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Hi, i'm new to vista and my first reaction is GREAT! now, i'm a developer but i cant work well because i have so much limited rights, for example: creating an application in VC ...

dont beleive it c&c3 demo is not supported offically under 64 bit visit, if its the same for the game just goes to show how forward thinking EA are yet again ...

Anyone got battlefield Vietnam playing correctly on vista ultimate? Mine crashed,no cross hares and can choose resolution in game menu. ...

I have been trying to figure out the game explorer and how it works. So far I've installed about eight games, and not all of them have been recognized. I installed Command and Conquer Generals and Zero Hour, which were not, and Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, which was. It ...

i loaded my battle for middle earth game and when it is done loading i get a screen resolution reminder that pops up onmy screen. how do i get my computer to stop displaying the screen reminder? ...

I am trying to set up Windows email. Previously I used Outlook Express. All the settings (server names, etc) are the same in the new account as they were in Outlook Express. ...

Hello.. I need some help if anyone is able.. I am attemptng to send an email from Microsoft word... having trouble.. Found the icon under the send op ...

The main screen with the closk etc on the right hand side has an E Mail facility. I cannot get it to work. I get 'application not found' if I try to use it.Help please. Tommo ...

Can you add your AOL account to Windows Mail. I added my Road Runner account with no problem, but do not know what information to supply in setup when being asked for server info. Where do I get this, or can you not use AOL Dave Owens dowens005@sc.rr.com ...

I really should not need to ask this…but I loaded Vista into my brand new C2D computer last week and I cannot see how I can move ALL data for ALL users from the C primary boot partition to either the second partition on that drive or to another drive. It should be a simple matter, but I h ...

hi, my problem isIn my daily jobs, i have frequently saved faxes in .tif file and then later opened it with MS Paint. This is very easy for me before with Winfax Pro and Windows XP. But now, i turn to Vista, using Vista Fax. and i got a big problemWhenever i have tried to s ...

Hi!I'm unable to burn a dvd or cd in the windows explorer (drag and drop) but I have no problem with burning a music cd with the windows media player... I don't understand it... How is this possible??My system: Intel Centrino 2.13, 1.5 GB Ram, Windows Vista Business, LiteOn ...

Hi guys!I'm in a trouble with Windows DVD Maker. Can I add a video to be burned at all? Whenever I add any video I have the software crashes at once and m ...

I just installed MSVista Home Premium on my laptop. When I double click to open MS Mail, the mail program minimizes down below at the bottom of the ...

Is it possible to unsinstall internet explorer 7 and install internet explorer 6 on vista cause i can't stand ie7!!! :) ...

I just got a brand new Toshiba Satellite laptop, about two days ago. It came preinstalled with Windows Vista Basic. When I turn on the laptop, it shows the Toshiba loading screen and then prepares to load Vista. The laptop makes it up to the Preparing Your Deskt ...

I upgraded to Ultimate from XP Pro, was able to activate and things worked okay. For a few days.. Then I go an error message that my MBR was corrupt and the machine became unbootable. I was able to reboot with the Ultimate disk and it did what I thought was a repair i ...

I just got my new PC 2 days ago. I get to know that the Windows Vista Home Premium that I purchased is a 32 bit edition. I have a question that is what is the maximum ram can my Win vista support at 32bit. I heard from my colleague that its max at 2 GB ram, it that ...

Windows DVD Maker has stopped working when I try to make DVD with Windows DVD Maker. I test it several times and always when I enter the text in Menu text or Customize menu or select Menu stiles then Wind ...

Can you get a virus from importing photos from a digital camera? We had a Trojan Pop up the other day when we imported some photos from a concord digital camera. Ever time we opened the windows photo gall ...

let me start out by telling you that I am not very computer saavy. I just upgraded from windows 98 to vista home premium with a purchse of a new dell. When i try to send/recei ...

Two things I used to do in XP. One was I'd find the "send to" folder and put a shortcut to Notepad.exe in there. The other was to turn on status bar at the bottom of all windows so if I ...

I put an shortcut icon on my desktop for Windows Explorer. When I click on it, I would like it to open to the "C drive". In winxp I had the desktop icon set up like this in properties "C:\windows\explorer.exe /e" and it would open to the "C drive". Doesnt work th ...

I am trying to setup and run Windows mail, but can't sent or receive email, I've setup like I did outlook express and other email programs but it just will not connect to the Internet. Does anybody have any idea how to correct this problem? Other than that this their works fi ...

I replaced my old Desktop (with XP) with a new one unfortunately it came preloaded with Vista. The new machine is has the bare minimum hardware to run Vista, ...

randomly this popup appears. Obviously I have no need of it. Today I tried ALT F4, but I've had that combo go berserk and even close the computer. So I'm not interested in trusting ...

HelloI have a Dell Dimension C521 with the most recent bios and certified windows vista drivers. I have a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate. I have a 8 in 1 memory card reader (SD, MMC, xD, CF, etc) ...

I'm currently running Win MCE on a Dell 9400 laptop & want to upgrade to Vista Premium using the disk supplied by Dell. How do I find out if upgrading wi ...

Hello,Whenever a movie is come across in photo gallery the app crashes. Is this a known issue, and is there a fix for this. This is very annoying with slideshows :)HK ...

I am trying to import video from my JVC GRDX95EK dv camera into either import video or preferably windows movie maker. When I try both I get a message telling me that import video is already running wait for it to finish ...

