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Shift override key is not working in vista, there is no way to login as administrator after Autologon and forceautologon is enabled. ...

Hi, I have just installed windows vista on my work laptop that I travel around my sites with. I wanted to try it for a while when I was away. Because I have allways logged on using the Administrator account and have ...

For a few days I have been getting problems with my profile for my account failing to load. Last night it happened and the machine crashed hard and I rebooted. Since then I cannot login to my account. It is the second of two admin acc ...

When running BF2142, I get a RendDX9.dll error after 2 hours and crashes to desktop. I know BF2142 is not DX10 compatable, but could I install DX9c to solve t ...

I installed Tiger Woods 2005 on my Vista Home premium. I have 4 gb ram & a GTS 8800 video card. It worked for a few weeks and now it won't start. I have the latest patch and running in XP compatilbilty mode and as administrator. Any t ...

This is kinda hard to explain, but...When reading newsgroups with the new Windows Mail, if I close it, and then go back to it later, when I open newsgroups, it jumps straight to about where the last message was that I read, and loads the new ...

I just got Windows Vista and Windows Mail is on it rather than Outlook Express, same thing really, but my question is in Outlook Express you had a home page of sorts and it would tell you how many messages you had and it had a side bar with tips. Windows Mail does n ...

Did MS redesign the internal workings of mail that much that compacting is no longer necessary?Walter ...

How do I access the spelling options dialog box so I can change the language? ...

HeyGot my new notebook, Vista home edition preinstalled. Plugged in my SANDISK 13330 USB bluetooth device. no driver for it. Plugged in my Joyit flash drive. No driver for it. Search ...

it doesnt work at all. there is no option for the processor. when are MS gonna fix the driver? ...

When I AltTab now I don't get the usual display but instead a rectangle in the centre of the screen containing miniature pics of the pages I have open. Time for a new video card maybe. It worked with my Vista Beta though so am puzzled. Peter Toront ...

I bought a new scanner and while it said the drivers wouldnt be compatible, I got the vista ones and it works fine. BUT EVERY SINGLE TIME I boot up, it ...

Hi to all, I've a server windows 2003 sp1 that hosts an internet DNS service with two primary zone. Now I have to move this service into a new server: anyone can tell me if exist a ...

After setting up Vista and using it for a while I backed up the whole drive with the vista backup program to an external driver. Then I suffered a computer crash, A virus.PROBLEM: When I try to restore my ba ...

Hello recently i format my computer and install XP with SP2, but now when i open a window of anykind in the taskbar when i press with the right button of the mouse se rectangle only starts blinking and does not open the normal options( Clos ...

HiI back up using tapes and and am disappointed that tape support has been dropped in Vista backup. Please offer this as an addon for those who want it.Vista users, why not suggest this to the Vista team, you never know, they might listen if enough people ask :feedback. ...

Do not install any Version of Epson Print CD on Vista, lower than Version 1.50A which comes with the Epson R260 HD Printer. I installed the previous version that came with my older Epson R200 Pri ...

The only SendTo folder I can find on my C drive is in my "Windows.old" directory. I would think there is one in my Vista installation somewhere, correct?A secondary question is What is windows.old and how do I get rid of it?Thanks,Jack ...

I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to do this.Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will ...

vista has stopped letting me open windows in seperate windows all by it self and no matter what i do it will only open the in the same window any one else had this happen and how do i stop it ...

I am having a problem with Windows Media Player 11. I can only run the program as an administrator. When I click the icon, it never runs. Similarly, if I try to run a WMV or other file, it will also not run.I think it is a security setting, but I can not figure ...

I INSTALLED WINDOWS VISTA LIKE 3 DAYS AGO IT WAS RUNNING OK THEN I DID A RESTART AND I GOT THIS MESSAGE WINDOWS FAILED TO START. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MIGHT BE THE CAUSE FILE: \WINDOWS\SYST ...

My hubby plays Everquest and he just got a new PC that has the dreaded Windows Vista. The problem that he is having is that every time he zones he gets kick ...

How long has Vista been out now. Is Microsoft oblivious to the problem of not being able to delete mail from Windows Mail.It's about time that Microsoft writes a patch t ...

I have not found solutions or answers to any of these four issues, anywhere in this newsgroup, nor through Google ... would relish anyone else's thoughts or suggestions:(1) I have Window ...

New PC and Vista Home Premium have proven a real challenge, particularly the Webmail. Yesterday had problems sending a message created for a group. Tried everything that had worked on Outlook Express and ...

I cannot access anything on my computer. I bought vista through the digital locker, via circuit city, around the time of vista release, however as of yesterday as soon as i choose a profile on my computer i get a ...

Can I disable all the Acronis stuff from the startup? Acronis trueimage/Timounter and Acronis/scheduler2 or something, I see it takes up a bit of resources. If I do, can I still back up m ...

Applications are not suposed to write to Program Files after they have been installed. But what if my application launches a .HLP file? On Windows XP, whenever you open a .HLP file, a .GID file gets writte ...

My TerraTec works fine through it's own software, Media Centre scans the channels and finds them all. I can't get M C to show any pictures on any channels though. The EPG finds the channels but doesn't have ...

Okay...I have an eMachines computer, with all the original specs with it, including the video card.I may sound like a fool now but, if I do replace my video card with a faster one, w ...

