[microsoft:windows-vista-7-8] Forum Topics

This started when I uninstalled McAfee, and installed a new Antivirus program. Now I get an error message when I try to play a game off of a disc, when I bring up certain programs, like AIM, when I try to click the "Windows Security Alerts" icon in my taskbar, …

I can't shink, close, resize any windows with the boxes at the top of the page. Can anyone help.

I built this computer from the ground up a few months ago and I've been having this problem ever since I started booting it up. I've updated the drivers for this card a couple of times. I initially installed the 32 bit version of vista, then a couple days ago …

Hey guys i was dual booting XP and Vista, then decided to delete the Vista Partition to get rid of it. Boot when i boot my PC the boot record is still giving me the Vista Option. When i click on vista it says it's missing. My question is, how …

Greetings. This is an Acer dekstop Athlon 64 2 GB RAM with a year-old installation of XP pro sp3 on one partition, and a 6-month-old up-to-date Vista Home Premium on the next. The dual boot has been working fine until today. But suddenly, the PS2 keyboard will not move the …

Once I turn on the computer it goes to a black screen to were I choose to boot in "safe mode" Once I choose the "safe mode' the computer acts like its going to boot up but it just brings me back to the same screen. I have no idea …

Three times this week google just started opening over and over, the only way to stop it is to shut down the computer. Then it is fine for a day or so and thenit happens again. I have windows vista and use explorer

I need to run a new registry cleaner I bought because(Laptop) cpu will not go on line, but in safe mode, the screen is set to 640x480 and when I run the program, I can do everything but click the fix button because it is to low on screen. I …

hey i have to make a program using win32 c++ and i need to get my hands on some information from the registry which i cannot find. the problem is i need to find information about the graphic card the pc is using and this software has 2 be ported …

Hello there, I've created a Windows Complete PC Backup of my new laptop. Now a few days later I want to actualize it, but when click on Back up computer in Backup and Restore Center a window opens with message - Looking for backup devices and it stays like that, …

Hi, I have wampserver loaded on one pc. users A, B, C have same login privilege. User A created tables in the database. User A can add data to a table using mysql commands like mysql_real_connect, mysql_real_query .... User B and User C, though, having same privilege as user A …

Hi, Today I did a vista clean install. HP DV6045NR Notebook. Everything but the following is fine: Audio: I can plug my headphones in and sounds works fine. But internal speakers are not functioning at all. No error messages. Keyboard: Kind of funky. My @ and number symbol are misplaced. …

Okay, to start off my system is kind of an experiment on how well a dual hard-drive system performs differently from a single hard drive system. I have a 35 Gb drive that i placed windows vista 64bit on. Now the drive runs at 10k. Opposite that hd i have …

Hi, I recently purchased an HP AMD Turion 4GB 250HD 64 bit, Vista Home Premium. Internet connection via ComCast is intermittent -- mostly I can't get on at all. I also have a Vonage modem connected to the ComCast Modem. I did not have a problem with my old computer …

OKay here's the theme I'm trying to incorporate on someone's machine: There are 2 accounts on a Windows Vista basic machine. An admin and an under-privelaged account. I need to set a scheduled task where the machine shuts down every nite at 11pm and locks out the OS so only …

I have xp currently installed. I want to install vista business on my laptop. (my laptop's specs are at the bottom) could you tell me if my laptop is vista capable . I should have used vista upgrade advisor ... but my current xp installation is kinda broke down completely …

Hey All, I have been trying to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition with Vista Basic. So for I have been able to install only Visio and Microsoft Project, but what i really need to install is Word and Access. No i have read somewhere that Microsoft Office 2003 has …

To start, i apologize, i am probably posting in the wrong place. i can only use my computer in safe mode right now. in normal mode, things lag and websites take several minutes to load or just go blank i cant access some websites, if they are of anti-malware nature. …

my new computer decided it doesn't like to boot anymore :( Computer is a home-built gaming machine, (dual core, single ATI Radeon 4870, Asus P5Q Deluxe mobo, Vista x64 home premium) has been running fine for about 6 weeks with only minor video card driver issues. I had NOT yet …

Somehow the fonts for my system have been changed. Everything looks either bold or italic, and the font itself looks like it's a different font family altogether. I'm not sure how this happened, but it's quite annoying. The problem is system-wide, in that Windows itself, my browser and apps all …

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. Over last couple of days, when I start up computer, it gets to the windows screen, and the blue bar thing just goes round and round, and it never gets into windows. I eventually get it to start up, if …

How do I install wireless support in server 2008? It doesnt seem to have native wireless support like vista / xp sp2.

For some reason my development rig has become quite slow lately Its got 2gb of ram, a Core1duo and Server 2008 (SP1) Standard x32 Every once in a while taskeng will go crazy and spawn like 200 process and eat all my ram and CPU time. Looking at scheduled tasks, …

how to register the dll and ocx using visual basic 6.0 in windows vista.

