Windows Vista Enterprise

How can i log into a PC without knowign the password? my daughter has gone away on a school trip and we want to use her laptop. Unfotunatley she didnt tell us her password and i cant see ...

One question real quick my friend wants to know if Rome Total War is compatible with Vista. Is it? Thanks all ...

I have installed Medal of Honor, and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic for my son and they will not work. The pop up says that I do not have Windows XP. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to make these work? ...

I have tried installing Elder Scrolls III and an old Baldurs Gate game. Elder Scrolls keeps freezing up at the begining of the game and Baldurs freezes up after reaching a certain point. Anybody know why and how to fix? ...

I am having problems playing Zero Hour online. I can play ALL single player games, but cant access the online ones. Keep getting message "Cannot connect to C&C Zero hour on line." I have broadband etc the only thing I' ...

Hi,I have searched and read through the "cannot open attachment" issues already here (to date), and not found a solution. I would like to give this issue a "new try".I have a brand new HP Pavillion DV9225 laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate, preinst ...

Since changing from Outlook Express (Windows XP) to Windows Mail (Vista) I have a couple of little niggles and wonder if anyone can help me please.1 On Outlook Express I used to be able to click on my Newsgroup folder and then ...

Hi ThereI dont know if this is the proper place to ask this but I recently installed Windows Vista, I have a Pentium 4 2.8GB 1GB RAM and a Sapphire Radeon 9250 graphics card. My Windows Expirience Index is 1.0 because of the Card. I want to purchase a Geforce 6200 256MB card, will that he ...

I have a HYUNDAI Imagequest L90D+ monitor. But vista cant recognize it and sets it to Generic PnP Monitor. It works fine ecept I cant change the refresh rate, its stuck to 60Hz.Are there any way to override the refresh rate?ps. I checked www.hyundaiq.com for vista drivers but they didnt have ...

Clean install of vista enterprise. I can rdp in and use everything like normal, a few minutes after I disconnect or logoff the event log logs under Aplication, Event ID: 600 ...

I added 1GB of Corsair XMS CL2 ram to the 2GB I already have. I lost .1 on the memory Index. I then went from a 3.4GHz 512\800 cpu to a 3.4 Extrme Edition cpu and I drop .1 on the processor index. What gives? EG ...

Running Vista 64 clean install on formatted HD. One of the other HDs (I have three) had XP Pro installed. Now I can't reformat the XP Pro HD, as Vista refuses to delete the main system folders. If i unplug the XP HD before boot up, I get an error messa ...

My husband and I recently purchased a new computer from Gateway. Unfortunetly we sent it back in less than 24 hours. It seems that while getting on the internet the computer made updates (Mcafee, windows explorer etc). In doing so our computer ...

Is this a usefull option. It can be found in task manager. It appears to allow to let yoiu assign certain tasks to one the the processors in the dual core processor. I have an athlon live 64 c2 4200+ am2 socket. How should I use it to the mo ...

Since I installed the printer and its driver which is allegedly Vista compatible, I am facing two problems: 1) Windows' Windows are becoming unstable when the printer is on. 2) The printer never qui ...

I recently installed an upgrade to Windows Vista from Win XP Home Media Center Edition and I can not get my Media Center to open. I can see the icon on the desktop but when you click it to open, it gives me a error ...

This is maddening! I had posted a problem with png in Vista. I believe that it is causing graphic display problems with IE7. One reply suggested that I use my installation disk and run the system file check utility (sfc /scan ...

Ever since I installed VISTA, Lightroom has magically decided to start everytime I start windows AND everytime I come out of sleep mode. Why?? ...

After a minimal installation of Vista Ultimate is done, how much disk space is taken by it? Aristide ...

I also have the same problem everyone is describing. Nobody seems to know what the problem is and as this and other threads show, no one is responding. I also have spent several hours with support to no ...

Guys, Here is my problem. I installed Vista (home premium) over XP with no problems except that all media (whether it's on Youtube, Windows Media Player, etc.), ...

They are NOT going to be issuing patches for Vista.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=M4R32N45WLIIQQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=198001898 Regards,Ri ...

Good Morning,I have downloaded a spyware program (AdAware SE) from the internet and tried to save it to a new folder I called 'Security' in the 'Program F ...

My sound issue is similar to some I've read, in some ways. I upgraded seven computers to Vista (over the weekend), all the speakers worked when I did it except m ...

I got multipe Accounts on my Vista, Is there a way to configure the Profile Manager to automaticly stratup a selected account ?!10x... ...

when closing Sonic Express labeler, I got "Access Violation at Address 00000000 Read of Address 00000000I hope somebody can help me.Thanks, Don ...

An important read ..."Upgrading to Windows Vista has been banned by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the National Institute of Standards and Techn ...

Two questions,First, the vista backup and restore center doesn't backup all of the files I want it to. I am a web developer and work with PHP. vista backup and rest ...

When I restart my computer my window boot window comes up. It ask me if I want to run an old verison or windows vista?Is there anyway to keep this from happening every time I start?ThanksLori ...

In XP and previous, Outlook Express in View>Contacts if you checked contacts you could see your contacts directly below your folders. Windows mail doesn't seem to have tha ...

Help/Advice pleaseUsed the easy transfer (using usb external drive) to save and transfer my old (VISTA) email messages on Windows Mail to my reformatted VISTA. Somehow some files must have got corrupted on transfer, no real problem as I seem to have all there I wa ...

