How do reset the icon that launches Advanced Search onto my Start Bar. I have set it to do so in Taskbar properties but it wont go there. I did move settings between a local and domain user and have had problems ever since. Perhaps I should reset my windows settings but I dont know how to do that. Please help!

hi, I'm trying to set up Windows Media Center for CABLE TV. have two tuners installed, installed cable card from COMCAST, connected the cable TV cable (the white cable fro cable TV), but no matter what I do, WMC cannot detect the cable signal, what could this be? (even if I take out the cable card and try to configure for just basic cable TV it cannot detect any cable TV signal..) the cable...

Trying to get Drives / Folders and Sub-Folders on the right as existed in XP. Also tried to get a shortcut from the Desk top to open to windows displayed in this way. Failed! Shortcut opens to display Windows as I want but anchors itself to document; not Computer or the C drive. If I click on Computer it lists the drives / partition but there is no right pane. Am I able to configure the way...

Should there be a limit as to how much memory I should use for this? I am using 10,000 MB, but not sure if that is too much or not? What is the recomended?

Hi, I have mounted a disk to an empty NTFS folder - "C:\Program Files\Custom", I then install various applications to that mount point. However, I found that I am not able to add application (*.exe) that installed in mount point to Windows Firewall's exceptions list. It show "Windows Firewall cannot add application name" to the list of exceptions". For testing reason, I copy the exe file...

I just got a Dell with 256MB Radeon HD 2600 XT video card. The mouse cursor, is inaccurate... either I need to move the mouse a little to the top-left or little to the bottom-right so that I can click on the correct file or the correct maximize or close button. Did someone have that problem before? Is it a video card problem or is it an OS problem? the system comes with a Blu-Ray...

Creating shawdow copy fails on Vista Home Premium when I try to backup my system using Backup and Restore center. I have not seen this before. Are there options available which do not require me restoring my installation? -- You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will be sold.

I tried to download ZoneAlarm (for Vista), but the Program Compatibility Assistant blocked it. Now I can't get rid of the error message. It keeps popping back up. I've uninstalled ZoneAlarm and rebooted, and then there the message is again. Like some horror movie. Can anyone help? Tks. -- Melmat3

Guys, Yesterday i recently brought a 'NEW TOSHIBA REGZA 37XV505DG 37” FULL HD LCD TV FREEVIEW.' (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220243072090&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=012) I need to know the best way to connect all the stuff below. 1) PC - Should i use DVI to monitor cable

I have a typo in one of the email addresses I created. I corrected it using the edit feature, but the same typo appears when I create a new email message. Even though I have since deleted the email address I created, it will still appear when I try to send using the correct email address. I can't find that email address in my Contacts list to delete. (if this makes any sense)

Simply unhappy with Vista !! Could learn to live with it if I could find away around/bypass wmp 11 and go back to my ole xp wmp 10. Any ideas? Thanks anyway. -- Budd

i'm running Vista Home Premium on my laptop, 2 gb ram & it freezes. It freezes more often when left alone for 10-20min. Sometimes when moving the mouse it freezes. Task mgr. will not open so i have to shut down system. At times i get a error message & my hd is being scanned. thomasr

Till Windows XP, I could right click and delete some obsolete or unnecessary start menu items (in All Programs) without having the start menu gets closed. This was useful because in many cases I need to delete multiple items. However, on Windows Vista, the start menu gets closed after deleting one item. I need to click the Windows orb again, and click All Programs again. Why has Microsoft...

Greetings Am still in early days with a new computer with Vista. In Windows explorer, and when using Office, I see shortcut icons labelled things like "my music", "My videos", "My documents" which seem to be hangovers from XP, but all of which give "access denied messages when I click on them. So why on earth are they there? Can I hide/delete them?

I am using Windows Vista Business. I recently bought and successfully downloaded Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro, however, the installation is always stopped by the error code 1719: "Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if Windows Installer is not installed properly. Contact your support personnel for assistance." In addition, I can't UN-INSTALL anything either. What is...

I have a Windows Vista SP1 system trying to access a printer share on a XP Pro SP3 system. The admin accounts on Vista are able to get to the printer share with no problems. However, the User accounts are having problems with accessing the printer share. I had read an article on using a local port for accessing the share instead of using network share printer access. When the User...

I know this is the wrong forum but I am not getting any help from the email forums. This is my situation: Since this morning my Windows mail can send but not receive. I keep getting an error message 0x8004005. If I go to my Yahoo home page and go to mail it receives it there. Help please

I can't open this folder. Permission needed? I am the only established user of this computer. How do I change the permissions for this folder(s)?

HP 530 Notebook PC, cannot install driver update for inbuilt Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adaptor, either through Windows Update or via HP SP38888. Windows Update gives a code while direct update just says driver installation was not successful. This is an update that is flagged as necessary. The wireless adaptor is not functioning properly. Any ideas, anyone?

Good Morning to everyone, I am having a bit of trouble with Vista x64 Home and I am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. First the Log Event Faulting application svchost.exe_SysMain, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x47919291, faulting module sysmain.dll, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791adbd, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00000000000353b5, process...