my vista freezes during installation. yes, my hard drive was brand new and clean. im wondering if i should try the 32bit vista. the 64bit disk i had was a brand new oem disk with no scratches. after my vista failed, i loaded a bootleg copy of xp onto the pc and that installed fine. i think it was a 32bit. all my parts are brand new. i bought the vista a couple months ago and had the problem...

Hi, I have a Sony Ericsson K850i that I have used with XP with no problems but am now using Vista and have problems with the drivers. I have downloaded the latest drivers from SE site and installed them. When I connect, Vista says the device has malfunctioned and Vista does not recognise it. I have used Device Manager to investigate and it says there are no drivers installed. I have...

Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem I have using a USB hard drive. When it's connected windows vista goes through the usual USB driver installation process without a problem, however the hard drive doesn't show up in explorer. Nor does it show up in computer management/disk management. It does show up in computer management/device manager/disk drives.

I have a SD card but it can't be read in Windows Vista Ultimate. I have tried serval times and format it fully but it's still can't be read. Then I tried other SD card and it can be read in Windows Vista Ultimate. So I think it would be some problems with my SD card and then I use my roomate's computer with Windows Vista Home Premium to read my SD card. It is fine to read the card. Can anybody...

mulitmedia keyboard driver has stopped working. this is the message I get at start up... what does this mean? Is is fixable?? I KNOW ITS A HARDWARE PROBLEM AND NOT A SOFTWARE PROBLEM -- shannon Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

I cannot get my DVD player to run a DVD or a CD Rom. I have this error. This device cannot start. (Code 10) Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available. When I check for solutions it never comes back with anything. Any help would be great.

If you have HP and are experiencing audio issues..... Simply go to: http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/454897-0-0-225-121.html Enter a product name / number (press enter) Click the correct product name / number (most likely at the top of list shown) Select your system (pick Vista) Click Conexant High Definition Audio date of 4-2007 (at the top)t Scroll down and click Install Now button

The installation stps with a message that, " Can not with Run As command. Login as an administrator" I am there as an administrator already. What should I do. The printer is HO Laser Jet 2840.

Hi, i'm using Vista RTM 6000 ..and i have a problem ... i have a rewritable CD that i use it from long time ago ..it work with Window XP greatly...but when i use it with vista burning option ..the Vista burned it and closed it .... i put the rewritable disk again to erase it the system refused to do this and said that the CDis not rewritable nd can not to be erased..i'm very upset from this...

When I click on the "switching between windows" quicklaunch icon, it just gives me a blue box with small icons to select from (desktop, comptuer, etc). There isn't the cool feature of cycling through the panes. Does anyone have this problem and know how to remedy it? I think this started after I downloaded a couple of Vista updates two days ago.

Please help (or point me in the right direction). I've noticed most of my hard drive is full. http://i36.tinypic.com/2888rqu.jpg] There's no way I have that much on it. So I've had an explore and noticed this;

i noticed that every 30 minutes or so when i am playing media player radio stations and solitaire that my screen goes blank for a few seconds and then comes back on. what could this mean? any help would be appreciated.

I am using a HP Pavillion dv6000 with Windows Vista home premium. I am trying to install the driver Mobile Intel 945gm Express Chipset Family Driver. After three times I am at a loss as to what to do next. I keep getting the message that it didn't install and I wonder if anyone else has had this problem. Sharyn Mitchell -- Sharyn

When I connect my SonyEricsson W850 phone to computer Vista try to install drivers automatically and didn't find drivers.. Then it tell's me that found solution: This problem was caused by Sony Ericsson W850 USB Modem. Sony Ericsson W850 USB Modem was created by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. A solution is available that will solve this problem. Solution

I just bought a new Acer desktop that came with the Windows Vista OS. I have had a few problems installing my old programs on this system, but, for the most part, I have managed to work my way around these issues with the help of updates, drivers, and patches. However, I am having a problem with installing my HP Deskjet F335 All-in-One. When I first tried to install the software, it came...

I have 4 HDs total. A WD Raptor 74gb, 2x WD raptor 150gb, and a WD Caviar SE 320gb. I uninstalled both the chipset and display drivers from Nvidia, and then booted in safe mode to use Driver Sweeper to remove any remnants. Upon reinstalling both drivers, my 2 150gb HDs which are in RAID 0 are not showing up at all. During the BIOS boot, it shows the RAID array as healthy. In the BIOS, no...

I am running Vista Home Premium upgrade from Dell. When I try to open the device manager, I simply get an error message that says "class not registered" and then nothing happens. Any advice? Thanks.

Hi, Hope someone can help. I have an Advent 7113 laptop and the DVD / CD drive has stopped reading anything. I have no evidence in device manager that there is a problem (i.e. no symbols) and the drive also seems to be making noises when trying to read. Is there a software issue or update that I can download . . . please help!!! Many thanks for any replies.

Hey all, Going to be building a new computer soon with Vista. Was wondering if the old Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 will work (with Force Feedback support of course) or if I'm going to have to upgrade sticks to something with Vista support. Thanks!

I am running a Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista Home Edition. A few days ago we had a power failure. When I rebooted the computer it came up with a message at the early stages of rebooting saying 'Error Occurred (0)' in red for one of the disk drives. The other one is fine. It goes on to load windows, and I can get into Vista and run most programs, but it does not run IE7, I cannot get any...