I'm pointing out that I shouldn't be waiting for Vista 64bit Ultimate everytime I right-click on a folder to read the CD/DVD drives. It seriously takes 30 seconds to a minute for the menu to pop up if I right-click on a folder or a file because Vista has to read the CD/DVD drives. Is there anyway to disable this or speed it up.
View 4 RepliesIs it possible for me to disable the autoplay option for my usb drives/thumb drives alone? I need the option of autoplay for my optical drives but i want to disable the same option for my usb drives to avoid viruses..
View 9 Replies View Relatedi burn doesnt read correctly after its burned like it reads the disc but is all corrupted so i thought it was my dvd rom was dead on arival so i bought tsstcorp cdvdw sh-s223q scsi cd rom device and same problem
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse which work really well but when I reboot, the keyboard shortcuts that I have programmed don't work until I go into properties and click on them and then click ok. The keys then work ok until I reboot again.Is there any way that I can programme the changes so they are the default programmes whenever I reboot. The software loaded fine and I clicked on apply and save when I originally set the keys.....I have a HP Pavilion DV6700 Laptop with windows visa home premium which is about one month old.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIt seems that I'm not the only one who had the Windows Sidebar no longer working after installing the new release of Internet Explorer. After spending a lot of time trying to find a solution, here is the way I have solve the problem. Now the sidebar is just working fine. This behavior is observed if the XML registration is missing in the system. To fix the problem, use the following steps:
* Close Windows Sidebar. To do so, right-click on the Sidebar icon in the Notification area and click Exit
* Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To do so, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
* In the Command Prompt window, type the following and press ENTER:
I have a Dell computer, had it about three weeks. I have two hard drives in a serial ATA Raid 0 stripe 500GB each. They are controlled by Intel matrix storage manager software. I want to have the two hard drives separate, like drive C and Drive D In the Bios I have two choices ATA or Raid, I have tried both ways to have them separate, however still can't. I have to say that I found this forum by chance, by goodness I am glad I did with drivers for my scanner and printer.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am not sure where this should be posted so before I start I apologise if it has to be moved
As the title suggests its about the mouse, I have always had my mouse setup so that I left double-click to get to anything, but although mice have a very long lifespan, and this is mainly why I am posting this (before I get my G9 mouse) I wondered what you all would recommend to prolong the mouse life even more, do any of you use just one click or are you all double-clickers like myself? what would you recommend single or double?
I just don't want to knacker the mouse out too quickly, bearing in mind that it gets used alot in games too and as its recommended for Crysis etc......I am going to be hammering that left mouse button to death
I know I can use my Xbox 360 controller for windows and have been, but as this piece of kit is suggested for Crysis and other games I am going to be using it instead.
is there any way to run the programm as admin immediately or i have to right click on the icon?
View 9 Replies View Relatedi have a Toshiba satellite laptop and i cant update windows vista,i cant access welcome center, i cant personalize right click. the window comes up for a second and goes away anyone whats the problem and how i can fix it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAlthough most of my XP/Vista 32 bit apps work fine in Vista 64, many do not show their right-click context menus even though I have enabled them. There are a few that appear but the majority do not. Is there some way to correct this?
View 5 Replies View RelatedFor this purpose, I need to create a list file which can be imported to Getright! I create a text file, rename it to .lst and keep all my URLs in there. I was wondering if it is possible to include .lst file in the Right Click->New menu Other even the Right Click menu would be nice
View 8 Replies View RelatedThis is the first time I tried to send a web link to a friend in need but when I tried to see if it works before mailing it and it did not open the web on a click, but it will open it on copy and paste.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have been searching for a soultion and have not come upon one yet. Using Vista Business with a Dell Optiplex Each time I right click my mouse (on anything) all I get is Not Responding and I have to close the program. This problem is not happening in Safe Mode?
I have tried the following solutions i.e.:
- Trying to run sfc /scannow (which will not run)
- Changing Performance settings - did not fix
- Doing a Restore Point (Safe Mode) - one time it worked and then went back to same problem
- Downloading and running Shexview.exe and closing all non-Microsoft Context Menu - no luck here!
- Installed SP2 - still have problem?
When you right click on a program you get the box that opens giving you all kinds of options; run as administrator, scan with, etc. What do you call that box? I am running Vista, but a friend is running XP. She used to have listed in that box the option to scan with her anti virus program, but she no longer does. Is there a way, in XP, to add this to that box?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have an old Dell Dimension 8250 test PC that I would like to install Vista onto. However, it has no DVD drives. I cannot even boot from external USB drives (3.5" disk drive, external HDDs, and DVD burner drive -- CMOS doesn't see them and found out PC doesn't support bootable USB devices). However, I do have enough HDD space (30 GB free on second partition) to copy Vista DVD (or make an ISO file) onto it through network (will take a while).
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've just got my new computer (Windows Vista Ultimate) and despite it coming with just one hard drive (if I'm not mistaken), when I open Computer, it displays two different hard drives: "OS_Install (C [102 GB free of 231 GB]" and "New Volume (D [465 GB free of 465 GB]".
Anyway, how, instead of working with this bizarre set-up, could I "merge" C: and D: into one hard drive (in Windows Explorer's eyes, at least) so that I do not have files arbitrarily split into two?
