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I looked around through the other Admin Rights topics... and none of them seemed to answer the specific question I have. Sorry if this gets asked alot.My ...

Since upgrading to Vista, I reinstalled Outlook 2002 and setup all my email accounts and then imported my settings and .pst files from my previous version of XP.All my email accounts are working and the account se ...

I wanted to Play Pandora's Box again never finished it before, but it will not load. Are there any patches for it? Gary Librarian ...

I keep getting the message that Calender (in Windows Mail) will have to close due to error.Does anyone else have this problem. I am using Vista Home Premium. ...

My email was working fine for the last 2 days then quit receiving and sending today? No changes to anything. when I click on send and receive it has no error message and gives me a completed status but no email? Any help would be appri ...

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I have been trying for hours now to try and set up my old e mail account from Outlook Express into Windows mail I always get the following message when ...

Vista in general is starting to suck!!!! I am willing to bet that the brainiacs that thought up this operating system do not have it installed on their personal pc's. We just purchased a new computer and had no cho ...

When I first setup up my screensaver I was asked if I wanted to stretch the picture to fill screen. I chose this but I don't like the way it looks. Now I canno ...

Help! Whenever I try to save something or open something, the explorer box opens up, then stops responding. This is incredibly frustrating, and puts a damper on a lot ...

Hello,I accidentally changed a part of a system variable for the temp and tmp directory.Can someone tell me what is supposed to be there?You can get there by going to your control panel, then going to system, then clicking on advanced system set ...

I had xp loaded on my desktop and had the express upgrade to vista from dell delivered to me. Since i have upgraded to Vista my Hard drives dont ever stop making the tasking noise and just seem to continuosly keep loading something. I have closed all apps and had only core ...

I manually ran defrag and left my computer on overnight. It was still defragging 6 hours later. I upgraded to Vista home prem. w/ 2 gigs of menory............. does anyone have any clues on how to solve this problem..................... ...

Ok I am super frustrated with this. I cannot not open any of window's programs (e.g., games, rich text documents, etc). When I try I get a quick message saying that the application/program has stopped working an ...

When using the magnifier, some programs lose the ability to enable cleartype and the fonts become jagged. Is this something that cannot be avoided? ...

I just bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium edition. I installed Office 2000 professional. At first there did not seem to be an issue with this, however one problem has developed. When using a USB flash drive and attempting to edit a Word document on the USB flash drive, Word ...

tinyurl.com/2a95n7Vista: A False Sense of Security? section: windows, for your questions: IT forum, 19.3.2007 Aiming to improve security in its new operating system, Microsoft has endowed Vista's kernel with highly restricted access, locking out hackers and malware purveyors. It may have locke ...

Hi, I installed Vista replacing and older XP image. There were no warnings nor errors during the install process. I have Windows Update automatically retrieving patches for Vista.When I rightclick on the Cdrive, select Properties/Tools then select Defragment Drive, I ...

Hello I'm beating Microsoft at there own game I only had a 120gig and 200gig hard drives. Tomarrow I will be retiring my hard drives for some New WD 320s that's Duel 320s I got alot to do now to get ready for a fast turn around reload of my system. MikroXP, ...

Since the question was already answered on the processor (I'll probably go with the E4300 or E6600)... what about the video?512MB on vide board, not shared? Or is this only for Aero? I'm going to be ...

In the past with Windows XP we installed all of the applications required, configured the computer the way we wanted, copied the working profile to the default user profile and then ran sysprep before creating our image.It looks l ...

hi..i have a pc that has an windows xp installed and i dual boot vista with it..my windows xp is joined on a domain can i still join vista to the domain using my user account from xp? in other words i have 2 os joined on a domain with one accountthanks chunky ...

I was wondering if there are any cool screen savers for Vista yet. I had a laptop running XP Media Edition and it came with a really cool aquarium screen saver (the fish looked almost real) that I liked. So far I have only been able to find an American flag screen sav ...

When I try to open "help" I get the following error message:Internet Explorer cannon download/ from Windows.Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailbe or cannot be found. Please try again later. ...

I have an 2 gig SD card in my laptop, using 1.8 gigs for ReadyBoost nothing else on the card. First install worked fine, space allocated correctly. I put the laptop into hibernation, wake it up again the next day. Now, Read ...

I recently upgraded my laptop to Windows Vista and I have a i730 pda smartphone from Verizon. In the past, I could place my pda in its cradle which was connected to my pc and it automatically synced my calendar e ...

I have a new HP a1740n with Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 @1.86 GHz & 1.87 GHz and 2038 MB of RAM. The machine has Vista Home Premium installed. I have owned the machine 10 days and have only installed office 2003. Today, I tried to ...

On the HP site:h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp477541&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=391182&os=2093&lang=enDrivers for othe ...

how do you make a server, document sever, or both. I've been looking for about two years. please help! ...

Ok so I'm getting better with the VISTA finally got the network working now I need to set up my email. I currently use outlook but I guess from the posts here VISTA does not use outlook? So I cannot load it into VISTA at all and expect it to work? Wh ...

I have just purchased an HP a1740n with Vista. After unpacking, I found the screen text very fuzzy. For example, a zero does not have uniform density around it. Some le ...

hi..am having an error with my vid card..it installs the driver from microsoft and says its successfully installed but a checked in the device manager i still could see the error sign. and it says (windows has stopped the device becaus ...

