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Windows Vista

Denied access to files on old HDD

Posted by admin on Sep 28th, 2006

I am trying to access files on a HDD from my old machine, which was Win XP. Some folders prompted me to the security tab, and I was able to change ownership and access those files. Others however just keep saying access deni ...

Windows search very slow or uncomplete

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2007

I use to make a copy of my daily files (to have a backup on my home computer)With Windows XP, I use of course seach with a date = today result = ...

Is .NET Framework installed in Vista?

Posted by admin on Nov 8th, 2006

Hi,is .NET Framework installed in Vista? I have a program that wants to install .NET Framework version 1.1.43322.That would over right a newer version if it is already in Vista?thanks ...

Minimum graphics card to get graphics WEIs of 3.0? 5.9?

Posted by admin on Jan 22nd, 2007

Anyone know the minimum cost for a DirectX 9 graphics card that can achieve a graphics /gaming graphics WEI of 3.0? 5.0? 5.9? To get Aero on Vista you apparently need a minimum of 3.0, while 5.9 is the current maximum possible. Would a ...

Icon Size

Posted by admin on Jun 21st, 2007

Can anyone tell me how i can change the icon size on the desktop display. I am running Ultimate 64 bit. The size of the icons is way too big i think and have tried everything to sort this out. There must ...

Complete PC Back is generally unusable to me

Posted by admin on May 13th, 2007

I this day and age why would you restrict the image file to write only to DVD and and NTFS FS? Why? There really is no answer. Unless you have a writeable DV ...

Vista Ultimate and Visioneer Scanner

Posted by admin on May 28th, 2007

I am trying to use my Visioneer Scanner with Vista Ultimate with very bad results. Does anyone have any positive results with Vista Ultimate and any Visioneer Scanner?? TIA ...

Network Issues with HP Universal Printer Driver for Vista, V

Posted by admin on Jul 9th, 2006

As some of you may know, HP recently released 3 new universal print drivers for Vista: for PCL 5, PCL 6 and PostScript. I've actually been in search of a solution, as I had been u ...

Windows Vista does not support MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Devic

Posted by admin on Jul 19th, 2006

Anyone out there getting this same error message from Vista. Let me knoiw and if you have a solution. Thanks ...

Can't uninstall Windows Powershell 1.0

Posted by admin on Jul 1st, 2006

I am trying to upgrade my HP pavillion a1640n from xp home media edition with sp2 (installed and updated by best buy) to vista home premium using the HP upgrade dvds. The vista upgrade advisor said to remove windows powershell 1.0 before p ...

Mapped Drives unavailable until browsing to drive in Open di

Posted by admin on Dec 10th, 2006

I have a couple of programs that are unable to access or cannot view files on a network folder mapped to a drive. The programs are able to access the mapped drives after I do a File Open and browse to the drive by typing X: in the path.For example, if I have X: mapped to \\1 ...

slow to download mail

Posted by admin on Aug 26th, 2006

i hv been trying to speed up mail download ever since i installed vista, but to no avail. but mail download under XP is fast. i tried uninstalling the antivirus as suggested by someone but this too has not made a ...

Good Books about Vista?

Posted by admin on Nov 13th, 2006

I've got Livingston/Thurrott's Windows VISTA Secrets, and it is ok, nothing great. Anyone have any of the other tomes on VISTA and think it is worth a recommendation?I checked MS's site and found brief descriptions of its VISTA books, but there were not enough detail ...

Wake up on its own

Posted by admin on Aug 23rd, 2006

Vista will intermittently wake my computer from sleep mode on its own in the middle of the night. I have disabled the wireless keyboard and mouse from waking th ...

When display sleeps it forgets dual monitor setup?

Posted by admin on Nov 2nd, 2006

How and why does this happen?When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I wake the machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop setup ...

Vista does not recognise DVD

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2007

I just got a media DVD which Vista Home Pemium OS doesn't recognise ! It sees the DVD drive as empty. I have tried it on another computer having Windows vista got same result. However, the DVD played fine in a Windows XP platform. ANy suggestions to get rid of this problem? ...

"connect to" window very slow to open

Posted by admin on Sep 7th, 2006

It is a pain to create new VPN connections or open existing connections because of the long delay (3060 seconds) for the Connect To applet to load.Any ideas on wha ...

User passwords

Posted by admin on Aug 5th, 2006

I am tring to open user accounts that has password protection. They are my kids accounts and they have put passwords on there accounts and I and my w ...

Upgrade troubles.

Posted by admin on Feb 27th, 2007

Bought a new emachine about 3 weeks ago and it came with vista basic, I liked the way it looked so decided to get ultimate. The upgrade advisor just recommends upgrading my video card after I upgrad ...

I woe everyone an apology. Can someone help me please?

Posted by admin on Jan 8th, 2007

Well everyone, I have made a complete fool of myself. No excuses other than exhaustion and frustration over the very same WinMail.exe error that many here have had to deal with. This is my first day ...

Seeking information on Shadow Copy vs. Backup & Restore. I'

Posted by admin on Aug 9th, 2006

I got Vista Ultimate installed and I immediately began to digg the new backup features. I'm getting confused about the how everything works with Shadow Copy vs Backup and Restore.I've got a 750GB internal storage dri ...

Vista vs AVG Free

Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2006

recnetly down loaded Vista. I have a conflict with avg free in which i cannot register. Tried to delete AVG but it keeps saying i do not have permission. What permi ...

New to this ! HP 3110 all in one problem

Posted by admin on Jun 28th, 2007

:mad: Hello, we ahve jsut got a friend to set up our new pC with Vista and we have a HP 3110 all in one machine, it worked ok to fax the first couple of days and (have to say this has happened on our old computer too ...

Redirect Public Folder from Root Drive?

Posted by admin on May 11th, 2007

I'm running Vista Home Premium on a system with a RAID0, RAID5 and nonRAID SATA set of drives. I would like to move the _very_ Public Folder over to the SATA drive and dedicate the entire drive as an isolated public repository and archive. I would like to remove as many external acces ...

Windws .vista.mail

Posted by admin on Jan 26th, 2007

Quand j'envoie du courrier Pourquoi dans mon courrier les adresses apparaissent a côté de mes destinataires Je ne suis pas capable de les masquer?Merci Myriane ...

No check boxes in Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Oct 9th, 2006

One of the Vista features that is great for Tablet PCs is the check boxes next to file and folder icons in Windows Explorer, allowing a user to select several objects with the pen: microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/tabletpc.mspx (activated using Folder ...

Windows Mail starts very slowly

Posted by admin on Jan 9th, 2007

Hi,Windows Mail starts very slowly, and opening the first email as well. Opening further emails after the first one however goes fast.What can be done to accelerate starting ...

fix MBR in Vista

Posted by admin on Apr 4th, 2007

hi ... i have error in MBR but vista boot correctly ... tell me any please how fix mbr in vista ...on Win Xp was command fixboot and fixmbr ...on vista isn´t ...

Backup in vista

Posted by admin on Apr 27th, 2007

Not sure if this is in the works or can be done but my server is running freebsd with samba. I can mount the drive in vista but cannot select it as the location to backup my files. Any ideas on how I can do this? ...

Xbox 360 controller for windows deadzone

Posted by admin on Nov 2nd, 2006

Has anyone been able to get a 'work around' for the lack of deadzone support for the 360 controller under Vista? Any help would be awesomeCheers ...

Uptime

Posted by admin on Mar 19th, 2007

Where can that statistic be found? ...

Missing NAS Drive UNder Vista

Posted by admin on Aug 31st, 2006

My home network is made up of 1 XP desktop 1 Vista desktop 1 Vista laptop 1 Belkin NAS drive Belkin Wireless Router (also connected to my cable modem) The two desktops and the NAS are connected to the rout ...