Bonjour, A chaque fois que je démarre mon ordinateur, j'ai le message suivant : BOOT MGR absent. CTRL + ALT + SUPPR Si je met mon logiciel VISTA Edition Intégral dans mon lecteur de CD et que je redémarre mon ordi. Tout fonctionne normalement. Si l'enlève et je redémarre ...

I just recently had to install Quicktime on my computer for another program to work. Now Quicktime plays embedded .mp3's in IE7. WMP11 is set as the default player but for some reason when I go to a site with music it plays ...

I've shrunk the size of my C: drive and now have a second partition. When I go into Disk Management it recognizes both partitions but I cannot assign a ...

I was wondering if it is possible to move the partition vista is on. I have to create a dual boot with windows xp but I dont want to go thru the whole process of reinstalling vista again. Curr ...

I have a Linksys wireless router, a wireless enabled TabletPC, and a desktop connected to the router via ethernet cable.The TabletPC can access the internet thru the router, and can see and access the Vista ...

Problem: When I try to play a video e.g. bear.wmv (delivered with Vista) with Windows Media Player the whole pc freezes after after 1,5 seconds!System: Vista 32bit Ultimate AMD Athlon 4400+ X2 2x 1 GB Corsair geheugen Asus ...

I would like to ask if anyone does have any idea if the windows boot manager is using BIOS calls to display the boot menu options. It is important for me because if it is not like that, I will never see the boot menu with th ...

Hi, Does anyone know if I can upgrade my Home Premium to Ultimate so I can then be eligible for the Family Discount to load another version of Vista on my laptop? I dont know what the least inexpensive thing to do is. If I knew y ...

Here's the problem. I run Vista Ultimate on my laptop. Now, the fact that it's a laptop means that I use it in different locations 1. my home 2. school. My home has one workgroup and my school has another. I need to access my home workgroup more often so I have it set for that. ...

Can not download 2 critical updates.. error 800700B... Any Help plz ...

I've been having this problem with Windows Vista Ultimate where if I leave my machine downloading unattended it will shut down and reboot on it's own. When I log back in it tells me that Windows was shut down unexpectedly ...

When I booted my system tonight I got the following in a dialog box:Component returned failure code:0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)[ns]Contolllers.removeContoller]I rebooted several ...

I have been running the release version of Vista business for a month now. Until last week i had no issues. But sometime in the last 7 days, Vista started to randomly corrupt files. Some of this i can attribute to ...

I have just purchased a new laptop with vista. Can I get a new email address to send directly from a program like outlook does?? ...

Hi :) is there any change, how to get Windows Mail to sys tray? I donh't wanna this thing in my task bar, but I still want it running. ...

I currently have a hotmail account that I use quite a bit. With my XP, I was able to set it up so that when I clicked an email address, it automatically directed me to my hotmail account. but with Vista, it always goes to my windo ...

My computer was shutted down [Blue Screen] when I was trying to play VCD with Windows Media Player, and this happened every time. But it's not happen when I try to play on another user account??? I tried to delete that acc ...

Using 32bit Vista Business with 4Gb of RAM, I have tried using copy and paste from my Jessops Universal Card Reader to Windows Explorer as I have some problems using Photoshop ...

I have just got a new laptop with Vista installed. I am trying to load Plaxo and a driver for a scanner from the internet with no success. I have never had this problem before, is it a Vista thing? Posted ...

Hopefully I'm not asking a recurring question, but what's the exact process for adding OE contacts to the Vista MS Mail program (or is it the "Contacts" program)? I've saved an exported ...

So far the only major glitch I haven't solved is why I can't play videos on Yahoo. I"ve got Vista Ultimate. Macro media is installed as is quick time. Any ideas????? ...

My Vista Ultimate is set to never turn off, hibernate or sleep but if I leave it for an hour with the screen saver on when I come back I cannot get the hard drive to activate...I have to hard boot. Any ...

Dear all, Sorry to post again on this subject but I did not manage to upgrade my system (new HD).I'd like to replace my (slow) SATAI HD by a new (larger & faster) SATAII HD. ...

I was installing a piece of software last night, and it kept giving errors trying to write to HKCR, saying access denied (it was trying to register class servers)W ...

One or more of the pictures in this message could not be found." ...

How can I get the red X boxes to go away? And start being able to actually see what my email pictures and graphics are? ...

Hi , My clean install of vista was working fine for a couple of weeks,but now i am having problems with windows explorer stopping working. The task bar goes all mixed up ,then ...

Hi, How do I check the revision of the nVIDIA display device driver on my VISTA system. I want to check and make sure it is a lower rev than the latest available from NVIDIA at their "download drivers" website. Also has anyone followe ...

Alright, i know there is a lot of questions about th is feature but my case is different. I just recently got 2 new computers, the exact same, with vista. One has the 3D flip feature working but not the other one, what is the problem? ...

I started getting double (duplicate) desktop icons and shorcuts. When I deleted one the other one would stop working. Decided to delete all my shortcuts, but ended up dumping a load of data, too. The KB suggested looking at the registry under "LocalMachine...Windows>Current Vers>E ...

If I want to customize the appereance of any folder in windows explorer and after the changes have been done on the Customize this folder window, when I press the OK button windows explorer ...

I'm not getting video from the lifecam vx6000. I'm running windows ultimate 64 bit version. I'm getting funny colors only. I currently have the camera hookup via a usb hub device it's about 4 yrs old now. I tried to doing what it said in the supports doc with ...

I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. After it says Wi ...

