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When I try to uninstall programs in Vista, I get an error message that says, "Wise Uninstall at the top and the message is, "Could not open INSTALL.LOG file." Does anyone kn ...

I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail message window from my applicationmailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\F ...

Any suggestions would be appreciated...I am unable to download email from my POP account when I am logged into my domain (I can send email fine). When I am off of the domain (i.e. at home) downloading works fine. My stats are...Dell Latitude D620 Clean I ...

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

When I recieve mail from someone and I foward it to other people the pics do not get sent with it. There are just x's in the place of the photos. What am I doing wrong? Someone please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T ...

I just noticed that .sh files aren't being backed up by the Backup and Restore Centre. I've checked the registry key associated with excluding files (it doesn't list any specific file extentions), and the built in help just says "program files& ...

What is it. It came up when I first installed Logitech's wireless keyboard and mouse. But I no longer have that. Then it came up after I tried to install the HP advisor, but I didn't recognize the program. Is it safe to in ...

Tried loading open office suite 2.01 from a MaximumPC CD onto a new Acer Aspire notebook I just bought running Vista OS. Got "Error opening software/sysdetect.ex ...

I'd appreciate any advice about a problem I am having with my DVD/CD drive since I upgraded from XP to Vista Home Premium. MY desktop is an HP Pavillion a1250n with a "HP DVD Writer 740b ATA Device" according to the Devic ...

Will one copy of Vista Business install on both an office computer and a home computer as XP was able to do? the implication being only one of the two will be in operation at any one time. ...

I'm new to Media Center so please bear with me.I have everything setup and I can watch TV as well as record it, setting up schedules to record my favorite TV shows.I found an option that starts MCE when Windows starts ...

There have been a number of posts addressing this which recommend lowering the security levels in Vista. That is a lastditch workaround. Please try to get the other boxes to support better security before turning Vista's ...

I just downloaded the Windows Vista SDK, as .img DVD image file. Now I would like to use it! Is it possible to mount it without burning a DVD? ...

I know how to change the default view for Windows Explorer using the /root switch when there is a shortcut, however how do you change the default view if you right click o ...

Hi Troops, For the first time in my storied career with computers ;) I haven't jumped on the latest OS. Probably because I have heard so much negativity. I'm starting this threa ...

I'm looking to buy Windows Vista within the week for my computer, but I have a question I need answered before I do. I was wondering if the full retail package ($400) was capable of installing as a upgrade instead of a cl ...

I just used the Easy File Transfer wizard to copy all settings for a single user account and then restored them on another computer.I found that all user configured SideB ...

Hi Anyone else getting this problem,when i try to update from the utility i get an error sayong "sorry servers are'nt ready to serve!" could this just b ...

Hi!I've just recently purchased and installed Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, and am so far sort of enjoying it.However, recently something weird and very annoying happens. Eve ...

tryed to load my new lexmark printer x5470 it blew out my dvd player because it not vista ready nothing is vista ready. to download any software that that came with my new vist computer it will never loa ...

I wanted to uninstall a game that I can't get working on Vista so I clicked my Control Panel link to get into it...my screen flashed a white box(about the size of the Control Panel window), then vanishes. My cursor indicates that my computer is doing something for about 1015 seco ...

I bought that printer 1 year ago at hp. Now I have a brand new computer, a new program and nothing in my office is working as it should. I can not scan pdf not email scans, not print labels correctly.... very very frustrating. I would not co ...

In XP, bubbles from the taskbar about networking, security, etc, timed out after a while. In Vista they stay forever. Anyone know a way to change this?Thanks Ryan ...

Can someone tell me how to get Vista to accept classless route adds from my dhcp server using dhcp option 249? Works fine with all previous OS's. VPN connection works fine, but I can ...

Hi folks!On Vista, I can't seem to have my C++ program add a new user that is usable for a service, starting the service fails with ERROR_BAD_USER_PROFILEHere's how I do it: Add ...

Quote from Help!Files that are not indexed include program files and system files. The locations that contain those files are not indexed because you rarely need to search those files, a ...

I will try to explain as best as I can. I installed Vista as a dual boot (2) separate hard drives C:\Vista and D:\XP. I used Easy BCD 1.52. When I decided that I wanted to ...

How do I get the News icon back in Outlook 2003?thx ...

i'm asking when will be slovenian language pack (MUI ...etc) in microsoft (windows) update for download???thank youMario ...

When I right click on an item on the recent items list to delete it, about 90% of the time the menu pops up on top of the recent items list, and within 1 second disappears behind ...

I'm running an Asus P4C800E Deluxe with 1 Gig RAM and four 500 Gig SATA WD HDDs. I have two of the drives in a RAID 0 array on the Promise controller. I am set up to boot into any of four Windows operating ...

I updated to Vista. I was administrator. I created a new account administrtor. I changed my account to Standard User. My now Standard User account still behaves like administrator when I try to do things like change another user to administ ...

hi, I am using Vista Home Premium, how can i get the old classic logon box option like in windows 2000 and xp instead of the welcome screen, i have tried the control panel and 'control use ...

Is there a way to make it so that standard users can't even see the "manage another account" or at least not have the UAC pop for that specific ...

