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| | Windows Vista is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Prior to its announcement on July 22, 2005, Windows Vista was known by its codename "Longhorn." Development was completed on November 8, … |
 | Is there any way to convert Windows 7 Beta when it comes out to the full copy If you have everything running perfect. After you buy a number will it convert it or do you have a to take a good running OS and reformat it? |
| | I am running three networked computers. My main machine is running Windows 7 RC, my secondary runs XP, and my wireless laptop runs Vista. When I boot all three in the morning, they all access the NETWORK without problem, but at least 80% of the time, the Windows 7 machine … |
| | I am about to wipe my hard drive and install windows 7( I hate vista). I have two hard drives in my computer. I want one to be erased and windows 7 installed on it. And the other I dont want to be touched. How would I go about doing …  |
| | Hello guys, i really need help with this one. This is the problem: I have a user with Windows Vista Home Premium and Office 2007 (Sony Vaio Laptop). When i start it and open a xls file its all ok, but if i close that file and i repoen it … |
| | I installed a new graphics card and another 1GB of RAM and now in device manager it says it cannot start (code 10). It says Add Hardware > This device has successfully installed, but it cannot run : This device cannot start (code 10.). Device - Intel (R) 82852/82855 GM/GME …  |
| | We just installed Windows Server 2008 over the previous operating system, Windows 2000 Server. We can't get our web apps working properly on 2008 though, so we have decided to downgrade to 2003 Server. How do we do this? I've read articles explaining how to delete windows from within safe … |
| | Media Center has suddenly decided to stop playing the soundtrack for DVDs. It's fine for TV and recorded TV, it's OK for music, but Terminator 2 is just not the same without soundtrack. Can anybody give me some hope here?  |
 | Hi, I had previously given up on my home network. previously I had a desktop, and two laptops running on XP. I introduced a Vista laptop, but was unable to print or share documents. I have now heard that the XP and Vista are compatible. Can someone point me in … |
| | I get the following error while downloading application- [U][COLOR="Red"]Component 'MSWINSCKOCX' or one of its depenndencies not correctly registered a file missing or invalid. Please if some solution to the problem would be highly appreciated.  |
| | I have to start my computer in Safe Mode with networking, otherwise I get an Internet Explorer has stopped working loop then says Internet Explorer is restarting over and over and when it stops I loose all the icons on the screen and the tool bar and can't do anything … |
| | I am trying to run Vista and Windows 7 RTM via Microsof't Virtual PC 2007 and having problems with Internet Access. I have read countless suggestions to correcting this problem but they are mostly all the same suggestion, i.e. Disable the network connection and then Enable it. No matter how … |
| | Hi My name is Marty and this is my first time on this site or any other forum and I am basically a beginner. My problem is that while trying to type this......... it drops out and a window appears that I am unable to red cross it out or … |
| | A few weeks ago I installed Windows 7 RC. I am very found of it and would like to keep using it. I work as a system administrator and manage a Windows 2003 domain. Most software I use is installed. Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT) For Windows 7 lets me … |
| | i am running vista 32 bit. everything has been upated,i even downloaded the latest update for defender today,but still every time i try to start defender i get this message. aplication failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused this program's service to stop. to start the service,restart your computer or …  |
 | Hi everybody. I have a couple questions all in one, not sure if all stem from the same thing or not but.. so i will ask in numbers. Question 1: What would make my system and services / process's run all of a sudden like crazy and like half max … |
| | I have Vista on my laptop and I am always having cd/dvd problems now. This is it this last week. I have talked to HP who had me check the regedit for upper and lowee filters and re-seat the drive. It worked for a few days. Now i am right … |
| | I played with registry long ago and would not like to mess up with it (since I'm no longer as expert as I used to be:) ) help me colleagues to add comodo internet security to make it start with windows. I checked configuration and I don't see the option … |
 | Microsoft Update wants to install the latest version of Silverlight (KB970363) on my computer but every time it goes i get the same error. (A picture of the error is attached). I tried browsing to the folder, but it still did not work. I tryed uninstalling so i could just … |
| | How do I solve the problem when typing and my text skips letters and/or types double letters. Is this a problem with my keyboard, my mouse or what? |
| | i have a dell latitude d 600 and it won't boot up when switched on just the a flashes then all power goes off, when it does go to the dell start up screen it says press f2 or f 10, when i press either of these nothing happens! help … |
| | how to bypass the logon screen at the start of vista multi users. |
 | I recently bought a new computer 4G ram Amd phenom 2 ×4 ATi 4870 MSI etc.. Anyway there is no possibility that any crashes are caused by hardware.... But windows 7 RC keeps crashing with blue screens while normal activities So is the problem because its still on beta or … |
| | ok, so i was tring to install ubuntu on a second HDD the install went fine however grub is not detecting the new drive. so i canot boot into vista. i simply get an error saying: [CODE] GRUB loading stage 1.5. GRUB loading, please wait ... error 21 [/CODE] i … |
| | Ok so i will start off with trying to describe what the problem is to the best of my ability. A few days ago my computer was working. i Came home from work and i booted up my pc. it booted up fine and as i started to login to … |
| | I can't remember my password and need help thanks |
| | Hello , i am currently running Windows Vista in my laptop and i just received windows 7 from my friend. I want to know if i can install windows 7 without losing my vista , which mean make a partition in my hard drive and install the new operating system … |
