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Well..I have a dell dimension 9200c..with a TS-L632D slim 8x DVD +/ - RW...with windows vista installed..The problem is I installed a driver for windows XP thinking it was an update but I didnt notice..now it doesnt want to open...and when I put eject it appears "Cd drive is currently …
My new computer has been supplied with Vista installed. I would like to add windows XP pro and run two OS independently. Can this be done? How? Thanks
Suddenly in the past few days Microsoft defender AND Norton protection have started malfunctioning. Defender won't even initialize and Norton will run but not autoconnect to update. I have run AVG which found Obfustat.amz which after some research found to be a non-issue? I also ran AVG rootkit with no …
Firefox or IE 7 ? Personally, I like Firefox. It's the best.
Im looking for a TV tuner card which is completly compatable with Windows Vista's media centre As many of the below as possible on one card: - Dual tuner - Free view - Digital - Remote - Time shift capable - PAL version (UK) The spec of my PC is …
The traditional way of copying a file is select the required files and do a CTRL –C. Open the destination folder and do a CTRL-V. I found this as a long process and by customize the SEND TO MENU option you can copy files in seconds. This sounds simple and …
Hi, I have a new VGX-XL301 Sony VAIO media PC (running Windows Vista Home Premium) connected to a Sony TV via a HDMI cable. After a day or so of successful operation the computer now reboots when I turn the TV off or if I switch from the AV channel …
Hi Can anyone tell me how to get rid of a tracking cookie. Ive tried everything. I`m using Windows Vista and all advice I have had in the past only seems to cover Windows XP. I have disabled 3rd party cookies on internet options advanced settings but there is no …
I just got a Dell XPS 410 desktop computer with Windows Vista. It has an Intel Core II Duo Processor, 250 GB of memory, and 2GB of RAM. Everything has been working just fine so far, but when I run certain programs, they run slowly or they don't run as …
[B][I][COLOR="blue"]ppl i am about to buy me a new harddisk :) 160 gb :) anyhow i got the windows vista ultimate and the linux enterprise desktop 10 i was wondering which is better ????[/COLOR][/I][/B]
Hello there, knowledgeable computerfolk from the land of the internet. I am buying a computer in the next few days. It has Windows Vista pre-installed on it. I'd rather have Windows 2000 on it. I don't like all the fancy-schmancy special effects and bonus features. Win2k, or even XP with …
Hello there [COLOR=#434343]Recently i bought o.s windows vista,i had on my computer XP home ,my computer hardware is compatible to the requirements of Microsoft.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#434343]But when installing the o.s vista in the final stage is getting stuck, or when I succeed finishing the installation it doesn't load.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#434343]Can you please …
My boss just bought a HP Pavilion dv9000 with Windows Vista Home Premium. I am trying to add it to the wired office network (all other computers are Dells running XP). After much difficulty and heavy drinking, I finally got the notebook to recognize the other computers. However, I am …
After spending the entire morning just getting a live boot of ubuntu to work (my fauly really, the last blank cd i had burned with an error, and i had to configure a flash drive to do it instead), i was finally able to use linux for the first time. …
I have a Sony dual-layer capable DRU-820A DVD burner and im running vista ultimate full version. my device manager is saying that the burner is installed properly. But not only does the burning not work, no CD's or DVDs are even detected by the drive when i insert one. The …
Help, I have been trying to load Windows Vista Ulitmate to a new Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 SATA 320gb. H/D is plugged into the SATA 1 socket and all runs ok till it starts to look for a H/D driver ?? Vista does a search and tells me it cannot find …
I've been updating my tags in my pictures folder which makes searching for pictures very easy. However there are certain private pictures that I have set the file attributes as hidden, but when you type any of the tag names in the Vista search box it pulls up those hidden …
Hi Bumsfeld, thanks for sharing, I haven't come across this before [quote=bumsfeld;398646] [code=python]# works on Windows or Linux, also Vista import os os.system(['clear','cls'][os.name == 'nt']) [/code][/quote] Can please tell me how is the following code is working. I mean, [code=Python] >>> ['clear','cls'] [True] 'cls' >>> ['clear','cls'] [False] 'clear' >>> ['a','b']['some_string' …
[quote]It’s official: We are now in the under-promise and over-deliver era at Microsoft. Just when Microsoft had customers, partners and competitors all believing that it was going to delay the first service pack for Vista — not releasing a first beta of it until just before year-end — the company …
ppl i need help in boring detail about how to make a 2 face pc part for ubuntu and other for vista i need to learn how to do it in boring details cause no worries i bought a 400 hard disk and 1 gb rams and a new nvidia …
Hi all, first of all copy a icon file to the root of the drive. example: c:\icon.ico then create a file called: autorun.inf in c:\autorun.inf then open that file and type the following: [autorun] icon=icon.ico save and close the file. now open my computer and refresh.. and woh! icon changed.... …
Hi, Today I turned on my computer and I couldn't connect to the internet. My computer was fine yesterday, I didn't install any new software either. I checked for virus, spyware, and adware with AVG, Spybot, and Ad-Ware, nothing was found. I have two computers connected to a linksys router, …
In Vista, SystemRestore is set to delete restore points after roughly 136years ... yeah, let that sink... Normally Windows uses up to 15 percent of a drive’s available space to save restore points. In XP, the option to change this figure was configurable from the System Restore tab of the …
hi ive been learning windows now for 5 years and this book that my mate from canada (im from uk) has uploaded it to demonoid so if anyone knows a person with a invite code or anything please could you reply
When RTF (Rich Text Format) is used in Hotmail Signature, the [ ] Save Message option is not displayed when entering a new message.