Folder listing not allowed

Posted by admin on May 29th, 2007

Hello,Runing vista as Admin I have not the right to list the contents of many folders such as the appdata folders belonging to my account name in c:\Users directory.By rightclicking on the folder, going to the s ...

call of duty

Posted by admin on Mar 8th, 2007

TEAM SPEAK ....HEAD PHONES WORK AND MIKE BUT AS SOON AS I ENTER COD, HEAD PHONES WORK BUT MIKE DOSNT?????? HELP!!!!!!! ...

System Restore

Posted by admin on Jul 20th, 2006

When I click on system restore it says: "There was an unexpected error: The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect. (0x8007007B). System Restore will now close.What do I do? ...

Sleep Mode Issue

Posted by admin on Dec 27th, 2006

After resuming frm Sleep mode the computer loses all audio (microphone or sound) capabilities. Perhaps there are other issues but I haven't foun them so far. Can anyone help? Thxs in advance. ...

low disk space warning

Posted by admin on Oct 29th, 2006

I have a new DELL machine with Vista installed on it. I attempted to run the Vista "file" backup utility on Drive D: (Recovery) not realizin ...

Looking for wallpaper from "wow" campaign

Posted by admin on Feb 8th, 2007

Hi there,I'm currently looking for the wallpaper (the one with the light blue aurora) used in the "Wow" adcampaign for Vista. Any hints on where I can find that one?Thanks, Tom ...

power point viewer 2007

Posted by admin on Sep 20th, 2006

I installed the 2007 power point viewer in my Vista system. However, it doesn't seem to automatically open attached files received in email in power point format. First, I have to manually open power point & then insert the name of the file to be opened and click open. I seem to ...

Downgrading to XP from Vista

Posted by admin on Dec 19th, 2006

A friend of mine bought a Toshiba laptop with Vista preinstalled. So now his HP printer will never work with Vista and after other problems, I've come to the conclusion that downgrading to XP might be the best option. However I don't think Toshiba have XP drivers for that ...

Pro Stik

Posted by admin on Mar 29th, 2007

Anybody have any idea how to make the Pinnacle HDPro TV tuner work with Vista? It worked flawlessly with XP and despite everything I've tried (including installing the recommended updates) it refuses to play. I'm jonesing for TV... please help! Lol! "Fr ...

Security center

Posted by admin on Jun 28th, 2006

Why does SystemSuite 7 Vista upgrade virus and malware detection is not recognized, While it by Networkmagic? ...

How can I use MS Word as e-mail editor???

Posted by admin on Jan 12th, 2007

I’m a terrible speller, so I had outlook set to use MS Word as my emain editor. How can I set windows mail to use MS Word as my email editor??? Dave McComber ...

clicking the Organize button causes a crash

Posted by admin on Dec 18th, 2006

In all folder windows, clicking the Organize button in the toolbar causes a crash which closes the folder and returns me to the desktop which refreshes itself. Has anyone else encountered this problem? What should I do to correct this?Barney Katz ...

RE-INSTALLING XP ALONGSIDE EXISTING VISTA

Posted by admin on Jul 27th, 2006

I have a 250 GB Hard Drive divided into two partitions. Windows Vista Home Basic is installed in my 'c' Drive and I am hoping to reinstall Windows XP Pro onto my 'j' Drive (my newly created and formatted partition). Unfortunately, when Windows XP Setup detects the Vista, it aborts Setup owing ...

DreamScene - Can preview, can't set as background, goes to s

Posted by admin on Jan 2nd, 2007

I've read dozens of posts and I haven't found the answer so I am posting this question.I have Vista Ultimate and I downloaded the DreamScenes. I can preview them from the Control Panel > Personal ...

Puduct Key went Bad

Posted by admin on Sep 17th, 2006

I had the stanges thing happen the other day the Windows Genuine Advantage failed to start and caused the windows vista Pruct key & activation to fail causing me to reload vista ultimate Upgrade edition just to have the act ...

Networking

Posted by admin on Sep 30th, 2006

I have always run my XP computers in a network with full file and printer sharing without any problems. For what it's worth, all my XP installations are Fat32. Now with my Vista installation, none of my XP computers can access the Vista machine. The name of the machine a ...

MS OFFICE PRO 2003 INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

Posted by admin on Aug 10th, 2006

I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 1501, with Windows Vista. When I tried to install MS Office Pro 2003, I got the following error: E:\autorun.vbs Line:12 Char:1 Error:The requested operation req ...

Vista 64, Quicken Billminder problem.

Posted by admin on Jun 21st, 2007

I've posted this to the Quicken newsgroups but thought someone here might be running Vista 64 and Quicken:Billminder won't open on Vista Ultimate Edition 64 bit.Double clicking on it pops up an error screen saying it failed to start and do I want to search the net for a fix ( ...

My Experiences with Vista Home Premium

Posted by admin on Dec 19th, 2006

Did the update advisor thingie, and was advised all would be well apart from the drivers for the onboard soundcard.Bunged the DVD in and found I could not "update" from XP Pro. Bummer. Went for the full ...

Vista BSOD and debug

Posted by admin on Jul 28th, 2006

Hi,My vista Business always crashes when I'm working remotely on it (evey single weekend so far...) Of course it BSODs, and then doesn't autoreboot all of the time (even though its set to).On this weekends reboot, it also did some other weird things. The PC has 3 network c ...

Vista Bluetooth Keyboard Problems

Posted by admin on Aug 9th, 2006

When I don't touch my Microsoft keyboard for a while, pressing any key will immediately make my Microsoft bluetooth mouse inoperable (moving the mouse doesn't move the mouse cursor).Waiting 30 seconds rest ...

KB925902 Update Released

Posted by admin on Jan 8th, 2007

Just got this update and installed it fair size and it took about 5 minutes for Vista to configure it. I believe this update was out of cycle to fix the Windows' ani ...

Snipping tool gone!!!

Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2007

Well, today I tried to use the snipping tool and it won't work. Here is the path for the shortcut if it helps anyC:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoftwindowstabletpcsnippingtool_31bf3856ad364e35_6 ...

VISTA - Interenet Explorer Start Up

Posted by admin on Jun 28th, 2006

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 who ...

Media center steals mouse?

Posted by admin on Jan 16th, 2007

When media center is activated (say playing a video) on my flat screen TV it steals the mouse, preventing me from using my monitor. This may be stupid, but how do I get ...

system restore

Posted by admin on Oct 1st, 2006

Tried to open system restore . It take from 3 to 4 min. to show up on my desktop .Is it normal for Vista? On Xp whenever you click ,it open right away .. Please help. ...

Clicking the Organize button causes a crash

Posted by admin on Mar 5th, 2007

In all folder windows, clicking the Organize button in the toolbar causes a crash which closes the folder and returns me to the desktop which refreshes itself. Has anyone els ...

Internal SD card reader -- access is denied!

Posted by admin on Oct 29th, 2006

I have vista clean installed. Recently I put a fine 1G SD card into the internal card reader on my ACER TM370 laptop. Vista recognized it, installed drivers, and than I saw a ...

display on monitor question

Posted by admin on Sep 21st, 2006

Um, I turned on my computer and the desktop/displays were rotated 90 degrees.Which means the left side of the monitor now the bottom.I hope that makes sense.. if it doesn't, imagine needing turning your monitor on its side in or ...

Change size of volumes

Posted by admin on Aug 23rd, 2006

Hi everyone, I have a big hardrive 180 gb. with several drives, one strictly for recovery only10 GB. How do I change the size of the volume so it does get filled up so quick while Backing up file? ...

dual windows vista. activation problem

Posted by admin on Nov 26th, 2006

so i bought new hardware. a new motherboard, a new cpu, and new ddrs. i had vista installed on my main drive on my old system, activated and everything.And when i upgraded the hardware i simply booted up the computer with my vista dvd in ...

error message

Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2006

when I double click on a thumbnail picture I get an error meaase from HCPS saying" failed to detect OS type due to unknown error". I can't open the picture ...

instead of a picture i get a square with a red x

Posted by admin on Sep 13th, 2006

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Network

Posted by admin on Mar 10th, 2007

I have a network running Windows Small Business Server 2003. Which versions of Vista can be used to log on to a domain network? ...

