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Hello, I'm running Vista 64 bit Ultimate on my desktop and my notebook and I have the following question:I downloaded the SP1 Installer for Visual Studio, which is quite large (442 MB executable ...

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me. My son was invited to test Vista for bugs and hacking and to submit ares needing improvement. This he did. He even provided solutions to the problems he found. His reward was to ...

Im trying to play jk2 and when i load up it saysGLW_StartOpenGL() could not load OpenGL subsystemwhat can i do to make it work......its something with the video card or somethin ...

Tengo el Windows Vista Home Premium y quiero utilizar windows mail junto con mi cuenta de gmail.cada vez cuando intento de configurarlo asi me aparece este errorEl servidor finaliz� inesperada ...

I see a page where it states it can be done but no instruction on how to. Any one know how to do this? Thanks. ...

Je peux envoyer des messages avec windows mail mais je ne peux en recevoir. Comment faire ? ...

After using Windows 2000 for several years, I recently purchased a laptop with Vista Home Premium installed. Since I do some simple web development on a couple of sites I have (I use Macromedia Homesite to write the code), I set up IIS. In Windows 2000 I used the ...

i am having an extremely irritating time just performing basic functions in vista. scroling, min/maximizing, typing in fields, causes erratic changes and freezing. a typical problem i have is that when i try to scroll down a document using the sidesliders, t ...

No matter what I do, I cannot succesfully register these files. I have even downloaded 3rd party "registering programs". I have placed the files in ...

My laptop refused to do anything after going to sleep. Buttons like capslock would work (LED goes on), and the LED for power is also on. But it is impossible to wake the laptop up. When I turned it off and on again ...

After switching from XP to Vista, I'm having problems with some code that makes use of cdo (I'm using my ISP email account to send mail via smtp).Initially I got back an error: The 'SendUsing' configurat ...

Hi to all i have been having issues ever since upgrading to vista with my wireless adapter, iam using an EDIMAX USB wireless adapter which i use as an access point to share my internet connection with my laptop, with win xp this would work lik ...

i just bought this new computer and i don't like the new vista OS, its difficult to understand and not working with a bunch of my programs. I'm considering going back to windows XP, but i don't have the back up disk from my old computer. Does anybody know who i could contact to get a real co ...

Ever since I installed Vista Home Premium Upgrade I get the following errorsFAST.EXE APPLICATION ERRORThe application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142) click ok to terminate the application.after I click the following message appears.Microsof ...

I have updated to Vista and have the usual driver issues with a new system> But I can not understand that although while I have the correct driver ...

What do you think about this software? Now I use NOD 32 2.7. On may I am planning to buy a new computer with Ultimate or Home Premium and Office 2007 Ult ...

I've updated my Windows XP machine to Windows Vista Home Premium and have had no problems at all. I see so many people having dozens of problems and pointin ...

i tried to activate my Windows vista Business pack, but the product key on my sticker is not valid. How is this possible? ...

Upon upgrading to Vista, my mouse stopped working. I have installed and uninstalled it and tried both a PS/2 mouse and a USB. After reading of other related issues on here I ...

7.8.5.0 on their website: nero.com/nero7/enu/nero7up.php ...

I have all my emails in a .pstfile im my old computer with outlook express. how can I get thse to my brand new vista computer with windows mail? ...

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Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033Additional information about the problem: BCCode: f7 ...

I have a new emachine, came with Vista & Works 8 preloaded. My printer is an HP Deskjet F380. Works Word Processor works fine, but data base & spread ...

Tried to install some new software and got this error message.Not enough quota is available to process this commandanyone can give me some advice?Using Vista ultimate 64bit ...

Is there any DVD player software that will upconvert DVD 480i to 720p or 1080i?Al ...

just wont rid itself of the temporary internet files when i close ie7, yup i have enabled that option in the internet options, despite me running in admin mode it still wont get rid, i dont want the virus scanner and defrag running for ages on end ...

We bought Windows Vista Home Premium *retail* for my machine today, and I've already ordered my 64 bit version from Microsoft, I'm guessing the new disc will be tied to ...

I'm wondering how to send out an automatic reply to all incoming emails if I am away from the computer for an extended time. ...

Hello everyone,There is something that bugs me in Windows Explorer... Is there anyway to fix this: When I open up my explorer it always shows; Rating, Tags and Date Taken. It also doesn't keep my choice ...

Hi, If I try to right click & drag a files from an external source, eg. Memory stick or DVD . Windoews Explorer says " it has encountered a problem & needs to restart" I click on OK & Explore ...

Op mijn Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo E heb ik een tijdje geleden windows Vista geinstalleerd. Deze computer heeft een geluidskaart met een optische en een analoge uitgang. Nu wil ...

I want to add my second rapto 150 but I have vista installed on the other drive, would I need to format and reinstall in order to make the array with both drives? If not is there a software that can do this without having to reinstall?Thanks ...

So I just bought my laptop back in January. Since then I have reinstalled operating systems atleast 5 times, between installed linux and removing and going back to XP and now with Vista. My question is, is this horrible for my computer? Should I stop this? I really want to go back to ...

I recently purchased a new laptop with the following specs.Vista Home Premium 32 bit Intel Dual Core 2 1.66 2GB Ram Intel GMA 950 Video CardI have used Windows DVD Maker to make two 90 minute DVD's from avi files imported from my camcorder.The final produc ...

