Have you had the issue since you purchased the machine or did it start after you downloaded or started to use a new program?

If the latter, you need to system restore back to the point before you...

you can clean up what's running on your system by using CodeStuffStarter which can be downloaded here http://www.snapfiles.com/get/Starter.html

If you have Norton's running, this can also slow...

first welcome to daniweb! if you can go to Start/Run and type cmd and Return...in the black screen type ipconfig /all and post the results here...

Probably the cheapest and easiest way to improve performance is by adding memory. But if this is an old machine, the hard disk drive could be the bottleneck. So, if you are at the limits of your...

download and run HiJackThis and post the results in the Virus, Spyware and other Nasties forum, please...

http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

Download MalWareBytes

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html

and post the results in our forum Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties, which is a subforum of...

How did you install the printer...did you install connected directly to the Vista machine? Or did you just connect and start using it?

It sounds like a driver issue. Did you install the printer with it connected directly to the Vista computer?

I would go to the printer web page and try to download the newest Vista drivers for...

this might interest you...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

guys, I can only tell you that my daughter's Vista laptop went through the same thing last weekend. It's SP1 that it tried to update...

Luckily, it is a child's machine and she doesn't have any...

download HiJackThis

http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

and follow directions - paste the output to our forum "Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties" and...

I you google Vista SP1 you'll find that a lot of folks have this problem. I would hold off on updating SP1 until MS issues an OK on it!

here are some troubleshooting tools:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/tshootfrs.mspx

Don't believe you can without a script. You can try www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon

Before you reformat, I suggest you pay a visit to the Virus, Spyware etc. forum under Windows. There's a couple of stickies on how to find problems and you can post your thread there and someone...

Two things come to mind...first, can you check to see if you have shared the internet connection. Sometimes that can lead to intermittent connections with Vista. Second, do you have McAfee or...

do you have automatic update turned on? Occasionally, an update will see something it doesn't expect if updates are installed out of sequence. You could always restore to a setup before you updated...

I use Avast! and am protected on all the computers on my LAN. However, that isn't enough today...take a look in daniweb for a discussion about security...if you set up your computer the way these...

Dragon, here's one explanation:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=6b3af6c9

zeroth

I would first contact the software company and try to resolve this from there. They will have a better idea as to what went wrong...

zeroth

it would be advisable to load all these duplicate files to another folder, preferably on a CD for safekeeping. zeroth

try logging on as administrator and create a new user...if that works, delete the old user. zeroth

Make sure your computer has the resources to run the theme - if so, take a look at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945000

zeroth

Dragonfire, sounds like a video card memory issue to me. zeroth

Run the camera setup disk and set the camera ip to be something out the range of your router's available dhcp range, i.e., if your router is setup to deliver ip's 192.168.1.100-200, then set the...

You first need to get the Vista printer driver for the network printer (I'm assuming this computer is NOT Vista) loaded onto the Vista machine and THEN connect the printer directly to your Vista...

Majid,

Click the Start button, then Run...type CMD and return. Or just bring up the black DOS screen. In the command screen type ipconfig /all and paster that result here.

zeroth

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp?moid=1998652&rpn=PSAG4U&ct=DL&BV_SessionID=@@@@0568953663.1221990725@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadefelllmdecgfkceghdgngdgmm.0

Try this...it works when you need to connect a Vista Machine with a printer on an older machine, it should work in reverse...can't hurt to try!!

First find out what your printer path is to the...

Hey 4fivers,

Google "Firefox" and download that...if you don't have any further problems, just use Firefox or something else as your browser. IE has internal security issues.

zeroth

just download the newest version...it should write over the bad copy.

reboot your computer. Watch the screen and when you see F10 System Restore, start pressing the F10 key repeatedly and the system will go into a Restore section that will allow you to get back your...

Reboot the machine. Go to users under Control Panel and make sure there are no other users set up on this machine, even Guest or Administrator.

Once you've done that, try to open Microsoft Works...

Welcome to the forum IT noob,

Since this is a forum about Windows Vista, could you please post your thread in the Hardware forum??? I believe you will find some help over there about your plug...

Try Belarc Advisor - that's a great program to have and it will tell you all about every device you have installed on the computer, all the drivers, all the licenses you have, everything...

Once...

That might not be what you want to do...how much security is there on the network itself. Are you the only person using the network...is there anyone else with access that you don't want to see your...

Simply use Windows Explorer and find a file on each computer...it doesn't have to be the same file name. Right click on that file and choose properties. Under properties go to the share tab and...

is there a quick way to get to a list of shortcuts? Like a shortcut to shortcuts...

I'm not familiar with your particular model but sometimes these devices have an on/off switch somewhere for the wireless, on the side or edge of the case...and it can be a software on/off as well,...

Try this:

First find out what your printer path is to the computer with the printer. \\ComputerName\PrinterName. Those two names are generally seen when you pick a shared printer for any print...