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In windows vista, what is the proper way to copy the Administrator profile to the default?Then how do you sysprep it and not loose the changes?ThanksJW ...

Building a new computer. Bought Vista Ultimate 64bit.Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32bit software? Or do I need to run 64bit versions of everything? Will using the 64bit version of Vist ...

Every time I try to select a folder or file that contains a video format I get the following message "COM Surrogate has stopped working" Close file must be selected over an ...

I am curious if anyone else is experience extremely slow network performance when attempting to copy files between either another Vista Desktop or a Windows 2003 Server?I actually get faster speeds downloading files off of the Internet! This really doesn't make any sense to me. I get the s ...

I am about ready to upgrade to vista, i would like either home premium or ultimate.My computer can't run Windows Aero, so does that mean that i wont have glass windows or start menu? ...

Hi!At the "place" where I formerly could see the performance indices for my hardware is now a blank site only telling me when the last assesment was. I would like to know how I can get it back? What is the issue? (Vista business 32bit)Kind regards, sap ...

Hi all,This morning my goodrunning Vista crashed suddenly and restarted itself automatically. After that, my Vista is now behaves like crazy and weird!The problems are:1) If I double click folder in Explorer, ...

I have a strict system backup procedure in place where I backup to a USB hard drive every week night using Acronis TrueImage 10...I keep 10 or more backup images on that exter ...

My machine: Socket 478 Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz 1 MB cache Ram 3 GB ReadyBoost 4Gb Radeon X1600 256 MB graphics card Powersupply Antec 550WI have changed both graphicscard and powersupply as I thought this was the problem.Vista Experience Index 4,4, lowest is CPU and Aero both 4,4 ...

In Vista it seems right clicking a file or folder with the Shift key held down reveals the 2 above (very useful) options in the shortcut menu.They're so useful, in fact, I want them to appear in the regular rightclick shortcut menu, without having to hold down shift.Possi ...

Hi all, I've just spoken to Canon Australia today and they have told me that they will be releasing Vista drivers for their printers during the first week of March 2007, this includes my model, LBP1120, which is good to hear.Phil ...

Please help me. This just randomly started happening last night. I can't find where to turn off this feature. It's placing these idicators on the screen any time that I push Shift, Ctrl, &/or Alt. In case you don't unde ...

I was wondering if this a common problem with windows vista. I have home premium it came preinstalled. I just purchased the computer less than a month ago. I ...

Hi,I have been playing about with Vista Home for the first time this weekend. I have got the 64bit version with 2G of Ram and over 100Gig of hard drive free. With nothing runnin ...

Just wanted to give props to all the people who take the time to help others out. Way to go! G ...

Hello All,My Pavilion desktop will not boot after "clean install" of Windows Vista. The only kind of boot I can get out of Vista is in safe mode. In which, I still can't s ...

I have been lucky, with very few problems, except for PowerDVD, and Netgear wireless NIC adaptor, which I have thrown out! This system is no different to others, it is based on logic. If we sit down and nut it out with reason, most times the solution is simple. an ...

The Add/remove programs applett does not allow the removal of some programs: TweakUI, intellimouse,....What works is to use the Installer cleaner to remove these programs.This does not remove the files/folders. Do ...

hi, I have gotten new laptop sony vaio with built in bluetooth with Vista home premium. and also bought bluetooth headset of NIKKAI model # BES005 from maplin electronics. I have successfully paired it with my laptop and I can hear ...

Anyone know of any apps that will convert video files to Windows Media Video format? ...

I wrote a little script that will display all the enabled services on your system. You can call it through the command line: cscript.exe "\PathTo\name.vbs"The names in brackets are the international names of the services, th ...

Since purchasing a new computor with windows vista, I am unable to uninstall certain programs. The error message states: The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation and I do not have sufficient access to uninstall. I am logged on as the admin. Where can I adjust t ...

My Icon keeps showing up in my toolbar indiciating that I have mail but most of the time I don't. I have to close Outlook and open it again to rid the icon. Why is this d ...

In the control panel in WinXP there use to be an Icon for "Add and Remove Programs". Can't find out how to remove programs in vista control panel. Anyone help me? thanks ...

if I upgrade processor from D820 to E6600 will I need to reactivate vista. ...

This morning my notebook refused to boot, hanging at the point where green bars go across a long rectangle with (C) Microsoft underneath it. It's an HP dv8000t (Dual Core 2500, 2gb RAM, 2 x 80GB HDD, 128MB GeForce Go 7600, 17" WSXGA+, DVDRW, wifi and bluetooth, came with XP ...

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Ok, by default Vista does not install the telnet client so I did that. I used to be able to telnet out of Windows XP via the telnet: browser command. This does not work anymore, it seems. I have t ...

Hello. Last weekend I've downloaded and installed the latest driver/ software for the x1600 and after the install and reboot it came up in blackandwhite. Colours are go ...

Am running Vista. Trying to connect to Xbox thru media center. I keep getting a warning that I have an extra firewall (I have Onecare) and directions on how to configure. I tell Onecare to allow Xbox connection. I type in the eight dig ...

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I received an email with a jpg attachment from a friend. The message and attachment were missing.The message came throught like this:This message has been processed by Symantec's AntiVirus Techno ...

On the right panel of the start menu when I click on the pictures button nothing happens. When I look at the pictures button "properties" there is no information so there is no link ...

