Software Compatibility

Anyone know why after starting my computer even from sleep mode my hardrive has a five minute orgasm? I clicks so much I think its gonna puke. I am not using WDefender and think it must be Task Scheduler doing the nasty. But what? ...

I keep getting messages from shockwave.com that i dont want, how can i block theese messages? ...

hopefully someone can help i have started a xtra mail account but at the set up i chose POP3 server but am now getting the following message: The host 'pop3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name ...

Hello I'm running Vista Business. The following 3 processes are running my CPU to 100% use. It's laptop PM 1.7Ghz. SearchFilterHost.exe SearchProtocolHost.exe SearchIndexer.exeI realise this is got to do with indexing searches, but how do i turn that off (surely MS let you turn it off)... Annoyi ...

I had to reinstall my entire Vista system on my PC yesterday back to how it was set up when it left the factory. Prior to that I'd been doing regular backups into a backup set which contained initial full backup followed by 4 incrementals.When I came ...

hello guys , i have windows ultimate installed and WMP11 crashes when i start it, how can i reinstall WMP11 for vista with out reinstalling the whole system or is the ...

I've upgraded my PC to Vista home premium and just about everything works fine. One problem I do have is that Internet Explorer will now not let me access by Belkin router via the Webbased user interface at 192.168.2.1/Does anyone know if there is a setting I need to ch ...

Hi,The internet connection stops for any applications that are connected to the internet when i am away from the PC after the screen saver has come on.And I have already unticked the option to "turn off the network adapter to save power" in the Device Manager; and properties ...

Can anyone explain how (as was so easy in XP) I can search with Vist for part of a file name, (ie. +, ++, or other characters) I add to files? Thank you,Garry ...

tinyurl.com/2efpckMicrosoft has a long tradition of releasing power toys for Windows. These are invariably unsupported (although the batch written for Windows XP were pretty polished) and generally pretty darn useful. Power toys tend to come ...

windows explore shws a CD rom (drive e) that does not exist, in Vista Ultimate however its not in device manager or in disk management, anybody no how to get rid of it ...

I had this problem with Windows Vista Ultimate where I could not hold onto a constant connection to the Internet. I would try to download a file and while the file was downloading I would lose and regain the connection. This would stop but not rest ...

I recently upgraded from XP SP2 to Vista using an upgrade disc I received from Dell with the purchase of my laptop. Most everything transferred over smoothly but when I tried to access common folders such as My Music, My Pictures, etc. I was given an error message saying &q ...

I can't get folders to open in their own window. I've been into folder options and set it for this but with no effect.I'm using Vista home premiumAnyone ...

How to make XP as fast as vista?Install an older CPU with have the power, and a hard disk that crawls, also throw away half your ram..THEN xp will be as fast as vista! :) ...

I am running Vista (Business). I recently installed Office 2003 and it reassociated all my jpeg files (and other images) with Microsoft Picture Editor. I w ...

Sidebar require Vista OS? .Net?Does anyone know definately whether the Sidebar is a Vista ONLY app? i.e. can it run on say XP? probably not. How about a nonaero vista?Will it run without the presense of .Net?Is there a link that describes the minimum requiremen ...

My new PC with Vista Home Premium doesn't react to my 1year old extern harddisk (Medion), neither to firewire nor to USB connection. According to the PCstore(Dell) this might be a matter of incomptability. Does anyone know of a solution for this ...

Good evening. I tried to create a signature in Word and safed it as a htm/html file. For some reason I get the message ""Warning: Your signature file is too large." Can you please advise as to what I need to do to condense the file or save it in another format?? Thank ...

I am having trouble sending email with microsoft window. I keep getting the following message.* The host SMTP could not be found. Please verfy that you have enter the server name cor ...

This is a follow up to a thread I created 03202007 in which I was asking for someone to please help stop the bloodletting which pertained to a long frustrating battle with NIS, NSW that ended with me purchasing a new hp pavillion a1710n. I came here thinking I had found some sort of help cent ...

Hi, i've downloaded Process Explorer and Process Monitor to investigate why svchost.exe keeps using 100% of my cpu when the system boots up.With process explorer i found svchost.exe uses 100% of the cpu, as task manager already says, bu ...

When I enter a custom sized paper it shows up right in the print preview but it still defaults back to the 8 1/2 x 11 format. What gives? ...

Hi.. Using Vista Home Premium.Is there a way to optimize this? It is running very, very slow...particularly Word 2000, and PowerPoint 2000.Thank you! B'rgds,Vinnie ...

I had a Soundblaster Live 5.1 Card which I had to throw due to unsupported drivers. I have a new motherboard now. Asus M2AMVP saying it fully supports Vista.I have the latest 64bit drivers installed for the High Definition Audio Device from Realtek and I'm having problems with my rear spe ...

hi wonder if you could help me?,i have vista home premium on my computer and i use to play halo on pc.the game worked fine! intill i upgraded!!!,when i start the game the game runs normal,but when i move around it runs slow and chiping kind of nosie out ...

When I reply to an email and want to change the font style, the font button is greyed out so I can't change it. Any suggestions? ...

I read on google that many others also have a problem with getting a Windows Calendar shutdown error on logon. Is there really no fix for this? I really need the calend ...

Aero is working ok on my machine, but sometimes (particularly in Word and Excel, but also other programs) the thumbnail view of the actual screen does not show up. Instead, o ...

Here's the steps I followed to install Vista Ultimate upgrade over XP2:I.Go online to get latest updates... Downloading installation updates Cannot connect to the internetBut the underlying XPSP2 can connect to the internet just fine via IE7II. Enter product key (Key entered ...

