Fast User Switching
Aug 7, 2008
Is there a way to get rid of the screen that comes up when I type Win/L? That's the one with the current user avatar and a Switch User button, it seems to serve no useful purpose, wasn't there on XP. Is there some way of making the User Account avatars more like those on XP? I have week eyesight and I can't discern which avatar has focus when I use arrow keys, so I have to use the mouse. On XP it was much more obvious which UA had focus. Is there some way to show the mail and process counts?
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Feb 24, 2009
Someone once told me he could boot into vista x64 from cold in just 6 seconds, just cant believe that, he had a velociraptor in raid. I have a regular raptor and have tried every trick under the book to get a faster boot, normally take around a minute, even with a quadcore pc with 8gb ram... my partners laptop takes around 30 seconds off that and is nowhere near as powerful. Does anyone have any mega tips for fast boots apart from the dreaded hibernation? I even tried a OCZ SSD but thought they were a waste of money for the like 2 second difference.
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Oct 8, 2009
That topic has been subject of several painful headaches for me. I have tried searching the forum but can't seem to find the answer.I am currently running Vista 32 And would like to switch to 64. My system is 64 compatible And i have 4 gig of ram.
1 : where do I get the software. I have a genuine 32 bits.
2 : how could i backup my whole system ?
3 : is there a free upgrade (or discount) for Windows 7
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Aug 31, 2009
I have held off switching to IE8 as I always understood it was better to let some of the kinks be sorted out first before going to something newer from Microsoft. Currently I use IE7 and Vista and am fairly happy with it despite the occasional blips. Should I change or leave alone? If I do change should I upgrade or completely clear out IE7 and if I don't care for the results can I switch back again?
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Jun 29, 2009
I hind the Vista home not as fast as XP pro. I there something I can do to make it as fast?
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Apr 3, 2009
1. I have the fastest cable connection possible and I just can't move around the Internet fast. I can download in a flash but moving from site to site is sloooooow.
2. And... after a year on Vista I am now getting popups. I thought it was supposed to stop them? I update all the time. I have Vista home edition.
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Apr 4, 2008
I would like to have an external drive which is a USB2 but I'm not sure how fast it is. Does anyone know the difference in speed because I don't want to have to upload data to my hard drive then go to bed and the next morning it's still uploading.
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Jun 22, 2008
Why does my mouse burn thru batteries so fast? it's always blinking, if i want batteres to last more than a couple days i have to remove them when not in use
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Mar 10, 2009
I run Vista Premium using Word 2003 and Norton Internet security: Since updating Last months updates and the various ones since, every time I start up my computer it tells me that Windows Defender is not turned on; this is getting a bit much having to turn it on every time I start up my computer.
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Dec 24, 2008
Because of an ongoing problem (SQL error prevents my posting to Thunderbird Forums) with one of my regular Vista accts, I ahve to use another acct to post to TB. I have to switch back and forth between the two accts whenever I access TB forums. So, is there any shortcut that I can use instead of having to go to Start>switch accts, logoff, etc menu?
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Jun 23, 2008
I have a home wireless network that automatically assigns the IP address and info to my new laptop (Vista). At work, I'm required to manually enter the IP address and subsequent info to get WiFi. Is there a way in Vista to set up two different "profiles" or "locations" that I can easily toggle between to change my IP settings, so I don't have to go into the Network Connections and change them every time I switch between the two places? If Vista cannot do this, is there a program I can purchase/download that will do it for me?
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Apr 30, 2008
Vista 64 killed my Corel PaintShopPro Photo X2. I installed it and then Vista did some security updates and PSP8 ; PSP9 and PSP Photo X2 no longer run. I did load and tried Photo X2 uninstalled it then PSP 9; unstalled it then PSP 8 then uninstalled it. Up to Sunday 20th it worked OK. bUt I uninstalled it formatted the hard drive and started again and it has not run since.
