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I have no idea where to start with this... Basically, this will be a build from scratch. x4 500gb hdds, and I would like them in RAID 10. Where do I start with this to begin with? Do I install vista 64bit on one hard drive, then go from there, …

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Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me out with a problem accessing certain websites. I can not access MS sites, Yahoo.com, or my Windows Live Mail. I keep getting "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" (on Windows Live Mail): Unable to send or receive messages for the XXX …

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Hello, Not quite sure what happened, but my whole screen I see everything sideways the tool bar is on the right hand side my background and any application I use starts that way, aDoes anyone know how I fix it Thank you Please help you can reach me at [email]hdough21@aol.com[/email] …

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"The windows vista home premium key you typed is invalid for activation" I'm getting this message about 4 - 5 days after re-installing Windows with a valid key at the side of my computer. Wtf is going on? What can I do?

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Hi Guys! i have just bought (amongst a new graphics card and tv tuner card) an OEM copy of windows vista home premium x64bit edition. my question for whoever may be able to answer is.. what is the best method for creating a dual boot of vista and windows xp? …

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Hello! If you're thinking of buying a copy of Ms Vista (especially Home Premium) then you should open the pack and check the disk while with the staff member that served you if possible. As there have been quite a few recent instances of them containing Home Basic, Ms are …

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Hi Am a grad student trying to implement an overlay service.Am relatively new to LSP programming. I was wondering if one can "still" use LSP to implement/use raw sockets in Vista/post sp2? Am trying to program a overlay type of service where an IP packet is sent as payload within …

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Hi guys! Im writting to you cause for an "unknown reason" i've lost the file association that has to do with XML files on my Windows Vista, im talking about MSN Messenger saves convo's, now it opens them with Notepad which is VERY annoying since it lost the code. Does …

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Hello! Have a slight issue with vista, whenever I attempt to open iTunes or office. I get a pop up box with an error message. Started yesterday - haven't installed or removed anything. Run a full virus scan. Tried restoring to a few days before when it was working. Also …

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You can Take Ownership By a Click of a mouse. Use the registry file I've attached to this msg. those add a context menu to right clicking files && folders the one with the -enable suffix, activate it (and the other file with the -disable suffix, deactivate it) now- just …

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I am having problem opening control panel, it just doesnt opens. When i try to open it the error shown is, explorer left working and will restart. I tried to use restore function but the restore is also not able to restore the system to an older date. Please suggest …

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I have a laptop with windows vista home basic and when it starts is giving this error: Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap file or its format is not currently supported. Also every program you try to access you get the same error. I allready …

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I'm trying to format my computer and go from vista to xp, but when I run off the xp cd it says that it can't detect my hard drive and cannot continue with the installation. What's wrong with my computer? How can I resolve this problem?

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I have an hp dv9535nr laptop with a tv tuner, that is capable of displaying over the air hdtv. When i go to watch tv, i notice that the frames lag pretty badly, and the OTA tv is unwatchable. The laptop is located in a separate room from the main …

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Hi, I succesfully installed Sql Server express 2005 in my lap top . I'm using Windows Vista Premium. However I was not able to do anything my permissions were messed up I tried to add me as a db creator, db admin but Sql wouldn't let it displayed an error …

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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 …

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Hi, got a laptop that will not run just on the charger, i.e. charger plugged in, no battery inserted. It is about 6 months old. From what i can remember ALL laptops have this feature. Am i wrong? p.s. it also will not charge when the it is turned off. …

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Hello, We have an HP with Vista and we use WIndows Mail. I recently added CA anti-virus, spam, etc. It constantly freezes up and we have to constantly reboot. ANy sugggestions on how to get his workingproperly?

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[B][COLOR=red]Hey people.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I too have Vista RC2 and might I say, what a improvment over XP![/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]My lord![/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Anyways I am unable to connect using yahoo voice chat in rooms* and am going crazy here.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I cant figure out what the deal is.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Do I need a CODEC or what?[/COLOR][/B] …

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Is there anyway to host games on vista? I've tried portforwarding, setting a static ip, and disabling all my firewalls... anyone have anything else i could try?

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Hi everyone; I'm new to Daniweb and i have a small problem that i need some help with. The problem is that i can only open up 1 web page at a time. If i leave my current web page open and i try to open another, the new web …

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MY USB PORT OF MY TOSHIBA SATELLITE NOTEBOOK APPEARS TO SAY TO NOT RECOGNIZE MY KEYBOARD. Before this incident, i was working on my MSConfiguration; "stopping" unesasary services that were running on my computer to speed up my system. I did write down which of the services i STOPPED: Services …

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I have a new pc with windows vista and am unable to send emails, I can recieve them ok. I have contacted isp and they have checked everything and cant do anymore for me. I am running new pc with vista and another pc with xp professional through a D-Link …

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I bouth a simple laptop for a friend with Vista Home pre-installed. After linking up to the web, the IE/ ceased to function. Message I receive is: Internet Explorer has stopped working. EVENT NAME: Appcrash FAULT MODULE NAME: SmartEnhancer-1.dll etc. Can't now load IE7 at all. Visited MS website, but …