This is something that is driving me nuts because I VPN a lot. Basically, if I bring up the Connect to a Network UI by clicking Start|Connect To, and connect to a VPN, a lot of times, if I rightclick the network icon in the system tray, ...

I havve a week old HP DV 6000 , 2 gig mem, nvidia G card .....when my daughter is @ an online game like renscape ..a blue screen (that is so fuzzy i cant read it) pops up and the computer shuts down..starting to happen more often every dayany suggestions?T ...

Can't see my first posting, so I try again:Windows Vista 64bit.... When I start my Windows Mail, and press "send/recieve" it checks my mailaccounts as it's supposed to do. If I press it again to send a message or check my mails again, I get an error. It's a danish Windows, but I'l ...

The message " Windows Sidebar has stopped working" happens frequently when I reach the desktop in VISTA. Checking online brings no results, so I have to close the program. Does anyone have a solution to the p ...

Hello:I ran Easy Transfer to move files from my XP desktop to my new vista laptop, but a few minutes into the process I got a message that my secondary HD ...

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How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista? ...

Vista Home Premium Internet Explorer ProblemsI frequently loose connectivity to the internet while reviewing a long BB posting or inactive for long periods. The only way to get reconnected is to restart my new HP 7760 PC. Meanwhile ...

I am trying to intall my hp 1315 all in one on my new laptop with Vista, the printer and copier work, but not the scanner. I have the software CD, but it's not working to reinstall because "I'm no ...

Some newsgroup pictures are encoded in jibberish. How can I view them? ...

There are five hundred hits on this in google but I can find no answer.I am getting a crash with message "windows explorer has stopped working" everytime i try to drag and drop a menu item on the start bar (using classic view).This is occuring on a brand new machine and still ...

I get this problem after upgraded my OS from Windows XP SP2 to Windows Vista Home Premiun I have an .exe file in the in startup (msconfig) to start inmediately windows vista started, but for some reason, I have to wait about 4 minutes to use it. There is somethin ...

Having installed Vista I find that is does not work with: 1. Our accounts system Sage 2. Our CRM system ACT! 3. Our shopping cart system Actinic 4. Our design package QuarkThe final straw was today when I spent £37 on t ...

My Gateway computer (848GM) purchased just a few month ago has incompatible graphics chipset (915G) for Vista Aero graphics. Can this chipset be upgraded to the compatible 945G on the motherboard? Would installing an addi ...

I am unable to send emails using my office's MS Web Access on a Vista platform. Everytime i click on the Send button, the whole IE becomes disabled (greyedout) and closes after a few seconds. have tried it a couple of times but has b ...

I contacted MS to see if I could use my PDA with Windows Mobile 2003 to connect to my desktop computer via the internet, using Vista Remote Desktop Connection, and they repl ...

I've just installed Vista 64 on my machine, whith a nvidia 7600 card. Aero is running and pooks nice, but why does the entire screen go black for a split second just before a UAC dialog pops up? ...

Hi, here’s hoping you can help solve my Network problem.When I access my correctly mapped network drive, Vista (Home Premium) asks me for my username and password even though I provided it when I mapped it originally and chose the option to “reconnect at ...

I need to get the 100% right answer to a question which only Microsoft can provide. Anyone know a MS presales email address which is answered?The problem i have:Since ha ...

How can I make all the folders with the same view? ...

I have music files in my Music folder and Word and Excel files in my "Homework" folder. But, when I click start> search> and type in "alan" (to find all of my alan jackson songs, which are all located in my Music folder) only 1 alan jackson song shows up. Why? ...

Does anyone know where I can find the equivalent of the XP PowerToys for Vista?TIA, David ...

I just purchased a new notebook and cannot get the Bluetooth to find any of my products. I am trying to connect a Sony Cybershot moblie phone and a Sony wireless mouse, purchased specifically for the model notebook.I have the Bluetooth indicator light on; ...

Hi, from one time, most of folders in Explorer are in 'details' view. It was in 'list' view before. I tried it change by folder options control panel (with 'apply to all'), with no effect. How can I force it to 'list' view? Thanks, Slavio ...

I received MS Streets & Trips 2006 from Gateway as part of MS Works Suite 2006 with my new computer.After installing and trying to access, I received the following error message: "Your registr ...

After installing updates KB931174 KB905866 and KB931621 and restarting my PC, my network connection stopped working. Vista (Enterprise) reported that the problem was caused by a hardware fault. I uninstalled all 3 updates one at a time in the order listed previously and rebooted after each was ...

I have two networks; home & work. Both networks have printers I can see each printer, but when I attempt to print, I get an error message. Please help. ...

I have a problem.... i cant activate my vista ultimate again(OEM edition). My harddrive crached in the weekend and now i cant activate my vista again. it just says that my licens key already is used.... i beleve that it is because i changed my harddrive. What can i do about that? I ...

I'm running Vista Business Using Windows Media Player 11, and I am unable to play my protected WMA files over remote desktop connection. I get a generic erro ...

Dear Microsoft users,Working with Vista is amazing, the only thing I am bothered with is that only 3.1 of my 5.1 sound works. I do not know why this is. In the 5.1 surround wiza ...

so when i am making a dvd in windows dvd maker, from any files; avi, photos, saves from windows movie maker, even just audio, as soon as i get to the part where you choose ...

