I already registered Vista when I got it directly from Microsoft as part of the WFP and there has been no change to the hardware, so why is it telling me there is? I tried to register it again and it's telling me that the product key is already in use. I tried to chat with an agent, but their chatware sucks. I send two messages, which they receive then it dies. Twice I tried.
View 9 RepliesI have two computers running Vista Home Premium. When Service Pack 1 came out, my desktop, which is a clone I built myself, downloaded and installed Service Pack 1 without any problem, but my Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop seems oblivious to Service Pack 1's existence. Although automatic update is on both computers with similar settings (full automatic update), and the laptop has downloaded a number of updates since then and keeps telling me the computer is up to date, I can't help wondering why Service Pack 1 hasn't downloaded and installed, and whether I should install it manually or just assume the computer has a good reason to not install it and leave it alone.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have an appcation that includes a dll I have written and which is of interest to other application makers. One of them has written an MS Access database application using VBA, he wants to use my dll and approached me telling me that he could not "register" this dll so he could not call it from his application.
I do not know anything about registering dll modules, my installation program (INNO) simply installs them to the windowssystem folder and that's it. (I have wondered whether to install to system or to system32, but as long as system works I'm happy about using that) BTW. My application is written entirely in Delphi and all my dll functions use standard linkage, exactly the same as is used for Windows API functions.
Vista won't boot at all telling me I have no keyboard...I have tried a different wirleless one, also plugged in a ps2..
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I run some programs, I get an error that I don't have this file. I've tried downloading it, putting it in my system32 folder, and regestering it, but I can't regester it because its a 32bit file, and im running on 64bit.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've got 4 yahoo accounts (2 are @yahoo.com) and 2 are through yahoo business from my website address. I've tried a million times to set up these accounts through Windows Mail and it keeps telling me that the address is invalid.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've got the Home Premium 64-bit edition and I need to enter a registration key for my password manager. Unfortunately this version of Vista doesn't allow me to do a merge, although I did find a way to have a look at the registry itself yesterday. Is there a way around this? I'd really like to get this registered and be able to use my password manager.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have updated Vista Ultimate X64 with SP1. Using regedit I see in my register:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFWAREWow6432NodeWow6432NodeWow6432NodeWow6432NodeWow6432Node.......Making a backup of the register with Wise Registry Cleaner Pro 3.20 results in an backupof about 30 GB!
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to install FEA Algor and when installation status is "Registering COM components" I got a lot of errors saying that microsoft register server stopped working with these problem details:
1st
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: regsvr32.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp: 4549b3c7
Fault Module Name: AlgBEDParser-win-ix86.dll
Fault Module Version: 23.0.0.132
Fault Module Timestamp: 490b2593..........
And in the end i got 4 error screens, saying "Unexpected error;quitting". After thal all errors, setup finishes saying installation successful. Is it OS problem or is it FEA Algor installation problem. By the way, i tried to install this program on other computer with the same specification and got same errors. Installtion repair does not work too.
I need to register .tlb files on a Windows Vista machine but regtlib.exe is not part of Vista.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI see a lot of email addresses in this newsgroup in the format: How can I register to obtain an address............
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have been reading a website called Butterflies & Wheels for many months. Suddenly I cannot contact it, I get an error message by 'Bad Behaviour' telling me I have a virus or something. I have Norton and I dont think I have any viruses. I suspect that 'Bad Behaviour' is reliable, and is finding something suspicious on my registry. The Bad Behaviour page has an automatic removal option for the problematic entries.
View 9 Replies View Relatedmy challenge is to solve this slimy bsod: error 0x0000007b (it swoops in right when vista is telling me the version of os --after drivers are loaded). I have done a few things, like using vista boot cd to try bootrec.exe (and all it's commands), searching for winload.exe (which hasn't been modified since 2008 by the time stamp), I've done chkdsk /f, and maybe a few other things which right now I can't remember....so If you dare try your hand at the mutant, ooze-breathing bsod I commend you brave one, but I warn you...yes.
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow can you turn off the annoying User Account Control feature without Vista telling that you have turned it off, and having an icon in the system tray telling you that it is turned off?
View 9 Replies View Relatedive been having problems with the tilde key on my Asus laptop. at first it was that it didint work at all, in games, in microsoft works, or notepad. i went searching online and disabled the driver for the eHome ir receiver (even though i dont own an ir receivers). after that i was able to use the tild key only outside of games. but heres the strange part, if i press the tild key quickly as if i were typing normaly, it dose not register. in order to use it i have to hold down the tilde key for about 1-2 seconds before it would spit out a stream of "````````````". then i could delete up to the first one. this is true for the laptops keyboard, and a wired dell keyboard i connected using usb.........
View 9 Replies View RelatedI had to reinstall vista from the disk supplied by evesham last month and it is now asking for the activation code. I was wondering if there is anyway i can get hold of this.
View 9 Replies View RelatedCan anybody recommend a good but simple software program? I want to copy a dvd that contains pictures from a camcorder.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to copy files from my usb hard drive: K: to my network external drive Z:
I am trying to copy everything from one to another (files in folders and files that are not in folders)
I tried selecting all and then send to Z:, but it took about six hours to copy about 20 gig (I have about 180 gig to copy)
I read some where that robocopy is a faster and better way to copy files.The thing is I do not know what syntax to use. I was wondering if someone could tell me the syntax I should use to copy EVERYTHING from the usb driveK: to the network drive Z:
I hind the Vista home not as fast as XP pro. I there something I can do to make it as fast?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have Vista Business x64 installed from a full (non upgrade) disk and running nicely on my main PC. I also have jus received a copy of Ultimate full install licence. I want to replace the Business on my main PC with Ultimate and then reinstall the Business version on a new PC with minimal rework. How do I do this. Can i upgrade the Business using the Ultimate key and then reinstall the Business and use the key previously on my main PC with the previous Business install (I assume I'd have o call MS to reactivate)???
