My Vista (Buiness. Edition) connects to a network through a proxy server at work. How can I set up a separate "profile" (not sure of right term) so I can use other network settings at home (no proxy) but not mess up my work network configuration? I get "cache access denied" in Internet Explorer. I researched this, but the other problems with this symptom do not appear to apply.
View 4 RepliesI have windows vista premium and there are 2 users on our computer. Whenever I load any software on my side, it also goes on to the other side and visa versa.When we had xp, this was not a problem as our settings were saved after each session. So my question is, how do I keep our settings separate in vista?
View 4 Replies View Relatedon a xp PRO pc, I installed a fresh copy of vista business edition. I must have missed the option for dual boot, It did install on a separate partition which was an empty E: for the XP system ( 4th partition on the large drive. now the once E; drive is C; and what was C: is not the e: drive. there seem to be no setting for me to allow optionally boot into the old xp pro which is still in the now active boot partition.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHere is my situation: I have XP installed on a SATA drive in a computer I just put together (AMD x2 5600+, ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe, 2Gig Ram) and I want to install another SATA drive with Vista Ultimate 64 bit and I want the ability to dual-boot like some people do when they have 2 operating systems on the same drive but in different partitions. I originally install Vista Ultimate 64 bit as the O/S but it was incompatible with many of the programs I use so I installed XP Pro.Otherwise I liked Vista.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've never dual-booted a system before and I'm interested in dual-booting my Vista with XP. I know they have to be on separate drives (though I'm under the impression that a partition is good enough... is that true?) but my question is: do I need to install separate instances of all of my programs (e.g. Steam, Office, Firefox, etc.) or can I just point XP to their locations and everything will work fine?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMaybe there's a fix this somewhere deep in the forums - I just can't find it. And I've read in other forums the same problem but no one seems to have the fix. Just got a new computer - HP with Vista Home Premium 64bit. Video card is ATI Radeon HD4850 with two DVI outputs. I have twin Acer V223W monitors connected with DVI cables.
I can figure out how to set them up in Vista, and also in ATI Catalyst, setting the default and extending the desktop and all that. I had been running dual monitors like this for years on my former XP machine. My problem is, each time Vista goes to sleep, or hibernates, and even on some restarts it reverts back to clone mode. HUGE pain in the butt.
I have added my first Windows Vista Business to our Windows 2003 network domain. User home directories are redirected to a network share via a logon script (batch file). Note: as far as I know no group policy controlling the redirection, no roaming is being used.
Issue: Whenever the user logs off the profile doesn???t get saved and the next logon appears like it???s the first time logging in to the account. For example: the folders created are userName (for the first login) the next login creates userName.001 (for the next login) and so on. how to resolve the issue? Is it something to do with the new account structure and I have to modify the logon script?
I run a dual Monitor set-up and that has been fine with previous drivers. Since installing 180.48 yesterday, when I reboot or start-up, it all defaults to a single monitor and messes up my icons. Fault appears to be on the NVIDIA part of things, as it loses the tick in the second Monitor under the NVIDIA Control Panel "Set Up Multiple Displays". It doesn't lose the tick in "Do Not USe SLI Config".
View 6 Replies View RelatedI run Vista on a laptop and have a 2nd monitor hooked up via a docking station. I set my 2nd monitor (i.e. not the laptop screen) as my main monitor, however, after every restart Vista always reverts back to the Laptop as the main monitor. How can I stop Vista reverting backto the Laptop as the main monitor? (This happens aven though at no stage have I un-docked the laptop!)
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have an hp laptop model 6730B running windows XP pro.. I have two monitors attached to it through the dockign station It works perfect.. I can set it to use both monitors or extend to the other monitor.. all perfect But everytime the computer is switched off and on again.. it loses this setting and the display appears to clone similar on both screens.. so have to go on display settings and reset the display to "extend my desktop"
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Vista Laptop and am trying to join to a SBS 2003 Premium network. I would like to preserve the existing settings and so select the current user settings for the new network user. When I attempt to proceed, I receive a message that the User Profile Folder is set to Private. What should I change and where in order to set the user profile correctly?
