I've just purchased vista preinstalled on a toshiba laptop. I've attempted to load software onto it three times and each time, after I load it and then turn the system off, when I turn the system on again, I have to start it in safe mode. Then the only thing that I can think of to do is a system restore to a set point prior to my software installations. ( the software is primarily...

I tried to install a program on my computer, it has compatibility issues, so I tried to uninstall the program and get "error 1316". Will not let me uninstall or reinstall. Any ideas? -- cj

I have a 20" widescreen monitor, but cannot seem to get full screen. Any suggestions?

Embarrassed to say I have been reading community posts and trying to install flash player to IE for over a year now. I have tried the uninstall, reinstall etc...even having somebody walk me through checking the registry. I am running VISTA. I can download Mozilla Firefox and download Flash Player to it without a hitch. Even after uninstalling it, I can NEVER successfully install Flash to...

Hi, I purchased and installed the Academic version of Vista Premium and installed it on one laptop. I had a hard drive problem and had to reformat it, and I reinstalled the same Vista on the same laptop. Now I keep getting an error message saying that my product key is already in use. Its in use by this computer! I've tried to find a way to contact Microsoft...but, no luck. I really...

I have just bought all the parts and put together a computer. Now I am trying to install vista ultimate. Unfortunately I get an error code 80070017 and it says windows cannot install required files. The copy of vista ultimate is brand new. Is there any way around this??

I was invited to download RC1 by Microsoft, and was sent an activation code for it. I just installed it, but when I tried to submit the activation code, it would not accept it, stating that is was wrong for the version I installed. Since my current computer has Windows XP home, I chose Vista Home Basic using activation code, YH62X-HW37X-639K8-GV22D-Y28FD, would you be able to send me an...

I am trying to find information out about removing Windows Vista Home Basic off my machine, which dual boots between Windows XP Home SP2 and Vista RC1. If I run XP System Recovery/BootFix/MBR will that take me back to my original XP Boot menu, then I can reformat the partition that Vista is on? Or do I need to do something from within side of Vista instead? I installed the wrong beta copy of...

I am trying to find information out about removing Windows Vista Home Basic off my machine, which dual boots between Windowx XP Home SP2 and Vista RC1. If I run XP System Recover/BootFix/MBR will that take me back to my original XP Boot menu, then I can reformat the partition that Vista is on? I installed the wrong beta copy of Vista, that is why I am asking.

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Folks- I need to figure out how to edit the Safe Mode boot menu (F8, Advanced Options). I want to prevent a backdoor to Internet Access, by essentially removing the "Safe Mode with Networking" option from the F8 menu. Does anyone know how to get at that menu in Windows Vista? thanks in advance.

I was trying to install a bluetooth software, and I am logged as an administrator all the time, but I keep getting the following note: "You do not have sufficient privileges to complete this installation for all users of the machine. Log on as an administrator and then retry this installation." I was trying with right click on installation icon and then clicking "Run as an administrator" but...

I have been having problems with computer not going to sleep, tried many things but in end gave up. Yesterday there was a very large number of downloads and now computer goes to sleep with no problems. Anyone know if they have now rectifieed problem. Must also check to see if "calender" now functions OK

I use my PC to dual boot between XP and Vista, with XP being on a separate hard disk to Vista. XP is on drive c:, I have a d: data hard disk and Vista is on e:. Up until Sunday morning my XP installation was running fine, when suddenly I received an error while running a program, and found I couldn't restart it. However, during a restart, I was abruptly informed the...

Greeting all, Has anyone else used and had problems with the Vista Migration Wizard? I've got a dual boot setup with Windows XP Pro and Vista RC1. Both OS's are operating fine. I recently decided to test the Vista Migration Wizard and used the setup wizard to copy the tool to my USB drive. I then rebooted back to XP and the USB key automatically launched the Wizard when inserted. The Wizard...