Remote installation fails on create subfolder below c:\windo

Posted by admin on Apr 18th, 2007

My software distribution tool fails because of it is not able to create subfolders below c:\windows\winsxsI saw, that only the group trustedinstaller can create objects here. What is ...

Off Topic, but . . . . OneCare

Posted by admin on Jan 16th, 2007

Pardon my off topic post, but I have to vent somewhere after waiting on the phone for eon's to speak to a Microsoft representative.You can no longer cancel subscriptions to Microsoft products (in this case, OneCare) on line, and you have to call customer service. Of course there is a bar ...

Become REAL Administrator

Posted by admin on Jan 8th, 2007

Vista Ultimate x64Alright, here's the rundown.I want to become and absolute Administrator of Vista.I do not want to have it complaining about proper permission ...

Vista Games

Posted by admin on Apr 11th, 2007

I recently installed Vista Home Premium. Suddenly all the provided games are totally missing. If I bring up the games folder from the start menu I get a search folder. I think this happen ...

Trouble with Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Jan 1st, 2007

I have a trouble with Windows Mail. I can receive any incoming mails, but I can't send any email. Does anyone can help me? ...

Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Oct 21st, 2006

When I go to check my emails I have to open Windows Mail then close it and reopen it for my mail to download. How do I make it happen without having to open, close and reopen? In Outlook I simpy opened and it began receiving. ...

error message I get using vista and windows mail

Posted by admin on Apr 3rd, 2007

I get this message when I close out of windows mail using vista. Anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this error? Outlook Express Community Manager: WinMail.exe Bad Image C:\Windows\sy ...

Reliability Monitor Stuck On 01/01/1970

Posted by admin on Mar 11th, 2007

Having recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium I have come across the Reliability Monitor but unfortunatley the only dates that show up on it are 01/01/1970. when I click on another date there is none. The performance monitor seems ...

Desktop user folders. - icons/colour

Posted by admin on Jun 25th, 2006

In Windows Explorer: Under 'Desktop' I have a user 'Michael' Under 'Michael' I have various foldersSome folders are coloured green with slightly different icons and some are yellow.How to I assign a green icon to a yellow folder?Also, how do I add to the Favo ...

Vista: The PC Enthusiasts worst nightmare.

Posted by admin on Jan 24th, 2007

Im done with Windows Vista. After all I've been through I'm sick and done dealing with it. To make a long story short I upgraded by computer to a Dual socket AMD computer (AMD's 4x4 platform). Before I upgraded h ...

Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Aug 12th, 2006

Clicking on Read Mail Icon, open windows mail minimized to the taskbar, How can I make this icon to open it maximized. Thanks in advance for your help. Don ...

Numeric Keypad

Posted by admin on Oct 7th, 2006

I have always used a separate numeric keypad on my notebook. I just bought a sony VGNC240E and my old IBM keypad doesn't function properly. The NumLock key locks both keyboards, not just the USB attached one. Previously, NumLock only lock ...

Rename a folder

Posted by admin on Jun 24th, 2007

When I try to rename a folder, it says this folder does not exist. This is a folder that I started as a "NEW FOLDER" and then try to rename it. Thank you for you help in advanced. Bob ...

Contacts on Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Nov 14th, 2006

How can I stop every time anyone signs onto messanger from being added to my address book ...its annoying having to delete them every time I go to my address b ...

vista tells me I am not connected

Posted by admin on Jun 20th, 2006

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 ...

Maddening Windows Explorer Search Window Opens on Mouse Move

Posted by admin on Jan 6th, 2007

I'm going crazy as the Windows Explorer Search Window pops open constantly, but erratically with mouse movements, scrolling and clicking of the mouse. I have already spent 6 hours with HP Tech Support and they are useless. Nothing but generic fixes that caused disaster twice. Th ...

help

Posted by admin on Jan 31st, 2007

Hi on my pc i have windows vista premium ready pc. with a windows vista premium upgrade. this pc enables many advanced features. induding the win ...

Keyboard shortcut for launching snipping tool

Posted by admin on Jan 9th, 2007

Is there any keybord shortcut for launching the vista snipping tool with free form snip as default? ...

Business or Ultimate ?

Posted by admin on Jan 9th, 2007

Hello,I currently have PC with XP. I use that PC for a home business in the day, the kids use it in the evening. I need a newer faster PC. I read the reviews on Vista, and I am encouraged. I locked at the table that ...

IE7 Tabs

Posted by admin on Jun 9th, 2007

With many tabs open I try to close pne tab and IE has to restart. Not everytime but often. shablap Posted via msos.com Forum to Usenet gateway ...

How to remove duplicate device drivers?

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2007

At some point unknown to me, possibly after a BIOS flash, I ended up losing my network device object in Device Manager and in its place I now have a "Network Device #2". The whole #2 ...

paystaion 2

Posted by admin on Sep 25th, 2006

dose anyone know how to conect a playstaion2 to your pc? ...

Windows Deployment Services / RIS on Windows 2003 SP2

Posted by admin on Sep 17th, 2006

Starting to get into the thick of deploying Vista after MMS 2007. I'm currently stuck on making sure the SMS 2003 OSD FP will work with my Windows Deployment Services. I read a post from Steve Rachui that said the OSD F ...

Picture Gallery Slideshow Themes

Posted by admin on Apr 13th, 2007

Hey guys, not a complete problem but just a concern.Alright, I read on Paul Thurrot's Windows SuperSite that when playing a slideshow, there are a few themes that you are able to choose from. ...

Networking Permissions by Vista Edition

Posted by admin on Feb 12th, 2007

I called Geeks On Call to set up a Vista home network and was informed that I need either the Home Ultimate or Business edition of Vista. Is there any accuracy to this?Doug ...

MS-DOS Compatibility

Posted by admin on Mar 3rd, 2007

Don't forget that DOSBox 0.70 (32bit) runs perfectly fine on Vista x64. If you have any old MSDOS games that you want to play again, this is the answer to all the problems that ever were. I have been pla ...

Problems Sharing Email

Posted by admin on Mar 4th, 2007

Can someone please help me? My wife and I share the same email account. At least we use to in Outlook Express. We do not log on using the same Windows account, but we do want to share the same email account and have our files sychronize ...

Hibernation how?

Posted by admin on May 9th, 2007

How can i put my laptop on hibernation As there is no option for it in power control panel?earlier is used this option in windows xp by pressing shift key and my stand button gets turned into hibernation butt ...

So when should I load

Posted by admin on Jul 15th, 2006

Got my discs from dell months ago... Running XP now.. Many folks said wait till at least the first service pack ? Sure I would love to have some new eye candy and maybe a little wow, but don't want tons of trouble. It was ...

System restore not seeing any drive

Posted by admin on Sep 25th, 2006

I have a dell Inspirion 1505 duo core laptop and Just installed Vista Ultimate....Vista wants to install update but stalls and gives me the error unablwe to create a restore point.....in system restore when I open it, in the list of drive, all it says is searching.....what do I ne ...

User profile

Posted by admin on Oct 29th, 2006

I have seen a sililar response on this but I still want to expand on it. I have backed up my signatures folder from my XP profile and now I want to copy them back. They used to be in the Application data folder before but now Access is ...

Which "on close lid" settings to change??