Today, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium. I selected upgrade when asked what type of installation. Vista is up and running, but I'm missing a lot of files and applications in the "windows.old" file. I've tried searching on the official site ...

I added my vista biz laptop to the company domain.. That seemed to work just fine.. Even added the my domain account to the admin group. But when I push ctrl alt del to login, and go switch user, I can't get ...

I am getting no mpeg2 thumbnails in Vista MCE, I am getting them fine in the explorer view. My WMV files are getting thumbnails in mCE with no issues.I thought it might be a mpeg2 encoder issue, so I do ...

You can view free videocourses on Vista with Wikivid. It uses Wikipedia's mediawiki software adapted to upload or link to videos, and then arranges them into a course to learn from. wikivid.com/index.php/Windows ...

When I insert a photo CD then go to Computer to view the pictures I get this error message after clicking on DVD RW drive icon, "Sorry you must have the Windows Address Book installed. Please install the most recent version of Internet Explorer."First, Vista does ...

Hi, I have a new HP Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 Ghz, 4Gb, NVIDIA 7500 LE, with 250GB RAID 1 deskside computer driving a 22 inch widescreen LCD monitor. When watching a YouTube music video or watching video in Windows Media Center I frequently receive system shutdowns. I ...

Bought, installed and activated this....no probs, but per subject, it seems to have stopped during it's first Backup, to a DVD.Of course, when I click ca ...

Is there any form of newsreader within Vista (or Office 2007)? I cant seem to find one, and having installed Office 2007, I have lost Outlook Express, so too my newsreader, I fear!An ...

Hi to all :)I have a problem. I'm trying to share internet access. My Vista machine is connected to internet, XP laptop is connecting to Inet through Vista. As long as Vista firewall is completely disabled everything works fin. Enabling firewall kills the fun. What r ...

Similar to a few others reporting slowness in creating messages in Windows Mail, I also see this delay in loading/displaying/replying to newsgroup messages. It does not matter whether the email or news m ...

I unchecked a file type "stn" to remove it from indexing and when I went back into that list it was checked again. I did a test with tif and jpeg files. ...

Why is thumbdrive memory less costly then the memory in a computer? ...

I receive and read a lot of faxes daily. They are often faxed to me upside down. On the fax veiwer that cam with the old XP, there was a rotate button that you could click that would turn the fax right side up. I can not figure out how to do this on the new Vista Ultimate fax viewe ...

Purchased Vista home prem. Have had problems with force graphics card (nvida) 6200, dgbsvc (38 times) install shield, driver software installation (10 times), IE, Windows (10 times) and many many more. Not counting the many trips to the el ...

I have a piece of software called System Mechanic 7 Professional which the makers Iolo Technologies say is vista compatible. It clearly isn't yet MS list it as one of the Vista compatible pieces of software. Iolo claim that a lot of the features of SM7 Pro won't work b ...

I went into Microsoft help and support with a problem I had with an error message in security. Since I have only had my PC 2 months I expected to get free ema ...

Hi Guys,Interested to hear what you guys suggest for this problem.I had a PC running Vista. I connect to the internet via a Ethernet Cable that runs out the back of my PC to a dish on my roof with Client Premise Equipment (Wire ...

I'm running Vista Enterprise, and my offline files service will not start.The event view shows the following error when I try and start it:The Offline ...

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows XP Home in a dual boot raid 0 configuration. I'm aware that booting into Xp removes the restore points from Vista. However, I cannot automatically create any restore points in Vista. I can manually create a restore point but it wi ...

I know the burner is hooked up and working because I made recovery discs successfuly, but when I try to burn a movie its says there is no DVD burner installed. How do I get the DVD maker ...

prei have a new hp laptop with vista home premium installed. i also have a copy of the vista ultimate dvd. how does one upgrade ? ...

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Okay here is my problem.... When i click on windows mail in the start menu i get a error box that says "Contacts failed to load"i click ok, then the error:& ...

Hi!I've installed Office 2007 Enterprise on my Vista x64 system, but when I'm starting any of the Office apps, Office runs a setup/configuration prog (Office is collecting/gathering setup ...

I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine (vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200 Turbocache). I am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the sounds). Wha ...

In Vista Ultimate x64 with Bitlockerencrypted drive on Thinkpad T60 laptop, selecting shutdown/restart occasionally causes BSOD at last phase of shutdown referencing FVEVOL.SYS (no event written to event log, unfortunately.) The most recent failure on this particular occasion was on restart sho ...

This is all personal investigation and personal opinion. You can easily verify these findings yourself, and this data is provided in good faith.It appears t ...

For some strange reason I've been unable to access My NAS drive since I swapped my XP laptop for a Vista Business one.If I try to access any files on the NAS then the Windows Explorer (or file selector dialog) just hangs with a 'Not responding' error message.I have fiddled with ...

When i click on any screen name on yahoo messenger my mouse gives me this horribly loud beep how can i stop this ?? ...

I have just installed vista but now it doesnt pic up my network adapters that i use to connect to my adsl. I have a wireless card and a network adapter and i ...

Greetings,I am attempting to upgrade from Windows XP Pro SP2 to Windows Vista Home Premimum. When I incert the CD, Vista comes up with the message that my computer is not ACPI compliant. I checked my bios settings, APCI is enabled, so I assume for some re ...

I have searched all over the net for a solution to this problem but have found none,i think it should be a simple reg entry somewhere but i cannot find it. When you have avi files in a directory and vista creates a "video preview thumbnail" with movi ...