I've spent hours trying to setup my email account, with no luck. I got a new laptop w/Vista Home Premium. When setting up the email account, I'm asked, what are your incoming servers and outgoing servers. I put i ...

I had turned UAC off the day I installed Vista. Of all the most annoying things on the planet, Apple Macs now came second because MS had invented UAC!!As a result, all ...

I have purchased a new computer with Vista installed I like the look of the program, so far as I just turned in on yesterday.When I view a web site the font that is displ ...

I have 64 bit Vista installed on my computer and find that several programs do not function well or at all in the 64 bit environment and some hardware does not have drivers for Vista. Can I install a 32 bit v ...

can I put XBOX 360 or PS2 games on my Vista pc (laptop)? ...

Hello, I've been trying to send a newsletter I created in Publisher 2007 as a message but the only option I have is as an attachment. I saved the newsletter as a single web page which gave me th ...

Tried all the OE5/6 fixes i.e. missing backslash and/or missing csapi3t1.dll. Correct (tools,options,spelling) language and boxes all ticked etc. Any suggestions or anbody else seen this error on Windows Mail? ...

If i open up Windows Mail without a connection already present the program will not start up the connection, i have gone into tools/options and it is set to share the same connec ...

Why does defrag not show you a bar telling how far along degrag is in completing its work? It just leaves the front end there with a sign saying"this may take from a few minutes ...

I have three PC's. XP Home, XP Pro, and Vista Ultimate.XP Home has an HP 952c connected via USB XP Pro has an HP d145 connected via USB Vista needs to share bothXP Home/952c has a different login than X ...

Whenever I download a file, I get error message "Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working"I can close that error message, and all is fine. But it comes up after it finishes downloading every file I dow ...

Hello, I'm unable to install the NVCSetup.exe file, which is suposed to be able to run under Vista. When the installation is finishing, it backs out and says "wizard was stopped" or so... can anybody provide some hints?regards, ...

Hi, I am evaluating how to use this functionality. With XP, I used to take several 'snapshot' images of a PC prior to deployment. One base image was taken all patched up but predomain and a final image after the ...

I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card with ...

I am running Vista Home Premium. I have placed a shortcut to Outlook in the startup folder but Outlook does not automatically start when the computer is booted. Please help. ...

Hi all,I have just purchased a new PC in the office running Windows Vista Business. My previous PC is using XP Pro and I am used to using Netmeeting Remote ...

When I want to forward something I have to type in the whole name and address. In Outlook Express, all I had to do was type in the first name and the complete address was processed automatically how do I make the forwarding process much simpler. This ...

Where should I be looking to examine performance or operational statistics for Readyboost on my system?I put the USB drive it, got the usual alert, and it claimed to have put the drive into operation, but I haven' ...

What is the big deal about the Mac OS? Many people I work with are buying a Mac. They say that the new Vista program is not so great. They also say there is no ...

Hello.I have tried to use two movie services under Windows Vista without success. Both worked successfully under Windows XP on the same equipment (except for upgraded graphics card and extra 1 GB ...

I installed 2GB into my computer but only 1GB shows in Vista (32bit). The BIOS shows 2GB. What do I need to do. AMD64 3500+ A8NSLI motherboard 2 6800XT in SLI 1 250GB SATA drive ...

My old WinXP desktop machine finally died this morning and I decided to replace it rather than try to fix it. Of course you can't buy an XP machine anymore so I wound up with a shiny new Gate ...

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i have impoted my address book from OE6 to my new vista windows mail, but can anyone please help me... ...

Occasionally when I open Windows Mail there is a popup that says loading email or something like that and a count of emails loaded and then I can see the emails in the correct windows. Most of the time when I open Windows Mail all I see is the folders. Any idea why the me ...

I cannot erase messages in "removed messages" folder. How can I do ? Cordialement J'utilise la version gratuite de SPAMfighter pour utilisateurs privés. 437 emails spam ont été bloqués ju ...

Using Windows Mail at the moment which works fine. Vista Ultimate 64 as well.Whilst browsing the web, if I click on a shortcut to create a new email, Windows Mail doesnt open, but up to 50 (yep...50) blank IE windows open, one after another. I just sit there and wait until its finished, ...

The awaited launch of Burt Young's official website is now available on the Internet for the public. The website has become a literal library describing his milestones. His most recent endeavors include a marvelous display of contemporary artwork and paintings. He can be browsed at bu ...

Is there an equivalent of System File Checker in Vista? TIA.Gerry ~~~~ Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

I have a legacy application which has an OwnerDrawn ComboBox(type=DropList) to display tabbed multicolumn texts. Running this application on a Vista machine, the ComboBox doe ...

Adding files to a sync partnership?When I right mouse click on a folder or file.... I do not get the sync option, file is available offline ?I did get that optoion the last time I tried to set up sync center... Is there a corruption in my system files? HP Pa ...

I have C drive as 75gb partition (shrunk from 150gb). I plan to use only 35Gb for C partition but Vista will not let me shrink it further. How can I do this please? ...

Shall I get the ulimate edition does anyone know what you get in the extras in it. Also can the premium one do restore and clean installs and does the clean ...

I'm running Vista Business (32 bit) I am trying to run a Roxio fix, emc9rmv.exe, and get the following error.16 bit MSDOS Subsystem emc9rmv.exe THE NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instructionRoxio support ...

