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getting realy angry now, been trying to install a usb freeview TV software, but at the end of installation an error message pops up saying "mpg2splt.ax ACCESS IS DENIED" ive ...

I know it is old now, but I still love the original Tetris.Can anyone tell me where to download a full screen version that is compatible with Vista Home Premium please? Tommo ...

HELP ME PLEASE! THE COMMAND olemessage.fetch don't work in windows vista mail ? Naples, 01/03/2007 ...

Hi,When I want to compose new mail and go to start typing in the name of the "to" person, nothing comes up from the contacts to fill them in. I have entered all my contacts s ...

I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment only one hard disk at a time? ...

Is there an XP Performance and Maintenance newsgroup that anyone knows about? I can't find one...in English anyway. ...

Old computer crashed, had to buy new notebook with vista. hp does not have a vista version for the drivers. i downloaded the xp drivers on hp's advice and things worked for one day. now, i can see the printer on the c ...

Hi all. I have my Logitec speakers plugged in all three jacks in the back but I can't find my RealTek driver disk. Vista can't drive the speakers without the RealTek drivers? I get sound out of my headphones OK so the sound card is operati ...

when i right click in the folder and goto new there are no options to create a new folder. how can i fix this. ...

Hi,I am about to reinstall vista on a box with 2 drives. I would like to instal the OS and programs on one of these drives and point ALL other account folders (music, documents etc) onto the oth ...

In Vista Ultimate... I have several (8) USB external HDD's (Maxtor, Western Digital, 500GB MyBooks) which need to be shared on the network. I have successfully been able to create shares and permi ...

I just got a new notebook, and managed to successfully hook it up to a wireless router. Everything works fine UNTIL it enters sleep or hibernate mode. Once it enters one of those modes, the computer no longer has a network connection when it comes out o ...

All,I've been running a Vista Ultimate machine on a Client / Server network for some time. I'm not sure if it's connected to the problem or not, but I've just complete ...

Seems many people are having trouble with Vista. I was just wondering how many upgraded from XP? I heard from some friends of mine that upgrading from XP to Vista was ...

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 games. In Vista Home Premium 64 Bit, I am able to choose 1280x720 on the de ...

I have recorded a clip which i need to edit with Windows Movie Maker. The clip does play in windows media player, but does not in windows movie maker...?Do I need to convert the file to MPEG, or install any specific codec ...

Are possible? How? ...

I have a new HP a1700n with Vista. Works 8 gives me an error message that it has stopped working. As per someone's suggestion on another thread, I installed a dummy printer (mine's an HPc3180) and printed th ...

When I used IShellItem::BindToHandler method to get IThumbnailProvider object, I got an error: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write prote ...

I just upgraded my Dell Latitude D620 from WinXPSP2 to Vista Business. I did NOT delete my printers before the upgrade.Each time that I print to my Dell 1700N (network printer) ...

Why in heavens name am I getting a message of "This language is no longer available" in the Vista Windows email spell check, regarding English!!! This is ...

I am seeing high CPU utilization on one core of my core 2 duo proc. one core stays approximately 6080% even with minimal os services and no extra apps running. The other core shows no more than 10% at any time, unless loading/executing an application ...

My copy of Vista Home Premium tells me that the file is not found, every time I click on Windows Defemder> What gives? ...

Have downloaded Vista drivers etc from Brother website. When I click on the setup.exe file all I get is an error message "The directory name is invalid". Contacted Brother and they sent me a d ...

I just want to ask two questions.One, want is a service pack?Two, Do I SERIOUSLY need to install it? PLEASE HELP!!!!!! ...

just downloaded windows vista last night now when i start the computer both windows programs show at msdos..how do i get rid of my old windows program? ...

Once the Indexing function of Vista is complete, I find that if I have my Outlook2007 (OL) open for more than about 1015 min, I get the message "MS Search Protocol Host has stopped w ...

I receive emails to my hotmail account written in Russian and the characters are displayed as jibberish but I would like to read these emails. Do I have to purchase special software to read these emails? Does Microsoft have a download or are there special settings I can change? Thanks... ...

Using the Home edition of Avast 4.7.942 on my laptop running Vista Enterprise and my laptop is connected to my SBS 2003 network (for home use :) ) that has ISA 2004 installed.I also have another desktop running Avast 4.7.942 with XP Pro SP2 connecting through the s ...

When my computer starts, some 'programs' (Web sites that I want to view with Internet Explorer) are blocked at startup by Windows Defender.How do I t ...

Am considering two dual cores as a possible new system with upgrade possibilities in the future (dual quadcore CPUs).However, need to understand if Vista 64 can handle the FX70 processors nowand if there are any known bugs at this time. ...

Anyone have any luck running this on Vista ...

There is a very annoying behavior on my computer. The issue is that when I open a window at times it minimizes to the bottom task bar. An example is while composing an email then moving the mouse to se ...

yeah, I know, it's the strangest thing. Whenever I run disk defragmenter in Windows Vista it uninstalls my flash player. The only why I can install it again is to go to the Adobe site and download the unintsaller for f ...

Hi,Just wondering why my control panel computer info does not recognize the 4Gig of RAM that I have installed. Instead it states 2815MB. I am running Vista Premium x32. I had window xp pro x32 before and it did not recognize the 4Gig either. How much RAM can Vista ...