When I add more than five short movie clips, save and quit, then reload it, I can't play the timeline or export the movie. I can edit and everything else ju ...

Movie Maker or some form of slide show program? I have practiced a little using the MovieMaker program. With a little trial and error, I came up ok, but there are issues of having to switch timing and music etc ...

I already reported this problem on this newsgroup, but nobody had an answer. The problem is that on Vista network detection takes ages, as opposed to WinXP. B ...

I recently updated the driver of my wireless card. Under Network Adapters in Device Manager, Vista is now referring to it as: its name followed by "#2&q ...

Our mail server requires a certificate to be installed in order to access the mail through the web. When I pull up the address it ask if I want to continue to the site. I say yes. Then it flashes red at the top and shows the word CERTIFICATE in red. I click on it and clic ...

Heya guys!Well, my brother recently bought Sudeki for PC. It runs fine in Windows XP, however, I cannot run it any more because I am now running Windo ...

I see the pictures sent to me, but after "Save as" they are not stored in the file. When I try again, I get the Message: Picture already exists. Who knows the answer. ...

When I load Windows Mail the CPU Usage reaches 100%. What can cause this to happen ...

How can I not allow the email address to not be included in the "TO:" input line along with the Name of the person receiving the e_mail.P&L ...

i would like to print a list of contacts with only email addresses. does anyone know how to do that? ...

OK, so there are lots of messages offering help to make the spell check work, but how about making it check the spelling in British English rather that American English, (if there is, indeed, such a language!)? ...

Used to be able to export my address book to a "WAC" file and save it to a disk for archiving.Now you get a bunch of files with "VCF" extensions. ...

I've recently noticed that whenever you doubleclick an XPS file, it opens in the default web browser, i.e. Mozilla Firefox. As there is no Firefox plugin the browser than asks you to save the file.Pretty amusing, I thought.On checking the file association, .xps files a ...

Hi all; I am hoping that you can help me. I am having a problem w/ Vista locking up It happens after about 7 10 minutes of being on even at the Welcome screen. The monitor goes black and it's like the syste ...

I'm finding too many things won't run in Windows Vista. I just tried installing a simple student tutorial that I used in Windows XP and it won't run at all in Windows Vista??? Why??? ...

please help me...i don't know much about computers besides the basic use. I tried installing a music software and it seems my computer wouldn't allow it and it is saying that the problem is with the PCA2 and the setup is in which i was ...

HiMy Vista Home Premium PC can view/access files on my wife's XP Pro machine.She can "see" my PC's shared drive in the correctly named Workgroup, but when she tries to open anything on it she gets a ||Rods is not accessible, yo umight not have ...

Hello,All my network works fine, Internet and localy Details of the connexion only notice me that the IPV6 connexion is limited, all is Ok for the IPv4I just have a red cross on the icon as you can see there:computman.free.fr/scr ...

I am an original subscriber to Windows OneCare, which I've always used with it's Firewall ON.Upon installation of an upgrade from XP to Vista, I cannot access the in ...

I'm trying to set up a email account and can't find the correct server info. How do I do this. HELP!!!!!!! ...

Hi all,Great group here. Real people without 'tudes are hard to find.I have the multimedia keyboard with the five shortcut buttons at the top left, just to the right of the sleep button. My last keyboard had a, "Browser ...

How do I cut an "emergency" or criticalfiles startup DVD I have a dual boot system with XP Pro and Vista Ultimate?Thanks!Ross ...

Specific time limits were made for the account users who are children. After a week of use the users could not log on, including the times which they were al ...

Are these policies avalible in home premium, and if not are their any workarounds as of yet. _________________________ Adam Simmonds Systems Administrator ...

I have a new notebook computer with vista installed. I am trying to install xp pro on the same drive, because of program incompatibility. I created a new partition for xp, but when I boot from the cd it loads all the install stuff then stops saying it cannot find any hard drives. If ...

I run IE without addons, trying to fix some problem, now I am unable to run IE with addons. Also I try to personalize (Windows color and appearance) and I get only Windows Standard, Windows Clasic, High Contrast white, High Contrast B ...

....and can't get it back. I think there may be a bug in Vista. Twice now, when drawing the cursor across an Icon in the "Computer" window, the cursor has picked ...

XP allowed me to have a date of the form ...yyyy.mm.ddThe closest I can come in Vista is ...yyyymmddHow can I change the "" to "." in Vista to match my XP standard?_______________________________________________ Thom Little www.tl ...

i am new to the cumputer world and my computer uses windows vista home basic. my qustion is after i rip music into my library it skips or pauses at the end of every song when i play it back help me please. ...

Hi all,I think this is a bit old hat but it may still help people. As title, TCP/IP problems running Vista on a 1 month old Sony G11.I help run a Wireless ISP (WISP) and both login to the WISP from several locations getting IP ...

Hi,If I start DCOMCNFG.EXE on Vista and then navigate down to "DCOM Config", it shows a list of all COM servers on the machine. Some of them allow their properties to be adjusted, but many of them are grayed out. e.g.Wordpad can cha ...

So I have Halo on two of my computers (one is XP, one is Vista, let me tell you that was a headache and a half trying to get them networked) and yeah. I can share files and when I play Empire Earth and start a LAN game ...

How can I open an email sent as an attachment in Windows Mail. It bring up the associated programs message, so I saved the attachment then tried opening it with every program I could and it will open but shows all the header info and other junk that I shouldn't see. I can forward same email to m ...