Anyone experiencing issues with Windows DVD Maker should try installing Cyberlink Power DVD Version 7 and the Power DVD7 Patch 2211a, this solved all the issues that I was Experiencing. The biggest being what appears to be the most commen to us all, the chashing of WDM.C ...

When I try to send mail I get a message that my server is not responding. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? ...

Well today I just upgraded to windows vista home premium from windows xp and the first thing i get from when vista started is a pop up saying "windows explorer has stopped working." It gives me two options of restarting or checking online for s ...

I finally got it to work. Third time was a charm. Don't know why Vista took longer than it would've elsewise, but... This camera is good, although it could use some add ...

I setup a web application and the thing is using the Default App Pool which itself is set to use ASP.NET 2.0.x. The problem is when I bring up the browser to the website (aspx page), it fails and says ...

I hit that button the web pages would be stacked but for some reason now when I hit that button it just goes directly to the desktop. It works when I h ...

Three times, any time I attach or remove a USB device, or select the "safely remove usb device" applet. It flashes the screen very deliberately, three times, slightly slower than the old triple ding yo ...

Has anyone tried the following on Vista: pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/01/usbknoppix510 ?Curious to see if it will work or not. I'm going to get a 1GB flash drive tomorrow and give a bash. ...

I have Norton Internet Security 2007 on my Vista Ultimate (32bit) OS and yesterday when I did AltTab to switch tasks I saw that NIS2007’s request to run Live Update window was shown. I ...

Hello,I have 2 messages that pop up every time I log into Vista Ultimate for software for my touchpad on my laptop. I've added the 2 programs to Windows Firewall exceptions list but this has made no difference. How can I stop these annoying messages popping up?Kol ...

I can not connect to the internet:(When I had just gotten my new laptop I was able to connect to an unsecure network, but when I got home I was not able to connect to my secure network at home or an unsecure network on my tr ...

I'm having a random display issue with Vista. Every few hours my display stops working and everything moves randomly around the screen. I can altctrldel and sel ...

Please I need help, to get Read Mail icon open windows mail, when I click on it, nothing happen... to see my email I need to open with windows mail icon in start menu. Thanks, Don Don ...

I keep getting a message "Low Disk Space you are running out of disk space on Recovery (D). To free space on this drive....." I go to free s ...

Recently my notebook has been shutting down unexpectedly without warning. It simply turns off instantaneously (it's on wall outlet). When turning the system on and booting for a while, I get a blue screen with a fatal error coded c000021a and a crash ...

I've installed Windows Vista Ultimate and I'm impressed with the new OS. Only problem is when I connect my MCE Remote control I lose my Standby functionality.Any Suggestions? ...

I use Font Expert to manage my fonts and font groups i tend to only activate the specific font's i'm using at any time. That said, i'd like to deactivate anything preinstalled by windows and other apps, but keep active only the required vista fonts. What are these ...

I have a Toshiba Notebook and the video will glitch once in a while. However with a game like Civ4 it will glitch excessively. Is there anything I can do to fix the video glitch ...

I cannot access the builtin Microsoft Help and Support in my 32bit Vista install. Every time, without fail, I get this error: Microsoft Help and Support has stopped workingA problem caused the program to stop w ...

windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/95725/95725.htmlI would just suggest that MS has their hands full trying to patch the buggy beasta!neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39297 The title for this newspos ...

When I move the cursor out of an active window, it....uh.. "autominimizes". I click the tray.. window pops up, but I'm just to slow and before I get the pointer back up..the window drops ...

Im thinking about upgrading my Windows Xp to vista, but when i have backed up all my files, will i need to re install any of my Games, programmes etc after i have completed?Comments would be appreciated :) ...

I moved my hard drive from one computer to another now my windows will not activate because of the product number was registered on my old laptop. I ...

After speaking with technical support, I am hearing that the Windows Vista Movie Maker Program cannot import mp3 music files.Is it possible to change an mp3 file to a wma f ...

Hello All,I have a home network set up as follows:#1: (Lenpc) pc with vista home premium and a brother printer directly installed via usb.#2: (Familypc) pc with xp sp2 and a hp printer direc ...

I recently purchased a 2 week old dell from someone. When I upgraded to Windows Vista I noticed the computer has two user accounts. Administrator and Guest. Guest in turned off by default so obviously I must be using Administrator. My questio ...

The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing email [SMTP] server. For help solving this problem, go to Help, search fo ...

For some reason my signature is not appearing when I reply or forward an email. I have ensured that in the options the box is "Unticked" to allow the signature to be sent, anyone got any ideas?CheersTony ...

Howdy all Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started ...

Hi allHave been having trouble trying to import my Outlook Express “saved” emails into Windows Mail.The error message that I get says:“No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another fo ...

I have Vista Business running on my work computer and notepad is horribly slow. Its just unresponsive. I mean, Internet Explorer is faster than notepad. I have Vista Ultimate on my tablet PC and ...

My Vista recovery drive is almost completely full. I reduced the size of the primary partition and now there's unused space. I can't see how to get the Recovery drive expanded. Can anyone h ...

When I try to send email with Vista I get an error message that says"Windows mail no longer supports the HTTP servers used by Hotmail and other web based email providers. I'm not very computer literate s ...