Posted by admin on Apr 29th, 2007

Windows has power settings at "Control Panel > Hardware and SOund > Power Options > System Settings" for setting the "when i close the ...

new computer with vista/cannot connect to internet using isp

Posted by admin on Jun 30th, 2007

after hours and hours on the phone with tech support from our isp and emachines.com, we were told that verizon fios internet does not support the new vista...we have been trying to get our new computer to connect with our dlink wireless router through f ...

emails

Posted by admin on Jun 19th, 2006

pop3 ? smtp ? ...

Vista and Monitor Power Saving

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2007

Hi All, Has anyone had problems with Vista turning their monitor off while they're still using the machine?The problem I'm having, is if I'm watching a video, or playing a game that doesn't use the ...

Blocked Program popup notification

Posted by admin on Mar 12th, 2007

When I disable programs in the MSCONFIG startup tab, I get a blocked program popup every time that I start Windows. Is there any way to kill this popup? XP just had a check box to kill it but can't find one in Vista. ...

IRQARB error

Posted by admin on Jun 17th, 2007

IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 4, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.I hope somebody in this community group (tech or no) knows if there is a fix for this error. Do I need ...

Text to speech

Posted by admin on Dec 10th, 2006

Are there any other voices to download? this microsoft anna is getting boring.. I want some custom ones :) Anyone got some links? ...

Side Bar - News Feed Question

Posted by admin on Nov 29th, 2006

How can I get the newsfeed gadget to remove the articles that I've read?I used to have a widget on XP and every 15 minutes it would check the feed and display new articles. Once I'd read them they disappeared from the list.I currently have 65 articles in my ...

PowerPoint Viewer 2007 won't open PPS/PPT files

Posted by admin on Sep 26th, 2006

I had this problem in XP when viewing PowerPoint PPS/PPT files and another app stole the association. A kind person pointed to a file called PPSFix.zip that solved the problem and corrected the file association. However, ...

Icons not refreshing...

Posted by admin on Nov 17th, 2006

I develop a Visual Basic ver 6 App (WHOSIN In Out Board) and just finished creating a nice new aero style Icon for it in multiple sizes from 16x16 to 256x256 with and without Alpha Channel (Vista format) using Axialis Icon workshop. When I 'save' my ...

Sync address book with a phone.

Posted by admin on Apr 1st, 2007

So I had great hopes for the Sync Center applet in the Control Panel. I paired my Samsung SGHT509 cell phone with the PC via Bluetooth. I thought I'd be able to set it up in the Sync Center to sync it up wit ...

V652 CyberPhone K

Posted by admin on Jan 13th, 2007

Windows upgrage advisor stated this device should work. Vista installs the driver, but comes back with message the driver did not install correctly. I tried to update driver, but vista states this driver is uptodate. anybody have any suggestions? many t ...

less features with the mouse

Posted by admin on Sep 20th, 2006

since upgrading to windows vista, the pad mouse on my vista capable dell inspiron 6400 has lost some of its features! i can no longer use the side and bottom of the pad to scroll through p ...

HP IPAQ and Windows Mobile Device Center

Posted by admin on Apr 7th, 2007

Is it possible to sync a HP IPAQ RX1900 series with Vista?I have no problems with an XP System. On my vista system I downloaded and installed the lastest version, but when I connect my IPAQ it tells me device is not connected. I have Window ...

Vista Ultimate OEM reinstall question

Posted by admin on Nov 16th, 2006

Last week I built a system and installed and activated the Vista 64bit OEM OS. Within the hour after that my system began to occasionally spontaneously reboot, lockup an ...

set up email account

Posted by admin on Nov 25th, 2006

hi, firsy of all i am not that knowledgeable with computers. i just bought a lab top w/ vista and 2007 software. i was trying to set up my email with windows email ...

Outlook 2003 on Vista, HTML Mail Display Issue

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2007

In Outlook 2003 on Windows Vista, HTML mail that is addressed to "undisclosedrecipients:" displays in plain text format with all of the HTML code exposed. HTML mail that is addressed to an actual e ...

defrag page file

Posted by admin on Mar 29th, 2007

Can Vista's builtin defragger defrag the page file? ...

Epson 960 drivers for 64bit windows

Posted by admin on Oct 3rd, 2006

Hello all,I am getting a new computer and I want to use it with my Epson 960 printer. I want to get a 64bit computer with either XP pro x64 or Vista 64bit. Does either of these OS have a driver? And if so, how comple ...

Vista to face the same reputation as Millenium?

Posted by admin on Jun 2nd, 2007

Not to piss anyone off :P, but I just heard someone saying that Vista is doing pretty bad, it's very hard to make it compatible with this and that, and manufacturers are thinking of reverting back to XP... Is that pure B.S. or ...

Monitor Not In Selection List in Display Settings in Vista U

Posted by admin on Nov 26th, 2006

I have an Optiquest V95 external monitor for my Dell Latitude 131L. Vista uses it as the primary monitor in all user profiles except the one originally created.For exa ...

How to make Word my default word processor instead of Wordpa

Posted by admin on Nov 22nd, 2006

Installed Office Professional 2007 (academic editionstill spendy, but not as bad) about a week after I bought my new computer. Wordpad is set as my default download processor (e.g., when I am opening/saving an attachment from an email). How do I change it to Word 2007? ...

windows mail will only delete junk mail 1 at a time

Posted by admin on Oct 2nd, 2006

Up until today, I could right click on the "junk email" folder, tell it to delete junk email and all of them would be deleted. Now it will only delete one junk email at a time. what have I done wrong and how can I change it to delete all of them? ...

new user folders

Posted by admin on Feb 21st, 2007

Does anyone know how to create new user foders in Vista? Each user has Documents, Videos, Pictures and so on folders. I'm trying to add Books and Projects folders but it would be nice i ...

Windoows DVD Maker abnormally terminating

Posted by admin on Apr 2nd, 2007

I have a brand new copy of Microsoft Vista Home Premium that came with my Dell Computer (preinstalled). I do the following:Launch Windows DVD Maker I add a Windows movie Maker Project (.MSWMM) successfully I then click on <Next> butt ...

Ready boost capable?

Posted by admin on May 24th, 2007

I just bought a Memorex 2 GB mini travel drive USB 2.0. I asked the tech at Best Buy if it would work with ReadyBoost, and he just shrugged his shoulders and said, I dunno. Plugged it in (I have Vista Home Premium) and I got the message, &quo ...

Vista visual effect while minimize/maximize windows - Vista

Posted by admin on May 18th, 2007

How in the world do you turn off the window effect that happens when you minimize and maximize windows in Vista? Where is this setting located? Windows Vista's Help gives no help.Thanks, Kelly Greer kellygreer1@nospam.com change nospam to yahoo ...

repurpose my unwanted vista licence

Posted by admin on Jun 17th, 2006

If I decline the EULA on a new laptop (in favour of an alternative OS) can I use the the licence on other hardware I own? ...

Desktop sleep shortcut ?

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2007

I would like to put a desktop shortcut for sleep and restart.. which from there I can create a keyboard shortcut (that I can do) I have these shortcuts for xp.. can they be created in Vista..And can those shortcut arrows be removed easily ? ...

Hauppauge HVR-1600 IR Remote

Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2007

Has anybody actually gotten the remote to work in vista x64. The included software doesn't work, is there a 64bit version? Please help this is driving me nuts. m10mookie ...

Have 3 750 gig hard drives on Vista home pre

Posted by admin on May 1st, 2007

How much more hard drive space can I add?Thanks Jon ...

Can't find Hard Drive during installation

Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2007

Vista installation process starts normally, requesting the key and new install or upgrade. When the program gets to the hard drive section, it informs ...

Why do file and print sharing work and then fail?

Posted by admin on Apr 2nd, 2007

I have a home network with a netgear wireless router (WPN824v2) with one Vista Business desktop to which there is a printer attached (and shared), a netw ...