I am running on Vista and I created one movie/dvd with no problems. I am working on a second and everytime I add a transition or preview movie, my computer shuts down and restarts. This is VERY frustrating as you can imagine. What do I do to fix this problem? ...

The sound works for everything else on my computer except for the videos that I upload. The sound works for videos that I download though. How can I hear the audio in the v ...

I installed Vista Ultimate over Win XP Pro (Tablet). I can not get IE7 to work. The DNS server must connect since the address is translated to an IP number. But no connection to any site. Many other programs do not access the internet either. But ...

Is there anyone else having problems with C&C 3? Mine runs for about 30 seconds then cuts out. Any suggestions? ...

Will microsoft make updates and changes to improve game compatibility with time? I don't have Vista yet but wonder if waiting will improve the chance that the games I currently have will work ...

There is an import for messages from Microsoft Outlook. When I choose that & click next, an error says "Messages cannot be imported from the Mapi client". What can I do to fix this. ...

What can I do? Error de conexión con el servidor. Cuenta: 'pop3.terra.es', Servidor: 'pop3.terra.es', Protocolo: POP3, Puerto: 995, Seguridad (SSL): Sí, Error de socket: 10060, Número de error: 0x800CCC0E ...

When I try send mail an error pops up and mail does not send. It says the connaction to the sever has failed. Host 'POP3' can not be found. Error 0x800CCC0D. Can anyone PLEASE HELP me figure out what the problem is?Tha ...

Can windows mail be deleted or disable. ...

can i undelete deleted mail? i read help info but i do not have a undelete button under edit. cfoster001@tx.rr.com ...

I have an existing email account on a Microsoft Exchange server. Is there a way to configure Vista Mail to use this account? I read in the knowledge base that it doesn't support any web based email, but does this include Microsoft's own Exchange systems as well?I'm using Vista x64, alt ...

Help, this vista is driving me crazy! Can't send to certain email addresses and also won't open any attachments that use slides. I'm not very computer literate and have spent numerous weekends going mad with this! ...

I have tried rapierau's fix. It seemed to work on a couple of sites but other sites continue to load very slowly. My company's site took over 3 minutes just to load ...

Hello, I am running Vista Ultimate x64.I seem to have quite a few missing files of what seem to be important windows executables. Corruption? I cannot seem to delete these from ...

HiI just bought Windows Ultimate. A message came up and told me that Windows Calendar stop working ! It is now a week and it is stil the same. Please help !Veldmuis ...

I have been getting this error since I installed Vista Home Premium two months ago. Sometimes this popup is seen (most times) but sometimes it is not seen. ...

Is there a way to view a progress bar during disk defragmenting with Vista Home Premium?NSA ...

I would like for my computer to switch automatically from balanced or high performance to battery saver when I pull the AC plug. Seems like a logical request. I don't want to go in and modify the battery operation options for the two plans; I'd have to rejigger every ...

Not sure how but my recycle bin dissappeared on my VISTA HOME PREMIUM desktop. I made a short cut but have not figured out how to restore the original to the desktop. I saw a regard on here thanking someone for the answer but could not fond the answer. I would greatly ...

Trying to find the link to download D3DRM.dll file for win vista? ...

Every shutdown:CTHelper32: CTHelper.exe application error. The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) 0ccurred in the application at location 0x0281bad7Click OK to ter ...

I have a client that ordered a PC for his business and was told by HP business that he could only get it with Vista. Before calling me he went ahead and ordered it and t ...

Hi Folks,Still exploring whatall I can do with Vista. Is there an easy way to create custom Icons for my desktop from images I have on file, or find on the 'net?I've played with the clipping tool, and or course MS Paint, but I was wondering how to turn it into an .ico file with wha ...

Hi,I installed a clean XP Pro and the Vista Business upgrade along with a few of my production apps.I tried the new complete pc backup feature to create an image of the clean installation just in case I had problems later.When creating the im ...

i'm upgrading from XPSP2 and everything is ok till the end and when vista try to open i have this message: cannot start cause "NetFile.sys is missing or corrupt". Is this file on my computer or on Vista? How can i fix this I have: Asus P4P8 ...

I tried to create a DVD on my XP machine using Windows Easy Transfer. The progression bar advances until virtual completetion and then I get a message, "There was an unknown problem using the Image API (IMAPI). T ...

You suggested I remove the McAfee Antivirus. If I do that how will my computer be protected from Viruses? Or do you want me to uninstall and reinstall the program? ...

Under XP, there were two folders under the FAX folder (Inbox and Sent Items) holding received and sent faxes. I recreated the same and copied the contents, ...

I bought vista prem. and installed it on a new sata drive. before hand I had windows xp mse2005 on another sata drive. I unhooked the drive with xp mse2005 ...

I have a CD that contains music. I believe that the files were saved using Adaptec's software no longer have the programmesWhen inserting the disk into the CR (RW) drive it appears to read noramly but continues and continues.Can anyone suggest a way to read this diskThanks ...

i bought my pc in jan. and i got an email saying that i am capable to upgrade... but now that vista is out i dont know how to access that and dowload it. help? ...

Error Event ID 1108 The event logging service encoutered an error while processing an incoming event published from MicrosofWindowsSecurityAuditingError Event ID 6 ...

New Dell with Vista home premium installed. From the start it intermittently hung, everything appears to stop including the 'gadget' clock that starts 30 seconds later. As I put more onto the PC the more frequ ...

