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Hello,I just added a Vista Business workstation on a network.This one is correctly added to my domain. no problem.BUT: I create mapped drives with a batch using net use. drives creation is ok, read access is ok... but not w ...

I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long list of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them? Am I missing somethin ...

When I forward email to several people which I add by using the to or cc feature the names appear in the boxes with their email addresses. I do not like to have other's email address visible for others to see. I hate to be passing it along. When I used ...

I'm as frustrated as everyone else. I can't continue my business without being able to switch between identities. When a fix is offered, where can I find it? I ...

I have recently bought a new computer that has Windows Vista/Windows Mail. My old computer had OE. I have done what I know to do to set up my email account on the new one, but I am not receiving a ...

I am using Windows mail and have not had any problems with my mail until I clicked on someone's email address. This opened Outlook and asked me to configure my mail and asked if I wanted to upgrade from Windows Mail. I went ahead and configured the mail. Howev ...

A friend changed addresses. I right clicked old address, <Delete> and its gone, added correct new address which displays correctly BUT hit Create Mail, start to type name in " ...

Man, adjusting to Win Mail is difficult after years of Out Express. In OE6 I was able to divide my contacts into subcategories or groups, such as "Coworkers", "Family", "Online friends", etc. for easy r ...

Please help. The exact same PC used to have Windows XP Pro, and FUS was very fast. Now that I've upgraded to Vista, FUS takes about 40 seconds just to get to the account sel ...

Snappy Fax is great, it just doesn't work very well with VOIP, so I had to continue my search. I've found lots of forums upon which folks have installed WinFax Pro 10.3, upgraded to 10.4 and then managed to fax from Vista with a few little adjustmen ...

I am just wondering...I have a new computer coming with vista on it would anyone know if my printer is going to be compatible with it? I have a Hewlett Packard P1000, Photosmart thank:) ...

This problem started when I upgraded to Vista Home Premium. When making a video call, the person I call can hear me, but I cannot hear them. I've checked the audio setup under Tools in Windows Live Messenger and it will not let me raise the audio levels for my spea ...

Is there anyway to set up Vista to automatically switch from the balanced or high performance power plan to battery saver when I change from AC to battery operation on my laptop?Or w ...

Hello,I have Windows Vista Ultimate installed and using Windows Media Player 11. I just started having an issue and was looking for some help.When I download an MP3 file and play it (or double click one from my hard drive) it starts playing but does not open Window ...

to solve installation problems for Outlook 2003 and Buisiness Contact Manager in Vista.THE MS website says install SP4. This doesn't fix the problems1) Install Office (Outlook) 2) Install ...

In trying to install the iTunes 7.1.1 update it reports that VBScript is either not installed or it's disabled and says to enable it and reregister it but doesn't say how. I have Windows Live One Care for the firewall but I can't find anything in that or ...

I have a new PC with Vista Utimate, I want to copy occasional files from my old PC running XP and on a home network, but without using 'Easy Transfer'. I am an Administrator on both PCs and 'Own' the folder on the Vista PC (therefore with full righ ...

Why would Microsoft deprecate something as useful as identities??? I use them all the time on my old computer. It is the only way to passwordprotect opening Windows Mail when others are in my user account. They should h ...

I click on a program from the desktop the little blue circle runs for a couple seconds and nothing opens. Try to right click and open no response. Internet won't open. Try to shut down or ...

The overall volume control (called the system volume control?) doesn't work at all in my Vista Ultimate. The volume controls for individual programs work fine, but the overall co ...

This despite my adjusting the DPI from 96 to 108. This made some things, like icon text and "some" (not all) dialogue boxes get larger but that ...

I have a hard drive with 5 partitions. XP Home edition is on drive C: and I have XPPro on drive D. The other partitons are for storage. ALL partitons are now FAT32. I have downloaded the Vista Home Premium upgrade from Circuit City. I want to upgrade partiton 1 (Home Edition) to Vist ...

Hello, I am having a problem where drivers will not install automatically anymore when a new device is connected. They used to and then all of a sudden it stopped happening. After googleing this problem it seems it is happening to a lot of people, however I could not find a solution to t ...

I use Start|Run in XP and earlier versions of windows all the time (actually, windowslogokey R). Now Microsoft has taken it away & left us with a search engine.S ...

Interesting reading from Adobe regarding the compatibility of their software with Vista:www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/adobe_products_and_windows_vista.pdf ...

I was viewing a group of photos, 12 fullsize wallpapers, in the Picture Gallery and decided to try out the slideshow feature. It worked fine until I chose, "Collage" under the Themes options. Now, al ...

I can't find my storage location for Outlook Express messages on my old xp machine. The file path in OE where it says my inbox is stored does not exist. I've ...

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Where are they? If a person is not hooked up to the Internet can't they have any help files in Vista? Or is something lacking in my version? Everytime I try to get help it tries to go on line.Thanks, Nancy ...

Hi,While starting my windows Vista throws a error message saying "Operation couldn't be completed". When I looked at the event log I found the following error: "Could not attach EL Acpi driver". #System Provider IntelQRTD E ...

I am using Vista 32 bit premiumI have a 300gb Hdd 4gb DDRAM AMD Athlon x64 3800+ dual core Asus A8NE Mobo Nvidia Geoforce 6800 LE Grahics card Black Gold TV Tuner Card USB 4x Card Re ...

The slow shutdown appears to be caused by the deleting process of pag ing file automatically at shutdown. Paging file will be overwritten with zeros at shutdown to pr ...

