I've got a 6 year Compaq old laptop running Vista Basic, 1.5 GB of RAM, most WU's are current, MBAM, SAS, CA Security Suite with the FW shut off. Windows Firewall, Windows Defender. The system is very slow for file/program commands (Open, close, shutdowns, etc.). For instance, if I right click on Start and select `Explore' it takes 4-6 seconds for Explore to open up, and when it does open up...

When I first had my Vista Home Premium laptop, I was able to access Performance Information Tools via the Control Panel and the page would show the "Rate and improve your computers performance" at the top with the performance details and score below together with the "Update my score" button at the bottom. Suddenly, all the performance details and score, together with the "Update my score"...

I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not...

Has anyone found an answer to this problem yet?

I have a hp laptop using Vista. I am finding that I can no longer access my Reliability and Performance Monitor to generate a report on my computers state of health. When I try to access it, an error message comes up stating - Error: An error occured while attempting to generate the report. The interface is unknown. I have searched the internet for a solution, but not been able to find...

A friend left a garbled message on my telephone answering machine asking me for help but I don't use Vista or iTunes, so I'm hoping some kind soul on here can help. Basically any file he downloads (it may be a photo of his grandson sent as an email attachment in jpg format, or a program such as skype.exe, or a pdf document) cannot be opened. When double-clicked, any downloaded file opens up...

When I set the Defragmenter to defag at a specified date and time it never does because where is lists the "next scheduled run" is has listed "never" and I don't know how to get rid of the "never" See screen shot below. Appreciate your help. http://www.idf50.co.uk/webhost/members/duane/images/defag.jpg] duane --

The font size in certain programs has changed to a real small font. Still readable but just barely. As an example, using AIM instant messenger, I can type an answer and adjust the font size there but when I hit enter to send it the text size converts to a real small size. It also is doing it in other programs as well. Any answers? Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista...

hi, when i clicked on 'Rate this Computer' this msg is shown (Cannot complete assesment. The assessment or other operation did not complete successfully. This is due to an error being reported from the operating system, driver, or other component.) i dont know why???? note: Drivers for all devices are installed perfectly. waseem

I have just checked my available space in C: Property shows I am occupying 90.6 GB (and oddly it "steals" some GB while Vista is running and my hard disk seems to fill up by itself. JDiskReport shows I am using only 85.8 GB and it provides a detailed list of my files. Who is it right?

I currently using a Sony laptop with window vista home premium. Few days ago, my laptop started to have some malware called Antimalware doctor and Your protection so, i tried spyware doctor to remove it but it didn't seem to work so i had to remove it in regedit area. Luciky, the malware removed but my whole system is down. I can hardly start my laptop in a normal mode as I can't get into the...

I have a problem floating around in my Problem Reports and Solutions that I can't delete. Its been in there since I first installed Vista on my system and relates to an error installing some raid drivers. I've since got the drivers installed but whenever I try to delete the problem, or clear the problem history, I'm given an error simply saying "Unable to Delete 1 Item". Anyone know how I can...

Hi there Im new in your forum and also in Vista World! I got a Hp laptop AMD Turion x2 64 2.00 Ghz, 2 GB Ram, 250 GB HDD! Im having a problem, since my laptop is new, i couldn't install other OS except Vista (or i could manage it with some serious changes on the system, which i didn't accept to do) So, since I'm new in Vista i don't know much about that! Im having a issue with this laptop a...

Another thread on this problem has closed. I am adding this in case it can help someone with the same problem. I have just had 3 days of hell trying to get my HP dv9500 Notebook working again. (Vista Home Premium 32 bit) I tried most of the suggestions listed in the other thread although I could never complete a successful restore to a previous date even though I tried a dozen times or so from...

System Specs: Vista Ultimate P4 3.2 Ghz 2 gig DDR dual-channel memory I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I wondering if there were an official work-around for this issue?

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on my CyberpowerPC laptop. Occasionally on startup, my battery meter, network manager and volume icons do not show up in my task bar. I have to restart to get them to show up. What could be causing this? It is very annoying.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Platt" Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 6:41 PM Subject: Spell Check Fail. On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:02:56 -0400, Manatee Memories wrote:

During start up / booting on of my system, it goes to blue screen and have an error message PFN_LIST_CORRUPT. What does it mean? Automatically, my system was restart then again repeats the same problem. How to fix the error?

Firts; Thank to you all for your quick responce, and interesting suggestions. Your willingness to help is welcoming. I do have it all back and running. I went to "ASUS" web site and dug around till I found my computer and then dug some more until I found " Down loads " My laptop is four years old. I reloaded the drivers I found under "VGA" and AUdio. Bingo !

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