Was just checking some information in my pc, and i noticed both of the Hard drives were quite hot, theres no problems with the fans or anything in there so im not sure if theres a problem or they just get like that. The pc has been on for alot of the day and alot has been installed on it since they are new.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhy doesnt my CD/DVD drives show up in My Computer?! Everytime I reinstall VISTA it appears, but after a while theyre not there? And when I put XP on the machine, it never happens. Only in VISTA, first I thought theyre not supported but when I first install VISTA theyre there...then as I said...give it a month and they dont show up and when I put a disc in nothing happens and I cant even type in their location ex. D:/ WHY?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have been plagued with this problem on my Desktop, wherein the DVD drives go missing at random time intervals.
1> Checked the BIOS, both drives are shown (Tried the NATIVE and LEGACY settings)
2> Checked the cables and power supply ( Have put in a new PATA IDE cable for good measure)
3> Updated to SP2 thinking it would have a fix!
Searched Google and tried these Solutions
4> Uninstalled 3rd party Dvd writing software, which i had installed after discovering this problem. (Never had installed iTunes, roxio or zune software)
5> Checked registry values at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
There were no Upper or lower Filters entries.
6> Tried the Auto Fix at "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060" this doesn't work as it says Computer settings already match.
7> Then tried the auto Fix it.................
i've googled this issue all over, and though i've found many people with the same problem, none of their 'fixes' have worked for me. hopefully you guys can come up with something (without reinstalling vista again!) to make it work. as a note, i'm running Ultimate x64 and all of my hardware specs are more than enough and i'm pretty positive that's not the issue.
suddenly, in the middle of normal usage, my drives were no longer recognized by my computer (optical and virtual drives). they do not show up in "Computer" or disk management. they are recognized by the BIOS. i had DaemonTools installed at the time, it was the latest version; i've read that could be an issue. i have absolutely no idea how to get my drives recognized again - i've got some work i really need to get done and haven't been able to fix this............
since upgrading to Vista Home Premium I am no longer able to write to either of my SONY DVD RW AW_G170A CD/DVD Drives, trying to save a file tells me Incorrect function followed by, you do not have access to the folder'D:'. or 'E:'. See your administrator for access to this folder, or with other applications Im told the disc is not formatted, as I am the only administrator and the CDDVD's
View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter performing a "Disc Check" I find that my 2 DVD/Cd ROM drives have stopped working. Device manager in control panel shows the following. "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged (code 19)"
View 7 Replies View RelatedStd user is running Vista Business with 4 GB RAM installed in an HP xw4400 workstation.I recently upgraded our small staff (10 employees) from WinXP Pro to Vista Business. I am handling all the griping about UAC, but had one question about USB ports I don't know the answer to.One of our researchers uses a pendrive in a USB port and constantly gets the UAC prompt. I know how to use the Properties of a program to have it run as an Administrator, but is there something comparable for USB drives?
View 4 Replies View Relatedim looking into buying a blu ray drive in the next few months but i want one so that i can burn all my data currently on all my dvds. Not too bothered about playing high def movies atm coz i dont have any. I was looking at this one but i dont know whether or not it will write to dual layer 50gb disks. Pioneer BDR-202BK 4x BD-R/RE Blu-Ray Serial ATA Dual Layer DVD Writer - Black. also if i just plug it straight into my pc, will vista be able to burn to it? ie in windows media player?
View 4 Replies View Relatedpc does not recognize my dvd drives,i have windows vista 32 bit,i went into help and support,which advised to go into devise manager and check to see if the dvd drives are listed which they are, then to right click on the dvd drives,properties, and click the troubleshoot tab,then the attached box pops up and i dont know where to go from there,
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have vista home premium with service pack 1. I bought a new external hard drive with usb. western digital my book. It wouldn't install correct drivers it so I returned it and got a maxtor OneTouch4. Vista can't install the correct drivers for this either. Lists it in the device manager as Unknown device with a excamation by it. If I goto the disk manager i see it as drive 1 with no letter assigned. When clicking to try to change it I get an error that says to refresh or reboot. I did both and no change. The disk manager sees the correct size of disk. but I can't assign a drive letter. In device manger under disks i do have the maxtor drive showing that its installed. But under unknown devicices there is one listed. And it goes away if I unlug the usb to the drive. I take the usb drive to xp and it works as soon as i plug it in. Two different brand store bought externals didn't work. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the disks and unknown device with no luck. The little icon in the bottom right that says safely remove hardware when i click it shows the maxtor drive connected.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI was going to remove some items to cd (burn) to get it off the disk Recovery Drive and found that my 2 CD drives are missing. I have not changed anything recently and cant seem to find a driver either. I went to hp and tried a dl there with the results being another error message. Windows Vista Home Premium 32
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a problem sometimes when i made a right click on random items on my computer, because while vista tries to display the right click menu an error appears saying that EXplorer has enconter a problem and must be restarted.
Sometimes does this, and sometimes not, but always when i right click an item.
I looks as though Vista goes into hibernate even though I click on sleep. Up until now, Vista always went to sleep. What should I be checking?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have Ultimate SP1.There used to be a function where I could right click on a folder and select "search" this is no longer there, is there some way to get it back?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have Ultimate 64.
I have just installed Winzip 10 and there is no right click menu in explorer except for the usual Open/Send to etc, there is not "extract to here" Add to archive etc.
These are all selected in options/context menu commands.
Is there something in Vista 64 that is stopping it.