I removed 2 programs from the start up list using Windows Defender, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. When I restart my computer Windows Live Messenger still opens wanting its password. Why is it still opening up at start up? I opened Defender and looked and it is no longer shown. -- Super Hero

I want to play a movie or a DVD in my VCR but the display keeps blinking 12:00. I am not sure how to fix this? Is this a problem with my machine?

The reason is that if everyone went with Ubuntu, all the geeks here would no longer have the clean-windows-of-malware fat cow to live off. Alias

I just setup a new system and got vista ultimate 64 up and running. Havent experienced any issues at all until i downloaded itunes. The program installs fine, however i have graphics and display issues with Itunes once it launches.,. I've uninstalled Itunes8 and reinstalled 7.7 (both 64bit), and that didnt work either...Anyone experience this particular issue? Howd you fix it?Here's a screen shot...

We have suddenly started getting constant ApphangB1 errors in IE (Vista Ultimate32) and have tried reverting to no add-ons mode, using the scan tool, etc. all to no avail. Today I suddenly realized that the problem seems to have started right after the latest rebuild of the Hotmail interface. Has anyone else had this problem? I wish they would leave the Hotmail interface alone anyway, but...

Hello Everybody, First to introduce myself, I am a total beginner to the computer scene. I'm am getting much better, but it can get frustrating. Anyway... my first problem. I like to watch movies on The Movie Pit, but lately the veoh ones quit working. Can anybody help? Could this be a virus? These are the best quality ones and I hate having to settle for second best when I want to kick back...

I have just installed Vista and now I find that my web pages are about 2/3 the size of what they were. How do I change the size of my web pages.? It is not just the font but the whole page. Help would be appreciated.

Yesterday I went around the neighborhood looking for work. I need to make money so I can play XBOX. I applied at Taco Bell and Jack In The Box. I am not sure if I want to take the job that cleans toilets or stocks shelves. The pay is $7.50 an hour. I have never made $7.50 an hour. What will I do with all that money?

When I boot up, I get some popup messages at startup that I don't understand: - "The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the 'TrayApp' disk and click OK." (It also has a pulldown for 'Use Source.') - I cancel this, and get another popup: "An installation package for the product TrayApp cannot be found. Try the installation...

My SID was recently changed and upon restarting, all the user accounts were ' Guest Accounts '. There were no administrator accounts and I could not access my previous accounts in the C:/Users folder. I tried to system restore but "There was an unexpected error: Class not registered (0x80040154) Please close System Restore and try again" popped up. What can I do to access those folders...

I'm running Vista Ultimate, ASUS MB, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, 2G memory and e-GeForce 8500 GT graphics card. I have installed the lastest nvidia BIOS and graphic drivers. My problem is the system hangs after boot, before the signon screen, at the screen with the green progress bar and the Microsoft logo. I've waited as long as an hour before forcing power off and restarting. It will always...

Apparently Premium does not support full system backup to make an image. When I boot into Vista I get warned with "Hard disk failure is imminent. Please backup ..." So while I can still boot into a useable system I want to image the whole machine currently 152Gb. Any recommendations for free software that will be reliable and second choice I would make a purchase of Acronis which I have a...

Suddenly the day before yesterday, the display of graphics in Windows Explorer changed from miniature pictures to the graphics program default icon. This happened to me in 98 and I had a fixpix.vbs fix for reactivating the thumbnail function. I think I also used it in XP, but I hesitate to try this in Vista. What must I do to get the thumbnails back? Rufus

I want to install a new program on my Vista machine. I know that Vista is way over my head, but someone told me about the SockPuppet program. Do I install the 32bit or the 64 bit SockPuppet?

"DanS" wrote in message ... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/242520/teacher-threatens-to-call-the-cops-over- linux.html Absolutely extraordinary!

I have a perplexing problem. The scenario... Every morning one particular Vista user (out of approximately 75) has to reset her default printer. Once reset she is fine for the day. She will log off and leave for the day. Later, she will connect to our network via VPN, use Remote Desktop to reach her office PC, and log in. She doesn't try to print since she's working remotely. The...

"Brontosaurus Burger AKA Vista!" wrote in message ... Stay tuned.. !!!! Action, Fantasy, Excitement and Humor all packed in here.. especially humor~! How can you not laugh at such a dunce? I promised the dork I would insult him with a full fledged story for Chirstmas....

You must not have a life. Your pesant. This is a forum for help, but none of us can help you...go see a shrink! -- Computer Novice "And In The End... The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make"

I don't even know where to start... the problems started from about a month ago, and last 24 hours just got a lot worse. I am just a basic PC user, so my technical vocab is limited. I've been using mac because I am a graphic designer for the past 3 years, and I got this PC for my family. The followings are the computer's components, my friend picked for me, purchased in March: - Intel Pentium...

I am comtemplating buying a new PC (HP dc7900 ) they offer Vista business 64 bit as an OS option does ths mean this PC is a 64bit machine ??? it has a Intel Q9650 processor there is no mention of the PC being a 64 bit computer........will vista 64 run old 32 but stuff?? the 64 bit OS will permit me to get and use more than 4gb but is 8gb enough to run Vista 64 fast...