First time it ran when I put it in then came on the reboot in would not load after switching it off for a while then switching it on again to then hung up the PC. The only way to get Vista to run was to use the Vista installation disc and that wiped PSP off the hard drive. I have repeated this 5 times, each time with a clean formatted disc with the same results. It is an automatic microsoft update (I think it said security update).
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Apr 28, 2008
I just purchased a new computer with Vista OS. I had Outlook Express on my old system. I now have Windows Mail on the new computer. Is there any way to bring the Outlook Express DBX files into Windows Mail? I tried to import, but it didn't seem to recognize any of my folders.
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Jan 22, 2008
I have a reasonably fast computer that can run Vista with hardly any issues (Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 4GB RAM @ 1066MHz, GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB); I have a LOT of things running in the background, however. Some of these things are useful, some aren't. My question is: will spending several hours optimizing Vista (disabling Aero, disabling services, tweaking the registry, disabling start up of certain programs, removing Windows components, etc) result in any appreciable performance difference? Vista responds FAST, but not REALLY FAST. I think, however, that in my situation, it may be best to adopt the notion, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Jun 10, 2009
I have to move my computer so I'll need to go wireless. Are those Wireless USB Adapters as fast as a PCI Card? Seems so easy to install, and if it's just as good, why not? My PC will be 6 feet from the router, but the signal will have to go through a 4-foot wall. (standard residential wall, drywall and wood 2x4's)
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Apr 29, 2009
I have created a DVD using Windows Vista DVD Maker. I need to make about a dozen copies to mail out to family and friends. What would be the fastest way to make copies of this DVD? I have only a single DVD burner in my PC. I thought maybe create an image of this DVD then burn from that. It takes over 2 hours to create the DVD from the project file in DVD Maker.
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Sep 29, 2009
If you have a good DVD video and want to share with others, you may need to convert DVD to MPEG4 in order to reduce its weight.For those who seldom do DVD to MPEG4 conversion, it may be troublesome when it comes to relative settings. With Leawo DVD to MPEG4 Converter,such troubles and worries are taken away. What left to you are only a few clicks within everyone's knowledge. You can also deal with the video through extra editing functions like extracting soundtrack, cropping out the black margin, cutting away head and tail, etc.
Then, how to convert DVD to MPEG4? Take Leawo DVD Ripper for example, it provides a typical easy-to-use interface, on which users may face the basic settings only. The first step is to load a DVD resource. It is possible to load DVD resource either from a DVD disc or a folder on your harddisk. When the loading process is complete,a list of DVD video content is shown by titles and chapters. This information is contained in a file by an extension of .inf, so if you don't see the list, it is probably the inf file is missing or corrupted...........
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Oct 31, 2009
My disk light is often constantly locked on solid during internet activity and I never know what is happening. I know I can bring up the Task Manager but it moves around too fast and the running apps are usually mysterious in what they are really doing. There must be a tool out there that takes the top two or three applications/processes that are causing the solid light and not only displays them but explain what their purpose is.
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Feb 19, 2009
so my brother has a acer aspire 9400 lap top with vista home premiume and for no reason it just switches itself off. once with a blue screen saying dumping physical memory. is it because my brothers lap top 2GB ram or graphics card cant handle the amount he is using lap top? or maybe leaving the lap top plugged
into the charger 24/7 is doing this?
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Mar 18, 2010
My desktop PC was hooked up to my TV and would randomly switch to using the TV as the main monitor often disabling my monitor. I thought it was my NVIDIA card so I upgraded to a newer ATI card. The new card has 2 monitor outputs and a S-video output. The problem no appears to only happen overnight. The next morning my PC is still on and awake but the display is changed to a lower setting. I have to enable a second monitor, which i do not have, before it will allow me to fix the resolution of the monitor I do have.
Right now I have a bigger problem where it looks like it switched the TV to being the main monitor and I no longer have a TV hooked up (Its mounted on another floor of my house) so I cannot get to the screen to fix the problem. I tried plugging the monitor into the other port (sometimes it just switches ports) but that is not the problem.