How do I find the deleted file folder or the sent item file folder. It was easy on Outlook Express, but I can't find these folders on Microsoft Windows. Thanks ...

I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov. I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services for "Network Time Protocol Port 123". Anyone else finding this problem t ...

HeyI've had Vista since the 30th of January and apart from the reactivation issue that I had when I installed some new drivers all seemed well until this eveningWhen booted up my PC ...

Windows Mail shows that the inbox, and sent box are empty, but they should contain plenty, and if I look in the "local folders" folder where they should be, they are there, but windows mail does not report their existence. Help! ...

I just bought a new HPPavillion Vista Media Center computer which should have 2048 mb ddr2 ram and a 400 gb hard drive. When I look in the system properties it shows 1918 mb ram and when I open the computer file it shows 1.87 gb memory. Shouldn't these be the same? And the other ...

Upgraded from XP, switched to Start Menu Classic View, but can't switch back to Vista View. Rightclick Start, Properties, Start Menu Tab, only the Classic View option is displayed. Anyone ...

Using Windows Vista Business Edition, when a create a project using Movie Maker, after adding transitions, I am able to preview the project and all looks fine. After saving the project, I reload the project to continue work, ...

I have prepared some nice movies with Windows Movie Maker Vista Home Premium edition, and I do not seem to be able to publish them usimng the option " to my computer" . Movie maker crashes after the step of naming the file.... The error I g ...

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I've just purchased a new computer with Vista my standard games(free cell, mah jongg, hearts...) were all working fine, but now I get a critical error message 'failed to crea ...

I just bought a new computer with windows vista and I'm unable to play any of my sim 2 games. help me Thanks, DENISE This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for thi ...

Message Body Reads: Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again.When you try to delete it an error message of: ...

How do I get mail that won't send out of the out box It has error message when I try to remove it Vista mail Microsoft mail James Gpp ...

Hi All: I installed Vista Business, performed all the new updates/patches. Used Backup and Restore Center to a Western Digital External USB drive. Now I want to rest ...

I bought this, got the Vista software for it and installed on my HP with Windows Home Basic. Device Manager says it's working properly, but the shortcut won't open the program or start the camera. Anybody else have this camer ...

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Can someone recommend a nice, safe, spywarefree site where I can find alternate desktop wallpaper for Vista?Thanks.silas ...

We get "Documents", "Music", "Pictures" and now even "Games" items in the Start Menu, but why is there still not an option to add "Videos" to it? You basically have every ...

I noticed that when I save a picture to a folder in IE7, if it opens in another window when I do a second one onwards I have to keep pointing it to my saved folder, But if I disable UAC it remembers it all the time I have ...

how big is the usually service packs size? ans is it FREE!!!!!!!!!!? ...

I have serious and strange problems booting Vista ultimate 64 bit. The strange part is because sometimes Vista boot correctly and sometimes it crash at first green progress bar...and after 2 / 3 reset Vista decide to start correctly [image: xtremesystems.org/fo ...

Having just upgraded from XP Prof SP2 to Vista Business I'm finding that when I run Powerpoint 2007 (as part of Office 2007 Enterprise) I just can't get it to run. Powerpoint sits there with Not Res ...

I created one of these things not realizing what it was really for and now I'd like to get rid of it, but I don't have permission? I'm the only account on this computer, how can I not have permission to ...

Where in the registry (or wherever) is the list of shortcuts saved that I pinned to the permanent startmenu? salut, Aristide ...

Is there a workaround to get Vista in safe mode when the f8 key doesn't work? I know in XP, there was msconfig > boot.ini > safe boot > networking. ...

Hey, i've made a couple trasntions for the movie maker on vista but for some reason the following crash it. Heres the .xml. Copy and paste it to a notepad. Name the notepad ".xml" Make a folder called AddOnT ...

I have a clean Vista Ultimate 64 bit with Office 2007 and web Expression and Visio. Both web expressions and Visio both do a reconfig each time I run them. I have uninstalled, reinstalled with no he ...

In IE7, I open one tab in addition to my home page. When I close Explorer, it asks me if I want to save all tabs. I say yes, and hit Close Tabs. Next time I open Explorer, I get an error message saying Explo ...

Last week I acquired two new computers with OEM Vista Home Premium. Yesterday I installed on both computers Canon Printer MP600, using the downloaded Vista driver for it. Printer worked OK from both computers. When afterwards I tried to go on line, Vista gave me ...

Hi,now my new dlink usb dongle works fine my plantronics headset has been detected.but there is nothing new in the sound section. there is no audio device and the drivers has been correctly installed for my headset.any idea^thanks. Jerome. ...

Hey, I looked on here but couldn't find a definite answer about my specific problem. I just hooked my usb external hard drive up to my new laptop, but ...

I have a problem when listening to music in WMP 11, the songs are choppy when played. I have defraged my HD, registry, memory, dumped all the trash out and still choppyness continues. I running Windows Vista Ultima ...

If I double click on a Jpeg file on my desktop nothing happens. If I right click and choose open with "Windows Photo Gallery" nothing happens. ...

I had a sweet setup sharing media center between my xbox and my XP MEC laptop. I was successfully sharing all media files between the two systems through my wireless router and recently began ...

