I have Vista running in dual boot mode on a C2D 2.0ghz laptop (2 gigs ram). I usually run in XP as it seems to be much faster. Are there tweaks I can do to make Vista run with the same amount of get up & go?
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How can one change the password expiration time to a longer duration?
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View 5 Replies View RelatedWe need to run one of our large 16bit Visual Basic 3.0 applications on Vista Ultimate (32bit) while we rewrite the app in VB .Net. So far I have been able to install the VB3 app, and even the VB3 dev, on Vista and with a few small changes all runs well except for printing from the VB app. We use the VB PrintForm command to print a screen image from the app. All works well under Windows XP but under Vista nothing prints. Watching the Print Queue for the default printer, a job starts then quickly disappears from the queue with nothing printed.
The VB3 app can see the printer and the printer properties OK using Printer Setup (Common Dialog VBX). Printing works fine from Word 2003 and other 32 bit apps on the PC. I have tried several printers, all work OK under Vista except for the 16 bit apps. I have tried running the app as Admin and changing compatibilty properties. Does Vista support any printing from 16 bit apps?
I use a laptop w/ vista business in my work truck. As i have traveled around for the last 7 months with it on its stand in the front seat it has connected to over 800 wireless networks. How do I remove these wireless networks QUICKLY (1 at time is going to take hours!:mad How do I prevent VISTA from automatically connecting to any networks without asking me 1st?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedIn my native language German, substantives begin with capital letters which are to type often. When typewriting quickly often happens that also the letter following the uppercase letter is also an uppercase letter.
instead of Austria AUstria
I watch this for many years, and long time before I analyzed this to see, whether my release of the cap key is delayed. It was not, sure, but I don't fret about. Now, with Gigahertz CPU and Vista, perhaps there is a way to adjust this behavior.
ive been having problems with the tilde key on my Asus laptop. at first it was that it didint work at all, in games, in microsoft works, or notepad. i went searching online and disabled the driver for the eHome ir receiver (even though i dont own an ir receivers). after that i was able to use the tild key only outside of games. but heres the strange part, if i press the tild key quickly as if i were typing normaly, it dose not register. in order to use it i have to hold down the tilde key for about 1-2 seconds before it would spit out a stream of "````````````". then i could delete up to the first one. this is true for the laptops keyboard, and a wired dell keyboard i connected using usb.........
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View 4 Replies View RelatedCurently im using Win XP Pro, and i have a Western Digital Raptor HDD 36 GB just for Windows and other applications. I want to switch to Win Vista Home Premium soon, but i read somewhere about the requierments and it said right there that Vista needs a 40 GB HDD with 10-15 GB free. So my questions is : Can i install Vista on that 36 gb or not ? ~ im not quite sure, thats why i'm asking.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have just downloaded speedfan 4.37 and done a test. My GPU is running at 75C!! I have a Nvidia Geforce 7300SE. I also have just a standard CPU fan. I have a thermal take case fan on order aswell. How else can i cool my GPU?
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anyone please explain this?
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I am considering a purchase of a new PC running Windows Vista 64 bit. I have some questions.
Will some of my 32 bit programs run on Vista 64 bit? I am thinking about Firefox 3 and Thunderbird 2 especially. Does Vista 64 have a compatibility mode where I can run 32 bit applications? If yes, does the compatibility mode actually work?
I am planning on some multimedia work recording music and video. I know that I need a second hard drive. One for the OS and one to record to. The model of PC that I am considering has a RAID configuration using two hard drives. How would these drives appear to me in Vista 64 bit? As one drive? As two? If it is one drive, can I set a partition to have the two drives I need? If so, are partitions difficult to setup?
What are your opinions on the 64 bit system? Is this the future and eventually everything will be going 64 bit, or will it fade out as a good idea that never happened? The PC I am looking at is expensive and I wish to know if it will be useful for a long time.
Is Vista 64 going to be the current OS and more and more companies will be supporting it? Is Vista going to be around for a long time? I am seeing buzz about Windows 7. When would Windows 7 be out and would it require 64 bit?
I played games on Vista like Settlers 4, NFS U2, Half Life 2, UFO Aftermath, Baldurs Gate 2...
All games goes well but the loading time was a bit longer than on XP.
What about the games that you play actually...?
Message From Synapse: Please Specift the Vista Build number you tried the game on,
Is it possible for me to install XP on Vista using the VMWare, or other such software?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter installing Vista Ultimate I tried to use the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to manage the IIS7. I received the error message "Web sites cannot be started unless both the Windows Activation Service (WAS) and the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) are running. Both services are currently stopped."