I purchased the Vista 32bit Ultimate and may have found a bug while trying to create my own theme since Microsoft decided not to have a PLUS! pack this time around. What I discovered is that when I go into PERSO ...

what is the normal service pack download size? ...

Hi.I've seen that people having the same problem as I have in Windows Visa Backup. This seems to be related to hard disk configuration. Please visit this lin ...

Why is it that when I go to the shutdown menu on Vista, that it always defaults to the sleep option? XP would remember the last setting I chose (shutdown, restart, etc) and default to that. Is there anyway to change this behaviour or change the default?Thanks. ...

The Desktop Window Manager is experiencing heavy resource contention. The Desktop Window Manager responsiveness has degraded.How do I increase the Desktop Window Manager responsiveness? Change settings? Ad ...

I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong group. Here is my problem. I had all my media stored on an external drive that has now failed. So now I want to use a different drive for my media.The problem is that Media center is still showing icons for my lost media and it is messing ...

The Nero SmartStart interface comes up as a frame and blank (my desktop) in the middle. What happened?TIA Bill in Indy ...

I had a similar problem with my printer, I downloaded the update software from HP etc but my printer still was not recognised. When I plugged in my USB, it could not configure. Eventually HP wrote to me and told me that it was a Microsoft problem and to get in ...

Ever since I installed last weeks Vista security patch (KB925902), Vista no longer see's my firewire external hard drive. Does anyone know if Microsoft has released a patch to fix the problems that KB925902 has produced?Tha ...

so i wanted to install something and i put a cd in and it cant find it then i noticed it says This device cannot start. (Code 10) at the device manager i have no idea how to make it work someone please help thanks ...

I'm new to vista but I'm not sure how or where you go to change the background for the log in screen. I know how once you are in your profile to change the desktop background but how do you go about changing the log in scr ...

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 an ...

I am experiencing incredibly poor performance when copying and moving files, and yes, even calculating the time to move the files takes just as long as actually moving the damn files! As this is one of the most b ...

I'm trying to set up security on a new laptop (Windows XP). I checked the security centre and the firewall was already set up. However I then installed Norton and used its firewall. Now I'm experiencing problems connecting to the internet I keep losing connection and I think this may ...

I have the system and OS files not hidden. I want to see the restore points and their dates in windows explorer. I can see the folder but get an error saying the folder is not available or something similar....Any way around this? I am the admin ...

I've discovered that Vista searches don't tend to return all results; so far, I've found this predominantly in Outlook (2007, if that matters). I've run tests where ...

Ever since I installed Vista Ultimate, the Windows Defender has not worked. The error that I get is "Windows Defender User Interface Has Stopped Working". Google searches dont turn up anything nor did a search of about 4 different Vista newsgroups.The service is started, is ...

Is there a way to use Speech Recognition without using the headphones? There should be a way to hook up the computer to speakers so you can come into the room and start talking to the computer? ...

I've got a Sony Vaio N series notebook, and I'm finding that I'm unable to view content on data discs. This is a major problem when I need to install software as ...

My laptop will connect to a LAN device, but windows rejects the internet return information.Hence I cannot connect to the internet, despite the LAN Device saying its 'connected'.The same LAN works fine with a laptop loaded wit ...

I've got Vista installed on an HP Pavillion AMD Turion 2.8 Ghz and 4 GB Ram. I need to know to what does this error belong? which device is causing the blue screen with error about nvm60x32.sysPlease advice ...

I bought Windows Vista Ultimate (on DVD) to install on a new PC. It is an Asus M2R32MVP mobo + AMD X2 4600+ plus a LiteOn SATA DVD . The DVD boots and I go thru the install supplying my location, keyboard type etc. Suddenly it ...

I installed ultimate as 64bit originally. Is there a way to downgrade it to 32 bit w/out losing all my programs via complete startover. I have things backed up, b ...

Hi,I just puchased a laptop with vista permium on it. I have some problems reading cds on it. Everytime i put in a cd or dvd, it says its a black cd or dvd. I installed vmware workstation and inst ...

HiI have read through all the threads, and just need an answer to my specific issue:The Network Discovery option in Network and Sharing Center will not turn on. It stays as "Custom" whatever I do. I have: uninstalled Norton, and only have the MS Fir ...

Using Vista Business, IE7, everything patched to current levels.If IE7 is set to "Protected Mode", typing anything hitting any character in the address bar causes IE to explode with an Event ID 1000:Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.6000.1638 ...

Computer (Vista premium) came installed with McAfee. Trial period is almost over. Downloaded AVG Anti virus and have Windows Defender installed. Is this adequate protection? Or is McAfee also needed? ...

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IN MY MAIL BOX I AM HAVING PROBLEMS OPENING SUM MAIL I AM RESEVEING ...

I have bought a new laptop with windows vista, I have set up mine and my husbands mail accoutns etc. the problem I am having is that everything that is sent o ...

When I put in my vista ultimate installation dvd and reboot to boot from the disk i don't get the ("Press any key to boot from disk..."), i just get a _ flashing, any ideas? yes the boot ...

Help needed again please. I have no icons, only red crosses, on help and support pages. Infuriating when the help says click this icon but but I don't know what the icon is !! Must be an option somewhere but I know not where !regards ...

Installed the open source ffshow package for Vista, using the defaults.Still, no DIVX movie will play. Weather via a browser, WMP or Media Player Classic, the indication is that the codec is not installed.What needs to be done to activiat ...