We have been installing Vista via an unattended installation (made via the Windows System Image Manager WSIM).The Vista OS is installed. The logon screen shows us that we can logon to EDU, being our domain. But when doing so, using a domain account, we get the error message "The trust relat ...

I have the same sort of problem as a few others here dvd maker crashes as i try to make a dvd ,I add a file and click next and then the menu screen appers and just freezes.I get an error message DVD MAKER HAS STOPPED WORKING SEND ...

My windows mediaplayer in Windows Vista Business, will not open, when I try to se the news from TV2 Sumo, Norway. When I try to log in to tv2 sumo's site, and watch the news online, the solution ask me to dowload a windows media ...

I have a new Dell Latitude running Vista. I cannot find any "factory" installed games, e.g., the old standbys of Soliaire, Hearts, ect. I have looked in the Games folder and it is empty. I have done game searches and do not get a ...

Cannot get printer to print online Hp printer using vista ...

Recently procured a new home PC with Windows Vista, now nearly all my computer games, hardware have a known compatablity problem...everything from my printer to AutoCAD 2007 software is not able to be run. Suggest you offer customers a chance to go ba ...

Does anyone out there know how to lock desktop icons in place? Every time I restart my computer my icons are all out of order. I have made sure that the choices for Auto Arrange and Align to Grid are unchecked. ...

Would any of you have an idea on how to clear the Reliability Monitor logs in Vista?? This is more out of curiosty btw.ThanksPhill ...

Does any one know how to make the contacts appear under the folders list in the layout for Windows Mail, the way they used to be in Outlook Xpress? ...

I was just told by MS Tech support for VISTA that they are told that MS does not support disk related problems with VISTA when it is installed on SATA hard drives. Just EIDE. I found this strange (they did too, I think) because most of the major vendors (HP definitely is) are using SATA drives ...

The ATI drivers that came with Vista crashed my laptop when it went to sleep/hibernate. Here is some very important information that I found 73726900: Radeonâ„¢ products Catalyst 7.3 for Vista Causes BSOD Error Referencing Wi ...

Error:Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your computer o ...

Thought I'd share this even though it's not Vista related, hence marked OT for those who want to skip it.Was running Ubuntu 6.10, now running 7.04 (beta)...Clean install? No. InPlace upgra ...

this dark blue looks completely out of place in vista... what genius chose that? :) ...

Those who know what it is, care... those who dont, dont!samurize.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=1&lid=2074 ...

Not really a vista problem (had the same in xp)I´m wondering what the "technical" difference is between delete or moving/copying a big file, since I experience huge performance times?If ...

hi guys i have a qustion about microsoft live i heard from my friend that i can create an acount and the account will be(....@live.com) so is that true or not if its true then how c ...

My DVDs with Dolby surround sound fine on my Windows XP Pro machine played with the Windows media player. On my machine with Vista Home Premium, I get the video but no sound. What ...

Problem: Whenever I start Explorer, it asks me for permission to launch!I have disabled ALL addins and extra programs....However, when I disable users for the whole system, Explorer does not ask for permission!! ...

How do you disable speech recognition from starting at startup? (vista ultimate) ...

hi, vista home premium /32bit can't recognise my Hyundai L72S LCD monitor! Pls Help ...

Under Vista (Ultimate, 32 bit), do I need to install the AMD dual core optimizer for my AMD dual core proc(x2, 3800+, Toledo)?The AMD Dual Core Optimizer can ...

I posted this elsewhere, thought I could start a new message.I am having a problem doing an upgrade from XP pro to Ultimate. In XP I have moved my doc and setts to another drive.It has to do with moving the docs and settings. Error:MIG Expanding ra ...

Hi,Before I begin, let me apologize if this issue has been addressed before (I actually hope it has). I'm on my computer at work, and my company's WebSense makes browsing forums a royal pain. If somebody could direct ...

If you use a standard aspect ratio 4:3 Movie Maker project as an input to DVD Maker, be aware of distortion of title overlays in the animated menu scenes.DVD Maker transcodes the standard movie for viewing appropriately, with overlays contained within the movie window. Bu ...

hi, im running vista 64 home premium, dual core 2 duo e6600, asus ab90pro mobo, 2gb ddr2 ati aiw x1900 on a toshiba 37" 1080i hdtv with component via dvi to component.i cloned the main monitor to the toshiba and disabled the main monitor so i could run the pc ...

i have a lot of movies that i have recordered to my DVR that i now want to record to my hard drive and burn to dvd. So far i have not had a prob till i started to record this one movie ...

Whenever I try to play a video file with WMP I get BSOD. I'm running Vista 32bit.Details: Problem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033Files that help describe the pro ...

MY dvd plays fine i even got auido sounds but can not here caractors voise ...

I have a three storey house that calls for w/less access points on each level to maintain adequate signal strength. The cable modem is connected to a Linksys router in the basement and each access point i ...

I have a three storey house that calls for w/less access points on each level to maintain adequate signal strength. The cable modem is connected to a Linksys router in the basement and each access point is connected to that via a netgear powerline device thr ...

Windows Calender states that I can publish my calender to someone on my computer. However, when I tryed it. I got message saying it couldn't be published unless I changed the name of the calender. So I did, but it still wouldn't publish to another user on my computer and it did not gi ...

Hello,Has anyone successfully networked a Vista machine with a ME machine? My Vista machine can access my ME machine but *not* the other way. My ME machine sees the Vista machine but locks up when I try to access the public folder ...

