After initial install all was OK. I then transferred files & settings from XP machine. Since then the screen saver will not activate,system does not seem to recognise the power saving settings, does not turn off monitor at all. Any help would be appreciated, this was pre-installed so I have no CD to re-run setup. Microsoft tells me the prod ID is invalid and the manufacturer says its a...

windows encountered a problem installing the driver software four your device USB Printing Support An error occurred during the installation of the device The Driver installation file for this device is missing a necessary entry.this may be because the INF was written for windows 95 or later.Contact your Hardware vendor this is the error message

Yesterday when started COD4 my computer locked up. So I had to reset it, done that, but it wouldn't start up anymore. So I put in the vista cd-rom, but when it had loaded all the files, there is just a black screen, nothing more ..... What can I do?

I bought a new pc with Vista-64 ultimate OEM installed. But now I discovered that I cannot use it, because I need Cisco VPN IPSec Client to connect to work, and Cisco does not support Vista 64. So my question is. Can I get a refund on Vista, or a credit toward purchase of XP Pro, or can I resell Vista to someone else? thanks, john

I was playing a pool game on my notebook, and when I stopped my Icon's and all programs have become very large. How do I return everything to a normal setting? I tried to restore my system but it didn't work. Thanks

Does anyone know where I can post a question about Vista PE 2.0 and application development, specifically what languages are supported to run within Vista PE. Thank you.

Everytime I try to install SP1 on my DELL XPS 700 I get stuck in a rebooting loop when the time to restart comes. I get the following message Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

was installing the stand alone Vista pack and keep getting this error code any help will be appreciated. Cheers Ian still learning

I am looking for some answers since no one seems to be able to tell me. I have a laptop that is using a limited license being that it is limited to the one machine. In this case my laptop. I had some issues and sent it in for repair. It needs a new motherboard and for 25 dollars more I authorized a better processor, still 32 bit, but 1.7 Ghz to 2.3 Ghz. It couldn't hurt for 25...

I have a WD MyBook external hard drive, capacity 250GB. It is a USB device and needs no drivers, or at least it didn't when connected to my previous HP notebook running XP. When I connect it to my latest HP notebook (Compaq 6720s), it shows up in Device Manager, which lists it as working properly. However, there is no sign of it in Explorer or in Computer. When I look in Admin Tools under...

Going round and round in circles, all support sources useless so far. Any help would be really appreciated. 3 Days ago I had a Compaq notebook (6720s) that was working OK, although USB functionality was pretty random. Then I tried to install Vista SP1 as offered by Windows Update. The install failed. 2 different System Restore points also fail.... Terrific. System no longer shows DVD...

Hi, I'm new to these forums and I have a couple of questions about upgrading to a 64 bit OS system, Currently I am running a AMD athlon 64 x2 Dual core Processor. About 2 Gigs of RAM(Looking to upgrade to 8 hence getting 64 bit OS) Asus M2N32 Deluxe motherboard. As far as I know and have heard is that it can run a 64 bit OS system. Anyways I have a few questions and I am in need of dire...

Hello Can somebody help me with screen saver display please. If I have left my laptop idle for about 10-15 minutes, the screen goes black, and only lights up again when I use the cursor. How can I set it up so the screen doesn't do this. I would like it set permantley if possible please so I can see the screen all the time. Many thanks for any help. R.T.

hey, recently i have had problems with vista. I have tried resoring it back a few days but the resrtore program does not work. I have tried error checking both drives but it makes no difference. I want to try uninstaling and re-instaling vista (vista came on my laptop) I still have all the disks that came with my laptop and was wondering how to do this. Do i just stick in the os dick and...

I have a Vista Basic 64 machine running on a Q6600 and an ASUS motherboard. It has passed validation and wga and it started to not finish the booting cycle just yesterday. I stops at "loaded: .....crcdisk.sys and doesn't go past this point. Any ideas on how to fix it other than doing a complete reload from scratch? thanks, charles......

After installing Vista, I can no longer get to Bios using the keyboard. Any suggestions? Larry

I recently purchased a new HP notebook that came with Vista Home Premium. The first thing I do with any computer I buy is to reinstall the OS to get rid of all the crap the manufacturers put on. Prior to doing this I got the Vista key by using keyfinder. I then took my MSDN copy of Vista that has all flavors of Vista but installs a particular flavor depending on the key you give it. I...

I've looked over the documentation pretty carefully. Not working out for me. I enter "cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk (insert KMS here) from and elevated cmd prompt. I get Run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0xC004F015' to display the error text. Error: 0xC004F015

Hello Can somebody please help me with the view tab. Once I click on my programmes, or folders on a drive, I have to keep on going to the "views" and then select "LIST" which is how I want to be able to use this option all the time. How can I set it up so that any time I click on any folder, it displays it that way without having to keep on clicking on the views tab, then selecting list. I am...