I am having trouble with networking my windows vista ultimate with windows me ...

Hello All,I am trying to develop a Site Survey application using new WiFi API. WiFi API helps to retrieve all information like BSSID, SSID, Wireless Mode, RSSI etc.But I am facing some difficulties in accessing other information like Noise Floor, Data Rate etc. How ...

This is kind of strange,I have Vista Business (32), I turned off UAC thinking i'd leave it off. Recently (probably due to some program installation) I realized I was clicking on UAC messages again.Thinking I had reenabled ...

this is the message i get when trying to send mail. can you tell me how to fix it?Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, ne ...

I can't figure out my outgoing mail server. How do I find out? PLease help!!!! ...

This joint should be rockin' and rollin'! How the devil do you import OE6 messages into Vista Mail without them going into a folder titled "Imported Folder"? ...

i miss having my contact list right under the folders on the left side of the email window, as it was in Outlook Express. Am I missing something, or is it just not possible to get the ...

how does one get rid of the Startup/Sign up Window for Business Contact Manager that appears when opening Outlook 2007? Thanks, Bob B. ...

Hi,1. Is there any way to set Windows Mail to automatically load html content from safe senders only?2. Is there a keyboard command to load images that have been blocked?Thanks,Paul ...

I can't seem to find any way to send multiple messages using BCC. How can I enable this option? Thanks! Marleen ...

Any update on Windows Mail compacting the messages problem? ...

I found Outlook Express so easy to use. All my contacts were viewable on the left side and all I had to do was double click on a name to write a email. Now (becau ...

Is 'search' available in the Group Policy settings? I wanted to allow .hlp files to run and cannot find the setting, "Allow programmatic macros in WinHlp32.exe policy". I was able to set this in the Registry but was curious if search was possible. Vista U ...

Hi. Sorry if this is not the correct forum. I have a Sony Vaio and ust upgraded to Windows Vista Basic edition a few days ago, and today when I logged i ...

Hi,I think that I found a bug in the Indexing service, I after I installed VIsta, it started to index all of my documents files, which is great, but about 2 weeks ago I found that I did not place some files where they belong so I moved them, but now when I u ...

I just wanted to know if Tuneup still keeps on running when you press the hibernate button because my tuneup is taking a while and I have nothing to do so I was wondering ...

I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with an Intel Pro/Wireless 3945abg adapter. This is a one month old machine with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. My wifi radio indicator just shuts off for no apparent rea ...

I click on a photo that I received in my email or saved to my desktop, which should display it in Windows gallery. But instead, it goes to the gallery of photos in My Pictures and never shows the picture. I am sure that ...

I need some serious help with connecting my Xbox 360 to my Media Center enabled Vista PC. I cant seem to get the ICMP to work or the PC Connection if ...

OK....user has a SONY Vaio laptop running Vista Business.....was able to connect and join the domain (running on an NT4 Server)......Now, however, when I reboot the laptop, it w ...

I am trying to burn pictures on a cdrw, so that I can add them later. Well, I went thru one burn and then put the cd back in to burn some more pictures on it and it won't let me. Now it don't even recognize the pictures that were alread ...

I downloaded vista ultimate to my laptop. I want to purchase the copy. How can I do that without having to reload the program. ...

Those who use RealTek's HD Audio Control Panel were getting error messages after installing the patch. There's an update to fix that, which you can find here: wxpnews.com/0D7O14/070410PatchUpdateIf you have a Dell computer there is a patch also at their site for audio problems, ...

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 on it before I installed the new drive with vista on it. everything installed fine vista is running fine at the time. so I ...

I have a .ocx library that fails to regisiter under Vista when I am installing a complied legacy VB program. In other versions of Windows the RUN dialog ...

anybody know how to set the explorer starting location at "Computer"?which registry key? ...

Hello out there!I'm trying to setup my wireless notebook with an HP 2575 printer to be recognised on my LAN and all I get from Vista is it can't connect to the printer. I have set the neccessary conditions for the printer sharing and also admin permissions. I can only get the printer to be re ...

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In different areas like Print Preview in IE I only see "x" for the icons at the top. How can this be fixed? ...

Hello to everybody. I'm from Spain and I have a problem.I have bought a PC with Windows Vista because I wanted to replace another PC with Windows 98. Windo ...

Ok, So about a day or 2 ago I upgraded my Windows Media Center Edition to Windows Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio VGNN130G and I followed the readme and uninstalled all AntiVirus and all the software that was mentioned that was not compatible with Vis ...

I have two computers on a Vista Ultimate workgroup. My main computer is connected to Linksys WRK54G router by CAT5. The other is wireless, using a Linksys WUSB54G adapter. From the ...

I have just upgraded to Windows Vista Business and I have for several months been trying to get AoE3 to work with out a hitch but have so far failed. The Program work on my Inspiron 6400, running 2GB of ram and a 1.6 Due ...

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I am having the same problem here being unable to delete an email and now it seems to be stuck in my outbox and is somehow preventing me sending any further emails.The error message is as everyone else here "Windows Mail encountered an ...