Dear friends:Is there a version of BartPE for Vista? The same for ERUNTThey have solved many big problems with my XP computers in the past, so I don't want to be without them.Any hint? Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am try ...

Good Evening: Each time I open a folder [Window +E] and doubleclick on a file, the message Windows Explorer has stopped working. It runs through its process then says Windows Explorer is restarting. What cause ...

I have a bit of a problem. I have reinstalled most all of my programs back onto my computer after installing Vista. With the exception of my MS Frontpage program. The CD gets half way thru' the installation and informs ...

I've used APC's PowerChute Personal with their batteries since Win95. Never had any problems with unattended shutdowns due to power outages, all worked as adver ...

I am setting up a computer lab with 14 new Dell laptops, all identical hardware. We need to be able to boot either Vista or XP Pro on these laptops. We also need to have the ability to "refresh" the OS back to a clean "image" before each new class, to eliminate an ...

I have a USB DVD on my Dell Otiplex.When I select the boot option it gives me IDE??thx ...

Upgrade advisor tells me its good to install Ultimate, i get right up to 'Upgrading Windows' it then restarts and locks up and i need to hit restart it will attemp this again a few times bef ...

I just got a new PC with Windows Vista. I have not been able to use the mail since the day I brought it home. Every time I try to send mail it says it cannot connect with my server. I have typed in the server address given by ISP, but nothing seems to help. It takes forever before ...

I have a Windows Vista 32 bit operating system. When the screen saver is in operation the system crashes. It forces me to restart. I then get a screen asking if I would like to have the system do ...

hi i am using windows vista, and the time and date date is wrong, i get an error when i try to connect to update the internet time.i have turned off my firewall, not sure what else i need to do? ...

Everytime I try to select the type of photo paper I want, it automatically goes back to the plain paper option. Is there anyone that knows what can be wrong? ...

If you go to Speaker properties in the Audio Control Panel in Windows Vista You will see a text called "Information about the controller" (I have translated it from Dutch).In this box you will find f ...

Hello everyone!I recently posted to this group regarding the fact that I felt my system was not automaticaly creating restore points on a daily basis.I have been observing this after following some advice and reviewin ...

my tv tuner was working good on friday, but on sat when i started wmc it said that "tuner no installed", i dont know what happened can any one help me ...

A freind of mine is trying to install Vista to a P4 motherboard. It isn't very old. but won't boot from the disc. In the BIOS there isn't a boot opti ...

After my computer has been asleep, is there a way to bypass the logon screen entirely? I'm the only user of my computer, and its unnecessary, as I only have one identity / profile for the compiuter ...

Can an .exe be embedded in a gadget (for use in the sidebar)?Marco ...

Can anyone tell me of a good DVD Player/Decoder program that works well with XP? I didn't get one with my computer and I can't play DVD's that are pre made....I would like to be able to get a program so I can watch them on my comp ...

hi friends,My Phillips PCVC675k webcam doesn't work under Vista home Premium. Still couldn't find the correct driver. Please help. And where can I get a list of Vista Compatible (and Microsoft approved, ...

32 bit vista home premium.control panel>problem reports and solutions."Service Admin Works Agent X8 hung on starting" is a common incident., and has been so for 5 weeks.notwithstanding tha ...

My computer always starts in the default Administrative user account. I have to then change user each time. When I log off, I am then presented with a screen that shows the Adminis ...

I'm an idiot and deleted all my FreeCell files, trying to get rid of a saved game. And yes....I deleted them from the trash too. Does anyone know how I can get the exact FreeCell files for Windows Vista back? ...

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Just got new computer with M.S.Vista installed.Machine seems to be working fine on all accounts.My cable provider helped me set up my email to go thru their servers.It seems that the people that I send to get my messages.Problem comes when ...

i am using windows fax and scan for vista. i can scan a document from my printer but i can not save it as a pdf file. any thoughts would be of help.thanks bc ...

IF RESTAURANTS FUNCTIONED LIKE MICROSOFT! Patron: Waiter!Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill and I'll be your Support. May I have your telephone number, area code first? Your visit may be monitored for purposes of quality control. Now, what seems to be the problem?Patron: There's a fly in m ...

OK. Here goes. Two machines, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business. Printer hooked directly to the Vista Home Premium computer. Both computers connect to the internet via a Linksys router with no problems. Printer is an HP ...

HiI am running Vista UltimateHow do I setup Explorer so I can refresh the view in Explorer.This was available but it is now disappeared??cheers ...

Not sure if this got posted but here it is again!All those that bought Windows ME raised there hands.All those who tried to support Windows ME raise their hands (I had to).All those that wanted their money back after buying Wind ...

i can use the function with the windows key + tab but i want to have the icon for the windows switch between on my taskbar, i have already tried to move the file to the quick launch but it was al ...

Hellllllppp Im getting an internet explorer script error when i try to print on the internet. does anyone know how to fix this? I need to print from different online sites. thank you. ...

FolksWhen I try to open up Event Viewer, I'm told it is not available and to check the service is running.I've checked the services, and everything appears to be peachy.Is there ...

I'd like vista to invoke flip3d if I leave my machine for a set period.The idea being when I return to my PC I can easily pick the application I need.Has anyone any idea how to achieve this? ...

During or after conversion. 1. Some getting used to? 2. A snap? 3. A disaster? ...

Loaded up vista home premium on my mini .... 1GB ram here. Runs very smooth. No issues here at all. Very quick OS with no slow downs at all. This is not a high end PC or gaming machine but if your looking to use boot camp with your mini and ...