| | Hi all, I need to transfer 400 minidv tapes onto DVD in the mpeg-2 formats. I have done some test with Roxio capture program (MyDVD9) which allows me to capture in mpeg-2. When I playback the mpeg-2 file in my Windows Media Player, I don't get any sound, although all … |
| | I built a PC containing the following: Main Components: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit OS HP 2159m 21.5" LCD Monitor Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5 GHz CPU Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Fan Intel DP45SG Dual Channel 1600/1333MHz Mobo Sapphire HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512 MB 256-bit GDDR3 … |
| | my machine stats are this: BioStar TFR 570 (motherboard) EGForce 7600gs SATA 300 gig HD 2 gigs DDR2-6400 800mhz RAM 600w powersupply Combo CDRW/DVD drive Vista Prem. I have had this machine for alittle over a month now and have had numerous "Kernel_Stack_Inpage_Error" blue screens. I have had Vista reinstalled, … |
| | i have a dell latitude d 600 and it won't boot up when switched on just the a flashes then all power goes off, when it does go to the dell start up screen it says press f2 or f 10, when i press either of these nothing happens! help … |
| | hello.......i have a dell inspiron 530 and my os is windows vista.. I have no sound and do not know how to get it back...can anybody help me please...i recently downloaded the 8.2 version of itunes dont know if this is relevant or not......... cheers............ |
| | Windows Defender is not starting in my Vista PC. A warning appears on the screen every time I boot, telling that Windows Defender is not initializing. Go to help/support to start any programme manually. How can I solve this problem? |
| | Hi friends, My PC was loaded with Vista Home Premium. The same OS was installed by me on another partition. The second one stopped working after one month for want of activation. My attempts over telephone and on line did not succeed and meanwhile the DVD got damaged too. Then … |
| | On the top, bottom, and right side of the screen the mouse stops like it is supposed agaisnt he screen. But on the right side it goes off the side of the screen indefinently, its very wierd. Never happened before just started today. My mouse can get lost out there, … |
| | Hello everyone, I'm new to this board and I'm in desperate need of assistance. I'm not too tech savy so I'll try my best to explain to what's happening to my system. It appears I've contracted some sort of trojan virus of the sort. 1. Although I use Firefox as … |
| | Hello all and just wanted to say thank you in advance for any help with this problem. I'm running Vista and I seem to keep getting the page cannot be displayed message for certain websites and when I try on my other comp those same websites work fine. I don't … |
| | Hi Fellow Daniweb Members, It may sound abit insane, but is it possible to upgrade a Playstation 2 graphics card to maybe a 512MB Nvedia 9800 GTX HD? But even if you can, how can you disable the integrated graphics card? does the playstation have a BIOS like computers? and … |
| | ok, first off im new here so be gentle if this isn't the right place. anyway i have a usb flash drive (2gb) im running Windows 7 (WinSev) i would really like to be able to plug in my usb stick, and have my computer log in. Then when i … |
| | Since i installed windows 7 RC 64bit i keep getting blue screen crashes I managed to get a crash log from a software called whocrashed but still do not understand any help Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump Crash dumps are enabled on your computer. On Tue 28/07/2009 01:16:22 Ù… your computer … |
| | Hi this is my first ever post so forgive any problems and feel free to inform me because whatever it is I proably do not know. The Problem My family just got a brand new windows vista computer from best buy. We got a hp m8100n computer AMD Athlon 64x2 … |
| | Hi, I'm finding if there is freeware equivalent of Buttonshop here: [url]http://www.kristanixsoftware.com/buttonshop/[/url] I was having once from [url]www.giveawayoftheday.com[/url] but my HHD got crashed :(  |
| | I read recently that Windows 7 when it arrives will have to be a clean install. Frankly running a small home network and the idea of a complete clean install of both software and data doe s not impress me. Having run the virtual machine and quite like WIN7 has … |
 | HI, I'm posting this tread here because I haven't found any thread dedicated to win svr 2008 (and ws2008 is more like vista than ws2003 :) Does Any one know how to make windows server 2008 sp1 to work with Iomega REV drive 120GB (SATA)?? Because iomega's drivers are not … |
 | it all started like this, the dvd drivers went missing/ the cpu message was is not installed. so he went into microsoft and downloaded 1. but when he tried to restart it it wouldnt start, we took harddrive test and it stopped in the middle, and trien to boot the … |
| | I just had a new DVD drive installed on my laptop because it wasn't recognizing DVDs/CDs. It worked for a while, but now it's suddenly stopped working again--it just makes a weird clicking/whirring noise, and can't seem to locate anything I insert. I'm not completely computer illiterate, and I know … |
| | I am working on somone's Toshiba laptop that originally came with vista. If I try to reformat and do a clean install of vista, it always errors out. I know it isn't the disk because I've used it on many other computers. It's the Vista all-in-one install disk. But i … |
| | I have found that on computers running vista the iTunes Cover Flow has a very slow FPS. My friend's computer is running windows vista home premium and specs follows: 2.4GHz Intel Core2 Duo 2GB DDR2 Ram 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS And the Cover Flow is embarrassingly slow. My case … |
| | Hi- Please excuse some of my lacking expertise here. My daughter got a new laptop roughly 2 months ago, an HP. It has Vista as its OS. It has had absolutely no problems. We went on vacation a week ago, and she shut the computer down while we were away. … |
| | I stopped using IE a long while ago. I love FireFox and all of the hidden Easter Eggs it offers me to improve my speed and other things that I could never do in IE. Vista has always been an issue for me, either crashing, slowing up freezing etc. lately … |
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