i recently had a problem with my old computer and decided it was time to replace. the power supply shorted and wont turn on.i removed the hard drive and put it in a usb enclosure.i would like to get files off of it. the old computer was xp. the new computer is vista. i moved the jumper on the old drive to cable select. when i try to access it in any way through my computer or through file...

I have a laptop with Vista. Since I don't want to buy new programs to get at some of the data on my desktop (W2K) how can I use my laptop monitor for both so I can clear desk space by removing the old moitor? I can't see how a KVM switch would work for that.

Hello, I have a Gateway ML6721 running Vista Home Premium with all the latest. One thing I've noticed is that video driver rollback is never available. This is annoying as every third or forth driver update or so contains a broken or disabled feature. The latest problem is that switching between external and internal monitors does not work, either via the keyboard Fn-key combo or the video...

I'm running Vista Ultimate on a Gateway ML6721 with an Intel 965 video chipset. With my current video driver, I can view wmv files at various resolutions and full screen, both regular wmv decoded with the wmv8 codec and newer files decoded with the wmv9 codec. After upgrading to the current video driver via windows update, files decoded with the wmv9 codec play fine. However, files decoded...

I have got a problem with my microphone. I just have a normal headset and this used to work in the beginning. Last week installed a blue tooth headset which didn´t work properly. Therefore I tried to use the normal mic. again but it isn´t working any more. If i try to use skype or the voice recognition it always says that nothing is heard when I am speaking. Can someone help?

The CD Rom drive passed out of existence from My Computer, with Vista Home Premium 32-Bit operating system installed in a emachines desktop PC. The error code is: This device cannot start. (Code 10). The driver version is: 6.0.6001.18000 I do not know what caused this problem. Does anyone know how to restore the CD Rom drive? --

How do I set up virtual ports in Vista? This is to allow Bluetooth devices to communicate with my laptop. I can find nothing in the Vista Help to clarify this.

I have a problem with Vista RC1 Build 5728 I hope someone will be able to help me out with. Here are my machine specs: Apple Intel iMac 17", with ATI Mobility X1600, w/128meg dedicated video RAM 1.83GHZ Intel Duo-Core CPU 2GB RAM (two 1-GB sticks) 300GB Maxtor SATA-2 HD. (the largest HD sold with an Intel iMac is 250GB).

1) Is it possible to install and use Vista from an e_SATA HD /Sec)? 2) If this IS possible, how would it be done? (Please, reply with full directions (using small, concise paragraphs with proper English grammar and punctuation, Please?) I am asking for advice on how to DO it, NOT whether or not I SHOULD do it.

i ve deletted all programs for a web cam but still get promt updating for a web cam and failing one or so times a day any help -- rickkk

I have finished creating my Video but now when I try to publish it to a DVD I receive error message 'Error Synchronizing Project' and says 'temporary directory is not accessible'. Please help, I have no clue whaat to do and are desperate to get this done from my son's school.... thanxs a lot, donalona ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the...

My hard drive shows up in the device manager and in the set up when you first start up but does not show in "my computor" Does anyone know why or how to view the contents of this drive? Thanks

Dear All, I'm running Vista Home Premium in an Antec Fusion V2 case with an inbuilt MCE IR receiver. I've install all the software and it does not appear to be a problem. Only issue I have is that the IR keyboard/Mouse does not work at the login screen.

Will someone please suggest a USB Wireless NIC that they've personally used successfully with Vista? My older (cheap) Linksys model (designed for XP) is not getting the job done. Thank You, Donny Broome www.broomeman.com/tech

Error in C:\Windows\system32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\LXCEtime.dll Missing entry:_RunDLLEntry@16

i have just brought a new dvd driver and conected it to my computer but it dosen't seem to show up on my computer . do i ned a disc to install it or the internet as i dont have internet . wot can i do ?????? plz help

I have this TV tuner card installed with the proper drivers for vista home premium. When I start Media Center, it tells me that I don't have a tuner card installed. Am I doing something wrong or is this card not supported. Thank you.

Hello, I have a dell 9300 laptop with ATI Mobility x300. it crashes frequently. The MS solution info from the crash indicates an issue with the ATI driver and reccomends a new driver. However, Dell and ATI do not appear to have an ATI RADEON Mobility X300 driver? Any help is greatly apprec -- Donzilla

When I play a flashplayer video (eg. CNN) the synaptics touch pad scrolling quits functioning! I have: uninstalled and re-installed Flashplayer Updated synaptics drivers Any suggestions? Don

Hi, I have 2 dvd drives one TSSTcorp SH S203BSATA and Liteon DH-20A4P IDE. Both cannot be connected or work with Vista. There doesn't seem to be a way to remove drivers so that standard windows vista will be loaded. I'm using Vista Ultimate SP 1