Hello We have SBS 2000 that has been upgraded to Win Server 2000 R1. Many SBS 2000 components still exist and we are still in the habit of using connectcomputer wizard which requires a patch as discussed in the above article ...

I can't believe this. I just spent $1,000 on a new laptop with Windows Vista, and I can't upload photos to my website. I am a photographer, and have a host site where I upload my photos to. I never had a problem with XP, b ...

Windows recently downloaded a bunch of updates and restarted my computer. Since then, Windows Mail opens minimized every time I reply to a message. I hit reply and a minimized window appe ...

Ok. I have a HP Pavilion Entertainment PC(it's a laptop) of course it has Vista(duh) anyway, i put in my music cd and when i go to windows media, it says "cd drive required to rip music from cd". i chec ...

can I have Win Calendar (Vista) set up to sync with MSN Calendars? ...

HiWhen I try to install Office 2003, near the end, it's stop and give me a error:" error 1304 Verify that you have access to that directory: English.LHG "Any idea ?Veldmuis ...

Dear AllMy Win Vista Basic notebbok could detect my installed wireless lan connection and indicate that the signal is in a very good status. But when I tried to connect it, it failed and the reported reason is &qu ...

hey whats up i just bought a acomdata enclosure 509, for anyone who doesn't know what it is, it's for making a IDE hard drive into an external hard drive. anyways i can't find any drivers for it to work on vista. teh web site says it will work on vista but t ...

My computer specs are:Windows Vista Home Premium Pentium D 3.0GHz 2GB Ram GeForce 7800GTX 256MB Soundblaster Audigy 2I had a question regarding my processor. I know that it's a ...

I posted here before I went to bed but the post does not appear and this is six hours later. This could be a double post, if so, sorry.I saw that the icon for Windows Defender was different so I looked as it. I see th ...

I installed Vista Ultimate, joined it to our domain and setup my domain account as a local administrator on vista. When I try to run ANY setup files, I receive an error 3125: (username) is not a valid short name. If I run ANY setup files logged on as another local admin ...

I have a reminder program that I have had for years and it loaded just fine in the computer when I got it,but I was fiddling around with settings and for a short time I couldn' ...

Signed up for the Dell Express Upgrade over the Xmas holiday and still nothing.. Now the www.dellvistaupgrade.com website is down I bet there are tons of other people in the same boat .. This isn't encouraging. Please report your experience thus far. ...

Hello, A few months ago I ordered my Vista Upgrade disc that I should be entitled to, as I purchased a new laptop towards the end of 2006. As of yet, it has not been delivered, if I look on the website, it shows order received but shipping ...

I have Vista Home premium, My Media Player pauses and hangs with any video I try to watch, including streaming video, I Have tried everything I can think of to fix the issue. Also it does not happen in the Media center, but I cannot watch my online content through that. is there ...

I've reviewed the ms site which dictates the terms and conditions under which vista requires activation or reactivation. For us retail users we are allowed 5 internet activations after which we must phone in. The reason I purchased retail ultimate i ...

I was having a problem with my network. My computer wouldn't see anything other than my modems, it wouldn't access any networks at my place of business. On top of that my CD/DVD ROM quit working! In device manager it said ...

I am running two WD 160 gig HS's striped with XP pro on it. Iuse Partition magic to create a second partition of 40 gigs to instal Vista.After the instal it booted up to vista and I used it for a while and it w ...

I was thinking of a dual boot setup with Widows 2000 pro and Vista Home Premium. I have 2 sata drives.The 1st one(WD 160GB SATA 2) has W2k pro on C:\ and Space for other stuff ...

Hi,Tried to look for a solution but could not find in previous posts.Here is my problem but first of all i am not a computer expert but can follow the commands easily as suggested.I ...

I just bought a WinTVPVR 150. I've got the cable TV piece working but I'm trying to figure out how I make the composite video and audio inputs come up in media center when I connect my video camera to them. Can anyone ...

Man this is painfull. All I was trying to do was allow a laptop running Vista to access a HP 8250 printer attached to an XP Pro system. I have followed Linda's walk thru but....... nada (See B ...

Hi can sombody please help i am at my witts end here goes I bought a new laptop on thursday that has vista home prem installed with ie7 i have a dlink wireless i can get onto the internet from my laptop ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate on a pc. Xbox with xbox media center on the hard drive so I can stream media from my pc, not Xbox360, Windows XP Home on a pc.I can't connect to any pc from my xbox when browsing via the workgroup option in the xbox interface. It says workgroup not found. No workgroup. ...

Hi, I have a new computer and purchased One Care. I was told that is all I need. A friend sent me a adaware to download and said I should be using additional sercurity downloads like adaw ...

I've asked this question some months ago. I still haven't found a solution.What should be done? In Microsoft's firewall all software can pass their traf ...

Hi, I have done a data transfer from my old PC running XP to new laptop running Vista. Unfortunately I didn't reliase the user name in old PC is different t ...

I tried the microsoft easy transfer. It turned out to work for everything except for my mail folders. I have all the folders and it says there is messages in them. But I get and error saying, " low disk space" or "low memory&quo ...

Our local parish council has just taken delivery of a new pc with XP professional and Office 2007. The clerk is using Outlook Express for mail. The spell check is set in French and when you go to Tools etc ...