Hallo,I have a german version of Vista Home Premium.What I am finding rather annoying at the moment is the resourcehandling (language) of the filesystem.On the disk (ie. via Explorer) the standard 'german' path to my installed programs is ( C:\Programme ). However, if a Program instal ...

Hello Alll i have lost my areo glass look on the taskbar on windows vista and i got Vista Home Premium, and i dont know how to get it back. and the wired thing is i used to have it afte ...

How can i change my subscription information once i have set up a subscription. For instance how do i remove a subscription, or change a password to an existing subscription?Thanks in advance ...

Hi, After instaling Vista everything is OK After instaling other drivers and soft my pictures get green (photoshop, windows photo gallery) but they show ok under xnView. Doe an ...

I followed the directions in an earlier post that said to download and install LLTD Responder on my XP station. I also opened the list of ports in my Vista notebook. Now I cannot see any compu ...

Hi,I have a Freecom Storage Gateway with some folders which are protected by a username and a password. Connecting to these folders seems only working when connecting from my older computers, running Windows XP.My new laptop, which is running Vista, keeps showing m ...

Hi all,I have just upgrated to Vista from XP. I had installed Norton 360 already on XP. Unfortunately, my Vista Security Center does not recognize the Firewall and the Malware protection from Norton 360.Is there a way to rescan / reset the Security Center to update the statu ...

I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64. I don't understand the reason but I can't seem to find this problem anywhere else. I'm trying to sync a network folder with vista's "offline files" feature but it's nowhere to be seen. ...

I have a Gigabyte GA8SR533P motherboard with the SiS645 chipset, P4, 1024MbDDR RAM, ATI 9800AIW graphics, Creative SB Live! sound, Diamond Supra Pro CW modem, on a LAN. It has run ...

I have Windows XP on my C: drive and Vista on another dish, drive is called V:The Vista bootmanager works perfect.Now i would like to delete the XP on my C: drive an ...

I have, to my understanding, a corrupt XP system. Would I have to buy the Full versionof vista or can i just buy the upgrade ...

When I have the preview pane enabled, clicking on a lot of office documents and video files causes a dialog to appear:Title: "prevhost.exe Fatal Application Exit" Message: "Could not open a file mappi ...

Hi, I just bought a new computer with 4 GB of PC 6400 Ram. I noticed that my System Info only showed 3,324.84 MB so I called the manufacture. He said that th ...

Anyone know where I can locate & download "DSP Group TrueSpeech codec". It seems to be missing from my preinstalled HP notebook's Vista.Thanks ...

In Windows XP, I could easily switch between the "Fade" and "Scroll" effects for menus, ToolTips, and the like. In Windows Vista, I don't know where to go to access that selection. Can anyone here point me in the ...

I think I have discovered a very strange bug. It took a while to notice the pattern but I was wondering if anyone else using Speech Recognition can duplicate the issue.Environment: Toshiba Satellite A10S129 (3+ yrs old) Celero ...

Heya everyone,I've recently purchased Vista business, and ordered the 64bit media from microsoft i'm told it is in the mail... :)I would like to try the 64bit version for some very specific reas ...

Can anyone tell me how to pin the connection bar. Every time I connect with RDC, the bar is hidden. I can pin it, but it stays only for that connection. Next connection it is hidden again. Doug ...

i seem to have an annoying problem with a couple of my newly upgraded vista computers. 1. for some odd reason i cant access my documents, my pictures, my videos folders . keeps on crashing, explorer, not internet explorer. i ...

I want to ask what does the "Run as Aministrator" option do with the shortcut acutally?I was trying to make my Windows Explorer shortcut to re ...

Can you still use autoexec.bat to say, set path etc? ...

What is up with Vista not allowing me to use my hotmail account when i want to send a web page or a link to a friend? Is there a way around this? When the drop down send email menu happens, it a ...

Alright, now, I've only had this Windows Vista for about two weeks, I'd say? Mmk, and today, I came home and turned on the computer as usual, and then instead of the screen where it asks me for my password it says 'logon ...

Used to be, way back in Win98, from which I upgraded to Vista, that I could right click on the desktop and line up my icons without rearranging them. Is this just gone, or am I missing something?Ron ...

I would like to sync my music playists on Windows Media Player to my 30 GB iPOD, but for some reason even when my ipod is connected Windows Media Player says there is no device connected; therefore I can't sync my Windows Media music unto my ipod. It just says CONNECT A DEVICE even though it is ...

My CPU, since the update to vista, has been preforming subpar.I was wondering if Intel has released driver updates to the T2300 core duo?thanks ...

I am no good in PC. Just upgrade from ME to Vista. After connected to local network, unable to connect to internet. Broadband with Thomson speed touch modem. Can any one help.Ray. ...

I saw the technet tools but it requires a SQL database. Before I upgrade I want to make sure that vital apps (like my printer) will work. Is there ...

Hei all..I see that vista have a problem with Nero. So what can I use to make CD DVD and so on ?Thomas DK ...

I've had a 32bit version of Vista up and running on my AMD Athlon 64 based laptop for a while, without any real problems. I've recently upgraded this to the 64bit version and I'm getting an 'Active X Registeration Error' w ...

I just bought a Dell XPS410 with Vista Home Premium 32 bit. It came with a a TV Tuner card (ATI Theater 650 PRO Combo Analog/Digital TV Tuner) and this is my first experience with a TV Tuner. With 32 bit Vista, I co ...

Getting a peculiar message in the event log after wireless networking temporarily suspends. The message is "The service temporarily stopped publishing because of a po ...

