Hi I have a laptop with what I believe is a sick hard drive. StartUp Reapir doesn't work, and computer wont boot up on Safe mode. When i tried to repair the Vista Windows Installation it took 15 minutes to find the Windows installation and then went immediately in Attentpting Repairs which is simply running doing nothin. Then i get the blue screen of death ! What I wanted to know, is...

This is partially related to http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/192081-poor-performance-4gb-memory.html I had been using the last beta BIOS (1021.006) for my P4P800, so I decided to try the last non-beta (1019). With 1019, 3584MB of memory is detected, up from 3327MB on 1021.006. There's a major problem usability problem with 1019 however. The screen will go black from time to time when...

I am seeing tons of writes to pagefile.sys (60MB/min in Resource Monitor) even though I think I have memory available. I would expect there to be minimal or no writes unless I ran out of RAM. Why are there writes? I'm trying to optimize my system and lots of pagefile.sys writes seems bad. I have 4GB on a 32-bit Vista system so 3GB is visible. TaskManager shows 2.18GB in use in the meter...

I used to be able to put my pc in sleep mode and it would wake within a few seconds of me clicking the mouse, hitting a key, etc. Within the last few weeks (not sure exactly when) it now takes 18 seconds (give or take a couple) to wake from sleep mode. It brings up the desktop and then kind of hangs so I can't launch any applications, although I can move the mouse around. I have searched the...

hi i have windows premium, the recent sp1 installed but yet my computer has been displaying in windows classic theme/appearance for weeks... i have tried to change it through personalisation but the only available themes are classic, classic black etcetc... its frustrating as no longer have the features of vists e.g. the sidebar can any1 help?

Everytime I login to my account on Vista, my start bar and all the icons on my desktop disappear. I've tried to press the start button on my keyboard but it doesn't work. When I log in, just before the bar disappears, it says something about a driver being disabled because it screws up the way the system runs. I have a feeling this could be it, but without any access to my start bar, windows...

::Hello All.:: ::I am trying to remove the Bluetooth Devices icon that is present in the Control Panel in Windows Vista Business, this computer is not Bluetooth capable so there is no need for this icon. I have located the *bthprops.cpl* file and *bthprops.cpl.mui* and have disabled the Bluetooth service in Services. I am still unable to delete the previously mentioned files even though I have...

So hilarious to watch Vista copy a 5 kB file and then spend 30 seconds working out how long it is going to take. At least it was the first few times... :-( Any suggestions?

Hello, Here's my problem: I try to resize my partition (the c disk it's called in this case) which is around 1,4 TB larrge. I use around maybe 200 GB of it for both windows vista ultimate and my files. I used to be able to just resize the partition with the vista build in tool for that. Now suddenly i get the message acces denied. Before that i got messages like : you are able to resize this...

Hi folks, I'm needing a font management program for a Vista 64 bit system. I would really like to find something that is free-ware. I have a relatively new computer, and have never installed a font myself, but have installed desktop publishing programs. Now I find that I have almost 2000 fonts in my font folder. I notice that many of them are shortcuts to folders in my program files but I...

When I run my anti-virus program (Avast), Vista puts up a dialog saying "An unidentified program wants access to your computer" with the choices Cancel and Allow. Is there something I can do to mark my Avast .exe files so that Vista will know that it is OK, so that I don't have to fool with the dialog every time I run a scan? Thanks, Jeff

I have noticed two situations where Vista seems to give up on a download that worked fine on XP. One is with Flash objects, such as the crossword puzzle website http://games.latimes.com/index_crossword.html?uc_feature_code=tmcal The puzzle on this website malfunctioned from being incompletely downloaded about three days every week, not always the same days of the week. Then I discovered...

I have a partiotn with vista ultimae on it, it's aroun1,3 TB big. It still has around 700 GB free space. I already reduced the virtiual memory size to 200 mb to make sure that windows finds space but no.. It keeps on saying there is 0 space to use (and then suggest to have a look at the virtual memory or at the moment'recordings'(i think with that is meant systemreplacement, the...

My C Drive is 288 Gb and has 15 Gb of known files, 23 Gb free and 230 Gb of what WinDirStat lists as unknown files. My setup is: HP m8150n with Intel Viiv Intel Core2 Quad Processor Q6600 (2.4 GHz) Windows Vista Ultimate 3 Gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM NVIDIAGeForce 8400 SEgraphics 640 Gb 7200RPM SATA HD C Drive 288 Gb D Drive Restore 9 Gb with 8 Gb full; 1 Gb free

iam wondering if custom wallpapers i get elsewhere can drain comp's resources? i rather use a custom one than a pre-made one which is bland. -- Gummy bear sp1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gummy bear sp1's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=824 View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26004

Hi, Thanks in advance for any help. I've copied the Memory.dmp file below. The only pattern appears to be when I'm opening or using significant memory, e.g copying or moving images, playing Command and Conquer etc. I've added an external USB HDD, a few software apps and I've loaded the latest drivers for NVidia and Creative because (in my experience) most

After I put my computer to sleep, I try to wake it up by tapping the spacebar and it will startup for about 4 seconds the shut off then startup for 4 seconds shut off etc. etc. Anybody got any ideas? Typically I have to pull the plug, replace the plug and push start to get running. -- Bing Davis

After I put my computer to sleep, I try to wake it up by tapping the spacebar and it will startup for about 4 seconds then shut off then startup for 4 seconds shut off etc. etc. Anybody got any ideas? Typically I have to pull the plug and replug to get started again. -- Bing Davis

Here's a challenge for all you whizzkids!! Although the built in speakers in my laptop work perfectly - music, dvds, videos, etc. - my Vista default sound scheme has stopped working. It was working previously and I am at a loss to understand why it has stopped. I have checked that the speakers are not muted, ensured that the levels are properly set, checked that I have the most up to date...

Hi, I have copied a 9.8Gb data file from my former laptop under XP Pro SP3 onto an external USB2 hard disk. This took 8 minutes. Now I want to copy back this file from that same USB2 Hard disk to my new laptop. A fresh out of the box Vista Business 32bit copy to which I have applied all fixes, it's under SP1 and I have also fine tuned it following instructions from the forums and the web where...