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I am the only user on my pc running vista. When I try to change anything (install, uninstall) I get the message that I need to log in as administrator. As I said there is only the one user set up and that is me as administrator? Bob

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Fought with Vista -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And lost I installed a program called DosBox on my computer (Win XP) so that I could run an old favorite game of mine Duke Nukem 3D. I had no problems doing this. There is a configuration file that you can rewrite to make the program …

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im having trouble opening Control Panel each time it loads it immediately closes the window. tried Backup and Restore but that too will not open. also... when i rigth click desktop and select personalize, u guess it, nothing happens. ive read other post in the forums but found no uesful …

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Hey. I upgraded to Windows Vista, and recently been having some problems with it. I've come to you guys before and you have fixed problems in the past for me, so I hope you can help out this time too. The first problem is a internet connection problem. At random …

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1.Everytime startup, after go into desktop will flash like 3-4 times then work smoothly after that. Is that o/s problem?? 2. I just bought this notebook for 1 week. the screen will turned into blue screen and restart.(This occured when im on call using skype) it happened twice. Im using …

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Hi, I have a desktop running win xp and it has a hp psc1350 printer it is wired to the desktop.I have it shared .I have a dell laptop Inspiron E1505 with Windows Vista home premium edition it has a dell integrated nic . The problem is the laptop does …

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I am running vista on a brand new asus laptop. It will not play any dvd, cd, mp3, etc. I have had this problem before and have reinstalled vista several times. Everything was playing fine until 2 days ago and now it won't do anything. There is no error message …

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When I try to run the Administrative Tools in windows Vista Business from the start menu there are no items and it just shows empty. When I try and run it from the control panel I get the following error message. "C:\Program...Admin tools refers to a location that is unavailable...". …

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Ten days ago I added a post that complained that my PC wouldn't boot and may be crashing. Last August I bought an emachines T3616 desktop PC w/AMD Sempron processor 3600+ and Windows Vista Home Basic OS. Well, I have been having on-again, off-again problems with booting. Today my PC …

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I work as a tech on a college campus, and as prepartion to eventually go to Vista, we loaded up a couple of our administrators as guinea pigs to test out Vista for us. We've had issues, but the one that's really annoying is this: We have a large network, …

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I'm trying to install SQL Server on a Vista HP machine, but it will not detect IIS, which in turn prevents Reporting Services from being installed. I have seen blogs which indicate that the UAC system in HP does not properly detect IIS and that as a result NOTHING can …

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Can someone tell me if it sounds as if my computer has crashed?? For the past two days when I turn on my computer a STARTUP REPAIR box appears, saying "Your computer was unable to start. STARTUP REPAIR is checking your system for problems." Then the words "Searching for problems" …

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I just recently bought a new laptop running Vista. I know very little about The Vista O.S. I have created a new primary partition, formatted it, and copied the i386 files to it. When I try to run the wnnt32.exe it will not run. I followed this exact same strategy …

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Hi all, I did an online scan a while back and to try to really identify if I had a problem, I turned off some programs to help with the scan. I thought I turned them all back on again but now whenever my comp starts up and I log …

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HJT log... any help would be happily accepted... -badatthis [CODE]Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:31:19 PM, on 4/17/2008 Platform: Windows Vista (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16643) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\system32\Taskmgr.exe C:\Windows\sttray.exe C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-tray.exe C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\fdm.exe …

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Is there a way to sort folder contents in Vista like in windows XP. I normally sort almost... everything on my computer by: View -> Details. Arrange Icons By Name + Show in Groups So you have a list for "#" "A" "B" etc. But I can't seem to do …

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I have 2 concerns that I would really like some help with if possible. Firstly, how do you get new Windows to open at full screen size in Vista, I solved it in XP but can't remember how. Secondly, when I visit numerous gamer and other sites where videos can …

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Having a problem with my (med bussiness) network after downgrading 2 PCs (vista to xp). Cant seem to aquire an ip address automatically. DHCP is enabled and working, plenty of seats left, no problems when i go to manually address it. When i try to have it automatically assigned it …

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I have a new Compaq Presario Desktop computer that uses the Windows Vista Home Premium OS. When I finish reading my email messages (in Earthlink WebMail) I would like to play a game offline but don't know how to disconnect from the Internet to do so. From the START menu, …

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hi, everytime i log in to my computer explorer keeps restarting...big loop. plz help. here is my log, Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:07:30 PM, on 7/5/2007 Platform: Windows Vista Ultimate (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473) Running processes: C:\Windows\helppane.exe C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page …

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Hi I recently got a new pc wich was pretty expensive but worth it i thought until i saw that after playing a game for 30 seconds it crashed it just froze over and didnt turn back only thing i could do is restart the pc the guy from the …

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Hello All My machine which has on occaision behaved itself properly has now decided to attempt to drive me out of my mind. I do not know if this aberrant behaviour occurred before or after installing SP1 for Vista, but what it now does is this. If I use the …

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