Hi,I recently upgraded my motherboard on my Vista X64 Media Center. Since the upgrade everything works fine except when I try and connect to any one of my three Xbox 360s as extenders the connection halts and fails.Connecting to the 360 that is on the same hub allows me to co ...

I have them on the same workgroup and when I can access both XP pc's (which have passwords) BUT the XP PC's cannot access my Vista PC which DOES NOT have a password!! When I try to connect my XPMCE laptop OR my XP Pro SP2 desktop to my Vista PC it ...

Hello All. I am having a problem. It seems that my computer is telling me that my windows explorer has stopped working, then it tries to restart my computer. I have been able to fix it ...

everytime i play trickster online the sound messes up, andi know its not the game because it happens with wc3 and other games...how can i fix this??i cant ask microsoft because everytime i try it says i have ...

I am in DESPERATE need from someone who can help me. I am unable to view ANY folder in my mail box even when it tells me there are new messages in them. I have a ton of folders imported fr ...

Thinking of getting a Tom Tom Go 510 Sat Nav looked on their website but cant find any where saying if it it Vista compatible of not. Any one know? ...

Where in vista can i turn on/off increase/decrease the Page File? ...

I just read the EMail from kevpan815@hotmail.com. He has his panties all in a bunch because someone sent him a "nasty" email. He even reported the "spammer" to Microsoft. What about the postings that ...

Hi.I have the problem in Vista Ultimate Windows Mail that after opening the program and after all messages have been received I can't use the "Send/Receive" button. It wont send or receive me ...

Does anyone have any experience of installing Vista on older machines and if so, how you found it?I have a couple of old base units here on which I am considering installing Vista and was wondering if anyone else had got Vista working 'well'* on simil ...

I get the following message when I use the spelling checker in Windows, Vista, Mail:"This language is no longer available......Please select another in the spelling option dialog."I have checked 'ToolsOptionsSpelling tab' and it shows 'English.'Wh ...

I have a Lexmark X215 USB connected to the XP Pro box and shared with my home network my otherXP box can access the printer ok. From my Vista Home basic box i can access files and see the printer on the XP Pro box, but when I tried to connect the printer I got the message saying "There i ...

Hi Folks,All of a sudden, I have a Start Menu folder on my desktop, which wasn't there yesterday. If I right click it, the only options are:Open Explore Search ...

I revently bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade from windows market place and installed. About 2 weeks later I bought the Vista Ultimate liscence and ...

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you may offer. ...

I think I am having problems with WMI in Vista Ultimate. How do you do a rebuild of WMI?Thanks,Kevin ...

Hi, I have just bought a ALiveNF6G Motherboard (with AMD3200+ CPU and 1gb ram) all to use as a Vista box, I have put it all together fine and also loaded Vista fine. I have downloaded some vista drivers for graphics and audio, ...

I have Vista installed on a machine that is part of a W2K3 domain. If I try to update the video hardware driver I get an "access denied" message in ...

Hi All, I'm running Vista on a Toshiba Portege M200. The M200 has a Synaptics Touchpad. I have installed the Synaptics Vista drivers from synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm (version 9. ...

Hi, I just bought a Windows Vista computer a week ago, the sound on my computer was working fine untill today. My computer keeps saying that there is no audio output device installed, but just yesterday I was usin ADS instatnt HGTV PCI, wi ...

Hi,My new PC with Win.Vista will be delivered shortly, and presumably my first step with it should be getting it on a Broadband to get access to the Internet. I have secured a Vista compatible dr ...

Hello everyone. I read an article somewhere on the mircrosoft website that transferring TV shows to a portable player was all automatic through Media Center. I have Vista Home Premium and a Creative Zen Vision M, everytime I try to sync T ...

I keep getting a display driver failure when playing wow. All i want to do now is reinstall the original xp media center. ...

how do I get my email to be sent by yahoo instead of earthlink ...

Is there an option that I can set to make Windows mail prompt me when I am about to send an email and have forgotten to add a subject header? I know I've had this in the past, but that was possibl ...

I need some advice on how I should complete regular backups on my system. In the past I have always done 'manual backups' of my data.... of course that requires me to remember to do the backup therefore the backups do not necessarily occur on regular in ...

I have 2 Gb of physical RAM and over 900 Mb free. 1. Why is Vista swapping to virtual disk? 2. Why is Microsoft STILL using physical HD at ms speed vs. freely available RAM at ns speed. 3. Why does Vist ...

I don't know what I did, but all my desktop icons are gone but at the top of my desktop there is a grey bar with stuff in it. How do I get my Icons back on the desktop the way they u ...

Hi,I have read many of the Screensaver problems that people are speaking about, but my problem doesn't quite fit the issues discussed so far. The screensaver works fine with the random photo theme on Windows Vista Home P ...

HP have stated that they do not intend producing drivers for this scanner to run under Vista. The scanner is recognised in the Scanners and Cameras Control Panel but its status is ...

I have a computer running Vista Business. Sometimes I want to have IIS running on it but usually I don't.Whenever I startup the computer, it comes up with IIS running and I have to go in and turn it off. Is there someplace I c ...

I have upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium and like it very much, but I want to reinstall it to get back hard drive space, speed and reliability. The following question have arisen:1 ...

I'm the administrator of a small network with an NT4 domain server and Win2K file server for a SQL db.I'm adding the first Vista machine to the domain. Since the machine will be mine, I need to set it up to closely match my existing XP machine. ...