Hi,Just got myself a new Acer Aspire 5680 laptop that was preinstalled with XP but Vista ready. Upgraded to Vista Ultimate (32bit) & all seemed fine. However I've noticed ...

I just got a new laptop and I managed to corrupt the whole system, because I failed to set up my Norton Security program, before entering an unsecure site, now I am experiencing technical problems left, right and centre, which I have no clue to solving. ...

I'm searching a little more far afield for this answer to this one, a problem plaguing my buddy.I posted this in the "hardware devices" subforum, but it doesn't get nearly the tr ...

I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore Memory: 1 GB ...

ok so I got vista ultimate and just put a TV card in that I have been given. my problem is when I finally got it all installed I went to set it up in media center but I get the error message:TUNER NOT FOUND The TV signal cannot be configured because no tuner hardware ...

I've tried every trick posted here or at the MS mobile website, but my iPAQ won't be recognized by Vista. iPAQ is running WM 5.0After some unsuccessful tries, I uninstalled WMDC again and rebooted the PC. Then: connect my PDA, get a "Installing unkown device" message keep PDA conn ...

Uninstalled Musicmatch due to compatability issues and lack of fix, now get no d drive code 39, only info I can find so far is how to fix this for Windows XP but I am running Windows Vista, any help an ...

Are Office Small Business 2000 applications compatable with Vista Home Premium Edition? ...

I have Vista Home Premium, on a new HP pavilion 2000 laptop. Speech recognition works very well for me, with the exception of Microsoft Excel. I can move around Excel, but when I dictate words in the fiel ...

Help! I have a new laptop with Windows Vista. When I create a new appointment in Outlook, all is well until I try to later click on it and assign a color category to it. Wh ...

The Switch between windows button was accidently delected. How do I get it back? I can't find anything in the Vista help.Thanks ...

When trying to play embedded video files (NOT flash video), WMP loads the video and the audio plays normally but the image does not refresh. It either gets stuck at the first frame, or refreshes itself at a very slow rate (once every three seconds ...

how do I get the inbox, outbox, sent list to appear on the side as previous....just disappeared...only inbox available ...

Ok Did the big update to VISTA. And low and behold nothing was brought over from Windows XP. Specifically all my old mail is the BIG issue right now. Previous version of Outlook was 2003. I have a lot of info of downloaded programs that I need to recall to get back on m ...

Hello! I'm not very computer literate so I'm not sure how to explain this but..We just purchased a new lapton w/vista installed and we purchased a satelite internet system. Our speeds ar ...

How do I enable the cursor keys in Windows Explorer to automatically open the folder I have selected?I use a notebook computer and most times while navigating explorer I use cursor keys. In the folders pane I can use cursor keys to navigate, however to view the contents of the selec ...

I have this problem with using standard admin tools such as regedit. The powers that be have instituted a GPO which restricts the use of regedit and other tools to administrators only. They did this by settings permissions on the executables themselves, this was no problem with Win ...

I'm locked out of program files. I can't install new programs. Help tells me to contact my administrator. That would be me, the only one with access and who is listed as administrator. I have tried to change the settings on the various security ...

A few days ago I asked some advice on dual booting XP and Vista. I wound up not doing it exactly as I had outlined, but I thought it should work anyway.I installed Vista (Home Premium) on the first partition of a 5 partition drive. All went well.I then installed XP Home on the second partition. T ...

I tried three times to copy and paste a news article into Windows Mail.it just had the spinning circle forever. I tried to copy it into MS Word and it went instantly.Is there a size limit on Mail now????? That is a very small file !!! ...

I have Vista Ultimate running on 3 computers: IBM Thinkpad T43p, Sony Vaio Desktop and an Apple MacPro. They seem to be working fine. However, I'm noticing that when I leave the machine unused for a while (several hours to a day) and I try to restart or lo ...

Ever since installing Vista Home Premium, I have found that on bootup, I may or may not be able to access the internet.When no connection is made through my ADSL router, (which is able to access as demonstrated on anot ...

Help! I've got a new gateway laptop with vista premium. When i first got it i was able to view google videos and you tube videos. Now i am unble to down load the. i tried downloading Flash as directed, but i don't seem to be able to.i'm pretty much a novice, so please keep it simple.T ...

In Windows XP there was an advanced power setting that would disable the NIC if the computer was booted up and there was no active network connection. It was a real pain for users that didn't understand why they had no network connection if ...

When I go in the photo gallery and double click an image, I get a messagebox saying:An error is preventing the Windows Photo Gallery Viewer from starti ...

Is is possible to turn off the wide border for a particular program which is a 16bit program? I've tried the different compatibility modes, etc., no luck. The problem it causes is it takes away some of the ...

Found this and thought it would be helpful for those wondering why DRM is such a big deal. You can also hit up badvista.fsf.org/whatswrongwithwindowsvista for more information.forbes.com/200 ...

Is Windows Defender a reliable program? Would other programs work equally well, or better? I have used the free version of AVG from Grisoft, an antivirus program, for several years. It has done a very good job on every XP computer in my home netwo ...

Hi Does anyone know if Desktop Architect 2.11 will run on Vista or if there is another good program that will do the same thing and run on Vista? Thanks ...

I have software that I run everyday and this "Open File Security Warning" "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure want to run this software." ...

In Performance Information and Tools all the ratings (cpu, memory,...) are gone and i don't know why it is just a blanck page under last rating and nothing is there please i need help? this is the link just paste it in RUN "Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Performance Informat ...