Can anyone please tell me how I can completely remove this from the system tray? To me this is worthless (just clutters up my task tray with unnecessary icon) because even when I get spam (which is constant all day long)... it is telling me I have new mail. I don't want ...

In Outlook Express when I sent a new email I could click on the "To" and it would bring up my contacts which I had separated into folders/categories. In Mail when I do this I can only see all my contacts, not the category folders I had done. I can set up a ...

no apparent error messages. I am just not getting auto updates of patches any more.thanks ...

I've seen other people have this problem, but didn't find a way to resolve this.I'm running Vista Ult on a SBS03 domain. When I click add network printer I get a dialog box saying windows explorer has quit and is ...

I purchased a desktop last month with Vista preinstalled. Now I find out that my work emails are not compatable with it. I have purchased XP and need instructions on how to install XP instead of Vista. Please if anyone has any ...

Hello,Is there a way to add space to my main Vista partition?My Vista partition is located at the very right on the disk, and a free unallocated space is just to the left of it.The Vista's native disk management system can only shrink this partition, not to extend it.I have Paragon Hard ...

Ever since installing HID NonUser Input Data Filter "Optional Update" It has been conflicting with my ATI Catalyst Drivers for the x1950xtx dual videos and have been randomly gett ...

Hope you're listening Dave...[doubt anyone else has any inclination to wade through this :(]Started a new thread as the previous Indexing Questions thread got long...Do let me know what you make of this if you can,ThanksJulianSpecifics =======The indexing/search oddi ...

On 'microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/calendar.mspx ' it says 'Windows Calendar is fully compatible with the popular iCalendar forma ...

Just bought a new DVD writer... a LiteOn. Nero 7 Essentials comes bundled with it. But Vista won't let it install because it's incompatible. So I went to the Nero site and they have a "free upgrade" that's Vista compatible. But to make *that* work you have to have a ser ...

I try to run the Tweak UI program but it's blocked by DEP. I've already disabled DEP completely using the "bcdedit /set {current} nx AlwaysOff"command and the DEP page under system/advance setting has greyout. ...

I ordered and received a SIIG CyberSerial ExpressCard only to learn the driver is incompatible with Vista. I contacted SIIG about the problem and received a terse, "No, we do not have the VI ...

Hi guys i need help serious help basiclly i changed the date on my bios and then put the CD in to boot Windows Vista to startup it says do you want wi ...

My C partition is just 17 gigabytes because it's dedicated to Vista ONLY. Is there a way to change the default temporary directory from C to another hard disk? Because there's not enough space for a DVD im ...

When I open Internet Explorer and go to the homepage I have set (Yahoo DSL), I have the same page as the last time I shut down IE !! I have to Refresh that page....and several others in various programs...before I get new content !!!!!WAZZUP !!!!!!!!!!!???????????? ...

Vista simply lacks the compatibility with previous Windows versions to make it worthwhile. Help files, drivers, DOSbased software do not work at all like with XP (if they work at all). When you are paying employees to learn the quirks of Vista you are spending (most l ...

I dont really care.. whatever works fast and gets the work done.And that is called EXPEE!!!The best OS MS ever made! By faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr! ...

I had to buy my new computer, (windows vista home premium) after the power box died in my old win xp computer. I still have the hard drive. Any ideas of how I can access ...

I am having problems with my computer not detecting my mic, my speakers are conencted and work fine and the mic has been tested on other computers and is working fine on those. Having a look at other problems on this forum I beleive I may need to update my dr ...

we have just got a new pc with vista pre loaded, but no instalation disks, if i wanted to re format and re partition the drives is there any way of reloading vista without the instalation disks, i created a backup on first running vista will this do the trick or am i best not to do the re ...

How do you set it up so you can get to programs and applications from one machine to the other? I would like to work on various software programs that are on my desktop from m ...

I have a network setup with 6 computers 5 xp and 1 vista. from the vista I can see and access the other computers and printer but the other computers cant see the vista. all computers are on the same workgroup and there are no passwords. any sujestions? ...

Where in the registry is the recent network location list. i want to clear old shares and i can't seem to find how to do it. So i end up having all old and current network locations visible. ...

Hi. New computer with Vista Home Premium. I have 4 user accounts set up. 3 administrators, and 1 standard. When any of the 3 administrator accounts installs an application, the desktop icon shows up on all user desktops. When 1 user deletes the sho ...

im trying to plac two programs of DAoC but when i conect the second one it makes the first one go link dead of the internet how do i fix this i would like to use both my characters at once...(vista) ...

I get the following message when trying to send mail, using Microsoft mail on Vista (it was fine until today!). Windows help doesn't open properly, hence this post. "The message could not be sent. The ...

I tried to access the mouse pointers and can't do it. Event Viewer shows the following error message un applications.Faulting application rundll32.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b0e1, faulting module SynTPCpl.dll, version 9.0.1.3, time stamp 0x454fe5cd, exception c ...

HP and MS have left us swinging in the wind after Vista has swiftlyswollen their coffersm The saga of promised drivers and updatesfor legacy and new printers that have not come forth despite us spending money for these expencive pieces of balky hard ware are oft ...

I've got a new Vista laptop and want to use a printer on an XP network. I have difficulty in connecting to the network to start with as Vista sees the other computers sometimes but not others. I even have to reset the LAN adapter to even get on the internet. Wi ...

