My attempts at putting the "approved" SP1 over the SP1RC1 (evaluation copy 6001) fails. Tells me already installed although I still have the "Windows Vista T Evaluation Copy. Build 6001" above the clock. System Info tells me I have "Service Pack 1, v.668". If 668 is the proper version, then how do I remove the "evaluation copy message from the desktop -- or how do I flag the system to accept the full SP.
View 6 RepliesWhen I try to boot windows I get the black Windows Error Recovery screen with the options to Launch Startup Repair or Start Windows Normally. If I select start windows normally the systems quickly restarts and takes me right back to that screen. If I select Startup Repair, I get the blue screen of death, "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer". Even trying to use the boot options, launching startup repair still gets the blue screen, safe mode still just restarts and takes me back to the beginning. All of this started sometime last night when the computer must have installed updates and then tried to restart itself because I walked out this morning to the blue screen. Any suggestions? I do not have any sort of disk for the computer, its an HP. I am writing this from another computer, as I obviously cannot make the problem computer start at all.
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View 9 Replies View Relatedtrustedinstaller.exe crashs. All pre-SP1 updates are installed. Using Vista Ultimate x64.
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The problem is that randomly all usb-devices connected to it will fail and to get windows to recognize them again I need to unplug and reconnect the power and/or USB-cable to the hub. (It's quiet the anoyance to do this and watch while vista takes its time to find your newly connected devices as your party in the game is dying from lack of healing)...............
I am trying to install Windows Media Player on a Windows Vista Business N machine. The Microsoft site tells me to download WMP 11 for XP but the install fails when run.
View 4 Replies View RelatedEver since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it happens several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do it again..."Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
View 9 Replies View RelatedVista Home Premium x64 SP1, HP Pavilion desktop, file search by partial name fails when filename contains numbers, search options to include subfolders and find partial matches both checked
example - 5 text files
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test1970bar.txt
bar1970test.txt
1970bartest.txt
1970.txt
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I have a small network with 4 pcs. 1 is Vista 64, two XP Pro and 1 W2K. Peer
to Peer. All machines could see the other machines shares without problem.
The net browser is the W2K machine.
I had to change the chassis of 1 XP Pro box because of heating. everything
was phisically moved to another chassis, no OS change watsoever, nor
component changes. Now, both XPs and the W2K can see shares in each other
normally, as before, and they even can see shares on the Vista box.
But the Vista started behaving in a wierd manner:
Vista to W2K: sees shares normally
Vista to WXP Pro not modified Sees shares normally
Vista to WXP Pro with new chassis: The XP does not recognize the vista User
and Password. I tried as Administrator, as user, changed passwords in both
XP and Vista, created a New user in both machines with and without password,
and still the XP refuses to recognize the Vista credentials.
I am using Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. I keep getting Error Code 8007000B downloading windows updates. I tried going to the command prompt, running as an admin and typing in "fsutil resource setautoreset true C:" and reboot but I still cannot download updates.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMS had a program that asked users of Vista and Xp to allow them to track user's web travels to help improve the OS. I agreed in return for a free copy to upgrade to Ultimate. They sent me both 64bit and 32bit versions. In trying to upgre to Ult32bit, my lappy grts half way through the upgrade and fails with no explanition given. I cintacted MS and found I had to unistall Vista SP1, upgrade and then re=install SP1. I tried this and the upgrade still fails.
View 9 Replies View RelatedQuote: There’s no doubting that financially, and that’s the only thing that matters really, Windows Vista was a disaster. Microsoft shareholders must not have been happy. But let’s examine exactly who, at least what groups, were responsible for this failure and ask the question if history can or will repeat.
Windows is a shell, a large one admittedly, but a shell into which third-party companies plug their code. I’d like to take each of these parties and reflect on what they did right and wrong.
Microsoft
Okay so clearly Microsoft had to shoulder a lot of the blame for Vista. They were simply too ambitious with it and when they had to, effectively, dump all the code and start again from scratch half way through the development process everyone knew there was trouble ahead.