I'm not at all sure how this permissions thing works on Vista Home Premium. My problem is this ... I have two user accounts on the PC the main one is for everyone in the household and the other is for work. At prese ...

Folks,when adding network passwords under (Control Panel)(User Accounts)(Manage Your Network Passwords) the type 'A Windows logon credential' is greyed out whereas 'A web site or program credential' is available and selected.For a private home network/workgroup this ...

My files, such as pdf, documents are not displaying in the preview pane at the right in explorer, but do display in the details pane at the bottom. I don't understand why I can see the documen ...

I do approve of all the additional security built into Vista, so my question is 'How great is the need for Anti Virus software?' at the moment I am getting a bad mark under 'Malware protection' in the Windows Security Centre.There was a early post that referr ...

Weird. I've even checked on the net, and while theres plenty of people with this problem, thus far I've seen no answer that actually works ! And theres not many proffered answers, either. Yes, I've uninstalled in sound/vision whatsits in Device man ...

I cannot express how annoyed I am about buying Vista 64.1) I have tried 4 different Antivirus programs (Trend, NOD32, Avast, MS Onecare) and none of them update (just stop with ...

I have Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 installed. In Windows Explorer, when I select a file (e.g. .pdf, .jpg...) I get a preview in the Details Pane, but this doesn't work for office files I can only see an icon representing the a ...

Hi, I was recently looking at the downloaded history of Windows update and I noticed a few Microsoft Office 2003 important security updates have failed. Security Update for Office 2003 (KB920813) Installation ...

after installing my windows anytime upgrade disk my sound didnt work. it says there are no audio output devices setup but my sound card says its installed. send answer to my emailjth292@a ...

I have Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC in my motherboard. Is anyone using Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC to connect to the internet? ...

With Vista I can't:1 I installed the sofware for Palm Zire 71, but when I tried to zinc the device it's impossible to be connected.2 I installed the sofware for BenQ DC 1300 digital Camer, but when I plug in the divice nothing happe ...

Worked ok till my Vista got stuck during pairing devices. Now when I plug any bluetooth dongle it can't see it (device manager shows nothing, there's no searching for the devices) other usb devices work fin ...

Use the native HP LaserJet III driver. Works like a charm! ...

Hi All,I bough Vista Home Premium (not the upgrade) and installed it yesterday however I have a few questions about the install.When I was installing Vista, I notice that it did not give an option to partition the drive. I selected the " ...

WMP 11 Vista The sopund breaks up or stutters on every song for the last 20 seconds. This is incredibly annoying. Is there a patch or download or setting modification. Sony Vaio laptop....Thanks ...

Since the release of Vista Apple has not been able to provide a working solution on their iTunes product and this means that guys like me with a 80GB iPod is lost for updating or buying new music or in anyway connecting the device to my PC. It is possible to install iTunes, but first time you i ...

Hi, I have set up my own IPv6 lab with XP and Vista machines. I could ping an XP machine with its IPv6 address from other machines , but I couldnt access the shared folders of the XP machine with its IPv6 address .It says " Network Path Not Found ...

Hello, We send out email campaigns to our customers that request email from us notifying them specials/sales/... We are a ligitimate company and these emails are only sent to customers that request these emails. A customer has a Vista system and is using Mic ...

There is a problem between SID and user's name. When you change the user name in the 'User and User Group' console panel, if not logoff or restart, the OS will make mistakes. For example, examine the property of ' ...

Hi! We have Windows Vista Ultimate (in French) and, we don't know why, the folder called "Musique publique" (Public music) was suddenly renamed to "Music". The ori ...

I have this folder in my documents and have no idea what it is. {5223f239cf2848ecba62f5206a8c897e} thats the name of it and its readonly. Two files are located inside it. snp2uvc_v64 which is signed by microsoft and is a security catalog file. ...

I have set up a home network. My main pc is running xp and my laptop is running vista. I have a couple programs on the main pc that are not compatible with vista. Is there anything I can use to run these ...

Does anyone know if Photo Story 3 is either included in Vista or does the download from Microsoft's Downloads site work on Vista? ...

Hey y'all,Everything has been working fine for me with Vista since buying my new computer last month. Now, out of the blue, I woke up to nothing but problems this morning.I'm pretty sure it has something to do with an update that was installed during the nigh ...

resist the vista hype through education!computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015219&intsrc=hm_listMarch 30, 2007 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. may have tooted the public relations horn about Vista's powersaving features, said a Ga ...

Hello All,Is there any way to retrieve received data rate of all BSSes using native WiFi API. I am trying the new wifi api supported by Vista. I can retrieve Recieved data rate of curre ...

How can I make a shortcut to our VPN on the desktop? If I go to 'Connect to a network' I can not Drag & Drop or rightclick copy then paste as shortcut.Thank ...

i accidentally installed narrator and now i cant get it off. any help? ...

Has anybody tried dual booting win98 with vista? I tried it but it wasn't successful, even though I put vista on a separate (NTFS formatted) partition the option boot to win98 ...

FYI...See this article at PC World.pcworld.com/article/1303471/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws ...

When I try to open some word attachments in emails I get the message: "this file does not have a programme associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associ ...

how search a contac by information included at "Notes" tab? When I choose "Advanced Search" Vista shows me just "Name", "Tags" and "Authors". I click on Search Content and Vista find nothing. ...

