Unlike a lot of people I actually don't mind the UAC running in the background. BUT... When I boot up my machine I get UAC prompting me to allow Explorer to run and the controls for my graphics card. Is there a way to permanently allow these programs to run? In other words, can you set up allowances for individual programs?
View 9 RepliesMy custom built laptop doesnt seem to want to connect to my home
network, but the internet cafe downtown has the same ISP and my laptop
connects just fine there. The laptop works fine at home wired in but
the wireless always returns the 169.x.x.x address. I will be posting
the ipconfig / all as soon as im home.
My laptop comes with Win vista basic with the hidden recovery all in my C drive. My laptop has 2 partition, C & D drives. Im thinking of installing Win XP in a folder under D drive, is it workable? This will allow my laptop to have 2 OS. Will there be any conflict?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a drive letter that's mapped to a network drive by default. When I insert a USB drive it tries to assign itself to that same letter, which creates a conflict and I can't figure out how to access the USB drive. Is there some way I can direct it to another drive letter?
View 4 Replies View RelatedDamn PC games always have issues rising up for me. Well, I recently got World In Conflict, but singeplayer doesn't seem to work for me. Once the resources are loaded in a new game, it closes and the annoying "_________ has stopped working, windows is searching for a solution" window pops up. I tried installing the patch, but that didn't help either. I tried configuring Data Execution Prevention, and ran as administrator. The game is fairly new and it was mean to be compatible with Vista 32/64bit so I'm not sure what's wrong with it.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have 2 computers, one with XP and one with Vista. I recently got DSL and bought a hub to connect both systems to the net. When I do this i cannot connect to the net with either system. On the XP I get an error about IP address conflict, the IP address is already in use. I have the hub closest to the XP system. The tech had me try to release then renew my IP address in CMD prompt on the Vista computer and it give me an error about stating that an IP address has not been assigned.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWARNING DVD43 is installed on your PC. There is a serious conflict between AnyDvd and DVD43. For the stability of your system it is highly reccomended. Do you wish to do that now. click yes or no. Well I clicked yes. Now I get this FileC:unins000.dat does not exist-cannot uninstall When I went to the control panel, dvd43 was showing up, so I clicked on uninstall.came back that it has been uninstalled.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen my PC was delivered, and evaluation copy of McAfee Command Centre was pre installed. As I prefer to use my own antivrus product as well as Windows own firewall, I uninstalled McAfee. Although it didn't fully install, I removed the files left behind with the removal tool provided by McAfee. I installed my own antivirus product, aVast, and activated Windows firewall. If I look in Security Centre, the is a conflict warning saying that I have two firewalls activated. For some reason, McAfee is still shown as being present as both a firewall and antivirus protection. I don't know how this can be because McAfee is no longer on my computer. Furthermore I cannot find any way to remove the reference to McAfee.
View 8 Replies View RelatedJust just got the new Portal Demo through Steam. When I launch the game it starts for a few seconds then it crashes. Windows tells me that hl2.exe has a conflict, stopped working and has to close. It goes on to say that Windows will notify me if there is a solution. But unfortunatly there is none.
Here`s what I tried----------Here are My Specs:
Updated Video drivers--------Vista Home Premium 64 Bit
Disabled UAC---------------- XFX 8800GTS 320x2 in SLI Mode
Updated Direct X-------------XFX 680i Motherboard
Disabled Virus Program--------4x1 Gigs of Crucial Dual Sided Memory
Disabled Firewall--------------PC2(6400) 800MGHZ
Updated Bios-----------------Samsung 500 Gig HDDx2
There are alot of people having trouble with this Portal game. Some say to disable Services. Some say certain virus programs have to be completely uninstalled. Has anyone else had this problem and fixed it while having similar specs as me?
I purchased a new system with Vista Home Premium and install MS OfficeXp. All of the MS Office programs installed and opened just fine except for MS Outlook, when I open MSOutlook, I receive an error message advising me that Windows VISTA encountered a problem and must close. The the Error message is "THE ORDINAL 6718 COULLD NOT BE LOCATED IN DLL MSV.DLL". MSOfficeXp including Outlook worked find with my "old" WindowsXp Pro system but there appears to be a conflict with Outlook 2002 and VISTA. I have updated VISTA and MSOfficeXp on the Microsoft Website
View 5 Replies View RelatedI wrote a couple of days ago about stuttering sound, and how it would kill my FPS in Bioshock or any other games. I looked in my system info and saw this: <img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/883/irqproblem2.png">
View 4 Replies View RelatedAfter installing Office 2003 on a Dell 1330 with Vista Home Premium, the default mail tool changed, of course, from Thunderbird to Outlook. I uninstalled Outlook, and the default email tool changed to Windows Mail. I have tried using the Default Programs control panel and other means to change the default email tool back to Thunderbird, to no avail. Each time it starts it asks me whether I want Thunderbird to be the default. Each time I click yes, but the setting doesn't hold.