I would like to be able to use the Reply function, and include the text of the original message, without having >s at the left of each line of the original. I do not see any prefs or options that allow me to set this choice. ...

How do you set up an out of office reply with Windows Mail and Vista? ...

Just bought a new Gateway with Vista. Transferred my Outlook Email Account to Windows Mail,but no Desktop Shortcut was created and I can not find where I can accessmy new Windows Mail Account. I had Microsoft Office Outlook installed,but I donotwant to use this email account ...

On my old PC I had Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (dansih version) and I now bought a PC with Windows Mail.I want to transfer Contacts and Personal files.How can i do this, for example by ...

Hello everyone. I've installed some new software and my Help and Support app will not start up anymore. I'm sure it has to do with the new installs (Macromedia Suite, Adobe Suite, Autocad, Chief Architect, no bogus software)When I try to start up Help and Support I ...

Hey I have a question probably millions want it to be answered, I have two computers one is running windows vista business and the other xp pro. i can only see and operate files and folders and printers between the two ...

hi,Is there a way to protect a folder with password in windows vista business?In advance thanks for your help.Edmundo J. Davila ...

HiI am running Vista Ultimate, how do I get my "File. Edit. View. Favorites. Tools. Help back at the top of the window?thanksDaniel ...

Hello,I've a strange problem with the Dos command line in Vista. When I launch it, my shell command is in Azerty (like my OS), but when I run a dos program in this command line windows, the keyboard becomes in Qwerty (only for this windows) and when I quit the program, the co ...

Hello,I work at a college and students are bringing their new laptops with Vista (all different version) into the Help Desk because they can't connect to our wireless network. The ...

I just received the upgrade disks for Vista Home Premium and it offers two options over XP or clean (strongly recommended).Which method should I use.I was ...

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A message says "This copy of Windows must be activated . . . Do you want to activate now?" So, I click "OK" then a new message says "Already activated" I click "OK" to exit. "Logging off. Saving personal settings&quo ...

I have a Trust TB4200 graphics tablettrust.com/products/product.aspx?artnr=14070I have installed the latest drivers from the Trust website which are Vista beta drivers but I'm having a problem with the cursor. It wor ...

I am having trouble setting up my windows Vista mail, where can I find out who are my servers, are they located onthe computer somewhere? and if not I have sbcglobal.net for my isp can someone help? ...

Been trying to upgrade to Home Premium from xp, but have been having massive problems.I get a blue screen and this error:STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The initail session process system process terminated unexpectedly with a ...

So Windows Vista doesnt start on my computer. It was on the final installation step (Completing Installation). It rebooted and didnt start. I get to the Vista loading page but only for a ver ...

i try and install it and it says "The Temp folder is on a drive that is full or inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the Temp folder." i know i have enough free space ...

I love WMP 11 but one thing bugs me to the point where I almost want to use a different program. When I am browsing my library, I usually have it sorted by songs, so I see my WHOLE coll ...

Reposting as new threadI have the same problem, yet I do not see that Citrix client as the sole cause (if at all) since I do not run it.MULTIPLE reboots are ...

I just acquired a new system with Vista Home Premium to add to my home network (with several other Windows 2K Pro and XP Pro systems).I wanted to set up some shares on the Vista system, so I went to Computer Management. ...

I am trying to sync using Vista's (Home Premium) installed sync software to sync with my Ipaq 1940. I have installed and reinstalled the software from MS site (the former version of activesync is apparently not compatible with Vista) and now ...

I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before, but I have tried the methods mentioned already and I still can't figure out why...I'm just got a new toshiba laptop with windows vista and I want to connect to my home network I have a D ...

Hi all, OK, just installed a Vista Business machine on my 2003 domain. Seems to be working alright, but I have this particular problem that's starting to get me worried: I want to move a few of the "special folders" (Downloads, documents, desktop etc) to another drive. ...

Is anybody using or know of a Vista Compatable Wired Ethernet PCI Adapter?Thanks, ...

How can I configure Vista Business so that a standard user account automatically gets permissions to manage printers and documents for all printers added to the system? After a printer is in stalled, an administrator can change the permissions for the print ...

Each time I try to open a pdf link on Vista Ultimate using IE or mozilla ,the pc stops and give err msg such as can't open file please update registry. pc is not working untill I kill the ie/mozilla. t ...

Why when I receive mail it goes to my, or my wife's account. when they are addressed to the other accounts and vice versa, This does not always happen, I t ...

Hi,In outlook express I used to have my contacts listed under the folders containing inbox, outbox, sent items , deleted items etc. How do I configure Windows Mail to shoy my contact list under the folders like I used to have in ...

i hope that windows mail in in the beta phase, because if this is as good as it gets then i'm wasting alot of energy.anyway, one immediate query: how do i open the attachments?!! Fool On The Hill ...

You edit the Registry at your own risk!If you are unsure, leave it alone or get someone to do it for you?Close Windows Mail. Start>Run>type regedit>OK>navigate to HKEY_CU ...

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I have a small harddisk containing a backup paritioned that I have only used of backups created by Vista.The parition is now full, containing 200 MB of zipped backup files and 19 GBs of space filled with something that windows explore cannot see. Is this normal ? Is there anyway around ...

I'm looking for a free/cheap online backup service that is compatible with windows vista and has unlimited backup or close to it very cheap and works with explorer hard drive icon for backing up and restoring like x drive does. ...