I installed Vista the other day and the size of the icons on my desktop is really annoying me. Is there a way to make them the same size as as the desktop icons in XP ...

I have the following configuration: drive 1 partition 1: WinXP (drv C) partition 2: data (drv E) drive 2 partition 1: data (drv D) drive 3 partition 1: Vista (drv G) (dual boot with WinXP with MS boot manager) partition 2: new Vis ...

HIS X1550 PCI has 256mb onboard mem, is Vista certified, compared to my GeForce 5200 (?) which only has 128mb and is my Windows Experience weaklink, so thinking of upgrading.Thoughts? Concerns? And Vista WILL let me unplug old, plug in new video ...

I get the following messages when trying to add a new database to a new website.Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the service is not responding.sqlservr.exe has stopped workinga problem caused ...

I have a new Gateway GM5415E w/a DVD Burner (supposedly a multiformat DL drive). I can burn music (wmas) using Windows Media Player; however, when I try to burn documents or other data to the same brand of CDR it simply ...

I installed the tv card and went to the Hauppauge site to download the Vista compatible drivers and software and the program is "not responding". The instructions on their site advise to select "no" when Vista trys to install the hardware so I can manually select t ...

Hi,I have Sony Vaio VGNN250 with windows vista preinstalled. I have a usb Hard drive on which i want to install windows xp and use it when required on this notebook. i donot know how to do it so can aNYONE GUIDE ME HOW TO INSTALL WQINDOWS XP O ...

When I connect my eFilm device to my computer (MS Vista), in order to transfer pictures from my digital camera to my computer, my computer does not recogn ...

I bought a Logitech USB Headset 350. Paid a good penny for them. I'm using it for the Speech Recognition for Windows Vista Home Premium. Speech Recognition has recongnized the headset with microphone. I would like to know, why and how come when I want to play a music cd and ...

Notebook: Asus A9RP5057H CPU : Intel Celeron M CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz Memory : 1GB ( increased from 512MB) Graphics : ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Series, Driver : ...

I have tried installing my digital video and a compliant 1394 device. i get a message from the control panel device manager and do not know why an anyone help. This device cannot find enough free resources that it can ...

I will be ordering a new laptop in a couple of days. Unfortunately, it has a recovery partition on the hard disk...I HATE those.Will I be able to use my Vista OEM DVD *with* the laptop's serial numbe ...

Hi all,I've just received what I thought to be a 64bit upgrade dvd from Moduslink (I had XP x64 installed on my computer). All the ordering thru Moduslink indicates a 64bit copy, and the packing list also shows "WIN VISTA BUS 64BIT EN PUP DVD".However, when I tried ...

Ok, I've been trying to work through this problem now for over 2 weeks and I've gotten nowhere so I thought I'd make a post here and see if anyone else has some ideas I could try. Since ...

My computer is in a Windows workgroup with another computer on a wireless network. My computer is connected to the Linksys 802.11g router by CAT5; the other is wireless. The ...

I have seen a number of posts on news groups and other forums where customers are not able to setup a RAS connection after upgrading from XP to Vista. The purpose of this post is to explain the cause of this problem in majority of the ca ...

When I click on spell checker it highlights incorrect spelling but doesn't show a drop down panel of options for the word like in XP. Is this still possible? Is there a dictionery also?Thanks for your help guys ...

Has anyone had luck getting messages exported from outlook express to Windows Mail? It does not give me an option of where to save the messages, so I don't know where it is writing to... HELP! Thanks.. ...

Ive had a gut full of this vista crap....cnnot open emails...or windows media player...or my mcafee security ...cannot log into internet banking either....this vista is all garbage ...

Our screen saver will not turn on. Any suggestions as to why? Thanks. ...

While I was using OneCare the other day it was checking for updates and when I was done it told me to restart the computer to finish installing updates I ignored it for about 30 minutes but then I restarted it so it could finish insta ...

The Reliability Monitor stopped just over 30 days from the date I activated Windows Vista Home Premium. Is this by design? How do I make the thing work again? I have tried restoring the system using the earliest restore ...

In a folder with thumbnail images, why is that folder read and reread each time the folder is opened? There are large amounts of lost time waiting for images to appear...In the 'old' system, thumbs.db was a wonderful thing and very fast... ...

I am signed on as Administrator but if try to access a folder, I get "Access Denied" message. Please help this Vista Home newbie. Thanks, Bill ...

When I try and download updates from Microsoft for Vista I get the error code 8007000B anyone any ideas how to fix it? its Vista home premium 32 bit. Thanks NickEggHeadCafe.com .NET Developer Portal of Choice egg ...

I use Vista Business and so far have been trouble free. The only minor problem I'm having is the task bar pops up for a nano second and goes back down. This occurs quiet often. I have aero turned on and the task bar hidden. ...

Anybody who has a clue how to UNINSTALL programs from Vista windows?? It is a nightmare! It doesnt work as in XP (through Add/Remove option). I'd be eternally grateful for you help. Regards Asad ...

Everything works just fine for me when I installed Vista. ...

Other then taking the drives out of my computer and plugging it into my laptop through USB, is there a way I could format my XP drives (1 of which is set ...

I just received my new Dimension C521 from Dell running under Vista. When trying to connect a Kodak camera and a Pilot Tungsten e2 to the FRONT USB ports, I consistently got the "USB device not recognzied" message. I wen ...