Hi,I have a dilema that my onboard LAN does not allow me to connect to my Media Center Extenders (see post by GazzaS in general vista questions). Therefore I'm in search of a new network adapter.The problems I have are that: 1) It needs to support Vista x64 bit 2) I hav ...

Hi i own a fujitsusiemens 3438g, using windows XP, i was able to run it in silent mode (not much fan noise), and the fan stopped automatically when not needed. I now installed Windows Vista on my computer, and the FAN is ...

Hi,I am using a Sviedo cable to connect Vista PC to the TV Sometimes it is working fine but mostly not. I could dedect when faulty the resolution of the second scr ...

I have the original "Intellimouse Optical" mouse. When I connect it to my Vista Ultimate x64 machine it shows up in Device Manager as "Micr ...

Using Vista Home Premium, I get a Notepad window opening on startup with the following message: "[.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,21787''Can anyone tell me what this means and how to get rid of it? ...

I have an old laptop that is becoming obsolete for its use. I am upgrading to a new software that the maker says won't be compatable for Vista until ...

When I try to install Vista on my Clevo M120W, right after 'copying' files (after the very first progress bar that appears) I get a blue screen saying:" ...

Why would Microsoft have to HIRE people to troll here and say how good their products were? ...

Is there any way I can get rid of the useless web search bar in IE7, (next to the address bar) I never use it as I have My Yahoo as my home page and that obviously already has the search bar in it, (I searched the options under tools and unless ...

WEVE MADE A MOVIE WITH MOVIE MAKER IN VISTA, AND BURNT IT WITH DVD MAKER IN VISTA, BUT IT DOESNT WORK IN THE DVD PLAYER. SAYS CANT READ DISK. THE DISK USED ...

I am still looking for a solution, to why I cannot backup to a an XP machine from a Vista machine. I am running XP home and Vista home premium. The network is humming along just fine, all shares can be accessed a ...

I just bought a Toshiba Laptop and it is running VISTA!! I love it by the way. My office computer is running XP. I have my Network up and running but my laptop does not want to let me into my file and folders on my office desktop. I c ...

I have a new PC with Windows Vista Home Premium where I set up an "Admin" account (which I use) and 3 Standard User Accounts for my wife and 2 kids. I am using the "Admin" account for my files. Somehow, the system is sharing all of my files (Admin ...

My home network consists of a Windows XP Home SP2 machine and a Vista Home Premium machine. Both machines connect to the internet via a cable/dsl router connected to a cable modem. There is a shared printer that hangs off of the Vista mach ...

Hi,Recently installed Vista Ultimate on a few of our PCs in our domain (Win 2k3, Single DC that does everything). However, all logons appear to be slow, taking as much as 24 minutes to log on! I've had a look through the event log and found the following entries (newest event first):Event 6006, ...

I just downloaded stationery from Microsoft for Windows Mail. When I tried to send an email using the new stationery, my McAfee security blocked it. How do I fix this?Terri ...

I am having a problem with installing the game.the auto run starts up ans i click on install game and that windows goes away and nothing else happens.vista will not allow me to explore the cd or even see that there is anything on the cd. I'm not sure what to even try next.Please help ...

Hi, every time a makwe a move in the game my screen goes black and a windowe appears saying "r300 display driver has fialed and repaired." How can I put a stop to this? ...

I was trying to send out an email using outlook yesterday and it got stuck in the outbox. Now it won't let any other email get sent out. I spent a lengthy 3 hours on the phone today with my ISP and then Vista and then HP and no one could figu ...

first i must admit that this is my first computer and maybe vista wasn't the best choice for me but it is what it is now. this has happened to me several times now and i need to know if its something i'm doing wrong or if it's an inherant vista problem. i have tried to use th ...

When I type a question mark this: É is what I get, when I type the at sign, this: " comes up. I type quote a this: à is what I get. It`s only in the mail program. There are ...

Trying to reduce the amount of space used by Shadowstorage. Running the command prompt as admin and typing the following as per John Barnett's Windows Vista Support ...

after Security Update (KB925902) was installed manually by me Window Vista now load very slowly and my monitor turns off for 34 second. This problem h ...

I recently bought a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and happily installed one on my Core 2 Duo PC with 512 MB RAM. But also had a copy of my previous OS that is Windows XP Home on my PC just incase things didn't work out. Being a movie buff I ...

whenever I click on something my mouse cursor likes to creep of to the side of the screen, I checked all the setting for the mouse in control panel but I ...

Hi,Lately, my Vista 32 installation has shown a BSOD and after that there is all sorts of problems arising. 1. System has an obvious problem with disk configuration in safe mode it hangs on CRCDISK driver for about 1015 minut ...

Hello i have the Utlimate vista and i trie to conect with msn live but .... nothing all the test its ok ,with computer with xp its perfect all . help me please ...

hey what sup i'm sorry if this has already been answerd, i just bought a logitech fusion webcam, I just replaced my Logitec Quickcam zoom (silver). I had thought my ...

My HP Pavilion Media Center PC – model #m7747c, Vista Home Premium,*(config follows) is 23 days old today. I am really questioning my sanity with this system for many reasons, and while I won’t bore yo ...

i have a dvd burnere on my laptop it worked under xp but i upgraded to vista and now it doesnt work. i can still boot from it but it doesnt show up in my cumputer or in task manager. any suggestions (i have tried e ...