Hey there everybody well i was wondering if any of you guys can help me with this problem here you go " i got a new laptop with original vista windows well it's my first time connecting to a wireless network and it gives me the signal good isn't it supposed to be excellent i m ...

Has anyone else come across this yet?Within 30 minutes to two hours after establishing a PPTP VPN connection to my remote work network (hosted by a Windows 2003 SBS SP1 server) I lose connectivity to my *local* Windows 2003 SBS SP1 server. For example, my local ...

I think this might be a better spot for this Sorry for multiple, should have been cross I guess. I can share files that are on my XP computer on my Lan but the XP computer cannot see files on this VISTA computer. I have sharing turned on an ...

I can be doing almost anything and then I get "Locking your computer..." this seems to happen completely randomly it system can go for hours without happening system being unatended or it can be like 40min 1hr and sude ...

Hello,I was wondering if anyone could answer me a question, please.Today I downloaded something and tried to save it somewhere in the program files folder to which a message appeared telling me that I don't have permissi ...

Can not delete any entry in the contacts folder. When I do Windows Explorer close and restarts.Permissions look correct I am Administrator and the only user. I have full permissions ...

There should be a menu of options when I select "Send" while an office file is open. The only option is there by default and it is to send the file ...

How do I find out what my server POP mail is? I use AOL and Comcast ...

Can someone tell me how to keep Windows Mail from deleting emails from the server once the email is sent to my computer? I want to be able to check all my server's webmail when I travel. ...

Ok, I'm learning. The fact I have a question like this shows I've come far;When I create a shortcut on my desktop, and I want to change the icon, there appears to be t ...

The little frame that appears around the "usertile" picture on the login screen and the top of the start menu: Is that in the Windows directory or can I download it somewhere? I want to create an icon using it. ...

I receive an error when I try to backup or restore back to a previous point. I was able to do a backup the first day I used the Vista home premium version. Since then I get an error:A shadow copy could not be created for the following reason.The write ...

I bought the OEM VISTA and the package keeps saying it must be preinstaaled useing OPK. I have a family/ home computor that has a corrupt XP and I am going to completely remove XP. Will I still need the OPK afterwards? ...

Hi, this may seem like an unusual question but, it neds to be asked: i just bought the windows vista home primeum academic verson for my laptop, although i am a student i want to know if it is any different than the retail verson in the store. ...

Got my upgrade disc this morning to upgrade my Laptop from XP to Vista.All seemed to be going well. Inserted the ACER DVD to remove all the Acer stuff that is non compatible with Vista then inserted the Vista Upgrade DVD. ...

Ha anyone found video driver for averatec 2200 (2260EY1). Averatec promised a video driver for vista in March 2007. Nothing has been posted as yet. I had searched numerous forums and found that many ...

I have Asus (P5ND2SLI Dleuxe) motherboard, and i have a windows vista of 64 Bit. what i am looking for is the driver of SM Bus Controller for windows vista 64 and other dri ...

hi,this morning all of the sudden i cannot tell which picture is what in my pictures folder. they are all a little picture of mountains with water and blue sky. i have always been able to see which pic is what without have to open it.i have already tried the viewing options , smaller or ...

My disc player only plays original CD's. When ever I put in a CD that is burnt it only plays the first song then drive makes a rattle sound over and over again. Why would that be ??? ...

What does SKU of 66R00002 appears to indicate it is a retail full version of Windows Ultimate 64bit and 32bit. Could anyone post other SKU numbers and corresponding Vista version? ...

Well, heres the story : Bought an authentic windows vista upgrade package off amazon. Like many people this guy had bought vista and hated it. So he sold it.Now heres the concern, on buying this and loading all see ...

One of the shutdown options in Vista is "lock." Not knowing what lock means (and not really wanting to click on a button that says "lock" without knowing what it does) I go to the "Help and Support" button on the start menu, ...

What do I have to do to get media player 11 to player video clips off the internet automatically? It makes me save them to my computer first. Any ideas? dhans8887 dhans8887's Profile: forums.techarena.in/member.php? ...

Hello, Don't know if this is the correct place to post this, if not please advise. When recording a video using the NX 6000 webcam, and playing it back in Windows Media Playe ...

Every time I try to use gpedit.msc to open Group Policy, I get the following errors:The following error occurred in C:\Windows\inf\AER_2068.ADM on line 30: Error 64 Help string sp ...

How do I choose to save an audio file in WAV format rather than WMA format ? The drop down does not include any format but WMA. ...

Hello there,I have a laptop running Vista Business.I was hoping it was possible to configure Vista to *automatically* use the "Power Saver" power plan when my laptop is running from batteries and *automatic ...

Dual boot WinXp/VistaU RC2 on the vista side only keeps telling me I am not connected, "retry" confirms not connected, yet when I "ignore" the message, I am connected. I have tried to reestablish connection, it then tells me I am already ...

hi to you all my first ever post ,hope someone can help me.i have a problem ,i have a belkin bluetooth adaptor ,and am using vista now as i upgraded my pc.BUT.i have lost the cd that came with the adaptor, and one of my freinds said that the belkin adaptor ,would not work on ...

If I reformat my computer will I still be able to use the same key code for Vista as before? Its the same machine I originally installed it on, if that helps. ...

I seen several comments suggesting Photo Story 3 works in Vista. I just upgraded over the weekend and haven't spent a lot of time on this but I can't get it to run. What's the secret? Thanks. ...