When i try to play the game pool in messenger my pool table will not come up why is this. I f i go to yahoo games i can play pool but not in messenger if i instant message someone. Does this have something to do with vista because before i upgraded it co ...

I just bought a new HP notebook that came with Vista. I RV fulltime and need to be able to drive into truck stops, RV campgrounds, general hot spots, etc. and d ...

I received a mail and the message was that it could not be diaplayed caused by an error. I cannot delete the mail as well. ...

Zone Alarms warned me that Win32 Cabinet SelfExtractor is trying to set 'wextract_cleanup0' to run every time my computer is started. The application is RBSOLUNUPDATENU.2.0.0.EXE. I know this program seems like a genuine Windows program, but since it adjusts the reg ...

I'm running Vista HPremium and it's been for 3 months that everything were great till yesterday.. the first Blue Screen restart with (Minidump) !!! Now I don't know why ...

Whenever I'm going through a long list of files and I'm using my arrow keys, sometimes the window will scroll to the right or the left even though I'm using my up and down arrow keys on my keyboard. I know to always first click on a file then initiate the scrolling, but sometimes it w ...

I posted yesterday about a whole slew of problems I was having with Vista after an update downloaded. I finally managed to get Vista to reinstall over itself and that fixed most of the issues, my admin access seems back in effect as ...

Hello, I recently purchased a new notebook computer that came with ms windows home premium edition installed on it. I had already been using IE 7 tha ...

I upgraded my WinXP pro to vista business a few weeks ago. The IE7 can't be used since then. When I click on a link that points to a pdf, zip, exe... , IE will pop up a window telling me that "Internet Explorer has stopped working". Any idea how to fix the problem? BTW, ...

I got home today, and I always leave my computer on. For some reason, it had turned off by itself. I dont know whether this had anything to do with vista. What do you think happened? My monitor was still on, just the pc was off. I've been running vista now for 3 months and I've never ha ...

I just installed Vista and OneCare. I setup Windows Backup (on the Control Panel) to take weekly file backups. OneCare also has a backup and restore function and it looks like it's creating another set of backups because I ended up with two seperate files backup on my external drive. Is that ...

When I log onto a network share (NAS) that has password protected subfolders I must enter a username and password and then click OK.For some reason I have to always click the OK button twice. The first time entry is refused.With XP I never had to enter a user name. It was filled in a ...

I have WMP11 set to automatically monitor my music folder. However I've noticed that it is not detecting new music that is added to this folder. The only time it finds the music is the next time I manually initiate a scan. Why is this ...

Hello,It's very difficult to share an hard drive partition with Vista and I need your help. I have a home network of 2 computers (2 differents users), one with Vista ultimate and one Xp Pro. I usually shar ...

I am connecting from my computer to the internet, and other computers in the house using a broadband modem router (SafeCom SMAMRU54108 wireless router). I am connecting to it with a LAN cable (not wireless). My computer is a new Dell PC, running Windows Vista. ...

The Phishing filter always indicate:Phishing Filter cannot check this website because the Microsoft online service is temporarily unavailable.I do everything i can, but things no change.thanks. wangxy ...

I am running Windows Vista Basic and while playing the game Jewel Quest my PC freezes up. At first the game starts to run slow and then crashes to the desktop or to a blue screen and I have to do a hard reboot. What could be causing t ...

Right I'm using Vista Ultimate and I use Flash 8 Pro a lot! I'v got this problem with it, when theres a movieclip or button on the stage and I double click i ...

Hi all, I would like to know How do I use diferent version Vista/XP join to meeting? I cant find solution for use both together, we are use XP as housed. ...

I had XP SP2 and all my games worked fine, without any crashes. After I got Vista, any 3d game I have will crash in 515 minutes of playing, every time. I wrote down the "technical information" on ...

I am running Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Ultimate with Business Contact Manager. If I open a tif fax that comes in over my email with windows photo gallery or any other program that I have found in Windows to open a tif file the fax is displayed upright on a landscape oriented ...

WINDOWS VISTA IS A POORLY WRITTEN, RIDICULOUSLY BLOATED PIECE OF CRAP!! 1 GB OF RAM FOR ITS CRAPPY TRANSPARANCY EFFECTS!! I CAN DO THAT IN UBUNTU WITH 256MEG!!! GET A MAC!!! ...

Hello,I have a new Windows Vista box set up. There is one user set up with administrator priviledges.I am trying a very basic operation from a cmd prompt: creating a file in the C:\ (root) directory.However when I do this, I get an access denied message.I cannot copy files on the root of C:I cannot ...

forbes.com/technology/2007/04/25/vistamicrosoftearningstechcx_bc_0426microsoft.htmlBurlingame, Calif. It's old news that Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista, is underwhelming. Oh, and late, bloated and buggy. What is news is that this m ...

(Ahead of time, no, I'm not getting the "automatically formats as Live File System when I put in a disc" error, this is just frustration with the defaults.)I've ruined a number of perfectly good DVD+Rs (at least they're cheap for the storage capacity!) while trying to burn off media on m ...

How to remove thermal paste without damaging CPU or High temp? Can i just remove it with a credit card without alcohol or do i need alcohol. ...

After upgrading to Vista I have a directory on my C: drive called $Windows.~Q and I don't know what it is. It looks like it is a copy of the old Windows XP installation but I am not sure. The question is can I safely delete this directory an ...