View 8 Replies View Relatedhave a new laptop trying to set it up with our wireless interenet on our desktop. it is asking for a passkey. i have a network key but that doesn't seem to be working. where can i find my wireless network settings on my desktop to put into my laptop.
View 4 Replies View RelatedEverytime I reboot the laptop I loose the ability to connect to the internet although the laptop confirms a connection to the wireless network router.I click "Diagnose this connection" and choose "Automatically get new IP Settings for the network adapter" I have internet connectivity restored.
The laptop is an HP dv6755ca, less then one week old, and has been checked to be sure all drivers and updates have been installed. I have run anti-virus and checked for malware/spyware. The network setup is 1. PC connected via ethernet, 1. wireless laptop and 1. smc8014w-g wireless gateway.
Although the setup was walked through with me by the technician (over the phone) I'm not yet ruling out a faulty set-up in the 192.168.0.1 site [except that I have had no issues with the wired connection].
In WinXP's Network Connections, there is an advanced settings option in the advanced menu, is there such a place in Vista? The reason I ask is I have computers with XP and NetBeui; I have File and print sharing, and Client for MS Networks checked for NetBeui, and unchecked for TCP/IP. I want to do the same in Vista. NetBeui works for a wired connecton in Vista, but I have yet to get it to work wirelessly.
View 5 Replies View RelatedHome or Work (Private Network) - Choose one of these locations for home [or work]... Public place (Public Network) - Choose this location for networks in public places (such as coffee shops or airports). This is manifestly wrong, as you should choose Public for Internet Connections, whether they are in a coffee shop, in at your own home or where ever; moreover, you might wish to secure even a Private Network with Public settings. The names are confusing too: Public sounds as if you are opening yourself up to everyone; Private sounds more secure.
Obviously this is the wrong way round... It took me ages (and a lot of hunting around forums like this) to figure it all out. Statements like "If there’s only one computer on your network..." don't help since the statement "network with only one computer" is surely a non-sequetur: there needs to be more than one for a network... The internet is made up of billions of computers, so technically there are billions of computers on "my" network, we just can't see each other. There is no mention at all of general internet connections, in fact. Perhaps MS could find a way to rewrite this section of Help to make it clear to people without home networks (the vast majority, probably) that their Internet settings should be Public?
1. Windows Vista x64 shows an error message
"Add Network Location
The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another."
after clicking Next in "Specify the location of your website
Type the address of the website, FTP site, or network location that this
shortcut will open" window.
The folder is {url}
I can add the Network Location in Windows XP by doing the same.
Norton Internet Security 2008 is installed.
The account is administrative.
2. IE x86 crashes during opening a page when IE x64 is open.
3. Windows does not allow to turn on the language bar and input a switch
language keyboard shortcut in Guest account: it turns language bar and
shortcut off after clicking "Apply".
I have a problem with the security settings in IE7. Everytime I reboot my settings change and I have to restore them. I have the settings set in custom level to allow programmatic clipboard access but it disables that and some other settings after a reboot. what I can do to make my settings stick?
View 9 Replies View RelatedHad vista & windows 7 dual booting & then i installed xp pro & lost my dual boot. How can i get it back?
View 9 Replies View Relatedis it unheard of to dual-boot Vista x64 on a dual-core computer with x32 on an external drive (same software package)?
View 7 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know if the XP Virtual Machine that comes with certain version of W7 comes with a separate disk? Or, is it woven into the W7 disk? I ask this in case I
1) need to revert completely to XP, or
2) like a different virtual machine better, such as Virtual Box.