Hey, just lately i've been getting some notifications from avast saying that it has found files infected with vapsup or agent variations. Now i've tried deleting the files, putting them into the "chest" and then deleting or restoring but nothing seems to be working. Ive tried the SmitFraudFix from reading …

Here is a copy of a portion of an email i sent to HP (to save me typing it out) 1 ) Program freeze ups. Where I have to close a program to get another to run. With 2 gigs of ram I shouldn't have to do this. Not multiple …

When closing Firefox, the firefox.exe process keeps running and cannot be terminated (have tried task manager). When attempt is made to restart firefox, get msg that "firefox is still running and must be closed to start a new session". The only way to restart firefox is to do a reboot. …

I seem to have trouble burning a DVD. The trouble I'm having is with the e: drive (the drive that does the burning) is not recognizing the disk when attempting to burn some pics on a DVR R- disk. I get a dialog box that states insert disk, disk in …

I have tried everything I can think of to get IE back. First IE 7 stopped working and advice from India ended up with suggesting downloading the new version IE Beta 2 which doesn't work either. Have tried disabling add-ons...no good. I get the message check HTTP port 80 HTTPS …

Hello, I have HP Pavillion Media Center PC m7640n. In October, my computer crashed, it wouldn't boot up at all. After trying complete system restore with built in restore program (which by the way didn't work). I then had to by the restore discs from HP (they used to come …

Ok friend just cam over to my house, but his drivers for his DVD drive are corrupted, so it does not read anything. Tech support suggests to insert the recovery disks, but the drive can't read it. Help?

Hello all, Well i got an ipod touch yesterday and pretty much since then, my PC has been REALLY slower then usual! There are a lot of svchost.exe files running and that is not normal! My brother's PC which is single core is faster then my dual! Even task manager …

I have picked up a trojan horse, I have run malwarebytes and deleted infected files but computer has a few extra icons on thedesktop.Here is the malware logfile and the hijack this log file. What is my nex move? Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.30 Database version: 1416 Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 …

Guys if i browse for around half an hour in my internet explorer my internet explorer gets hanged and i see a message internet explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.and again i have to restart my internet explorer.can somebody tell me whats the problem

in Assasin's Creed at The kingdom i see those wierd yellow stripes all over my screen but i can go in jerusalem and it runs just fine only at the kingdom i have that bug/glitch please help me getting the solution

Used to work fine.....now, added shadow effects still appear on slide in progress and still appear in slideshow view. They no longer appear on the set of slides that run down the left side of the screen, don't appear in print preview and naturally, don't print. All posts I've checked …

I just downloaded Nero 7. I would like to know how to download Games that are freeware onto a CD. Is there a tutorial that I can follow,I am so confused just looking at the program...hahaha. Thanks

Anyone know if it's possible to change the "All Programs" section of the start menu to look like XP? I don't like how it all opens in the same little area. I have searched around, but can't figure out how to change it.

I would like someone to help me write a small program for a personal project to learn programming in a different way. If anyone wants to help me out or could help me in anyway please just let me know [email]dannyfancher@gmail.com[/email] Thanks

Hi, I work at a company that is about to open two new branches. I am in charge of some IT tasks, like computer maintenance. For the branches that are going to be far away. What could be the right way to access those computers remotely? - Remote Desktop. The …

I am receiving an error "unable to update system registry. Please use regedit." Any idea why I would get this when trying to use an new installed program? i don't know enough about the registry to try to fix it, or should I leave well enough alone?

my wmp11 vista home premium is NOT working every time i try and open media center I get an error message saying microsoft has encountered a problem and must close!!!!!!!!!!!!!what is the deal?????????????????I'v read lots of posts online but no solutions to the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!2

Hi, I urgently need to install Formfiller, but my backup copy seems to be somewhat damaged and download links fonud on Google seems to be broken. Please let me know if there is a download available. Thank you!

I have a Razer Lachesis mouse and use Windows Vista, although I don't know if this is a Vista related problem. It has been working fine ever since I got it a few months ago. Its supposed to be a high end mouse which cost about 80 dollars. But for …

Hi all, I have Windows new version VISTA and I want to make wireless connection and i want wireless networking on my laptop Any help in this regard. Thanks, With Regards.

Hi my name is SK, I recently got a job to run a small school network, so i need know if there's a way to activate [B][COLOR="Red"]system restore on every reboot[/COLOR][/B] on vista? I found some software to help me achieve these but i still need to know if i …

Hi guys , My problem is the following: Have a Toshiba a215-5818 with Vista Home Premium and a Atheros Ar5007EG onboard wireless adapter. The thing is that with my wireless adapter i can connect with no problems to a wireless network with no security enabled. But when i tried to …

My Quick Time didn't function so I deleted it in favor of Quick Time Alternative. But I cant get rid of quick time. Every time I go to a site that requires Quick Time I get an error message saying I need a plug-in 5 or later. Additionally my Quick …

Hi all i have just instaslled iis7 on vista... but when eva i wanna save my file under wwwroot ... it says u dont have enouhg permission to save file in this location. contact ur system administrator. can any one help me in this regard thanks

hi evry1 i hav been lately having a big problem, bcox of this i cam to knw this website also my problem started last month.. i purchased crysis warhead from steam which includes crysis wars so i logged into crysis war and created my a gamespy id was able to …