I've just finished installing Vista on a brand new machine along with the drivers for my hardware and i keep getting a window popping up called Open Service saying "can't Open kernel mode driver service". I click OK and nothing seems to happen, but this window continually comes up! Any ideas? thanks

I'm getting the same issue now. Did you manage to resolve it? I'm slowing getting more fed up with restarting the computer every time! :(

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Hello, Can I use my removable drive to keep all my data? So when I am home, I work and all data goes to the removable drive. When I am at the office, just plug in the drive, and save the data... and so on.... Please let me know.... or I am complicating myself? Thanks. --

I have recently finished building a computer, and one of the hard drives used came from an older computer of mine that has Vista on it. I guess I'm asking if I can run Vista from this drive or do I have to purchase another copy of Vista. -- adamusk

my laptop cd/dvd has worked b4 but now just stopped. it stills spins all cd,data,dvd i put in but no response...the device manager doesnt even show a cd/dvd device or driver. please help how can i fix -- adan

I have a few external hard drives that were preformated when purchased. How can I tell if the external hard drive is using FAT32 or NTFS? Is there software in Vista that will tell you? Is there free shareware that will tell you? Thanks for the info!

In Vista's MMC, I was attempting to rename the Volume of an external drive and accidently deleted the partition. Q1: Can this partition be recovered by simply undeleting the Systems Volume information? Or do I need to read the mirrored FAT, copy the files to another hard drive and then transfer them to the original hard drive? Thanks for the info!

I can change the drive letter in Vista's Management Console (MMC) but it onlly changes it temporarily. If I disconnect the device and reboot it will reassign it the first available letter. Q: How can I PERMANENTLY assign a drive letter to an external hard drive? Q2: Are some external drives protected so that it will not permit permanent letter assignment?

Dear all, Hope someone can help. I've got a T-Mobile Vario 2 (MDA) which was previously synced to my old Win XP Pro SP 2 machine, using ActiveSync 4.5 and Outlook 2003. The MDA is using the Windows Mobile 5.0 system. All seemed fine, no issues with syncing. I got a new PC about 5-6 weeks ago and set-up my MDA to "sync" with Vista and Outlook 2003 via the new Windows Mobile Device Centre. ...

Previous versions of Windows provided a list of Midi devices usually under a tab in the control panel under "Sound settings and devices" or something similar - where do I assign a different Midi device to say, the Media Player in Vista? Thanks, Tony

Hello there, I bought me an Asus F3J series with Windows Vista installled on it. I use to have XP and very much happy with it. I have a problem now with My DVD Super Multi Drive, As when I i try to install from it either it stops during the installation, or just stop responding when I try to re-insall again from the same CD. I am trying to install FFXI , it is a 7 CD game .. It didn't go...

hi guys I run vista 32 bit n 64 bit as dual boot. been having this issue where my dvd burner MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-850S ATA Device wont read cd or dvd of any kind and suddenly it will read and burn as well.. well today i noticed that on the both boots i dun have th drive. its missing in device manager, explorer... i dun have the upper filters or lower filters in the registry file for

hey guys, gota a question,.. one of my laptop asus c90 has mata****a Uj 850S dvd burner drive. it has region 5 selected on it.. it just plays the riginal dvd or cd.. it will not burn anything or will neither play anything else besides orginal stff i.e. no mp3 files, burnt movies etc.. whar could be the reason or what can i do to fix it.. thanks .. adey

Running Vista Ultimate, had tried to install Logitech Pro 3000 cam. Not able to do so, bought Microsoft LifecamVX-3000 which is supposed to be Vista certified. Inserted the installation disc as instructions and was told that it was not compatible with Vista. Link to Microsoft where an updated file was available. Downloaded and installed and plugged in USB connector for the Cam as instructed....

Running Vista Ultimate with Pentium 4 Processer. Installed a TV Tuner and when I go to burn a disc I get " No ASPI manager found". No DVD Drives show, but they are recognized when I do other burning tasks. Please advise. -- ADH

Cloned my Hard Drive C: using Acronis to another Hard Drive F: then went into BIOS to change over to F: Drive. Rebooted and checked in My Computer to see that it had changed to F: it was still on C: Drive. Re-checked BIOS to make sure that it was in order, Okay. Went into Disc Management to take a look and found: 0 (C:) 111.79 GB NTFS. Healthy (BootPage File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary...

Hi there, Trying to figure out what kind of ram I should buy for my *H8DCE* motherboard.More info of the board here : 'Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Aplus Products | Motherboards | H8DCE' (http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/nForce/H8DCE.cfm) I'm looking at Kingstons *KVR400X72C3A/1G*.More info : 'Kingston Technology Company - Kingston Memory Search - Search Results...

Hi there, Trying to figure out what kind of ram I should buy for my *H8DCE* motherboard.More info of the board here : 'Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Aplus Products | Motherboards | H8DCE' (http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/nForce/H8DCE.cfm) I'm looking at Kingstons *KVR400X72C3A/1G*.More info : 'Kingston Technology Company - Kingston Memory Search - Search Results...

Hi, thank you in advance for your advice. I have a LifeCam VX-1000 of which I followed the instructions to a "T" when installing it via the software, installing it on Windows Vista (including only plugging in the USB connection when the software asked for it). Whenever I turn my machine back on (after being shut down properly for the night) I will receive a request to add the new...