I have a 22 inch widescreen monitor and a 9500GT nVidia graphics card. I noticed that the icons and the font in Vista was rather large earlier, so I tried to fix it. I accidentally set the refresh rate too high, and now I'm in Safe Mode trying to see how I can fix this so I can return to normal mode. I've tried restoring the system back to 2.18.10, but it didn't work. All it did was load up the...

Perhaps this is the wrong newsgroup for getting information on the use of a web cam - but, if it is, please point me in the right direction. I can't find a newsgroup for webcams. Thanks.

I want to connect my Sharp Aquos flat screen TV to my computer, and see my desktop on both the TV and computer monitor. Windows Vista Home Premium. HP Pavilion a1610n computer. Galaxy GeForce 8400 GS graphics card, outputs: 1-VGA, 1-DVI, and 1-SVGA. There is no HDMI port on the card. I connected a VGA cable between the motherboard "on-board" VGA port and the TV, figuring that I could use that...

I want to connect my Sharp Aquos flat screen TV to my computer, and see my desktop on both the TV and computer monitor. Windows Vista Home Premium. HP Pavilion a1610n computer. Galaxy GeForce 8400 GS graphics card, outputs: 1-VGA, 1-DVI, and 1-SVGA. There is no HDMI port on the card. I connected a VGA cable between the motherboard "on-board" VGA port and the TV, figuring that I could use that...

Perhaps this is the wrong newsgroup for getting information on the use of a web cam - but, if it is, please point me in the right direction. I can't find a newsgroup for webcams. Thanks.

Hi, I purchased the above PCI Lan card on the strength of this - http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/ed1e3b7d-5ea7-4ad3-be3f-af29f7b48dde1033.mspx?mfr=true But newly installed copy of Home Premium 64 doesn't recognise it and I can't locate the drivers. D-Link technical support maintain they don't have 64 bit drivers available. D-Link sales have said they'll send me a link...

Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricked from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB WD drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1tb drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it's amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time. I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do...

Hi I bought a laptop a few days ago and I install some application on it. I use internet download manager (IDM) to download things when I am downloading this bluescreen occur. My computer description:

TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H ATA. Hi, I’m Carlos, asking for help, I’m runnig Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bits) and my laptop is a Dell Vostro 1000. Somehow I have lost the driver information for the Cd drive, it is a TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H ATA device, when you go to the device manager there is a little yellow exclamation mark, further still in volumes (I think) there is no data. There...

Under Vista Ultimate, when I insert a flash drive, the OS does not recognize it as a USB Mass storage device, and prompts for drivers. Here are some details: 1. This system was upgraded from XP 2. A Sandisk Cruzer Mini 1GB flash drive was installed prior to the upgrade (this device is the only thumbdrive that works) 3. A USB card reader is present (system allocates 4 removable disks) and...

Hi I bought a laptop a few days ago and I install some application on it. I use internet download manager (IDM) to download things when I am downloading this bluescreen occur. My computer description:

I have a HP Pavillion a1632x which came with XP, but was advertised to be upgradeable to Vista. Later on, this option was not supported. This falls on false advertising! Doesn't HP have trial drivers? I called HP, but they don't seem to support Vista for this machine. Last week, I was infected by a virus and was unable to recover my XP OS. I received a copy of Vista at a trade show, and...

I am unable to get my Xbox 360 wireless controller to connect to the wireless receiver under Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. The wireless controller is using a standard battery pack. My PC is running a eVga's Nvidia 680i motherboard, which is controlling the USB ports. The wireless receiver plugs directly into one of the motherboard's rear USB ports. If I power the controller on before I turn...

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as...

I am using vista ultimate, on Asus A8N-VM-CSM Motherboard. PC has no floppy drive and I am attempting to use a USB Floppy drive (Lacie - Pocket USB FDD Myfloppy3). Upon connection nothing happens, a quick check in device manager indicates under USB controllers - standard openHCD USB Host Controller with an (!) exclamation mark. Properties show: ----- This device cannot find enough...

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as...

Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over...

Hi, I tried to reinstall all software for the above after following all solutions from HP website. The software installs up to 96% and then hangs there for both printers I do not know what is causing this problem. The printers will still print, but the icon HP printer solution does not detect printer and therefore I cannot scan a document to email or detect ink levels.

Am not skillful, but would like volume control returned to taskbar. Currently have volume, but it is too loud.If you can fix it, tell me how. Remember I am NOT skillfull. --- frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices/

Hi everyone, when I try to connect my usb pendrive (or any usb pendrive) windows vista, after a form, tries to download driver from internet. Windows update doesn't find a correct driver and the "problems solutions" tells that usb mass storage device of Phison Electronics is not compatible with windows vista. I don't install this driver, and I try do uninstall this one with "Driver Manager"...