I have a legit copy of Vista Ultimate and I wish to create a test Vista Ultimate environment/machine/instance using Virtual PC 2007 on the same machine that I have Vista In ...

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 ...

I have McAfee (lastest version) and I wanted to have It scan emails from WLMail 8.1. Does anyone know how to do it? ...

I have just upgraded from Windows XP to Vista Home Premium. When Vista tries to load the driver for my HP Officejet 6210 printer I get the error message "Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to instal ...

When I add photos or videos I get just so far along and the screen will turn a transparent white and it will say movie maker is not responding and will shut down. I can't get the darn thing to work any suggestions. Calling tech support is impossible this is a brand new computer and it came with ...

What in the heck is that? I was checking Device Manager yesterday and found that there was an Exclamation mark in the yellow triangle next to: "Teredo Tunneling PseudoInterface" and it's listed under Net ...

I have Vista Business installed on the following: Asus A8N5X Mb. 2gigs ram. X24800cpu, ATI x1800xt, WD SATA 250gig HD(16meg cache). I updated the MB drivers from the Nvidia site using the Nforce4 Vista drivers. On system devices I have the HD showing up as a SCSI hd. Why? ...

I have been having problems installing certain games and software that were compatible with windows XP on my old computer. it installs them fine but wen i try to run them it says its having trouble and closes them. is there any solution to this problem? ...

How do I change the default media player in windows vista? ...

We have 5 machines (4 XP Pro, 1 Vista Home) on a small office network. There is a shared directory on all 5 machines for an Outlook addin called "C:\osasync". The Vista machine can access this directory on all machines, and the 4 XP machines can acces ...

I have added Outlook 2007 to my startup menu so that it opens automatically when Windows starts but I am often reminded by Windows Defender that a change has occurred and it lists "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.lnk"I always choose permit, bu ...

I have skype and MSN messanger installed on my (administrator) account so I can use them fine. However, when my sister logs on as a user, skype or msn does ...

In XP I could, under folders and options, set my mouse so a single click would open an application instead of needing to double click.Not found out how to do thi ...

I have a laptop which is brand new and has windows vista Home premium on. I have found that i have been unable to load a number of web sites. However i can easily load them using XP with no problem across the same wireless netw ...

yesterday I download some themes from Windows Marketplace and then when they install, they won't load (can't be used). Please help! ...

When I open Explore I am shown the Navigation Pane and the Folders List Pane. The folder list shows in expanded format. Is there a way to have the folder ...

Where is the microphone volume adjustment control? Using Control Panel I found an "sensitivity control" and "balance"(I'm translating becouse my Windows is in Brazilien Portuguese), but none of this is the ...

I am the only user on my computer and when prompted to enter my password, it is accepted and I am then taken the my desktop. the only problem is that I am only the ...

what versions does the entire system back work. I cannot find it ...

i've been trying to install my hp photosmart C5180 allinone printer to my toshiba notebook with windows vista os. it keeps telling me that the operating system is not compartible so it can't install. I"m not sure what to do. am i meant to get a new cd? or ...

Hi,I upgraded to Vista Ultimate and for the most part it works fine the only time it is giving me problems is when i log off a user or switch users and sign on to another person's account the computer shuts off...any cause why t ...

HiIs the any program that I can use om Vista to send and receive fax? I am connected to the Internet through a ADSL line.Thanks!Best regards Carsten ...

From the Extreme Tech web site:"Unlike previous Microsoft operating systems, Windows Vista is pretty streamlined right out of the box." Oh really? I didn't know a O ...

Recently whenever I boot into windows I get a message saying that windows explorer stopped working and asks if I would like to go onto the Internet to see if there’s a solution to this problem or t ...

I have an AGP 64mb card. If I upgrade to, say, a 256mb AGP card will I be able to boost the Vista rating from 1 to above 3 so all will be revealed? TIA John the West Ha ...

Hi hope someone can help, Kind of in a bind, PC hp a730n I installed Vista, everything great worked fine, changed power profile (created a new one) monitor does not go off, computer does not sleep, and disk always on, ...

I keep recieving a stop code error when i listen to music and watch videos or tv. I have contacted dell and also have the newest bios and sound drivers.. problem is really getting me.. The stop code is 0x00000124 (0x00000000,0x85 ...

There have been many posts (perhaps not here) about renaming the pcmcia.sys and pcmcia.inf_xxxxx files in order to complete the install. This works but leaves the card reader inoperative. I came across a suggested cure for this problem and have ...

Hi,1) I just added the nvidia *Expert Vision GeForce FX 5200* vga card (into the pci slot* [not pci express]) to my pc which already has the nividia *GeForce 7600GS* vga card (pci express*).2) On st ...

I originally had XP installed, added Vista and was able to have a nice dual boot setup. ReInstalled XP (formatted drive), lost my dualboot.Followed the MS article on recovering dual boot, but it will not work:support.m ...

Would someone from microsoft please post a step by step process or link to an article about how to set up a fully functional VPN between Vista business and a Server 2003 network using the Vista VPN c ...

I've got 2 machines, both with clean installs if Vista Ultimate. They're networked via a Linksys Router. The same Linksys router I've used for the past 3 years or so without ...

Firstly apologies for cross posting this, I posted this on the Harware and DEvices newsgroup a couple of days ago but drew a blank, maybe this was a better place to post?For some strange reason I've been unable to access My NAS drive since I swapped my XP laptop for a Vista Business one.If I try ...