Vista was late, nearly two years late and that equates to a big financial penalty. Companies and major corporations pay millions every year to Microsoft in volume licencing and subscription fees. For this they expect a regular development cycle, about every three years. Simply put they didn’t get it. Thus the pressure was on Microsoft to deliver and clearly they panicked and rushed Vista out the door without proper testing.
Hang on a minute! I hear you cry, the beta programme for Windows Vista lasted a year and a half and took in about half a million testers!! You compare that to the beta for Windows 7 that only took six months and had only 5,000 testers.
Windows Vista was an experiment, a version 1.0 product. It was essentially a brand new operating system as Microsoft were trying out new systems. But there was an awful lot of legacy code built into that and the resulting mish-mash made Vista the dog that it was. Source -
If Windows 7 fails who will be responsible for it? | Windows 7 News
Restore (system protection) is on to "C" drive. When I try to restore to any previous point, I get message saying that a device attached to the system is not functioning (0X8007001F). What device or system function is not working? The system does make automatic BACKUP POINTS.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have had a problem for some time sending and replying to emails. I've tried to download the patches but I get a message stating that the software does not apply to my computer. This is the message I get when the send fails:
Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Subject 'Re: A clip from our church service yesterday', Account: 'incoming.verizon.net', Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net',
Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
I can sometimes send one message, then I get this when I try to send another. I've contacted my provider and they can't see any problems on their end.
how to restart my Toshiba laptop fan. It is not blocked up and will spin if I blow on it. It used to run every day but I have not heard it for days now
View 5 Replies View RelatedVista Ultimate - Win SBS R2 Domain member Symantec Anti-virus Corporate edition ISA firewall client. I have 2 vista systems on my small home network. I tried the push update of SP1 and it failed and I tried the downloaded SP1 and it failed with the usual error codes. I wnet through KB947366 and actually got the long install but it failed in pass 3. My other system had no problems and is at SP2. Both vista systems have nearly the same applications and both are domain members.
View 6 Replies View Relatedi'm trying to install wow on my new xps 420, after getting to 100% it says install fail and it lists a mess load of files with could not be renamed (conflict manager::resolve conflicts) or could not be deleted(conflict manager uncreate objects) after them
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a couple questions that have been bothering me for the last few days.
1. Why do the file or program that I know for sure I deleted, but is still there although it is an empty file. I right clicked it>delete and it says can not be found. It won't let me delete. It doesn't take up any disk space but it bothers me that it is still there. How do I get rid of it?
2. I have many files that are empty in my appdatalocal emp location. Most of them I don't even know what they are. I never downloaded them. Quite a few of them are empty files. Can I delete them?
I am trying to upgrade to Windows 7, but am having problems with uninstalling things that need to be. The installer/uninstaller fails either when it tries to open the wizard or just after the wizard opens. I trying to install the windows installer cleanup, but that wouldn't install either. I have tried FRevo Uninstaller and CCcleaner, but they can't get it down either.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI recently bought an HP HDX9000 laptop and it came with vista home premium edition. I installed Office 2007 Enterprise Edition and everything was working fine until Microsoft Update did something and now EVERY TIME i open ANY Office program it loads a window with a progress bar that reads "Please wait while windows configures Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007" that takes FOREVER to load!
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View 8 Replies View RelatedWhen I enter my product key to re-activate (required by MS) my 2 year old zista ultimate, I get an error message stating that "The maximum number of secrets that may be stored in a single system has been exceeded". Is there a why to reset these 'so called' secrets?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently decided to take a bold leap and upgraded my Vista 32 bit to a 64 bit machine. Th efirst day everything worked beautifully. I downloaded the latest Nforce drivers, creative drivers, and ATI drivers, most of my hardware installed automatically. Now whenever i try to install a USB device such as a simple USB drive, it recognizes a new hardware has been plugged in it tries to install it automatically but it fails!!! The same thing happens when i try to attached a USB hub it tries to install it but fails. Pretty much and usb device i try to intall dose not work. i am using a Microsoft USB bluetooth keyboard that works great (except my keyboard shows up as unknown device), a USB printer that works great but any new USB device fails to install. i am running on a abit KN9 board, AMD 6400 X2, with 6 gigs of ram
View 4 Replies View RelatedI attempted to share the "Documents" folder on my new Vista machine but am apparently doing something wrong. When I check the folders shared, it's listed. But when I check "My Network Places" on the Windows XP" machine on my LAN, all I see is "Users on Xps435mt" (the name of the computer is "Xps435mt"). I've created a target folder under "Documents" into which I want to place a backup copy of a Quicken file that's on the XP machine.