Part 1I tried to adjust the start menu in Windows Vista Business....now when I scroll over the "All Programs" section the programs all list on top of the Favorites/Shortcut pin menu, instead of opening to the right side. Part 2 Is there a way to make the start menu look like Windows ...

I can't delete a message I was trying to send but it says "Message cannont be displayed; windows mail encountered and unexpected problem while displaying this message. Please check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again." I try to delete the message b ...

I have Windows Vista Basic and I can not update my wondows Defender. It gives me the Error message ( 0x80240029 ) It says to uninstall Windows Defender and reinstall from the web site. When I go to my Uninstall Programs ...

Hi all, I'm trying to deploy a Dell 3110cn network laser printer via group policy to a 32bit Vista network (print server is Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2), and I cant get it to work! Has anyone managed this? I've obtained ...

So, just for fun I pulled some gems out of recent posts by Adam Albright. Below is a portrait of Adam in his own words and what a pleasant picture it is. Be sure to read to ...

I installed Vista Business on a machine shipped with Vista Home. It couldn't do an upgrade, so it did a fresh install. After the install, there was a folder called Windows.Old that I deleted because I thought it just had info from the previous install. Now when a ...

Hi, I'm on Vista Home Premium and I've got Norton 2007.2 AntiVirus software installed (it's Vista compatible). I've even done a successful, full virus ...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit Edition, and it says it supports 4GB of RAM. I have only 3GB installed, and yet the computer says I only have 2GB. On the support page, there is an entry about why Vista may show less RAM if all 4GB are installed, but ...

I have a HP Media Center PC m7360n which was recently upgraded to Windows Vista Enterprise. There is absolutely no sound and when I hover over the speakers on the bottom right hand corner of the screen, it says that &quo ...

Hi,I have a system with two SCSI drives and two SATA drives. One of the SCSI drives is the boot drive showing up as 'C:' drive in my system. The other SCSI is a data drive. The two SATAs are also for data.Under 'Disk Management' in 'Computer Manage ...

Not sure if I am missing something here but with my MN700 I was able to "TRULY" forward ports. I could forward port 3389 to port XXXX. This way when I did a Remote Des ...

I have Trend PCcillin Internet Security 2007. When sending mail using windows mail, Trend seems to block any large emails with attachments (I get an SMTP server not responding error message), but let’s smaller emails through fine. Once outgoing mail monitor is turned off all emails c ...

Do you know if Microsoft has any plans to support hotmail (Windows Live Hotmail) from vista email?I'd like to be able to archive messages from Windows Mail and I have to use Outlook for this purpose today. This is not convenient.Compare this to Google gmail ...

Hello, I have just upgraded from xp to vista and there appears to be no way for me to launch windows mail, other than via the 'windows help and support' search function, ...

Running 32bit home ultimate with 2 GB. With RAM price dropping, will it make sense get another 2 GB and eliminate the page file? (I know Vista 32bit will only "see" 3+ GB but 3+ is still a lot more RAM than 2 G ...

By mistake I uninstalled the Slide Show on the side task bar. How can I reinstall it? TIA ...

hi,in Windows XP i was able to add a file to the startup folder and, when booting up, have windows run that file (it was a Lotus Organizer file).how can i do this in Vista? (Lotus Organizer is an old, old app and does not have an option to auto run at startup.)cheerspat ...

I know this has been asked and answered, but I still need help I can't figure it out. I have a new computer with Vista. I put this on our home network and have been dragging files from my old computer WinXP to a folder on my new computer. Most of the ...

Can someone tell me the difference between running and installing a programme when downloading an exe from a site.ThnaksSp. ...

Have tried Googling.. tinyurl.com/2wemv7 unfortunately I need to allow full admin to my children for this game to work, I know I can give up my password and use r ...

Ok, so I have recently received my windows express upgrade from Cyberpower in the mail. This has brought forth a lot of questions from my parents and me. First my parents think I should wait until they come out with more drivers and updates for Windows Vista, so any excuses for not waiting woul ...

For some reason my Screen Savers will never kick in. Anyone have any suggestions? Running Vista Home Premium.Thanks, Ed. ...

I tried the XP driver from Sony but it doesn't work. Windows Update doesn't have anything either. Any suggestions? ...

This is a SATA drive. I am trying to find out if it will work with Vista. There is no indication on NEC's own website so has anyone installed it on a Vista computer, or had success with any other SA ...

Will someone please suggest a USB Wireless NIC that they've personally used successfully with Vista? My older (cheap) Linksys model (designed for XP) is not getting the job done.Thank You,Donny Broome www.broom ...

I installed the Sound Blaster Live, drivers only, in XP compatibility mode. It installed and works fine but every time I start Vista the following message pops up and then disappears. "Completing installation of your audio card", "read reg"Wha ...

Can someone please help me with trying to set up Windows Mail with an MSN account? ...

Is there a hardware conflict between a vista computer and an older XP OS? We have purchased two new computers specifically to run our medical software. The two new machines were preloaded with Vista. ...

I have a client running Vista Business on and SBS 2003 network. He's having trouble faxing with Vista. He can fax out okay when he picks the recipient from his address book but he's unable to just ty ...

I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without any problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an x after it. I have windows vista and a ...

1)Ran the advisor to check for compatability. stated to change vidio card and add memory. 2)installed ATI Radeon x1300 512mb with ddr 2 memory /// and added 1gig memory for a total of 1.512 gigSo the system specsh ...

Microsoft don't you see that this is cheating? ...................... "Microsoft responded by waiving its right to a hearing on the matter and asked for a better id ...