Hi All,Just upgraded to vista Premium on the whole not bad. I think I have a little quirk though...I have a webstar broadband connection which seems to connect ok.. however if the computer is left on and go ...

I have a rather strange problem. On my new vista laptop i had a network connection (wireless). I ran the install applied the updates and then all of a sudden the network connection stopped working. I cannot seem to g ...

Hello,I have 14 machines (12 Windows XP and 2 Windows Vista Home Premium) the Vista machines are unable to use the mapping script that works fine with XP. The script in Vista executes but generates a ...

When I put ip numbers and subnet mask numbers in local area connection properties/internet protocol version 4, I click ok, then close and these numbers are not saved. When I go back in, the numbers are missing, but default gateway s ...

I bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home edition installed on it. Only recently have I started having problems connecting to the Internet. It recogizes a Local Connection but no ...

My Teredo service has a problem and I was wondering if anyone knows hows to reinstall this service? If reinstalling would fix the problem or if I should just do a system recovery to try to fix it? Can someone help me with this or does anyone know if any of these thi ...

Hello, I have a mapped drive that i no longer want mapped. Everytime I "disconnect", it's disappears, but it's back when I reboot. I cannot find how to disable the "Reconnect at logon " option. ...

Having One care, does the DEfender still works (or similar), or am i showing my PC to worms etc....I know ONE CARE disables Defender, but.....is some other software activated??? Does One care "take care" of this problem?Is any similar software working and &quo ...

I see this game is no longer included with Windows. (I have Vista Home Premium.) Will this game work under Vista? If so, where can I download it? If this won't work with Vista, does Microsoft have anything similar I can download? ...

Hello, J'ai un nouveau PC avec Windows Vista et la bo�te de messagerie n'est pas tout � fait la m�me que Outlook express, (�a s'appelle windows mail) et j ...

i have just got a new computer and I had some email in my outlook express. Now that I have the new Vista version I can not find the email that was sitting in my old outlook files. What can I do to get them back? ...

Am using winmail & when I try to send an email from my contact list It won't let me.I get an error box from Microsoft Office Outlook says A dialog box is open,close & try again. The box that opened is Microsoft Office EndUser License Agreement w/PrintAcceptDecline options,..I c ...

I run a small private newsserver with a few dozen groups. Windows Mail users cannot access a particular newsgroup on this server. It doesn't show in the list of newsgroups (even when reset) and also ...

I have two email addressess but i have to log in and out to check each one. Under outlook both came to same address but windows mail won't work. Can someone tell m ...

Can someone please help? When I try to save a email attachment I cannot browse a specific location I am only allowed to save to D:\. Is this a Vista bug or is there an incorrect setting I have somewhere?? ...

OK. I've tried for weks to sort this. MCE (I'm running ultimate) was fine until this started appearing whenever i tried to access my music via MCE. Still no joy. HOW how how do I fix this.P.S I'm not sure but I think it may have started when I dow ...

I have 2 problems 1 The internet explorer will not close and I'm obliged to use task manager. This happens 2/5 times 2 There is an error message which appears often and says that internet explorer has stopped working, looking for solutoins... The problem is it IS still wo ...

Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an equivalent operation in Vista ? "Walt" ...

Overall, my 8450 is working *okay* with Vista, except that there's a problem printing docs that are set up as tables. The print previews always look perfect, but in one case I was printing a calen ...

When I try to print to my Lexmark 1150 (a blank text page from textpad), I get a "Handle is invalid" error.What am I doing wrong? ...

I made a dual boot of XP PRO SP2 and Vista ultimate.During the installation of Alcohol 120% in Ultimate I got a BSOD.I can't get rid of it anymore. Safe mode doesn't work either, BSOD also.The option that XP had "start with last settings that ...

ok so i upgraded to vista but i think i hamy have to downgrade as the media center wont accept me to use an anologe (sp) signal on digital but i need teristial to watch sky tv. any ideas? ...

news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070406/tc_infoworld/87492Company's been talking with record labels for 'some time'San Francisco (IDGNS) Following digital music pioneer Apple's lead yet again, Microsoft said this week it will soon s ...

I have a problem with the internet connection, my english is not very good so i'm giving a link: tabletquestions.com/windowsvista/65769vistainternetconnectioninsanityhelp.htmland if you can't open the link here is the important thing: "My computer can browse the internet for awhile and then ...

Hi. New dell computer here with vista. I am trying to use the send/receive button to get emails......I can send them, but do not receive them. I think I have everything in the account info correct....any ideas? ...

Please help me...How can I make "Read Mail" icon in the IE 7.0 to open windows mail in normal window, not minimized to the taskbar. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Don ...

I am running Windows Vista Business and have tried many times, unsuccessfully, to download the Yahoo! Toolbar. Any suggestions for a resolution will be welcome.RobertEggHeadCafe.com .NET Developer Portal of Choice eggheadcafe.com ...

I have the screen saver set to show photos that are saved in a folder. Most of the time everything is fine, but sometimes the pictures are shown in black and white instead of being in color. The computer is a Toshiba laptop (A135S4467). This seems to be is a Windows Vista probl ...

I've moved to Thunderbird. I don't know what I've been waiting for. This is so much better. I've put up with WinMail since June, no more. I was just using it for newsgroups, too. I use Outlook for email.For those feeling ...