View 4 Replies View RelatedFor some reason, my computer refuses to install the: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update(KB951847) x64. It fails every attempt and is listed as an "Important" update. The error found was: Code 643 Windows Update encountered an unknown error.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMicrosofts Media Player fails to playback Videos from USB drives with the message "wrong region code" although the region is zero. If the VOB files are copied to a local hard disc e.g. My Videos the files are playing perfectly. Other players are failing as well with infinite hung time.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi have this HP compaq presario CQ60 and any time i try to download anything over a few KB, the download fails. This happens during all updates, winupdates,antivirus updates, network file transfers ect.. Basically any downloads. I have no problem when using a LAN connection its only wifi when i have the problem. I have attemted forum searches on microsofts website to no avail , google, bing ect have nothing even close to the results im looking for, all my drivers are up to date.
Atheros 802.11b/g WLAN. Microprocessor2.10 GHz AMD Sempron SI-42 ProcessorMicroprocessor Cache512KB L2 CacheMemory3072MBMemory Max4096MBVideo GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8200MVideo MemoryUp to 1407MBHard Drive160GB (5400RPM)Multimedia DriveSuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer SupportDisplay15.6" Diagonal High Definition HP BrightView Display (1366x768)Fax/ModemHigh speed 56k modemNetwork CardIntegrated 10/100 Ethernet LANWireless Connectivity802.11b/g WLAN
I have one XP, two Vista and one Mac computer on my home network. The Mac's a piece of cake but my kids' two Vistas are a nightmare for networking the family printer, which is on my XP computer. With suitable long evenings of tweaking permissions and pleading, their computers eventually see the printer, but refuse to "Add Printer" as they should. Firewalls are off, sharing enabled, permissions tweaked anew and newsgroups read, plus hours spent rebooting and praying. But, every time I try to add a shared printer on the XP computer, it sees the printer, then tells me I cannot add it unless I install the driver. I click on "Install Driver" and it hangs. Heaven forbid that it would even have the courtesy to say, no, I refuse to install any driver for your stinking printer. It just won't, and it won't apologise or explain.
So why don't I just download the driver and install it manually? Easy. Then, in my administrator account on my daughter's Vista computer, it sees it and - after installing SP1 - it finally says it's installed and it's the default printer. That only took six months! But wait. In my daughter's own account, the printer still doesn't exist and it won't install!.....................................
1. If I right click the desktop and choose Personalise, I get an errorbox with: but the 'Control Panel > Personalisation' page opens as normal. I also get the same problem with any other control Panel right clicks. The error pop-up can also happen at other times:
2. I cannot install new hardware. I have just tried to connect a HP officejet printer using the latest downloaded drivers, but the driver installation fails, giving an error window with: Then:The error number returned was 1603, so I went to HP's site and followed 'this workaround' docname=c01511439&tmp_track_link=ot_recdoc/c01453071/en_uk/c01511439/loc:2&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk), but that didn't work.............................
It's a small office, we have maybe 7 or 8 computers. 1 or 2 connect wirelessly, the rest are wired. I guess the situation before I got here was that they were going to try going wireless but it didn't work for whatever reason. (My boss used a Dummie's book to set up the server and network). So the current environment is that there are multiple gateways. When I first started I had some Compaq computer and it was fine. Then I started getting very intermittent (almost non-existant) connection to the internet. When it did connect, it would go slow.........................
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