I am having a problem with Vista Home Premium 64bit, I have it setup to hide any inactive icons but it does not. I hvae ticked and unticked the option to hid inactive icons but this problem is still the same. I was wondering if any one on here knows how to fix this problem?
View 4 RepliesI keep changing a Notification Area Icon to 'Show' but it keeps getting changed to 'Hide when inactive'. I do have the 'Hide inactive icons' checked. So what good does it do to be able to change the icon setting to 'Show' in 'Customize' if it keeps changing back? Any way to keep this icon showing without unchecking 'Hide inactive icons'???
View 9 Replies View RelatedI recently encountered a problem where whatever application im using seems to randonaly exit its use. I dont mean the program crashes more like someone is constantly hitting Alt Tab. It took me 15 minutes just to write this because I had to keep clicking on the text box. I didn't notice the problem this morning but then my mother had someone work on my pc installing a USB wireless adapter (pissed she didn't just ask me to do it) and when i went to use it later in the day i started having the problem.
Now it cant be that Alt Tab are stuck since when I run a full screen application i have no problems like a game or something. It seems to be localized to the desktop. Any ap be it a simple notepad to firefox encounters the problem. I have checked the wires and nothing seems to be loose and I also tried preforming a system restore to a date before I had the problem and that didn't do it either................
Just started using WIN Mail. Previously uded Outlook Express and was happy with it. Two issues I have found and have not found any solutions for are:
(1)When I receive Links in an e-mail and I try to Forward these the Links become inactive in the Forward.
(2)I don't want full e-mail addresses in my Sent nor Forwarded e-mails, just the names.
These issues did not exist in my Outlook Express. Can these be fixed or is there a solution?
I have Windows Vista Home Premium SP2. When I use the screen saver Aurora (and i think all screensavers) and leave the computer at night I come back to find it has been crashing and restrting all night. The screensaver comes on without error but at some stage while it's running I get a crash. My power settings are set too never turn off the computer and to never put it to sleep. I have no problems when the screen saver is set to blank. I have never been there to see it crash, it does it when the computer has been inactive for a long period of time. this problem was present with Vista SP1 and is not a SP2 issue.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIm not really good with hardware and those stuff, so I just wanted to know..this programs like " Hide my IP " Does they really work? Have anyone of you guys tried them? (with a router/without) Can there be any consequences, etc?
and I have a router, wireless, Will these be a problem for me too hide my IP or change it with this applications. I know there is an tutorial but thats not what im looking for. Btw, if I change / hide my IP can I go in too websites that I was banned from ?
In XP I could use TweakUI to hide a disk drive from the kids and was still
able to use the hidden drive.
There is no TweakUI for Vista and I've tried to hide a drive with registry
tweaks(HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer)
and via command prompt (using diskpart). The problem is that both ways leave
hidden drives that are not usable. It's as if they truely do not exist.
I've run across a couple of applications (Avira Premium Security Suite, Spyware Terminator) that, despite choosing the "Always Hide" option for their tray icon, every time the computer reboots, they default back to "Hide When Inactive." Sure, it's a minor issue to set them back to "Always Hide" when I reboot, but is there some sort of tweak somewhere that will force these applications to remember the "Always Hide" setting, instead of defaulting back to "Hide When Inactive?"
View 9 Replies View RelatedThere are some usernames that I do not want to be displayed on Vista Welcome Screen. I could not find a TweakUI for Vista to accomplish this. I googled and found a solution that concerned with the registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SpecialAccounts UserList]. I added the usernames[DWORD32:0] under the key, but the username still appears on WelCome Screen
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View 9 Replies View Relatedall my desktop icons got suddenly changed to internet explorer icons,after (i opened some program in the internet,) then i did some personalisation then it changed to my adobe photoshop icon, all the desktop icons now shows the adobe,,icons.like all my programs which was earlier like (yahoo msngr, msn mesengr,windows vista programs,almost all other programs) and my internet wireless stopped working. i have a vista home premium 32. and my comp is asus f3t series. i was trying to do the icon cache, but couldnt find. tried restarting but couldnt solve.now trying to run my antivirus scan Mcafee. if anybody knows the solution to restore my earlier icons.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy alumni group website received an anonymous letter with invalid (fake ) address. This alumni group site is Membership Only. Members must provide valid e-mail addresses and nobody is to send messages to the group without membership and valid acknowledged address. So, my question is, how did this happen ? How did the message get through, and how did the sender use faked address and still be able to send the message out? We want to stop this.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs their a way to hide the dual boot screen unless you hit a certain key like f#?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a new Dell Vostro 1510 laptop running 32-bit Vista. When I open BlueTooth Settings > Options Even though the Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area is unchecked, it still shows up. Is there another way to hide it in the system tray?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am running a new Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium installed (no SP1 offered to me as yet). My question is not one for the Outlook newsgroup (I reckon) but simply as to the path in Windows Vista leading to the Outlook Address Book. I ask because it was my custom to back up Outlook Express daily on to an external hard drive by drag and drop. I would transfer to related address book in a similar manner. Having upgraded to Outlook, I am able to back up that folder daily in a similar manner. But when I find the new address book, in .csv format, it does not relate directly to the new address book that I have edited in Outlook format. My question is, put simply, is there a proper address book lurking away in the background that is invisible to me?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAll of my picture icons were changed to standard-generic icons when I had my computer restored to the factory direct setting. Now they don't display anything except a flower, house, ect. My question is: How do I change the picture icon setting back so I can see a tiny preview thingy for each icon, instead of having to click on each one to see what they really are?