I am about to do an upgrade of my pc and was wondering what problems I might encounter when I start up my pc for the first time after the hardware upgrade?I have Windows Vista Ultimate full version retail running at the moment, I'm aware of the fact I ha ...

bonjour,je dispose de 4Go de ddr2 marque corsair, or windows ne me reconnait que 2Go comment puis je obtenir la totalité. ma config est : cm asus : p5be deluxe avex ap/wifi c vidéo : msi 7950 gt avec 512 mo ddr proces : intel dual core 2Ghz dd : 1* 500 Go ata , 1*200 s ...

I have a hp A1710N that came with vista. I had to put XP pro on the computer because my satellite internet software would not work with vista. there are se ...

Greetings to allAt the risk of being told I should be in another newsgroup, I am one more person who has been forced by circumstance to buy a new laptop which (nat ...

This may be documented elsewhere but just in case...I managed to mess up my new Dell Dimension E520 with Vista Premium by using the SW on CD that came with a Logitech Cordless mouse.With Vista the Logitech drivers seem superfluous a ...

Hi, I am trying to access Vista Event Logs say Applications and Services Logs.For example if I wanted to query DFS replication log (this log is not present in XP and 2003 ...

i jst got a new laptop with vista installed, when i plug in my sandisk U3 micro cruzer, it was detected n showed ready to use, but when i clicked to "My Computer", it showed no removable disk inside. However other USB devices like mouse and keyboard are ...

I'm trying to install a IBM Thinkpad T60p with Windows Vista. I found a Microsoft Certified driver for this Graphic adapter and installed it. When I try to restart the computer it start to boot, but at once Vista starts to run the screen turns of, and everything freeze. This happends ...

Hey,Does anyone know about any known issues with installing Vista on an nForce 3 mobo? Has Microsoft provided drivers that nvidia hasn't?thanks ...

hi, I just got my Vista business N, but there is no Media player ??? from where I can get it ? please help... ...

HiI log into a Windows 2003 Domain from a Vista Business Edition machine. My domain account is part of the Administrators group on the local Vista Business machine. User Account Control (UCA) is turned off for my a ...

Hi All I have some trouble connection to our domain, when my PC is running a vbscript I have to say OK to each line in the script. Is it possible to turn that off? BR Ove Hvam Andersen ...

Hi, My sister is the administrator of our pc at home, but she has forgot the password of her account, so now we can download anything now. Do anyone know how we can remove her account of somthi ...

I recently started using Windws Vista. I noticed that everyone who emails me aotumatically gets saved in my contact list. I don't want that happening. Do ...

I am using a windows vista home premium computer. Whenever i go into a webpage, i see an X in the place of most of the pictures. I would like to see the pictures. I thank anyone that can help. ...

I have bought this product in november 2006, and shortly after I had to ask for a replacement as the product did not work correctly in the scannning mode. Now to my surprise after having bought and changed to Vista on my ...

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I heard from a beta tester at work that if a current fix does'nt solve vista issues that microsoft was going to recall this o/p system and give money back to those who purchased it. also sa ...

Is Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 3.7 compatible with Windows Vista?I installed navision on a vista pc and keep getting the following message "Microsoft Business So ...

I have windows vista installed, and y delete trash icon from dektop how can i recover this icon ...

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I can get Speech Recognition to work with everything but Microsoft Office 2000 Word... Please don't tell me it's because it's an older edition!! PLEASE ...

We had to purchase a new computer due to lightning hitting our office. The only one we could find that met our requirements has the Vista OS. We are using a peer to peer network via a hub system and the boss won't let us get a server. ...

When I shut down Vista, there are a handful of options on how that should go. At the very bottom is turn completely off. Is there a way of making that the default? ...

Hi there.. I just bought a new laptop that comes preinstalled with Vista Home Basic. Is there any possible way I could upgrade it to Vista Home Premium without having to purchase the whole ...

As I read in another message, everything was fine with sync between the IPAQ and Windows XP. Now that I have a new computer with Vista, it's useless. After hours ...

I think I have a driver still trying to load for a SATA PCI controller that I removed, or from a program that I uninstalled. Where do I look to delete it from loading when Vista starts? ...

beautiful system and surprises everyone that it's so easy to connect to the flat screen tv. I get very little time on it as everyone wants to play with a ...

hello i have tried and tried to install the drivers for my video card from both nvidia and the microsoft vista update and nomatter what i do it tells me that i have no video card installed when i install it from nvidia and the microsoft updater will not install i ...

R300 inbox driver missing from my Vista Home Premium. Can anyone help me how to intsall this printer? ...

I'm looking for an Audio Card that is compatable with Vista. Are there any out yet? If not, which older ones have drivers for them already? ...

Hi,Here is my problem, I just bought a language pack (dutch) from the microsoft site. I've downloaded the installer, after the purchase. When the download was completed i starte ...

Hello, I have connected my new USB2 Digital TV Receiver of Moka (My computer is a laptop Sony Vaio VGNFE41E). Problem: The software TotalMedia of the device does not work with Vista because it needs WMP9 ...

I was having a problem with my network. My computer wouldn't see anything other than my modems, it wouldn't access any networks at my place of business. On top of that my CD/DVD ROM quit working! In device manager it said it was there, but there was some "R ...