Is there any way to put the video folder on the start menu, like you can "games" "music" ect? ...

seems like any downloaded files ( all legitimate ) !! takes forever !! Longer to verify than download and install !Any answers ?? ...

When I forward WMV files to others after I view them In Windows Mail, the receiving parties can't view them..... I don't even know where to start on this one !!!!!!!!! ...

Anyone have a good source for a free, SAFE, icon library for Vista? Don Guillett SalesAid Software dguillett1@austin.rr.com ...

The March 2007 Vista Application Compatibility Update (KB932246) reboots my computer before it gets to the desktop. This happened right after applying the update and recurred several times. I uninstalled it in Safe Mode and pr ...

Every time I boot my machine I get a message that there are files to burn. There are none and when I click the ballon it tells me to insert a disk in my D ...

Running Vista Ultimate. Have a Toshiba e740 Pocket PC. I see the device in device manager, but not in Sync Center. I tried installing ActiveSync 4.5 but installation fails the software doesn't run on Vista.I downloaded Mobile Device Center from MS... st ...

I just switched my mouse from a MS Wireless Explorer 2 to a MS Wireless Laser 6000 mouse. I already was using Intellipoint 6.1. Everything works great but my system won't turn off the monitor or go into standby. It has always promptly went into standby. Iuninstalled Intellipoint and reinstalled s ...

Hello all,I bought a new computer with vista, and I am not familiar with it. So, I hooked up my SanDisk and some things came up, and I read all of them. I can't remember what they were about, but at the end my SanDisk work ...

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I just aquired a new GAteway computer and well everything seems fine but whenever I try to download a web program the download works fine for about 10% then suddenly It freezes and all other aplications or web browsinig stops, the conection looks fine but the received bytes drop ...

How do I print just a Contact Group. I have a number of groups and I would like to print each one separately. Is there a way of doing this. In OE you could print just one group, need to know how to do the same in WinMail. Thanks ...

I have this option unticked in the folder option. but explorer never remembers to use the 'List' settings when I open explorer. anyone else having this issue? its List at the root or computer. but once i go into a drive, its in Detail, certainly annoying. ...

I have neither Nero nor DivX on my Dell E1705 Vista Business 32bit computer, but I'm still getting this error when I start Windows Mobile Device Center. I tried exempting COM Surrogate from DEP, but then the application doesn' ...

Having trouble playing DVDs in Media Player? Try to get codecs and Media Player comes back empty? Files stutter, only play either audio or video, not both? See green, black bars, hear distored audio?Well you're not alone. This is what MOST people experience using Media Playe ...

That's it! I am throwing in the towel. After weeks of hoping and wanting to give Vista a break, I am giving up. I finally came to the conclusion, that it is not worth the aggrevation. Next weekend I am formatting and installing ...

I have Vista Ultimate. I receive a lot of faxes daily. I need to be able to put edits on these faxes and send them back. On my old laptop, which had XP, the fax viewer that was with it allowed you to insert a text box, make an edit, signature, note, ...

I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on the start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby however is there a way t ...

Running Vista Premium Home on a 500 GB hard drive shows 80 GB used in properties pie chart. I configured win explorer to not hide system files, actually see hidden & system files in directories.If I get properties of the root & all fol ...

I don't have any of the cables talked about in any of the transfer threads. I want to save my Outlook Express 6 files (operating system Windows XP) and transfer them over to a new computer which is running Windows Vista. The ...

Sorry I forgot question 3 in my last postl. Is there a way to get your video to continue over and over again until you stop it? I will be using it as a display an ...

I have recently purchased a new laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium and have had trouble connecting via my home Wireless broadband connection. I have been through the connection wizard. The situation I have at the moment is that when I reboo ...

Hi, I have a few programs that seem to have some problems.Every time I get on I get a bubble that says "Widows has blocked some Startup Programs." Now I can click in and select "Run" on them when the bubble ...

Can someone tell me how to import messages and accounts into Windows mail I know the 'normal' way to do it. Importing from an archivefolder in the wizard and point to the folder where my OE messages (.dbx) are (or my .iaf). Bu ...

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I'm attempting to assist another user using Vista Home Premium via Remote Assistance from Vista Business. We connect fine and their desktop starts to become visible but after about 30 seconds the session is ended. I'm not sure what is happening, has anyone experienced something like this?Here is ...

do anybody can help me, because I have my new notebook with windows vista and I having trouble with outlook, the program is very slow, but while running outlook the other program seems to work fine. ...

When I select to print "one day" on the new Vista Calendar, it prints from 12:00 A.M until Noon, how do I change the default so it prints from 8:00A.M to 8:00 P.M ? ...

Hi all!Is there a way to make the handles and lines visible in the tree view to the left? I get confused all the time...Karsten ...

i have tried to upload video's, pictures, and documents. but whenever i try to do that it freezes and then closes the entire thing down. so i thought it was just p ...

I want to signal a minor but annoying bug.To reproduce it you must have off the option "Hide extensions of registerd file types" (I use italian version and I don't know the exact phrase in english version of Windows Vista).1) Open explorer.exe 2) in any ...

I cannot seem to launch the reuters news desk in media centre, i click on the logo in any of the icon in the libary it goes to the start page and then stops,it worked when i first installed vista any help please ...

Folder views dont stick and keep changing random types of view, anyone else experiencing this or know how tae fix. Its a bit like the good old days of XP. Reset Views in Folder Options works, but only for a short time ...