I'm trying to format my hard drive (Vista Home Premium) so that I can reinstall Windows XP. However, when I follow the instructions, the 'format' option is greyed out. How can I format the hard drive? Thanks, Jane ...

If I activated my Vi$ta ultimate x32, could I activate the same product key again when I switched over to x64?Any limit on the number of activation on the *SAME* hardware? iTech Consulting Services Limited Expert of ePOS solutions Websi ...

impossible de faire fonctionner ma messagerie,elle fontionnait sur windows xp depuis très longtemps,que faire, ...

When I tried to delete mail from my Junk and Deleted folders I get an Unknown Error Occured, and I can delete nothing, individually, or in groups. Any new suggestions? ...

Hi, im sure that in outlook express in windows XP there used to be a little box at the bottom of the Local folders list displaying all my contacts, How can I get this back into the Vista version of Windows Mail?As much help would be much appreciatedThankyou ...

I've had to deal with Windows Mail taking 100% CPU usage for almost 6 months now. Nothing suggested here has been able to resolve this issue. My ma ...

still unable to get correct info about servers so I can send & recive mail...PLEASE HELP !! lissa lissa ...

We can not register an ActiveX control on our Vista 32 bit machine. When we do regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\citcp.ocx (this is a 3rd party ActiveX control), we got an error: citcp.ocx was l ...

Hello, can anyone tell me how to REMOVE items from the startup process in msconfig? I disabled several programs, and now I get this annoying message every time I start ...

I have two copies of Vista on my PC, the 2nd copy was a clone of the first and I use it for testing.The first copy boots in about 40 seconds, measured from the end of the POST to the display of three Web pages in the Windows startup folder.Th ...

When I go to click on "Help" in Vista, I get this error:"Internet Explorer cannot download / from help.Interntet Explorer was not able to opent this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later."I've a ...

HiI have just got a new PC with Vista Ultimate UK and Office 2007 installed. My former PC had XP and Outlook 2002 installed. I sync'ed my WM5 PDA here (Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Notes, Files) without problems.I have downloaded and installed the latest Wi ...

I have my Vista Business notebook connected to a KVM switch with a 20" LCD monitor attached. When I select the notebook on the KVM I have a dual screen display with the noteb ...

I don't have a second internal HD yet, but do have an external. Would it be better to install Vista on an internal vs. external?Also, when I do buy Vista do i simply install i ...

the upgrade advisor app routinely fails about 1/2 way thru the assessment of my HP Pavilion zd8000 and my Stylistic ST5000 series tablet.... I'm treating it as a warning not to even think about it.... website references are to www.papajohn.orgPapaJohn ...

I just got a new computer with the Vista, I am trying to burn a dvd and am not sure how. I downloaded on through limewire and have dvd maker in my computer ...

I have several CDs that I have ripped that were homemade without any metadata. I added basic stuff like album and song title. Is there any tool that can use these to look up the rest of the data and populate the metad ...

My question is why will the file "mcafee_cq9765_enus_3132007.exe" fail to copy from an XP to a VISTA machine or the NETWORK. Yet if I rename the fil ...

I am running Vista Home Premium on all 3 computers. They are all my network at home with the same workgroup name. All 3 are able to connect to the internet through a w ...

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i had an email account already added using windows mail with vista ultimate and had been using it for probably a month now, randomly i went to check my mail one morning and i could not hit the send/receive button so i went to my options and couldn't fin ...

Çan't seem to get the volume, connection, and battery icons to display in the notification area. When i right click to choose, computer won't let me click on these 3 to select. Please advise, thank you ...

Hello,My Vista Ultimate 32bit install is running slowly. I realize the indexing takes awhile (175,000+ items indexed and counting) and that since I restarted the prefetching, that also will slow my computer a bit. However, is there any reason why the Windows Audio E ...

You know as you spend years around computers and learn new tricks and tweaks, as you age things in the new millenium should get easier, or at least to say smarter. Bill Gates and his ...

I bought a Sony vaio laptop with vista OS, 2 months ago. The built in camera is causing ‎errors and shutting windows down unexpectedly. This is the message I ...

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I am trying to type my resume' and I cannot find any type of word document besides notepad or wordpad. I use to use microsoft word on xp, but need help finding a similar program on vista. ...

I have a new Acer Aspire 5630 and every time I start up the computer, and sometimes when I log in, the wireless indicator light turns on and I have to disable it by turning the switch off. I have disabled the wireless network driver (when I check the settings it tells me it is disabl ...

Hello,Every time I connect to the vpn client I get dropped after 20 minutes of use. I just use a VPN client to connect to my university's services.Has this issue ever been addressed or is it something new?The proce ...

So here is my problem, and it more of an annoyance than a show stopper. Logged in as an admin UAC off, running Vista BusinessOpen the control panel and Click on user accoun ...

For this I need serious help. I have an Intel 945GM accelerator, and it works fine on all other games I've tried it on. But on Freelancer, the text is bouncing all ov ...

Is this normal? Got 1gb ram, dual processor all in all should be pretty nippy no? Even if I'm just watching my desktop it's hitting on average 56% of my memory. Surely this can't be the case? Surely!?!? jamesg1979 ...

I'm using Vista Home Premium 64 bit (No problems, love it, everything works and has drivers except my Epson 2450 scanner). Anyway, when I go to the window at: CONTROL PANEL>PERSONALIZATION>DISPLAY SETTINGS, or the one at: CONTROL PANEL> ...