At another point I received the error "The 'password' attribute is invalid". I have tried to uninstall and re-install the "Internet Information Services" a number of times but after a lenghty period this service will not un-install or an error is thrown. I have not been able to access the local web server on this Vista installation even once since installation. This problem was there from the initial installation of Vista Ultimate. The installation was an upgrade of XpSp2.
I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and one of these days I saw that the processes svchost.exe should be running. I open my Windows Task Manager, and there is no svchost.exe anywhere. Not a single one!
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm sure this question has been asked before. However, is there a way to get older Windows 95, 98 and/or XP programs to run on a Vista computer? I can't even get them to load.
View 8 Replies View RelatedCan i buy a vc with directx10 even though my pc says im running a 9? i have vista and thought it was 10 ready. also noticed the newer cards are rated gddr2,3,4 and so on - are these numbers in reference to the ram i am currently running and have to match? i have sddr2 i believe so am i limited to a gddr2 card? mb has pci x16 and am currently running a sapphire ati 5500 and definately need an upgrade but illiterate to most of the terms - i dont want to buy something i couldnt use
View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter installing Vista Ultimate I tried to use the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to manage the IIS7. I received the error message "Web sites cannot be started unless both the Windows Activation Service (WAS) and the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) are running. Both services are currently stopped. At another point I received the error "The 'password' attribute is invalid". I have tried to uninstall and re-install the "Internet Information Services" a number of times but after a lenghty period this service will not un-install or an error is thrown. I have not been able to access the local web server on this Vista installation even once since installation. This problem was there from the initial installation of Vista Ultimate. The installation was an upgrade of XpSp2.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAfter trolling around here for a few weeks I thought I'd add my 2 cents worth. I have found that Hellgate London and Crysis are both excellent games that run well under Vista. I played the demos before buying the games.
View 7 Replies View RelatedIs there a setting I can change so that my computer will run all .exe files even if it thinks they're unsafe and gives the message: "Windows found that file potentially harmful@
View 6 Replies View RelatedI somehow really messed things up. I have two of the exact same desktops running together. When you click on the Start button and you see the desktop name, they are listed as the exact same name, one under the other. In Windows explorer under the desktop name, the name of the second desktop appears in alphabetical order in the same directory as Documents, Downloads, Favorites, etc. The path for this second exact desktop is c:users. how to get rid of this desktop. Everytime I try to delete it, it says it is open (because of course it is a mirror copy of what I am running).
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am currentlu running Vista Ultimate SP1 with 4GB of RAM with Intel Q6600 quad CPU. I have read that the 32 bit version (which I'm running) can only see about 3GB although it reports 4GB. Is there any reason why I should not consider moving to the 64 bit version? If not does your MB make a difference as I use a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R mobo.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've searched for it but nothing. I'm running Vista 32bit home premium with SP1 on if that helps.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedA virus seems to have taken control of my administrator account password on this computer. I can still access the 'guest' account on this machine but obviously I cannot run any new software on it or access any of the material saved under the administrator account... and I need some of that material. Every time I attempt to log on to my administrator account (yes... I am using the correct password, fonts etc.) it tells me that the password is incorrect. I noticed I may have had this virus yesterday when I attempted to delete some software I had downloaded (it would not let me download it). I backed up some files (but could not make a password reset disk) and ran a full system check using AVAST. AVAST did NOT note any threats on my system, however, after turning off the computer I am unable to log on as an administrator.
Can anyone talk me through the specifics of using safe mode which may help? Obviously, as I'm on the guest account, as mentioned above I cannot download and run any new software and, as I no longer have administator privileges on this machine, I cannot change or remove the password using the control panel options. Has anyone else suffered this virus? How did you fix it??
i'm running 64 bit home premium and was just installing steam on my pc. it was when i saw where the install was going that i suddenly noticed my programme files name has changed to the x86 instead of what was x64. what has happened and how can i fix it please??
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have had my computer with Windows Vista for a couple of years now, and I keep forgetting to ask about this. Anytime I open or run something that requires Administrative usage in my computer, it prompts me to do so, however does not ask for any password to continue. I have been on other computers with Vista that prompt you to enter your Administrative password when something needs to be run via the Administrator. How do I set up my account to prompt the user for the Administrative password when running something as an Administrator?
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