Event viewer: Faulting application spoolsv.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b734, faulting module localspl.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bcf7, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00070a15, process id 0x5e8, application start time 0x01c753cf82366c15. I have HP Photosmart 8250 Printer. Windows Vista has its own drivers, after initial install of OS everything...

I have Vista Home Premium on an old HP laptop, using it for gaming, and Windows Update will NEVER come up with any updates. It has the SP2 and a few updates from January, but nothing since. Has anyone else seen this? -- "What do you mean there's no movie?"

Vista part at **. I'm sorry to ask elementary questions, but where on the HDD does win7 have to be installed. Does it have to be near the beginning of the drive like some earlier OSes did? I have a 500 GB drive with 2 100-GB partitions already. If I create a 3rd 100 GB partition, can I install win7 there? **

Hi, I have just dug my old portable (runs Windows Vista and cannot be upgraded to Windows 7) to use when needed but have found it will no longer run Windows Updates and that my Antivirus wouldn't check for updates as well. I have checked that there is a working internet connection (by loading various web pages in Internet Explorer) and that Update Automatically is turned on in the Control...

I used to use Dropbox on my system and then found it slowed my PC and gave more problems. Have gone back to it and find this frustration. When I place a word or two in the Start Search box at the lower left it returns two versions of each hit. One is the local file usually found in one of the My Documents folders and the other is the one that is found in the Dropbox folder. I don't want the...

I replaced the System drive on somebody's Vista box - and things got better response-wise. But now it seems to be slipping into a state where clicks on windows are ignored. Click on a desktop icon, no problem... full functionality. But click on an open window or dialog box to close it, resize it, or just click a "Yes" or "No" button and there is no response...totally dead. This even...

I used a link on SlashDot to find a WannaCry patch for Vista on Microsoft's web site. The file I downloaded is named windows6.0-kb4012598-x86_13e9b3d77ba5599764c296075a796c16a85c745c.msu When I run it, it puts up a box labeled "Windows Update Standalone Installer", which contains a progress indicator labeled "Searching for updates... And there it sits, with the progress indicator spinning and...

I have been running XP forever. Too old of a machine to run much newer OS'es such as 10, or 8/8.1... So I decided to check out Vista. I purchased an Anytime upgrade disk (Supposed to be new) on E-Bay. It didn't come with a COA...Shouldn't it have? or Did I get hosed by the seller? I didn't want to do a "Clean install" and loose a bunch of stuff I collected, and from what I read you are supposed...

Computer receives the touch command always a little on the right. So if I click the minimize icon , the close icon is pressed. Any software which can calibrate this kind of touch problem and fix it ?