To connect to the internet I currently have to click START then CONNECT TO; then select my ISP connection; then click connect on the window that actually completes the connection.I've t ...

Installed Vista over XP. No sound. New drivers, old drivers, nothing helped.I need suggestions about how to get sound.Jerry ...

Every time I close my laptop's lid it enters standby mode. At resume, I always get the message "Host process for windows services stopped working and was closed. a problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solut ...

Greetings,I have a Sony SDMS93B (19") monitor with a native resolution of 1280 x 1024, it's being driven by a ATI AllInWonder X1900 video adapter. When running under Windows XP, the monitor runs at native resolution. Under Vista, ho ...

I recently upgraded to Windows vista. After doing so, my line in for my sound is no longer working! my volume mixer doesnt show anything as if its muted, its not even there. When I right click, and select playback, it only shows speakers / headphone ...

Hi Community,I have the following setup: Abit AB9 Pro Mobo, Core Duo E6600, 4 Maxtor 160 GB drives, 1 74GB Raptor, 2GB RAM. What I am planning to do is the following:Raptor: System drive: hold Vista Ultimate, Applications RAID 5 using the onboard RAID and the 4 Maxtor drives for data redundan ...

Some of my user accounts suddenly won't start properly, and users get a "temporary" view of Vista until the "administrator" (haaaa haaaa haaaa, that's me!) comes riding to the rescue.How does a User Profile get screwed up by normal activity? (By "normal&quo ...

Why on rightclicking action from an email address from Contacts to send a normal email it TAKES ages to open the new message? ...

Hi all, I purchased Vista a month or so ago, and I really enjoyed using the new operating system, but unfortunately it caused a significant impact on my gaming performance so significant that I was ...

For some reason my Vista rating is not updating when I click on refresh or update my score. dannymichel ...

I have a peer to peer network. One computer is Vista Home Basic while the other is XP home edition. When trying to install a printer on the xp computer to the vista computer I get the following ...

Hi, Is there a way to access teh folder documents and settings under vidta? When i double click teh folder, it give an unauthorized access, while i am logged in as adminis ...

Hi all,I am wondering could you tell me about vista compatability with SPSS and in particular versions 13 and 14. Will it work if I download them onto vista? ...

Can we view restore points without changing anything?Thanks ...

I'm having this problem since some months now: my PC randomly powers up by itself when in hibernation or standby, which is very annoying. I also have a laptop which has the same problem. This sucks, since sometimes i want to use it and the battery has been killed be ...

Within a Vista environment, IE7 & WMP etc. is there a tool or method for saving web content such as... news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4680000/newsid_4686600/4686677.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm ...

I'm downloading simple programs from major manufacturers like eFAX, which they have made for Vista, and everytime i try to run the program, it says, "eFAX Steup has stopped working". Then forces me to close the program o ...

Hi All, I was wondering if this bug has been fixed in XP, to eliminate it's wiping out Vista's restore points when the 2 OS's are set up as dualboot?Thanks for any links or thoughts.......... katy ...

My sister says she deleted her recycle bin. Is it possible to delete recyle bin in Vista? If it disappears, how can it be restored? In XP you can show it on desktop thru Properties/desktop/customize deskt ...

Just trying to have, from day to day, folders stay in the way I wish them to stay and not have Vista decide how they should be. They seem only to last as long as the machin ...

Windows Vista's Control Panel for the most part is an improvement over the XP's counterpart. There are a lot more controls that are visible to the user, and (while not always the case) easy to find.I however have one major grievance with the control panel: ...

I am trying to install the software that came with my Panasonic DVD Video Camera. I contacted Panasonic and they do not have any updates to the software. There are 4 programs on the disk that I need to upload ...

I am installing Visa Ultimate on my laptop HP DV2000, however after couple weeks the DVD ROM is missing, I couldn't find the drive on My Computer or on Device Manag ...

I have a serial device that is being reconized as a Serial Ball mouse and of course it is not. What is the Vista equivalent of XP/NT boot.ini setting ofVersion 4.00" /NoSerialMice:COM1I do not see a BCDEdit option to do this? ...

Hi,Existing Win XP Home, ( Upgrade ), SP2 based in the UK.Was about to ask questions on OEM Vista but came across Hotrod's thread on OEM vs Retail, between Carey and KF some of those questions were ...

Hey, can anyone help me out?Recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium. Liking it, but running into some odd behaviors:1. The Photo Gallery does not list the Pictures folder in its folders, and does not show ...

since i have installed vista home onto my system i cannot connect to the internet via my belkin router, i connect via a ethernet cable to the router, ha ...

After upgrading to vista business edition, all my games in the games folder seemed to have disappeared and left behind only a "games explorer". i opened ...

Hi . When I get a mail and there is a link to Unsubscribe etc, it does not seem to work. I have looked for a tick box in tools but to no avail. Can anyone help me with thisThx ...

Account: 'Verizon Yahoo!', Server: 'incoming.yahoo.verizon.net', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'ERR popgate unknown command', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18I receive this message whenever I click "Send/Receive". I have set up my a ...

I know there was another discussion somewhere re this problem, but I can't locate it. I'm having the problem some others were having and wondering if there is any solution?When I go to "create mail" it takes several seconds after the email comes up before ...

My windows mail is not keeping sent messages. I am on tiscali mail. ...

