I just purchased a new CPU/Motherboard along with a full (OEM) version of Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I bought the 64 bit version without really thinking. The CPU is 64 bit, so I figured I'd buy the 64 bit version of Vista. What a mistake that was! Very few of the drivers that came with the motherboard work, even though the motherboard is "certified" for Vista. Printer drivers that I...

Hello! Can anyone out there help me? I have an old but, I think, still fairly 'healthy' machine with Windows 2000 (long since updated with Service Pack 4, as I have noted is required for what I'm trying to do here). I intend soon to purchase and upgrade to Widows Vista. Before doing so, I have been trying to download "Easy Transfer" from the page which (upon clicking the 'validation'...

I successfully installed Vista Premium Home 64 bit from my retail version of Vista 64 bit OS on one HD, an ATA 100. However I was unhappy with the drive performance and returned it to the store. I also had an external DVD ROM connected to a USB port. This installation process was incredibly long. Mus have taken about 4 hours just for vista to run the entire installation. When I did get vista...

When I first load Vista Business, it says "browseui'dll" is missing and explorer.exe cannot load without it. Therefore I cannot load the task bar or anything can someone please help me? I really want to get this to work!

some of the new tricks (displaying the open windows in a three-d "deck") are neat -- but one thing I like is to have the "focus" of the window simply follow the mouse, such that simply touching a window brings it to the forefront for input, not requiring a click I think this was a PowerToy in some versions of Windows and actually part of the program in other versions (under Mouse setup) --...

My friend has a 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate with sub-folder called "Folder Settings" on every folder. Have any got idea, how to fix the issue?

I installed the latest version of iTunes (7.3) in my laptop which is running windows vista home premium. The istallation is apparently succesful until i try to open itunes. When i do this, the message "iTunes has stopped working, a problem caused the program to stop working correctly" pops up. Any ideas oh how i can get itunes to work on my laptop? It was working fine before, until i reset...

I installed Vista business about three weeks ago, and a week ago, I managed to complete destroy my motherboard. Today I received my replacement and reinstalled Vista, only to find I can't activate it successfully. It says "the product key you have entered is already in use". How can I resolve this? Thanks

Hello, Is there a way to "Load Driver" from a Script / Batch File / Command Line / WMI / API ? If yes: how ? Per example: Load a Driver for Intel SATA RAID. With diskpart.exe i saw that i can RESCAN the disks, also using a script, but What about Load a Driver ?

MS Vista Ultimate Logs give me multiple "LoadPerf" errors. Could someone please help me pinpoint the source and/or how to fix/troubleshoot these errors. Thanks for all help and advice. Copy from error log as follows: Log Name: Application

Hello, Why do I get the "Location is not available" box with the "Access is denied" error when I try to access some files and/or folders through Vista's Windows Explorer? I'm the only one who accesses this PC, so having multiple profiles would be completely overkill and unnecessary, if this has anything to do with the problem.

I have an application that has worked fine for years with XP and 2K. When I install on a CP with Windows Vista Ultimate (must be Ultimate), I get a message box saying that 50comupd.exe may not have installed correctly. The message box gives me two options, "Reinstall using recommended settings" , and "This program installed correctly". If I click either, everything is fine. But, I'd...

Hello, When starting 3rd party app there is a Windows popup warning about missing digiital signature certificate. Which Vista settings are responsible for that message? I need to disable it. Thanks, Fred

OK well I need a break from trying to debug Vista I may as well vent. OK well Ive gotten the "MIssing opperating system" black screen message pop up way to many times. Blue screens of death 2-3 times a day, Reinstalling Vista 5 times now and counting. Thought I had it licked untill I went and installed Norton 360, here we go again, get me some tylenol.Well Im guessing everyone is still in Guini...

Hello, I am selling my current computer with a retail Vista Home Premium to buy a new, more updated system. I want to remove Vista from my current system to install it on the new one. Will I have any difficulty to re-activate on my new system? What should I tell support, and can I get any reference to mention that it is viable? In addition, will it cause trouble that I am moving between...

Hello. Just downloaded Vista RC1 64-bit version and I can't get it to install. When I run the DVD is says "Setup cannot run on this version of the Operating System. To install Windows please try booting from the install media." Then when I click setup, it says "Not a valid Win32 application." I am running XP Home SP2. How do I get it to install?

Event ID 4373 Upgraded laptop to Vista Ultimate (yes it is all vista compliant) upgrade went great, now trying to install mmc 3.0 or any small admin update from Microft and receive error above. I have plenat or ram and drive space. Please help

I have a new Acer T180 PC and tried upgrading from XP to Vista over the weekend. It went fine until the last stage of the installation, and now if I turn my machine on, I can only start it in safe mode, and then I get a black screen with "Out of Range" on it. I cannot switch the PC off unless I unplug it (which can't be right can it?). HELP!!! I have tried a number of support phone...

We just replaced 2 dvd drives in a Dell 8400. After doing so, we don't know how to make our computer recognize the drives. Unfortunately that is why we replaced them in the first place.... Anyway, when we try to use the "D" drive we get the message "please insert a disc into drive D" even thought there is a disc in the drive. According to the Device Manager, the device is working...

Full Version Vista Ultimate OS stops 10 minutes in and asks "Please insert the driver disc" Which driver I ask myself, wow....any given motherboard may have upwards of 20 different drivers (Not including Video card, etc.) depending on how hard the manufacturer worked on compatibility? So I have an ECS Elite Group G33T-M2 Windows Vista Certified motherboard. So I spend considerable time...