Problem with VPN

Posted by admin on Jun 4th, 2007

Hi,I have Vista Ultimate. When I connect to my VPN it connects successfully, but the PPP interface is missing information. For example, the "Connections ...

5K in Recycle Bin - 5 minutes to empty?

Posted by admin on Oct 8th, 2006

Has anyone else had issues with the Recycle Bin? I just emptied it of 5 items totaling about 5k (they were all desktop shortcuts)...and it took at least 5 minutes to finish.And this is on top of Vista taking at least 10 minutes to reboot.Bryan ...

Access denied to files and folders

Posted by admin on Aug 24th, 2006

I'm a software developer and after a debug crash I cannot access a folder which my program was using. It simply says "Access denied". I have tried to restart Vista (Ultimate), but it doesn't work. I have tried from the dos prompt using rd and rmdir /S and i ...

Unblocking Programs from the Windows Firewall (Help)

Posted by admin on Nov 29th, 2006

Just got Windows Vista and am impressed for the most part for its performance. Still having a lot of program compatibility issues with it. Still haven’t found a way to get my MacA ...

Packet Writing Way Too Slow

Posted by admin on Jan 20th, 2007

Vista Packet writing software is way too slow. Any way to speed this up? I don't think Nero has InCD ready yet for Vista. ...

ad.doubleclick already tying up new computer

Posted by admin on Jun 10th, 2007

How does one get rid of this. I don't mind buying the software that will and will keep it off but it seems at this time none of the commercial products work on Vista or those I can find. Thanks Hal ...

No Access to DVD Drive

Posted by admin on Sep 12th, 2006

Hi allTotal Vista newbie here so please be gentle.A user has recently purchased a home PC with Vista loaded. Apparently he has 2 DVD drives one reader and one rewriter. He can acc ...

XBOX 360/Media Extender -- Can't connect to xbox live after

Posted by admin on May 6th, 2007

My Apologies if this is not the correct place for this question. I have search microsfot.com/xbox.com and cannot fine the answer.I have Vista Ultimate on my laptop at h ...

blank page problem with Vista

Posted by admin on Mar 5th, 2007

Bought a acer laptop in March with the basic Vista installed on it. Every since I had this laptop I am working on the computer when the page goes blank. I have to goe to task manag ...

Windows Media Center & Transparent Menus

Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2006

Soyo SYP4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2 motherboard Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHZ HT 2×1024MB pc3200 PNY RAM Windows Vista Home Premium PNY GeForce 7800 GS 8x AGP, 256MB (158.18 ForceWare) PCI Creative XFi XtremeMusic LG Flatron L1920P lcd monitorHey guys. I am getting ...

Replacing motherboard

Posted by admin on Sep 15th, 2006

I am replacing only motherboard (945P to P965) in order to add second video card. Do I need to reinstall Vista or only call MS to get new auth? ...

Can't download files from Internet

Posted by admin on Feb 11th, 2007

I own a new VISTA Home Premium Notebook. I am the only user = administrator account, and I have disabled user account control. In IE7 I have enabled file download. When I want to download a file from the Internet (e.g. a freeware program), the download window pops up; I click on "save ...

Error Message in Creating Recovery Discs

Posted by admin on Sep 3rd, 2006

Hi All,Just got a Sony Vaio Notebook VGNFE880E two weeks ago, and still in the process of learning VISTA Home Premium which is preinstalled with the laptop. Toda ...

application association ?

Posted by admin on Sep 3rd, 2006

I just can't seem to get Vista to like me. No matter what I tried I couldn't get Vista to do a bulk unzip so I've been moving them manually! Now I've got hundreds to accomplish. Tried ...

error 43 en ati Xpress 200 en windows vista

Posted by admin on Nov 27th, 2006

AYUDENME POR FAVOR ESTOY LOCO CON MI ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Y WINDOWS VISTA HE BAJADO TODOS LOS DRIVERS Y MI TARJETA NO REPRODUCE AEREO DESPUES DE INSTALARLOS Y REINICIAR FUNCIONAN PERO DESPUES ...

USB Hub stops sleep mode

Posted by admin on Oct 14th, 2006

HiI have a PC with Vista Home Premium (the motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X). I recently got a 7 port USB Hub for it (Trust brand). When I plug it in now, whenever I try to send the PC to sleep, ...

Vista Vision

Posted by admin on Jan 22nd, 2007

I have Vista in a dual boot system with XP and an LCD connected via digital cable. Color management in Photoshop requires calibrating the monitor with a device that ...

i/o device error

Posted by admin on Jun 20th, 2006

I have a gateway pc, with windows vista 64 bit. I previously had the sims complete edition installed on this computer and working fine, then I had to reb ...

My Windows Movie Maker doesn't Work

Posted by admin on Sep 2nd, 2006

Well i just bought a new PC with Vista Home Premium >< Wanted to try out the latest version of movie maker But to my bad , it doesn't work. I can't import ...

burning recorded tv to DVD verrrry slow?

Posted by admin on Sep 13th, 2006

I recorded a TV program, 1 hr, in Media Center, OK worked great. Then I chose to burn to a DVD. The message says it could take a few hours, and to click ok to continue & work in the background. So, OK, but it has been 5 hours and it still shows only 33% done. Is this ...

JPEG security risk message

Posted by admin on Feb 18th, 2007

When viewing many of my pictures through Windows Photo Gallery, I get a security risk on my Norton from a file called Bloodhound.Exploit.13...I looked it up, and it is the result of a corrupting of the JPEG file...is there a Update f ...

Securing wireless connections

Posted by admin on Nov 25th, 2006

I do several thing to secure wireless connections for my customers, however one of the key features I use is turning off the Broadcast ID ( SSID ) to hide th ...

Vista has taken the FUN out of computing.

Posted by admin on Mar 10th, 2007

I have been using computers ever since they came out (It was my job). I have built, repaired, and modified computers. I can program in several languages. And my wife has a new HP wit ...

can't change time

Posted by admin on Jun 23rd, 2006

I am using Vista Business. I am set for the correct time zone (Eastern Time US) but every time I change the time, about 45 seconds later, the clock automatically changes to 4 hours ahead. I tried with and without UAC enabled, same result. If I set it for 2:00pm, it au ...

Stationery Wizard

Posted by admin on Oct 9th, 2006

I'm trying to create email stationery using the vista home premium and windows mail. Every time I try using the new stationery wizard it automatically continues through each page and doesn't allow me to do anything! Is this a bug in the system as it didn't happen unde ...

Finding Email

Posted by admin on Jun 24th, 2007

In OE6 you could go to a Folder, click F3 and get a Find dialog box to enter a word(s) and find an Email that contained it. How do I do it in Windows Mail, F3 function as in OE6 don't work? Thanks, Bill Post replies back to News Group ...

Programmable audio alert?

Posted by admin on Feb 21st, 2007

1. When email arrives, my system gives me an audio "zing" to let me know. I like that.2. I've got quite a collection of "message rules" that automatically send email I receive from ...

Send Word 2007 as an attachment ??

Posted by admin on Dec 7th, 2006

Using Office 2007 but not Outlook. Want Windows Mail to be the target when choosing "Send as an attachment" from Word 2007. But the option is greyed out. Windows Mail is otherwise working fine. I've been into internet ...

Signatures

Posted by admin on Sep 30th, 2006

Hi I'm trying to set up my email signatures. I have two accounts, call them A and B. I want Account A to be the default account and have no text attached. I want B to have the signature I've created. The problem is that if you leave the default signature box empty, a prompt ...

sleep, stand-by not working.

Posted by admin on Sep 11th, 2006

My newly built core 2 duo computer doesn't go into sleep or standby or hibernate mode if my Microsoft wireless desktop is connected. If I use a wired mouse and k ...

