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Autorun dropdown options went missing by webdigr
Hi, I face a weird issue with my Vista Enterprise edition. Sometime back suddenly one day all the autorun settings disappeared from my system. When I checked the autorun defaults setting from the control panel I see that that dropdowns have gone blank completely. All the default options like "Open folder..", "Take no action", "Ask me everytime", etc. are simply wiped off... No more there!...
October 29th 09 03:03 AM
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atikmdag driver stops working by Kirsten Bjorneboe
My Acer-pc M1100 was born with an onboard videocard ATI Radeon HD 1250 which only gave me the possibility of one monitor. So I added a new videocard ATI Radeon HD 2400, which uses the same ATI Catalyst center. I have upgraded all drivers to the latest from ATI's homepage. But I keep getting the message from Vista, that "the screen driver atikmdag.exe has stopped answering, will now be...
April 27th 08 10:32 AM
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windows optical mouse 5000 by alanrr
Hello, I have a windows optical mouse 5000. I installed the batteries in the mouse and it shows a red light, but the curser did not move. Can someone tell me the process to start and end of the mouse operation? Thank you, alanrr
March 3rd 08 06:36 PM
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Problem wih external HD. by Jaume
Hello everybody. I got as a present an external HD that was property of my girl friend. She has a Mac and the gave me the HD with some photos and mp3 she had. Well, as most of you know, you can't use a Mac HD directly on Windows, so I downloaded Macdrive 7.0 (trial version), copied the files and then attempted to format hte HD. so I can use it on windows. I formated the HD but I got a message at...
March 7th 08 08:27 PM
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keyboard problems by Siveroth
Im running vista home pemium on a dell xps 410 and everything was working fine until i installed the new windows updates (4/9) and shutdown. When i first tried to turn it back on it was just a black screen, the diagnostic lights showed a faulty memory module and my owners manual suggested uninstalling the ram one at a time and reinstalling to test it. I took one out and restarted and it...
April 10th 08 04:41 PM
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Blue screen: win32k.sys by Claudia
Hello! I need help! I don't know what's going on with my lap top! My lap have 3GB and lately theres a blue screen that says page_fault... and that is a error of win32k.sys! Any ideas whats going on???!!
May 28th 08 05:47 PM
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Failed driver update by Jonathan
Windows update came up with the following update, but now after failing once it has disapeared. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Network - Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Installation date: ‎7/‎10/‎2008 12:35 PM Installation status: Failed
July 12th 08 07:11 AM
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DVD drivers by Dave1166
I installed HP DVD movie writer, but the program can't find the DVD writer when I try to use the program. I suspect the problem is as follows: There are 5 drives on the computer - C,D,E,G,H. C&D are the hard drive; E is the CD/DVD drive built into the computer; G is labeled "rremovable disk"; H is the movie wrtiter drive. The problem seems to be that the software for this program is...
July 20th 08 01:27 AM
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July 27th 08 04:31 PM
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Vista upgrade advisor by AZ Trashhauler
I have tried unsuccessfully to install and run the upgrade advisor. Is there another site for obtaining the download other than microsoft?
February 21st 08 10:00 PM
by Colin Barnhorst[_2_] Go to last post
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Audio problem by no audio with Vista & Soundblaster X-Fi
I installed an audio card (Sound Blaster X-Fi model SB046APCS) and I can't hear any sound comming out of my PC (I build it myself). The sound tests tell me everyting is working OK and that there are no confilcts with the card. Yesterday I downloaded the Vista audio driver SBXF_PCDVT_LB_2_15_0004.exe from Creative and still no sound. When performing the diagnostics, I can see a green color...
February 15th 08 05:02 PM
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The pipe state is invalid by Frazer McClelland
Hi, When I try and manage my hardware devices I get this error: The pipe state is invalid. This has only been happening recently though I don't know what I had been doing before it stopped working.
April 13th 08 06:59 PM
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How do i install a PCI to PCMICA Adapter Card RICOH R5C475 by JPatrick
I can’t use the internet because I am unable to install my PCI to PCMICA Adapter Card of which I use to get the WI-FI signal from my provider. My PCI to PCMICA Adapter Card is recognized when I install it in my Windows XP operating system but when I install it in the Vista system I get the error “Vista does not recognize the card” and the system asks me to “insert the disc with the...
February 16th 08 08:01 PM
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where'd the other sidebar go? by Cortney
when i first got my computer i had sidebar that let me browse through lots of gadgets and things, then i went to windows & downloaded a xm radio gadget and it completely changed my sidebar. i want the default sidebar back, those gadgets were better! i can not find out how to delete the xm radio i installed. i can remove it & thats it. ive looked everywhere... someone help! do i have to...
January 20th 08 07:44 AM
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Bluescreen during running Mediaplayer by Mathys J.P
Hi all, i have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate. Ever when i running the Mediaplayer and viewing some .avi files my system crash with a bluescree like this - Problem caused by Realtek 8101/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapter Driver (RTLH86.SYS) This problem was caused by Realtek 8101/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapter Driver (RTLH86.SYS). This program was created by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
May 12th 08 11:58 PM
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PC shuts off at random by jtblake
My computer just powers off wothout warning sometimes then won't turn on again for several minutes. The computer hasn't been overheating or even under heavy load when it happens. Which piece of hardware is the cause of my trouble so that I can replace it? The motherboard is an ABIT IS7, the PSU is a Coolmax 450W, and the CPU is a 2.8GHz P4 Northwood. Or is the problem with something else?...
January 31st 08 09:27 PM
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Dynamic Disks not being detected by janteby
Hello, I have a machine that had XP Pro where I had 1 Drive with my OS & then 2 additional where in Windows I set them up as a RAID 0 Dynamic Volume. I now formatted that OS Drive & installed Vista Ultimate 64bit. When I plug those other 2 Dynamic Volume Drives in, the BIOS detects them but when I boot into Vista it doesn't detect them. They are also not showing up in Disk Management. What...
February 1st 08 11:39 AM
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Vista no longer recognises my mobile device - What gives? by RMcAA
I have 2 computers running Vista (Ultimate on my tower, Home Premium on my laptop). I have a Qtek S200 PDA/phone running Windows Mobile 5.0 OS 5.1.195 (Build 14847.2.0.0). I have set up a Mobile device partnership with my PDA that up to last Friday was working fine and synchronizing my Outlook data between tower and PDA. This is no longer happening. Worse yet, Vista doesn't even recognise...
February 2nd 08 12:59 AM
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Corsair GT won't work with ReadyBoost in x64? by minus19
Hi. I have a Corsair Flash Voyager GT (2gb). It's readyboost certified. I got one my for my GF too, who runs Vista 32 on her latop, works fine for her. I do have 4GB of ram. Would this stop readyboost? I have formatted mine in NTFS, ReadyBoost is on in Services Console, When I retest it says 'Does not mee required....' Any help would be good, Thanks, Marc -- minus19
February 10th 08 02:49 PM
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external hard drive in caddy by Jillie
I recently had a hard drive crash, tried to reinstall Windows XP, got into a muddle and the computer went to a shop where they reinstalled Windows again with drivers. It still didn't work and we bought a new computer. I had backed up my files to CD but they were unreadable when I tried to put them on the new machine. I am resigned to losing them now. I have put the old hard drive into a...
October 3rd 06 06:33 PM
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