I'm logged on to Vista with an admin account and when I try to use task manager to force log off a user with limited account I get the msg "User usrname (SessionId=1) could not be logged off. Access is denied." The user is disconnected and UAC is on. I need to find a way to log this user off as the account is left running too often.

My windows vista automatically upgraded and now I am getting a security pop up everytime I try to open an email, "do you wan to allow this?????" Can this be turned off? -- New to Vista Debbie

My Windows Vista Home calendar stopped working. I went to Task Manager and restarted the programme, but now all my appointments, reminders, etc have disappeared. Can I recover them? Thanks

I would be happy if anyone could give me some direction to a problem I have with Windows Vista Basic. Whenever, I have finished using my laptop with Vista Basic Home edition, I shut it down completely. The next day, the laptop seems to power up automatically without my assistance whatsoever. Although I have the McAfee antivirus and carryout daily scanning which has so far revealed nothing,...

Is there a reliable registry repair tool for Vista??? How about Registry Mechanic by PC Tools? Thanks.

Hi folks, I have a new Acer 5610Z with Vista Home Premier, the problem I have is that i have 2 cards, one is an XD from a now unusable camera, this works fine with the reader but the other one, a PONY 1 Gb SD card is NEVER picked up by Vista, i can't use it in any way at all, can anyone help with a solution ? Jeff --

I am having serious stability issues with my Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home premium. Every 5 minutes or so my computer will hang/freeze for anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes for no apparent reason. It doesn't matter what I am doing from playing games to typing email (it froze while writing this). When looking in the event viewer, the following error persists each time I get a...

I just built a computer with specs of P4 3.46 Intel processor, 2gb ram, 300 h/d, Intel D945GPM mobo, and I'm using the onboard graphics. I have the Ultimate version of Vista(with all the updates) but it runs a little slow. The only programs I have installed are Adobe Reader, Avast A/V, CCleaner, Zone Alarm, Spy Bot and Nero. The only ones I have starting up is the A/V and the Firewall. Any...

I have 2 PC’s (just want to use my Vista 1) connected to the same router that is connected to a cable modem – the Windows XP machine has no problems bar its age and spec. I have a brand new PC with Vista Home Premium installed on it, now it is this new PC that I am having NAT problems with and port blocking. I have installed Windows Live Messenger and when setting it up I went into...

I was persuing my hard drvie a while ago, and I noticed a strange directory hanging out in the C: root. It's 28 characters of mixed numbers and lower-case letters. I figured this was some sort of malware, but Norton is giving me a clean bill of health. Inside is a .log file with another strange name beginning with "msxml4". Is this some sort of system file that I'm unaware of, a...

Help! I left my machine on overnight, and it automatically updated. I upgraded to Norton 360 not too long ago. These are the only recent changes to the machine. For some reason, over the past two days, explorer (not internet explorer, the desktop explorer) has become VERY unstable. My taskbar is missing in action. (I have it set to auto-hide, but it won't come back.) Any ideas?

A few months ago, I installed Windows Vista on my Uniwill P50CA Notebook. Ever since installation I've had an issue with Vista's power management system. My CPU will only clock at 800 Mhz no matter which power scheme I've selected. I've even created a custom scheme in which the processor throttling is set to 100%. I've also noticed that the memory is not clocking as fast as it should. To...

Hello, can anybody tell me if I can do anything about this myself, or whether I need to contact Dell computers (their service sucks). My computer restarts automatically 5 seconds after shutting down. I've been shutting it down hard to keep it off. Thanks for your help.

I am trying to use the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard to effectively back up my son's settings, documents, and music onto another hard disk on the same Vista computer.. as insurance in case we get a crash on the main harddisk. I used Easy Transfer to get our accounts on this computer in first place, so I have used it successfully many times before. So.. I log in as him. I start Easy Transfer...

Hello, After the latest windows updates last week , the CPU usage has been running at 100% and it slows down my computer. The task manager shows that " NMIndexStoreSvr.exe " ( NERO HOME) is using most of the CPU %. I had the same problem 2 months ago with and everything came back to normal by itself after 8 days . Is this a normal situation after some VISTA updates or is there something...

Hi, I've been using windows vista 64-bit for a couple weeks now and, though I do find it fast and reliable, am having a huge problem -- the freaking OS seems to like locking up when it works with files of a big size (usually a few hundred MBs). It does not happen always, but pretty often -- to the point where now I save everything I have open before moving any file from a hard drive to the...

I am unable to set the size of my paging file. I would like to set a custom size of 2048 Initial and 2048 Maximum. Each time I set it, then reboot to save the changes, I go back to System Properties Virtual Memory to find that the No Paging file is selected, and below that it tells me that recommended is 1437MB and current is 1258 MB. Any suggestions,? Always thanks!

Hi I am having a couple of problems. I have recently purchased a samsung laptop with Vista home premium preloaded. The mouse cursor keeps jumping to the corner of the screen. The mouse i am using is USB - i have tried a couple and the problem is occurring with both. Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this! Also i am getting a flash of black screen every 15mins - any thoughts...

None of the settings I put in place stay that way after a restart. I am using a Dell laptop with a external monitor attached. I tell Picasa (a free program from google) not to place a icon in the system tray. I tell it where I want the volume icon where to appear when used (provided by dell - part of the quickset program) I tell it the resolution and location of the external monitor.

I have 2 PC’s (just want to use my Vista 1) connected to the same router that is connected to a cable modem – the Windows XP machine has no problems bar its age and spec. I have a brand new PC with Vista Home Premium installed on it, now it is this new PC that I am having NAT problems with and port blocking. I have installed Windows Live Messenger and when setting it up I went into...