I have been trying to change my program icons in the Start Menu. Rightclick/Properties/Custom/Change Icon. Most will not change the icon. I go thru all the steps and nada. I want to ...

i just received a free wireless mouse from clearwire broadband as a promotion. its a two piece mouse and usb/ps2 unit. the receiver is attached to a ps2 adapter. my laptop does not have a ps2 conn ...

Hi,I'm running Vista Ultimate and have an external USB sound card attached (Creative XMod). Following resume from Sleep (S3), no sound output is playedfrom any sources (Media Player etc.). The device is still present in the Device Manager, but no sound is coming from my speakers. The solutio ...

By mistake I uninstalled the sidebar gadget Slide Show. How can I reinstall it? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Also, is there a recycle bin with Vista? ...

I notice that anytime I use any type of file sharing I am not able to browse the internet until I reboot the PC. Has anyone else run into this? Is it a security feature that needs to be disabled? Thanks! ...

Hi everyone,Is there a way to assign permissions to native applications in Windows? Like app x can only access this and this directories, app y cannot impersonate the remote users, etc. Something similar to the .NET Framework code access se ...

Newbie, fooling around with Home Premium, came across an option labeled, "Windows Firewall with Advanced security" Upon activation, popup reads, "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Snapin failed to load. Restart the Windows Firewall Service o ...

Hi all. I was trying to import a root certificate into Vista. I've observed that when the automatic certificate store selection (my OS is in Spanish, sorry if it isn't exactly) option in ac ...

Is there a way to set a user account so that it cannot open certain files, or cannot move or delete files? I want to allow a child to use the computer without accidentally moving or deleting something important. Parental controls only cover web access and programs. ...

Compatibility problems with Vista premium home 64 bit and Star Wars KOTOR. I have a new PC, good graphics, loads of RAM etc. I have gone through previous postings and reloade ...

Me being new to Vista. In my windows mail emails. I can't seem to use any of the hyperlinks in received messages(i.e replying to newsgroup messages etc). Is this supposed to happen? I read somewhere that it do ...

Recently started to use Windows Vista HOme Premium. I have changed my desktop picture and, on doing so, the whole task bar and start menu disappeared. This has happened twice and the only way I can get it back is to restart the system. I have tried the wi ...

This has only started today. Yet, I have not installed anything new today...possibly an update?Anyway, I am using my Windows Vista Home Premium Laptop (HP dv2058ea) and suddenly a message pops up saying:"Ho ...

I am taking a required computer class for my major in college, this is my return to school after my children have left the nest. We are discussing how well Vista is being received by the consumers. I was wondering what the most an ...

Hi guys!Whenever I try to load up Windows Help and support (either by pressing F1 or through the start menu), it simply doesn't work. An IE7 download box appears and a messag ...

I have an intel based Mac that shared an epson printer thru an XP system with no problem. I replaced the XP machine with a brand new Vista (home premi ...

What to do,If Want To Make DVD TO AVI With Vista x64?? SonuBhaaji ...

I have Xp on the original drive and now Vista on a new internal driveHow do I set my pc to give me the boot option, besides f12And how can I get some of my personal settings on over.. Internet Explorer and Outlook express my first priority.. Maybe sounds schemes ...

if i have another IE instance and for other reason y open other IE, when i exit from this one, yi can only choose to cance or close all tabs,, why y can't close the 1st without closing the ...

i was wondering if vista has builtin support for floppy drives or not. and if vista does what are the details of it are. (ex: floppy boot, floppy repair diskkets, and stuff like that.) ...

I am attempting to partition a drive using Vista's Disk Management and can create three volumes, but when I try to create a fourth, it tries to convert to dynamic from basic. What else can I do to create a fourth partition? ...

I am attempting to install IIS 7 on Vista Home Premium box. My ultimate goal is to get SQL (2005) reporting services working on this box for development. As far as I can tell from what I read, FTP ...

When I click on C: on My computers page, it does not open and it says" Windows cannot find copy.exe"The same file had a virus so was quarantined by Symantec Antivirus. Pls help ...

Hi, I ve just purchase New PC came with Windows Vista ultimate. I been trying to join my existing Nt4 Domain but it keep on appearing " the following error occured trying to join the domain "Distiqamah" Logo ...

I sent a PPS to my son, to view and he could not open it, now, the question is, could this be b/c I sent it from Vista, prior I had XP, no problems, and he has XP n ...

Hi 2 all,I have a problem with my "Deleted Items" folder in "Windows Mail".There r some messages in the folder that can't b deleted from list.When using right click and "Empty 'Deleted Items' folder", nothing happe ...

I am unable to delete a message from my drafts folder in windows mail. shows up as unknown error. i am unable to move it or delete, please help. if you have any suggestions, please send them to sassy1@chartermi.net. ...

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

HiI lately noticed that my Vista (32bit) doesn't want me to make .txt files. When I'll right click on desktop and choose new from the menu I'll get this: zepi.kapsi.fi/PropertiesMenu.jpg So, ...

reviews.cnet.com/40027600_76729620.htmlMember Question of the Week I recently purchased a new desktop preloaded with Windows Vista Home. But after some frustrating moments of attempting to install and run a few of my favorite programs, I've realized that Vista just isn't playing nice and sim ...

Ok, I admit that not showing the average user all the nittygritty files, and even folders, is probably a good idea. After all, do they really need to see what get's b ...