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Mar 18, 2008
Before SP1, I use to be able to switch between users with no problems, now with SP1, the second user will never load right. It dosent matter which user logs in first, the second one will always be messed up and the only way to fix it is to restart. Logging off dosent fix it, the second user never works right unless you restart. This is a very bad thing for me, I need to be able to switch users on the fly.
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Jun 19, 2008
I use Windows Vista and often when I am repling (MS Outlook) in email and also in word docs, the keyboard seems to switch to a French version, and french characters display. For example, if I click shift 2, I will not get the @ symbol; instead the " will display.
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Dec 2, 2008
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11S, and every time i remove my headphones all sound stops working unless i restart the programme, for instance i can be listening to something off itunes, unplug my headphones and the music pauses and won't play again unless i close and reopen it. This also happens with firefox, and i presume other applications, though i have yet to try this. This is a recent development, everything worked fine until a few days ago when i deleted some old programmes i dont use, games and suchlike. I'm pretty much certain i didn't delete anything vital, though i guess its a possibility.
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Mar 16, 2009
Live mail use to work much quicker. seems to really dog down when I change account or news group. It is really noticeably slow. Is there some way to find out what is slowing it down?
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Jan 24, 2010
my network connection keeps switching between public and private, despite my configuring it to a private network. Because of this, my PS3 is unable to connect (using laptop as media center to stream data to PS3). We are using a DLINK DIR-615 at the moment. I also have Linksys WRT54GS that I could switch back to, but I had problems with my laptop staying connected with that and we had the Dlink kicking around, so we swapped to see if my laptop would stay connected with it, and so far it has. Or atleast when it switches to "local only", it reconnects right away. I'm trying to stream movies and music to my PS3. But whenever it flips to "public", I can no long stream the files. can stay I it to set as a private network?
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Sep 25, 2009
I have FIOS connected to my desktop. Sometimes I bring my laptop home from work and I wanted to know if I can just plug my laptop into the jack I use for my desktop to download work and then return it back to my desktop.
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Jun 22, 2009
Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit on M6400 notebook with 16GB RAM.
With 16GB RAM does Vista really need any virtual memory?
My quad core, 16GB RAM notebook would be faster without hard drive access due to virtual memory.
Can I turm off virtual memory or set it to some very low value (possibly 0)?
My preference is to use the 16GB RAM and should that be insufficient then I decide which programs to close. I don't want Vista using 4GB, or 6GB RAM, etc., and continually writing/reading to HD which slows things down and does not make full use of the physical RAM present.
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Nov 30, 2007
I am going to get a new PC and I'm undecided whether to be be happy with the 8400 that comes with or pay an extra £100 (£200) for 2 x 8500 ones. Obviously, the graphics would look nicer but would anything else be affected like how fast the loading time of the games are and do you get more frames per second?
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Apr 3, 2008
I store all my Outlook Express email in an external hard disk and plug and play between my office desktop and laptop when travelling.
Could I still do the same after changing to Vista since I just bought a new laptop?
If laptop is Vista and my office desktop is XP, are they still compatible?
I mean using new Window Mail in laptop but still store the mail in an external hard disk, then connect the external hard disk back to desktop in office.
Pls help and shed me light on how to do the new switching and procedure and setting.
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Mar 23, 2008
My wife and I have different email ids with the same ISP and I have setup a shared Store Folder that we both use. Vista Mail is setup in each of our Accounts so that when I "send and receive" I get her emails as well as mine. The same happens from her own User Account.
The problem that we now have, which did not occur on Windows XP and Outlook, is that whenever we "Switch User" and start up Mail we are prompted by Windows Security to enter the User Name and Password for each email account even though "Remember my credentials" is checked.
I have tried all of the "fixes" I can find including deleting c:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Protect and not using the "Apply" button when creating the Mail Accounts (See "Microsoft mail does not retain username and password" in this Newsgroup).
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Nov 5, 2009
over the last couple of weeks Internet Explorer has decided to stop responding. Is this a general problem or am I the only one? I don't seem to be doing anything unusual when it happens. Sometimes simply switching tabs causes the freeze.
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