I have vista x64 installed, and I got 2 question marks.unknown device hardware id profiles areACPI\PNPB02F *PNPB02F & ACPI\PNPB006 *PNPB006 cant find drivers for themI have (P5ND2SLI Deluxe) motherboard and the Chipset are:1Nvidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition2Nvidia MCP04 ...

I have looked at ASUS site, but don't see anything. Same on driverguide.comI particularly need Vistacompatible graphics driver.Anyone have a suggestion besides scrapping this MOBO?ThanksJethro ...

Hi I have a vista client in our company.we have win2003 domain controller that has ad, dns and dhcp services.when join the client to domain ,client can access to network but when restart the client ,can't access to network and client can't accur valid ip addre ...

I am running Vista HE Premium. I want to synchronise the contents of "D:\music files" on the Vista computer with M:\Music files which is shared on a network computer ...

I'm trying to disable the 'click your username' aspect of the Welcome screen. I want there to be a Username and Password box, instead of having a selection of users. I've had it like thi ...

Impossible d'installer mon scanner canon canoscan 4200F sur vista. ...

cant send email. ...

what does this mean Account: 'pop.gmail.com (1)', Server: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'ERR not supported w43pf6267284pyg', Port: 9 ...

Is there a way to have 2 profiles for your email. Like in the old outlook express I could have my own email account and my wife could have her own. When you opened outlook express a screen came up and you selected which profile you would like. ...

I have Vista Home and have connected an ide hard drive in an external HD enclosure via USB. This will work, but everytime i reboot the PC I either have to turn off the external HD or unplug the USB to get Windows to recogni ...

Has anyone reported any issues with upgrading from Win XP rather than a clean install? I think I may run into a problem with Windows Installer. I ran an updated installer for Symantec ...

Every now and then, my list of most recently opened programs (Start Menu) keeps putting up an icon for Backup and Restore Center. I never use this app and I have no backups scheduled. In f ...

I have a brand new Dell Dimension 9200 2.4GHZ| dual core intel processor, 4GB RAM. Came with TV card and vista preloaded. Was initially very impressed with the digital TV it was showing but now all of a sudden there is no sound from the TV. The picture is fine, other sounds such as Windows ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate on a 32bit box, dual core, and I tell you, when I try to burn files to a CD, pictures and the like, it takes FOREVER! Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I mean, 58.3MB, 21 items ...

I am getting Blue Screen Error frequently on my computer. The error details are as follows: BCCode: 124 BCP1: 00000000 BCP2: 83E0D560 BCP3: B2000000 BCP4: 00000175 OS Version: 6_0_6000 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 256_1Here are the specifica ...

Hi I have a silly question on vista. I have a .bat file calling an .exe file both in the same directory in vista, but every time i right click the .bat file and ask it to "run as administrator", it fails to find the .exe file. it says "blah.exe is not a recognized program"b ...

This problem is very frustrating. The Event Viewer service does not start. This is the error I receive:Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 4201: The instance name passed was not recognized as val ...

I am unable to download files. I try saving them to the desktop, they don't show up. I save them to a network drive, they don't show up. I use the default path in Vista and they are not there. If I use my old XP and do it through my netwo ...

I went to the store to buy a copy of Vista Ultimate for a new computer for our company. They offered the regular Retail version or the OEM version for much less money. I bought the OEM version.Besides the packaging and ...

Hi Everyone, I need to know whether the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is capable of running Windows Aero and Flip 3D features in Vista. Here is a summary of the Acer Aspire 420 notebook from Best Buy.Acer Aspire Notebook with Intel® Celeron® M Proce ...

Has anyone found an easy way to relocate all the data on another drive from the operating system ?I am looking for the equivelent of "mydocuments/properties move folder to target" that was available on Win XP proI like to keep my data seperate so i can easily restore an image without ...

I am starting to wonder if I am indeed nuts, but I might as well ask.After buying two different 2 Gig flash drives (both didnt have the necessary speed) I exchanged them for the Sandisk cruzer 2.0 Gig titanium which immediatly let me set up readyboost options (I also had it ...

All. I've just installed Vista Ultimate and everything is up and running with no problems. I have the latest drivers for the motherboard and graphics card but when I resume from sleep mode I am left with no mouse or keyboard. The only way I can get it working again is to hold the power button ...

I have a new EMachines T5224 with a 19" flat panel monitor (E19T5W TFT LCD Monitor, M/N: LE1938) and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video card/chip/something.About half the time ...

Good Day After upgrading my system from 2GB to 4GB of ram, I am having problems with applications that display anything in 3d. This includes unreal tournament as well as the builtin vista " ...

I have just installed Office 2003 SBE on Vista Home Premium. I have activated the product OK. When I run a program I am asked to accept the EULA, which I am used to in Office under XP. Howwever I have to do this EVERY time I open an office product (wi ...

I get the error code 0x8004FC12 I did a system restore recently if that has anything to do with it. I have 24 days to activate and the product ID is ...

I have vista on one computer and xp on another I purchased a Belkin USB cable to connect the 2 computers. When I launch the Sync center sofware on the vista computer it does not show up as a sync partner. Any ideas on this would be greatly appreciated. ...

I want other people to be able to access three folders on my computer. How can I set it so that they can simply read those folders over the network without having to input any passwords?This was very simple on XP. ...

I have successfully established both internet and vpn connections. Problem is, once vpn connection established, browser no longer functions. All diagnostics state network connection is fine. Is there a problem with having two connections at once with Vista? Have no proble ...