I just upgraded my tablet to Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to work fine besides Windows Update. I just cannot get it to work. I keep getting the 80072EFD error. I followed the steps outlined in the help article as ...

Steven Cochrane's little utility seems very nice (WMUtil) for deleting messages from one's outbox (VistaWindows Mail) but doesn't work. Error message is "the ...

Hi, I now have the OEM version of Vista Ultimate System builder edition because I had to do a clean install to try to fix System Restore. I originally had the OEM version that was installed from a server from Systemax, my PC maker which had the Recovery Environment in the ...

Holy crap!I just found a folder under my Desktop "Owner" folder entitled "Searches" and it's filled with hundreds of subfolders totalling megamegagigs of data. This hogs up a lot of space! Am ...

I'm buying a new laptop with Vista preinstalled but I have all kinds of software to load up that was on my XP desktop. Will they load and run on Vista? (e.g., MS Office, Outlook, Paint Shop Pro)Any help is appreciated. Don ...

A few users got a new laptop (Dell Latitude D820) with Vista Business. Running an NT domain (yea, I know...) Using an NT BDC for VPN access.The users are able to connect via VPN to our network, but strangely they can't d ...

I installed windows vista with no problems, until I removed the install CD. Once I removed the CD and the computer boots up, I get a message saying "Invalid system Disk" Replace Disk, and then press any key ...

OK well I need a break from trying to debug Vista I may as well vent. OK well Ive gotten the "MIssing opperating system" black screen message pop up way to many times. Blue screens of death 23 times a day, Reinstalling Vista 5 times now and counting. Thought I h ...

Greetings: I have an interesting scenario that developed. I am a consultant and had an opportunity to use a KMS licensed version of Vista Business to upgrade my laptop. Since then I found out this licensing scheme needs t ...

Hey everybody, I've recently installed windows Vista on my computer, however, it isn't registering that I have Directx 10. I know Directx 10 comes with Vista, but it says I only have Directx 9. What's happening? ...

I can use Window's Media Player and listen to my CDs at normal quality. Accessing the same files using the VISTA Media Center Music, the music has lots of "pops" and distortion. Any idea why? ...

I have a Notebook that came loaded with Vista, bought a HP Photo Smart All in One. The scanner works fine in Photo smart, but in Windows Photo Gallery or MS Paint it does not see the scanner. This is on a wireless network. HP has no answer to this probl ...

I have a network with wireless user and user that travel. However, vista is not holding the profiles. They can not log in to their domain profiles when connecting wirelessly. I've tried to change the profil ...

I have a laptop running Windows Vista Ultimate and I am trying to get it connected to my school's Windows 2000 Server Domain. The IT guy here has set it up to connect to the domain, and I had one successful ...

Problem is that Vista and XP can't find each other when gaming via router. I tried to play Grand Prix 4 on LAN with TCP/IP but it doesn't work. Vista finds session made with XP but cant connect. XP doesn't even ...

few days after installing vista home premium I changed my mother board..........after changing the next day I saw a popup that windows was deactivated due to a hardware change......and now its asking me to buy a new code......can anyone solve this problem?......right now my ...

I have the same problem, but it has spread to other programs as well. In fact IE has the same situation. You may find it is more widespread. Some other programs simply cycle, and never start. I'm not ...

señores de microsoft:yo compre mi paquete de windows vista en peru en el unico lugar donde se pude comprar en la capital de lde ese pais en lima av wilson, me parcde que el windows vbista esta muy ...

this windows mail is frustraing me so much.... lol...... how do i get it off my comuter. and the make yahoo my default mail? p.s. thanks for your helpi have problems with windows live messanger as it is.... when i first got the compute ...

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Does anyone know where Vista stores mail and newsgeoup files ...

I finally have Vista Home Premium 32 running lean and smooth, except for the bleeding network transfers.Basically they are slow, painfully slow. I have tried over a wired LAN, faster but still very slow, wireless, really slow at around 80 90 KB/s. LOL I have ev ...

Maybe nobody else will ever have this exact problem, but since I did manage to fix it, here's the answer if anybody does and then looks around here as I did a couple of days ago.The KLC program itself has not changed, but when I tried to install one layout made unde ...

I have vista business and Office 2007. However whatever programme I print from, only one copy prints out no matter how many I choose to print in the print dialog box. Anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks ...

i have got vista ultimate. it was working fine till today. now i get windows shaking when i maximize them. i read about firefox having this problem due to bookmarks toolbar but i don t even have firefox. this happens to all windows. when they are max ...

I have Vista Premium Home Edition and the problem with my mouse pointer is when I am online. I see the pointer until I point to an input field, before I can click on the field my pointer di ...

The last two times I've started Windows I've gotten this message.: "Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver Stopped Working"What is Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver?Somehow I suspect this error is tied to the addi ...

I have a background that changes daily with a calendar but the gadgets block it because the calendar is in the upper right corner of the background image. I lik ...

I've been everywhere else on the web and have seen this problem restated a few dozen times, but since my calls to Cingular, Samsung, & Microsoft have yielded no assistance whatsoever, I'm hoping maybe somebody here might be able to help....I'm trying to ...

I am trying for the first time to put a video onto my computer and need to know how to import it. The camera is a Sony Handycam Steadyshot Hi8 and I am using Windows Movie Maker on Windows Vista. Thanks in adv ...

