How can I make a new shortcut(Icon) for Trash Bin, on my Desktop? I accidently removed it. Thank You Doug

Hello,I just tried upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Vista Ultimate...at first it checked my system for compatibility (yes, I instereted the disk into the CD drive thingy and then clicked upgrade while Home Premium was running)...once it finished checking for compatibility it said this: http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss214/emoboytoy_2009/error.jpg so I searched...

Vista Home Premium 2 New system board and processor. Won't boot. An i7 950 and gigabyte board with high speed 1600 memory. Doing repair doesn't work. Reports something wron with system timings/speed etc. as well could be. Memory folks (OCR) ask me to run memtest400 (it passed all the vista diagnostics).

Not sure if this group is the right one to be addressing this issue as I haven't come across any UseNet windows 7 groups yet. Anyways, I have a a good working IDE 400Gb drive that I'm wanting to install windows 7 ultimate (32bit) on and everytime I get to where I have to choose a drive, a blank window pops up. There is an option for installation of "mass storage" drivers to install but I have...

Vista Home Premium 2 New system board and processor. Won't boot. An i7 950 and gigabyte board with high speed 1600 memory. Doing repair doesn't work. Reports something wron with system timings/speed etc. as well could be. Memory folks (OCR) ask me to run memtest400 (it passed all the vista diagnostics).

Not sure if this group is the right one to be addressing this issue as I haven't come across any UseNet windows 7 groups yet. Anyways, I have a a good working IDE 400Gb drive that I'm wanting to install windows 7 ultimate (32bit) on and everytime I get to where I have to choose a drive, a blank window pops up. There is an option for installation of "mass storage" drivers to install but I have...

I have just got a new computer which is running Windows Vista Home Premium on 64 bit system. Unfortunately I can not find a driver for my scanner which is an Epson Perfection 1650. Epson have one for the 32 bit system but have not produced one for the 64bit version of Vista. Can anyone help, preferably in non technical terminology?

Im trying to help a friend with his laptop. Basically he boots and gets "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully" Eventually he tells me that he gets to this menu Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt

I know this isn't exactly the right group but I couldn't find a windows7 newsgroup. I bought a Windows 7 Ultimate DVD off ebay (don't laugh), but what I actually got I'm not sure is legal so I'd appreciate some advice before doing the return/refund thing. The disc was advertised as genuine with a product key. When it arrived however this DVD is an obvious copy burnt on a PC, not a factory made...

Need urgent help, Got from faculty Windows Vista. While rebooting, for a clean installation i get every time the message: Missing ntldr. press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to reboot. Boot priority is set to DVD drive. But still same answer. After formating partition same message is appearing again. Previous OS is Win XP. Coul it be that, while copying DVD, a boot file is missing? Please help.... Pike

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...

I've just done a clean reinstall of a three-year-old copy of Vista Home Basic and I'm having problems getting service packs one and two installed. I've gotten a bunch of updates from Microsoft, but what I'd like to do is uninstall them and replace them with service packs one and two. How do I do that and where can I get the service packs? Thanks much. Post Originated from...

I've just done a clean reinstall of a three-year-old copy of Vista Home Basic and I'm having problems getting service packs one and two installed. I've gotten a bunch of updates from Microsoft, but what I'd like to do is uninstall them and replace them with service packs one and two. How do I do that and where can I get the service packs? Thanks much. Post Originated from...

I want to install Windows 7.I have 2 Hard Drives, both are portioned in 2 . If I install windows 7 by booting into Vista, inserting the Windows 7 DVD and run setup. This way I can assign drive letters that I will want to use consistently in both Operating Systems I am a little bit confused after reading about installing Win 7. If I boot from Win 7 DVD it will assign the letter C: to its...

Hi Folks, I posted this question to the Windows 7 forum but did not get an answer so I'm trying here. I have installed Windows 7 and can't find Windows Mail (Not Windows Mail Live). I want to transfer all my email stuff from Windows Mail to Outlook or Windows Mail Live. How do I do that after the Windows 7 install? TIA,

After the Compatibility Test the setup says that i need to update the drivers for "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" so i went to the net and downloaded the latest chipset drivers for my Intel 946GZ and ran the setup again but still the same error comes... any advice??? (i already ran Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor a couple of times and no issues where found and said that Vista Business...

I want to install Windows 7.I have 2 Hard Drives, both are portioned in 2 . If I install windows 7 by booting into Vista, inserting the Windows 7 DVD and run setup. This way I can assign drive letters that I will want to use consistently in both Operating Systems I am a little bit confused after reading about installing Win 7. If I boot from Win 7 DVD it will assign the letter C: to its...

Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Download size: 5.4 MB Windows Update repeatedly tells me it has installed KB954430 successfully, then tells me that the same critical update is available to install. Has it really installed and why does the update keep coming up again? Thanks

I cannot get any Newsgroups for Windows 7 when I click on Tools/Newsgroups. How can I correct this? Please use easy instructions since I am self-taught user. Thank you.

Guys I'm trying to use WinPE 2.0 to create a bootable Dual Layer DVD for image deployment purposes. I've tried it with a resulting ISO that is 7.5GB in size and one that is 5.7GB, but both fail to boot. The error is File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe Status: 0xc0000001