Move OE messages to Mail

Posted by admin on Mar 14th, 2007

I have been trying to take the message files I had copied to a CD and import them into Windows Mail. I have unchecked the readonly box. I get the message: No messages can be found or ano ...

Vista VPN connected but can't see anyone

Posted by admin on Oct 27th, 2006

My VPN says it's connected but i'm unable to ping any computers on my network. I have an XP machine setup the same exact way and it works fine. Only difference I notice is that the Vist ...

Unzip

Posted by admin on Nov 29th, 2006

Hi, I see that Vista can unzip archives.As a matter of interest, which programme does it use to zip/unzip? files.Thanks ...

downgrading and other Vista compatability issues

Posted by admin on Feb 28th, 2007

If it wasn't for the flood i'd be still happy with my XP. So now i have this Vista and it's really a pain. I HATED media player 11, so i uninstalled it from my xp after "upgrading". Of course Vista has 11... Has anyone downgraded back to 10? can it be done? I'm really up ...

Why would the statusbar and Go To functionality be inactive

Posted by admin on Apr 19th, 2007

I use notepad to troubleshoot html code, and a week ago, I used to be able to use the Go To or controlg to go to a specific line in the text, now, the Go To and Statusbar are both inactive for some reason. T ...

Home Premium to Business Upgrade

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2007

If I purchase a machine that is delivered with Home Premium as standard can I use a Vista Business Upgrade disk (from Microsoft Action Pack) to upgrade to Business version or is the upgrade only supposed to be for upgrading XP Pro to Vista Business.TIAMike ...

start up message

Posted by admin on Jun 21st, 2006

when starting machine I get, "WZCSLDR2.exe Entry Point not found. The procedure entry point aspInitialize could not be located int he dynamic link library wlanapi.dll" I loaded dlink software then decid ...

Sidebar gadgets

Posted by admin on Nov 24th, 2006

Does anybody know where i can get a mini diary for my sidebar?? cheers ...

Dual-boot XP & Vista - which Office Suite best?

Posted by admin on Jul 14th, 2006

I'm getting a laptop with OEM Vista Home Premium. After reading the complaints and quips in this newsgroup, I'm strongly considering partitioning my HD ...

Seriously slow Outlook mail

Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2007

In the last few days I have found that certain programs, notably Outlook email, have been seriously slow to update. (i.e. starts normally, but very slow to display the first message even if already downloaded). Does this ...

transfering files via CDROM from Vista laptop to Win 98 SE d

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2007

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite L30101 with Vista Home Basic and just 512Meg, I want to exchange data with my Win 98se desktop machine however, neither Mi ...

Sound - speakers & headset

Posted by admin on May 24th, 2007

I have speakers plugged into the motherboard sound socket and USB headset. In Windows XP I am able select the speakers for audio playback and the headset for voice playback and this works fine (eg speakers for music and headset for Skype).But in Vista I can only choose one of thes ...

Slow response time / freeze after fresh install of Vista

Posted by admin on Jan 30th, 2007

I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate from XP Pro on my home computer. The installation process went very smoothly, but when I get to the first logon screen directly after the successful install, the computer exhibit ...

Network and Sharing screen freezes

Posted by admin on Nov 12th, 2006

I am trying to connect to a wireless network, but as soon as i click on the network and sharing icon, the window freezes, after about 3 minutes the network and sharing window appears but is completely frozen and will not allow me to ...

THE SIMS ONLINE

Posted by admin on Sep 18th, 2006

Does anyone know if The sims online works with Vista? I downloaded fine but when it finishes and takes me to the page to go to the city it says connection failed. I go to the icon on my desk top to sign back in and nothing happens. I've changed compatability for it to play on Service Pack 2 bu ...

Outlook Express to Windows Mail - AGAIN

Posted by admin on Feb 18th, 2007

I know this subject has been well covered but something is not working for me.My old computer has Windows XP Home with Outlook Express 6.My new compute ...

HELP. my free space i getting eaten.

Posted by admin on Sep 16th, 2006

i tried to install a few games, but one failed, but even so, i used up my disc space, and i didn't know what was going on, but i tried to install it again and again before i noticed it, but the wierd thing is tha ...

XP,Vista Verses Ubuntu ?

Posted by admin on Jun 4th, 2007

Reading through this user group there are many comments regarding the differences between the MS operating systems and Ubuntu O/S. Some of the threads have gotten quite heated but unless my eyes decieve me I have really read a good reson to switch from MS to Ubuntu. ...

How do I make ultimate let me install unsigned drivers?

Posted by admin on Aug 8th, 2006

I want to install a bunch of programs but Windows says this version doesn't let me. I am running the 64 bit OS. How do I fix this? ...

sleep key command for MS wireless keyboard

Posted by admin on Nov 8th, 2006

I am using Vista ultimate. I have a MS laser 6000 wireless keyboard. This keyboard does not have a sleep key. Where can I find the sleep command in vista so that I can assign it to a keyboard key? ...

DVD and Security Certificates

Posted by admin on Aug 4th, 2006

I went through and deleted EXPIRED security certificates in Internet Explorer and now I can't playback DVDs.How do I repair this? Why do EXPIRED security ...

Where do I find the location of the downloaded language pack

Posted by admin on Mar 29th, 2007

Hello All, I've downloaded a language pack from the Windows Update site, but when I go to change my language, in COntrol Panel, it says load laguages, and takes me ta a screen to select the language pack I w ...

profiles

Posted by admin on Feb 20th, 2007

Hi!Does anyone know how I get several profile folders (the folder with my name + document, downloads favorites, links, music, pictures etc etc) visible when I log in For example when I log I would like to get ...

Windows Date and Time GMT problem

Posted by admin on Jul 14th, 2006

I am using Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, and under Windows Time (Date and Time) I've set up an additional clock for GMT (UTC)...so, I gave the clock the name UTC, set it's time zone to GMT Grenwich, Dublin, London, etc. from the drop down list.Now, I goto a site that us ...

Plug and Play

Posted by admin on Feb 13th, 2007

Every USB device I plug into my computer that is running Windows Vista can't find a driver. I searched all over the internet for a driver for my Sony DSCS650 digital camera but all I seem to find is aggrivation. ...

Acrobat 8 & Word 2007 under Vista Enterprise

Posted by admin on Mar 2nd, 2007

Ok, I don't have the foggiest idea which program is to blame here. I don't think it's Acrobat 8 since I was running that under XP w/ Office 2003 just fine (and don't see a new version for installing under Vista).On *this* document... I am trying to create a simple .pdf document from Word 2007. ...

file associations

Posted by admin on Sep 16th, 2006

Hello Everyone again!When I try to open email attachments from within windows mail in this case Microsoft word documents, I am informed that I need to set an association which ...

Long Goodbye & Magically Vanishing Hard Drive

Posted by admin on Apr 9th, 2007

There have been multiple reports of disk copy problems with Vista/Windows Server 2008 (Server Longhorn). The "Long Goodbye" is The Register's moniker for inexplicably slow file copying including system hangs. See: theregister.co.uk/2 ...

Desktop Icons

Posted by admin on May 25th, 2007

I put a shortcut to my DSL connection on my desktop so that I could quickly launch a connection. I had no problems.Somehow the default icon has vanished and all I am getting is the 'vanilla' icon Vista displays then there is no valid association.The shortcut still ...

Can't delete executables on Vista Home basic

Posted by admin on Apr 18th, 2007

I created a directory under my userid and stored a program there I wanted to try. I didn't like it and tried to delete the .exe and .dll files. Vista won't let me, even though I am running as an A ...

Windows Mail(News)

Posted by admin on May 11th, 2007

Some of the big faults of WinXP OE were the poor facility to block messages and posters and specific newsgroup sources, also the absence of the ability to edit ou ...

Restoring Folder in Recycle Bin & Renaming Folders

Posted by admin on Oct 11th, 2006

I have a brand new notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium. There's a folder that I put in the Recycle Bin that I want to restore, but it just stays in ...