I have a all in one 3030 printer.It is in the office on our local net work the PC it is plugged into is a windows 2000 PC. Now i cant print on it. I'm running Vitsa x64. I go onto the network fin ...

Hi everyone ! I have a big problems which is i cant get my games going well on windows Vista ! My Graphic card is Nvidia FX5200 , i downloaded the Forceware driver for my graphic card to run on Window Vista . The driver doesnt work well ! (when i was installing , it appeared a box "This d ...

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I keep trying to create company stationary with logo but when I try to save as stationary it tells me image will not show, nor does it save the stationary... ...

When setting up/using my Gmail/Windows Mail account, I get this error message: " Account: 'Gamester2Gmail', Server: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'ERR not supported 20pf1347199agd', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, ...

I have searched the forum for the answer but to no avail. Why does my inbox show the received time of emails 8 hours behind the actual sent time, according to the email header (ctrl+F ...

to Frank Saunders Thats the message u get when i try to send a emailThe host 'SMTP' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Subject 'Test Message', Account: 'POP3', Server: 'SMTP', Protocol: SMTP, Port: ...

When I check the Leave message on Server, I get an error and cannot receive email. Any ideas? ...

I've just noticed, on the administrative tools list, Reliability and Performance Monitoring Tools.I don't recall seeing them preVista. Is this a new feature?Whatever.... it's good. ...

Hello, I am trying to solve a problem that's really bothering me. When I go to put in a CD under WMP11 I am trying to update the album info before ripping. I right click on the "unknown ablu ...

I upgraded from XP to Vista Home Premium on my laptop, using something called Digital Locker. In a folder called Digital Locker, there is a folder called Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium UPGRADE, and it takes up 4.95 Gigabytes of storage. Can I copy ...

Hi all, I have 2gb of ram on vista home premium machine. Integrated NVIDIA video card, but still, shouldn't itunes not have choppy video? I'm putting the itunes folder on a separate hd to see if that fixes the problem. Anyone have a similar experience and possib ...

Hi!I'm having trouble downloading anything, am not able to get anything to start.I've tried to download itunes, msn messenger and firefox to see what would work, and none of ...

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Hi everyone I seem to be having a problem accessing files that are on other hard drives. I have 4 hard drives set up, but when I try to point to say, the ...

Just got Vista Home Premium. Can't seem to find the internet hearts game that was installed with XP. ...

Hello, I plan on upgrading to Vista and I have a question. Can I use my product key an unlimited amount of times for activating WIndows Vista? I do not plan on using the key on multiple computers, I am against software piracy like that. The reason I ask ...

Hi all, I have Windows vista hime premium ,I am not able to run a program given by my srock broker named Odindiet version 7.9.1.2. (It works fine on Windows XP.) I tried every possible program compatibilty settings to run this program but it dosen't works. Every time I run this it ...

Hello,I am trying to install a couple of 32bit applications (such as Adobe CS2 etc) on newly installed machine with Vista 64bit. However the installer fails to recognize the "Program Files (x86)" folder as valid destination, because of the ( ).I created a ...

when i turn my pc on i get the register error and i cant fix and yes i already did the start up repairer ...

I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with WinXP. Has 1GB RAM, 60 GB free on my 100GB HDD. Dell provided me with a Vista Upgrade Assistant disk and a Vista Operating System upgrade disk. I followed the instructions to a tee. Everything went well at first. It c ...

I have vista dual booting off my xp instal but the two instals are on different hard drives. i do have another xp instal on the same drive as the vista instal. (to recap twp xp instals on two different drives vista is dual booting off the xp instal on t ...

Hi, I've spent several hours to sort out my mp3 albums. After trial and error for some time, I've believe there is an unresolved issue with Vista MCE and how Artist tags are read.If I have an album that contains Various artists, the artist name can be say Artist ...

Help! In order to get faster performance, I did a couple things to tweak computer. Prob is, now when I try to view an image in WIN Photo Gal (default), all that shows up is the title of my images, not the little thumbnail view. Any tips? ...

I have XP Pro machines with the RDC 6.0 I have Vista business machines properly set up to allow RD connections from previous RDC versions.One of my Vista machines works great, the othe ...

I'm interested in connecting thru a Netgear router an ethernet connection to a usb ethernet adapter on my old Gateway computer running on ME. Has anyone tried t ...

Hey all,I was just wondering if anyone knew the steps you had to take to network a new Vista Home Premium laptop to the desktop and router. This is for file sharing purposes. The signal is already ...

I have no passwords on my Vista Ultimate. I cannot print from XP machines. All I get is error mesages. Why does it say In Network and Sharing Center "Printer Sharing ON" (Password Req ...

hi k have a dell notebook . on XP i unsecure my PIM transfer so every cell ohone device can connect to my pc without any Passkey asking . but now on VISTA when a cel ...

Er der nogle der har prøvet at opleve at man ikke kan slette slettet post, melder fejl og henvises til disse sider. Help ...

I'm trying to fix a customer's email account that was previously working with Vista Windows Mail. The error she gets says "The message could not be sent. The authe ...

