I have a HP dv9420us and am running Vista Home Premium 64. Iv had a lot of problems in the past. Had to send it back for repairs 4 times. I am currently having BSOD with sleep and Media Center, HP says its my video driver (nvidia GeForce Go 6150). Iv tried upgrading the driver but after several failed attempts HP tells me to what for a custom driver for my model. I'm just looking for someone with...

Hi, I have Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my laptop. Currently I am facing with a peculiar problem. I start up the machine and do the Windows login. But as soon as I do that I get logged out immediately. As such, I cannot work at all since I always get logged out. I have tried removing the password as well but that does not work as well. Please help!

Lately when I try to put my conputer in sleep mode or request shutdown, the hard drive just starts running up, and I have to turn off the power to shut down the computer. I'm running Win Vista, Gataway GT5628 Quad Core. Any ideas or suggestions as to what is causing this problem?

Hi, I have a PC with came with vista home premium installed. Since February this year it has refused to update stating code 8024402c. I recently decided I would carry out a system restore to try and solve this but computer stated, The filename, directory name of volume label syntax is incorrect. (0x8007007B) It is driving me nuts. Is there anyway I can force it to carry out a full restore or...

As the resident computer guru in the family I'm required to manage multiple systems. For backups I have an external drive that I bring to each computer to backup to. Are there any issues with backing up multiple Vista machines (both File and Complete PC) to the same external hard drive? I found a good article describing the Vista backups in a bit more detail than the limited help...

Hi, See if this tutorial will help. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66294-recycle-bin.html?ltr=R -- Paul "anna" wrote:

Hello everyone, I have friends sending me attachments in " .doc file " or " dat file " formats which my computer cannot read. Can I change it to Rich Text Format or HTML format myself, or do I have to tell them to resend the attachments, which is what I had been doing. Thank you. PS. My computer is running Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit. I am using Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail.

Been running Vista Enterprise for almost a year, with no issues. This problem just began last night. When booting my computer, I have about 1 minute after I reach the desktop before my CPU utilization goes way up. I have a Intel Core2Duo, so the rogue process takes up only 50% (appears to only use 1 core). Even so, I am unable to do just about anything (open windows, close windows, click...

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint) "misskgirl" wrote in message ... I have Windows Vista, and when I boot up my computer, I suspect you have some options right then, e.g. booting in safe mode but I don't have Vista...

Try this: Restart computer Logon as Administrator delete folder or file OR Turn off UAC delete folder or file Also, run Task Manager and make sure no processes or services are trying to access the file.

Ok maybe I shouldn't mess with it, but Iv heard of something called Super Admin Account. I only know about regular Admin. What's the Super Admin, and how do I get to it.

Anybody know the exact fix for this: 'Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on local computer. Error 4201: The instance name passed was not recognized as valid by a WMI data provider.' Is the another wonderful file protect fiasco by Vista? Machine is 2 weeks old 64 bit Home premium 4 gig mem.

After a series of automatic updates, Windows Vista Home Premium, my volume control is missing from the tray. Where do I got to put it back? Anyone else have that happen? -- @nna

I have a HP dv9420us notebook running Vista home premium 64. I also have the HP Express card Analog TV Tuner I have had a problem with BSOD and sleep mode. HP says its my video driver, I dont know how they know that unless its happening with other PCs of the same model. I would like to leave it on in power saver plan so it can resume and record my favorite shows then sleep again. When I do it...

I have a new computer, a HP Pavilion a6567c. Every time I try to do a Vista update I get the following error code: 80070005, and I cannot install this update: HP Bus Controllers and Ports, Display software update released in May, 2007. HP says it's no concern of theirs and MS sends me on a chase that leads to me finding this is a common error code but no common fix. Every thing I try...

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i am so sick of this thing. i cant figure out what is wrong with it either. my computer dies on me constantly, it has done it to me 3 times just in the last 24 hours. my reliability index id down to a 2.60, and shows a windows failure almost every day since 6/25/08 when i last wiped it. i have tried every thing i can think of to solve this problem and i am getting really tempted to throw the damn...

Like several of the posts here I am experiencing random BSOD's and heavy CPU and Disk load. I also get a lot of random error/warning messages in event viewer usually linked to drivers/services/applications slow to respond. My computer is an HP with Vista home premium and dual core processor and I must say it runs ok apart from the occasional BSOD and " app stopped working ", although shutdown is...

Hi everyone! Let me begin by introducing my laptop and then a brief 'history' on some of the issues I've been experiencing. Firstly, I'm using a Toshiba A200-1AX, the following configuration: Windows Vista Home Premium (x32) Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz 2 GB RAM

I keep getting this error every time I try back up to my NAS drive (Buffalo giga bit linkstation) Error 0x800700B7, Can not create file as file already exists, but it only exists after it was created when trying to back up and not before. I know this has come up before but all the advice that was given I could not quite...