. I wanted to setup the speech recognition but there ...

Hello Everyone again!When I try to open email attachments from within windows mail in this case Microsoft word documents, I am informed that I need to set an association which I have done so by going to control panel and programs then set associations and ...

GDay All,I made a backup of my Vista installation to my G: drive. This took 40gb of space which I needed temporarily, so I deleted the windows backup folder from my G: drive.Now, I'd like to make another backup to my G: drive, but 'Backup and Restore' insists that I don't have e ...

I'm trying to help my motherinlaw configure her new HP computer with Vista. Unfortunately, I'm 3,000 miles away, am using XP myself, and have to do this by phone.She keeps having this problem of not being able to click into, or tab into a Password field. A reboot this ...

any idea how can we add the comments view on the entire network window?thank you, ...

Is there any way in Vista (32 bit) to turn off Intel’s Speedstep throttling?Having spend a couple of hours going through Vista’s various and numerous options (power options and so on) as well as spending some time researching this on the net, I simp ...

I've got a problem similar to others, except this is official releases of Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Ultimate. When I attempt to execute Word, the Office configuration runs, then the dreaded "Microsoft Office Word has not been installed fo ...

I've recently noticed that the fonts in Help and Support are no longer working, i.e. everything is in Times New Roman and everything basically looks a mess. Here's a screenshot:img153.imageshack.us/img153/8601/helpqd1.jpgWhat could be causing this?Regards, Tom ...

I need to change the inbound COM PORT from 6 to 5 because my PDA is set tu port COM 5, but COM 5 is IN USE in my PC, what should Id o?, how to created a virtual COM 5? ...

I am using this forum as a last resort. I have installed Windows Vista (Home Premium) over a month ago and still can't set the monitor resolution to its native 1280 ...

when i insert a disc into the drive, nothing will show up, as if it doesnt read it. I've put in multiple discs, dvds, cds, ect but it wont read. When i double click it in the computer section, it says insert a cd even though there is already one in there. ...

I have three computers all running different versions of Windows Vista. On two of these computers, the mouse cursor will frequently jump to the side or the corner of the screen for no reason at all.With one computer in particular, the problem is happ ...

(When not installing from booting the DVD, of course.)Is there any record of what the heck they are? Is the March application compatibility update one of them ...

I found Vista Home Premium 32 bit oem version on tigerdirect for $115 and decided to get it.I keep getting this error code during the install process....Stop: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x88ba0380, 0x86468680, 0x00000000)My system info:I built the computer myself like I do all my computers ...

Hi all, I wondering if you can't help with a small problem. My WMP 11 seems to have wiped all of my library, but when i try to add new folders via the browse option it appears to of added them, but it wont add ...

have just got Vista on new Sony Vaio laptop. Everything works very well when the laptop reboots it will not connect to my home network. The network uses a BT hub (wireless) router t ...

OK, I was a beta tester for Vista and I have nad not problems with estalishing a wireless connetction with desktop PC or my new Laptop. Now I am Bete testing WHS and I have just reinstalled my Vista to my new Laptop but for some reason ...

I recently moved and i have lost all of my software. I dont want to spend $200 on the discs. Does anyone know what I should do? ...

i have got a message when logon saying trust relationship failed. I can't logon. Anybidy know what to do? Barry ...

I use it under Vista, Under program files, find the exe. for Train sim, then right click, selected properties them select run as WinXP. It worked fine for me. ...

I have just started using Vista and Windows Mail. Is it possible to delete attached files from received email and keep only the message text. Thanks in advance for the information. Rodrigo ...

Just recently took the leap from several years of XP to Vista Home Prem, and have to say I am loving it. I am using Windows Mail with an IMAP account, in which several folders are nested under the ...

Does anyone have problems with the cursor disappearing in the middle of typing an email? It just happened to me now typing this question. I type a sentence and look up and my cursor is gone and the sentence was not entered. Also while just reading an email. Wait about ...

When i had Win XP i had set up that any time i wanted to send pictures from any folder by sent to email recipient it opened my AOL account automaticly. Now with Vista it always opens Windows mail and i do not k ...

I cannot check email using windows mail. I am on a wireless router an it does not work. It appears to be trying to use a dial up connection(?) I have seen other posts about this issue, but cannot figure this out. I hit a snag when I follow this path:tools>accounts ...

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After eading all the comments on problems with deleting messages from the deleted file and trying all of the proposed fixes, I am still having problems. Can someone offer a solution? I have 110 messages that were in my deleted file prior to the date I started hav ...

Running Vista Home Premium. I want to change over to Windows mail from Eudora. I can't figure out how to create two SEPARATE mailbox accounts (not the add...because then both of our emails load to the same l ...

I wonder if someone can help me. I have been using Windows Mail for a couple of weeks initially with no problems but for the last 3 days none of the emails I have sent have been received by the intended recipients. I am not getting any error o ...

What alternatives do I have to hibernating the computer! Thanks goldwatches.com/watches.asp?Brand=39 ...

Control panel>Mouse>Devise settings>Settings>Select an item>Tapping>Tap zones>Bottom right action///select Button/Zone/Gesture completely disabled. this worked on my Toshiba A135S4427 From: "Mike Holmes" Subject: RE: Windows change size while working Date: ...

Hey, im new here hope you can help me im really lost and my problem is pretty big.So here it is, Each time I do a defragmentation with the Windows Vista application, I lose 3Go !!! Tha ...

This may be a question for the XP board but I thought I'd throw it here in case someone knows the answer...My home network has 3 PC's, 1 running Win98 (yes, Win98), 1 machine running WinXP Home and the third running Vista Home Premiu ...

