you need to a find a cd that doesn't have errors on it (probably scratches).

What is this "OS disk" you speak of? it is a CD or a floppy disk?

Anyway, if the boot sequence recognises the CD as a higher priority than the HDD, use the Vista CD and boot from that. If that is...

this link should help you: http://help.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=8

Program c:\Program File (x86)\Internet explorer\iexplore.exe

what's with the x86?

if you have more than 1 drive, make sure you are prioritising the correct one. if it still does not work, maybe the drive is faulty? can you read cd/dvds after the computer is actually booted?

what does "but in windows it works normal" mean? i am going to assume you have 2 computers and "windows" refers to one of them. make sure you have the boot sequence set up so that the cd-rom is ahead...

I don't think there is any need to necessarily do the video card first, but by doing it first, it means the next installs become easier (because you get a better display). Looking at those specs it...

for years I haven't used any security tools on my computer, and haven't had any virus related issues. personally, i believe the best protection is being careful what you download, and what websites...

post the specs of your machine, they we can tell you if it supposed to be fast or not ;)

try a system restore.

you cannot re-install vista without losing everything if you can't boot into it (this is what the repair tool should do). since you have a dual-boot saving your data...

vista uses a lot more memory than xp so just make sure you have enough ram (1.5GB+), otherwise your laptop will feel slow.

Do you have a proxy server?

Try different cds, is it just that cd that is unreadable?

There are applications that allow you to do this. e.g. "DisplayFusion"

As a temporary measure you could try use OpenOffice instead (free office suite). Unfortunately I don't really have a solution to your problem, I would suggest google, or hopefully somebody else can...

Yeah, probably not a good idea to switch to linux unless you have time to get familiar with it first. You can get your games to run, but it'll take a little bit of configuration I believe (e.g....

LOL, I am pretty sure it is "rooted". It doesn't really do anything, just annoying every time I see it. Not to worry, thanks anyway.

Well I tried removed it from being shared, but no luck. I can't access the security tab for the folder, so I can't get its permissions.

"The requested security information is either unavailable or...

Yep, I wasn't saying it wasn't. I was just unclear in my last post, sorry.

Yeah, it is underneath a shared directory (so its parent is shared, not itself). Thanks for your suggestion, I will try it later on.

Not on my computer currently, so I don't know the permissions. But it's just a normal folder "E:\My Recieved Files\Shared".

It shouldn't be anything malicious, it was a folder I created myself. I...

Hey all,

This isn't a huge concern and I have just ignored it, but I guess I am curious to see if anybody has a remedy. I have somehow got a folder which is visible, but doesn't map to anything....

Can you get to any boot screens? If you put in your vista disk, can you boot from the cd?

I think google will be your best friend here, it seems it is a pretty common problem so just do a search and try some of the remedies...