I have a new Fujitsu-Siemens PC with Windows Vista Home Premium. Sometimes, when I right-click any item (folder or file) in Windows explorer, the context menu doesn't appear or has less options than usual. I have to close some windows (IE, Windows Mail, Windows Explorer...) to get the context menu working again. But, a few minutes later, it doesn't work again, and I have to close more...

I got a Fujitsu-Siemens notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium and Norton Internet Security (90 days for virusses updates). The first problem I saw was that, after some time of having my notebook turned on, I couldn't open new windows (applications, context menus, etc.) unless I closed a/some window/s. And so on, until I didn't have any windows to close and I had to reboot my...

When writing this, I have spent over one hour trying to backup my files and folders (not the complete system) under Vista Business, and the green progress bar only shows under half done, and doesn't seem to be moving at all. Please could anyone tell me if it is common for backup taking such a long time? Other than my picture and music libraries (less than 1 GB each), my system does not...

Vista Home Premium. Automatic Update. 2 weeks ago no problems. Everything worked fine. Then when starting Windows at the "Welcome" prompt, nothing happened. That is, the program remained at twirling circle screen. There was disk activity but nothing happened. When I hit the power key, the screen went black, more disk activity. The program was still on, but nothing more happened. Turned...

My cat walked across my keyboard and all of the sudden, everything is much larger. I cannot get the sizes to change back. How do I get the size of my start menu, text, and icons to go back to their normal sizes? I have tried changing the font under the display in the control panel, but nothing happened. I tried to make changes under the accessibility options, but everything changed,...

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint) "Sam Schinke" wrote in message ... Hi folks, I seem to be getting this fairly rare and as-yet undiagnosed error while trying to update Vista Home Premium. The update in question is "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista (KB942615)", and has been unable...

Anyone can install For FREE the Apprentice version of Houdini from http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=221 All versions of Houdini 9 (paid or free) use the local web server to display the Houdini help files content. Boy is it ever slow on released x64 Vista!! I worked once with Houdini 9 on a Linux box, and wow, the help displays right quick. So, it can...

i just did an upgrade from basic to premium last week. it took forever but i expected that. however, now when i start up (use a laptop) it prompts me to chose between which operating system to boot from. windows vista premium or vista premium. EVERY TIME. I am getting so frustrated that I am about to junk it and join the vista-haters. I'm not on board that yet, as i really liked the...

Hi. I have a computer I haven't run for about a year. It got plugged in and out, disconnected things, connected them back, etc. thru the year. When I now want to start it up to copy or move all of my important pics/info so I can give the computer to a friend, Windows won't start. It is Win. 98 prob with 2nd edition. 1st it started and I got the screen files were missing or corrupted - choose...

I have lost the laptop battery level indicator icon in my navigation bar at bottom right hand side of my screen. Does any one know how to recover it? -- Peter

I still have Windows XP and will someday upgrade to Vista. My CD-ROM reader/burner does not always read CD-ROMs and when I use Windows Explorer it indicates that 'Access is Denied". I also cannot burn files onto the CD-ROM from Windows Explorer. However, files burned from other software e.g. Pinnacle or Adobe Photoshop Elements burn fine. When I shut down the computer and reboot, sometimes the...

i posted two new thread w/ email notification upon response;however, when i attempt to check the replies the thread is missing (both threads) -- Amd.64x2-4200 (FIC k2BC51) ge6100 4gb 250SATA ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If...

I've just installed Vista x64 (clean install), and have not yet installed any other programs (other than motherboard updates, audio and graphice drivers). The experience index was at its base 1.0 rating. I then proceeded to install updates, and also the nVidia drivers version 162.18 for my MSI NX8600GT series graphic card. After this, I ran the assessment again. However, it fails right at the...

I do quite a bit of searching. The names that I search remain in the individual sites, and also on my main browser. When I go to these sites to search, all of these names that I searched before come up. This is annoying. On my old XP, I would be able to just hit the delete button, and they would all dissapear. This doesn't happen with Vista. Is there a way to delete these saved names,...

After upgrading my notebook with new video driver, the index doesn't show sub-classes, but only the total index = 3.1 Plus Aero isn't anymore an option !!!

My windows explorer keeps shutting off and then restarting. No bugs found. Computer also keeps showing a system crash screen in initial start up. Tried to do a system recovery and now it says recovery partition not found. Any ideas would help.

Just bought a new computer with Vista operating system. Sometimes when I type, letters will not show up and system runs very slow. I have to hit the letter key sometimes 2, 3 or 4 times for a letter to show up. I happens in some game rooms and on Yahoo music site when I have a music video playing. I don't have any problems typing on Microsoft office Word or while I'm typing this complaint. I...

The message occurs after login for both admin and user account. The message continues "A problem cauased the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available" If I hit either the "close program" button or the "X", I get an immediate "blue screen of death". Vista is fully patched.

Hi guys, I'm sure other people have come across this problem before, although I haven't been able to find any information on how to overcome this problem. When a third party software decides to 'stop responding' and I choose to "Close program", the application's window is closed, but the process is still running. If I select the persistent process and click the "End Process" button, the precess...

Whenever I am doing a Windows Defender or a Virus scan and the Bubble Screen Saver comes on, the scan stops. They will not work with this screen saver. IAN