Is it allowed to install on a PC 32bit and 64bit version of VISTA using a CD Key which comes with a retail box? I will not be able to use these two OSs concurrently and will be using 32bit version but want to periodically check to see if all apps I want to use become compatibl ...

whenever i try to play songs that i download i get a message saying i need to run i R&R installer... i click continue and i get a prompt to restart and my P2P progra ...

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Meeting space works great within the network, but when I try and access a meeting from home ( via RAS) I get "can't connect to the network" error.I have network connectivity, I can ping the meeting vista machine and we have IP6 enabled. ...

Hi all, I have just upgraded my laptop from xp to vista Home premium edition. I have a HP pavilion dv2166eu, with an HP ExpressCard DVBT TV Tuner. this worked just fine with my media centre whi ...

Have a dual boot system, Windows XP prof and Vista Business. Vista is configured to login into a domain. When logging in Vista as myself I receive the message of "Your user profile was not loaded correctly!". Administrator or a new user can login without error. Can delete th ...

I am trying to install the Admin tools for Live communications server 2005 on my Vista laptop. I get the following error part way through the installation:Error 27711. Error '0x80070005' stopp ...

Hi,I recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit installed. I purchased Norton Antivirus 2007 online, downloaded it but it would not install. The window would open that said "Norton Antivirus" on the top but the rest of the window ...

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 did not think I would have a problem because I simply removed my hard drive ...

had repeated BSODs got lots of dmp files Is there a place I can send them to to find out the cause? ...

I'm having a problem with my media center setup. I've got an xps 410 with an Lumanate Angel II Dual TV Tuner (PCI), and the Vista operating system. I've done all of the checks listed in the troub ...

I seem to recall reading sometime back that the HD drive from the Xbox 360 works on Vista when you plug it into a usb port. However when I tried this it Vista seems to load drivers and will play DVDs from the drive but wont play HD discs. Is there any ...

OK....one of my coworkers is pulling his hair out of his head. Here's the problem:Sony Vaio laptop with Vista business has a mapped network drive.EVERY time he reboots, the network drive is unavai ...

Frustrated Vista Home Premium user, very IT literate whose stupidity you may nonetheless take for granted; your patience is appreciated (but if you can live with UAC/Defender you already have more pati ...

I am running the typical Vista Premium. Heres the issue: I wanted to install 2 different 3D CAD software & An analysis software. For weeks I was getting a beating with every thing possible as found on a typical google search. One of the Software would not install unless it is done fr ...

Hi I have just got a new pc and forgotten the login password already! How do i get around this without using one of those recovery software programs? ...

There does not appear to be an option for using UK/British English. Is there one? If not is it possible to use my Word 2007 dictionary? ...

Is there a way to have two instances of winmail on the computer so that two people can have email w/o having to log in and out as seperate users? i.e winmail.exe and winmail(1).exe. Rj ...

try to click on a link on my emails and nothing, is there something else i need to do? have all turned off, also email program starts and just sits and locks up all computer, any help would be greatful Billy BLehr@bellsouth.net ...

Apareceu ao tentar eliminar ou transferir o email (da ORACLE) o código: 0x000000. (Brazilian Portuguese). ...

Is it possible to change the boot drive in Vista ultimate? Currently my settings are:Name: Microsoft Windows Vista BCD ID: {current} Boot Drive: C: Windows Drive: C: System Bootloader: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Windows Directory: \WindowsI ...

help! i dont know whats wrong. recently i've upgraded my RAM from 512MB to 1.5GB. the previous index score was 2.0. i tried to update the score afterward but nothing happened or changed. the score remains the same and it still indicates that there is a new hardware a ...

I often receive faxes that were sent upside down. In the old XP you could click a rotate button and turn it right side up. You can not do this in the fax console that c ...

Wondering if anyone is seeing something similar. I have a Lenovo T60P with Vista Ultimate and I have a number of problems where Vista doesn't want to go into standby. It blanks the screen (turns off the monitor) but many times it j ...

I just installed Vista and there is no sound on my computer. No start up no nothing. I currently have Sigma Tel Audio installed and all updates have been made but i ...

Running Vista Business and I’m trying to install a network printer, after clicking on add printer then add network / wireless or blue tooth printer in Add Printer ...

Is it possible to get the video subsystem of "Basic vista" from an upgrade verision of Vista? For example, if I have "Bussiness Vista" on my laptop can I switch on and u ...

Recently (72 hours ago) installed Vista on my IBM T41p and so far it's a total lovehate relationship, I tried installing Adobe Reader 8.0 last night but can' ...

I am currently using a system with a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processor, and a ATI Radeon 9600 video card (newest version of Catalyst drivers) with 1 GB of RAM. I have done some research, and the 9600 Radeon (which is compatible with Windows Aero). According to the informati ...

Hello, i'm shocked at how limited the functionality seems in windows dvd maker.all the pictures i add to it seem to default to a single folder / slideshow.is there some creative way of getting ...

stange and complex: i am using PPPOE ADSL modem at home for few years. using MSN Messanger to chat and a Checkpoint VPN client to connect office. my ADSL modem is configured to establish the ...