Every time I put my laptop on standby or reboot my settings for my second monitor are wiped out.Vista seems to default the monitor on the right side, mine happens to be on my left. Every time I start my computer I have to right click the desktop > personal ...

this may sound like a silly question but i am kind of new to this fax thang with workbut anyway, wha twould my fax address be and can i recieve a fax while my machine is sleeping/hibernating?i have an orange broadband modem con ...

Every time I have to print something, I see icons for each print job in the taskbar. When I finished printing, if I pass the mouse over these icons, they disappear inmediately. How can I stop it. Thanks. Don ...

HiMany safe programs have shut down as a result of dep. I'm running home premium 32 bit clean install. I'm the administrator. When I go to the "Data Execution Prevention" tab in system properties perf ...

I have very decent configuration Dell machine as belowP4 3.4 HGz, 4 GB RAM 500 GB Hard Disk 256 MB Graphics card.My mahcine is really slow, loads slow, works slow, etc. Earlier, I had Windows XP Professional SP2 on the same configuraiton and it was working great...now Vista disappointed ...

Currently, with the most updated drivers from Windows Update and from Creative's website, the sound that comes out of my computer is, what can only be described as slo ...

I want to watch a dual language program but i dont know how to mute one side of the speaker can anyone help me pls??? ...

I am unable to get my Xbox 360 wireless controller to connect to the wireless receiver under Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit. The wireless controller is using a standard battery pack. My PC is running a eVga's Nvidia 680i motherboard, which is controlling the USB ...

Hi,I have installed Vista Home Premium then I installed some programs that are compatible with Vista. But some of that programs I installed had some startup helper which I don't need. So I deactivated them with the help of msconfig. And didn't restart bu ...

I recently upgraded my hard drive and can not activate windows vista premium because the upgrade version product key was used on my old drive, how do i activate my new hard drive? ...

When I try to convert I get an error message "Conversion from FAT32 to NTFS. Volume is not available." What do I do???? ...

Ever since I got windows vista (home basic edition with IE7) I have been unable to upload photos to the following websites: www.myspace.com, www.facebook.com, www.photobucket.com. I have a feeling this would happen for other websites as well bu ...

Hi, Did anyone encountered the issuse where Remote Asisstance takes a long time just to Load (Not even Connect) ?Or. ...

Hi I notic a big bug in admistrator name changeing. When I upgraded my pc from xp I notic there was no place to change adminstrator name while it was installing. and I wante ...

Have setup a dual boot;Vista and Win Media 2005.In Vista mail all my incoming mail has Red X's instead of images.Help did not address the fix so that any and all images would be displayed when the email is opened.Will some kind person please provide a way to fix ...

When an email is received with an attachment that has a .wmv extension, the attachment will not run. However, If I save it to the desktop as a file and click on it there, then the file l ...

I've gone through my junk folder for email it catches, but when I click "not junk" I can't figure out where it goes...help? The Chuxter ...

My new 'home made' PC uses an Asus motherboard. This has multiple sound sockets on the back panel and a 10 pin Intel socket for connecting to front panel microphone ...

It is not clear to me that it is possible or not to copy the files and settings data using Easy Transfer from a Win XP PC across a network to a W2K Pro PC's internal backup drive (F:) then back across a network to a Win Vista PC; using the backup drive (F:) as a relay, rather ...

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The cofounder and head of antivirus research at Kaspersky Labs claims that Vista's lukewarm reception will drive more customers towards alternative platforms, making them a more attractive target for malware writers. 'Home users ...

Hello, Some Vista systems show in the power options on the left side a slider labeled "Adjust the LCD Brightness". But some other systems not. Does anybody know the reason why some systems show and others don't ...

I need the Vista Ultimate hotfix to install a version of NETMEETING on my system. It is discussed at length at: support.microsoft.com/kb/927853That page says to visit this page: support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws ...

I recently purchased a laptop running Vista Home Premium. I installed Napster Light and updated all the purchased tracks I had bought in the past to the library on the laptop. When I try to play the tracks in WMP11 I get an error that the track can not be played. I ...

Acer Aspire 5570Z laptop came with Vista Basic (which is horrible), so I installed XP Pro on new partition. Unfortunately Acer doesn't seem to offer much for drivers or support of the 5570Z model. Now the laptop boots directly to XP. I installed the 5570 (no z) drivers for XP and most of th ...

I can´t make sounds work on Vista 64 Ultimate. When I´ve instaleed Vista for the first time, a month ago aproximatly, it works but not in 6 channes just 2. 3 Weeks later I´ve reinstalled the OS because sudenly it never run again after a Boot. Once I´ve i ...

I am in computer maintenance at my school.. and we recently got 10 licenses to run Vista. The first day went well, but after rebooting each computer Vista popped up and said we need to ReActivate. I just reloaded it and thought that might help. The next day, almost every person in my class wit ...

I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505. The original OS was Vista Home Premium.The HD is partitioned and drive D, consists only of a recovery restore utility Dell Factory Image Restore. The instructions are to use F8 after boot and ...

I used my Fujifilm digital camera to record 3 brief film clips. DSCF8371.AVI is 15 seconds long. When I double click on it, it plays with Windows Media Player, including sound. I want to clip off the last 10 seconds, so I can email a shorter clip ...

Out of the blue, I get a message that media sharing is disabled and to check my settings before I continue.....any ideas how I can fix this...I was able to stream music on my network to my Roku and now it says no libraries found. Any help is appreciated Dennis Cockburn ...

I've installed VPN BETA for vista, but I can't make it work. I've noticed a problem during the installation 'windows noticed a problem with dtis and is shutting it down.I don't know what dtis is. Any ideas? ...

