Switched my power options to high performance so it's set to never go to sleep - only to turn off the display in 20 minutes. -- FortuneSmiles

Send it back??? You mean return the pc? Seems a bit drastic. -- FortuneSmiles

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:38:34 +0200, "i love vista" wrote: I am in disk management... Into the boob bin you go with all your other nicks.

Can you change the default newsreader in vista?

CyberPower PC built to my spec. Vista Home Premium SP1 64 bit Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz ATI Radeon 4870 Gigabyte Mobo 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM Keyboard is a Saitek Eclipse II - USB Mouse - older Logitech Laser - USB Only a handful of software installs since purchase including:

I thought I had found one, but WHOOPS, had a virus in it. Three hours later... Anyway, I've got a lot of doubles in iTunes all of a sudden. This happened after my HD crapped out and I had a new one installed. Reinstalled iTunes and it had all my playlists and stuff...I added the music back to the music folder and re-added it to iTunes. Now it says I have 10k songs and nearly 50 gigs...but I...

I have a folder with 28 files in it. 26 are exe (application files), 1 zip and 1 ram file. In Windows Explorer, when I click on Type, Explorer shows me I have 3 types of files: application, zip and ram. When I stack by type, Explorer creates 2 virtual folders: one labeled application and one labeled compressed (zip) folder. The application folder contains 4 exe files and the zip folder...

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:48:51 -0600, FortuneSmiles wrote: Nothing happens, black screen. Can't escape, close etc. Can only reset / hard reboot. I have been doing a lot of hard rebooting since getting this PC. Send it back.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:48:49 +0800, "_CragTheCode" wrote: Both my harddisk and dvd drive are SATA, but in disk management, it appear as IDE. Is SATA also another form of IDE? Where do you see "IDE" in disk management?

I have checked my video drivers and they show as version 8.501.00. ATI's site shows the latest as 8.12. How can that be? -- FortuneSmiles

I have an older registered newsreader that works fine, but I tried a trial on another. Now I can't seem to change the default in protocols.

I need install same programs, like Skype and it's impossible. I need help! this is the event when a try install the skype. Best regards, José Oliveira

Hi all...usually I can figure out how to fix my PC but I'm at witts end..It seems that my desktop shortcut icons that are not aassociated with a program have quit working. I don't recall making any changes of sorts but you never know. I'm running Vista 32 bit....any ideas? thanks George.

My recycle bin appears to have something in it according to the desktop icon. When I open it it is empty. How do I fix this so when it's empty it appears empty and when it's full it appears full? -- Walt

I have a workstation, brand new with Core i7 CPU and 12 GB RAM for which I have fully supported Vista 64-bit drivers of every component in the machine. I would like to change the OS to Windows Server 2008. Will the Vista 64-bit drivers also work on the Server 2008 more or less successfully? I have not tried this yet because I don't want to deal with reactiving the OEM Vista license if I...

Clicking on an item in the Start Menu (favorite, program, settings item, etc.) just closes the menu and nothing else. Any idea? Vista x64 SP1 Thank you for your help.

I bought a New dell w/Vista 64 i assume and wont play Youtube etc. gives: Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. I have java on and latest Flash, Flash say to run a 32bit broser. suggestions?

Ok well I got few games including Need For Speed Most Wanted which used to work well but now it sounds like its trying to run it but it cant... And when I go on My Computer and double click the CD-Drive it says D:// Application not found! Some other games still work fine, so it doesnt seem to be a problem with the drive. Could anyone please help me with...

I have the Zune 3.1 update installed, but when I run Windows update, it says it is available for update. The help section mentions that you can hide an update, but I can't seem to find how to do that. It is only shown as an optional update, but I'd rather not see it whenever I check for updates! Any clues on how to hide it so I stop getting nagged??? Thanks in advance,

Vista is working fine, why does everyone have these problems. I run various cad and picture programs, quad core lots of ram minor issues resolved easily. Love-in it! -- Blair O'Howe Blair's Finish Carpentry www.blairscarpentry.com