Hello, I have moved some files from one folder to another, and even if the Indexing Options dialog says 'Indexing Complete', they are returned when I do a search.Doesn't the index remove files that are no longer in the system?Regards, Pablo I thought that they were ange ...

I am trying to create a backup disc ( Backup and Restore) after running the Format and Shadow Copy, it says Back Up failed due to Error 08004231F. What does this ...

So when do we see Vista ReadyState ... the OS locked onto a USB Thumb Drive, eventually built into the OEM MB? Gonna happen?(copyright 2007 iPC byte me) ...

my E drive is not recognizing my DVD's or CDroms or at least most of them. I have one DVD that will play, but others that won't. I tried to install a program from a CDrom and it didn't see it either. My E drive is there, it's just not seeing the media. Any suggestions? ...

I have XPPro SP2 installed on C:, HD 0, and plan on installing Win 2K SP4 on D:, HD 1, in a dual boot installation. Will repair the XP boot. Will I be able to install Vista Ultimate Upgrade in a clean install on D: from Win 2K, while mai ...

I transfered files and settings from my old computer using WET onto a USB drive. It told me to upload the drive inorder to finish the transfer. When I went to my new computer to transfer everything it asked me for a 2nd drive to read...I only used 1 and it wont let me past it a ...

Im getting a new computer tomorrow.............I was wondering are we allowed to download games and stuff from the internet......Also I was told I cant put my Paint Shop Pro 8 on windows vi ...

Hi, when I try to do SET UP AUTOMATIC FILE BACKUP, I get this error 0x81000010 I am almost sure, that there is some problem with rights. I have this Vista in domain and there are some restrict ...

I just got my new pc today. I was using Win98 and copied all my Word documents to a CD. I've installed Word 2000 but when I try to open the back up CD it tell ...

Hello there I am buying a notebook and got plenty of doubts about which Vista is the best for it. I am a programmer and like to have fun online with music, photos and videos.Can you help me?Regards ...

My Vista machine is on a LAN with a few other Windows machines of various flavours and starting today all file copies to and from the Vista machine are running VERY sl ...

I'm posting to this forum a question I posted more than a month ago to the networking forum in the hope that the administrators of this forum will do what those in the other forum didn't do and actually answer it:Vista laptop connected to XP desk ...

I am trying to migrate files and settings from an xp laptop to a vista home premium laptop. 3/4 of the way through, it canceled the migration saying access was denied. I realized the windows firewall was on in both machines. Does this cause this type of error? Thanks, Martin ...

Am hoping to find a Switch User Shortcut key that can be put on users desktop to automatically switch to the OTHER user without all the fuss and button pushing. Am using VISTA ULTIMATE ...

So AVG is the great does not? yeahh...check out this site avcomparatives.org/seiten/home.htmland this report avcomparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report14.pdf ...

The Save As function no longer creates a copy of the file it DELETES IT !!!Create a picture in Paint. Save it as a Test.bmp, then Save As as Test.gif (using the same main name).Paint has now deleted your Test.bmp, leaving only the Test.gif. If this i ...

When can't I install MS Office 2003 (only 1 disc) into Windows Vista? When I try to install it, it says "error executing file e:\ office1. disc1 professional\setup.ex ...

Where can I obtain the Vista USB driver for the Motorola V710 phone?Tried Motorola website, Verizon website and Microsoft website.No luck ...

My problems have progressed from invalid/missing/corrupt icons: tinyurl.com/2whpf7to the Open and Save dialog boxes locking up any program that uses them, and ...

If i activated the first install of windows vista over the internet why when i av'e to install vista again, i av'e to use the phone service to call in for activation on the rei ...

XP pro (64 bit) works fine. Vista Business (64 bit) everything works except no network. ASUS sent me to marvell who makes the 8001 nic chip. Various drivers updates from them, no access. I believe other users are havin ...

I have a sony Mini Dv camcorder DCRHC21 NTSC and i'm not sure how to view the photos i have taken in the camera to my notebook computer i have a USB connector that came with the camcorder ...

Hello folks, My question is can I use Itunes to buy music and then get WMP11 to recognize it! Once I can get the music in WMP11 I can load it on my Sansa and enjoy it. I like the WMP11 interface and I don't plan on using itunes for an interface wit ...

I've had my Dell E1705 for about 5 months. About 2 weeks ago, my VPN connection to my workplace disappeared, and now I can't start any VPN connection (via Internet).One day it works. Next day it won't. Now it just runs th ...

Hello,We have some Vista Business Laptops that use a VPN connection to our SBS2003 server. The VPN works just fine from all laptops, except that on one of them we suddenly can't browse the network anymore. This used to work b ...

I just purchased the Dell Latitude D620 and upgraded from XP Professional to Vista Ultimate. I have also updated all software and drivers from the Dell web site. I am able to connect to the internet ...

How in the world do you get rid of all the password security and thr $% $# nag screens that they poroduce? ...

I've been working with Dell support to try to figure out a way to disable password aging in Vista Home Premium. They've concluded that since certain MMC console documents are missing or nonfunctional (such as gpedit, lusrmgr, and secpol) that ...

I installed a trial version of Kaspersky Internet Security which I later removed. The problem is that now within Security Center, Malware/Virus protection has the big red flag with the message "Kaspersky Internet Security reports that i ...

My Windows Mail started to behave in a strange way after months of using (with no problems). Then, when creating a mail, or responding to a mail, it started to lag incredibly! It was impossible to create a mail! Everytime a key was pressed, there was a lagtime for 10 seconds (between e ...