Is there a way to enable Vista to show assigned software installations instead of the standard "Please Wait"?In XP, it would show "Installing Office 2003" or whatever software that is being installed from ...

I have window mail and have just changed ISP. I have two email address one of which is a business one. My home one seems to send & receive mail ok. the business one receives mail but every time I send mail i get an error code saying my ISP nee ...

I can recieve most EMails, but when I try to send one McAfee screen pops up and says that Internet connection has been lost. Under details it says, E Mail scanning encountered a problem: This message cannot be sent. After you verify your computer is connected to the Inte ...

i can_t write in an e mail in the page 157.100.128.203/exchange/ i dont know why give me a solution please ...

Tired of that deceptive or fraudulant email. Tell them to "Unsubscribe" you, but still get their SPAM. Then report it to the FTC for criminal investigation. Include a copy of the Email header with the forwarded email to FTC. (Rig ...

Hello, I have spent an hour or so looking for the favorite link button while you are still browsing within your computer. I noticed that Vista doesn't have the convient little button that xp has. Does anyone know how to favorit ...

Hello. I'm using Vista Home Premium.Is there a way to add the Copy to Folder/Move to Folder commands into an Explorer toolbar or rightclick context menu?Or, perhaps, an F key or keystroke?If so, what is the ...

I have movie for vista, and it keeps cutting out alot, i have to be very careful with it, the thing that's bugging me is that the videos that i manage to create with it, i cannot convert them because it freezes. and cuts off, can anyone tell me what i can do to stop this problem cause this ...

The latest Nvidia video driver for Vista causes my mouse cursor to freeze if I am using Aero mouse cursor. Switching to a non Aero mouse cursor fixes it. My mouse is Logitech MX518 but I use the Micr ...

Hello everyone!I keep getting a dialoge box (daily) telling me:An error occurred when checking the status of the last automatic backup:The service did not ...

"Love it or hate it, you can't ignore Windows Vista. Fans of Apple's Mac OS X will tell you that all of the good bits of Vista have been blagged from ...

I keep getting a pop up saying something like "windows explorer has stopped working" and then says "windows explorer is restarting" but nothing ever happens it just keeps popping up! can anyone help?? ...

I had been used to right clicking in OE (new email) with XP to get the paste option, but with Window Mail right click does nothing. I have to revert to Shift+Insert.What gives? ...

Whether I try to manually erase them or use a program like windows washer, there seems to be no way to completely erase my guilty tracks from Windows Mail in Vista Home.I can't even open the log file to see if that's where the telltale record resides ...

When I try to install anything I get the error message" Directory name is invalid" This applies to any installation, from anywhere. Ideas? PLease frank ...

I rebooted my machine on 5/5/2007 and now it boots and explorer crashes with the following details. I have run several adware, spyware and virus remov ...

Since upgrading from XP Pro to Vista I cannot sync with my HP IPAQ RX3715 handheld. In Sync Center when I set up a new partnership the device itself is not listed but the iPAQ file store and the Storage card in the IPAQ are. They both have "Sync media using Windows ...

HiWhen my computer wakes from sleep, the task bar disappears and only Windows Orb/Start shows. Check the link for the screenie.img404.imageshack.us/img404/3270/desktopxu0.jpgPlease advise.Abhishek ...

I am battling to get a Vista driver for this hardware. Any help please? ...

My Vista doesn't recognice my card reader or panansonic digital camera, and error message of code 28 shows up. Help. ...

Hi,I remember this phenomenon a while back happened to me under XP but I cannot remember how it was solved then. Anyways, trouble is that BSD happens on startup, just when to login, in case a usb powered external hard disk which was connected ...

every time i shut down vista the sound drivers are changed , i then reinstall the latest realtech drivers but when i shut down my system they revert to ones that do not work . any way to stop vista changing the drivers ? ...

Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron successfully on a partition (C:, 50GB) and I still have another 50GB unallocated space. I am wondering how I can create a new partition in Vista to use the allocated space. Whe ...

I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the fog ...

Hello everyone, I had Windows Vista Ultimate installed, it worked fine for me for 1 month, I used it and it was good O/S but I have a crappy SiS661FX IGP so I got a Nvidia GeForce 256 from a f ...

I have transferred my CD collection onto my CD. I have noticed an annoying popping noise and garbled when playing the music within VISTA (Media Center). If I playback using Windows Media Play ...

I am running Vista and Office 2003. When I insert aq video clip into a powerpoint slide the colors disappear, video image is in greens and purples only. The same identical t ...

Vista Ultimae intall UVERSE (AT&T) DSL Wireless GatewayConnect to gateway with Linksys PCI Card.When I connect, I get two connections to the gateway. Multiple connections no Internet connection.So I use an Ethernet connection and I connect to the internet.Suggestions on what ...

why cant i delete file...i am the administrator and the only one on the computer so why does it tell mr i need permission and declines the task... ...

Can anyone help please? I upgraded from XP Professional to Vista Business. When I originally installed XP I set up a personal account for myself instead of Administrator(I am sole user of the computer and still am). Is there anyway I can import the pr ...

I really want one program to access my regular email , my newsgroups and my free email (hotmail). Outlook Express does a great job of it.. But if I'm going to just use Windows Mail, well the hotmail is out.. ...

When I print emails, the font is so tiny it can't be read. Any ideas how to enlarge? Thanks. ...

My system is COMPAQ HP 7700p with Vista is one week old. The CD disk drives stopped working "device cannot start (error 10)".I have tried to update driver but it is uptodate. Hav ...