I have fully licensed copies of Vista and XP on separate HD on the same PC and I have to physically swop the SATA cable inside the PC to boot. I still have some Vista incompatible software on XP that I have to use from time to time. Can I set this to boot from the PC then select which OS to use? Vista SP1 has been installed. Appreciate any advice as the cable switching is a bit of a pain.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there really some performance increase to be had by having the swap file on a separate hard disc? TBH, I did not notice much difference when I tried that configuration in the past, but them again, I tend not to hammer my physical memory
to zilch.
in my vista computer i have two partitions main C and recovery D that came like this when i bought the computer from dell. I have 1 main partition thats 500gb and another thats 15gb that i believe is called the recovery drive. Do i really need them separate like this. Whats the point in having them separate when i can combine them and have 1 nice partition
View 5 Replies View RelatedAs the title states, I am wondering if there would be any sort of (even minimal) performance boost to setting the recycle bin to its own partition. Honestly, I don't know of a way (as yet) to do this. But, it would be nice to have ALL of the space on my partitions, and less used by windows.
It is also sometimes annoying to see the dialog pop-up stating that windows doesn't have enough space to delete something due to allocated space. I know that I can change the amount of space allowed, but it would be much simpler to have 1 partition strictly to cover the recycle bin...........
Getting my new system in a few days and it will have Vista Prem 64bit installed. The new system is going to be used for gaming and some surfing, all other stuff such as downloading and internet banking will be done on this machine which is running XP along with Avast and Comodo.
My question is- For the gaming machine I'm going to use Avast AV but do I need a separate firewall or is the one built into Vista good enough? Also I have heard of windows defender, is this already on Vista? Any other things/suggestions I need to do as soon as I start the new machine up? I was thinking of doing a system restore point before I put anything on it!
I had 2 seperate e-mail accounts when I used Outlook one for myself and one for my wife to move from one to the other I went "file, switch identities". Have now a new PC with Windows mail on Vista and our two mail accounts come into the one account in windows mail. How can i seperate these?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to organize my pictures and I've made things worse in the process. I know it must be something really simple but I'm clueless to it. When I uploaded my pics from my camera they went into separate files (each day different file). I just want to put them all in 1 file, eg Summer holiday in 1, Xmas in another.In the process of trying to do this, I've ended up dragging files into files.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs there a clever way to move applications to another partition without having to reinstall them? I have walked through the registry changing partitions with some success but I had fewer and simpler applications back then. Similarly, in a multi-boot configuration with each OS and applications in separate partitions, is there a way to avoid installing applications for each OS?
View 7 Replies View RelatedxAorKZKHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl> I wanted to try Win7 without losing Vista, so I installed it on a separate partition to dual boot.So I have Vista on C: and Win 7 on G: - same disk, different partitions. A boot menu was set up, but Win 7 boots by default if I don't choose Vista instead.I now want to move towards Win 7 on C:, and return to just one partition. But I have quite a lot of software and shortcuts now set up on G:, and if I were to delete C:, change G: to C: I'd have to start uninstalling and reinstalling everything so that C: was referenced. by everything. I'd rather install Win 7 onto c:, and gradually install software again, whilst being able to continue booting into Win 7 on G; to carry on working as needed. So, if I were to install Win 7 again onto the C: partition, either by doing an upgrade, or formatting C: and doing a fresh install,
a) would that cause any activation/legal problems, having Win 7 installed on the same computer twice in separate partitions
b) if it was OK to do that, which installation would become the default boot option.
In a NG, I have joined with a question similar to that of the OP. I wanted to avoid a new thread to prevent that NG of being extended too much, and I expected only one answer. But my question initiated a lot of following postings. So, after all I wish I had made up a new thread. Is it possible to separate all these postings into a separate thread? Or at least to change the content of the subject-line?
View 8 Replies View RelatedOk. I now own Vista and I'm trying to recreate the mail experience I had on my XP pc. My wife and I both have separate email accounts with our ISP and in XP Outlook Express we set up two identities so that our mail was separate.
When we opened up Outlook Express we were able to select which identity we wanted to operate under.
In Vista we log in to the pc using a single account and that's how we want to keep it.
Is it really impossible to have segregated email accounts in Vista?
I've seen hints that Live Mail, which is apparently new, allows this but none of the documentation is very clear.