Hello I have been using vista x64 ultimate with relatively good success for several months now and have decided to replace my motherboard with a newer model and then attempt to do a "repair" install rather than a clean one. I can always do a ...

Maybe this is a long shot, but when AmmandaW mentioned in reply to my post, that she uses Time Warner Cable as her ISP, a light went on. I also use Time Warner as my ISP and I am curious how many others having this problem are also using ...

there's always a white circle around the mouse pointer whenever i move it. it's quite annoying. i have vista ultimate and have all the windows updates and installed the latest logitech mx400 mouse drivers. anyon ...

I upgraded to Vista and now when I go to web sites like www.youtube.com or havoktv.com it displays a message that says my java script is turned off or I need to add ...

Hi All,I've setup my nvidia card Geforce Go 7600 on my acer notebook to display an extended desktop on 2 screens.Nothing special till now. I set my notebook screen as the main one, and it works fine.But everyti ...

Is this serious? Seems like anything that does heavy image access across my USB drives fails. I've used Lightroom andThumbs Plus. Either seem to trigger system failures as they attempt to read about 1,5TB of images off a colection of 6 USB drives.All of this use ...

I could not believe that a brand new PC with Vista ultimate could not play Youtube video even after doing the flash download from adobe!Then reading up on this it seems to be a common problem without ...

Hi Currently, I have a Dell with XP that uses a wireless connection to Verizon DSL which works great using Verizon's prescribed Westell Versalink 327w router/modem from 2004.I recently bought a new HP with Window ...

Dawn a bit late, but tell me did you disable your antivirus and get another one? Also, I need 3 addresses too, but use only one, and the other user comes in on my defaul ...

another issue with window mail: when I attempt to send, a popup tells me that the message will not have "community features" (=??) until I sign in. do I want to sign in now? when I cli ...

My wireless email works, but when I try to access my email, I get an error message that it cannot find the popserver.If I connect to the router with a cable, the email works fine.How do I fix? ...

I have two accounts set up one is the administrator the other my account. I wont them both to receive my mail. I've tried giving them both the same address ect but the mail still favors on ac ...

I see that a lot of people have problems sending emails, well sending is no problem, when I try to recieve there is a quick flash of the working screen and t ...

Hi, i'm planning to use VIsta Business (from MSDN AA) on my laptop. The spec is: Turion 2 GHz/1MB cache, 1024 MB RAM, GeForce Go 7300/256 MB, 80 GB. This is A6KM laptop, bought a few months ago. How do you think, could I run Vista and work on it like on XP? I read, that Vista will eat a hun ...

When I type ipconfig in the run window I see the black window open for a split second and goes away ?? ...

Hello all,I have a question/problem with the "logon experience" in Vista. Because there is no GINA anymore, there goes the impossibility to set a "logon wallpaper" in Vista. I am using that wallpaper in XP ...

I have Norton 360 on my laptop as it's the only Norton compatible with Vista. It was having some issue connecting to it's Live Update so I uninstalled Norton 360 and then planned on reinstalling it. However when I uninstalled it my int ...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to configure the same Vista Sidebar configuration for all users who log into a PC. I tried to make the change to the settings.ini file in the Program Files\Windows Sidebar folder, b ...

I have a MS Natural Keyboard, it probably 5 or 6 years old, it use a PS2 port. I'm running XP Home Edition. It fits into an under desktop Pengo Computer Accessories molded tray. I w ...

Hey all, the new nForce Vista Drivers are out :)nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_158.24.html 32 bitnvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_158.24.html 64 bitGames seem to be running better now, they are nearly there ...

Ok, here's the situation. My Athlon X2 4400+ system was running smooth as butter and I was finally relieved to have finally gotten my system back in order after two months (since my last painful reinstall). A week ago, I decided to upgrade. My upgrade consisted of : Gigabyte ...

I need to change mother board of my system so as to get video card added to it.But vista already activated what to do now??? What is the option for changing serial no meant for.I am India based. ...

I have a couple of problems with WMP on Win vista home premium: from two days the option menu, of wmp is missing, or better i have only the settings to copy the cds and the mp bar (near the system tray, with the buttons to control the player) is inacti ...

Hello... Please can anyone tell me how to make a shortcut on desktop for my dialer internet connection? & other thing how can i define my UPS on vista? i can't find it.Thanx! ...

Why is Windows networking so unreliable and cludgy?Vista laptop connected to XP desktop by crossover cable. XP machine connected to internet and to external HD. I can access the XP's printers, share files, etc (most of the time) but there are problems with the external HD. It keeps ...

Hi Experts, I have 3 computers at home. 1) Windows XP sp2 (using IE7 upgraded from IE6) 2) Windows 2003 Std sp1 (using IE7 also upgraded from IE6) 3) Windows Vista Business (IE7 Alre ...

I recently did a clean install of Vista over an existing install. Before this, I copied all of the files in my \Users folder to a 2nd hard drive. Now I can't open any of these files. Taking ownership of the files did nothing. Wha ...

Is there a default admin account? If so, what is the password? Can I login as "Admin"? How? ...

Ok folks,I do work in IT. but have hit an issue that is driving me nuts. I setup email account on windows mail all is working well and then i try to import outlook express email i go through all the steps but the folder with the email shows up e ...

So far I have been getting the same issues as most people in the post below. Suggestions of removing the folders of the whole account out of te windows mail location doesn't make any differenc ...