PLZ HELP! running a toshiba notebook w/ vista home prem. it keeps asking for a network name to connect to a public wi/fi hotspot. using a xp notebook it just connects. the hotspot is in college and it's free to use... what am i doing wrong? ...

Hello I was just looking in my eventlog and I noticed that each 15th second I am sucessfully assigned a new IP address which I have no clue on why?This is the message I get: [General] Your computer was successfully assigned an address from the network, and it can now connect to other computers. [D ...

I have Nod 32 installed on my pc and it is alway's telling me that it updated itself. Well good, isn't that what it is supposed to do? My wife has PC Cillion and it pop's up a window and updates itself in front of you no matter what ...

For some reason, I don't seem to be able to change my name in Hearts, I show up as User...I can change and have changed, North, East and West..Any Ideas?Thanks! ...

I have to agree with many of the others here, WHY IN GOD'S COUNTRY DOES THIS PROGRAM NOT SPELL CHECK ENGLISHthis country is truely going to hell in a hand basket! fix the program to assist your english speaking customers or get it ...

I can not send a page that I am viewing on the internet. When I click on file and scroll down to send I can only create a shortcut to my desktop. I know there is a way to have this sent using my wind ...

I think I'm going to at last stop trying to successfully setup windows mail. No matter what I try to do or what suggestions I receive, I cannot get email to wo ...

I saw in this forum lately that someone was wondering why they couldn't send email form Word 2007. The MS Office site has detailed instructions on how to fix that problem, but it involves editing the registry. ...

Regardless of which mail program I use, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Windows Mail (both on Windows Vista Business platform) everytime someone emails me a ..zip attachment over 1MB and I try to open it, Vis ...

Does anyone know how to change the clock that is on my desk top from an anolog clock to a digital clock with 24 hour readings such as 2:15 PM looking like 1415 ?? ...

I would like to upgrade my Vista Home Pro to Vista Business so that I can use Virtual PC,but I was wondering if that would remove my Media Center that c ...

I use AutoCAD software daily at work. Autodesk just recently updated AutoCAD to work with Vista. Version 2007 worked with Vista, but not well. For one thing a .dwg file did not open in AutoCAD by ...

I have a computer that is running Windows 2000 Pro and it is a computer that cannot be upgraded anymore because of the hardware. I don't use this computer much anymore and would be great if ...

Where is Windows Explorer in Vista? If I type "Windows Explorer" in HELP, the Help function tells me nothing about Windows Explorer. Instead, it discusses Internet Explorer and many other things not related to Windows Explorer.On anot ...

I've been running XP Pro for years, 3 SATA hard drives in the case & 1 external SATA drive (FAT32). With XP, I could turn on the eSATA drive (always c ...

Under Vista Home Premium I started to install a third party software package and it defaulted to my computer name and an organization name of "HewlettPackard".How can I set the default organization name to my company name ( ...

I am trying to move a picture from the picture folder to the public folder but no matter how I try to do it drag and drop, copy and paste, I just get the error ...

I want to know if there is a way to have multple email users on this new Windows mail, that I can switch back and forth from easily, I don't want all the email users dumping all emails to one file and I don't want to set up multip ...

I have 1 PC with Outlook and a new PC with Windows mail. I need to move some saved messages to Windows mail. Can you help me do this in some fashion other than installing Outlook then Outlook Express onto my new PC and doing multiple mig ...

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 ...

My desktop underwent a change today. I lost several icons, and the remaining ones "doubled" (2 of everything) and they appear to be the icons that we ...

First, I try to find a file that I know is on the computer (fsx.cfg) and it will not find it no matter what I change in the search field. Second, I found by accident the folder it is in but when I try to access the folder it tells me 'denied' even tho I change the access rules to a ...

i tried to install vista on my old desktop machine today, and it seems although my partitions are messed up. any ideas how I can cover these partitions back? cOScossmo @at gmail . com ...

All,I moved to Vista a few weeks ago and converted from OE to Windows Mail. When I save a message to Drafts and then open and edit it later it saves a copy in drafts. The old OE would send the message and delete the copy in the drafts fold ...

I often print documents to a File to save copies, on the Windows Vista Computer when I go to the print preview, the print to a file check box is Grayed Out, and will not let me check it, to print to a file. ...

Hello all...I am a little bewildered at the moment reagarding Vista's parental controls, and am curious how other people have handled this. I set up PC ...

I have Vista Home on a Compaq Presario laptop. I used to bring up services.msc with the Run command when I was using Windows XP. Now I can't find the Run command. I want to disable Wireless Zero Configuration and Remote Assistance. I would also like to kno ...

I have done a fair bit of research and cannot find an answer to this problem. I have a personal website using Linux Network OS, Apache Web Server, with Fr ...

How can I change the Filetype icons in Vista? A few of my programs didn't set the icon when they associated themselves with the file, so they show as the default blank document. I want to be able to change these. ...

Dear Colin,I do respect you because you are a decent person and are willing to provide help even many people don't know that because, unfortunately, you were absent for a while due to health issue.I am glad to know that you are covering and doing well now.But pl ...

I am running Vista Ultimate and am connected to a digital panasonic phone system at my office. I used to use Winfax withWindows XP with no problems. is there a way to send faxes with Vista as i receive line busy errors ...

I'm having some confusion with Vista. When I move a folder(s) from one hard drive to another I notice all the directories are still on the source drive. Every folder has no files but why do they remain in the first place?Confused in St. Louis ...