Ive just got a new computer and put Vista Ultimate on it. Specs are as follows, AMD X2 5200 dual core, 2 Gb DDR2 Ram, 320 GB hard drive and and NVIDIA NFORCE NETWORKING CONTROLLER.I can connect to the network and ...

In Outlook I had several different folders for email addresses. The folders allowed me to separate personal emails from business emails. When I created a new email and clicked "TO:" I was able to select which folder I wanted to look at and pick the people out ...

Hi, I am new in WVista and I bought a new Toshiba notebook. I was trying to open new emails or reply emails but the programme stock there and do not work any more.....some help please..?? arbitros ...

I purchased a new laptop with Vista Home Premium OS. I tried to install Office 2000 on it and Outlook has a problem. Everytime I try to start the program it wants to reinstall. It will not regis ...

Vista Premium Home. I've run up against several programs that seem to be having substantial problems when UAC is enabled, outlook and IE. I can't print from either application, and IE won't actually open any URL in a new tab ...

my computer froze so we had a guy fix it but my computer had 512mb and when i got it back i only had 383mb did he remove some and how do i get it back ...

I just visited Live.com the other day since I had to make a LiveID for Window's Live OneCare so I was wondering if you get charged to customize your webpage or is it all free? ...

Is there a way I can reinstall Sticky Notes????????? ...

If this isn't really needed, don't spend your time trying to install it. Go to "View history update" right click on KB929777 and select hide. Windows update now ignores the beast. ...

How do I check my PC for lost/corrupt files? Thanks, Will ...

I am going to upgrade my graphics card from and Nvidia 6600gt 128meg to a 7600gt 256 meg card. Is this going to cause activation problems? Also under XP I would normally remove the drivers, shutdown the system, remove old car ...

I have Vista 64bit with PVR3000 Delux. I install all fixes, newest driver from Leadtek site. I have newest WinFast PRV2 and... nothing. I don't see anything in PRV2. I try other programs ...

I have a Vista Ultimate machine running Access 2007; this hardware previously ran XP Pro with Access 2003. Now that I've upgraded, I've found that I can't use even small Access MDBs that are stored on a network share, while the same MDBs cop ...

Hello all!I'm having a problem that I think a lot of others are having, but I haven't been able to find the solution to it on here or the rest of the web.I have two additional drives besides C: in my desktop computer which I have given the letters of X: and R:. I use these t ...

I recently created a home network between a Vista laptop and a 2000 desktop. I have the same user account on both machines with admin rights. The router is a linsy ...

Hi there, I just set up new home network, everything works fine except one thing: filesharing. I know that there is a problem when trying to connect from XP to Vista, I read thousands of threads about it, but I have *other problem*: I have a lap ...

I must write my password for my mailbox every time I login, it just not saves, can I change something in the register to remeber or ? Im using outlook ...

i have successfully set up the POP settings to import my mac mail into the windows client. however, when i send i get error messages. i am certain it is to do with my pop/port settings. can anyone help ? thanks. ...

Steve, Isaac and guys thanks for sending me to thunderbird, It's great and was easy to set up , even with extra email addresses and signatures. Why have I wasted many hours on windows mail. I can even make thunderbird act like OE if ...

I have a laptop (no integrated card) with a 7900GTX Go. I have heard things about Turbo Cache and other NVIDIA features that might be the source of this. I am PO ...

A message pops up on my desktop that says "Windows Explorer has stopped working" then another one comes up saying "Windows Explorer is restarting...&q ...

Hi, Occasionally my desktop resolution changes to 1024 x 768 when coming out of sleep. Resolution should stay at 1920 x 1200. Is there any way to lock the resolution or prevent this? Dell Inspiron 1710, nVidia 7900 GS 256. thanks ...

can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it. "The itunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" i g ...

This copy of Windows did not pass genuine validation. Either an unauthorized change was made to your Windows license or a software program installed on this computer is not currently compatible with Windows Vista.It says to go to the start button, but my start butt ...

Help!Can I remove a partition of a dual boot situation of XP and 98SE? I would like to remove 98SE (I love the OS, but I guess it is the time to move on . . Vista is ...

I have a test network set up with WDS installed on Windows 2003 server. PXE booting works fine, and I can map network drives without a problem. The problem I'm having is with a custom VBS script. I created the WinPE boot image ...

Sometimes when burning a cd the whole computer will lock up and I have to unplug the computer to clear it. What happens is I get diagonal lines across the screen and it frozen.Also when you ...

Hi, I am trying to access Vista Event Logs say Applications and Services Logs. For example if I wanted to query DFS replication log (this log is not present in XP and 2003) what would my query be.Query to be initiat ...

I can send email, but cannot receive email. I have Norton Antivirus 2007 and WinMail. What to do? I have tried shutting off Norton, but no luck when I h ...

I hate windows mail. I have never used it and I hate change. Is there any way i can set my MSN software as my default Email program? I dont want Windows Mail to open up eac ...

Every time I receive an email from a "Mail Deliver Subsystem" with a subject "Returned Mail: Delivery problems encountered" because of nonexistent email address, the message contains an att ...

Can anyone tell me how to restore a word document i was working on that suddenly disappeared and became a rescue document of gobbledy gook! ...

Every few days Firefox crashes and i get that usual vista error saying that it has stopped working. I reboot and sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. I've applied all known updates but seems the problem appears and disappears. Microsoft's supposed solution is to download the ...

