Hi i have a danish version of Vista home premium on my laptop (acer aspire 5610z) the problem is, when i open up speech recognition in the control panel, al it says is: "Configure your Speech recognition experience" "If you would like to learn more about speech related tools and support from Microsoft, Please visit the Microsoft speech online community" -- including

Hi Everyone,I just recently re-installed vista onto my brother's computer. He is not computer savvy so he asked me to do it (the computer person of the family).So I first downloaded this program called ProduKey to get his product key for his computer. The reason I did this b/c I tried using my vista disc to re-install his OS and his product key ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS LAPTOP is supposedly...

Hi Everyone,I just recently re-installed vista onto my brother's computer. He is not computer savvy so he asked me to do it (the computer person of the family).So I first downloaded this program called ProduKey to get his product key for his computer. The reason I did this b/c I tried using my vista disc to re-install his OS and his product key ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS LAPTOP is supposedly...

I've been using the windows update tool to manually keep security and bug patches current on my laptop but every time (tried four times over several months) I install sp2 it breaks most subsequent updates. After installing sp2 most of the subsequent updates fail with a nondescript error code that suggests corruption in system files when I try to install them. I use the system restore to...

While re-installing Vista Home Premium recently, I seem to have lost the C-Prompt which I always found on the start menu under "system tools". Can anyone tell me how to get it back? I never had this happen before but I cannot seem to locate it. Many thanks for the help. Gene L.

Hi. I need help with this. I haven't update my computer since I got it which was in 2007. I have the updates on automatic, and the system itself looks for updates every morning at 9:00 AM. For the past weeks everyday I've gone to Windows Updates and clicked "Install Updates" but every time it gives me an error saying "Some updates were not installed" And out of 30 recommended updates and 2...

I've been using the windows update tool to manually keep security and bug patches current on my laptop but every time (tried four times over several months) I install sp2 it breaks most subsequent updates. After installing sp2 most of the subsequent updates fail with a nondescript error code that suggests corruption in system files when I try to install them. I use the system restore to...

I have Toshiba notebook with Vista. I need to connect HP LaserJet 1160 printer. My notebook doesn't detect the printer. How can I install dot4 port on the notebook?

After installing MS Office 2003 on my Vista PC, I am unable to find a way to change the colors for the frame/window/toobar area's theme for any Office 2003 program. They all have that ugly XP blue theme to them. Is there a way to change this to silver like in XP? The desktop is fine and I can change those color just fine. It is only inside the Office programs that I can't change the...

i 1. I am on Windows Vista Business with SP1 installed 2. Until recently I used the Command Prompt for some things and it worked fine. 3. I usually run it at administrator level clicking on context menu SHIFT /"Open Command Window Here" and then opening at administrator level. But it then stopped working. 4. Very recently Keying in Cmd.exe either in Start Search or Run brings up the Command...

I have Toshiba notebook with Vista. I need to connect HP LaserJet 1160 printer. My notebook doesn't detect the printer. How can I install dot4 port on the notebook?

My desktop(zoostorm)keeps shutting itself off, scans reveal no virus, after running memory diagnostic windows will not load, I want to a full reinstallation but I dont have a cd as it was pre-installed, i'm told to click f8 repeatedly at start up but unsure where to go from there to restore the factory settings, something about advanced boot, command prompt, repair restore etc, I have my...

I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared the printer but nothing works. This...

Dose anyone know of a good sync to external drive software that does not take hours to scan the drive? Thank you for your help.

Dose anyone know of a good sync to external drive software that does not take hours to scan the drive? Thank you for your help.

Hi, Vista x64 SP2 with 500GB Seagate SATA HDD. I can resume from standby, but it can take up to 10 minutes for it to work again. I believe it's the HDD not waking up (powering up) immediately when it resumes (S3 Hybrid Sleep).

Hi, I'm tryingto install Win 7 to a USB harddisk but I'm getting an error message saying that Win 7 can not be installed on a USB drive. Microsoft support people say it could be done, but they would not offer help. Has anyone an idea?

Am reinstalling Windows Vista after a virus infected my PC. I am reinstalling vista but after booting from DVD Vista does not recognise my SATA hard disk on the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen. There are no issues with the hard disk and this happened once before but I can't remember how I solved this.  My problem is the Vista installer not recognising my hard disk so I...

I'm not very good with computers, but ive had mine for 2 years and its getting slow and i have not had any protection on it in a while. my laptop is a dell inspiron 1501 and i need help. i want to just reset it and start over as if it was brand new in the box. i was told that i just need to put in my operating system disk and it will restart everything. first is this true then, second if i do...

Hi, I'm tryingto install Win 7 to a USB harddisk but I'm getting an error message saying that Win 7 can not be installed on a USB drive. Microsoft support people say it could be done, but they would not offer help. Has anyone an idea?