Such software does not exist, and it makes me angry. When I upgrade to Vista it will be to make the leap to 64 bit. But I will not do so if what I consider essential software does not exist to support the operating system.

Hello everyone, I've been using my computer for months now and was very happy with it, recently I've been getting lockups at least once a day random times, I am unsure of what is causing this, I have to hard restart/turnoff the PC, which can corrupt my system. I run window updates often, so im sure it isnt drivers or anything plus installed every update ASUS had on their website for...

When using Vista Backup we are receiving the following error: "A shadow copy could not be created for the following reason: Insufficient storage availabel to create eith the shadow copy storage file or other shadow copy data. (0x8004231F)" The error aborts the backup. We have plenty of disk space and cannot figure out why we would receive this error. In order to eliminate Vista Backup as...

I'm trying to update the bios of my dell dimension e521, AMDx2 5600+, 2GB with a genuine Dell update, but Vista keeps telling me to log in as a administrator.... My rights in Vista are set as an Administrator, so I don't see why I can't update my Bios... Please help! Thnx!

When I try to use the check disk dialog (right clicking a drive/properties/tools/error checking) the UAC dialog comes up - to which I click OK, but the CHeck Disk box itself (the one with the two checkboxes) hangs for about 10-20 seconds & won't register mouse clicks to buttons or the checkboxes? It does not say (not responding) in the titlebar - simply hangs. Any idea what causes this?

I need some help. I have a few websites that are ridiculously slow and it isn't their sites that are having a problem and it isn't my internet connection. The main two sites are shopnbc.com and disney.com. I don't really know much about computers so. But I can tell you that these sites were working just fine for the longest time and I have no idea what could of changed. I've deleted all my...

Hi, I'm having a terrible time with streaming or buffering. I used to not have this problem but now I can't watch any video for more than maybe 5 seconds. It is a real pain in the tush! I have looked everywhere and searched for solutions but can't find any. Is this just a Vista issue? I'm thinking about reinstalling it all over again. I am at my last nerve with this and hoping someone can...

Okay, I have Windows Vista Business edition, and a couple weeks ago, I've been having a problem with this process (WmiPrvSE.EXE - which I know is a core process for Windows, and is not recommended that I disable it) taking up a rather large portion of my CPU. It usually hovers around 25% usage, which is quite a significant hit to performance on my system (nothing fancy here), especially...

I cannot get my screen saver to work. I have read everything about using a wireless keyboard and mouse, which I do not use. I am not very good with computers, so any simple solutions for me to try?

I get this message every time I boot up. I haven't noticed anything not working (apart from the usual dose of funnies). Any idea what it is about and how I can correct it or lose it? Thanks.

Hi I have just a dial up line running Vista home basic as I am a light user. After a months holiday I find I am in receipt of update downloads waiting for over 100 Mb!! I can't afford to stay on the line that long,same as these free anti-virus programmesetc with 140mb downloads. Living in the countryside I cannot get Broadband yet.Don't think there is a solution but thought I'd ask.Cheers if...

I'm using vista business. I've set a schedule to run the disk defragmenter, but it doesn't work at all. Yet, I've another laptop using vista home premium, but the disk defragmenter schedule works well. How come?

Hi I bought a new Pen ReadyBoost compatible, and when I connect it to my Laptop, Ready Boost tells me that already exist a cache device and cannot use my new Pen to such a purpouse... well, I don´t remember to have activated RB with any other device never before because I haven`t any compatible, but in fact I can't disable neither enable RB to use it now... what can I do?, is there a way to...

I have this strange problem where i can hear my hard drive reading/writing every second, then stopping, then starting again continuously. When i look at the process list i see svchost.exe is using between 10 and 30% CPU which i do not think is normal. Can anyone help? Vista Ultimate 64 SP2 v. 113 (problem did not start with evaluation SP) --

Running Vista Premium 64 bit I am having a problem with the Visual C++ Runtime Library. The error message says Program: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. IE (32 bit) was the only application I was running. I was at gamesville.com...

The link talks about Shadow Copies, not Restore Points. Nice one, DrTeeth. But the Vista Restore Point functionality uses Shadow Copy, doesn't it? Unlike XP and earlier. SteveT

I have an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop running Vista Home Premium and I'm having problems installing any new software (even things as simple as WinZip); the installations always freeze near the end and never complete. I posted this question in another forum, and someone suggested a problem with System Restore, since the installers generally try to create a restore point. I turned on logging and...

Present mobo has P35 ICH9R New mobo Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P has P45 ICH10R I had been assuming that I would have to do a full new install, but it just occurred to me to ask if I could get away with a Repair, and would it ask me for the floppy disk with the new drivers as the full install does? (I do/will not use RAID) tia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday morning I brought my laptop into work like I always do, used it for the four hours I was here, no problem. Ran errands for a good portion of the day with my laptop in the car, about five hours, then got home and opened the lid and it started up with a notice telling me there was an error on C: and I needed to do a chkdsk. Okay fine, I back up my files to my external hard drive (by...

I have a problem i think the pic. is expressing my problem http://www.picmool.com/images/572_untitled.jpg] you can see how the icon is hidden but the name of the file is not... this some times happen with (recycle bin)