I have Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC with Vista Ultimate installed. It takes about 1minute or more to switch in sleep mode. during this time the hard disk is working. "hibernate sleep" is off. Is it possible to som ...

In Windows DVD Maker, I clicked on "add" to add a video clip to put on a DVD. The window came up with my files on it and I clicked on one. Then I got an error message and the solution: "Follow these steps to solve the problem with lmpgd10.ax (Follow ...

Why would closing a window shrink the icons, requiring a Refresh of the desktop to get back to the right size? Thanks, John ...

There must be other people asking about this but I just can't find a solution anywhere. It's annoying that I have to click the "more information" button ever ...

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Hi all,Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my profile, the event log said t ...

I have an HP2600n printer which has an Ethernet port built in. I finally figured out that UAC has to be enabled to connect to a network printer. After renabling UAC, I was able to get it insta ...

I BOUGHT A DELL pc. It came with a free upgrade to Vista when it came out. I received the upgrade pack from Dell but there was no product key or it got thrown outit came shrink wrapped on a piece of cardboard!! I have done the install but now am stuc ...

Hi, I'm On Vista HP (Home Premium 32bit) and have an AMD Athlon X2 64 2.70 gHz Dual Core 4600+ processor. My computer is an HP Pavilion Media PC. Windows Update shows no critical or optional updates to install, but curiously, in the 'P ...

Hello all,I am running Vista Home Basic and have a 250GB SATA drive. I have tried using various programs (Acronis Disk Director Suite v10, etc) to create a second partition on my drive, but it's not working. It looks like the partition software is working, but when ...

My Dell with Vista Home Premium is less than a month old. I started the process to install necessary components for connectivity with my LG Chocolate phone. Windows detected drivers and installed. I waited for the re ...

This is activation procedure is stupidPurchased Vista as a part of a pc build, as i'm system builderThis had been working fine until last week when the nvidia nforce drivers totally trashed the system causing it to blue screen constantly.Only viable solution was to r ...

I administer a network for K12 school. We will be deploying Vista this summer on our tablets that students and teachers carry. Since we run a 2003 network we want the machines to join a domain. Business edition is perfect for us except for the omission of Movie ...

Judging by posts and the internet, loads of people have this or a similar error. When connecting to our VPN (using PPTP, VPN is hosted on a Cisco firewall) I get error 734. The VPN works perfectly well with XP, 2000, 98, OSX but not with Vista (Premium edition). Logs ...

I got Vista and Xp dual booted on separate partitions sucessfully, but I cannot connect to the Internet while on XP. I have the correct drivers for my networkcard on XP, yet i still cant connect. Any reaso ...

i am currently using a Sony VAIO, Vista business edition. I noticed that whenever I lock by laptop, the wireless connection will drop after sometime. I will need to reestablish the connection when i login to ...

After installing my 3rd Vista computerat home, I can no longer see the old XP computers from my Vista computers and viceversa (up to the 2nd one I could..). The Vista ones can see each other, but the XP ...

Hi guys I linked my 2 pcs one with vista and xp the other by a 3com switch (it's also a router, access point and firewall)I disabled both the firewalls on 2 machinesI can ping from vista to xp and viceversa, I us ...

I have been using computers ever since they came out (It was my job). I have built, repaired, and modified computers. I can program in several languages. And my wife has a new HP with Vista. After reading the messages and pleas for help in this newsgroup and others, ...

My PC crashed in such a way that nobody can restart WindowsXPPro, so I ordered a new one with Win.Vista. Since I will have no data to transfer to Vista Mail how do I set it up. You will all no doubt gather from this that I am still a selftaught learn ...

is there any way that i can make memory free that vistas gets occupied even after i closed the application ...

Vista is reporting that the file stdole32.tlb is corrupt.I have attempted to copy a known good version to C:\WINDOWS\System32 but am obtaining a "Destination Folder Access Denied. You need permission to perform t ...

Hello,I am looking for an easy way to create a shortcut that starts Windows Fax And Scan and immediately enters the New Scan function. In many Windows applications there are command line options, so I am hopeful that there ...

Please could we be informed literally step by step how to install Dial Up Networking which does not appear to be loaded with MS Vista. Just brought home new laptop with Vista and cannot access my MSN dial up account.When I went to Outlook to add details for a dial up connection it re ...

I am running vista biz, when I first got my machine I went into OWA and installed the s/mine cause I was unable to reply and create new email. That seemed to solve that problem.. however now when I press send I get the spell check but right after that IE crashes the email doesn't send..and all th ...

I buy Windows Vista Premiun Home, I install it, then, my sister take it to install it to his Computer, but now, passing 3 days, i have something wrong from the license. There are askin me to put another serial number, but.. Windows vista is only for 1 PC ? (D ...

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In our environment our Administrators run XP Pro sp2. They can log on to the domain (AD) as their normal user account to do every day things like read email or whatever. When they need to fire up Hyena or DHCP Admin or whatever they can right click on the icon on the d ...

I think I have found a terrible bug in Windows Vista.When I drag a file from the USBStick to the desktop, the file is NOT visible on the desktop.The problem only occurs, if »snap to grid« is switched off. The problem does not only occur, when dragging files from the USBStick. It al ...

My PC saw the UPS just fine when I had XP on it, but now my Vista Ultimate does not seem to even know it's there on the same serial port and same cable that worked fine f ...

