I've used APC's PowerChute Personal with their batteries since Win95. Never had any problems with un-attended shutdowns due to power outages, all worked as advertised. Problem: PowerChute v2.1 for Vista, when a power outage presents itself, the computer shuts down at the correct interval, followed by the monitor and then the battery. Upon re-start, I get a "Resuming Windows" followed by...

I wanted to be ensured that this problem doesnt cause a power waste and high enegy bills thats all!

I have Vista Home Premium and have downloaded the appropriate driver and Canon Toolbox update for the Lide 20 flatbed scanner. However, after installing (before plugging in the device) and then connecting, the TWAIN source is not recognised. I'm now at a loss as to what to do. Has anyone else experienced this or found a solution?

I have had this problem for over two or three weeks now. I normally just let my computer sleep, but sometimes it needs to be restarted for whatever reason. When it gets shut down or restarted, it's like it goes back to the default settings, or a temporary account. My background has changed, the DELL support welcome screen pops up, any settings for the computer I have manually set are back...

I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but here it goes I'm running vista. I hve two DVD drives the one that reads works but the one that burns doesn't I believe the one that works is HL-dt-st DVD-rom GDRH10n SCSI cd rom drive the other one is TSST Corp DVD+ - RW TS-H553A SCSI CD ROM Dvice the problum is if I put a disk in it dosent reconize the disk and ask to put a disk in...

About a week ago my Toshiba Protege began suffering serious problems which seem to relate to audio/video and the RealTex HD Audio card (Vista 32 bit). Typically after 5 to 30 minutes of playing an audio stream the CPU usage goes to 100%, the audio becomes distorted. Now today my computer simply freezes while this occurs and after about 5 minutes it shuts down. There is no ability to...

I guys, I have a problem with a vista home premium, when i connect my usb mouse or my usb harddrive, the vista tell me i can install the good drivers?? In past when i plug the mouse it's work. if i check the mouse and hardrive in another computer it's work well, and windows install the good driver; If someone have an idea ??

Hi, I want to backup my Windows Vista Ultimate PC to a 1TB time capsule on my home network through Vista's inbuilt Backup and Restore Centre. When I pick 'Back up files' and then select 'On a network' and browse, I find the time capsule. I can even browse the folders inside it. I have a folder called "Windows backup" that I created, and I can select this folder. When I go to click 'Next',...

I added my Treo 700p device, but I cannot get a COM port on my computer (Vista) to open to make the connection. The Treo HotSync error message says "unable to initiated HotSync operation because the port is in use by another application". What should I do?

My sony optiarc dvd is on the HCL, but not for my 64bit Vista,will it be? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click...

After 8 hours without success installing Windows Vista 32 bit from Scratch, and 8 more hours seeking around on the Net for solutions, I try this forum. Problem: Cannot install Sound Driver. Sais: "Installation failed! The audio driver files do not support your computer hardware. Note: if you have uninstalled audio software without restarting your PC, restart now, then run this setup again"

I loaded the latest drivers version 6.2.182,but I am having a problem with the keyboard & mouse waking up from sleep. I re-downloaded the latest version from Microsoft,but the install program tells me to uninstall before re-installing.When I uninstall I am left with no keyboard or mouse. How do I reinstall the latest drivers version 6.2. I am using Vista Ultimate 64.

i have a frustrating question to ask! omg! my pc memory dumps on me at least 3 times a day (twce in the last hour!!) ive been told its mostly likely my soundcard that isnt much liked... is there something i can tune to stop this from happening? the company who built the pc went into liquidation without prior warning and ive had nothing but problems with it since 1 of which is my...

Hi, installation of a NULL-driver for a device of class "Modem" fails with error code 0xE0000203 (ERROR_NO_DRIVER_SELECTED). DiInstallDevice is called as follows: BOOL NeedReboot = FALSE; if (!DiInstallDevice( NULL, //HWND hwndParent OPTIONAL, mHandle, //HDEVINFO DeviceInfoSet, mDeviceInfoData ...

Today I installed my new "Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000". This set includes the Keyboard 8000 and the Lasermouse 8000. I run a DELL Dimension 9200 PC for a while and had a Logitech Wireless Desktop set before that runned without any problems. What I was looking forward to was the navigation pad on the keyboard and the backlightet keys of it - and I liked the design of the devices. And...

Hi all, first question long time lurker. thanks for all the great suggestions and help you all provide!!! my issue is my mouse it locks up at random times and for different time periods? its a razer death adder has latest drivers and firmware tried a reinstall of drivers and firmaware as well as a clean install of vista. having the x-fi crackin problem too!!! 64 vista ultimate sp1 Amd 64 x2...

I think I'm trying to optimize my laptop - Gateway MT6821. Reliability and Perfomance Monitor, Diagnostic Results, Warnings, Error, Symptom: The device, Microsoft ISATAP Adapter, is reporting "tv_ConfigMgrErr31". This device will not be available until the issue is resolved. The Plug and Play ID for this device is 21. SHOULD I BE CONCERNED? Last year I had my display screen replaced after a...

I have a Toshiba P105 S6177 Satellite and I run 32 bit Vista. The other day Windows installed an update and I lost my sound, but was able to retrieve it by going into sound and disabling the Conexant HD and enabling my originial settings. Today, however, I lost sound again and my original option (sorry don't remember what it is now) is no longer there. I just have the Conexant HD for my...

May I use the Microsoft software that comes with my Vista system to burn CDs instead of something like Sonic Record? If so, which software do I use? -- Bennett Quillen

I had originally posted about not having sound after the update.....I found that I had to go back and install the original driver as well....for this particular model you will want to go to the toshiba website look for Conexant Audio Driver for Windows Vista driver_audio_conexant_25564A.exe this fixed my problem!