I have discovered a User Account on my system that I did not set up. The User Accounts screen displays the following:ASP.NET Machine Account Standard U ...

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Xpost to OE6, OE General, IE General, OL General, and Vista Mail newsgroups; Followup set to IE GeneralMS07027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (support ...

I have Windows Ultimate edition on a Dell XPS 410 computer. I have noticed that when I get an email with an inpage link to a web page, it doesn't work. (I'm not sure whether that is the c ...

contacts not initializing, unable to load? It says memory may be full, but I have plenty of memory. Can anybody help?? ...

ok....i'm new...please help... i'm running vista home basic on a laptop...my internet connection is wireless through random unsecured networks in my apt building... i'm trying to respond to a craigs list add... my email is yahoo,...how do i answer the incoming outgoin ...

each time I try to delete a email address I get a message that windows explorer has stop working. Then a message that it will try to fix the problem and then nothing happens. ...

During the browse part of the "save as" function, if I accidentally hover the cursor over a file, that file name is picked up. I can overide it with the name I want to use, as is usual in ...

I remember in a 80's computer magazine they were selling plastic or rubber bats, so you could beat up your computer when it didn't work.... just so you could release the steam without act ...

Tried to install Sony Picture Package and now when I try to play a DVD my computer crashes to blue screen. When I try to shut down computer crashes to blue screen. I cannot put any DVD or CD into D drive as it crashes as ...

Can any one please help? Just a few days ago, every time I try to open my web browser (Mozill Firefox 2.0.0.3) I get a message from UAC asking permission to open. This never happened before. Any ideas if this is a bug etc ?Many thanks in anticipationCP ...

I have vista bussiness and I am trying to install media extender and it is not allowing me to install. As per the spec I could use it only in Ultimate or Home premium, is there anyway I can install media extender in Vista Bussiness? I am try ...

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

I bought a "Vista Certified" Compro VideoMate T750 hybrid tuner PCI card. My PC is a Quad core Intel, running Vista Home Premium.When I plug this tuner card into my PCI slot, Vista doesn't see it at all. The powerlight on the card is lit.If ...

Is there still a separate Administrator user account in Vista or is that account now replaced by any user account with administrator rights? I don't see any user with the name ADMINISTRATOR. ...

Under my user name, I have a folder called "Local Settings". If I open it there is a folder called "Application Data". If I open that there is another folder called "Application Data" and if I open that still anotherthere are about 20 or more of these nested ...

I have received several emails with pictures from family, but when I download them and open the zip file they show up as text files. I have tried changing the "open with" program to Coral Snapfire or Photo Shop or even Internet explorer and I get an error message from all of them ...

When I try to install a program, I get the error message "The directory name is invalid,this is any program i try too install from hd or cdrom or dvdrom,do i av'e too install vista again.And what is UAC iv'e been told if i turn t ...

Is there a way to programmatically turn of UAC, using some Java Script or so? ...

From 11:14 PM on 5/20 to 7:24 PM on 5/21 everbody's favorite crybaby made 72 posts, all rants and personal attacks, when the jerk was suppose to be "working" at his "job".Too funny!la.indymedia.org/uploads/2006/05/crybaby.jpgmid.jpg ...

I just upgraded to Vista and found that my bank's website, which uses a sitekey protocol, crashes Internet Explorer. Any idea what is going on here? ...

2.4GHz Core 2 processor, Vista Ultimate 64 bit, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Video Card. 4GB memoryI am using dual displays with my PC, and have set up multiple identities. When I return to my m ...

This is my 3rd attempt at trying to get a solution for successfully backing up my files. Everytime I try to run backup, it says at the very end of the backup process, 'The backup did not complete successfully. An ...

If you walked into a body shop, no mechanic will condemn or laugh at you for not having adequate knowledge of car engine or ABS or airbags; the same applies to almost all other industries that I have privilege of being associated with. No artist will laugh at you for not knowing ...

Every time I enter a gameroom on Club Pogo I get booted from AOL, does anyone else have this problem? If so how did you fix it? ...

I have uTorrent set to run in Scheduler how do I set it to run Minimised? I tried putting /m as a parameter, but that stopped it with unknown command. ...

Much like in XP, Vista will display zip files as folders. How can I prevent Vista from displaying zip files as folders?It really gets in the way when you have a folder with lots of zip files. This was easy to disbale in XP, but seems pretty much hidden in Vista. My guess is it requires ...

After installing Vista, my printer and scanner are now obsolete, as I can't get compatible drivers. Any recommendations on an allinone printer/scanner.I am currently lookin ...

I need a new phone and am looking at a Samsung D900.Does anyone know whether the Drivers/Address Book Synchronizing Software are compatible with Vista? On the Samsung site, it only lists Win ...

Are there any reasonably price scanners that work in Windows Vista?My Mustek BearPaw 1200CU has been a great scanner, and only cost $40 new. Unfortunately, Mustek won't even acknowledge that Vista exists. ...

when i select to safely remove my usb stick, i get the following error;"Windows cant stop your Generic Volume device because it is in use." etc.now, ive used Process Explorer to try to find what process has a handle on my usb, but a search yie ...

I'm trying to run a program that runs fine on my XP computer, but it won't run on my new Vista computer.So, when I run the program I get the following error:"Com ...

I have Window Vista Business preinstalled on a Thinkpad i just purchased. The Vista language is set to Swedish (a swedish layout thinkpad). I want to change the language to English for Vista how do I do that? ...