Hi Somehow, my Windows Mail has stored in my recent contacts Sarah's email as 145@example.com instead of 154@example.com. Now, even if I only reply to an email to Sarah, Mail sends the mail to 15 ...

support.microsoft.com/kb/934548/enus On a Windows Vistabased computer, you cannot use keyboard shortcuts to select more than one item in Windows ExplorerView products that this article applies to. Article ID : 934548 Last Review : April ...

I frequently have to report numbers of files on my LAN created between two dates. Under Windows XP, the search function under Windows Explorer allowed one to search for files created between two dates.Now, under Vista (Business Edition), I have to do two searches and subtrac ...

Does it do this automatically, or did some one just plain leave this important feature out? ...

My sidebar shows 6 clocks! Can't get them to change to anything else. I can get them to dissapear, but that doesn't solve the problem. ...

support.microsoft.com/kb/934548/enusOn a Windows Vistabased computer, you cannot use keyboard shortcuts to select more than one item in Windows ExplorerView products that this ar ...

2 computers both Vista Ultimate.When I want to share the printer on Comp. 1 with Comp. 2 than I get the message :To use the shared printer , you need to install ...

I have speakers plugged into the motherboard sound socket and a wireless USB headset. In Windows XP I am able select the speakers for audio playback and the headset for voice playback and this works fine (eg speakers for music and headset for Skype).But in Vista I can only choose one of ...

HI I decided it was time to install Vista however i have run into a few problems.I have been running the lappy on xp pro, dual boot with vista beta.I decided to trash the vista installation and install a ...

Does anyone know an email address that can be used to resolve activation issues?The motherboard on my new computer died (never buy ASUS), and I now need to activate with the replacem ...

Hello Everyone,I have a laptop with Vista64 on it. It worked fine until last week. I tried to set my home wireless lan then it lost its Internet connection. I couldn't have used ineternet since then but lan works well. I couldn't use total commander FT ...

I had two XP computers running through a router. They shared files and printers. I replaced one of the Xp computers with another computer loaded with Vista. I am having difficulties sharing files and printers. I cant get the Vista computer to see ...

Hi. Is there a way to change the default location for the ShadowCopies (Like, putting them on a different Drive) And also the hiberfil.sys File ? Or Tsemah YSIDE ...

How do I fix this that it does not ask me every time if I really want to open any of the several programs installed on the computer. ...

I have read the previous questions, yet none of the solutions are helping. I have tried importing the contacts and the dialog box says it worked, but it didn't. Is there ANY way to import the email addresses? I no longer have OE on my computer. Any help woul ...

unable to copy or move sent and received messages into appropriate folder. The folder appears bolded with a number in brackets while messages are blocked ...

Just got my new computer and set up my email. I want to set up an account for my wife. I used to use Outlook and she Outlook Express. Now I don't know what to do. ...

I have had this issue since I stupidly installed TweakVI a few weeks ago. That program was uninstalled after about 15 minutes as it goobered up my system pretty bad. Unfortunately, sin ...

Dear community, I collected my new laptop a couple of days ago and was surprised it came with no OS disk. It has 64bit Business vista. After setting it up, I used the feature to create a recovery "disk", which I have written on an external (portabl ...

Internet explorer is up and running, but other programs like Windows media player and AIM are unable to connect to the internet. I dont have a firewall on, so i cant figure out what's wrong. Hope you can help me. ...

Before I had to wipe Vista out and start all over again, I had Print Shop 15 installed on it, and working well. The second time around, I am not able to install it. The installation runs up to 2% and s ...

It took so long to install Vista that I forgot to update my Symantec Antivirus before actually upgrading to Vista. I upgraded after the fact and now get an incompatability e ...

When starting Vista 32 bit I recieve the prompt some startup programs have been blocked. I open the window "Show or remove blocked startup programs" but it do ...

Any ideas why this would be? Have an ASUS P5n32 sli se deluxe MB. Corsair XMS2 ddr ram.I've been reading about this KB929777 hotfix. Computer is still slower with 4gig over 2 gig.I've just read that Vista has a known bug running 4 gig of ram. Has anyone who ...

Before on window xp:We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with www.example.com.sb for our testing environment.Now on window vista:When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.loca ...

I've been playing around with the Vista backup utility and it appears that there is no way to select individual folders for backup; Vista only allows you to select types of files for backup. I must be looking in the wrong place! How could MS have created something that won' let me ...

According to the Help menu in Photo Gallery (see below) there is a "Photo" profile in the Scan Dialog box in addition to the Documents and other profiles but I didn't see any. As a result there are no ...

Hi,I have Vista Ultimate was just fiddling around and tried the classic theme. Now Vista Basic is missing form the theme options. Aero works fine and basic is still there as when I run games it kicks in.Any ideas?TIA ...

If your OS was an animal.. Mac OS would be a tiger, or leopard, since it is powerful and fast yet elegant. Linux would be a fox, since it is swift, but it is also clever.. Windows XP is a dog because its faithful and friendly. Vista is a maneating, retarded hippopota ...

Please excuse the crossposting, but I'm not sure which is the most relevant!I think my PC is complaining of neglect, as having set it up a couple of months ago, I have not had muct time to play with it :) So it is taking it's revenge.I believe all was fine until a week or so ago, ...

I have Vista and XP on my thinkpad t43 laptop, on two different harddrives.XP internet connectivity is quick / responsive, etc on my comcast cable modem, and at my lawschool's network.Vista Ultimate its slow, times out, I ha ...