To whom it may concern..I , Mamuka Kalmahkhelidze , have lost my Georgian passport and would like to apply for Australian document of identity. I am an Au ...

Have recently bought a preloaded VISTA pc, and when I open Windows Mail for the first time upon turning on the PC each day, I get messages such as the following:Message number 3 could not be retrieved. Account: 'pop3.blueyond ...

I recently set up Windows Mail to work with my email server. All was working fine until I got an ActiveX error. I went into Mail Tools and changed the security settings. ...

In any program I am using, but especially on the web. It is almost as if it is refreshing and it shifts as it completing the refresh. If I am trying to click on a topic, I select the wrong one and have to back out. It is annoying, any ideas on how to re ...

Hi All, I just bought a Laptop with Vista Home Basic. I am not able to login to Yahoo messenger sometimes for days. I disabled the firewalls and everthing looks fine but still it work sometime ab ...

I have Vista business on my new PC and am impressed. The only problem I have is that when I load Windows mail, it immediately stops responding and then reloads prefect. This happens every time. Any ideas of what is wrong please ...

Hi, I was running Vista x86 and had entries in "Reliability Monitor" from the day it was installed and throughout the 2 months that I used it. I installed Vista x64 last week after increasing my ram to 4GB. When ...

Does Windows media encoder 9 work with Vista?Or will this create problems?If so, what other program can I use to covert and screencapture video like encoder 9 does?thanks ...

can anyone help me? i just bought a new toshiba satellite with vista installed. i'm trying to change the download destination from my desktop to my downloads file. how can i do this? i don't seem to be able to chang ...

this is an article from a website.news.com.com/Vista+draining+laptop+batteries%2C+patience/210010446181366.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703Vista draining laptop batteries, patienceMicrosoft's attempt to improve power management in Windows Vista hasn't made up for the pretty but powerhungry ...

We just installed Vista Home Premium on our new Dell (at xmas) computer. It is the program Dell sent us. We never had problems with the computer freezing with XP, but no ...

ran today paragon hard disk manager 8.5 on a live vista ultimate system, very easy to redistribute and merge partitions, no data was lost ...

When i send an email it sends it twice. Can anyone help. Sandy i ...

Any problems with upgrading from Japan Vista Home Premium using a full version of the US Vista Ultimate for a Japan Sony VAIO Type S laptop? Meaning do all of the Sony applications and drivers ...

Installed Office 2003 in new machine with Vista. Word and Excel seem to be fine. When I tried to use Outlook, got the following message: Failed to register a VBScript DLL. Reinstall or run Regsvr32.exe Vbscript.dll to self register. An error occurred while creating a form. Don't kno ...

Hi All,A simple question: what program could I use to read Vista Log files? I tried to open them with Notepad but got a blank screen. As always, your helpful advise would be very much appreciated. TIA. ...

I bought a German copy of Vista Home Premium but would love to have Vista in English. I have read the former threads and understand that I cannot change or even use language files or patches to change this unless ...

Howdy Folks: Does anyone out there know if MP9 will run on Vista? I'm tired of reentering the data for each song every time Microsoft makes changes to Media Player. It happened going from MP9 to MP10, so I dum ...

Cuando quiero escuchar musica y elijo más de una canción, al llegar al final de la canción la canción se entrecorta. Esto me pasa con canciones que ya tenia en mi o ...

Hi all, I have been posting on Tech Republic until I found this forum with a problem as the subject describes. So I'll put up my 1st and last original posts. NOTE: Originally I did ...

In Windows XP you could get simple encryption of your files by compressing them into a zip folder and applying a password. You could carry these files around on a C ...

I've noticed in Windows Mail binary posts show a jumbled mass of ASCI but no actual content. I don't know if this is from my news server or Windows Mail as it has been over a decade since I've used a newsgroup. ...

Im confused..! i have windows mail on vista and Im receiving some attachments via email and others not . friends are sending me photo attachments and they are are not showing paperclipped like usual nor any pictures showing .if i send myself a picture via attachments fro ...

I have been having trouble sending emails I get a error message saying that the out going server may not be authinicated please check the pop3 server. I have been on the phone with the internet provider and they can't figure it out. Does any one have ...

I have a client who is unable to dial his phone. Under XP we set up his contacts so that he could open a contact, have the computer dial the number and then he could switch the phone to loudspeaker to take the call. He has a new pc with Vista Home Premium, dial up modem installed and contacts imp ...

In Vista "Windows Fax and Scan" I am unable to find a way of scanning legal sized documents (8.5"x14"). When initiating a scan there are a large number of paper sizes available, but nothing that is even close to the legal size. Does Anyone have an idea of how to upda ...

I have a general question on VISTA. My parents recently bought a new laptop with Widnwos VISTA loaded. The computer worked fine, but recently has started bluescreening after it starts. I know this may be a shortage of information to help diagnose, but if anyone ...

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Previously the Kensington Mouseworks Ver. 6.2.2 software would not install properly in Vista. Now it does. So if you have an Expert Mouse trackball (which is the highest productivity pointing device ever invented) you can say Welcome Back to your programmable butt ...

For some reason, whenever I try using the config tool on vista for FFXI, it just ubruptly crashes before it even starts. I click on the icon and then the "search online for this problem" dialog box ...

