Because of an ongoing problem (SQL error prevents my posting to Thunderbird Forums) with one of my regular Vista accts, I ahve to use another acct to post to TB. I have to switch back and forth between the two accts whenever I access TB forums. So, is there any shortcut that I can use instead of having to go to Start>switch accts, logoff, etc menu?
View 7 RepliesI downloaded some pictures from digital camera this morning and saved them on my desktop as I always do. Viewed the pictures & all was ok. Just gone to view the pics again and says the following: The drive or network connection that the shortcut (then the image number) - Shortcut.Ink refers to is unavailable. Make sure that the disc is properly inserted or the network resource is available and then try again. I have no idea what this means but deleted the pictures of the camera as I viewed them and they were fine.
View 9 Replies View Relatedhow not to display the word "shortcut" when I create a shortcut on my desktop?
View 6 Replies View RelatedThat topic has been subject of several painful headaches for me. I have tried searching the forum but can't seem to find the answer.I am currently running Vista 32 And would like to switch to 64. My system is 64 compatible And i have 4 gig of ram.
1 : where do I get the software. I have a genuine 32 bits.
2 : how could i backup my whole system ?
3 : is there a free upgrade (or discount) for Windows 7
I have held off switching to IE8 as I always understood it was better to let some of the kinks be sorted out first before going to something newer from Microsoft. Currently I use IE7 and Vista and am fairly happy with it despite the occasional blips. Should I change or leave alone? If I do change should I upgrade or completely clear out IE7 and if I don't care for the results can I switch back again?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to get rid of the screen that comes up when I type Win/L? That's the one with the current user avatar and a Switch User button, it seems to serve no useful purpose, wasn't there on XP. Is there some way of making the User Account avatars more like those on XP? I have week eyesight and I can't discern which avatar has focus when I use arrow keys, so I have to use the mouse. On XP it was much more obvious which UA had focus. Is there some way to show the mail and process counts?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI run Vista Premium using Word 2003 and Norton Internet security: Since updating Last months updates and the various ones since, every time I start up my computer it tells me that Windows Defender is not turned on; this is getting a bit much having to turn it on every time I start up my computer.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a home wireless network that automatically assigns the IP address and info to my new laptop (Vista). At work, I'm required to manually enter the IP address and subsequent info to get WiFi. Is there a way in Vista to set up two different "profiles" or "locations" that I can easily toggle between to change my IP settings, so I don't have to go into the Network Connections and change them every time I switch between the two places? If Vista cannot do this, is there a program I can purchase/download that will do it for me?
View 5 Replies View RelatedVista 64 killed my Corel PaintShopPro Photo X2. I installed it and then Vista did some security updates and PSP8 ; PSP9 and PSP Photo X2 no longer run. I did load and tried Photo X2 uninstalled it then PSP 9; unstalled it then PSP 8 then uninstalled it. Up to Sunday 20th it worked OK. bUt I uninstalled it formatted the hard drive and started again and it has not run since.
First time it ran when I put it in then came on the reboot in would not load after switching it off for a while then switching it on again to then hung up the PC. The only way to get Vista to run was to use the Vista installation disc and that wiped PSP off the hard drive. I have repeated this 5 times, each time with a clean formatted disc with the same results. It is an automatic microsoft update (I think it said security update).
I just purchased a new computer with Vista OS. I had Outlook Express on my old system. I now have Windows Mail on the new computer. Is there any way to bring the Outlook Express DBX files into Windows Mail? I tried to import, but it didn't seem to recognize any of my folders.
View 4 Replies View Relatedso my brother has a acer aspire 9400 lap top with vista home premiume and for no reason it just switches itself off. once with a blue screen saying dumping physical memory. is it because my brothers lap top 2GB ram or graphics card cant handle the amount he is using lap top? or maybe leaving the lap top plugged
into the charger 24/7 is doing this?
My desktop PC was hooked up to my TV and would randomly switch to using the TV as the main monitor often disabling my monitor. I thought it was my NVIDIA card so I upgraded to a newer ATI card. The new card has 2 monitor outputs and a S-video output. The problem no appears to only happen overnight. The next morning my PC is still on and awake but the display is changed to a lower setting. I have to enable a second monitor, which i do not have, before it will allow me to fix the resolution of the monitor I do have.