I have received several emails from relatives sending pictures and when I download them they are zip files. Upon opening the zip files they show up as text files that look like jibberish when opened. I tried to fix this by changing the "open wit ...

I have 17 inch widescreen LCD monitor, but control panel only gives me two choices for screen display and 1280 x 1024 is not one of them. I have a Sony ...

Hi!My company is selling computers and our customers want XP Pro on their new computers but soon there are only Vista Business computers.So I want to buy ...

To anyone with helpfull advice, i have just forked out £249 clams for Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit version and now i cant get my Linksys WirelessG broadban ...

I have only just bought this computer, iut had viista premium 64 bit preinstalled and has an on board high definition sound card. (ADI AD1986A High Difinition Audio). I checked and it says the drivers are upto date and that there are no problems with the sound card. The computer ...

Just saw an update for Nforce network controller on Vista update site. I'm hesitant in updating mine as it seems to work fine and was wondering if anyone has updated and has an ...

Windows Update ran last night, so when I woke up this morning my computer had restarted.Now the speakers aren't working. If I connect headphones to the jack, I get sound, but nothing from the speakers. I ...

I'm banging my head against my desk.I need to buy a laptop today, but the only operating system available in KOREA (I'm not joking), is Windows Vista Premium in KOREAN. By buying a new laptop, I feel entitled t ...

So, I've gone through extensive troubleshooting, both on my own, and with Microsoft reps, and the problem still seems to be happening. The problem is that every now and then, windows has gotten into the habit of deactivating itself when I restart my comput ...

This is the second time I've installed Vista Home Premium. The first time there were these folders that I was unable to access that had a small arrow next to the folder. I was told these point to the actual folder and were there to assist older programs to find the new folders in Vista (I bel ...

If I go to 'pictures' and try to double click on the photo [thumbnail] all I get is a message that reads "unable to fully open application because of unknown error". ...

I need help on how to copy movie stills from dvd. I met the Dalai Lama and it was filmed. I have that on dvd but would like a photo to hang in my house. Help! ...

I can't play any DVDs on my Gateway GT5404. It displays the following message: "problem with digital copy protection between DVD drive, decoder and video car ...

I recently got an iPod, so used iTunes to convert all my songs to AAC format. Now they don't show up in MC at all on the PC or the 360.On the 360's main dashboard Media blade I can find ...

My bmp files are lesson notes used for teaching. They are imported from an XP system, and were opened with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer on Windows XP. On Vista they are opened by Windows Photo Gallar ...

Hello,I have a domain which has about 30 computers with windows XP. Today I received the first computer equipped with windows vista business. Installing the computer and connecting it to ...

All right. So I've crawled all over this forum in search of an answer to this problem, and I have yet to find anything quite like it. I am running Vista on a brand new computer. It is conne ...

I installed windows vista on my home computer. The problem I am having is, every time when I try to copy or create or delete a folder or file, I get this dialog box saying me i need the permission to execute this function, whether I want to continue or cancel, when I click on ...

Hi there. I'm trying to use the Disk Management app built in to vista to shrink a partition on one of my hard disks, however every time I try to run it from the computer management utility in administrative tools it tells me "An internal error ha ...

May be I was not very much clear in the message with subject "Damn Vista". Actually I am using Vista Home Premium in my Dell Laptop. There is only one account which is administrator account and which is me. In the control panel it also shows my status ...

I tried to clean up my home directory and ended up putting a whole lot of seemingly unimportant directories on an external drive. I think this is the problem a whole lot of other people are having with winmail.What are the f ...

Can I unistall Windows mail, and reinstall Outlook Express??? ...

Does anybody know how to let Windows Mail in Vista shows calendar and mailbox at the same time in a same collum on the left? ...

The email launcher from Contacts does not work. I can send email directly from Windows Mail which shows the contact info when I click on "To". ...

windows mail doesn't support http no more. where can i find yahoo POP3 seer#? don't know what to put in into that window. please help! ...

When I open link in some messages, WM restarts itself. Others work just fine. Steve in Georgia ...

I am riunning XP on a low performance machine, and Vista on a brand new, far superior maching, so, why is Vista so damn slow at doing EVERYTHING!!! and would there be any problems with convert ...

I have installed Vista Home Premium 86x Upgrade within the last week. Things went pretty well, but it seems that many drivers didn't automatically install. This was true for my Memorex Traveldrive 1GB flash drive and Olympus St ...

I was wondering what I need to do to make my printer compatible with windows vista. I have a HP PSC 1210 allinone. ...

Hi,I have installed Vista on my computer et uninstalled XpIn the Folder System Volume Information, i still have restore points from Xp i would like to delete but i can't even edit their name or delete them (even in safe mode).The clean up tool can"t erase them. I tried to expand ...

I'm currenty using Toshiba Setallite M100 (PSMAOA00G006), I bought it last year. My computer is using Windows XP, I upgraded it to Windows Vista last week but when I did, my remote control are not working.Does anyone have any idea for this problem???? please help me out... ...

Is there a definitive answer to this problem? Like many people, my system (vista home premium) takes a century to copy large files. First, the File Copy dialog just sits there with title "Calculating time remaining". Then, it gets going and copies the file in about 1020 times wha ...

After much trial and error, and nunerous system restores I have finally cracked it. (I think!!) They only work with IE32 not IE64First, uninstall all old versions (using Adobe web uninstaller for preference)Go to the Adobe web player test page. Shockwave will offer to install first. Acti ...