I saw that someone asked the question but didn't see a definitive answer....how do you convert outlook mail to this new system. Also, how can you view your folder? ie, sent items, deleted etc.... ...

Hello All,How can import my messages and adress book into Windows Mail? I have backed up my OE files (*.dbx) but now I don't what to do.Thanks. ...

Hi i have 5 email accounts, in windows vista.none of them retreve mail on a wireless connection?i keep getting pop sever has not responded after 60 secs.when i plug a adsl cable in i can retreve email fine, do i need any setting for wireless? ...

Hi everybody!WinSAT (Windows System Assessment Tool) is giving me a low score on memoty (2.4) and I would like some help to find out what's the problem exactly.I have 2 x 512 of OCZ dual channelin ...

Hola espero se encuentren bien y espero alguien me pueda ayudar yo tengo win vista pero quiero instalar una impresora por la red esta impresora esta instalada en otra pc que tiene win98 y al hacer los pasos normales de configuracion le pones l ...

::I have Show hidden files and show System files ticked / unticked in folder options. I can see all files. When I go into c:\documents and settings I get access deni ...

Is there a way of removing the delet selection from thedrop down screen on the desk top waste basket Icon. Randy ...

How do you burn a CD or DVD in Vista? ...

Let me count the ways. Oh wait, they're too many. Here's just another example of questionable programming, and even more sloppy incomplete testing.One of Windows' long time weakne ...

Our application installs a .NET 1.1 EXE created with VB.NET into the startup folder on the PC. This works perfectly on Win98SE and XP. If the User Access Control is OFF on ...

At present I have Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 installed to protect Windows Vista Home Premium. However I have turned of the firewall as I am using windows firewall. Should I stay as I am or should I turn of windows firewall and turn on the Kaspersky ...

Hi all,I have a Toshiba Notebook running Vista Premium Home Edition and have a couple, three questions:1.) How do you turn off or get rid of the Preview Pane in Windows Mail?? I can't find it anywher ...

I have attempted to download trials of MS Office 2007, (Works came preinstalled with my new PC, but I do not like it. I cannot get OUTLOOK TO WORK ON THIS COMPUTER. Is the 2007 version of Office Vista co ...

Hi there,I'm a newby here so go easy on me.I've had a good look around the forum(which is great btw) but couldn't find an answer to my problem which is this.I want to be able to add programs to the context menu,such as Itunes and VLC Player but I cant find any easy solution.I've also looked ...

Hi. I am running Windows Vista and have tried backing up my files, however, to no avail.I've tried doing the automatic file backup...that is currently set to on. I've tried backing up the files to a DVDR, but again, to ...

I am a message packrat.. 12000+ imported from OE. Vista's Windows Mail took it all in, worked fine for several days before McAfee tried to scan and found several infected messages, and tried to remo ...

I do a daily, scheduled backup at 4:00 AM. It seems to work everytime. But when I go in to check, the date and time on the file which is on an external, network backup drive, always shows the date from the day before at about 2:15 PM.Any ideas of where the w ...

Do we have rights to install Windows XP on computers which have license for Vista? As I know it was possible with Windows 2000 and XP. We had some computer ...

As described previously, copying or using Microsoft's "Backup" to transfer 5+GB amounts of data between SATA II drives can result in a system hang and in software disconnection of one of the drives. The failure is reproducible. Recovery requires a cold sta ...

Has anyone used Vista Glazz? I downloaded it on two separate occasions and it tells me the patch has been applied but I see no difference in the black shading on the task bar on the right side of the screen with the gadgets. Am ...

I have a MSI Neo2 Platinum (nVidia nforce 3 ultra chipset). One of the last AMD 939 AGP boards made. I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. With Vista 32 and Vista 64, the ATI drivers, and even Microsoft's drivers, worked just fine when I had an AMD 64 3000+ CPU in it. I just put in a shin ...

I have several hard drives installed. (Windows Vista Home Basic)I use 1 drive as a back up drive only. I store all my music, videos and misc on this drive. I am able to read the files just fine. Play the files, or intstall any programs that are stored on this drive. Thie problem I am ...

I was having problems with USB 2.0 , sound card reloading drivers etc. Problems all resolved with updating bios to VISTA version. DO NOT USE XP UPDA ...

Hello,I'm trying to figure out the correct settings to make an unattend installation for Swiss German.The reference guide made me think that those settings should work:M ...

I have 2 computers, one with XP and another one with Vista.I have purchased an upgrade for the XP computer, which I haven't got yet. Can I install the disk that came with the Vista computer and use it as a trial until my upgrade comes? At that point can I v ...

Every time I try to put my music on a cd, the computer finalises the disc after only two tracks. i am runnig vista home premium. It does not make any difference what kind of disk. I have tried two different cd burners, and I have tried to use med ...

GlacierOne of the greatest and silliest limitations in Windows to date has been that there is only a single volume control for all "wav" audio streams. (Yes, there is some mixing capability for physically separate devices such as microphones and CD drives an ...

I downloaded pictures and video from my digital camera and they videos are only showing up as pictures so I cannot edit the video. I have windows vista. ...