View 5 Replies View RelatedI had some problems with printing to the Vista Ultimate (32 bit) Fax, so I deleted the fax icon from the printer menu in the control panel. I cannot add it now. I get this error message: " The printer corresponding to the selected acct. is not existing. Fax printer is required to render the fax content. Click yes to add the printer now...." I click yes and it gives me this message: "could not add the fax printer. An error has occurred." This all started after I the OS wouldn't start, and I booted from the disk and did a system fix.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy windows vista just stopped showing thumbnails.. When I open a folder that contains pictures, it shows the thumbnails for some sec then it is starting to hide them for some reason : btw. I was changing some things in registry to hide the start menu shutdown button, and I installed "VistaGlazz" to get the custom themes to work.) uninstalled everything but nothing happened :
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm in the process of building a PC, so I thought I'd try the ole Windows Vista 64-bit version for the machine. I've got for the machine, a Philips 22" 220CW8FB/05 LCD wide screen monitor, which has a nice display, really.As one does, I've calibrated said monitor and saved the settings, everything looked great. Experience tells me to be weary of what might happen, so I restarted the PC to see that my monitor's resolution and setting aren't displayed properly. The image is stretched vertically,the Start bar isn't even visible - until - I go Personalize > and adjust the resolution to something else, select No when asked if I'd like to keep it and hey presto, my monitor displays properly now. Problem is, I have to do that every single time I restart the machine. Currently, I've got just the drivers that come with my components CDs, I haven't been able to check on-line for other versions (but there isn't one for the monitor) for say the motherboard or graphics card, because in one of typically brilliant Windows moments™ (like when my mouse stopped working and it prompted me to "click here to fix the problem"), when I tried to install the -Vista compatible- modem, Vista said it wouldn't install it without a digital signature, and that I should go to the manufacturer's website for more information. I would. If I had a modem. So, in your humble opinion, which is the bigger waste of money currently? Vista or my monitor (twice as expensive as Vista)? Alternatively, any suggestions as to how I would be able to resolve the aforementioned conflict? I'd really like to keep both of them.PS. I guess it could also be a graphics card problem. It's French (not really, it's from Taiwan, an MSI NX8800GT).
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow much memory can Vista handle? Is there still a 3GB limit on memory for Vista.
Do you need to have Vista 64Bit to be able to utilize more memory?
i have windows vista on my machine, i must have installed some software that has messed up my system, i keep getting the blue screen. everytime when i reset the machine, i have to press f8 then select that option: last known configuration'. this is the only way to start it, otherwise the blue screen appears.I feel that the only way to stop all this, is by doing a system reboot where my hard drive will be formatted and installs the OS from scratch.i orginally upgraded vista from XP when i have a student account with my univeristy, but then i had to pay approx ??200 for a new product key but i have not got a vista CD.
View 7 Replies View RelatedDo standard games work under Vist 64-bit?
View 5 Replies View Relatedhave just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but can not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been moved
View 5 Replies View Relatedi tried installing a hacked version of windows vista so i could upgrade from a 32bit OS to x64 but the only changes that happened is:
1)a new screen right before the vista startup music screen pops up appeared after i "installed" the hacked version which says "A WORLD WITHOUT RELIGION" over a pic of the NYC skyline. it is there for maybe 30 seconds then dissapears and the computer starts normally
2) i am no longer able to sleep/hibernate my laptop. If i try, it turns on but i get a blank screen so i have to either pull the battery out or hard reset in order to get my laptop working again. vista, or at least on my laptop, isnt the quickest to start up so having to do this everytime i use my laptop is extremly annoying i have no clue what to do or how to take it off.
ive just got a dell inspiron 1520 laptop and my son was asking if call of duty 4 would work on it, ive tried to look for the graphics card on the system but found that direct x 10 is installed but think that it only has a chipset card in it??
View 6 Replies View Relatedi have been having the BSFD for the past week i even uninstalled windows 7 and reinstalled vista, thsi is the dmp file.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to be as brief as I can...I just built myself a new Vista Ultimate with SP1 system to take the place of my previous entertainment system, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. In my home network, the Entertainment System box is my gateway to the internet, via a dial-up connection. I'm in an area where I can't get DSL or cable. I've successfully used ICS on 3 different Windows builds over the years, from Win98 to WinME to WinXP, all setup on the WAN port of routers. This effectively isolates the Windows box running ICS from the other two computers I run on the LAN. My WAN IP range is thus controlled by the DHCP service built into ICS, and I'm free to use anothe IP range on my LAN instead of 192.168.0.x that ICS assigns. There is only this system with it's dial-up connection on the WAN side; the system is essentially behaving like a slow DSL modem.
Here's the problem: my brand new Vista Ultimate entertainment system will not talk reliably to any of the 3 routers I've tried, on EITHER LAN OR WAN! 2 of the 3 routers I have used with my previous XP-based entertainment system, and they behave just fine. What is it about ICS in Vista that is preventing me from even accessing the setup for my routers? I've tried turning off Windows firewall, disabling IPv6 and Network Discovery, etc. until I'm blue in the face, but nothiing helps. Even if I connect Vista to the LAN side and set proper static IP to reach router configuration, I'm denied! I bought a new Belkin wireless N router today, thinking it HAS to be a compatibility issue, but even this "Vista ready" router will NOT let me even configure it using the Vista OS. I sure hope someone can give me some answers that help me understand. I hate to think I might have to put my XP Media Center box back in the dial-up sharing position just to get my internet connection back to my other computers again....