I am going to need to change my os from 64 bit to 32. Is this going to require a complete fresh install? Im pretty sure it would if I went from 32 to 64. I just need to know if I should get all my other software install disks out and ready when I do this. ...

Hi Everyone,Since I upgraded to Windows Vista....which over all I really like, I'm unable to open any emails with a .email extention. Outlook Express could handle those, but it ...

Hello, I am having problems with WMA 11 not opening in Vista. I click on the icon, tried running as admin, and tried opening various forms of media and nothing happens. When I reboot, it will come back and work for a while but if I close it, it stops working until another reboot. An ...

Hi, I need help badly due to my laptop.Problem:When I close the lid the computer goes to sleep... but when I open the lid the computer restarts. Or if I put it to sleep from the start menu, and then ...

I am organizing a folder of audio files by properties including genre, artist and #. If In Explorer when I attempt to set the value for property # to a value greater than ...

Last week when I installed my Bluetooth CD I got an error. When I restarted my computer my Bluetooth worked just fine but every time I start Vista it tries to install my driver and I keep cancelling the installation. ...

I have been messing with the registry and forgot to note my original settingscan some one look in their registry and tell me what the you have for these settingsHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT VBSFile\Shell\Open2\defaultHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT VBSFile\Shell\Open2\Command\d ...

I installed Power Point Viewer 2003 but I can't get it to open a document. It says I need to set associations in control panel. I tried to do that but it isn't listed as one of my choices. Is there a way I can still view power point documents? ...

I have been running Vista Home Premium with an ATI x1600Pro for a couple of months, and it always showed the video adapter driver twice in the Device Manager (Pri ...

not sure if this is in the right place, but here goes. I tried to play I game and I got this messages: Cannot obtain procedure: wglGetExtensionsStringARB" "Render failed to create because: OpenGL extension is not supported: GL_ARB_texture ...

My computer will not go into sleep after the set amount of time i've set it to. the screen turns off but that is all. Also, when i close my laptop the screen stays on. i would really prefer that the screen turned off as to not burn the monitor or anything. Any suggest ...

I have WinXP 32 bti edition currently installed and I was told by some people that I cannot upgrade this to Home Premium. That okay with me. But I have a few more questions. If I wipe my HD clean, so WinXP is gone, and then I insert a Home Prem upgrade CD, it asks me to put in a CD o ...

Hi i have a HP prescario (and im not very computer wise) I recently had a virus so my uncle tried to fix my comp but instead he deleted EVERYTHING from my ...

Can I disable this behaviour. My case is an Antec P180 (antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800)So what happens is the tray goes out hits the door and goes back then repeats... ....untill i open the door. And i have my case in in closed off compartment for noise ...

After deciding to take the plunge and upgrade to Vista I have to say it has been less than a pleasant experience. After hearing all the horror stories about upgrading, I figured that most were newbies to upgrades and didn't know what they were doing. I ...

I have an XP home desktop pc wired to a wireless router. This pc is connected to a USB hard drive and a USB Printer. I have set up a wireless connection with file and printer sharing to a Vista Home laptop. The Vista laptop can see all t ...

I d/l a 4gb file, and uncompressed it. There is 1 image and 1 .doc file in the folder. The image is corrupted and I want to delete both. When I go to delete it says I don't have administrator priviliedges, but only have ...

Message rule is listed, but does not workFrom People Color it red ...

HELP! I can't send or recieve mail. This keeps coming up: socket error 11001 error no: X800CCC0DDoes anyone know whats going on?? ...

I have been running both Mail programs on my machine (not at the same time) and find that WLM is much faster in reading mail and newsgroups. Also, when switching between news groups the marking as read and loading the new news group is much faster. WLM also sh ...

Okay, so Windows Mail does not support the Hotmail HTTP protocol. Surely, there must be an alternative way to get email downloaded on a Vista computer. Or are the engineers at Microsoft so daft stupid that they dropped this ...

How I define "elegant" ...Running a file system that is journaled so that your data is protected from power outages for example.Running a file system that doesn't require defragging.Running a file s ...

I'm trying to use Vista Ultimate's 'full system backup' to backup to an external disk attached to another Vista system. I can see the external disk and contents just fine (shared out for full for everyone) but ...

Hi, How I can transfer my personal configurations, msgs, etc from my old PC running Windows XP SP2 in Spanish to my new laptop running Windows Vista Home Basic in English? I already try with Easy Trasnfer but I got a msg about language incompatibility. Please, it`s very important for m ...

Does vista log off of network each time you change a user?Is this by design or a bug??This did not happen in the past with XP... using a modem with ethernet connection...thanks ...

My camera works fine except when i look for it under the scanners and cameras menu in control panel, it does not show up. The only thing that shows up is my multifunction printer...but not my camera. I have t ...

When closing down after a session sometimes I notice a small popup type window with the heading. Site Advisor Has Stopped Working! Aproblem caused the progr ...

Inserting any type of disk causes a blue screen shut down after the drive starts to spin. Drive is visible in Explorer, the driver and all properties check normal. The drive works in Safe Mode and you can boot from the Vista upgrade d ...

Can anybody recommend a free / cheap alternative to the Backup and Restore Center, that works more like the NTBackup from previous versions? All I want is to be able to select the folders to backup ...

hi i was wondering if anyine could help me. I just bought a new vista computer from dell and i am loving it! the only problem is that every so often the quick laun ...

