Well, since all the software and support for linux is online (very few people I've ever met use phone support unless it's a corporate environment) being in the Philippines shouldn't be a problem, but...

Right click and go to "open with" select the program and check the box to "always use this program", Vista should support ZIP natively, and hopefully that will show up in the list. If not I'd suggest...

I installed it after my last reinstall, but never really played with it much. You should technically meet the requirements but with virtualization "minimum requirements" are going to give pretty poor...

XP mode shouldn't need hardware virtualization, but a little more muscle than that would probably help. I have an older dual core "Athlon x2 4200+" with 4GB of ram and didn't have any problems with...

I didn't mean to imply it was, Windows 7 has XP mode (in some versions) and Vista doesn't, That's one the things that makes 7 a better gaming operating system for me.

There's no difference for gaming, the difference between Home Premium and Ultimate is in extra features that wont effect gaming.

Windows 7 is better for gaming (in my opinion) because it has all...

I think that's included in the "fix boot problems" process, I also ran a hard disk check from MiniPE, would chkdsk do something else I'm not thinking of?

No, Safemode doesn't work, and Last Known Good Configuration doesn't fix anything.

I thought it was strange too, but I already tried and it told me there were no restore points available.

There are no restore points on the system.

I'm trying to fix a computer (Vista) that fails to boot after windows updates (BSOD, safemode and "last known good" don't work either). I have the original restore media and would like too do a...

The reputation system at Daniweb is pretty casual, Give points for any post you feel is thoughtful and informative enough to deserve it. You'll never get penalized for being too giving of it, the...

I like Avast for anti-virus and Zonealarm for Firewall, but lately I've been using Comodos security suite. It's free and from everything I've read (and seen) Comodos firewall is on par or better than...

You really need to be more clear on this question, I'm assuming you mean to upgrade from XP to vista but the way you worded it could just as easily mean installing Vista in a virtual environment...

I'd say to try safemode, if that doesn't work a Repair install is your best bet.

If that doesn't work you'll probably need to just do a fresh installation formatting the hard drive. That will fix...

I've been using 64 bit operating systems since windows xp x64 was still in Beta (about five years ago). Most programs work fine between them (now) but some that need to access hardware resources...

I don't know of any "bootloader" that will run a virtual image, because there's no accessible operating system. You'd have two viable options...

Either you go straight to something like VMware...

I agree, but the new can be deeper than the GUI. They've done a really serious rehash, once you've used it for a while you'll see that. If you like vista or not there's no denying that it had some...

At this point it's data recovery, not PHP, Windows software (WAMP) or even Vista. Stop using the drive, research data recovery and "undelete" from another system, and see what you can come up with.

1. Vista hogs resources, this was a HUGE issue at initial release because people wanted to install it on existing hardware, but now that systems have caught up and people are mainly putting it on new...

The 3/4GB discussion is tricky suspisho handled it pretty well. As far as 32 vs. 64, I've been running Vista Ultimate X64 since very shortly after the release (I don't recall when vista came out) and...

I don't think it's necessarily slower, but anytime you add new features there's the potential. You can run Ultimate with all the same things active as HP; or you can turn the extra features on, use...

Windows 2000 looked and felt a whole lot like 98 until you started working with it. I haven't used it yet so I can't vouch for Microsofts innovation, but after the lesson they learned last time I'd...

Did this fix the problem for you?

You can't "uninstall" it, but you can reinstall it. If you download the installation package (it's labeled as WMP11 for XP, but it's the same program) When you go to install it you'll have a repair...

Ah, I remember that little email from HP.

The handful of times I've had to deal with them about this, there was never a timeline for the functionality to be added. Sometimes they do have another...

Reinstall WMP, it's on microsofts site.

Print and scan drivers are different, I know that a lot of HPs printers just have one big file that does it all, but look into installing the print and scan drivers separately.

Did you make any changes to the system, adding more software or changing drivers?

I'd try re-installing the game.

Some programs don't need the registry files to run, but the more complex the software the less likely it is to work. I really wouldn't suggest trying to use those programs as is because you're bound...

You need to reinstall the programs. Complex software can not be moved from one PC to another without A LOT more trouble than just reinstalling them. This is a NEW computer, these programs are not...

On a kernel level it wont be faster, but according to everything I've read and the demos I've seen (on the web in general, and from Microsoft) it's going to be less "bloated". The problem with vista...

When it comes down to it, this system is running too slow, even for Vista on a slow machine. There must be something wrong, but since this laptop shouldn't have Vista in the first place installing XP...

Ram is considered a "user upgradable" part, even on laptops. It's enver more than a couple screws away. But I don't know about "running towards vista" even balmer has accepted that people are better...

You can't really "merge" accounts, but you can go into cotrol panel> uesers and delete one. Back up any data that might be on it first and put it where you want it on the other account.

What's the...

For us Linux is less annoying than windows, but the average user doesn't want to have to go to shell to install programs. With that said, there's plenty of potential to make it work in the mainstream...

As for the minimum requirements for vista, Microsoft isn't really inaccurate with their requirements they're actually to specific. When they say "Minimum" they mean it, When they say "Minimum...

Well, if it's really taken that long that is ridiculous but...

That system should never have vista on it. It barely meets the minimum requirements and, at least in my opinion, vista isn't usable...

Dell is decent about warranty, especially on more expensive laptops. This early on if it's exhibiting ANY problems you should make full use of the warranty. There's no point in trying to mickey-mouse...

If you don't understand the difference you probably don't want to use them at all.

The no GUI boot simply gets rid of the graphical moving bar during start-up. It saves a few seconds but without...