On a Windows Vista Ultimate machine, when trying to install Windows Vista sp 1 from a CD one of the following two errors occur: 1) The machine says that it must be rebooted to continue with the install. After rebooting (several times sometimes) the same error will likely appear, or 2) The installation just randomly fails (ie stops installing) and a generic 'Failed to Install Service Pack...

For anyone who used to play with Sticky Notes from Microsoft Tablet PC. You can still use it on the desktop. Either type STIKYNOT.EXE on the start-run line, OR Create a new shortcut, using STIKYNOT.EXE, and naming it STICKY NOTES for the name. Have fun, Jerry

What in the heck is that? I was checking Device Manager yesterday and found that there was an Exclamation mark in the yellow triangle next to: "Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface" and it's listed under Network Adapters. I tried to update drivers, but it kept telling me the one installed were the best available. What is it and do I need it? It wasn't there before because I went to the...

Hello DanS. You're a fracking cretin, as Massa would say. Stan Starinski was right, and you Dan are wrong. First off, loss and hence noise become significant with length. Yes he is an EE. Who are you? An "M.V.P.? MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Do you know the difference between Butterworth & Chebychev Filters? Or Friis formula?

How to let Search look for only files and folders?

Hi all, I have an application that uses one configuration file which should be the same for all users. This conf file should also be editable by any user. 1) For Win2000 and WinXP it was not a problem to use the SHGetFolderPath function with CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA which would then be smth like: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" and to put there the conf file for my...

What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'? I am being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd. It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloaded program I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to run defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs, which is not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32...

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message : On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:42:34 -0500, GSalisbury wrote: "The Learner" wrote in message ... I have an HP laptop using Vista SP-2. Until recently, the power settings worked the way I set them (especially...

\windows\system32\drivers\msisadrv.sys Is the file that is corrupt. I have read other fixes for this problem, MY problem is that I can't boot windows, it just keeps going to that black menu asking which way I want to boot. All help is awesome --

::Guess I am a minimalist at heart and see no need for 100 or more keyboard layouts. I am all in favor of being multilingual; but I am never going to have to type in more than a several languages/alphabets no matter how long I live. Is there a method for deleting the layouts for those languages in which I will never communicate? I have found them in the registry, but do not know what the next...

Im running Vista and IE8. Every time I try to move a file from one folder to another, "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and will shut down" appears. Does anyone know how to recify this problem? Thanks

This function is just driving me nuts, so is there any way to disable the smartselect/highlight stuff like when you click on some text hold down the left mousebutton and drag the mouse to mark a potion of the text. Instead of just highlighting it character by character it auto marks who words and stuff instead, really annoying.

Since 2 weeks it has stopped. In the BU-centre Wizard at "What drives you want in the back-up record?" is written: Stations Unknown (C:) (Missing) - 0 bytes - 0 bytes Unknown (E:) (Missing) - 0 bytes - 0 bytes They are unchecked and greyed-out (uncheck able) The C: is on a SSD on SATA 1 and the E: drive is on an old-fashioned

I'm concerned my system may crash and I have no back up and recovery disk or Vista installation disk. I was told I could order one from the manufacturer but I'm wondering if there is a way to create one after setup. I have a XP Home Edition I suppose I could use but I would rather create a Vista backup, if possible.

Why does it take so long for Vista to join a domain? I have a vista pro machine. Locally everything works fine local user signs on builds the desktop quickly. From the local profile I join a domain. It finds the domain quickly, then asks to reboot.. I reboot sign on as the admin of the domain.. Next step is to build the desktop for the user I'm signing on as.. It just sits on the...

Hello everyone, I have had several problems with my computer. First of all when I turned my computer on I got a message saying: 'Your computer is suffering from a recent hardware or software fault. The file is windows/config32/config/system. My windows would not come on. It said that windows failed to load because the system reistry file is corrupt or missing.' I was then instructed to repair...

I have a Dell desktop running Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I can only get it to startup in safe mode. I tried using system restore to an earlier date but that didn't help either. Is there something else I can try without having to reinstall windows? Please help!! Thank you!

With Windows XP, my digital camera would download into a selected folder with a built in wizard. But with Vista, I have to open 'Computer' and copy my photos from the camera to a folder. What gives?

A friend is having a problem with the text (Name) of his desktop icons. Text should be white on the blue background but the text appears to have some blue color in it which makes it appear blurred. When he has black text on a white background it appears to have some white in it. It looks like the background color is bleeding into the text color. Any help appreciated....

I cannot run windows system file backup. The program is no longer on my computer How do I get it back? Thanks, Raymond