Hi,I have been able to send lots of different people email today but every time I try to send to this one person it fails to go out. I even copied and pasted the contents into a brand new email but still no go. Any suggestions?T ...

How do I do a weekly backup, then incremental backups without filling my harddrive!!! 1. Can I get the complete backup to overwrite the previous? 2. My incremental backups are not any smaller.HELP!!! I'm close to going back to XP.Shannon ...

Is there a way to use a printer that is connect to my desktop pc which is connected to my desktop windows xp pc and it is also shared to a windows xp pc right next to it.It is connected with wires to my desktop pc and I was wondering if there is a way to ...

Previously I had a Windows 2000 PC w/an HPF350 printer/scanner/copier...I was able to open the printer icon and view the printer ink levels and also when I installed a new ink cartridge, I had to a ...

The latest Microsoft update killed my network connection. May be unrelated, but now when I try to post to the newsgroup it stops responding. ...

It is my understanding that Microsoft modifies a motherboard's BIOS code as part of the activation process. I installed a factory recommended BIOS update and Windows Server 2007 now wants to be reactivated. Modifying BIOS code is a risky process. Any fa ...

Is there a way to stop the system from sharing its ram with the video card? Just curious. ...

Seems to be a problem with the USB audio driver. WLM finds the required MSN phone although there is a yellow cross on the device (Philips phone my machine does not know it’s a mic and speaker) itself. Vista returns the co ...

Hello,I'm running Vista Ultimate 64bit and the system recognizes my Kodak Easyshare printer dock yet I cant install as a printer or find it anywhere but in the device manager. Can anyone help with this?Th ...

We purchase our computers from Dell with Vista Business on them. We then use our Volume License Key (MAK) and upgrade them to Vista Enterprise. When we upgraded them to Vista Enterprise they lost their Active Directory Users and Computers program that had been installed. I didn ...

When I try to open files containing pictures it usually appears the message "Esplora risorse ha smesso di funzionare" and therefore I can't access the folder! ...

Very new to the whole networking thing. Yesterday I was networking me laptop to desktop. The laptop is brand new ACER with preinstalled Vista The desktop is a Sony w/ upgrade to Vista from XP. Anyway I am sure I did something stupid. ...

I am experiencing a problem in Flight Sim X that has just started recently for unexplained reasons; I wasn't having this problem initially but it seems to have developed for no explained reason.In Flight Sim X, if I go into instant replay and select any amount of ti ...

Besides telling my wife not to play it so much, what is going on with this thing? She plays 5 or 6 games and the screen goes white and she hards to power off and on.Or is is a Vista problem not specific to games ...

Outlook does not work on my new Vista laptop. I installed Office 2003 which includes Outlook 2003. When I try to start it a message pops up "Configuring Outlook Accounts, Creating Welcome message" then another message window " ...

Received an Email from msn.com, announcing the new Windows Live Hotmail. After clicking on the update link, I get the following message:Sorry, but it looks like you won't be able to participate in Windows Live Hotm ...

I'm not too knowledgeable on using computers, is there someone out there that can help me setup my OE account. So that I am able to post to newsgroups. Where do I ...

I get an error 0x800705A: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service, when I copy a 410mb mpeg video over my 100Mb/s network to a XP Pro computer with a brand new 320gb ...

On every reboot all program shortcuts in Start Menu\Programs are deleted. The program groups are not affected, only the links for single programs are gone. ...

I am using a wireless connection to connect to my broadband router. Everytime I startup my computer after hibernating the internet dosen't work (connectivity is res ...

When I try to setup outlook I get the error message "regsvr32.exe could not run vbscript.dll re install regsvr32.exe or run regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll to configure manually" I have tryed both sugestions and still no j ...

I need something to replace the hibernate function on windows vista! Now i know about sleep however the issue is that it drains the battery! ...

I look a video in youtube about longhorn supposed to be, is really different than we can see in or PC when install vista, and the video talk about october 2003, so i think when i can see something like this conc ...

I am upgrading the video card so I get Aero. Everything else in the PC is OK for running aero: 1 Gig HD, Sempron 3000, etc....Question: Once I put the video card in: will the Aero option show automatically?Thanks, mac ...

Thank you for the replies, they were partially helpful, I thought it would be possible to run it in Vista, but how do I get a different product key. The key I have came with the software that I had installed on my old pc w ...

Has anyone managed to get Info Select vrsion 5 software to operate properly under Vista? If so, what tips tricks are there?I have sometimes managed to install and open it but it will never ...

I have been running AVG for yrs on XP and when I built this system with Vista I also installed AVG...system runs fast and has never had a problem with anyth ...

I purchased a brand new computer this week that has Vista Home premium on it but it has never showed or allowed me to open up the "help files", especially from the welcome center. It just keeps saying, "can't find the page" in any capacity and I d ...

When I start my computer and the screen comes on I have to type my pass word in. How can I get the home screen to come on without signing in every time? ...

What is the easiest way to transfer files wma in vista to mp3 format ...

I've been using Norton Password Manager for years and come to discover it isnt Vista compatible. I tried the successor Norton COnfidential and foundiot clumsy to install and it adds a nasty additional bar to IE7. M ...

After I exited played Starcraft everything went wrong. I can't open the control panel, back up and restore, or windows update. Also the background is black and I can't open the personalize menu. Internet works, all my programs work, but none of the Vista stuff. I ran the SFC /SCA ...