Right now I have a bigger problem where it looks like it switched the TV to being the main monitor and I no longer have a TV hooked up (Its mounted on another floor of my house) so I cannot get to the screen to fix the problem. I tried plugging the monitor into the other port (sometimes it just switches ports) but that is not the problem.
Before SP1, I use to be able to switch between users with no problems, now with SP1, the second user will never load right. It dosent matter which user logs in first, the second one will always be messed up and the only way to fix it is to restart. Logging off dosent fix it, the second user never works right unless you restart. This is a very bad thing for me, I need to be able to switch users on the fly.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI use Windows Vista and often when I am repling (MS Outlook) in email and also in word docs, the keyboard seems to switch to a French version, and french characters display. For example, if I click shift 2, I will not get the @ symbol; instead the " will display.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11S, and every time i remove my headphones all sound stops working unless i restart the programme, for instance i can be listening to something off itunes, unplug my headphones and the music pauses and won't play again unless i close and reopen it. This also happens with firefox, and i presume other applications, though i have yet to try this. This is a recent development, everything worked fine until a few days ago when i deleted some old programmes i dont use, games and suchlike. I'm pretty much certain i didn't delete anything vital, though i guess its a possibility.
View 6 Replies View RelatedLive mail use to work much quicker. seems to really dog down when I change account or news group. It is really noticeably slow. Is there some way to find out what is slowing it down?
View 4 Replies View Relatedmy network connection keeps switching between public and private, despite my configuring it to a private network. Because of this, my PS3 is unable to connect (using laptop as media center to stream data to PS3). We are using a DLINK DIR-615 at the moment. I also have Linksys WRT54GS that I could switch back to, but I had problems with my laptop staying connected with that and we had the Dlink kicking around, so we swapped to see if my laptop would stay connected with it, and so far it has. Or atleast when it switches to "local only", it reconnects right away. I'm trying to stream movies and music to my PS3. But whenever it flips to "public", I can no long stream the files. can stay I it to set as a private network?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have FIOS connected to my desktop. Sometimes I bring my laptop home from work and I wanted to know if I can just plug my laptop into the jack I use for my desktop to download work and then return it back to my desktop.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI store all my Outlook Express email in an external hard disk and plug and play between my office desktop and laptop when travelling.
Could I still do the same after changing to Vista since I just bought a new laptop?
If laptop is Vista and my office desktop is XP, are they still compatible?
I mean using new Window Mail in laptop but still store the mail in an external hard disk, then connect the external hard disk back to desktop in office.
Pls help and shed me light on how to do the new switching and procedure and setting.
My wife and I have different email ids with the same ISP and I have setup a shared Store Folder that we both use. Vista Mail is setup in each of our Accounts so that when I "send and receive" I get her emails as well as mine. The same happens from her own User Account.
The problem that we now have, which did not occur on Windows XP and Outlook, is that whenever we "Switch User" and start up Mail we are prompted by Windows Security to enter the User Name and Password for each email account even though "Remember my credentials" is checked.
I have tried all of the "fixes" I can find including deleting c:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Protect and not using the "Apply" button when creating the Mail Accounts (See "Microsoft mail does not retain username and password" in this Newsgroup).
over the last couple of weeks Internet Explorer has decided to stop responding. Is this a general problem or am I the only one? I don't seem to be doing anything unusual when it happens. Sometimes simply switching tabs causes the freeze.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have windows vista home premium x64, its a fairly new computer - not even one year old. it has 12gb of RAM, and the i7 core processor - i dont think its much useful to my problem, but here it is: Logging off/Switching users takes forever, sometimes the screen just goes blank and stays there. When it does work, i cannot login again properly - Only my desktop backround is shown (No sidebar, no desktop icons, no start menu etc) The computer will not fully come out of sleep mode (Sleep mode isnt even set to on, yet screen shuts down anyway)again only background is shown when i try to wake it up Ctrl+Alt+Del in this state brings up a blank screen yet again, but i know that the menu is there (Sounds) Of course there are other problems, but i dont think they are related (USB ports stop working)If ANYONE has a similiar problem or knows how to resolve myissue,
View 4 Replies View RelatedA few days ago i noticed that i would be in a game or watching a movie and vista would switch/crash back to desktop out of whatever i was doing. I then click on the window/application on the taskbar to reenter it and i can resume either the game or video no problem. was wondering if maybe a third party application like abobe could be causeing this? i updated the video driver still does it. i changed performance for Visual effects still does it. i checked all programs in the firewall exceptions and other settings still does it.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi have this new HPnotebook with a core2 3Gram, ATI 512..When i play games, switch user, my taskbar enlarges and shrinks respectively.. look at the image.. does the resolution of my PC have to do with this? or vista is at fault? or HP is at fault? or me? what to do, HP customer care dont know what they are doing.. Also, they didn't review my specs before sending new solutions.. Giving drivers not compatible for my notebook. I dont know what to do, after i play a game, whether its an officially licensed game or a cracked game. And when i change user, it shrinks.. look at the image..
