I have a new Dell Studio Desktop 540 using Vista SP1. Very early on I started getting "Windows defender" error on screen "Application failed to initialize: error 0x800106ba. I was getting it on each startup until isolating via MS Config. The "Windows Defender" program does not appear in control panel. I went to "Windows update" page, as I arrived there it said on important update was waiting,...

Hi guys, I have Windows Vista Home Premium and can not find a driver for my HP Scanjet 6200c. I've contacted HO to no avail. The HP Tech Support informed me that no driver exist for Windows Vista, and that there are no plans to create one in the future. Thanks --

Hi all to can help me. I had my pc down for a day or 2 so i could move it to another room. When i stick my memory card in, the pc does nothing. But before it would. It had no problem recongizing it. I have 3 different cards and tried all 3 of them. Ive gone into device manager and its not in there, but says the device is working properly.I used my usb sd reader and that works fine. I was able to...

I just got a new Toshiba Satellite with vista and alps pointing device. The physical touch pad is so large my right hand rests on the right side of the pad while I'm trying to manuever with my right index finger. What I'd like to do is somehow disable somehow this portion of the pad my hand naturally rests on. I've gone through the pad manager and haven't found anyway to do this. Any thoughts? I...

I have: _Lite-On_it_: CD-RW DVD-RW combo Drive model: DH-20A4P Which I have installed the newest Drivers from their site. When I go to format a DVD-R it says 720MB. No option for 4.2 GB Plus when I put a new CD or DVD in the player. Explorer file manger does not refresh the screen. Data from the old CD is displayed. There is no Auto screen that pops up when I insert a new CD or DVD.

I have a built in sd card reader in my Rizeon laptop which appears in device manager as working ok and most upto date driver installed. It also appears in the safely remove device icon. However nothing appears in my computer and I cannot find any way to access the drive. I have windows vista home premium installed fully updated. I suspect the problem could be something to do with windows vista....

I have a Gateway MT6485 laptop with a Marvell TOPDOG (TM) PCI-Express 802.11 1n Wireless (EC85) wireless adapter. The adapter does not work after the laptop is put in sleep mode. Recently, after being on for a period of time the adapter didn't even show up in the "Manage Network Connections" screen. Whenever either of these two problems happen the only way to correct it is to restart the...

Anyone seen this: Bluescreen that Windows thinks is related to the wireless card. Fault bucket PAGE_NOT_ZERO, type 0 Name Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3 Product Type Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Installed Yes

I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution, but can se the problem solved anywhere. I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the solutions that involve that. thx in advance

Error with this archive... what can i do?

Mark, If I understand you correctly, you said you were able to use Windows XP 64bit SCSI drivers to inside of Vista 64bit OS by loading the driver before installation, correct? If so, what do you mean by loading the driver before installation? My understanding is that Vista does not have the F6 function to load SCSI drivers anymore. So besides using the "Load Driver" by browsing to a...

What is the solution to the this fault?

As of yesterday, my PS/2 keyboard will not work when I boot up Vista. What is odd is that it *will* still work in the bios and on the prompt asking whether to boot in safe mode. The keyboard is just a generic PS/2 keyboard. I also tried plugging in another keyboard, to no avail. Lastly, I do not own a USB keyboard of any sort. Does anybody have any ideas?

I have come home to my printer (after using printer in vacation home) and my laptop computer can't find this printer. I found in the UBS Safely Remove Hardware that the printer is now listed as a subfolder under mass storage device. (UBS Mass Storage Device then a subfolder HP photosmart 2600xi then subfolder generic volume g). I think the problem is that the printer is now in Mass Storage...

My computer shuts down suddenly once a day or once every other day. I get a bluescreen. I went into the Event Viewer and i got these info about the bluscreen. Can somebody please help me to solve this problem?? Thank you in advance.

My computer shuts down suddenly once a day or once every other day. I get a bluescreen. So i went to Event Viewer and i got the following info regarding this error. Can somebody please help me to get this error fix?? Thank you in advance!! Fault bucket 0xD1_e100b325!LsSw_PreGamla_CompleteTcpXsum+84, type 0 Event Name: BlueScreen Response:

Hello All, I was hoping someone may be able to provide some help. I am continually shutting down. I beleive it is somewhat related to my ethernet. The event file and fault bucket is as follows: Log Name: Application Source: Windows Error Reporting Date: 11/26/2008 11:07:31 AM Event ID: 1001 Task Category: None

I have a 750 GB sata 3.0 HDD which i'm trying to connect to a sata RAID card or motherboard. I've connected my hard drive using an sata cable to both my motherboard and my raid card. When i try either this prevents windows froms starting. The motherboard sata is 3.0gb/s, the raid card is 1.5gb/s. I've tried all jumper settings and made sure all cables are working. I have another sata drive...

My old mouse is dieing so i got a new one, i installed it as i was told to but it does not work. When i plug it in saying it was installed ok and there is power getting to the mouse as it all lights up, but the laser never turns on. I collected all the working mouses i had avalible and found that none of them work but if i plug my old mouse in it works right away i really need help on this as i...

I have a Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard as part of a desktop package. This was working fine until Vista Update installed something and it stopped working. I have tried to roll back and un-install with no joy. I have also tried to Re-install the drivers for this also with no joy as all I get is the following error "Error # 1612". Please help