Hello there... RebootKidFL againThis brand and model of a printer Brother 6 in 1 MFC210C, doesn't installs on an Acer Notebook. Imcompatibility issues.??? What can I do? Thanks ...

Each time I try to open my Help and Support in Windows Vista I get the message "Internet Explorer cannot download /from help" Can anyone help ...

Can anyone give me some good, affordable TV Tuners that work well w/ Vista Media Center? I would like to get one w/ a PCI interface, but I also do have a PCI Express x1 sl ...

I have bought a new computer and I have set up windows mail. I am trying to send an email with an attachment to a friend, but I keep getting a message saying that the se ...

Hi,When trying to send an encrypted message in Windows MAil, I get the following error:"This message is being sent with 40 bit encryption. Your Advanced Security options are set to warn on less than 168 bit encryption. Would you like to send th ...

Is anyone else having problems with Vistas defrag problem. It analyses the disks, tells me my file system could be improved and recommends. I click defrag no ...

My new 'home made' PC uses an Asus motherboard. This has multiple sound sockets on the back panel and a 10 pin Intel socket for connecting to front panel microphone and headphone sockets.The rear panel socket always worked. But I got no sound from the front panel socket. At first I though ...

Every time I open two web pages it is always in one page. How do I open up multi web pages without them collapsing every time I close one. ...

although this a known problem, can't understand why it isn't yet fixedif in disk cleanup we mark to delete hibernation files, why once cleanup'd the disk the hibernation feature dissappears from shutdown optionsif this happens (always ha ...

I have an XP Tablet PC and want to install Vista Ultimate as a dual boot option due to the need for several programs I have to have that are not yet Vista compatible. If I install Office 2007 on the Vista partition, will it "see" the files/documents I already have in the XP p ...

Announcement: Windows Vista Server Is Now A Public Beta, Just FYI!microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/beta/betacentral.mspxKevin John Panzke (Microsoft Beta Tester and MSDN ...

why MSFT permits that false people signs like a real MVP he/she are not into the MVP's roster i believe that users can be confused about the opinions of ...

Hello.I just got a new computer with Vista Home Premium, and have a question about Windows Media Player. I've searched various help documentation and could not find the answer, so I'd like to ask it here.When I click the X toaster in the upper right hand corner, it does not shut down t ...

I have noticed a significant change in Vista's Bluetooth compared to that of XP. XP used widcomm BT, I haven't searched for what Vista uses yet but what I've seen is t ...

I downloaded the newest messenger and I have Windows Vista on my laptop. When I try to sign in it says Messenger has stopped working, what should I do to fix this problem? ...

Hi to allWhich AV and FW you use in your vista box ? I have an experience with One Care, AVAST (with UAC on)Thanks a lotAle ...

Has anyone found a patch for the vista cursor prompt to stop it from jumping all over the page? This is driving me nuts because I use my laptop for a lot of word processing applic ...

Hi,I've just installed Vista, but since I have I cannot get any USB devices on my computer to work now... Everything was working fine before the upgrade, but now everytime I plug anything in Windows attempts to find the drivers, then tells me to insert the original disk. ...

In Windows XP, Drive D was my Western Digital My Book 250gb USB 2.0 Hard Drive. Drive E was my DVD/CDRW Drive. After a successful Upgrade, The two are swapped. D is the dvd/cdrw drive and E: is the USB Hard Drive.This ca ...

hi all,i have just updated my processor in vista ultimate 64 from amd 64 3200 to the amd x2 dual core 64 4200 and when i booted up for the first time vista says searching for new drivers to install for my new hardware then comes up failed for u ...

When I initially installed Windows Vista Home Premium OEM, I had an Intel Pentium 4 650 (single core 3.4GHz) Processor installed in my system. I have since changed the system processor ...

I am using windows VISTA , I can see only hte PC that using Windos VISTA, but I can't see the PC's that using windows XP in the network!!!! ...

I have a new computer running Vista Home Premium and an older computer running XP Home SP2. I am using a linksys wireless router with the XP machine plugged directly into the router and the Vista machine has a wireless card ...

Windows Firewall will not enable. Here is what is going on:Windows Firewall "Windows Firewall is not using the recommended setting to protect your computer." "Windows Firewall was unable to make the requested ...

When I receive a mail with a picture, the size of the picture is very big. I can't see the totlity of the picture. Isit possible to see all the picture ? Thank's for your help ! ...

I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit and am trying to use the Back and Restore tool to back up contents on my computer to my NAS. When I try to set it up the get the following error message, "The network share could not be accessed for the following reason: ...

If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is not even a subfolder, follows suit... (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini files and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files)Why is this? Anyway to decoup ...

So I loaded Vista on a new second hard drive.. so far it runs fine. First thing that really bothers me is windows mail not handling Hotmail... At the moment, j ...

I just want to ask this:My Secure Logon (you know, the one that requires you to press Ctrl + Alt + Del) is by default turned off. I want it enabled so I tried the Help and Support section. But it turns out that the checkbox in which "Require users to press Ctrl + A ...

Someone please tell me in simple 1 2 3 step method how to put notebook into the taskbar. I'm a newbie. Thanks. ...

I have received a new computer at work. My old one was Winxppro. We use Exchange on a windows 2003 server. When I log into my new Vista machine I received message that my profile could not be loaded in ...

need some help regarding on download on ie7 on vista home premium. i seem to have problem downloading stuff from micosoft.com, the error "This program cannot display the webpage Most likely causes: You are not connected to the Internet. The website is encounte ...

