could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a file off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the file you see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear and the programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in so please get me on and i will love you for ever lol. mike :mad: --

Windows vista - is there any way to lock the desktop icons?

Recently I have noticed that what ever application I am in, often it stops responding for a few seconds and then it starts responding. I am operating Vista Home Premium 32bt. and have Norton Internet Security 2010 running. No other programs running at startup except sidebar. I appreciate help on this matter. I have run full NIS scan, full Malwarebytes, and full tune up in system mechanics...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (32-bit) and am trying to run an old OCR application. I run it in Win95 compatibility mode. Most functions of the old application work in Vista, but it fails if I ask it to acquire an image from the scanner. I am asked to select my twain source, which I do (Samsung SCX4100), but then the scanner gives a couple of grunts and a message box from Vista says...

Last night when I was perform on line malware scanning, my system crashed with the following error: ERROR 77 KERNAL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR In the brackets below all numbers were 0 except the last one that read 78D7000. What does this error indicate and how to fix it that the system does not crash. This is the first time I saw this error message though the system has crashed several times with...

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I need a good file recovery program that will run both under Vista and Win 7. It needs to be able to salvage files both deleted and those lost because of disc errors. It also needs to be able to work with both internal and external hard discs, and all flavors of CD and DVD. Any recommendations? Most of the ones that allow you to download a trial have crippled to trial so much that it's...

I have not too long ago upgraded to Vistta Home Premium 32-Bit and there something that is not a problem but IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! Sometimes when I close Internet Explorer it says "Internet Explorer is not working. Checking for a solution to the problem" I am sure there is no problem. If anyone has an idea why this is happening and how to fix it please reply! Oh and just in case I don't...

Why is this so slow? It was slow with XP and just as slow with Vista. Is there any way to speed this up? -- David Barnett

Greetings to you all! I'm using WLM to access the newgroups only. How can I have the newsgroups page by default, instead of clicking "Ctrl + shift + L"? Thanks for any help Keep well! JL Glory to whom, having no hallowed ideals, merely tries not to suck his felloman too much!

I have Verizon DSL with their supplied DSL Modem. The computer can be connected to the moden via an Ethernet cable, USB or Wireless. It use to be in past years Ethernet was the fastest internet connection. Is that still true when compared to USB, and now USB 2 and Wireless?

I have a Dell desktop, using a Vista 64-bit platform. I accidentally hit the keyboard with my hand, which caused the desktop to rotate 90 degrees ccw. How do I go about rotating the screen back to normal? Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas

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An idea for PC manufacturers to kickstart the PC business. A PC with a native in ROM, mini-Linux based VM with the ability to snapshot the running VMs. Just imagine how easy it then becomes to backup an restore MS Windows. or Linux, or Solaris or BSD for that mater). Then load XP, Vista, Win 7, Solaris, Linux and a few BSDs... on boot, let the user choose. Have a nice web and secure shell...

Hi, I have noticed in Vista, the maximum no. of characters which could be displayed in a messagebox line is 85 characters where in XP it was 131 characters. Following is a summary when compared this with OSes, OS - Max. no. of characters per messagebox line. XP - 131 Vista, Windows 7 - 85

My New Wireless ISP Works Great With Ubuntu 9.10 RTW! It Also Works Horrible With Windows 7! Just FYI!

I want to upgrade to Win 7. If I buy the upgrade version and my hard drive or mobo fails at a later time, will i be able to do a clean install with out any hassles?

I assign wav files to system events. Certain ones won't play when when I assign it to the Windows Logon event. It previews fine and plays in Windows Media Player I thought the length was the problem 'cause these wav files are 22 and 24 seconds but I assigned a wav file to the Windows Logon that is 30 seconds and it plays fine. Although the length does have an impact. Any ideas?? James

Hi As my daughters said "You would like the movie Dumber & Dumber". Think they might be right as I can see no Windows 7 news groups. Can someone please show me the way? Keep smiling Uncle Gus

Hi James This utility can print directly to a printer No need to save first to a file Plus it can print many file attributes Directory Report http://www.file-utilities.com -- binaryman