View 4 Replies View RelatedSometimes when watching a video in vista media center, the screen control's won't auto hide. The mouse cursor also won't disappear like it should when mouse is kept idle. A reboot of PC fixes problem but I'm hoping someone has a solution other than having to restart my computer multiple times in a day.
View 1 Replies View Relatedexcept hiding Hidden+System files, of course.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI am picking up a conversation that has been developing in a thread on another topic because I think it is signifacant and should get its own thread. Jawade of Kolibrie Software has been saying that his boot manager can effectively prevent XP volsnap.sys from erasing Vista's shadowcopies in a multiboot scenario. He has been trying a few things to verify this and hopefully he will join this thread and supply some info about it. So far he has verified that restore points and previous versions survive a reboot into XP and a reboot back into Vista.
During the Vista beta program several testers tried some well-known boot managers that were supposed to be able to hide a volume and either they did not function correctly with Vista or they did not hide a Vista volume at a low enough level to prevent XP from damaging Vista files.
I've recently got this problem where my taskbar will no longer stay hidden. Once I boot up it will auto-hide for a short time then it just stops working as if my mouse is always hoovering over the taskbar. I can then disable and then re-enable the feature and it will then hide until I put my mouse over it and then it will no longer hide. The only new thing that was done before this happened was installing Vipre Antivirus software. I've tried disabling that to see if that was the problem but it still remains. Does nayone have any ideas what would cause this and more importantly how to fix it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHe was infected by ISASS malware, a WORM that hide in windows system folders and share my conection with anothers users without my autorization. In firewall i can see a lot of ports opened without my UAC identify. Anti v??rus like norton or kaspersky don't solve my problem. I tried windows defender, and tried RegistryBooster 2, both without sucess.
I studied a internet forum about the problems and i believed that i will solve the problem with a tool of microsoft: but after dowloaded and scanner computer, the tool dont find any problem..........
Basically i keep my thoughts personally secret as well as my files in PC, so i want to know how to hide hidden files and folders during search in Vista,when other person try or accidently saw those files and locations in my PC. I am using Vista 32 bit Ultimate version. I tried some options in index that didn't understand much about it to hide hidden folders and files during search. I don't want to show the search results that i made those folders and files hidden to be visible in search.
View 5 Replies View RelatedTools/Internet Options/General tab, click on Tab settings and re-enable this feature. If it is enabled already, uncheck the box, click apply/ok and then close all open browsers. Repeat to re-enable this feature.
View 4 Replies View RelatedDesktop icons overwritten. After a recent automatic update it appears my desktop icons have two icons on top of each other. Visible on top is the "default" icon and slightly visible underneath is the original icon. I use Firefox and Vista Ultimate 32.
View 5 Replies View RelatedA Vista SP1 Home Premium problem - 9 live icons covering 9 dead icons: Several days ago I had a desktop with 9 live, working icons at the bottom of the desktop. ie: recycle bin, computer, network, control panel, etc. The 9th icon was a folder called 'powershell'.
Several days ago I deleted the 'powershell' folder, and, underneath that folder, was surprised to find a dead copy of the 'powershell' folder. The deleted 'powershell' folder was in the recycle bin, and an undeleted dead copy on the desktop. This dead copy cannot be accessed with selection, left-click, or right-click operations - so the 'Properties' info cannot be displayed.........
Everytime I restart my PC, my desktop icons go where ever they want each time. What is causing this and is their a way to lock the icons in place?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI want to be able to stop users being able to change the auto-hide setting of the taskbar on a windows vista machine. Anyone any ideas how to do this? I want it to be set to always auto-hide so the solution either wants to stop the user being able to change this or maybe as a second solution if they do change it then i want it to be reset when the machine is rebooted.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to disable/re-enable or hide/unhide Start Menu in Windows Vista via registry, using VB6 or at least disable/re-enable all items in (shortcuts and everyrthing else in Start Menu) in order to exclude starting of ANY program via contents of Start menu in Vista while my own application is active? Could it be possible to disable/re-enable "Windows" key or any combinations of keys such as "Windows" + "Esc" via registry, using VB6?
View 5 Replies View Relatedhow to to remove/hide the Windows Live Messenger Download from the Vista start menu? I understand that the Window Live Messenger can be disabled using the GPOs settings, just wondering whether the Windows Live Messenger Download can be remove/hide from the start menu using GPOs setting.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've been using Windows Vista Premium for over a year now. So far I've no problems with it yet. However, just recently, I noticed that the icons for the computer and recycle bin were gone. Futhermore, the icon for some of the folders on my computer were either blank or a icon of the computer. Some files (ranging from the .dll to .exe) were changed to the computer icon as well. The icons for the floppy drive and my usb also disappeared and are displayed by the icon that represents file that windows does not recognise. How I can restore these icons? I have tried a system restore back a week when they were all still good but that did not make a difference.
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