WINDOWS VISTA. I deleted a programme in error and the result has been that the desktop icon for explorer 7 has disappeared and the internet link associated with the START panel doesn't link but he green globe has remained there. Exp ...

Trying to install uphc on Vista home basic it fails with following message, any ideas appreciated."There is a problem with this windows installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected" ...

When I originally installed and setup Vista Home Premium I setup up just one account. When starting up it booted right to my desktop. Now after messing around trying to learn about Vista I have 2 options at startup, my account and Admimistrator. I s ...

Is there a way to get Vista to ask you want to do when the power button is pressed, like it did in XP. I know it sounds silly but you need it when using Media Centre via a remote. ...

Hi all,Anyone knows how to changes a normal user to a rootadmin under vista ultimate?Thx,Bram ...

I've been having random (approx. 75%) problems getting Windows Vista to enter either S1 or S3 sleep states since installing my new XFi Fata1ity card. The card itself works great (would like to see Vista supported software released soon). The system will attempt to e ...

I have an oem of vista which included the 64 AND 32 bit versions. I noticed that EACH HAS IT'S OWN product key. They are different. 1) Can I put one (64 Bit) on one PC and the other (32 Bit) on a ...

If I buy a laptop with Home or Home Premium on it, and I already have a Business update DVD, can I run that update on it? Or are there hardware requirements it might not meet? (I will get a laptop that h ...

When I open up WMP 11, it always starts up with the Library. I can't see any way of changing that through the options menu. Is there a way? And, secondly, I have my taskbar to autohide, but when W ...

Everytime I try to play a video file I get the following:"Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." ...

Is there any way to set up a network using a wired Linksys router? The main computer is running Vista Home Premium, and my husbands computer is running XP Home. ...

I have 2 shared folders on my Vista machine, one has photos for my son, 1 for my daughter.They each have an XP machine, and each can connect wirelessly through the router to my Vista PC.I set up desktop shortcut icons (through My Network ...

seem to have a virus called about blank advised xsoft spyse scan is the way to fix it is this a real scan or a con how do I remove about blank costing heaps in usage ...

Each time I boot up I get multiple security errors. It is a Mesh Machine with Windows Vista; I have had the machine for about 6 weeks, but the problem has only arisen in the last 3 weeks. Malware protection states “Windows did not find any antivirus software on t ...

Each time I double click AdAware SE from my desktop Windows Vista configures the program like it's installing it. It puts the AdAware folder in the Programs folder each time so it appears it's installing it again even though I haven't uninstalled it.Any ideas, James ...

I have upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate and when the upgrade was performed I was logged into XP as the local administrator. After the upgrade the local administrator account is disabled and the one other user that was also a ...

Hi, im having problems setting up windows mail.Ive set up my econnection. and can get on line ok.I have to go on web page to receive email.My server provider is tiscali.so i have to go everytime to the home page to lo ...

Why doesn't Microsoft help us. I can't send anything from my NEW laptop where Microsoft forced me to use VISTA. "Where in the world is Bill Gates"? Bob Young ...

I have have Vista Business and I keep getting a fatal error when I try to fax. Any ideas how to fix this? ...

Hi,I have a Vista Ultimate 64bit machine connected to my network. My LAN printer is an HP Color LaserJet 2600n. That LaserJet model uses hostbased printing such that the exact printer driver is essential, and unfortunately, there's no Vista x64 support for that printe ...

informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199400133But I'm sure this will taper off once Michael Dell finally starts selling boxes with Ubuntooooo on them. ...

Hello,Is there a way now to use VSS (Visual Source Safe) on Vista ?Regards, ...

I am using vista HP on my main (Host PC) and I am using xp home on my laptop. I want to be able to access my home pc from my laptop but the help file i ...

Aside from the security/file access issues, I have grown quite fond of Vista EXCEPTwhy do I now need to type in the browser bar, always. IE does not complain, it just sits there waiting forever until I go back and specify the protocol. even on WWW sites.This is the one issue that a ...

Some times the SystemTray's arrow (">") is not loaded at startup and connection icon is also absent in system tray. It seems there's a bug ...

Hi all Back in the 2000/XP days using Sysprep with a sysprep.inf file, we had some fancy Kixtart (kixtart.org) scripting that automatically populated some of the options (e.g. Language settings, Time Zone, Com ...

hi, i am having a nightmare trying to install vista business. my computer passes the upgrade advisor perfectly but when i a) try to upgrade from XP SP2 i get the error message 0xE0000100 failed to read from source and b) on a clean install it says press any key to b ...

Reference: Vista Home PremiumI have been wondering for a while if its possible to change the utalisation bandwith limits when monitoring the network usage within Wi ...

My wireless connection takes an unusually long time to initialise, during which other applications appear unable to read from the hard drive. The drive ...

Hi!I'm trying to get C&C Generals working on Vista and many people have said that the Application Comatability Pack from Windows Update has the fix to this. Howeve ...

I have a HP notebook which is supposed to haev RAM of 512MB, however for some reason it is showing 384MB only, I scanned the computer for virus and Norton didn' ...

Hi My OS is vista business.I've got nero7 installed and it works brilliant exept when i open the manuals section.The "CHM" files are not supported and can't be opened.Can somebody please show me how to rectify this problem as these are helpfiles and very h ...

The "Computer" window used to display as Extended Tiles. It still does, but the tiles are no longer "extended" they don't show the size of my hard disks or the remaining capacity, etcetera.My wife's account still displays Extended Tiles ...