Hi I just got a new computer w/Vista a week ago, and so far, it's crashed once, ran in safe mode 8 times, and now won't load and send mail consistently with windows mail. I called my isp, have configurations correct. Called computer manufacture ...

When clicking on an email link within the text of an email or in an Internet Explorer document instead of opening a 'new message' in Windows Mail dozens & dozens of blank Internet Explorer pages open with the email address in the url line ... ctrl/alt/delete stops this.I have now also inst ...

When I receive mail on Windows Mail, I get each message three times. When I send email, the person to whom I send the email to, gets is a minimum of four times (so far, as many as six). What is causing this and how do I fix it? ...

I received a message last weekend that I moved to a folder, but the heading for it in my inbox still remains. Whenever I try to delete the line in my inbox I get an &qu ...

Is there a way I can send an email message to a person using all the email addresses in that persons contact card? For example: John Doe has john@anysever.com as preferred and johnny@whoknow ...

After changing to Visa I'm getting a real big problem with zip files: a 100Mb file lasts more than 1 hour to be extracted. This is clearly a problem. I tried to address the problem by using Winzip, but the problem persists.Normal copies goes okay, this is no di ...

I can't get my new Gateway laptop Model MT6821 to sleep when I choose the High Performance mode in the Power Options. How can I accomplish this? I would like it to happen when I close the lid.Thanks in advance for y ...

After downloading a program from the internet the program disappears. It is not located in the folder I specified. These are trusted sites and good programs. So I don't know what is happening. WHen I ...

When accessing a pdf file from a trusted website (in this case Companies House) and using the "save a copy" option when the document opens in IE, I get the following message:For your computer's security, this file was saved to the Temporary Internet Files ...

Why in the world would I want to group by name and have Vista decide to group a bunch of letter for me? Is there any way to make Vista group each letter by itself? Or even if I could get it to s ...

Can anybody explain the difference between Built in Admin and Amin. My application behaves weirdly based on built in Admin User/ admin User.Eg., Admin User does not have rights to create shortcut in All users folder whereas Built in Admin has permission for the same. ...

I removed all the users and Groups from a data folder in the C drive. (Don’t ask why) After doing so I no longer have access to the C drive, I can not take ownership in the security tab, I get access denied. I have full access to the system ...

I am awaiting the arrival by courier of my new Vista Home Premium operating system and just wanted to tap into the experience in this group with the question wil ...

i have tried 4 times to load vista ultimate. every time i get a driver missing for the dvd after about 2 hrs of it loading. i am looking for advice. vista advisor says this dvd is ok. ...

Hi, some advice please, got the following error message on a blue screen, whilst rebooting Vista, and cannot access the OS. ***STOP: 0x0000005c (0x000001B,0x00000003,0x00000000,0x00000000), any ideas how to fix it please, your advice and help is appreciated Regards Bob ...

I cannot view or play videos in media center. even in sample videos folder. all I can view and play is .dat extn only. I need help please. I can play avi, mpeg ...

Computer A & Computer B is in the same workgroup (Workgroup C). From Computer B, it can see Computer A but when you try to access it, a window would po ...

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Everytime I want to configure my printer I get this error. Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Explorer.EXE Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Application Timestamp: 4549b091 Fault Module Name: StackHash_9e9c Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Fault Module Time ...

I am trying to open more than fifteen files at once, however when I select more than fifteen the Open Context menu item and the Open button disappears from the menu. Is this purposeful? Can I change this setting?Thanks ...

Does the TV application support the use of DiSEqC switches for satellite reception?Thanks in advance! ...

Sort of. As long as I have the quick time addon installed in IE7, I can play embedded wav files on the web. At a minor cost. When done browsing with i ...

I took out my XPdisk, put in a clean 80 Gb disk and installed Vista. Now, 45 days later I've had it with Vista, so I took out that new disk and put back my XP ...

When I first went to this window the first thing it showed was the colors I could use and the Aero option, and then you could go into more personalize setting.. Now when I go there the ...

How to create a new form in Print Server Properties Windows Vista ...

Where is the add and remove for windows componets? Would like to remove: Windows media player Windows photo stuff Windows Calendar stuff and many others. Have my own programs to do these task. Have Windows Home Premium ...

Hi there.A really funny thing happend on my way to the forum this morning :)After Microsoft's Update service installed the update for Visual Studio 2005 , KB932232 My Maxtor SATA disk completely disappeared (error (0x80070015) in the logs.According to the ...

Hi, I am trying to change the location of my Offline Files in Vista (CSC Folder Location) folder from windows\csc to another drive. (per this thread here: forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=15836 ...

perfectreign.com/files/images/20070518_vista_loaded.jpg.jpgperfectreign.com/?q=node/64I have to admit the desktop does look pretty. I'm sure I can do most of this in KDE but still......I really like the fingerprint login i ...

Hi, I tried to reach both Ed Bott & Craig Stinson on this but the emails in the book didn't work. I would like them to know about this if they already don't but since Ed Bott has closed all his comments pages I fell he does know.I feel che ...

The sidebar is a great idea... HOWEVER!I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 and every time I boot or restart the computer, my sidebar gadgets load out of order and I have to rearrange them back the way I want.Is there a way to lock them into place On the Sidebar so that I don't have to move them e ...

Hi, I am using Windows Vista Premium as my OS. I'm not sure if it actually affects Windows Media Player or not. However, my problem is that, unlike in my Windows XP's Wind ...