Using either the built in windows zip utility, or Winzip, it takes a very long time to uncompress anything. For example, it takes about 1.5 hours to uncompress a 50 MB file, but if I take that file to my Solaris box and unco ...

I've disabled UAC, but after every restart I get a message in the system tray reminding me it's switched off. Any way to get rid of this message for good? ...

I have Vista Ultimate. My new machine came with one 250GB HD, I added two 250GB HD and they show up in explorer. When I added the 4th drive a 500GB it shows up in the BIOS and in Device Manager, but, I don't see it in Wind ...

Hallo folk,When I run system restore it seems to go well until the end when there is an erro message saying system restore was not able to complete or was unsuccessful.I do have system restore points and was a ...

I want to adjust my msc consoles like %systemroot% \system32\devmgmt.msc. Though I log on with admin rights, open the console as admin, and uncheck File Options 'Do not save changes' , the decisive submenu File Save remains greyed out. Any help appreciated. Sven ...

I have no idea what happened. But since today in the afternoon, i got a warning from windows vista saying that automatic updates is off. I have not done anything to the system. When i try to change it to be on, i get the following error. ...

Hi,Whenever I click the link to open an online radio station windows media player within internet explorer just says Ready it doesn't even begin to buffer and doesn't play at all. Has anyone el ...

hi... many thanks bert kinney,found your web site via this forum and used your solution for system restore errors and it worked fine .just a small question though,shouldn't this info be included in ms help/support or norton help/support,bu ...

In order to connect BT device, I just bought a USB 2.0 BT dongle and installed on my pc running Vista Home Premium Edition successfully. However, I could do anything with the BT device. Probably, it might due to my lack of understanding how t ...

Hi there, I have a Western Digital (WD1600B008) storage device that used to work on my computer (vista prem) but now all I get is error code 10. it says the driver is installed but cannot start. have looked everywhere but cannot find a driver to replace and nothing at WD ...

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I just upgraded to Vista Home Premium last weekend after FINALLY getting drivers for my Sony Vaio computer from Sony. I just LOVE the OS, however I seem to have one small quirk. Each tim ...

Hello,I'm french, but i'm using Vista Business edition in english. I wanted to try the vista speech recognition. So I installed my webcam, because there's a microphone ...

The sleep mode didn't work with my XFX Geforce 7600 GS (AGP). It would go into sleep then immediately start up again. However it only does this with a USB Keyboard. By putting a PS2 adapter on the keyboard the sleep mode then worked fine. I tried two keyboards as ...

I used to have an IDE drive with XP, bought a SATA drive for Vista, but now my IDE HP dvd640 isn't showing up in my Explorer. Bought a brand new LGGSAH62L SATA dvd drive and that ...

I upgraded Windows MCE to Windows Home Premium and I decided to try the trial mode first. Well, today is the last day of my trial and I am trying to activate Vista and I get error code 0xC004F061 when I try to activate and ...

I am running a 64bit system on a Asus board (A8N SLI Deluxe Motherboard) with AMD x2 3800+ dule Core Processor. I have 2x 1Gb Dual Chanell pc3200 ddr400 Geil sticks in slots 1 & 3 when I put the same type memory in slots 2 & 4 I get a win ...

Hello guys. I am having problems with my Autounattend.xml while at the last strages of setup. First of all it says like [You have to create a password for your account] and when shows me screen to create the password. In that screen I had to know the old password...Since there is no pa ...

I recently installed Window's Vista on a new hard drive. I'm running an Athlon 3200, 1 GB RAM. When I try to publish the movie to DVD, it begins the encoding process and gets to around 310% and then shuts off. I don't think the actual DVD recording begi ...

My home PC had XP Media (SP2) and I just upgraded to VISTA. Prior to the upgrade i was able to print from my work laptop thru wireless connection. Now a ...

On one machine I get the message "Windows cannot create a network map for the selected type of network connection." whenever I ask it to draw the full map. As far as I know I have a perfectly ordinary type of network, and its set to be a "Private Network" so I'm not sure wh ...

Hi there, I appologise on the post regarding System Restore, and have read all the other posts without anything seeming relevant.I have got a new laptop from Dell ...

cannot turn on security center i recently installed onecare nick ...

I had BitLocker enabled, had to decrypt and clear the TPM key becuase I forgot the password. I now reenabled the TPM key, initialized it and now have a password I ...

Ok, I can see that "Add Remove Programs" (appwiz.cpl) has changed to "Programs and Features" in Vista.But what happened to the "Add New Programs" tab? Is there a security setting to enable it ...

This is probably a simple problem to the erudite members of this clan, but i can't make any changes because I am not logged on as the adminstration. I am the only one to ever use this computer. How can i log on as admistration? rwarth ...

I found some "junk" files on my drive D and attempted to dekete them. (I have Admin permission on my local Vista Ultimate box). I was not allowed to delete th ...

I have played this game and I love it, but all of a sudden, it will not open. Has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?Thanks, ...

I am a serious gamer and I sometimes play games for long periods. This has happened to me many times and what happens is when I play a game (doesn't matter which one) for 3 hours or more or leave the game running for some time, the taskbar *flashes* but not only that but it shows the taskba ...

does any body know how to delete a deleted piece of mail it's only one as i can't delete it as it's alway's in in my mailbox ...