Hi,I had a perfectly working home network configuration, and now it doesn't really work. The specs are:1 Windows XP Home Edition (SP2, of course) computer. 1 Windows Vista Ultimate computer.They are connected via a sw ...

I am using Vista Premium I have a network storage unit from Buffalo and it is called Linkstation. I ping and I get 4 replys. I am attempting to use VISTA backup and rest ...

i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3 computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp and one xp from the vista h ...

Hi,I just started using Windows Vista. I am logged onto my PC with an account named 'Paul' that is a member of the builtin 'Administrators' account. I want to update my printer driver. I go into Control Panel | Printers | Run as A ...

I can't get my computer to do things. It keeps telling me I need permission from the system admin. and as far as I can tell I am listed as the admin. A friend said when we hooked up the lap top for the first time it may have created the admin. account automaticly and without knowing it I cre ...

I tried to install a couple of Close Combat games on my laptop (ASUS F3J) without much luck. CC4 will install but will not run (Close Combat encountered an internal error at address 0x473A89 and w ...

This the same question that i also posted on installation and setup.I was installing a game on my new computer with vista and about 95% in, I kick a switch and the computer crashed. Vista see it as an installed game, but the program doesn't work. Then I uninstall ...

To email pics I ... I've tried calling Dell and they suggest I uninstall the MS Office Professional 2003 and then only reinstall Excel and Word, dropping Outlook. However, I'm uneasy about doing t ...

To type in my password each time I want to get my Mail, from Windows Mail, I have no problem with this with Outlook Express. But everytime I open my mail, I receive it, without putting in PW. I h ...

In downloading a word doc. it defaults to a wordpad document and can't be read as in XP. In Works it opens up but what a hassle. I can't find the change default settings or I'm too dumb to recognize it! Ple ...

How do I set my email where do I find the server info that is needed please give me elementary instructions ...

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Recently bought a new laptop. Vista OS. the clock isn't working properly in system tray. It stays in the same hour....when i start up the time and date remain the same as when i shut down... any suggestion ...

i bought a new toshiba satellite A1001201E laptop with vista basic preinstalled. i assumed that since the system works "outofthebox" i would have no problems with programs crashing on ...

I am unable to run an info gathering tool to send to my Antivirus software vendor. Is there any way that I can capture the info in task manager, save to a folder and send it to them? ...

When trying to shutdown or just log off so my wife can log on to her user, the system will not log off the user. I shut the system down last night and it was still trying to log off this morning. Any help would be appreciated. ...

Hello,now after many attempts with the FritzCard PCI I could persuade the Vista fax and scan software to cooperate. In addition I have the old AVM Tapi drivers (new vistadrivers break off the fax process once again) installed and my own PC as a fax server registered (\\ ...

Every time my laptop is in sleep mode, shutdown, restarted, etc. it resets the default printer to the Microsoft XPS Document Writer. I know I could probably take the easy way out and delete the Microsoft XPS Document Writer (and also the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer) but I reall ...

I tried to copy a directory containing 4062 files and 7.76 GB ( so vista tells me). Vista is telling it will take 9 hours to complete the copy, Ok some nice clever person please explain what is going o ...

have i got microsoft firstpage designing on my computer ...

Does anyone know how to add widescreen resolutions to Windows vista home premium X64. I am using an AMD athlon Dual core 3800+ and a geforce 7600GT graphics card with the latest drivers ...

Hi all. I am running IE 7 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever I click a link that should download a file from the microsoft site, I get a redirection saying that the file cannot be f ...

I got a new computer with Vista. Am having problems installing some older software, with the joystick being one of them. It seems to install ok until the end of the install. ...

Will Microsoft SQL Server Standard edition run on Vista Ultimate? The MS web site reads that it will run on XP Pro but does not mention Vista. ...

When I run my mouse over text in IE 7 or Word 2003, the pointer should change to the Ishaped textselection cursor. However, it simply disappears altogether. I'm guess ...

I upgraded my HP laptop to Windows Vista and recently, for some reason, I could not see the files in "Documents", for example my music and pictures anymore. I know my Itunes are in there for example, but I can't seem to view the files. They are still on t ...

Hi, I made a backup a while ago but I had some problems on the external HD where it was stored and lost all the XML Document files. I only have the two VHD files in that folder now from my original C:\ & D:\ partitions.Will this give me enough data to restore this back ...

In the resource monitor, CPU graph, there is a blue line and green graph.As far as I can tell the blue line is the CPU's clock speed, and the green is the actual ut ...

Hi Sorry if this is an obvious and simple task but I am unable to make my outlook retain its user account passwords when using Vista. I have come across this problem on 2 seperate Vista laptop ...

Does anyone have a clue what this is? (Found in the log as an error)Log Name: Application Source: WerSvc Date: 6/6/2007 8:45:40 AM Event ID: 5007 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Z1 Description: The target file for the Windows ...

Hello, I have installed Vista Ultimate on a single drive desktop and attempt to backup the PC to an extermal harddrive connected via USB. At the very end of ...

Hi, is anybody else having problems with not being able to select standard/html text options on their default sell your item description box? Ebay have tried to help and ran out of suggestions now implying the ...