Running install program for Visual Dbase as administrator. The install is slow, but I can get it to install except for registering oc30.dll. This was a Microsoft Dll used in custom controls, it was also used in Visual Foxpro. I tried to register directoly with REGSERVR32, but it fails wit ...

I have Vista Premium and I'm havinng problems with windows defender. I tried to reinstall it, but I get a message saying that I can't do that with Vista, ...

Hi, What is that new file NTUSER.DAT in my User Folder ? Thanx ...

Hello, I am stumped! Installed Vista with no problems. Set up the dual boot with no problems. Still, I really cannot use it (vista) because it randomly freezes. At first this resulted in an approximately 30 second freeze from five to 30 minutes into a se ...

i have this microprocessor in my PC and the qustion is ..... this microprocessor has speed 2.4 GH is this speed for the microprocessor or the core i mean this microprocessor has 2 core so is the speed of the microprocessoris 4.8 ...

My mouse automatically activates command icons on the desktop. What does it? I have looked ALL OVER the Control Panel, and I have not seen.Help me, please. I have deleted things I want. Michael ...

I have been using this excellent little guitar tuner program called APtuner v3.06 from aptuner.com/cgibin/aptuner/apmain.html in Windows XP.Installation in Vista is not a problem, but the program st ...

I've seen people say to go to the effects or enhancements settings for the speakers/headphones and turn those off..... BUT I don't see any of those things. I just have tabs for Gen ...

I have a system, brand new Vista Ultimate 32bit on a 2 x FX74 system with 4GB RAM (board can handle up to 8GB). Two problems have surfaced. One is the BIOS reads all 4GB ...

I have changed my mouse to a single click option and now I can't find how to change it back to standard double click. Vista O/SThanks ...

Using Sysinternals Process Monitor, I noticed that the MS IntelliPoint software (which I installed to customize mouse buttons) performs numerous registry accesses _every time I switch windows (alt+tab)_! Basically it just looks up the key mappings over and over again. ...

The function of hibernation or standby was normal initial when I upgrade to vista. However, the function gone, may due to video drivers (Nvidia GeForce 7400) duplicate installed?? The version of video driver in vista was 7.14 and the lastest version is 7.15, both coundn't run ...

Hi,I've been looking for a solution to a very weird prob I have. When I put my cheap ass databar from freecom in the usb slot Vista prompts new hardware found. It finds the "correct" driver and asks me if I want to open the drive. If I do this I see the drive with it's folders. No ...

I can not install messemger from the windows live messenger tab. I get getting error message 1601 which refers to disk space. I have 161 gb free. I have tried it every which w ...

Today I tried to burn my first music CD using Vista and Media Player. I used the MP3's that I've ripped from my personal CD collection to my computer using my old XP machine. All of which play fine on media player.When I popped the newly created CD into my tr ...

Hi, can anyone tell me why when I use slide show to view my photos etc with Vista the photos dont fill the screen like with XP? There is a gap on each side.This is also the case when I view most dvds aswell. Is it possible to rectify ...

When I try to publish my movie in any place, Movie Maker just crashes and restarts. What should I do to avoid it? I have Vista Ultimate. ...

I recently purchased a new laptop with Vista. I attempted to load VCast music for my chocolate phone, but their is a compatability error. Is there anythi ...

I am using a remote desktop client on Vista Home Premium to connect to a development box running XP Pro and have noticed that my cursor disappears when it is moved into the Visual Studio 2005 source file editior window, other windows seem to work fine. The cursor does pop back up if I happen ...

I have set my account as an administrator but certain options within windows are blocked by an administrator. I thought that I was the only admin as I am the only person who uses the computer, but when looking through the Users folder in Windows Explorer I found an Administrator accoun ...

Hello,I tried the XP registry edit to remove the Administrator account from the Welcome screen, which worked great. The only problem is now when a user needs to have their credentials escalated to Admin rights the Adm ...

I am an Access Developer who uses personal custom code to automate the production of VBA Code (in MS Access 2003). This code works beautifully with XP. It doesn't work with VISTA.This wil ...

How can I get Vista's Contacts available in Outlook (which is what I'm trying to use). They are there and work in Vista (I can rclk and send) but they are nowhere to be found in Outlook. Vista has Contacts folder... Outlook has Contacts folder and the address book... If they weren't supposed to w ...

In my outlook WXP I used to see a search folder with undread messages, which would allow me to see all my new messages, instead of having to look at each subfolders they belonged ...

When or will Windows Mail ever be able to handle RTF? This is so frustrating!!!!!!!!!!! Inquiring minds want to know. ...

Could somebody please explain why the Vista Mail junk mail functionality keeps spitting emails to the junk folder that either have the sender domain.com ORthe entire email address listed in the safe list?It's extremely annoying!Thx ...

Brand new Inspiron E1505. Installed Office 2003. All programs work except Outlook 2003. I try to open Outlook, a window opens with the Outlook logo ...

For some reason when i open my contact list to add a new contact, there isnt a icon to clik on to add a new contact. all that it shows is organize views burn???? Anyone have a clue as to why the add a contact icon isnt on there.. Thanks Steve ...

Please help ! Set to automatic download updates with choice of installing. then Capicom KB931906 installed and a short time after "new updates available" appeared on the taskbar. Installed a few times (15 times by now). Get the message 'installation successful' and it does come up in ...

I upgraded to Vista a couple of days ago. Then one time all of a sudden when I successfully typed in my password and loged into the system, all that appeared was the My Documents window and a black desktop in the background. There are no desktop ic ...