Blank window popup

Posted by admin on Aug 25th, 2006

Hi allI just bought a Dell Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.00 GB RAM NVDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Vista Ultimate I have Norton Security 2007When I receive the computer I had many problem With Wi ...

Data Transfer Software

Posted by admin on May 28th, 2007

Hi,Has anyone of you used the Microsoft Data Transfer Software Version 6.1.22.4? If you have would you please advise me whether it works well and whether it will transfer data from IE7 and OE6. Thanks. ...

OEM Vista question

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2007

hi all, I received my upgrade dvd from moduslink today and i have a question. I want to do a Clean Install on my system, and I want to know if the DVD ...

Windows Movie Maker problem with avi files

Posted by admin on Oct 27th, 2006

Hi, I have the following problem, when I try to edit a AVI files (not all) WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER insert the file in the AUDIO section instead the VIDEO section, so I'm unable to edit the file....... ...

burning in media player

Posted by admin on Jan 21st, 2007

other users can burn their music but in my settings windows media player will not burn my music. i have windows vista. i know i have burn rights to my music what is the problem ...

Shared Printer on XP worked once, but no more

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2006

Through great trickery I was able to connect Vista laptop to shared printer hosted on Windows XP. Printing once worked. Now after both computers have rebooted I ...

MS-Access Mult-user - Vista set of PC-s on a network

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2007

I recently migrated to a new set of PCs for a small shop, 5 PCs, from a set of XPPro OS system to a set of Vista OS computers. We are now having the problem of only one person in the database at a time. If ...

Wont connect on restart

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2007

I have brand new HP dv9000 Notebook.It has the best of everything in it...Windows Vista Ultimate,Intel/PRO 3495a/b/g wireless card...all connected to a Netgear router.When I first turn the Notebook on it connects right to the network and the internet,no problems.Then,when ...

"Shared By Me" search results always empty

Posted by admin on Aug 3rd, 2006

Even though i have a number of folders and files shared, the sharedbyme search results are empty. I checked 2 Vista machinesthey both have this issue.Is there anyone who can get thi ...

dont have permission to delete folders/ programs

Posted by admin on Mar 5th, 2007

I had some problems isntalling applications, so i needed to delete folders again but when i tried to do that a msg appears telling me that i dont have permissions to do that and the deleted file get restored into its default folder. (my OS is vista ultimate 32x (spanish) ive tired to trasnl ...

avg

Posted by admin on Feb 2nd, 2007

Avg does not work with vista.Tried to uninstall,can't.Thanks in advance.It seems m.s. does not allow any antivirus to work with it,yet comes without protection that I can see. ...

Keeps shutting off, on dial up

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2006

Hi, I have two problems 1) When I click send / Receive I loose my internet dial up connection it then redials the same number and hangs up instantly, I have greyed out the box but it keeps on doing it.2) Read mail button states, O ...

italian dictionary

Posted by admin on Mar 3rd, 2007

hello, i fear i messed up here... trying to fix a problem... i now realize my windows vista mail does not have an italian dictionary for spell checking. is this normal? or if i have damaged my software, is there a way to fix this? ...

Predicting Email Address

Posted by admin on Jun 17th, 2006

When writing an email using windows mail on vista home premuim. The email address does not predict like it did in outlook express.. Any suggestions ...

Windows Mail

Posted by admin on Feb 6th, 2007

I've decided I'm not going to get overly concerned about Windows Mail not working right. Because after reading information at the link below it sounds to me like Windows Mail will cease to be. The ...

slow to open a reply

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2007

I have home premium vista and am hating windows mail when I hit reply it is extremely slow to bring up the windowhow can I improve italso is there a way to get outlook to work with vista? I ...

Missing Tool Bar Entries

Posted by admin on Feb 22nd, 2007

According to Help, when I open Windows Contacts, the Tool Bar should show "New Contact" and "New Contact Group." These two do not show up on my Tool Bar. Does anyone know how to restore all th ...

Defraging

Posted by admin on Oct 4th, 2006

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Deleting single pages from multi-page attachments?

Posted by admin on Dec 30th, 2006

How do we select and delete individual pages from a multipage attachment or scanned document? ...

Printer Access on XP Machine from Vista Business

Posted by admin on Nov 21st, 2006

In networking I can see the printer on the XP machine and use properties and print a test page.When I try to install the printer on my Vista machine I get a message: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this ...

Printer Offline Always

Posted by admin on Jul 10th, 2006

Hi, I am having quite a lot of problem dealing with the printer offline always using Xerox Document Centre machine. I already inform them about the issue and the new vista driver will be ready soon.However, I cann ...

The Value Of Self-Healing

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2007

I was looking through the new options available with the 'fsutil' command in Vista (as you do), and stumbled across this little chap.fsutil repairegC:\Windows\system32>fsutil repair query c: S ...

msn downloads

Posted by admin on Apr 19th, 2007

where does msn keep all the downloaded mp3/wma files which are automatically downloaded? I have searched in my MUSIC folder with no luck. Is there a temp file I can locate? ...

Different Roxio patch for Dell

Posted by admin on Nov 26th, 2006

I noticed people are posting direct link to patch download. Please note that if you have a Dell, the patch is a different program. No idea why.See for "Dell customers" ...

MSN, Live Mail and Website

Posted by admin on Apr 20th, 2007

I'm going crazy. I have to say that I'm not a big fan of vista 'cuz I'm having a lot of problems. Hope someone can help me:1) MSN does not work sometimes. The sys says I have to include the program in the control except ...

Unable to set up Network Printer in Vista

Posted by admin on Oct 12th, 2006

I have Vista installed on a newly built desktop PC, and am unable to connect to a networked printer connected to an Open Networks 625W Modem Router. Previously I had V ...

Saving downloaded pic's as screensavers

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2007

Hi out there. One of my favourite web sites is a site called web shots. They have some fantastic photo's of which I used to save as screen savers and then run them as a sli ...

Uninstalling StyleXP after upgrade corrupts icons

Posted by admin on Jun 16th, 2006

BUG: Icons in Windows Vista become corrupt after uninstalling StyleXP from an upgrade of Windows XP.Article ID : 321964* Last Review : May 30, 2007 Revision : 1.0 SUMMARY Assuming StyleXP was in ...

Wireless lost after sleep

Posted by admin on Jul 18th, 2006

I've this laptop www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=436053&camp_id=CHEETAH%20MARKETINGWhen it comes out of sleep it doesn't reconnect to the internet via my wireless ...

desktop background> picture location

Posted by admin on Jul 1st, 2007

how to delete the file name in the picture location? I set a picture from my 'sharing folder' as background and now i waish to delete it but i couldn't. ...

Can't open "Date and Time" to change!

Posted by admin on Jan 11th, 2007

After the installing the last Vista update I performed a reset. After booting up and logging back in I noticed the Date and Time had been changed to December 1, 2006, 12:00am. I right clicked on the time and selected &quo ...

Can't enable speakers

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2006

While installing a recording device, I disabled two different speaker configurations in Vista Home Premium. Now when I go back to enable them, they aren't even listed in sound devices, or anywhere else. Nothing hI have been ab ...

router and wireless not communicating

Posted by admin on Aug 17th, 2006

Hello...I have a new computer with the new vista. We have had a wireless connection with a router for some time now with several commputers accessing ...

Downgrading Vista to Win XP

Posted by admin on Nov 26th, 2006

I have a VLK for Windows XP Pro, and need to install on new PC's coming with Vista installed. Can I downgrade the Vista OS back to XP and how? New PC's are coming with Vista, but we only want to have XP in the envir ...