Hi,Could someone please give me simpole and clear instructions on hgow to network a vista & XP computer. I have a Netgear DG834G router on my main vista computer. and ...

This sucks, ive lost 4 days on this one! Ive got vista, it used to send and recieve. but on thursday it stoped sending... but not all. I can send to others here at wo ...

Hej därute! Har fått något fel påWindows Mail, jag kan ta emot mail från vem som helst, men kan inte skicka till specifik adress. Har provat att avaktivera brandvägg, både Windows och den jag normalt använder ( Norton ). Tar tacksamt emot tips på vad jag skall göra. ...

I am going to uninstall MacAfee today, so Gary which one should I use? Paid or not, irrelevant, just need the best one per your recommendation? Tks CB ...

Does anyone know how to create a new task using Windows Mail or Vista like you could do in Outlook? I'm not talking about scheduling tasks, like applications, to run automatically just a todo list. Thanks ...

What PDA devices are capable of synchronizing with Vista? ...

Anyone know or I can find the uk dialing code for my modem. At present in control panel phone and modem options dialling rules standard location is 66661111. Could this be the reason I cannot get online using dialup ...

Looks like it's going to be here somtime mid year 07. Take a look:'_vistasp1.net/_' (vistasp1.net/)Shawn brink"Practice makes perfect, then you reins ...

One of the things I do not like about Windows Vista is the fact that you cannot rename files as I always did for the past several years. Please read furter and let me know if there is a way to change this.I have a ...

I see Windows defender is set to run at 2:00.I assume that if the pc is switched off at this time then the programme cannot run.My question is 'Will the programme run when I next login, irrespective of time'.If not, how can I be sure to run Windows Defender if I login and out at different t ...

I am running Vista Enterprise and have moved a 4.8 GB zip file to my Documents folder. Although Vista opens and processes the file fine at first, at ...

I have Windows Vista Business x32 and I am happy with it, sadly it is FRUSTRATING trying to log on locally. I can't select the local computer but I have to go and look at the computername and type it in one by one, etc. Is there any way to be able to log on locally with Other Use ...

I'm having a problem with the drivers for this webcam. I can install them and everything work great.... until I shut down my computer. Then when I restart for some reason the drivers are dropped. They are still there but Windows Vista Home Premium doesn't find them or something. So I hav ...

using print server to Epson stylus photo R300, prints half a page then throws out blank sheets, only happens in Vista ,not XP or Win98Any advice welcome ...

Hi,I am using Ultimate, for the last few days, I have this booting problem. That the ntkrnlpa.exe is missing or corrupted while I am booting up the PC. And with this state: 0xc0000221. ...

Can I sync Windows Vista Calendar and Office 2007 Outlook Calendar? Import each other's entries? How? . . . Thanks. ...

I have a client that runs a small peer to peer network. After setting up the pain in the tail which is Vista folder sharing, life was good. Two days later the client calls and says she can ...

Having read and worked through over 40 messages on this board, I still do not have my issue resolved. Some one needs to fix this issue up there in Seattle. We all are having to do way to much work to connect to our previous functioning home network. I contacted WINDOWS VISTA Support who refered ...

I am using vista os , the flag UAC is on. I am trying to change computer name by loading the dll Kernel32.dll and call the function SetComputerNameEx. under xp this works fine. under vista I get ERROE_ACCESS_CONTROL only if I disable the UAC i can change the computer na ...

I have set up windows mail vista. Problem is i can't keep it from stealing my mail from my main email account without leaving a copy on it. I have done th ...

When I open an email in Windows Mail and want to highlight and copy some text from it, the highlighting is very slow, it highlights the first letter then stops then highlights a bit more and stops, and so on until it has highlighted all the text I want it to highlight.Anyon ...

Where do I go, if I need to go in and change my server etc... ...

i set up my account (AOL), and i receive my mail ,but can't send. incoming is imap.aol.com, outgoing is smtp.aol.com:587, and authetication is yes. i have tried without the 587 at the end, but nothing. with the 587 it says, The host 'smtp.aol.com:587' could not be found. P ...

One of my email folders disappeared and I cannot locate it anywhere. I have it on a CD but it has a DBX extension and I cannot import it. How do I convert it from a DBX extension to normal email.Thanks. ...

does it matter which incoming server type i choose? ...

how can i change folder that started up with win mail? It's goes into folder "Inbox" but i need to change it to some others help me :) email: xross@yandex.ru ...

On a fresh vista ultimate install I cannot get CCC to install. I run the installer downloaded from the ati.amd.com site and select a custom install to see what is going to install. The only option is the north bridge driver. I install the NB driver and everything goes through fine excep ...

I am trying to log a problem with Microsoft and they require a product Id for Vista, the System Properties screen shows that "Windows is activated" and also shows "Product I ...

I upgraded my wifes comp. to a HP laptop and it has Vista installed which I did install. The 'AllinOne 3180' printer scanner software doesn't work. I was in a chat with HP for about ...

Two related issues:If I select any program except Photo Gallery to be the default program for JPGs, the option to OPEN WITH is no longer available if I select more than 1 ...

"dwolf" news:... ...

VISTA has been changing the actual file size of some of my program .exe files such that they generate Runtime error R6002 and terminate. For example, cubase.exe has clean install file size of 10,000,000 bytes. A ...

