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| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 got a new toshiba satellite p200 laptop last week. It ran fine for a week, and now, with no apparently warning, at random times (sometimes 30 minutes apart, sometimes hours apart) the system locks up. The mouse cursor still moves around the screen but clicking on things does not … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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. … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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)  |
| | Currently I am running Windows Vista, with VMWare running Ubuntu 6.06LTS. I have it installed to run some sequencing software, LMMS and RoseGarden to be exact. What are the apt-get commands for them? sudo apt-get install lmms as well as sudo apt-get install rosegarden don't work. Neither does sudo apt-get …  |
| | 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. … |
 | All of my desktop icons have that really annoying little arrow in the corner. Is there any way to get rid of them? And also one of my icons used to be an eBay icon but now it's just an internet explorer symbol in front of a piece of paper. … |
| | I have a fujitsu siemens V3505 windows vista basic is used in. yesterday my notebook couldnt start. I tried the recovery dvd, the choises like start normally, start safety mode, start etc.., but it doesnt work. ıt says it has media test failure. I dont know what the problem is, … |
| | ok, i just bought a new 2.6ghz acer computer, everything is fine except for 2 things really. 1. when i start diablo 2 it takes about a bit under a minute to start up for some reason, no other program has this issue. (this isn't that much of a problem … |
| | So a while ago I checked my computer to get its Windows experience index base score. It was 2.5 because of the graphics being the lowest at 2.5 I checked it again just now and this time everything stayed the same except for the graphics which went DOWN to 2.4 … |
| | The system: Alienware Area-51 M5790 Laptop - Vista Ultimate Intel Core Duo T7400 @ 2.16GHz 2046 MB RAM Office 2007 Professional The scenario: On boot up the system is using about 45% of the RAM. Open Excel, open a spreadsheet (72 KB file size) that was created in Excel 2007 … |
| | Hi, I've been trying to install Halo 2 pc for some time now without any luck. I've read that if you enable secondary logon it might help. I've looked in the services.msc and didn't find it in there, how would I turn this on? A pic of the services.msc in … |
| | [B][COLOR=red]I have a HP Laptop with Vista installed. The C drive is 170 GB and D is 5 GB where the HP recovery is. I want to partition my Hard disk (C:) into 2 or more pieces. Please tell me how can i do that without purchasing a Partition Manager … |
| | I have a HTPC that I just upgraded to windows vista. Literally as I was installing my drivers on the machine 60 minutes after the OS install, the computer shut off and I have not been able to turn it back on. I checked the cords and wall socket and … |
 | Hi, I'm a bit out of my depth guys.... any help you can give would be appreciated. I recently purchased a new lap top with Vista. The ide was to use this machine to complement my existing desktop set up. I'm just not getting my pcs to work together. I'm … |
| | Hi, I am running a desktop pc (XP) on a wireless network. I have just purchased a laptop (Vista). I use outlook express as my email on the desktop, this is where I store my emails. I also store docuiments on the desktop. My problem is I cant use the … |
| | I work for a nonprofit in Niamey, Niger, and I'm working with a new laptop that is the only VISTA machine in my office (including the server). Although a simple ethernet cord plug-in connects every other computer (all XP) to the internet and local network, I can only gain local …  |
| | Hi, Another post... I'm getting access denied messages for everything I try to do on my desktop via the laptop. desktop is running XP sp2, laptop is Vista. I need to share my printer. The help on HPs website was taken from Microsoft. I have added my comments at each … |
| | Hey all. I can run aero on my vista and I thought it was great. Then I initialized the guest account and run aero on that account as well. The first thing I noticed on the guest account was the fact that windows are dynamic (shrinking before disappearing, moving dynamically … |
 | in windows xp i only get 248mb when i have 256mb but if i was to upgrade to windows vista that requires 512mb and i get 512mb of ram would it read below 512mb so it wouldnt be compatible please help i want to get vista cheers bondi 007 |
| | For what ever reason my computer keeps shutting itself off and I have no idea why. It might be the power supply It's a 380W supply and I'm running Windows Vista. I'll post the other specs for it later after I get done with work. |
| | Hello Techies, I'm not a techie, just love computers. I bought a Toshiba lap top about 2 years ago and since then, I've had nothing but problems. Thank GOD I purchased a warranty because now I get a new lap top for the same price I paid. Basically, what is …  |
| | I have a Hp vs17 Monitor with a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics card. After installing Vista, everything went smoothly except my display. I am stuck with the options of just 800x600 or 1024 x 768. Yuck. I am not sure if I need to get a new driver for … |
 | Hi everyone. Could anyone tell me how I can enable non - admin users to run programs installed by the admin user? I installed Opera 9.1 as an admin, but I'm not sure how to allow other users to access it. Any advice appriciated. Steven. |
| | hi...I installed windows vista and when I try to activate, it give me an error code 0x8007251d and I am unable to activate it...i have 25 days left or windows stops functionong does someone know how to fix this??? |
| | How long did it take you to install vista? I'm reinstalling it right now and its been at the "Expanding files (27%)" stage for about and hour. |
| | Hi I am new in the forum.....I just installed windows vista and I'm having trouble with the hardrive memory....every time I enter my computer I see that the memory is lower....right now is 10 g less than it was when I install vista....I ran Norton scan and it did not …  |
| | i am looking at a new video card and i see that some are designed for vista and some for xp. does that mean that it wont work if i get a vista card and try using it with xp? i have no immediate plans to update to vista, but …  |
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