It broker when trying to download net framework 2.0 beta.However it installed under xp just a week ago. I also has vs 2005 with sql server installed.dennist ...

I have a Nvida Gforce 4MX 4000 128MB agp video card. Windows Premium does not give the option of Aero. I also have 1 Gig RAM.I would have thought that this card had enough muscle to run Aero settings? Do you know if this card supports Aero?Thanks, mac ...

HelloI have a new Dell Machine with Vista Business and had an old machine with a additional 300 Gig ST330063 SCSCI Drive. I was basically using the drive for storage of photos ...

one desktop with vista, one notebook with XP connected with a cross cable. From notebook I can connect to desktop I give user and pwd and I see public folder and al ...

I have a PC running Vista Ultimate (32 bit) w/ 4 Gig of memory. As I have a second box running Vista for testing beta products (Orcas at the moment) that runs fine on 2 Gig, I'm considering removing 2 Gig from the first box ...

Faxes are often converted by a fax device to an emailable format like .tif and forwarded to us via email as attached .tif files.The default .tif viewer in Vista Ultimate 64 is the Win ...

I would try to save pictures and when I tried to save them and then try to look at them it would tell me "Photo Gallery can't open this picture or video. This format is not supported or you don' ...

Have desktop PC (Windows xp) and when I connect (Ethernet/LAN) my Laptop, (VISTA), yes they do see each other and I can swap files. My internet connection is wireless through a shared system with a neighbor. When I am using the ...

Instal� el programa de office, junto con viene el outlook pero ahora tengo conflicto entre el windows mail y el outlook, no lo puedo desinstalar, que hago? ...

Our computers are on a WS2003 domain controller. Using R2 the Pushprinterconnections application pushes down printer connections to XP clients from the server.With a Vista PC joined on, it gets spooler subsystem failures. I ...

I'm new to the group, so this issue might have been discussed and I apologize if it has. When I get an email attach' that it is a power point point file it won't open because it needs a program associated with it. I have power point viewer loaded on the pc. Is there a ...

I am trying to redownload a game: bigcityadventuresanfranciscofull.rgp from Real Arcade and I get the message: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the ...

I note that OPACITY is listed in the rightclick menu on a friend's Vista PC, but not here. Could that be a function of video card capabilities? His is more robust than mine. ...

Has anyone else had the problem, where although you are clicking on Aero it reverts back to Windows Vista Basic and does not switch over. When I hit apply and then OK it acts like it is changing but as ...

Visual studio needed a repair, and i tried to but it failed (had installed sp1 and vista patch). I tried again but failed again. But it caused a problem in the services snapin:MMC could not create the snapin. The snapin might ...

I have a problem with an MS Office 97 install on my HP Pavilion dv6353cl running Windows Vista Home Premium. When I first tried to run Access I received a message that the file c:/windows/system32/system.mdw was missing. I copied the file from another computer also using Office 97 and pasted it ...

I have created an Access database using Access 2007. The database is created in Access 2000 format. I then save the database on my Vista x64 in Documents folder. I then drag and drop usi ...

I want to experiment with Vista on my XP (current C: drive) computer. I am using Acronis to make a partition for Vista. After experimenting with Vist ...

taskbar question:unlock the taskbar; add a new toolbar (a folder called "folder" with some stuff in it); I drag that folder all the way to teh left (next to the start btn) and shrink it as much as windows will allow me (so that only the word & ...

Hi all and thanks in advance for any help.....ok, so I read an article on dual booting Vista with Xp Proapcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vistaI can follow it all but I'm having trouble usin ...

Hi,I have been experiencing the following 2 problems under Windows Vista:1) Occaisionally when I try to drag a file to the CD I accidentally drop it before I hit the target window. This causes Windows Explorer to han ...

We have an online system developed that makes use of Flash Form through a web browser. Up until now there have been no issues, but I have changed to V ...

If a user puts the Favourites toolbar on their start bar and their start bar is thicker than the default thickness than the folder icons in the favourites toolbar clip out into the start bar.Please see pics for comparrison: ...

I am trying to install a MS Keyboard Elite for Bluetooth & Intellimouse Explorer for Bluetooth. My PC came "Bluetooth ready." I downloaded the latest and correct software from MS. I have the MS Transrceiver f ...

I've noticed that Vista now will me format a SD card with NTSF as well as FAT and FAT32. Any better to use NTFS now? Security issues or something? ...

did a clean install of MS Vista Ultimate (previously I ran Windows XP without problems). After installation my wireless network card is not recognized. Can somebody please give some advice how to deal with this problem. Thanks !! ...

I have vista home premium, I've burned 2 dvds on the windows dvd maker then all of a sudden on the next dvd it has a box that reads"dvd burner not found..." Went through all the steps with HP, not a hardware problem, I can burn dvds on roxio software, bu ...

I downloaded pictures and video from my digital camera and the videos are only showing as pictures and I cannot edit them in the movie maker. I have windows vista ...

Lets say I want to create a dvd from my home made video, using dvd maker. I select a menystile and add som music to it, then I click the preview butten and see the dvd meny as I would see it on my normal ...

I was wondering if there was a way to enable rotating images in Windows Photo Gallery Viewer?I dont want to have to open the Windows Photo Gallery just to rotate one image. I just want to do a quick edit. I was ...