Hello,I have a problem hope anyone can help me. I have reinstalled my computer and with the recover of my own data I trailed the maps into the original maps on the computer (docs and pic eg.) At the end the computer asked what to do with desktop.ini. I did not know what ...

I have wanted to purchase a iBook for awhile, but they are a bit more spendy than the typical laptop. When my last laptop crashed, I decided that apple has a better operating system. Anyway, I got a new laptop with Vista installed. I have had more difficulties with Vista than I have with any oth ...

Hi All,I've finally decided to move back to XP. I'm a domain admin of an XP network, and needed to test Vista to see if we should stick it out with XP or start migrating to Vista.After 2 months of working with Vista Business (and some beta work last year), I can't see a ...

How does one setup the ignore person in this newsgroup. Doris day is getting on my last nerve? ...

Global Desktop ... has a good ring to it. More:itjungle.com/breaking/bn051007story02.htmlThis wipes out Richard Urban's argument that he can't use Auto Cad with ...

I loaded Windows Vista Home Premium edition a week ago and it worked fine; however, I think that after I loaded an update a problem started. After putting my computer to sleep and then waking it up, the screen turns on and off and it makes ...

i have 3 physical IDE drives (the primary [drive c], and a slave , plus another as master on second channel + my DVD as the 4th ide deviceon installing Vista ultimate , runs but , but ...

The hardware driver installs without any complaints. I can see the scanner in device manager and all looks well.I try to install the TWAIN control panel component and the installer complains that the OS is not supported. ...

Hi people,I've installed Logitech SetPoint 3.30 (3.30.165 drivers) for my MX 3200 cordless keyboard/mice and my computer does not enter into sleep nor hibernation anymore. I've tried lots of ...

I just installed Vista Home Premium in my laptop, I get "This device cannot find enough free resources...(code 12)" error on my video, it is an ATI Radeon IGP320M with 128 meg shared ram. I updated my bios yet no luck. Anyone know of a fix for this?Rob ...

Love how the Vista photos screensaver plays my home videos but it doesn't play any sound. Any ideas how I can get the sound happening? ...

Hi,I trying to use the Computer Management snapin to connect to another computer on my network. Both the local computer and the remote computer are running ...

I am trying to install Adobe onto my new Vista machine but I keep getting an error saying "The temp file is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify ...

Ok, I saw a lot ppl having problem of Windows Mail and Outlook on there Windows Vista. I have a suggestion here try this Microsoft Beta here if you have never heard of it. get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas This Beta is called Windows Live Ma ...

There seems to be a lot of chatter with migration of email. I am looking for a direct solution to my problem..... I have office 2000 in windows 2000 system. Have created a pst file that contains folders and emails. I now need to import that into Vista's email. I do no ...

I'm searching my HD for all my mp3's. Vista seems to only display the first 5,000 files...anyway to view all the files?ThanksDale ...

I'm working on ensuring compatibility with some legacy applications. I need an API function that maps a (possibly virtual) path into a physical path.For example,c:\program files\foo\download > c:\users\myusername\appdata\local \virtualstore\program files\foo\downloadDoe ...

I've had vista home supreme or whatever they call it for about ten weeks. After incessant searching of sites where a newbie can get help with vista I found a "cure" for the notorious, maddening, infuriating, very slo ...

1. I would like to have the IE7 icon show on the desktop so I can quickly go to Internet Options with a rightclick. In XP you could configure this option in the custom desktop. That does not appear to be an option in Vista, or I haven't found the access ...

I just purchased a computer with Vista os. I have created an account for myself as Admin. and I have also created my husband as a standard user. Upon start up the only login option I get is for myself(admin). Even when I try ...

Hi Guys and Gals I am running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. Virtual Machine says that Home Premium is not a supported operating system , but I installed it ...

I just got my computer today with vista premium 64 bit installed already, only to find i have n sound! It says my sound card thingy is a digital output device ...

I asked about this a few months ago but didn't receive any replies so I'm trying again....I have the system set to notify me when new updates are available but the taskbar icon to show that updates are available never shows up for me wh ...

In Corel Draw no matter what I click the Windows Help Center pops up and says it can't help me. I can't work in the program at all. Every time I click anything it opens back up. It started after I clicked on help one time and I can't find how to just shut it off so I can work! I imagine it's ...

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today. Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the screen & it is immediately minimised to the taskbar. If I click on ...

I have two computers with 2k, one with xp pro. I don't have problem in sharing files between these computer via intranet. My new vista laptop can use the wireless link to surf the internet. But I cannot share ...

I ran Disk Cleanup on a hard drive with approx 60GB of photoshop files on a Firewire port. It reported 0 bytes in Recycle Bin but 208 bytes in each of three files labeled "Per User archived Windows Error Repor...". I checked these three files for cleanup. There weren't an ...

I have tried to creat a complete backup to restore since I upgraded to Vista but everytime I do when it gets to the D: Recovery Drive it stops responding then the whole computer stops and I have to shut it down by holding down the On/Off button. Any suggestions? ...

I lost my job at the Post Office today because I couldn't grasp the postal increase that went into effect a few weeks ago. Just FYI. I spent 40 hours of intensive training with ...

installed "business" instead. Now the PRODUCT KEY will not work. I went out and bought a brand new version of "Business" tried to enter that product key but Microsoft wont take it. Shall I re ...

I am getting very frustrated with Vista!!! I have wasted so much time on resolving problems that should never have needed my attention. I have documented each one and what a list I have. My latest waste of time is trying to resolve problems with Vi ...

