There is an untitled icon always present in the notification area of my taskbar. This Icon appears to be a locked padlock with the number 9 on it. When I pass my cursor over it no title or description appears and nothing appears to happen when I right click, left click or double click on it. I have searched the help files and browsed Windows Explorer looking for a file with such an icon and...

Hi, I have had a corrupted system for some reason so had to remove everything and restart. However. The Vista Product Key on the bottom of my Laptop has faded so a few of the letters look unrecognisable. I have tried what I believe it to be and it doesn't work. As I have not exactly lost my Product Key, Is there a way to get this product key from somewhere without paying for a new one ?? I...

All, I have Vista Ultimate x64 Extreme, with 8 GB of memory, Q9300, and 2 velociraptors. I do NOT overclock, but would like Vista to use more of the memory. Typical load usage of memory is 2GB - about 25% of my total memory Maximum use of memory was 3GB - I would rather have Vista use memory than to use swap file. How can I

Hi ya I thinking of buying the Vista upgrade on CD. Can you install on more than one computer from the same disk. Thanks

This is a public service announcement to help solve what appears to be a common problem but that ASUS and Microsoft don't seem to care about. APPLIES TO ASUS F3S series Notebooks SYMPTOMS Machine was working fine until a Windows Update caused machine to

XP Death Watch http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/27/XP-deathwatch-T-minus-five-weeks_1.html Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains the most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metrics vendor Net Applications, for example, pegs XP as driving 73 percent of the personal computers that went

Hello, Actually, I have problem with installing software in vista, At first this installation request to access to registry, and i face to below error message: Error performing installer tasks - System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowSecurityException(ExceptionResource resource) at Microsoft.win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey(String...

Final release Vista Ultimate took a long time calculating remaining time to copy a file. when I rebooted, I got the blue screen with this message: TOP: c0000218 (registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable. How do I recover the registry from a possible automatic system...

Hi all I am trying to set a system proxy in vista by using the follwing command netsh winhttp set proxy : It always comes back with 'Error writing proxy settings. (5) access is denied.' I have also tried but get the same message.

hi, This is my rig. Therefore, I've checked that all items are Vista compatible. AMD X2 3800+, Gigabyte K8N SLI (latest drivers from NVidia) , 2x7600GT Sli (latest drivers from Nvidia), 2x 80 GB WD PATA, 1x80GB Sata2, Enermax PSU 500W 2 GB RAM, 1xDVD- R/W, 1xDVD-ROM. Vista Ultimate 32 bit (Retail) R6000.

heee he, Vista is failing in the marketplace, just like we all suspected. now there is confirmation. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its new Vista operating system may be ³overly aggressive.² http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/16/vistasales/index.php http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1519795020070215

A classic clip showing what Vista users must deal with... http://snipurl.com/19r0y If they would just wisen up and get a Mac, the world would be a happier place! http://www.apple.com/hardware/ http://www.apple.com/software/

Mark Conrad wrote: Are MVPs on the payroll, or merely volunteers? If not, do those people get any sort of kickback from Microsoft,such as a discount on software? Would it be a good idea for Apple to employ "MVPs" also, or not? no. and if the posts in the vista groups are any indication, most of

I've tried to build an answer file with Windows System Image Manager (6.0.6000.16386). Every time I'm trying to manage DiskConfiguration I get an error message as soon as I want to save the file: Error saving Path\file.xml Details: Line 41: Unknown setting attribute xmlns:wcm. Can anybody help me? I've no clue to get this problem solved with WSIM. This is the important (I guess so) part out...

my stepdaughter's laptop's hd crashed (unusable), she of course lost the system disc. I have my laptop and system disc, both laptops are gateway but different models 6752 and 6836. I have a new hd on order, and I will install vista with my disc and her windows product key (her laptop) I shouldn't have any problem with that right? thanks

I looked at Users & Groups and do not find a user or group named TrustedInstaller. However, that user is listed as owner of the C:\ drive. Do I need to add a user or something? Thanks. Mike

While trying to reinstall Vista I repeatedly get the error message "Windows could not assign a drive letter to a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code 0x80004005" This was after an activation error message locked me out of the system (my browser wouldn't run as well) so I decided to reinstall. During the repeated install...

This is the message I get when trying to run the setup with the digital locker... Cannot extract Windows Vista Setup to your hard drive. Please ensure that you can create files and folders in the same folder where VistaSetUpPrep.exe was downloaded. Any suggestions??

I have tried at least 5 times now to install Home Premium. Every time in the expanding step (the second one in installation) I get error message 0x80070003 stating some files cannot be found. What is wrong, obviously all the files I have are on the disk. I am clean installing it on a wiped hard drive that I format with the Home Premium disk prior to installing. Someone please help.

I have a 32 bit version of windows vista Home. Is there any way I can get a free copy of 64 bit vista home or an upgrade disk or anything, I want to go out and buy windows Ultimate 64 bit but is that the only version that is 64 bit?