Windows Vista is not running well in this computer I installed in a diferent drive , and have a dual boot system I will for now go back to XP Question : To fix the boot section , from ...

When I attempt to open System Restore I get an error message:"There was an unexpected error. filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect. (0x8007007b). System Restore will now close."Any ideas on how I can ...

Hi guys, My friend's laptop has windows vista installed in it. And he accidentally deleted the partition drive without having to create a recovery disc yet. Now he cannot create a recovery disc. What ...

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... ...

I purchased a new laptop with Vista Home Premium, moved my files from my old XP Pro to it, installed the programs I use, then did a backup to DVD (more than one not a quick process). Now when I tried to do another backup, it said this is the first ti ...

I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections come up as "local only". I found this article (support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/enus but on my system, I have 6 entries in that key t ...

I have 2 vista ready TV cards and after installing in the pci slot and restarting vista does not see them. I have tried to manually install but then I get an error saying the device cannot start(code 10).I have never had thi ...

My computer came with a preinstalled version of windows xp professional with a cd of operating system allowable to use for 2 cpus; which I bought shortly after the release of windows xp. Will I be able to upgrade to windows Vista with a upgrade version or I need to buy ...

I already installed my Windows Vista, but I want to reinstall it again because i want to have a dual boot. so my questions is can I reinstall it and do the dual booting, because i want my old windows to show up again, Pleas ...

Hi.I have a Dutch Vista Ultimate setup. My user folders are located in c:\Gebruikers\[username]. If i check the settings by opening a cmd and type 'set' , i see that Windows uses c:\users\. .. instead of c:\Gebruikers...The content of the % ...

Hi everyone, i used to have XP on my computer but today i updated to vista. PI have a dell inspiron notebook. It had wireless connection built inside it, and wireless internet w ...

I have tried 5 forms of virus programs and uninstalled them all but when I open the security center and most are listed as working to protect my computer even though I have uninstalled all traces of these programs. ...

I am running VISTA BUSINESS. I joined my set to the domain. I am in the administrators group and I am a DOMAIN ADMIN in my domain. However my computer does not recognize me as having admin rights? HUH?My domain account is also in the administrators group.I do ...

How do I set up auto complete for all e mail addresses that I send and recieve? thanks it''''s time to give back! ...

I have many many email in my mail box, which often have some attachment with. So when I receiving message the whole attachement will be downloaded, th ...

Hey, has anyone input about to connect the SharePoint 2001 Server via Explorere View, Connect via WEB Interface works. I have try it with installed the Agent vor SPPS 2001 a ...

Hey, none of my buttons work on my far left side of my keyboard. Any advice? ...

How do I import pst files from Microsoft Outlook? When I go to Import messages from Microsoft Outlook I get an error message "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client." gwhite ...

Since upgrading to Vista in belief it would make my pc much, much better i have had nothing but problems and issues i have had to reinstall THREE times since the upgrade!!!Firstly what's up with the thumbnail cache? In ...

One thing that happens a lot in Vista is what I call random desktop file placement. The way I have my desktop setup is two rows of icons from the top left of the screen spanning down to the right (the default way). Now when I save a file to the desktop, 6 out of 10 times it ...

My Outlook Express 6 account was linked to my Hotmail account. It worked great because I travel and was able to create emails on the fly and send them later. Also on the fly I could ...

Is there anyway to include subfolders in Vista photos screen saver. You use to be able to check the subfolder box in Win XP and include all pictures in all subfolders. I wish they would include the option to play Playlist. ...

Is there a way that, when you lock your computer, the background of your desktop will appear in the screen instead of the plain vista bacground and picture? ...

PLease help I have just upgraded from XP to VISTA.Now most web pages i go on the text is close to images or even on top of other text. I have altered the text size the Resolution of my screen None of this helps ...

I have new PC with Vista Home Basic . Was having huge problems with hang when trying to copy data etc to CD/DVD using vista. Thought the installation may not hav ...

The hibernate feature is important both as your contribution to the environment and to your pocketbook.A computer hibernates when it either partially or fully shuts down in order to conserve AC power, es ...

Hi, I have a HP Pavilion dv1000 laptop with a built in 'pavilion webcam', since I upgraded to vista, I won't work, the light is on to say it;s on but I can't get an image ...

Certain images whether they are a map from weather.com, or having a bunch of x's for images when clicking help & support from the main vista start menu or even from the community site for this discussion board the ...

How do I obtain the Combine and Decode option? It doesn't seem to be available. ...

Assume a message contains an attached .jpg.With Outlook Express 6, when I clicked on the "paper clip", I would be presented with a context menu showing the attachment's file name as one option, and "Save attachments...&qu ...

I keep getting spam delivered thru my email domain even though it is not correctly addressed to my proper email address. How is this possible, and how do I stop it? For instance my domain is: jaxclean.com and i will get messages to: slkdjflksadjf@jaxclean.com or mtx@jaxclean.com o ...

I just got Windows Vista, in order to use Windows mail, they ask for pop3 address and smltaddress, where to I find these addresses? ...

OK....I've got the printer off my Linksys Print Server into the correct Workgroup (and set to a fixed IP address, per the suggested conventions).Each of the various users I have created on the Vist ...

I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 we ...

I have several programs which could open video files but when I right click only few of them show up if any, sometimes including programs which can not open video files!! How can I force to show up all programs which could open video files, like XP does?I have Vista Business 32bits program. ...

