Just thought I'd like to share with you the names of some of the reference books that I use when responding to posts. It would be interesting to know what other members of the forums use. This list will be updated periodically when necessary.
Dwarf
Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals
Microsoft Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2431-3
ISBN-10: 0-7356-2431-3.......
Im going to REFORMAT/REINSTALL my OS. vista home basic...i have the original dvd that came with my system.. My question is this.... upon installing vista, all the other cds that came with it, i have a roxio creator & mydvd cd 9.0 DE. cd says on it, install this cd, (PROGRAM)... also a dell drivers and utilities that is already installed on my computer and this dvd is for reinstalling dell inspiron comp software, and an application thats already installed on my comp, for reinstalling cyberlink powerdvd 7.0 software.. so besides using my OS 32 bit reinstallation dvd, vista, am i supposed to also reinstall the stuff on the dvds i mentioned above?
View 8 Replies View RelatedMicrosoft has released a very useful spreadsheet that has all of the new group policies that can be used in Windows Vista as well as what they do...
View 0 Replies View RelatedI have 2 Dell XPS desktop PC's, both with duo 2.66 processors, 240 GB hard drives, and running Vista Home Premium. When going into Control Panel | Power Options, one of the PC's is showing all the sleep options for a battery powered laptop, and that's a LOT of options! I've attempted to set them all so that neither the PC nor any of its peripherals ever go into sleep mode, but periodically it still seems to go to sleep! I never have similar problems with the PC which Vista recognizes as being only a desktop. In order to fix this intermittent problem, first I have to let Vista know that the PC is not a laptop, but I haven't been able to find the parameter to do this.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhy do I find my cookies are periodically being cleared?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIn the old Win 98 Windows Explorer status bar, it displayed in parentheses the "Disk free space" following the selected folder's disk space useage. However, I notice this feature is missing in Vista's (Home Edition) Windows Explorer, and I have not been able to find reference to it in the onboard help. Is there somewhere that I have overlooked, maybe, where I can turn on this feature?
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe Internet Explorer team has released a useful quick reference sheet that can be printed out and used as a reference card for keyboard shortcuts for Internet Explorer 7. Get the reference sheet here.
View 0 Replies View RelatedTo protect this data I will not connect it to the internet. From what I read, if I buy a computer running Windows Vista where Vista is pre-activated by the retailer, then Vista may still try periodically to re-validate on line. If it fails then the computer will be made unusable by nag messages or worse. In other words Vista, including Vista SP1, is not usable on a computer that does not connect to the internet. Shop assistants have told me otherwise. can you clarify because I can afford neither the time nor money involved in choosing the wrong operating system.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIn the current article published by Newsweek in the MSN Explorer's Technology section called "Microsoft After Gates (And Bill After Microsoft)", one of the sentences in the article says (in part) that Vista is a disaster and that it is having performance failings. What people are saying about Vista? Do they agree with Newsweek's verdict?
View 9 Replies View Relatedi got my laptop 1 month ago. able to shutdown properly for about 1 week,after i hve installed MS Off 2007,and some utilities, i am having this error while attempting to shutdown "the instruction at 0x76a184fd reference memory at 0x00000000. The memory could not be read" I cant shutdown.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a desktop PC (running XP Pro) connected by wire to my router and it
has no problems. I also have a Dell Studio 1555 laptop (running Vista 64
Home Premium) connected to the router by wifi and it works fine most of the
time. Every once in a while, maybe every 3 or 4 days) the lapto shows that
it is disconnected from the network. When I try to reconnect it never
reconnects. The only solution I have found is to reboot and then connection
to the network always is fine.
I have a second router and tried it and have the exact same problem so it is
not the router. I have seen some items on the web which indicate that Vista
might be the problem but I have not seen any solutions.
Windows mail. Just sent a question but did not specify I was talking about Windows Mail. Where do the sent items go to when they apparantly are deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the problem.