#1, normal size of taskbar..
#2, size after switching users..
#3, size after playing games..
let if HP is at fault, let this be warning to everyone.. I bought this notebook because i love gaming, but gaming is one of the problem that arises in this model and brand..
On my x64 box, TFS power tools was conflicting with Office Communicator. So I blocked Office Communictor from the startup sequence. As I expected, at startup I would get a message "Blocked startup programs" with the option to "run blocked program" if I want to launch Office Communicator explicitly. Good.
Then I uninstalled TFS power tools, and decided to unblock Office Communicator, so it can run at startup again. Unfortunately, the Office Communicator app shows as "Permitted," but is still being blocked at startup.
In other words, I can't unblock Office Communicator. Vista says it is "permitted", but it is not permitted at startup. I tried disabling and re-enabling it, to see if it would clear up, but no good.
How do I force it to be unblocked so that it will run at startup?
I detest those shortcut arrows that get put on all the desktop icons. I used Tweak UI in XP to get rid of them but can't find anything that works in Vista. I tried Frameworkx that did absolutely nothing.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to create a shortcut to c:Program FilesMozilla KompozerKompoZer 0.7.10kompozer.exe The window within which you create shortcuts says that this file does not exist! I am looking at that file! I have opened "command prompt" and cd to that subdirectory. question: Am I trying to fight UAC? I am *certain* that my spelling is correct.
View 8 Replies View Relatedive started to get an error message after i download a program and install it everytime i reboot it says problem with shortcut then the item and whatever the filename is that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved so this shortcut will no longer work properly do you want to delete this shortcut y or n.ive run malware software and avg but no threats found anyone got any ideas because im missing having pokerstars etc.
View 5 Replies View RelatedJust recently my shortcuts all have a broken link image where the little shortcut arrow would appear.
View 3 Replies View RelatedEvery time I create a shortcut, usually by right-clicking on an executable and then choosing Create Shortcut from the context menu, the default path is always set to, for example, C:Program Files (x86)My Applicationmyapplication.exe. However, I already set my default Program Files and Program Files (x86) location to be in the D: drive. Nature of the Problem After installing Vista Ultimate x64, I installed TuneUp Utilities 2009 and from there, I set the default Program Files location to my second partition which is D:. I expected TuneUp Utilities to make the necessary changes to the registry. To make sure that no programs were left out in C:Program Files and C:Program Files (x86), I manually re-created the 2 folders in D: and then copied all the files and folders inside. I rebooted afterwards. Upon boot, my expectations toward TuneUp Utilities 2009 seemed to be correct because the default now points to D: (whenever I install 64-bit or 32-bit programs). I had no problems running the applications as well.
But a problem arises whenever a shortcut is made. It doesn't matter whether it was created by the installer itself or created manually. The target path always points to C: while the Start In path points to the correct one, which is D:. Whether it be in the Start Menu, on the Desktop, or in the Quick Launch menu, the same behavior happens. It's often a pain to edit the shortcuts manually- doing a right-click > Properties > change C to D > Change Icon > Apply > OK every time I install a new application or decide to create a shortcut for a certain portable app. I believe there's a registry entry that I can change so that the default Shortcut path now defaults to D: instead of C:.
As i already stated, my drive doesn't read any dvd's anymore. I've already tried to:
-Remove Upper/lower filters (Lower filters were missing, could this be the problem?)
-Switching the sata ports from were the device was connected.
-Upgrading the firmware of the dvd player
-Upgrading the Bios
-Asked here
-Some stupid things.
Windows and the bios do see this drive and give it the correct name. I've already tried this with an other drive and she had this problem to.