When Searching for contents of files, system advises me to add ro Index. When I do this and use Ctrl Panel/Indexing, the Show all Locations option is grayed out and the extra Indexing options entered do not work.
I'm trying to set up a network share between my laptop (XP) and desktop PC (Vista). Both machines connect wirelessly to a DSL modem in the kitchen. I'm not sure, but I think what I'm after is an "ad hoc" connection? Is that right? I've renamed both machine's domains so …
Well, it's sorta involving video. You see I have determined it takes a few hours but when this occurs, the screen goes black and shows as if there is 'no signal' and then to turn it back on you would thing it is just sleeping, so hitting a mouse button, …
I just got a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. I'm loving the new computer so far but have run into a couple of really annoying problems. The computer is a Gateway Laptop: T2450 Core Duo, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD. First, Windows Media Center is not working the way I …
I just got a new computer which has windows vista on it. My internet server is Piper which is not compatible with the new windows programme. The guy at piper said it was a common compatibilty problem with alot of software and the new vista programme. Should I just change …
Post windows shortcuts you know here ... I start with task manager shortcut --> ctrl + shift + Esc.
Does anyone know if it'll work? I found my boxed version of FL 6. I know 7 brings Vista compatibility, but I can't buy it. Thanks in advance.
In Vista,Windows Updates is set to download only the files which need to be updated ! eg if xyz.dll needs to be updated, then only this particular file will get downloaded from the Microsoft servers. But if you wish to, then here are two ways I know of where you …
Hey, I currently have a linux box that is directly connected to the internet. It is setup to issue IPs to all computers on the network via a hub. DHCP is configured properly and all computers can access the internet except for the one running vista. I can ping the …
When I close Remote Desktop Connection to computer running Windows Vista (XP too) the user stays logged, but it locks the screen. How can I avoid that?
:?: i recently installed vista 64 on my system and its working pretty well, anyway the problem is when i first installed it the automatic updates installed the sounds drivers for the realtek ac97 audio, but no sound it hasnt stated theres a problem but i still have no sound. …
Hi Guys I live on the Central Coast in NSW, Australia. My love of computers and all their problems started with the PC that had no hard drive and needed to be programmed to print on a nine pin dot matrix. Many years later I have the same problems as …
my computer has xp running, I had installed vista along with it . but in winodows xp i cannot find the files of vista any where (like if you install xp and 98 on same machine than you can browse each other files) i have also browsed my disk with …
:confused: For some reason the computer starts up and has sound for a min or 2 but then i get a error message saying there was a error in memory (0X74f2780 Memory 0X00000000) and the sound doesn't work after that. it cant even find the sound card im really confused …
hi all , it is my very first post in this forum .. well the story starts when PARADOX releses oem One click activator to permanently activate VISTA , at that time i was running VISTA RTM , i just thought to try that patch , i downloaded it , …
Hypothetical question, does anyone here plan (at this point based on what they have seen) to buy any new hardware to run vista? What are some of the things that make you happy or tick you off about the Operating System? I am doing research for my website... Mike [url]http://www.windows-vista-update.com[/url]
Alright guys. I need a lot of help. About a half year ago, I had to buy a second HDD to put WinXp on, becuase I was using Vista, and my schooling wouldn't install on Vista. SO I took my pc into a shop, had the guy install a new …
:P Hello people, I am in need of a few answeres, First of all i will start from what i portrai as the beginning, I am not sure what is causing my Windows Exlplorer to continuasly crash everytime it tries to start up. IE an WE both crash for to …
I was just reading a thread here: [URL]http://microsoftwindowsvista.tv/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3&sid=da6d4d52ae2cd5c01c745786f3836bfe[/URL][URL="http://microsoftwindowsvista.tv/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3&sid=da6d4d52ae2cd5c01c745786f3836bfe"][/URL] And i'd like to know,because some editions have the dvd decoder missing,is there a free alternative available?What are you using?
Hello, Am using XP SP2 and thought I would 1st try Vista installing it on a 2nd hd. Then decided to uninstall it and formatted the drive with Vista. Now when I boot up the boot screen still as the choice to choose "An older version of Windows" or Vista. …
Hello, I d like to know how to call Blue screen of death under Windows Xp/Vista. (link to tutorial appreciated)
Hi hope someone can help, I am hoping to upgrade to Vista Home Premium. I seem to have all the right specs except for the graphics. I have an ASRockK7S41GX MOBO : Athlon 2800+ 2GHz Socket A CPU : 2GB DDR1 RAM PC3200 : Chipsets, Sis 741GX, FSB@333MHz, AGP 8X/4X …
please help me someone, something strange has happend to my dell latitude and maybe it is easy to resolve if someone else has had the same problem. I currently have windows vista running on it, the thing that is wrong is the monitor is showing up really small like as …
Anyone here using above vcard on vista? What driver did you use for it. I use v100.65 and whenever I run a game, a box appears saying NVidia graphics card stopped responding.
Im assuming the root of this problem is vista but i could be wrong. I have a linksys wrv2oo router hooked up to the pc thats running vista. Then I have my laptop that runs xp. The connection to the pc will drop about one to two times an hour. …
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