View 7 Replies View Relatedso at our place we use Comcast Internet, and we have a Belkin router and i have no idea what kind of modem box. But periodically the Modem icon blinks red on our Belkin router. We aren't sure if this is a problem with the Router or the Modem box itself. Any idea's?
View 9 Replies View RelatedJust updated my processor from this:-
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz
To This....
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache
managed to OC to 3.6 on air.
Also got a new case...Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80B Aluminium Super Tower
I will post pics
when i open help and support theres a section on the bottom called information from microsoft thats suppose to update its shows when i have it set for offline help but when i turn on online helpthe whole bottom half it blank actually its a big empty space i checked with a few friends and theres are the same way i know there was a problem in xp in the did you know section that it never updated
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just noticed a chip set update for my xps420 but not sure if i need it. How can i tell if the chip set version i have already is up to date?
View 1 Replies View RelatedSeptember 17 -
v4.29.1002
Quote: Technology Changes Resolved issue with Norton Real-Time Resolved issues with corrupted PE file formats with new infections Improved hidden service handling Enhanced packed file handling SUPERAntiSpyware
I am having a problem with vista home premium (32bit). I updated Sp2 and it got stuck. rebooted, but it won't go. I booted to a recovery disk and can get to the page with startup repair and won't work. it shows the problem details:
Problem event Name: StartuprepairV2
Problem signature 01: Autofailover
Problem signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0
Problem signature 03: 0
Problem signature 04: 65537
Problem signature 05: unknown
Problem signature 06: Osversionmismatch
Problem signature 07: 0
Problem signature 08: 0
Problem signature 09: unknown
Problem signature 10: 1168
Os Version: 6.0.60002.0.0.256.1
Locale Id: 1033
As usual I didn't back up my files.
evertime i open a window my computer will automatically make it scroll down to the bottem and stay there.... i got no idea how to stop this......
View 6 Replies View RelatedI updated to service pack 2 vista x64 (Ultimate) service pack 2 now it won't read the majority of my usb devices need help
View 7 Replies View RelatedIs the any point in downloading and installing SP2 if my vista SP1 is fully updated via windows update?
View 4 Replies View RelatedNo replies to my Call of Duty 4 problem thread question......I was still being kicked by Punkbuster. I reinstalled twice, updated Punkbuster and ran pbsvc.exe without success. This is the one change I made that has allowed me to play COD 4 without getting kicked by PB. I right-clicked the multiplayer icon and checked the run as XP service pack 2 compatible under the compatibility tab. I even disconnected my router and "gasp" turned of the Vista firewall to eliminate anything that might have blocked my connecting. *I have since enabled both firewalls*. I have been running it on and off for 2 days now, no errors. Try this and please let me know if it works for you. Then other people will hopefully find this thread.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently updated some drivers, particularly video and HP printer. Now my system has started limping. When I open any program, it takes for ever to open the program. Even after it is open, it takes a long to accept any keystroke. I am using Vista home premium 32 bit with 4 gigs of ram operating Dell Inspiron 531 AMD Athlon 5000 plus. I have full scanned with Norton IS2010 and Malware byte and Advanced System optimizer and found no malware.
View 6 Replies View RelatedThere seems to be some mess-up at the forum. At least the User CP does not work as it used to. It brings up all the threads I have ever participated in lieu of only the updated threads. The RP numbers under the avatars have also disappeared. Is that only by me or do others see the same problem?
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy computer is new and it used to into the sleep mode. Now it says that there is something wrong with the ATA Channel 1 and the drivers may need updated. I am not sure what to do and I don't want to turn my computer off each night and I also don't want to download something harmful that I am not even sure what it is.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSetPoint software for Logitech mice and keyboards has been updated to 6.10. SetPoint 6.1 includes the control panels for standard mice and keyboards (previously supported in SetPoint 4.x) and gaming mice(previously supported in SetPoint 5.x). This reduces duplication of system components,resulting in a smaller overall installation size. The SetPoint control panel for standard mice and keyboards has been updated with a new appearance. Numerous bug fixes and stability enhancements have been made in SetPoint 6.1 Downloads 2/25/10 SetPoint software for Logitech mice and keyboards has been updated to 6.00. Information Changes from earlier versions of SetPoint:The download size has been reduced by approximately 60%.