I've been using Vista Home Premium with consistent performance for past 2 months. I was using the administrator account to login. My PC is a new Dell with Vista Home Premium OEM in it. No problems whatsoever so far. Last night, I did only 1 thing and 1 thing only..I created a new standard u ...

In XP the updates appeared as hidden folders in the Widows Directory, but where does Windows Update download updates to in Vista? Thanks The Power Station Extreme Your Music Station! tpsex.net ...

Hi all, just helping someone in a forum I go to.Any info/help would be appreciated.This is my only problem with vista ultimate x64 so far after about 2 w ...

Hello,I like many am pulling my hair out trying to get my Cingular 3125 to sync. It did at first, but I think after a Microsoft Update it stopped. I have a Dell Latitude D620 running Vista Ultimate. The WMDC software recognizes the device, but I get the "Ac ...

Ok, i have a severe problem right now. i had sync'd all my contacts from my tmobile dash (htc s610) in windows mobile device center in windows vista home premium edition before upg ...

Dell laptop, Vista Home Premium. I'm the only user since day one, and a generally delighted user I might add, with far fewer issues than when I went from 3.1 to 95, or 98 to 2000, as examples. But there are frustrations, and the matter of "permission" is high on the list.I ...

HiI am running Ultimate, I have a system with the following specs. CPU P4 3.2 HT Graphics Card nVidia 7600GT 256 meg (latest driver 158.18) RAM 2.5 Gig Hard drive Maxtor 1 ...

hello my friend has just got a new pc with vista . we pluged it in turned it on we had the ADVENT logo come up on screen but the screen goes black it ...

HiI got a big irritating problem with Windows Vista. I got a ASUS MW22U 16:10 wideescreen ang run Vista @ 1680x1050 60Hz. This resolution is one I think Vista has some proble ...

I am having trouble getting my desktop wallpaper to work. I had no problems previously, now I can no longer get any picture, I can only just change the desktop background color. Any suggestions? ...

Just wonder what software people are have success with on Vista 32bit. I'm running Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 but many thing are really flawed in it. Looking for another option preferabl ...

If i want to burn a film ( from my camcorder) than it stopts in the middle?? I have a HP npavillion DV 6000ea. Does somebody have the same problem or know how to fix it? ...

Hi! I've got a new Vista Home Basic laptop that won't run a program off of the XPPro file server at the wife's office. This system connects wirelessly, where all the other systems conne ...

I am using Vista Enterprise edition. I found that I cannot remote desktop to the Vista machine. Is there any configuration I should perform before Vista accept Remote desktop connection? ...

I have installed a new PC with Vista Home Premium, replacing an old PC with Win XP which was networked to a laptop via a Lan crossover cable. I want to do the same with new PC but cannot find ...

I am logged in as Administrator Administrator is a member of the local Administrators group.When loading Windows Media Centre I get this error message:Windows Media Centre x You are currently logged on as a Guest. Windows Media Centre ...

why i do not have change any of my hardware but the window says that there is a hardware change and need to reactivate the window vista again? ...

Not a techie. Went through a convoluted process i read on here where it had me move my mail folder temporarily to delete an outbox email that bogged down my system. Now my mail folder is on my desktop, issue is over with the email, but I dont k ...

Hi, i am running vista 32 bit with windows mail and works fine, yesterday i send a message, but the windows mail can´t send the message, stay in outbox and today i try send and receive all the messages ...

I just bought a Dell laptop with windows Vista and microsoft outlook 2007. For the life of me I cannot get my computer to send emails. I have checked my outgoing and incoming server settings. I get the same errors as Lee and others have posted. I have not ...

I set up windows mail for a laptop, but I would like to maintain my old mail accounts on my desktop. Right now, all mail was emptied from my desktop and sent to windows mail on the laptop. How do I maintain access to ...

For various reasons, I've got a muckedup directory structure (or message box structure) in Windows Mail, resulting mostly from trying to get rid of files that cannot be deleted. I'd love to rebuild the message database, but I'm not sure I can find all the directories containing all my ...

New Machine with Vista premium home. All is well EXCEPT I have a nuisance happening. My calculator and my mail programs are opening up on their own intermitently. I may be doing something on the computer or I m ...

I'm referring to the stack that powers MSFT's Keyboard Elite for BT and Intellimouse Explorer for Bluetooth. In device manager as: Bluetooth Enumerator.........................windows\system\driver\bthenum.sys Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth........... ...

I have Vista ultimate on a partitioned hard drive (C:). The other partition is a Windows XP OS (D:). I would like to trim down the D: drive to a more reasona ...

i have windows vista ultimate and when i start up my laptop narrator and the on screen keyboard always pop up. what to do? i have turned them all off but they keep coming back up when i log onto my name. Also another problem i am encountering is my laptop does not ...

I'm having the same problem of "joedog". All my gadgets load as an empty white box with the exception of the clock which is black with one red hand. Please help.Thank you. ...

activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=39504Microsoft has released new betas for Windows Live Messenger (8.5 Beta 1), Windows Live Mail (Beta 1), and Windows Live Writer (Beta 2). The Windows Messenger blog (linked in the headline) offers an overview of what's new in ...

I cannot receive sound on either of these two applications since getting Vista.Is there a compatibililty issue with these programs? ...

When I record from TV using Vista MCE, I usually start the recording some minutes before the show is programmed to start. That leaves me with an automatically generated thumbnail from the p ...