Hi allI have a weird issue with Vista where, after working fine for a while, the O/S will suddenly go nuts and start responding weirdly to certain keys (for examp ...

Hallo,I noticed that my PC has a lot of Hard Disk activity in the first 20 minutes after start up. What is happening and how can it be disabled?Negative result of this activity: Hard disks are warming up the interior ...

I dont have Windows Vista yet, and I was wondering to those of you who had XP and switched over: Is Vista really better? Would you reccomend I get it? ...

Can someone please point me to an article describing how to Uninstall Vista and revert to Windows/XP? Thanks. ...

I'm using offline files in Vista Ultimate on my notebook to sync with an XP Pro desktop. In general it works well, but with one application (Solidworks) as soon as I open one of it's documents on either computer that file will not sync ...

I have an office laptop which just got vista ultimate loaded. I want to be able to use the wireless connection to access my network just like I would if I were sitting at my office desktop. My comp ...

Hi,I heard that Vista ultimate/enterprise allows you to run XP at the same time as Vista...is this true.I am putting Vista on a new machine but there ...

I am currently using Windows Vista Business from my local college's Microsoft software sharing service. As I understand it I am free to use this software as ...

I have several programs that require access to incoming UDP data. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, and the router is correctly opening ports. Using Netmon 3.0, I have confirmed that the packets are getting to Vista on the correct ports, but it doesn't seem to be passing them on to the p ...

Hi, I have added a toolbar to all the PC's in my department, the toolbar is linked to a network drive.If the server which hosts the folder containing the toolbar items goes down, or loses a n ...

I came here to Vista64.com over two weeks ago, hoping to find some information on Windows Vista. I hoped to see more civil forumgoers, helping others with their technical problems, giving valuable information on a certain matter, and, well, wi ...

Can anyone tell me the easiest way to transfer my wma music files to mp3 format using vista? ...

One thing I miss in the search is the choice of broader categories, such as audio and video and whatever else I dimly recall from the good old days. But now I hope someone will tell me ...

When I play a video using WMP on Vista, the sound is suppressed, no depth. Yet if I play it by the VLC player the sound is much better, is there a reason, do I need some codec for WMP?I've checked to see WMP equalizer or other effect are on and they are not.Any i ...

Last week i upgraded from xp home to vista home basic. BIG MISTAKE. After several attempts i finally got it activated but my problem is i cannot validate it. i ...

I recently purchased computer LENOVO 3000 J Series, Windows Vista Home Premium. After its setup, I started working and I was asked to write the 25c ...

Need help! The following Microsoft Products won't work on Vista.Windows Live MessengerVisual Studio 2005 Express EditionWindows Media Player Network Sharing DeviceWindow ...

Hi all, I'll try and keep this short and sweet.I have 2 hard drives, 1 is almost 'broke' (120gb) the other works fine (320gb). I installed Vista on the 320gb hard drive, but unless the 120gb hard drive is connected it wont load vista up. I have looked on the 120gb hard drive and there appears to ...

Hi I cannot switch to 3d windows. It's set in 2d flat panel mode. Also when I lay my cursor on the bottom toolbar I don't seem to get the small picture of the internet sites I'm veiwing any more. Please help. Vista is great but keeping me up late with lots of problems ...

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I have a problem with a Lacie Network Disk (NAS) which turns unaccessible from my Vista Ultimate PC after some time with the error message"The network BIOS sess ...

Ok I had XP installed on my pc, now we have vista home prmium as well as xp pro. Hard Drive has 3 partition, I would like to just delete the D: (System Partition with XP), and Unallocated Spa ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate, and for some reason my DVDRW stopped working, worked fine before, now getting a code 32 error "A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32) ...

i am using a pioneer drive with windows vista. if i load a disc just after start up it will work, but once i take it out the drive is unable to load another disc (even the same one again). Windows will hang if i try to shu ...

Hi,I have a ASUS DVDROM and a Pioneer DVR111 installed on the IDE BUS on my Asus Commando. Both drives are detected by the BIOS just fine and work flawlessly. But everytime I ...

Ok. So I have an issue that I don't know can be solved, but i hope you guys can help me out. I just got a new computer (compac) in febuary. it came with windows vista home premium which was cool although it took me a while to figure it out since I'm used to XP. So you all know the upgra ...

Hi,I've installed Vista Ultimate on one of my desktops, now I want to uninstall it. I found this fix,support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933168&SD=techbut I can't find the folder Windows.old on my PC. Why would the upgrade installation ...

I have a new laptop with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I need remote desktop to access my work PC. Will Media Center (included in Home Premium) be lost ...

I import video clips from my digital camcorder to my Vista "Videos" folder for upload to my movie production software (Cyberlink Power Director). I import the clips using Pixela ImageMake ...

I am having trouble with file sharing on vista home premium. I have a seconf drive that is set up to serve files to a small network with some vista and some xp machines attached. File sharing works fine most of the time, but occasionally, the shared files become unavailable to the netwo ...

Got new notebook with Vista Basic and connected to home wireless network (nonsecure) with no problem. Used connection to upgrade to Vista Home Premium. Now the notebook recognizes the networ ...

My Vista Laptop is connected to a Workgroup Network. On the fileserver I have a folder h:\user\rf This folder is assigned the drive letter r If I go to this folder I can read/write/delete no problem If I go to the drive letter I can only read. What ...