This has been achieved by streamlining the code and removing device pictures from the download package. SetPoint will automatically download pictures in the background for devices that are connected to your system. SetPoint 6.0 includes the control panels for standard mice and keyboards (previously supported in SetPoint 4.x) and gaming mice(previously supported in SetPoint 5.x). This reduces duplication of system components, resulting in a smaller overall installation size. The SetPoint control panel for standard mice and keyboards has been updated with a new appearance. Numerous bug fixes and stability enhancements have been made in SetPoint 6.0 Driver version shows as 4.90.80 in control panel, but 4.90.49 in Device manager.
There were plenty of reasons to avoid moving to Vista, but I've done so under duress: my laptop died and Vista is the only 64-bit system installed on PCs these days. Unfortunately, I CANNOT set the program called Windows Live Hotmail as my default mail program. Under the topic of Hotmail and Vista, the only postings on this are dated to 2007. Surely someone has configured a system with this revised version of Hotmail. It runs on this computer, but is not recognized as a setting for default.
I DO NOT want Windows Live Mail. I DO NOT want Outlook, I DO NOT want Microsoft Windows... Been there, done that. Does anyone have a work around, or must I strip Vista and load XP? So far I've wasted ten days trying to deal with Vista. This is about to push me over the edge and back to XP!
The latency symptoms I described have disappeared although Disk Cleanup might have removed something that was clogging up IE8 and/or the desktop. Besides that I reactivated Windows Defender, updated and ran it. But it found nothing. I then ran the latest MS Malicious Software Removal Tool and it found nothing. And I ran another KIS sweep. It noted something like a Java update I needed and a Firefox update I needed and after updating those then found no vulnerabilities. I also unloaded the game DVD, 'Prototype' that was in the tray installed and ready to play.
And at some point after rebooting I tried IE8 again and left it running for most of a day and the latency in its Favorites or in the desktop Task Bar has not returned once since. I loaded the game DVD again and played it a few times but left the DVD with the tray closed and still no latency issue has returned. This had been bothering me a number of days prior in-between reboots and running many several apps in the course of a day and seeing this latency problem many times, which was usually what would drive me to reboot since that would clear up the problem for a while............
They were there just there a couple of days ago, each forum have a very unique, vista like icon and, all of a sudden...I don't think I have changed anything on my USer CP, nor have I installed anything new on my pc (Vista updates today) and yet... they are gone. Not really a big deal but is just a bother to be loosing some things with my Vista x64 OS. I feel like the computer is either hunted or I have been hit with a virus/spyware/malaware but I did a whole check-up and the pc is clean.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi am trying to play a game but it will crash not every time but at some point in the game it will go down this is the msg i get can anyone help me out i have updated my vid drivers nvida GF 9300 Ge driver ver
8.17.11.9562 but still going down
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ParabellumTheGame.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4b1ec09c
Fault Module Name: ParabellumTheGame.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b1ec09c
Exception Code: c00000fd
Exception Offset: 002625fc
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
It all started with failed updates. Then I discovered that I couldn't run the check disk utility. A friend finally gave me a solution sfc /scannow in DOS which told me I had some corrupted files that windows couldn't fix. It told me to check out the log - but I couldn't find it. Now I discover (Having read a thread in VistaForums about the update error code 80070652) that I no longer have tabs in my Task Manager. aaaoorrrgh! I going nuts. how to restore these functions without losing all my data and updated drivers etc. (I'm not a beginner but I'm a sort of low level intermediate)
View 4 Replies View Related