I have a Kingston Voyager 2GB flashdrive which I use for ReadyBoost. Problem is that memory keep disappearing from the drive. I initially set ReadyBoost to use 1.5GB to keep me ha ...

i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of a crescent moon.in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button in the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete power off), and thats the way i like i ...

I have Vista Ultimate x32. I just bought a few days ago Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Keyboard & Mouse 7000. Everything works fine for a few days and then suddenly both Keyboard & Mouse stop working after reboot, restart or weak up from sleep. To make them works again, I ha ...

I've got an Asus DRW1608P and every time I put a CD or DVD in it causes the system to go to a blue screen (and then reboot). I've tried loading the latest driver from Asus as well as deleting it from device manager and letting Vista r ...

I do have the "WHQL certified US English driver under the 7 series from NVIDIA" installed as of yesterday.And the "Device Manager" Hardware, Display Adapters, NVIDIA 7800GTX do show the updated drivers.Problem. ...

I have recently installed Vista Home Premium onto my Alienware Area51 7500. I'm very pleased with the OS however have one real problem when using the mouse.When I double click(or single click depending on what i'm doing) on a URL link, shortcut or program the system intermittantly doesn't do ...

I installed a new mouse on my laptop (a small notebook hand mouse, plugged in through the USB) and when I go to disable the little mouse pad thing that is on the keyboard of the laptop in devices, there is t ...

Hello, is it possible to upgrade vista basic to other vista version?! What about downgrade, is it possible also?!José ...

OK I am confused, I am installing Vista Ultimate 64. I go through POST, then boot from CD, it goes black, then I get the green microsoft loading bar, then the screen goes black. nothing a ...

Hi, My friend put on a nongenuine copy of vista ULTIMATE on my laptop. It kept asking me to activate with the product key, but as this was not genuine i didn't do anything. My friend told me th ...

In more sophistated software, one apparently can define Chapters in video production, or scene selection defined as titled chapters or scenes.Instead of Movie Maker defining scenes in the DVD made from Movie Maker, is there any way that this can be done in the video edi ...

When I try to update definitions I receive error code 0x80240029: The program can't check for definitions updates. Any suggestion? ...

When I try to uninstall a program, I get "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation", followed by "You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Retrospect 6.5. Please contact your system administrator."But ...

HiWhen I go to play Medieval Total War 2 I click on the icon , the round windows circle things turns as if it is about to do something then nothing. About 2 minutes later the game loads up.All the time there is disk activity. I have 2 Gb Ram and a 320Mb graphics card.Any clues to why the delay ...

1. De spellingscontrole is nooit beschikbaar geweest. Dan rijst mij de vraag: waarom is in het menu extra dan spellincontrole voorzien. 2. Het is zeer zwak van Microsoft dat deze vervanger van Outlook Express zo gebrek ...

I'm trying to subscribe to alt.humor using the Windows mail newsreader. How do I know what the news server is called?Much help and maybe a walkthrough would be appreciated.Thanks ...

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My windows mail is not keeping sent messages. But I can recieve the mail. B/R Abiao ...

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I am experiencing very frequent freezing in all programs & failure of the mouse to engage options on pop up windows (eg "Allow this program outside of protected zone" window) etc Additionally,even though my notebook is only weeks old & ,I thought,c ...

using both IE and Mozilla firefox, I'm finding that part of myspace wont come up, particularly the part where the preson posts comments (it shows up under your top friends list) ...

Vista Home Premium. I was searching for a file with Agent Ransack and it found it in a folder that is 25 deep. I went into Windows Explorer and expanded it to see if it was ...

What happened to all the questions from 5107 to 5807?? Dave ...

I have Vista ultimate and am using Bit Defender Internet Security ver. 10 which is supposed to be vista compatible. I cannot get Vista to recognize it. It keeps saying I do not have a firewall or anti virus installed. ...

Recently bought laptop dual core intel 1gb mem ge force GO 7300 graphic card doesnt seem to support the 3 D effects Is it due to driver probllems?where can I get the install? searched the nvidea they dont have drivers for th ...

I have a card reader that is intergrated into the laptop and after installing windows vista it no longer reads cards that it read in XP system. I decided to bypass the reader by getting a USB card reader, and while it recongnized the reader, it still fails to recognized ...

I have had a notebook with Vista Ultimate for almost two months. I use it from home to vpn in to work via a wireless internet connection. I use it at work via the motherboard NIC (nVidia). Last week I ...

Just built a new Vista Ultimate (32) PC. For backing up data folders, I connect (via UNC) to it from a Windows 2003 Server which runs SmartSync, a folder syncing utility. This worked flawlessly with th ...

I want access an htmlfile with internet explorer 7 on a vista client. This html file is situated on a network share, which was connected at system context.I get an error, t ...

ive gone into security and the bottom 2 boxes arent checked.i only have a problem sending to one person on my list. i get a message that my message will ...

Dear Sir / Madam,I have been usning Outlook Express since long now. Now when I bought Windows Vista I switched WINDOWS MAIL.But i am facing problems with it. Now i think outlook express ...

I use Windows Mail and have six different addresses I use regularly. I get emails from lots of people, addressed to all six addresses, but my MAIN address is bilglasatkc.rr.com. As far as I know, I r ...

When running a query such as "Select * from Win32_Processor" using WMI, specifically when trying to get the LoadPercentage. this line is appended several times to C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Logs\FrameWork.logFailed to read Perflib key: 5 05/11/2007 02:19:16.714 thread:4912 ...

