I just re-installed vista and the first night I left the computer running. I the morning while trying to log in (from hybernation), I got the dreaded blue screen error bad.pool.header. It has happened the 2 nights I left the computer on. Since I do most of the scanning (defender, virus, etc) at night while I sleep, I prefer not to shut down before going to sleep, When the computer re-boots...

I have been consistently unable to install Vista SP1. It goes through all three phases and then simply fails, and reverts back. I am running Vista home premium 32 bit. Initially got an error that led me to run repair.bat and try the reinstall again last night, but no luck. Other updates have installed successfully before and after SP1. ????

I'm getting ready to build my next machine. I'm considering whether or not to run two hard drives using Intel Matrix Storage. My basic thought was to run 2x the 300GB WD VelociRaptors but with two partitions per, say 100+100 RAID0 for the OS, apps, and paging (everything but \user) and 200+200 RAID1 mounted at \user. Is this possible to setup in an initial Vista installation without a big...

hi, heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an OEM version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows vista home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb of ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64 bit alternative media disc from microsoft. my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have...

I did a clean install. During the options I formatted and deleted the partition. I thought it would create another partition but it didn't. Everything went to the main HD. Is this, or is this gonna be, a problem?.. Thanking you in advance.

I would like to capture an occasional snapshot of my whole system (Dell XPS laptop). The purpose here would that, in the unfortunate case of having to do a complete re-install due to hardware or software problems, I could get back (in a relatively simple fashion) to some known execution environment where most of my applications were installed and registered/running/etc. Data backups (while...

I currently have textbridge pro millenium OCR software that works fine in win xp. If I upgrade to Vista 32 bit, will it work? Can anyone recommend another OCR software that works with Vista? Does Vista have any built in OCR that can be accessed from within Word? Does any other software such as Adobe acrobat have an OCR engine that works in Vista? Thanks for any advice.

Upgrade scenario with my relatively new (i.e. "off the shelf") Dell XPS 600 with the RC1 32 bit client... Error message is: You must make the following changes before installing Windows Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated driver software for these devices: o SCSI and RAID controllers: Maxtor 7L250S0 o SCSI and RAID controllers: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial...

I've got to reinstall Vista. My only BIOS settings are CD-ROM, no option for DVD drive. Bios is latest avaliable. Is my only option to open the case and disconnect the CD-drive? I assume that then the BIOS would see the DVD drive as a CD drive and boot the DVD from that?

I cannot make the Vista installation work. I tried an upgrade from XP. After starting setup, the process seems to work ok. Questions are asked, checks are done, files are copied. However, when the PC reboots for the first time, it starts a continuous reboot: the BIOS messages are shown, some seconds later the PC reboots again. Then I tried a fresh installation with booting from DVD. The...

I want to know if i can re use a product key on a diffrent computer becuse I borrowed my computer from a friend and hes ganna let me use it for afew years but i want to know when he takes it back will I be able to reuse my product key on a newcomputer -- dellyoung

I recently installed a new HP 6830S laptop and ran into a strange problem, which I later identifying being due to the LPREMOVE task... Symptoms: After selecting the installation language (Finnish) for the Vista Business and installing updates from Windows update, everything seemed ok for a while. Then the PC started to behave strangely on second day after original install: an unscheduled update...

Got a new computer that I liked and an operating system that I don't. I see a blue screen of death at least 2x a week and ignore it to start windows regularly. After a couple of times of starting regularly, it seems to run regular except for the blue screen of death during startup. It seems not to want VMWARE player installed, but I have to have it because half of my business software won't...

Is this possible with my specs? As far as my research has shown, I should be fine. The only problem is that I can't seem to find an upgrade directly from Xp Pro to Vista Ultimate x64. Am i just going to have to fork out the dough for the retail original install version? I plan to turn this system into a media center with an extender down in my living room. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Windows failed to start. 1. Insert your Windows installation disc... Ok I don't have a windows installation disk its on the laptops hard drive... Is there a iso file somewhere I can pick up from microsoft to address this obvious oversight?

I have windows xp pro sp2 x64 and i'm trying to install vista ultimate sp1 x64 and expanding files is way too slow. I have 4gb ram, Dual processor AMD AM2 6000, hard drive is Hitachi HDP725032GLA360 connection is SATA2 I think. Please help me!!! P.S. I tried installing with just one 2gb stick and it didnt work -- tomer

Hello, I am having a little trouble in setting up my new e-mail. I was using the Provider (Telus) for Internet for several years. Just recently, I have changed Providers (Shaw Cable) due to lower cost! When I got to Making the e-mail accounts, it all looks right (I even talked with the techs @ Shaw Cable 1st), however, when I test it, it fails. I am having to us my Shaw webmail, or my...

Hi, whenever I log into my laptop I get this message: RunDLL C:\PROGRA-1\MYWEBS-1\bar\1.bin\M3PLUGIN.DLL The specified module could not be found. Can anyone help, and advise me how to get rid of it. Thanks Helen.

Some of our desktop shortcuts occasionally do not display the proper icon. For example, we have a desktop shortcut linked to an old MS-DOS program (Computer Associates AccPac Plus). Therefore, the shortcut acts as an old PIF file which allows the user to control many settings for the shortcut and DOS window. By right-clicking on the shortcut and selecting 'Properties' and the 'Program'...

I have only just installed Vista Business 32 on a Dell Vostro 32 that I purchased second hand. After the install I shrunk the disk but still had a very large c:drive so I followed a prompt that said I would get more space if I changed the drive to Dynamic. I did this and all worked fine until I attempted to reboot and you guessed it..... The machine will now not reboot. When I attempt to...