Have installed Vista but want the pictures/music/docs etc to automatically be installed on a separate drive. Actually I want all programs to be automatically installed on this dr ...

To All:Please help. I have been running Windows Vista Home Premium for (3) months, and over the past couple of weeks, every time that I startup my computer in the morning, my Windows wallpaper does not load, and I end up with a blank screen.Any ideas? I went through the whole process ...

anyone know how to fix the folder view problem? one day i'll have a folder set to Large Icons, and the next day, it will be set to Details. Sometimes vista will even sort the folder by group when i didnt ask for that to happen. help appreciated. idontknowtech ...

FYI for casual users: I got an email on Thursday ( sorry if dup posting I didn't see one)Windows Vista Beta 2, RC1, and RC2 Set to ExpireOn May 31, 2007, the prerelease versions of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1, and RC2) wil ...

Does Vista come with the capability to zip files? ...

I have a Motorola Q phone and when I installed Vista I installed the latest Mobile Device Center. At first, each time I connect the phone via USB, the Sync Center would open and do the sync. A while ago, instead o ...

Anybody using the Epson Perfection 4490 scanner on Vista x64?I am thinking of getting, so comments would be most welcomePhypps ...

My PC running Vista Home Premium very often fails to load certain drivers, namely multimedia drivers (onboard and additional sound card and TV card) and PCI to PCI bridge controller, upon startup. The ...

I have XP installed on C, and I partitioned the drive, and loaded up Vista from the DVD, started the installation, but when the computer reboots during the install, it does not have the opt ...

I have a Linksys DraftN network with 2 XP machines (one wireless, one wired), and my new Vista Ultimate machine that can be both wired and wireless (tried both), and I cannot seem to get file sharing to work prope ...

Hey I bought a new laptop a couple of weeks ago, and this computer has the window Vista by default! However I'm facing a lot of troubles with the games, they are not wo ...

sir,iam having windows vista.i tried to get windows mail.but it is asking for valid outgoing server stmp and incoming server pop3.can you give it.iam from india using bsnl dial up connectionthanksprasobh 9847951381 ...

How can I mark a whole folder as read in Windows Mail ?In the old Outlook it worked by pressing STRGQ on the folder. Currently I have to mark all messages STRGA and then STRGQ hmpf...any tip ? ...

Both computers have Windows Vista. I transferred other files but I didn't see a location to transfer the mail messages using Windows Easy Transfer. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like ...

somehow I have lost administer control over defender and cannot open it to correct it. Can anyone please tell me what to dothanks in advance ...

Hello all, Has anybody experienced this?I got a new HP Pavilion tx1120us Tablet PC with Windows Vista Premium. Every time you turn it on, the Welcome Center and the HP Total Care wi ...

How do I turn off the Password Manager in VISTA Basic, I have no intention of storing passwords even if encrypted on my Laptop, I find the continued prompt about Password Manager each time I enter a PW annoying. ...

I have scanned My resume (PDF) and placed it in a file on my desk top. When filling out a job application on line and it ask for me to paste my resume to the application this is where I have the problem. If I try to drag it to the ares where it is to go, it just opens in another ...

I succumbed to the temptation of going into fullscreen mode .. despite the warnings :( and of course, now I can't alternative between my Vista PC & XP as ...

I recently built a computer based on the Asus M2AVM motherboard and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor. The motherboard is equipped with the ATI Radeon X1250 chipset, 2GB Corsair Memory and I'm running Windows Vista Business. I ju ...

I'm at wit's end now, and still can't find a reasonable approach to the validation/activation process. Could someone provide any suggestions?See, the problem is that I often use my system to help others with theirs. Right n ...

Hi. My Windows Vista PC is connected to 2 different networks. One wired and the other one wireless. Both of them have internet. Both of them are connected but the slower one (wireless) sometimes says "Local Only", but when I disable the wired one, the wireless says "Local And Int ...

Hi, I am totally new to Vista. When launching a small application from the main programme I get this error: "CreateProcess for (pathandapplicationna ...

Word has it that Vista came out with being able to play with xbox 360 users. When will this happen? and also will you be able to do it with the current game titles, such as GRAW and GRAW2 that is out for both platforms? Halo and Halo2? Prey? Or when this happens, will they make games spe ...

Can anyone give a link for instructions on how to get Netscape 7 Mail to Windows Mail in Vista? Or can someone give instructions that can be used for acco ...

I'm sure this has already been asked, but I hope someone can help me. We recently got a laptop, but plan to use our regular pc as well. Our pc has Outlook and our laptop has windows vista mail. Is there anyway to have access to my email on the pc fr ...

System Specs:Vista Ultimate P4 3.2 Ghz 2 gig DDR dualchannel memory I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I wondering if there were an official ...

Hey, I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Vista Home Premium, 2 gigs of RAM and an Ati X1150 integrated gpu. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the option in Vista is for increasing my vram. Appa ...

Hi All,I have added a RAM on my computer. However, the RAM rating goes down to 3.0 which is 4.0 before the adding the RAM. What's the matter with it?Any suggestion is appreciated.Pat ...

I've noticed this, more so if there is an image, audio, or video file in the directory, where Vista likes to automatically change the default view for the folder to Large Icons even though it was universally set for the entire compu ...

Can and How would I remove Windows XP Pro from the hard drive since now I have Vista Home on it? Wayne ...