I use Corel PhotoPaint. After using a number of application I wanted to use PhotoPaint. error message Application stopped. Problem event name, BEX (branch extended)Have to restart.Can this problem be fixed or I have to wait for a Corel Vista update ...

My screen sometimes has a dead spot on it. It is quite difficult to explain but when it occurs there is a square in the middle of the screen about 10cm X 10cm where nothing works. You can still see every thing on the screen but yo ...

Hi, Will my Project 2000 software run on a Vista computer?Thanks, Bill ...

In an effort to save HD space ( I'm losing 1 GB every few days, and System Restore is gaining 2), I'm trying to get rid of excess baggage.In Computer ...

I am using new laptop come with windows vista basic OS. Usually when I play some WMV files, it plays for sometimes then hang and monitor off, but the computer still working. I tried to press ctrl alt delete to stop the task of playing it or esc, or ...

We are currently in the process of getting some users in the company to test vista. I installed Office Communicator 2005 on a vista machine, it connects to our s ...

i can't reach the 'safe mode' option in the boot menu. when i press f8 right after start up i reach a menu looking like this: ____________________________ Boot MenuSelect a Boot First Device NVIDIA Boot Agent ____________________________sorry if this i ...

When will we get service pack 1 for windows vista, will we get it before summer end's Thank's IQON ...

Is Windows Mail the samething as Outlook? I downloaded Windows Office Publisher 2003, but I cannot find Outlook, is Outlook part of this program? ...

Says windows vista doesn't support it (This operating system does not support playonline)... play online is the feature used to get onto final fantasy 11 online's servers. It would be nice if you guys could fix this.If my computer specs are needed here they are: 1gb ram 100g ...

when down loadinding video vista and ie7 are very slow any suggestions? ...

Hi, When I try to open a power point email attachment, it says "could not be opened because the associated helper application does not exist". When I save it to a folder, I can open the file. I can not go from ...

After swearing at my new Vista installation I started rummaging through all the settings and I find that the system reports 768MB memory whereas I have on that particular notebook 1.5GB and (since it is a swappable Dell drive) 2GB on my machine at work. The s ...

Does anyone know why OneCare constantly changes my firewall setting back and forth between "restricted" and "automatic", claiming the network is chnging back and forth between unsecured and secured? I'm not changing netwroks, and it IS secured. ...

At the beginning I will state that I cannot use Vista for my primary graphics tasks: it is too slow and unstable. Among instability issues is the report that Vista unloads monitor calibration data every time it flashes a warning message. This renders Vista utterly unusable for graphics wor ...

Kind of ironic that I'm having problems with the Problem Reports and Solutions application but here it goes... The links to the Problem Reports and Solutions Application don't work anywhere unless I right click the ...

hi the way to finish the up date you need to disable pctools fire wall, thats all dont forget to anable it :)) ...

Hi guys+girls, hope you can help. Whenever I reboot my PC (C2Duo 6600,2Gb RAM,250Gb SATA,Asus P5VM DH,Audigy 2XS, NVidia 7600GS); Basically Vista loses drivers for various stuff such as my sound card, USB hubs,wireless cards. It reinst ...

i just got vista. i dont like it....i have a dell 17 in monitor...everything is tooo big and fuzzyy!! the text..the images are realllllllllllllllllllllllly bad!!!i have looked all over..and read what i found..it is not helping. i really dont understand ...

The driver installs perfectly on Vista, but it is set to MUTE by default. I had to go to balance options in the properties of the soundcard to unmute it. Then ...

Hi, I have download the updated driver from logitech for the Quickcam Communicate. I start the installation and at the "Plugin your camera" it does not detect the camera. ...

The nforce4 update available through Windows Update actually BREAKS activation.After installing the update, Vista becomes unactivated. Rolling back the d ...

Hope someone can help me with this problem i have with windows vista basic. for some reason windows vista no longer will install devices automatically, eg a usb flash drive which vis ...

So I've been looking through all of the questions and answers about Zune users who is currently using Vista as OS, and it seems like there aren't a really clear answer if Zune is working with Vista or not. Because per ...

When I wakeup my computer after Vista has been asleep, my internet connection is significantly slower. For example, pages that would normally take 12 seconds to load take 1020 seconds and images are always very slow to load. The problem can be reproduced with ...

Hello EveryoneI have an Asus M2n32 WS Pro with the lateest bios 1301 2Gb ocz DDR2 800 platinum an adaptec 39320 HDA ATI X1600Pro 2x SCSI 73gb drives 1x 80gb ...

Hi,Wow, they made some serious changes to Vista. So far I have these questions:I have an XP that has a shared printer, but when I try to connect to it from Vista it crashes the spooler. How do you install a network printer, but then redirect it to use a Vista driver instead of pulling it from ...

Whether it is something that I've ripped or downloaded I get static and freezing around the 3 minute mark when playing back music. Doesn't happen to the same tracks all the time. ...

I have over 400,000 images in my gallery (on a server) and I noticed that it doesnt try and cache all the thumbnails for fast performance. It seems like the pictures.pd4 file has a cap of 350k on it but I have more than enough space for it ...

I have been using my media player to watch downloaded videos fro a course I am doing. All of a sudden I am getting a box telling me my security settings do not allow me to do so. I have not changed my settings and cannot figure out what is stopping it.If anyone has an ...

Does anyone know of a Real Player version that works in Vista 64Bit.Cheers ...