I tried to burn my first DVD movie using windows vista and I keep getting an error has occurred no matter what movie I try to burn to DVD. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. I am using the windows media burner for this. can someone please help me, thanksMJR ...

I have a Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista Home Premium installed. Although I have thousands of images that viewed perfectly with XP, they do not display in Media Center under Vista. Also, the images associated with the Help & Support pages are missing. WMC will find the files in folders ...

When trying to access a POP3 or SMTP server, both Outlook 2007 and Windows Mail don't remember the password, despite being requested to do so via the checkbox. All account settings are ...

I went too fast in setting up my new computer and now I have the default workgroup name and I want to change it. I spent an hour looking. Now I'm ready to ask for help.Keith ...

I had a VPN connection working(in Vista U 64bit) but hadn't used it in awhile. Needed to use it the other night, connection was gone. I tried the wizard and it just says it couldn't connect(with no code). I even tried using the Don't Connect Now, j ...

Greetings I have just purchased a computer with Windows Vista and am working on placing it in a home network. I have Windows XP, Service Pack 2 as a main computer (DialUp Connection).I have completed networking, using a network adaptor (8pin phone ...

After getting messages that the ZA beta for Vista needed attention because it was running out or something like that, I uninstalled it, downloaded and installe ...

I have a real problem. I am running Vista Home Premium. Every single time that I try to open the event log inthe MMC, Windows says the service is not running. Then I go to the services plugi ...

How can I speed up contacts loading processI have 2,000 contacts why do they have to reload each time ? I turned off auto complete to speed up time it takes to ...

I need help with trying to get Hotmail to windows mail. It tells me i need to upgrade to Windows Live mail, but i already did . Can anyone please help on how to do this.ThanksWellington ...

I am using windows vista. MSN is my internet service provider but I have a free email account with them. My brother told me I could use my gmail account with windows mail and have that work. I have tried to set it up filling in the appropriate information (pop3, smtp), but I am unabl ...

I´m trying Windows Vista and configured my email account in Windows Mail (WM) to let a copy on server. For any reason, after WM picks up my messages, all the messages I´ve received are gone! This didn´t happe ...

I miss the old ways when I could place my *exe file in some startup folder to get my programs started whenever I started or restarted my computer. Is it possible for me to get my windows mail and windows calender started automatically so i don't miss ...

I am using Vista Business. Every time I restart my windows sounds reset themselves. I have numerous custom profiles, and no matter which one I use, it resets itself to the default and just about everything I do makes a sound. I ch ...

How can I Automatically forward a received fax by email using Windows Fax and Scan in vista. Better yet> how can I make the Symantec winfax to work ...

I have been using Drive Image 2002 to backup and restore OS partitions for my Windows XP systems for a few years now. I realize it isn't the "latest and grea ...

Hi,my Vista Ultimate RC1 says, the 5/30/2007 is the evaluation end date.The Windows Script slmgr.vbs dlv says the 8/30/2007 1:59:59 AM is the evaluation end date.What is the true end date?czer27 ...

For some reason, I am now getting a "Security Center" popup when I start up my computer. I am using Kapsersky AntiVirus 6, and it was working without any problems. However, I am now being told that "Kaspersky Anti Virus" is repor ...

I have 2G RAM, Aero enabled, a GeForce 6600 with 256 MB, and Transparency Enabled. But no transparent windows. Shadowing, etc. works but not this. How do I get windows to be transparent, please? Thanks, John ...

Hi, After the power settings turn of my screen for example, or after stopping the screen saver, it often happens (but not always) that the "Locking your computer screen" appear ...

My trial OneCare is telling me the antivirus isn't up to date and that there is no solution available. It's the only reason I installed it!! ...

I just did a reinstall/(upgrade) of windows Vista Business and now I no longer have access to my account The account was a (real) administrator account (net user Administrator /active:yes) ...

hello,new installation of vista ultimate editionthis event keeps popping up daily in Application Log as a WarningThe content source <csc:// {s15211934052127423696602911314465361000}/> cannot be accessed. Context: Windows Applicati ...

Howdy,I'm running Vista Ultimate on my Thinkpad Z61p. Every once in a while when I login my profile is not what it should be.... my desktop is empty, documents, favorites, etc. everything is empty. when i look at the properties of these folders they are pointing to the C ...

Hi everyone Have a problem: I bought new laptop few weeks ago and I already have had 55 erors like this:Problem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 4105Files that help describe the problem (some files may no longer be ava ...

When i try to shut down, the shut down screen freezes and my computer doesn't turn off. I have to press and hold the button on my box to be able to do this. But this just doesnt feel good ...

Pc Restarts After Coming Out Of Hibernation, anyone have that and know a fix?jay ...

How can i fully remove all things tinyxp left? because now strange windows appearing like cmd when im playing a game and start menu not working properly... Silentblade� ...

I cannot for the life of me find the langauge bar. I have put the choices for my keyboards as English and as Japanese in the installed services area in ...

Hi,I've just gotten a new computer with Vista on it and cannot get my Pocket PC (HP 6945, WM2005) to sync. I've got the mobile center downloaded. The first time it sync'd fairly well, except for 2 missing appointments on the PC ...

I want to do a fresh image backup. I've deleted a previous image backup I took. When I attempt the backup, the system tells me that my last backup was done on mm/dd/yy. Does anyone know how to reset this info (ie I want the system to think this is my first image ba ...