Wireless shutting off

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2007

This is a tough problem. I"m running windows VISTA and at times it just stops picking up the wireless connections. I live in a neighborhood where there are 5 other wir ...

sidebar problem

Posted by admin on Nov 17th, 2006

hi, after lightromm installation , my sidebar crashed, i can see the sidebar but no the gadget...the gadget are black ore white. example.the watch gadget is black i see only the second, the post it is in sidebar but is transparent.please hel ...

BSOD 0x00000124 during WMPlayer or Nero Player - Vista Ultim

Posted by admin on Sep 27th, 2006

When I play video I receive intermittend the BSOD with error 0x00000124. I have no extra or Sound Driver installed and everything is original Microsoft.I can reproduce the problem. Hardware; ASUS P5BPlkus Vista Edition, Intel Core Duo 6600, NVidia 7600 and 2 GB Me ...

TITLE BAR - VISTA

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2007

What controls the size of the font for the Title Bar in Vista ? What controls the size of the font for the Start Menu ? My title bar font is too small and the Start Menue gives me a message saying I have too m ...

Problem with Malware

Posted by admin on Nov 13th, 2006

This is an answer to your question in very simple terms (cause I am simple <G). While the typical Trojans,etc are still out there, up until recently they have been designed to do "bad" things and are usually a pain in the a@@ to remove. But the newer typ ...

Windows Explorer Add Folder Capability

Posted by admin on Jan 11th, 2007

In the interest of a common look and feel the between Microsoft applications… I have found value in use of the capability to rightclick on a folder in Microsoft Outlook and use the "New Folder" function in the rightclick context menu to create a ne ...

Windows Defender Update (Turkish Msj)

Posted by admin on Apr 9th, 2007

Windows Defender güncelleÅŸtirmek istediÄŸimdeProgram tanım güncelleÅŸtirmelerini denetleyemiyor!Hata bulundu: Kod 0x80240029 diye uyarı msj çıkıyor... Bu sorunu çözmemde yardÄ ...

Please help. Annoying TV Tuner. No reply at my messages.

Posted by admin on Dec 23rd, 2006

Hello,Does anybody know how to repair a contact (the most annoying contact yet in the 21st century) on a TV tuner? It worked about 2h once, why?!? The circuit repaired itself?Help. Pleeease. ||_|| ...

Usb Device and blue screen

Posted by admin on Oct 8th, 2006

I have an infrared device that I use with a heart rare monitor. I plug it into my laptop (Vista home premium) and it says installing drivers etc. I d/l data to pc and close program and ...

cannot get pictures from my camera on this new vista....

Posted by admin on Apr 21st, 2007

new to vista.....plug my camera in ............can not import wesss ...

Audio doesn't work

Posted by admin on Feb 27th, 2007

I just got a new logitech computer, I got it up and running with no problems, but I have no sound. The device manager recognizes that I have a sound card, the volume manager recognises that I have music playing and I have installed and reinstalled nvidia as well ...

Easy Transfer is not EASY

Posted by admin on Sep 2nd, 2006

Okay, I got a new laptop and I tried this "Easy" transfer thing to get everything moved from my desktop to the laptop. I used a memory stick to transfer the fi ...

Can't play vista made move on windows xp movie maker

Posted by admin on Sep 12th, 2006

Hey everyone.I made a movie using Windows Vista Home Premium Movie Maker, and when I try to edit it on a Windows XP computer, it tell me that it is an incompatible file format. Is there any way that I can edit the Vista made video on XP? ...

Visa Windows media player

Posted by admin on Aug 13th, 2006

I don't seem to have wmp, On the website it says if I have vista I should have it and thus it dosn't have an option to download. where can I download it from? ...

No sound after couple hours

Posted by admin on Jun 26th, 2006

If I leave my 2 month old new vista system unattended to for a couple of hours, when I return, it will not have any sound. Windows media player shows x's along anything that is playable, no sound from video ...

Pixela (Sony)

Posted by admin on Feb 27th, 2007

Pixela is Sony software that came with my DVD Handicam, and I need it to DL the videos to my HD.Of course, it is not compatable with Vista.I had installed Vista and had to reinstall XP in order to use the computer with the videos I make with the Handicam. Can anyone suggest a workarou ...

Vista laptop refusing to connect to Access Point

Posted by admin on Jun 6th, 2007

Hi there..setup :Telsey CPVA 500 router (adsl provider Tele2 in spain) DLink DWLG700AP access point Asus X51R laptop with Vista Home Premium (preinstalled):Atheros AR5006EG wireless network adaptor1.I can connect the laptop to the router directly via ethernet cable withou ...

Network and sharing keeps turning itself off

Posted by admin on Jan 16th, 2007

Network and sharing keeps turning itself off when computer is switched on after sleep mode, shut down or restart. Is there a setting that is causing this? ...

Defender not showing correct status

Posted by admin on Sep 3rd, 2006

In the Vista Security Center, Defender is shown as switched off even though it is running and scans normally. If I click on the Turn On Now button it lo ...

Accessing files - ownership doesn't help

Posted by admin on Jul 6th, 2006

Hi, Like everyone here, I've recently installed Vista (or rather got a new computer with Vista on it). I've transferred the files from my old computer, and when trying to access them, got the usual 'access ...

Lost my post

Posted by admin on Sep 30th, 2006

I posted a question concerning an Nvidia 7600 video driver question in teh Windows Update discussion group. I received an email that a response was available, but when I click the link, I can't locate my post or the response.Any way to help me?A Microsoft Community member has respo ...

is mua compatible with vista

Posted by admin on Aug 8th, 2006

i installed mua and got it to play once but wanted to use my gamepad. so i turned off the game plugged in pad tryed game and it wouldnt run. i unplugged the pad tryed ...

Java Download

Posted by admin on Sep 26th, 2006

I bought a new Dell E520 Vista Mar/07 , cannot play Pogo games without JavaScript Software......Windows will not allow me to download Java...any suggestions? ...

Remove the constant access to registry key!

Posted by admin on Nov 2nd, 2006

Regarding the question I just posted "Windows Mail accessing registry key...": After doing some more indepth research of the registry key in question: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Micros ...

Can't delete email from inbox in Windows Mail

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2007

I have 2 emails from Windows Mail that I can't delete. I have tried Steve Cochran's fixes for deleting stuck emails from the "deleted files" and they worked. I don't want to use the solution that tech support is giving out (md4pc.com/quest ...

Windows mail on Vista Premium

Posted by admin on Sep 25th, 2006

I setup all my email contacts and they all appear when I check them. When I type the 1st letter of the email address some will drop down a menu to chose what address you want to send to, others won' ...

Contact

Posted by admin on Aug 17th, 2006

Hi, how do i do to put my contactlist in windows mail main window, under local maps ...

Newsgroup "killfile"

Posted by admin on Aug 1st, 2006

Hi,I have set up a News rule to delete newsgroup posts where the From address contains certain email addresses.Problem is that when a new post is received from on ...

Comp wont resume after sleep

Posted by admin on Nov 5th, 2006

once i put my computer to sleep it goes into sleep just fine, but it will not come out of sleep. i have windows vista ultimate and dell inspiron B130. can anyone help ...

.ufo files

Posted by admin on Dec 22nd, 2006

Ulead Photoimpact 12 uses .ufo (Ulead File for Objects) as a part of its graphics package. [Photoimpact 12 is Vista compliant.]Vista will not move, copy, or delete these .ufo files. It "estimates time to complete" until the t ...

WHY WON'T IT PRINT????!!!!???

Posted by admin on Jan 2nd, 2007

I made 2 new files in my microsoft spread sheet. i had window xp and i upgraded today to vista and my printer won't print the files i made in my spread sheet. i had the printer before when i was with xp. so can some ...

Vista burn problem

Posted by admin on Jan 28th, 2007

I have just upgraded to Vista Business. In XP I used RecordNow!ver7 to make CD & DVD data & picture file backup in 45 min. w