Good Day, folks.I am curious if anyone would have any suggestions regarding the poor network performance under Windows Vista Business. Before I get into the crux of the issue, I'll briefly describe my setup.Machine 1 Windows Vista Business. Machine ...

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This doesn't happen too often, but sometimes... Yes sometimes a site is the problem, but I know from going to another pc running XP and ie6 that a page I was trying to get to was fine and it was my configuration blocking.. I have my sec ...

I don't know how can I dissociate a file extension on Windows Vista. How can I do that? ...

I don't know about you but I find this new Windows explorer a real pain in the but. Not only am I use to the XP version but it is far better than what there is now. Does anyone know if WE can be changed to look like XP Windows Ex or is there a program that one can use in place of it ( assu ...

Hi.I would like to know how to extract the Vista icons in 256x256 format? If I extract with Axialis Icon Workshop which is a Vista icon editor most of the icons are in 48x48 even though they show originally as the large 256x256 Vista icons ...

I am experiencing a very odd issue with a brand new Vista machine in my office.we have a site admin page like this: admin.XXXXX.com where the XXXXX is the domain. This ...

The msn messenger is stopped by windows just as I launch it. Can you please let me know about the possible resolution to the problem ...

Why do am I getting unwanted pixels when I"m drawing ...

All right, last night my parent's bought a new computer because there old laptop, well, was wearing out. It came with the windows vista home premium cd, I have wanted vista for ALONG time, well since it came out, so I used i ...

I recently installed MS Office 2003 on my new laptop with Vista OS. Each time I open an Office Program I get a EndUser License Agreement which I must agree to each time I want the program to operate. This is the same software I ...

Hello, Im currently running Vista Ultimate Beta Edition. My Beta will run out in about 9 days. I bought Windows Vista Business Edition at my bookstore. (for 75$ because of the microsft student discount)It wont let upgrade when booting from the disc, instead wa ...

I purchased Vista Home Academic version for my son who attends a Community Collage. When I went to install It I found there is no Key number on the box. What do I use to register it? ...

I've tried the gaming section, but really this belongs here:Vista drops packet every minute or so. I can't confirm the exact time frame but it happens in reg ...

Hi, I have 2 computers connected by Ethernet cables to a router that in turns connects to a ROADRUNNER cable for Internet access. I have downloaded and installed the LLTD in the XP compu ...

Alright so as everyone knows Offline Files has just a few issues, so here is mine. I have a Windows 2003 Server R2, and it is hosting my roaming profiles. Now I happen to have a big music/video collection say ...

I have created a Network of 1 Windows Vista & 2 Windows XP PC's. While Windows XP is working fine, I am not able to to view Windows XP PC's from my Vi ...

My fatherinlaw was messing with one of our Vista computers while we were out of town. Our router had a firmware update and crashed and he started messin ...

I'm trying to delete a Bluetooth program from my system, but Vista won't let me saying I need to be the system admin. As far as I know, I'm the owner and am the admin. How do I tell the computer this? ...

Hello I launch my application with a breakpoint at the Winmain function,and I obtain the cpu windows stoppint just at the "ret" assembly command of the ntdll.DbgBreakPoint() function. What I have done wrong I think it is in Vista secur ...

Does anyone know why some games that used to run on Win XP simply don't run on Vista Home Basic? Some examples include BigFish games such as Mystery Case Files and Sierra's Homeworld 2. ...

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I have just got Vista, having used XP. My mail was on bt yahoo which gave a choice of screen user to log into email. Under Vista when I click on windows mail it goes straight into my in box without a choice of user. How do I get an option screen to select u ...

I need help to get my gmail to work in Windows Mail I get an error when I try to setup. From: "Foxy Kay...." Subject: Settin up Email accounts Date: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:29 PMhow can i set up an email account in hotmail to windows mail? dats d only email accou ...

I cannot receive mail.before I couldn't send or receive.Now I am asked for a USER NAME and PASSWORD.I have done all the fixes I can find on this site.I'm ready to pitch my lap top.This Vista system is junk! McKenzie Tank Lines Larry Hurley Office: 618.931.9885 Cell: 618 ...

I can't send out email but have no problem with receiving.... Here is the error message: The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing email [SMTP] server. For help solving this problem, go to Help, search ...

After I put my computer to sleep, which happens fine, the cpu wakes up by itself in my bag and goes to critical battery mode. I have found the reason for wake up, using event viewer, to TCP/IP network program waking the ...

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 and all has been running fine. Last night I was doing some system clean up and after one of the reboots when I went into "Administrator Tools& ...

well, windows vista install alright but when determinate the performance it stock in the half and after 15 minutes forward but all is slow, windows vista start after 1hour and SLOW. My computer Pentium d 3.4ghz 80 HD ...

When I go to install a network printer on a Vista machine, it gives me access denied. The printer is on an XPP. In entworking, I can see the other computers. I can click on the other computers ...

I have recently bought a new computer and my Nikon film scanner drivers wouldn't install on Windows Vista. Whenever I tried, it came up with something like 'Nikon Scan doesn't run on this operating system'. Well, I was pretty p*ssed off, but not much I could do about it.Well, I was p ...

I purchased the upgrade version of Vista Business and would appreciate verification of what I've found:When doing the upgrade, it required a preexisting insta ...

Hi,I have a laptop that I use at work and at home. At work, logon scripts maps drives that I need while I'm there. At home, however, when I log in, vista tries to reconnect those drives. That "freezes" the computers for a few minutes and then a bubble pops up from System Tray sa ...