I have gone through all the usual steps to define Thunderbird as the default. In Windows Mail, the option to change it so that it is not the default is mysteriously grayed out. how to get around this? Windows Mail seems more like a virus to me than a legitimate piece of software. It doesn't even show up in the list of Windows services, so I can't even turn it off! What's so weird about this is that it all worked fine until I installed Office 2003 ... now, I can't change the default mail tool.
who use comodo firewall with media programs like dvd converters etc etc. Ive been trying to make a dvd of personal avi clips into a dvd, now the software i use it allok avi2dvd, however each time i convert the files which works fine, at the end of completion, the fireall pops up and basicly says its going to execute allok bla bla, it says if i use this application and trust it, then press allow, which ive done, ive also blocked it, anyway after that their is nooooo dvd files left at all, which normally it would create the dvd files for me where ive saved them to burn. is this a firewall issue? cause this is really annoying and ill rather not use comodo as a firewall if its going to do execute and delete the files ive just created...just makes no sence to me. iam lost
View 4 Replies View Relateddoes anyone have any reviews on Kaspersky? I was running PCtools firewall plus - but my dell rep said that it will conflict with vista - running dell Inspiron 530 gateway. I also have avast running - would I need both (I disabled windows antivirus but have defender running)
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a single (lone) windows Vista machine connected directly to the internet via a dsl modem. I just viewed the following in my eventlogs:
"The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser. The computer that currently believes it is the master browser is JAYS. My machine is NOT called JAYS."
I need to change the display filename colors in Vista Windows Explorer similar to the MAC O/S Feature. This question does NOT deal with Encrypted Files or Compressed Files. I simply want to change the display names of the files to colors such as BLUE, GREY, etc., just like I can do on the MAC O/S for the past 5 years.
I do NOT want to use any third party software file managers. There must be a way to do it in Windows since APPLE has been doing it for 60 months now. I can't believe that Windows STILL Cannot perform this simple task! If you have a working solution using Windows Explorer please email me and let me know.
I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent once I removed it. Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows Explorer for Vista. Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it, then open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A window will take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents. Once its open though, its very fast because the instance is already running. But once it closes it will take another 10 seconds to open again. Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the first opening. Can any Vista users verify this?
1. Install IE8
2. Go: Start > click Computer
3. Close that Window.
4. Repeat step 2.
Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5 seconds to populate? Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same? If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report this bug to developers?
When I open windows explorer in either XP or Vista it opens the "My Document" folder as the default. However I only want "My Computer" to be expanded and everything else left unexpanded.
View 9 Replies View RelatedLately when I've tried looking at different folders and files on my hard drives I keep getting "Windows Explorer has stopped working and will restart." It's driving me nuts, I can barely do anything.
Also, same thing with Internet Explorer...I'm getting real sick of Vista's shoddiness..
By now it should be obvious that, under the Vista operating system, I have Home Premium, there is a severe overall, general "has stopped working" problem.
Thus far I've experienced:
"Internet Explorer has stopped working"
"Windows Explorer has stopped working"
"Word has stopped working"
"Sherlock Holmes Nemesis (Adventure Company) has stopped working"
"Outlook has stopped working"
"Acid 4.0 (Sony) has stopped working"
"Acid 6.0 (Sony) has stopped working"
"Sound Forge (Sony) has stopped working"
Is it not obvious by now that Vista has a problem, maybe a compatability problem, with everything from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word to third party programs which cause programs, as I mentioned, even programs made by Microsoft, to "stop working"? Is there no an overall "stopped working" patch or something that Microsoft has released by now?...............
i'm having a problem in vista explorer. When i open computer, all the icons are shown in the left hand navigation pane, but not in the right hand side where i can open things. I have to scroll through this annoying small preview pane to open folders etc.
View 9 Replies View Relatedexplorer.exe uses about 90% of CPU after a restart for several minutes and in about 10 minutes intervals during 720p video playback in VLC Player for several minutes.
RAM 6GB, CPU Intel E6750. Vista Ultimate x64.
I installed a secondary HDD in my wife's Vista Premium PC. It 'installed" and drivers installed and Vista "says" your new HDD is ready to use. However, in Computer/Explorer there is NO 2nd HDD and I couldnt "use it"....I took it down to local computer shop. They investigated and told me that the motherboard would only recognise 2 IDE devices (the first HDD and the DVD Burner). They suggested that they replace the DVD Burner with an ATAPI device (?) which I did OK and that then the 2nd IDE HDD would be operational.
