Recently i started getting a problem with my computer, I'm not sure if it is a Virus or what. Anytime i open anything on the right hand side of the start menu, the screen opens, disappears, then the task bar disappears for a few seconds. I can run programs like WLM (windows live messenger), Itunes, Firefox, and games too. It's just that i cannot enter my files or Hard Drive. I scanned with...

Office2007 and Vista search are not working any more on my machine. The indexing service is running, but the control panel search options just keep telling me it is waiting to receive indexing status, and all buttons are greyed out (but cance :)). Is there a way to perhaps reset the indexing options, delete any indexes that may be there and set it all up from scratch without reinstalling...

Help on Roaming Profiles !!! I have Windows 2003 Server Domain Controller with Active Directory. The Users are with Roaming Profiles. The computers of the Company are Windows XP and 2000. I’m testing a new Laptop computer with Windows Vista and I have two problems. The first is when I Log Off the computer is taking too long (35 min) to log out. The second is when I change password is taking...

Ever since installing a PCI Serial/Parallel port card in my PC I have been getting the following error in my EventLog 4-5 times a day: Error: System Source: nmserial EventID: 18 Level: Error Description for EventID 18 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this is event is not installed or corrupt. Reinstall or Repair.

I bought a Gateway quad-core Phenom 2 weeks ago and can't run the cd drive. When I insert a cd, I can hear it running, but nothing happens. Other programs tend to freeze while the cd is running also. I've tried several things. I set the defaults to autorun. I've double clicked and right clicked on the drive. I also went to command prompt like I was instructed by help and support. For some...

In XP when I shut down programs in StartUp I get a pop up that alerts me to the fact that programs have been shut down. The pop up has a box to check that says Don't Show This to Me Again. In Vista I get a similar pop up but there's no check box to get it to stop showing up. It appears every time I open my computer and every 5 minutes or so from then on. Question - how can I shut it (and...

Hi, this has been happening on and off for a while now, but I figured I'd ask the community. Sometimes ads and just regular pictures of a certain size (usually banners and small square pictures) are being replaced with poorly made GIFs made to look like error messages, and ads for dating sites or sometimes even things like Verizon Wireless. Also it's clear that these ads aren't what's...

I'm running Vista Home Premium...After ripping some cds, my E:/drive just disappears...POOF! It only comes back after a system restore, (which is an issue that I addressed in another question) & System Restore tells me that it failed for an "Unspecified Error". Also, certain programs just hang up for no reason, & web browsers move sluggishly as well. I'm using Mozilla Firefox, & I also have...

My upgrade path was XP Pro to Ultimate 32bit. The experience is mostly favorable however, the taskbar still appears as the XP taskbar does. No new Vista start button or other new look/feel, only the traditional XP taskbar and start button. And although min sys requirements state that the installed graphics card supports the Aero experience, it does not. Window key tab is the equivelant to...

Had to change my backup disk and lost my Complete PC Backup files. Complete PC backup assumes I still have the original backup files and won't backup the whole C drive. Anyone know how to reset Complete PC Backup so that it will backup the whole drive again? This has been covered in an earlier post (see 'Fresh Start with Complete PC Backup'), but the 'answer' supplied by Microsoft was...

Help I'm getting a bsod in random instances once every 3 days - 1 week while using my laptop. It happened when I was just surfing the net and while I was just simply looking at my documents folder. I also installed a registry mechanic but didn't fix it. There is still no solution in the Problem Reports and Solutions of my Windows Vista. Here is the info. Problem signature Problem Event...

i no longer have tabs. now i have to open a new window for everything i want to do. they were there at one time.... and then just disappeared!!! also, i cannot hide the menu bar. it is there all the time now, and does not even appear on the drop down menu... ?????

alright I have gone crazy trying to figure out what is making this brand new laptop shut down slower than my xp shutdown and reboot. I have fixed the waittokillservice to 20 and it still takes forever. I looked in the event log and this is what it said..- System - Provider Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance {cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}

I was checking my current allocated restore size, and comparing from what I saw in Shawn's tutorial, it seems a lot of space allocated on my C drive. This is what it said in C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe : -- " Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 11.695 GB Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 14.542 GB Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 14.882 GB " Should I reduce the size or leave it as is ? Thank...

I'm using a home premium on a lenovo 3000 k series 100 with a intel 2 Quad CPU. And recently, when I set it to sleep, or it goes in sleep it self, it will wake up like 30 seconds right after the sleep, even at the night! I'm so frustrated with it. Please HELP!!! P.S: I'm not a very advanced user, so please to included steps when ur giving suggestions, Thanks.

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint) "Thorsten Duhn" wrote in message ... Hello, for me the SP1 in Vista (32 Home Premium) is not offered in WU, but I cannot find out why, especially not within the eight reasons stated in KB948343. 1. no

Hi! I have a problem with resoution. Natively it is set to 1440 x 900, but somehow it changes itself to 1024 x 768. At first I thought that changing the resolution in display manager would help but then I found that there wasn't such a resolution to choose (!), but there had been before! So I restarted my laptop and the logon page was still in the smaller res but after logging in everything...

Whn I use the nternet explorer browser, I first open the first pag and when I keep searching on the same page, an other pages opens out of my contro and they are all about ads and stuff like that.Would yopu please let me know how can I solve ths problem. Best wishes, Abdulhamed

I have a HP Pavilion a6110n PC, with a HP w173 Wide LCD monitor. The monitor has a resolution of 1440 x 900. The video adapter is a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. I have updated the driver to NVIDIA 7.15.11.6925 dated 12/11/2007. I have also updated the monitor driver to HP 1.0.0.0 dated 2/6/2007. The adapter and monitor drivers were updated after I read that on the Microsoft web site...

Hello all. I have a problem that I need help with. My elderly Mother's Vista PC isn't working, and as she relies on this for shopping etc I need to get it working (I am several hundred miles from her). The PC tried to install the latest Vista updates (20/2/2008) but upon restart she gets the message "Windows failed to restart - a recent hardware/software change may be the cause - File...