Hi, I'm an old photographer, I just upgraded to a new Gateway with Windows Vista. When I click on Windows Explorer I get a message telling me "pictures blocked", how do I get windows vista to allow me to view photos in explor ...

The last Realtek drivers to come down with Vista Update are defective. There are many posts from users whose Internet throughput has dropped off to next to nothing and these dr ...

Hello,Is there a way to download all the available foreign language packs from Vista's Windows Update for future usage? It takes too long to download each foreign language (about a GB!) and I would like to keep these fi ...

I have a new Vista based HP Pavilion computer. It came with some HP provided software files and online service choices that I do not want, one of which is AOL. I do not use AOL and would like to remove all traces of AOL from the computer. I was surprised when ...

I think I've been patient enough with Windows Vista to finally say I've had enough!First: There are still many companies that don't have drivers for Vista. I'm esp ...

for some reason vista crashes everytime i view flash content in any browser i use,i get the BSOD every time,any idea why? ...

Hi there,I have two desktops and on one machine I have two hard drives.On my C: Drive I have XP Home installed, now instead of upgrading, I wanted to use both operating systems so I have installed Vista Premium on ...

When installing programs from a CD or off the net, I get a message saying their a corrupt file. I have used these programs before and there no problem with ...

I would like to upgrade my HD in a DeLL XPS system running Home Premium (upgraded from XP Pro). Is there a step by step available somewhere on how to best do this without having to go through the reregistration process once the OS is on the new drive? ...

Can I install IIS in Vista Business edition? yun@mhwest ...

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freddy cheers the last post was very helpfull found out a few problems caused by norton anti virus and quicktime, but when i was looking through the sheet of problems it came up windows explorer(20) has stopped ...

Hi, I have a Gateway computer with 4 analog output directly connected to the motherboard: Output 1 = Front LR speakers Output 2 = Side LR speakers Output 3 = Surround LR speakers Output 4 = CenterAll my speakers were working fine on Windows XP. After I installe ...

Hi all I have purchased a new set of speakers for my Vista set up I have plugged them into a neighbouring XP desktop and they work fine in stereo When I plug them into my new Vista build one side of the Stereo does not work The system says the devise is working ok but when I test the configu ...

how do i connect my xbox 360 to my windows vista basic laptop moniter? ...

Hi all I am on the look out for a driver for my Raid Card (PCI NOT OB) I have downloaded 9 of them but none which will work with vista, I know the card works because it worked with XP ...

hi every1. i jus installed vista and all of my program files are not usable. its in the windows.old folder but i dont know what to do from there? and my sound device aint on and other settings? anyone know how to restore t ...

I am trying to install Vista Business on a computer running Pentium4, Intel Motherboard D845GBV_ with 1 GB memory, 2.0GB speed, Vissiontek X1550 video car ...

my motherboard died not to long ago, so i had to reinstall vista (have home premium upgrade)... however when trying to activate vista it says my key is already in use and can't use it... i'm NO ...

Where can i download or purchase "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?" I want the original, by the Beatles. ...

I'm not sure if this is the most appropriate forum, but here goes. I'm a Windows Vista user.When my computer goes to sleep or hibernates, my MSN Live Messenger disconnects. Is there a way to change this so I can still receive messages while the computer is asleep? My mom can do th ...

Here's a really weird one! As if they all aren't. Anybody got any help on this one. When I try to create a new folder on a network drive using Vista Business I get an error message that states that the directory I am trying to create the new folder in does not exist, ...

Hello everyone:I have a laptop which has Vista Home Basic. When I ran an application which temporily created some files and deleted afterwards. Because of the vista security featu ...

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 Premium. I want to be able t ...

Hey, Im trying to download software from the internet but when I try to run the installer I get the message "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" I have disabled the UAC ...

Hi,I have just installed call of duty I in my windows vista business.The install process was ok.. but when I load the game there is no menu... the links are there but they invisible.What kind of erro ...

Hi can someone please help me ?? in my Microsoft outlook I get the following message when I first log in. Task 'mail.optusnet.com.au Sending and Rec ...

When I close Win Mail I get a mesage saying "Windows Mail has stopped working. I then get either a message saying windows has closed the program or a message saying "Win Mail is being restarted" and it opens. Can anyone help me to fix it? I am runing Vista Home Premium ...

I have lost my navigation pane on the left side of the screen when I open up Windows Mail. I don't know what I did, can someone help me to get it back? In the old email, y ...

Windows mail stops working when I attempt to cut and paste portions of a web page from Amazon.com into a new Windows Mail Message. A message box come up saying that Micros ...

I have tried all you said and it don't work. Also i am on windows vista and i think that this error should be fixed by microsoft since its there software that isn't that good. I am about ready to delete this program and go back to windows xp at least that didn't give as many e ...

I'd like to call Micosoft about this email problem I keep getting. My sent mail goes into my Outbox. This just started. I can receive mail but can't send mail. I'm tied of searching and reading the Window Mail Communities help posts to find the necessary sol ...

Hi allThe above message appears just after the boot screen on a black screen with Windows Vista and a wee logo at the top and then everything comes alive and seems to be working fine? Can anyone tell me what this is and how tog et rid of it pelase?Bill ...

When I first tried to backup to a 2nd SATA disk, Windows Vista backup would not detect the drive. However after formating it I could backup to that drive and used the Backup Files option. After my primary hard drive crashed I reinstalled Vista, and no ...

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