Hello,I have a toshiba A100014 and windows vista home edition. When i use outlook express, there are certain messages just some of them, can't quite understand what is the problem wit ...

Recently, I've begun to experience problems with Windows Explorer when trying to move large file (1+gb or larger). "Dragging and dropping" will cause Explorer to crash and shut down. I have to copy these files from the command line.I'm runnning Vis ...

Hi,I'm thinking of adding a BlueRay DVD writer, and I was wondering if it will work with Vista's builtin DVD writer program Thank You in Advance Merci a l'avance ...

Hi. I have encountered a problem with hard drives shutting down after the computer is woken from the sleep state.Im running Vista Ultimate x64 on an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard, and have 3 hard drives connected.On th ...

About a week ago, a few Office 2007related updates came out, and I see not a one of them in WU (and since I don't do automatic updates, they're not already installed). I DO have & ...

Am running three 750GB drives that have 698GB free after formatting (into "vanilla" NTFS without RAID), but only C: appears to be effected by this problem.After initial Vista Ultimate and applications installation onto C: it ...

I'm having similar problems as otherscan't add programs even though I am logged in as the system administrator (it's a personal computer at home; I"m the only user). Other answers to this question have said that a profile could be "corrupt" if t ...

I have an XP application that's important to me. When I try to install and run it on Vista I can't get it to work.The program installs and seems to work fine. The problem is it's data location. In XP it stores it's data files in the in the f ...

I've changed the default location of "Documents" from C Drive to New Drive. However, stupidly I deleted the "Documents" from Explorer. I need to restore it. No files are stored, hence no loss. Its not available in Recycle Bin to restore.Thanks ...

Most of my emails print fine, in the normal way and size, with the header information (my profile name, From, To, Subject, date) at the top. However I receive some emails from a company, and while they are a ...

When I use 'switch user' the CPU shows 100% usage and stays that way getting hotter. If I log off and go to another user all is OK. Any ideas? John the West Ham fan housetrained@hotmail.com ...

I have no audio, I did one update and suddernly my audioi dissapeared and I have a message in the icon of the volume "No Audio Output Device is installed" How can I fix this?Thanks,Fernando ...

I wonder if anybody could help here. My problem is that I lost my wireless connection when upgrading from XP Media Center to Vista Home Premium and now I get the message "Download and install the driver for RT73 USB Wireless LAN Ca ...

i have a sandisk sddr103 memory card reader and vista doesnt have drivers for it.has anyone gotten this to work? ...

is this modem SB4200 be used with windows vista ...

Awesome os but damn i tried to upgrde some hardware *graphics card, motherboard, processor* and after 3 days and 8 or more hours on the phone with tech support staff i am switching to linux. It is a joke. When ...

hello folksi have a winbook powerspec MCE 410, Asus P4M915G/PDI mobo, brand new WD 320g SATA drive, Radeon X300LS video card with latest drivers installed, everything else except usb ports for mouse/keyboard un ...

I'm running Vista Ultimate. In the Start menu, all items on the right side of the menu "Recent Items", "Computer", "Network", etc. none of them have icons. It takes longer to quickly find things.Is there a way to have icons for the list, as XP did?Thanks,Ste ...

I recently reinstalled Windows Vista Ultimate and i encountered a weird error.I backed up all my data from the previous Vista installation onto another hdd within my system. once this was done and proceded to reinstall Windows Vista.The installation was completed in 15 minutes and i installed the ...

HiI have Vista Ultimate, with XP I had several icons on the Windows Explorer Toolbar for things I did often, such as Delete, Move to, Copy to, Delete, Properties. How do I get these up in Vista?thanksDaniel ...

Hey all. I've had the same problems with Vista DVD Maker as everyone else is reporting....we get to 99.2% and it says something generic like "an error has occured"..it then spits out the DVD which is rendered useless....over and over and over ...

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knew how to configure Vista MCE to start the live tv at a particular time, lets say, when i wake up in the morning, i want the live tv to be my alarm clock. I usually leave my computer on all the time, so i was w ...

Well What I want to do is setup a user account on my windows vista machine, which will be accessed via an XP machine. I know its something to do with with a roaming accou ...

I recently purchased a Vista laptop to connect to a wired business network. All of the machines are running Windows XP except for the server which is running Windows 2000. I ...

Recently purchased a Toshiba P205S6267 with Vista home premium and Dlink Wireless Router DIR615. Both support Draft N. Currently I can only get a connection if I am hardwired. If I try to c ...

I have a problem with spam email, which is being sent to people from my email account address book. It masks itself as having my email address. I think this happened due to one virus, which probably hijacked the contact list from my email account. I have remove ...

Everytime I try to sync my new and old ipod I get the following error message:Attempting to copy to the disk "NANO" falied. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.iTunes could not save to your music ...

Hi, I have recently upgraded a new laptop with Windows Vista home automatically installed and generally find Vista very easy to use and with a lot more useful automatic programmes such as Windows emial, calendar and contacts. No need for MS Outlook as it seems to behave the same and is just as i ...

when I try to delete old email address in contact windows explorer stops working and gives me a error message ...

I don't know if you missed my question but just in case you did...Do you know if Windows Mail will be killed off by the forthcoming new Mail client or is it an additional option? ...

Why did you stop identites? ...