Is Windows Explorer limited to 100 line items (#=099) or can that be changed? I am listing music files >100 and need this feature expanded. Can I do this? Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Thanks in advance. Harold ...

I try to watch a video stream on vista but I get network cnnect error message, I can go out to my xp machine and lnk to exact same sight and it works fine. I have checked the settings in vis ...

Pan & Zoom slide presentations using Photo Galary worked fine for a while when recently purchased new Dell 1505 w/vista Home Premium, 1.6gh Intel core 2 duo, ATI Mobil ...

Hi,my application issues a Broadcast UDP packet, but it goes only to one of two interface cards, connected to the office LAN. Only when I switch off that LAN, Broadcast packet goes to the second interface card connected to an IP de ...

I just recently purchased a Laptop with Vista Home Premium on it. I have never setup a network and would like to so I can access files and the printer connected to the desktop. I am using a 2Wire modem/router. Both are able to connect to the internet, ...

I just bought a new Gateway laptop with the Vista Edition of Windows. I have an Excellent connection to the internet when I sign on the computer. It will stay conne ...

i have set up my new laptop up and it is running vista home i can not get it to read any of my computers on my works wireless network and none of them can see the laptop how ever i can get it to connect to the int ...

My Laptop is connected to a workgroupNetwork. Every now and then on a restart my machine is not connected to this network because it's considered to be a ...

New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at properties then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator of the local computer. Then go to Administra ...

without a Tweakui I can not seem to find a way to have a user automaticly sign into windows vista on startup. Can anyone tell me how to do this? ...

On my laptop, I'd like win mail to remember the username to sign into my email, but not remember the password.In the Account settings, I enter the user name, leaving password blank and uncheck Remember my Password.Go log into mail, S ...

Error message...The host imap could not be found...computer illiterate...dont even know what that means. I tried to email thr9ugh somebodies web site and outlook comes up by default..can't I just have my comcast mail work? I have Vista. not liking it. ...

When receiving Windows Mail, I get an error message entitled, "Outlook Express Folder Sync Window Class: Windows No Disk", The message contains the following: A red X in a circl ...

Until May 16, my sent email went out. Since then it has not, and seems to be in OUTBOX PURGATORY. I can't send any of it, and OEHELP suggested to others doesn't work either ...

I have a mail in my outbox that cannot be deleted therefore it blocks me from sending any other mails. Any ideas what to do? ...

My copy of Vista RC1 expires in 5 days, and I cannot afford to buy Vista, so have to revert to XP.I therefore want to migrate my emails to OE6. All my emails, however, are in Windows Mail format.If I try to export them, the only options are ...

Cada poco tiempo, el explorador da el siguiente error y es necesario reiniciarlo. Por favor, si alguien puede ayudarme a encontrar la solucion, se lo agradezco.Firma con problemas: Nombre del evento de problema: APPCRASH Nombre de la aplicación: explorer.exe Versión de la aplicació ...

I have a windows Vista laptop and am trying to connect to a network printer. I have the RPC service and Print Spooler service set to automatic, but the print spooler service do ...

Hi there,I'm trying to copy about 7gig of folders and files from one SATA hard drive to another SATA hard drive and it keeps failing saying that 'there is not enough memory to complete this operation' please can someone tell me what this means?I aimed 2 GB of memory was ...

Hi, Somebody any experience with it. I do not see the previous version although i indicated the related data disk also to the restore point.Regards Huib ...

Hi, I hope it's ok to ask this question. I have a dualboot menu working (thru Vista) that gives me a booting choice of Vista or Ubuntu. If I use VistaBoot Pro to shorten Vista's countdown timer (which I really want to do), will that mess up my boot menu?I appreciate any help. Many Thanks, Frank ...

Hi Is it possible to use desktop themes with a ".theme" extension in Vista? I'm looking to upgrade to Vista later this year via buying an upgraded computer. I'm doing a mass organization of my desktop themes using a program that allows you to make changes and save th ...

I've been conned in to buying what turns out to be an (expensive) oem version of Vista Home Premium.I've read conflicting information on whether or not I can use the oem disk to upgrade an existing installation of XP Home.Can a ...

New computer w/ Vista Home Premium. Window Movie Maker was working great and then, with no changes to my computer, the audio all of a sudden went away! If I play the video clip with Media center, etc it plays fine with audio. Video plays okay ...

Windows Vista Business EditionOur Notebook ist in an Domain (called let`s say "Work") We´re logged in an now we want to try to log in as a lokal user on this PC (PCName let´s say "IBMHome"). Normaly it shoul ...

Is there a way to transfer my Microsoft works 7.0 out of my old computer, which has Windows XP Home Edition, into my new computer which has Windows Vista Home Premium? My disc got cracked, so only have the files, which i have copied ...

I have quite big problem with desktop shortcut refresh during silent installation. Installation is performed from special user (with admin rights), but other user has to press F5 (refresh desktop) to see the shortcuts.Is ...

In XP, if I have 2 Account users e.g. A and B, when I right click the Icon; I can choose run as A or B. But in Vista, when I right click the Icon, it shows "Run as Administrator" only. Does any1 know how to Run as B when I am logging in A?thx ...

My desktop runs Vista Ultimate. I connect my laptop (WinXp) to it in a simple network, the desktop being the host for ICS purposes. In Vista I set the Local Network Location to 'Private' and all goes well. The problem is that the connection to ...