Hello out there , I would like to know if anyone can help me get the sound turned back on on this computer I recently had to reset back to factory defaults for a display driver problem now I seem to not have any sound I am sure I am not muted checked that and speakers are also plugged in they also worked before display problem any suggestion would be helpful thank-you

A few weeks ago I upgraded my laptop from XP home premium to vista home premium. After the thrity days trial period the OS locked and it only gives me access to Explorer to validate my copy of Vista. However i am getting it pretty difficult to validate it through my dial up connection. As i live in Ethiopia validating it by phone is also not an option as I get disconnected from the service...

I have a new laptop with OEM Vista Ultimate 64 bit and due to driver issues with programs like OneNote 2007 I need to have a 32 bit system. I have a Vista Business 32 bit upgrade disc and I was wondering if it can be installed as an upgrade (wouldn't that be a downgrade)?

I'm having a problem with installing vista. I get to the point where it says press a key to install, so I do. Then it comes up like it is loading the OS for about 6 seconds then I get a back screen followed by nothing. I got a new video card thinking that was the issue but it does the same thing.

I right-clicked an MP4 file, clicked OPEN WITH|CHOOSE DEFAULT PROGRAM... but inadvertently chose Adobe Reader 7, which now appears in the "recommended programs" list. How can that item be removed from the list? Have searched REGEDIT for... MP4 OPEN WITH ADOBE READER 7.0 RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS

I have been uninstalling games that I have downloaded as I think they are slowing down the speed of my computer and I think I have accidentally deleted a program I need. I deleted 'Texas Instruments' I'm not sure what this program is for, bu the below message has come up on my computer, please help!: Problem caused by Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller

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I have a compaq notebook running Vista Home Premium. Unfortunately the PC was bought in Spain and has Spanish OS which I don't fully understand! When I boot the PC it always starts HP Quickplay DVD player automatically and try as I have, I can't stop it doing this (there is NO dvd in the slot). Anyone any ideas (either in English or Spanish). Thanks for any help.

After installation from CD is complete, I get the following message when trying to start Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006: "Your registry settings for this application were not copied correctly. To correct these settings, run Setup again for this application from the location where you originally installed it." I ran Setup again and got the same message as above. I uninstalled and reinstalled...

Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has been beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions (namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer management control panel program) have decisively failed. I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn...

I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a question. Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install. My question is:...

Hello, I will receive a new Japanese desktop Dell with Vista Ultimate and Office, both Japanese. I plan to change the interface to English and have 2 questions: 1. After changing to English, are the Windows interface + applications exactly the same as if I had purchased an English Vista? (no hidden Japanese somewhere?) 2. Office Japanese. Will the Ultimate version be able to change Office...

i tried to do partition in my primary drive. After I shrink volume, I get 20gb of unallocated space. But when I start new simple volume wizard until the final step, I was prompted with error message that " the operation you selected will convert basic disk to dynamic disk". When I select yes, operation can not be performed. I cannot format the drive and thus cannot use the unallocated space. Can...

I have recently purchased a NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and added it to the expansion slot of my Gateway GM5472 Desktop Computer. I also have NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE that came with my computer. When I try to add a second monitor it does not recognize it. It appears to combine both graphic cards. Is there a way to have one monitor go off the 8500 and the other go off the 6150?

Does anyone know how I might get my computer to "downgrade" to XP? Windows Vista gives me the Blue Screen around three times a day on average (!), whereas my old PC running on XP would crash only once a week.

Hi I would like to Dual Boot Windows Home Server with a copy of Vista Home Premium. The main role of the machine will be as a home server but I need a back up media centre in emergencies just to handle the recording of external media. The target machine is Intel dual core with three disc drives. There is an 80 meg drive partitioned two ways which I expect to use for the two OS. 40 meg ...

I bought a a dell vostro 1700 with vista business. Now i wanted to add the games just for fun, but when i start My Computer, Add/Remove programs and then turn Windows-functions on or off. When I open that folder, it's just white...... No matter how long i wait, and its kinda anoying. I can choose OK or CANCEL. Thats all:S Anyone know the problem?:)

Can this be re-installed? I have disabled all of the plug ins and it still happens. I'm using Firefox now but since I cant uninstall Explorer isn't this a failure point? I see many people posting this but no one has a fix?

Hi there, Everytime i start up or shut down my computer i get warnings in eventviewer. On start up i get: EventData BootTsVersion 2 BootStartTime 2007-12-10T13:21:44.656Z BootEndTime 2007-12-10T13:24:24.142Z

Hello There. I have recently purchased Packard Bell computer with which Windows Vista Home premium was given. Since i got problem with my computer, I want to recover my Vista installation with recovery CD. But i don't know how should i do it as i made a stupid mistake and installed Windows XP thinking that it will solved the problem by letting me to run the recovery CD to get Vistan...