I have a new Compaq Presario with Windows Vista and windows Mail. I get errors when trying to send and receive email.... it has never worked. ISP says it is a Windows firewall issue and they do n ...

Whenever I view a new newsgroup, the default view is always 'show watched messages'. In order to see the posts I have to switch the view to 'show all'.Is there a good reason for th ...

Why cant i update my msn account for windows live mail. I have vista but i cant use the mail program. how can i fix this? ...

I get the message "Windows Live Mail will not send HTTP email ......". I have upgraded my Hotmail account to be Hotmail Live and still get this error. Each time the window comes up for my ...

I cannot set up my windows mail correctly, i think i put in the wrong hosts... how do i fix this and what are the correct server names to use. the incoming mail server is POP3 i believe but the outgoing email server (SMTP) name, i do not know, its not SMTP ...

oehelp.com/WMUtil/This link from one of the other people really does work. Definitely try it! It finally got rid of the email stuck in my outbox. ...

I have just up graded to vista on my Acer laptop. It worked for a short while but now my laptop wont startup. I could have locked the screen, but all ...

When i try to change my virtual memory and set them to both the same amount (min 3026 and max 3026) and when i click on OK i get the blue screen dumps my physical memory and reboots every time and will not change. just wondering if anyone else is seeing this and i ...

I've got an HP 952C (Inkjet, USB) being used with Vista Home Premium on a new dualcore 2GB machine. The driver was automatically provided by MSFT. My problem is that Windows Photo Gallery and Microsoft Office Picture Manager do not pr ...

After entering a few characters in the Windows Explorer search box, the Windows Explorer closes. Sometimes a dialog appears stating that it going to close and ...

This is not a problem for me, but I just thought I post this:I did an upgrade installation of Vista Biz from XP Home from an upgrade disc that I bought at Best Buy, and when it was done e ...

I lost my recycle bin icon off my desktop, how do I get it back? ...

Hello,I was just wondering if anybody could help me with this problem? I am trying to get my Vista Media Center to recognize my TV tuner but I am having problems starting up this windows service. Everytime I try t ...

Hey everyoneI get the message "Windows Explorer has stopped working" every time I try to access a folder. To start with it happened occasionally, but now it's constant ...

I have two Dell Pcs with Windows XP. I have a brand new Dell with Vista home premium and for a week, using a Netgear WPN824 router was fine. Now, it drops the connection and the router tries to restart every fe ...

Hi,I use the Slide Show gadget to flip through random pictures on my Sidebar. The gadget lets you click a little magnifying glass button to open the current picture in Windows Photo Gallery.Every now and then, ...

I have read through many of the posts and have tried some of the suggestions to no avail.I have 4 Gb installed and the system memory is reported as 2046 MB.I have tried enableing P ...

Would it be better to use the firewall on Kapersky Internet Suite or the Windows Vista Firewall? ...

Hi, This is a portion of my bat file. The ones with the > are the questioned ones.xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent" "M:\Agent\" When I run this I get and error message in the CMD pro ...

OK , my screensavers in Vista are running slow if I have a webpage open or I have the sidebar opened , they all run fine if nothings opened or if I preview them with windows open . Seems like a memory issue , 2 gigs installed running at about 26% when I`m idle ........ any ideas ???? ...

Are there any other default icon libraries in windows vista besides %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll .I'm looking for a house icon for my home folders.Thanks,Frank ...

I only have microsoft works installed on my computer with os windows vista home premium. When I receive a file (.doc) as an attachment via email I cannot open it and get this message "this file does not have a program asso ...

When doing an operation I get, you do not have necessary priv, even tho I am logged in as admin. How can I take ownership in order to complete task from that point. They have done a good job of hiding necessary info. ...

Can't seem to get rid of it it Deletes ok, but reappears when the computer restarts. Empty, of course.The way my data files are organized, I don't need it. Is there a way to kill it permanently?Thanks ...

I had installed two vista.. The one in C: the other in D: Then I ve formatted the drive d: but when i restarted my pc there still was an option menu of choosing the two vistas in dos.. So how can I get rid of this option menu in dos?? ...

Hi I recently purchased a low end base PC AcerT180, AMD 64x2 3800+, 1Gb PC25300 633Mhz RAM, GeForceGo6100 256mb shared, 160Gb HDD, DVDRW DL., currently using an old Packard Bell 19"CRT monitor, and bought a new Logitech media keybaord elite.Vista Home ...

Hi, I am lost I have an HP desktop Media Ctr. XP Home/2005 version. My integrated graphic processor is an ATI Radeon X300 SE w/ TVout.Specs on vid. card are: 128 MB ...

Hello :)In brief, my problem is that i have a dualboot pc (xp+vista) and when loading, before the regular choice to select the OS to boot, 3 or 4 screens of some loader appear for a very short amount of time: 1. Booting GRLDR ... Resetting the boot drive ... success Turning on gate A20 ... ...

Hello Everyone,We used to purchased HP computers with and image them using ghost. It was real easy as the image contained all the required settings and applications. Just make a sysprep.ini with the admin password, t ...

Hi, Is there a "Legal" (Supported) way to shrink the FootPrint of vista on the C Drive (Removing Binaries completely from the image) ?All i've found was vLite, which did a great job, but made my image not supp ...

Last night I tried installing Vista Home Premium over XP Media Edition and when the computer booted at some p