Now I DID rush them, and I didnt actually see it working, but paying for it, I left the shop and came home with the PC. Of course, the 2nd HDD is STILL not visible/usable in any way. When I right click on My Computer and go "Manage" and go thru to Disk Management, the 2nd HDD IS VISIBLE. I thought I may have to Format it. BUT clicking on this brings up an error message that Disk Management has failed and to restart your computer.
An old XP program I installed has put some files into a folder called :usersmynameappdata oaming . I can find the folder using Vista 'search' facility, but not using explorer ?? The program works OK and I have got a shortcut to the folder I need, but why does it not show up in explorer ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedSorry if this is the wrong place to post this; I didn't know where else to do it.
I've been having a problem with my menu bar in file explorer. I've posted this question elsewhere, but so far, no one has been able to help
I've begun hiding my menu bar recently and I noticed something annoying, and judging by other people's screenshots, it's not supposed to look this way.
If the pic shows up, look above organize and you'll see a fat white bar where the menu is collapsed. It's as if it isn't collapsed completely, or maybe it has something to do with padding(?)..I don't know. I just cannot get rid of this, and it's really distracting on dark themes like this one, though it shows up on all themes, even regular windows aero.
Any ideas? It's drving me nuts!
A freind of mine is having a few problems with her laptop..
She has a link in the start menu that says (internet explorer 64 bit)
This is what she clicks to go on the internet, Now when she visits or clicks on links, she will sometimes get a message that she needs to install flash player.
She already has the latest flash player installed, but apparently this does not work on this "internet explorer 64 bit"
I diden't even know there was a 64 bit internet explorer.
And it goes on to say something like flash player is for 32 bit browsers, for flash player to work on 64 bit browsers search online for help, or it directs you to microsoft help and support.
I don't really like to go messing around on someone elses laptop
so i thought i would just ask to see if there is one thing i could follow to fix this problem..
Where in Vista can I go to get a comprehensive list of everything on my hard
drive? I used to have this in Windows 98. It was called Windows Explorer.
Is there some way I can see everything I have in on one screen and drill
down and expand to see what?
Internet explorer (7) won't run. I found that the IEXPLORER.exe is not in the directory. I have tried to install IE8 but it fails on configuring every time. Same happens when I try to install the cummulative IE7 updates (she's not good at installing updates). Everytime I try any kind of install or update concerned with IE it fails at the configuration phase. Other problems are that she can no longer use windows messenger. This connects but terminates in failure almost instantly.
I've ran a Norton Security scan which has found 144 tracking cookies but nothing more. The fix now button produces fail to lauch link which may well have something to do with the IE problem. Google Chrome is installed and works OK. I don't know what the last good restart point is. I've tried going into the repair feature on windows live essentials through the programs and features in the control panel but I just get a fatal error 0x8007007. Can't even look at internet options in control panel. That won't open either.
For the past 2 days I have been unable to delete files from my computer. When I try to delete a file, I get a message that Windows Explorer has stopped working, followed by the message that Windows Explorer is restarting. Also, using System Information I cannot get information about my system; I get the message: "Can't Collect Information." My HP Pavilion computer had been running flawlessly until 2 days ago. I tried using System Restore, but System Restore fails to restore back any day I choose. My system was running Vista Home Premium with SP1.
View 9 Replies View RelatedInterested to know how many people use IE7?
Looks like readability is very good in IE7 and my favorite font arial appears crisp and clear?
Just curious to hear a feedback on this?
My Vista works fine in safe mode. I uninstalled almost every program I ever installed, I wrote down all of the processes that were running in safe mode and then rebooted and killed each process one by one, replicating the crash inciting event...opening any folder, after killing each process until I was down to the processes that were running in safe mode...and the ones that kept restarting themselves and I can't get the problem fixed.
I am using an HP Pavilion dv9000 running the pre-installed Vista Home Premium. The HP rebuild disk boots up into a repair screen, says it is repairing and if it works it will restart normally, which it does but I still have the same problem. I have run every anti virus/anti virus I could get my hands on (none of which seem to be getting rid of this Virtumonde piece of %*&, which is the least of my worries at this point unless it is causing the crashes).
I am about ready to take my laptop to the shooting range with me or upgrade to Windows XP because I have honestly not seen a single value added by Vista. If anyone has any ideas I would gratefully listen. If not, I think I am shooting this hard drive (really) and restarting with XP or some flavor of **ix and running XP in VMware.