When I test the sound in Control Panel my speakers work. Then when I try to play anything in iunes, WMA or MP3 format or on web cam the sound is totally muted. Helpthis is driving me crazy. I have checked and nothing has been muted that I can see. Thanks ...

Any help with this problem would be much appreciated as it is "doing my head in".1 I am running Vista Business. 2 I have never been able to connect to FTP servers via IE7/Windows Explorer. 3 I can connect without a problem using FireFox.The IE connection ...

I work for a school and we have just received new computers loaded with Vista. We are running a Win 2k3 servers, with DHCP. The DHCP address that is given to all computers has a default gateway that i ...

Does any of you know HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY START ADHOC WIFI CONNECTION ON VISTA STARTUP?Each time I start the system I have to click Connect To > Connection > Connect. Besides sometimes it automatically disconnects when the ...

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I'm new to Windows Mail. When I write an email the spell checker is showing that it is set for American English and not for UK English. I've had a quick look but have not been able to a ...

I used to access my hotmail through OE, now on vista I can not..... :(Is there a good widget than can manage it, ot can I get it into vista mail somehow??Phil ...

Since installing Windows Vista, my computer does not keep the correct time. I have to constantly change it to the correct time. Also, Sometimes when I shut down, the computer screen goes blank but does not shu ...

I am using Vista Ultimate. I am unable to preview any office document (Word, Excel, Powerpoint 2003 or 2007) in the preview pane. I have the preview pane opened from organize>layout>Previewpane. I have also che ...

Everytime I use Windows Explorer to work with files it locks up for a period of time the lets me work on file, (move, rename etc) I use explorer all the time in my work and it will lock up 90% of the time. Any suggestions. I am using an ...

Hiis there anywhere i can configure previous versions?I would like to change what files are tracked, where they are tracked, and where the changes are stored. ...

Hi I just installed windows vista and I thought I backed up my files but I didn't and now I can't find the windows.old files, where can I find it? I tried on Start Search but I didn't fint it. T ...

I just got a new machine with 80 B of space and suddenly within a few weeks find myself down to 3 GB of space available. My last machine only used 15 GB of space after three ye ...

I have a Samsung SHS182M DVD burner. Whenever I try to create a Photo DVD using 'Windows DVD Maker' under Vista (32bit), I get the message 'DVD Burner not found'.I can burn DVDs using Windows Vista Backup (thru the Backup and Restore Centre).I have not installed any 'Samsung' dri ...

I can hear audio using winamp and windows media player, but I can't hear audio for windows sounds such as the bootup sound. I have right clicked the speaker icon in the task bar and verified 'play windows startup sound is ...

Vista will not let it install or unistall from control panel,how to get it out so i can try it again?????????? any ideas anyone ...

every time i go to open a windows doc i get the same error message" windows can't find the ,doc or powerpoint i then click ok and it opens up. Have be ...

Any recommendations on websites for sidebar gadgets? I have been through the live gallery and liked the 'multimeter' that shows both core processors and RAMI would like a nice one showing internet activity and also one s ...

I recently upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Home Basic. I'm not able to keep Vista and now I need to revert back to XP Pro. The only way I'm going to be able to go back is to do a clean install of XP, but the only version I have on disc is ...

In following this thred of posts and wanting Vista, I was just wondering, as many times as I've reinstalled XP over the years is it true that (if I bought Vista Home Premium) It can't be reinstalled?If so, how many times can I reactivate Vista? ...

Is it possible to edit the Windows Photo Gallery settings? I want the viewer to open a .jpg file i the same window (like the faxviewer in XP) instead of opening a new every time I click on a picture file i Explorer. ...

I posted this question a couple weeks ago and got no adequate response, so I'll try again in hopes someone knows the fix.I have 2 Vista machines and neither one shows any results when I click on the search feature "Shared by Me&quo ...

last night my son downloaded an activex that was needed to view a video.when it had downloadedhe noticed that a free security program had been downloaded and installed with it ,i would have expected norton 2007 to stop this ,mabe it did but h ...

Hello, I have a new Gateway MX8734 Notebook; it is using Vista Home Premium. My system is completely updated using Windows & Gateway’s web sites. My problem is after waking from hibernate mode. I can use the Pointing Device Pad all I want, but the f ...

All my pictures show the windows photo gallery icon instead of the thumbnail of the pictures, how do I change the settings to show the picture thumbnails? And the pictures aren't see ...

If I right click on recent items, the drop down menu no longer has an option to clear recent items. I am running Vista Business and there are recent items there to clear. ...

My computer will, 30 seconds after I log into windows, make the entire screen except the cursor go dim. It looks similar to when UAC dims the monitor to focus on a specific prompt, but it is perpetual, and the only t ...

I have a folder on a partition where I store disk images created by Acronis True Image (.tib files). For some reason, Vista in its infinite wisdom has decided that this folder contains "picture" type images and has presented me with columns such as "Date Taken" and ...

I've just got my new computer 2 weeks ago which runs on vista home premium. it was all looking good until recently when the icons started to change. for example, in the start menu, when i clicked the firefox browser icon, msn messenger pops up instead. the description for the application is cor ...

i have an HP Pavilion and i was curious if it is possible to connect my xbox to the laptop as a moniter to play my games on like a television ...

My Dell XPS 600 was having video problems when booting so they replaced my motherboard and video card, but now I can not get the NVIDIA driver (released by NVIDIA on June 1, 2007) to install correctly in Vista. The Device Manager says "This ...