So i've been dealing with 100% CPU usage for the last 3 weeks. I've narrowed down the cause to the Flash plugin for ANY browser, regardless of IE or Firefox. *Here's the deal:* Anytime Flash is loaded in the browser, the CPU shoot straight up to 100% until you close the browser. I've google'd solutions for this. The only one I've seen is the all FULL CONTROL for the Everyone user on two of the...

Vista Home Addition HP PC A while back I began getting a BSOD about a nVidia graphics card driver. Finally (kinda) resolved that by going to the nVidia web page and Dling/installing the latest driver. However, two problems persist. minor - I can not use any Direct3D screensaver - keep getting "The screen saver can't run because it requires a newer video card or one that's compatible with...

Does anyone know any decent programs to speed vista up, ive been running home edition for 2 years now and although my pc is high spec and run fine to begine with after a time now its slowed so much, i was thinking of ghosting my hdd and formating but i guess restoring a ghost image of my pc will bring back the same issues and if i was to format and reinstall everything it will just be too...

Part One of Two: What are these tools? ====================================== Since Vista (but read on: seems some of the features do work on XP), the Windows OS supports internal instrumentation targeted at measuring and troubleshooting boot/shutdown/hibernation/standby performance issue. The tools used to collect traces and analyze them are called the "Windows Performance Tools Kit." For...

Hi everyone I get home from school, then i start up my computer, then this pops up. Ok this really sucks im starting to hate vista more and more. I start up my computer and it says that Windows failed to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the

I have a couple of problems with Windows Vista Home Premium that have both been getting worse and more frequent: * system freezes / crashes - the error reports suggest a problem with networking hardware, but the drivers seem to be completely up to date. One of the "solutions" did make reference to Vista having problems with older networking hardware, but wasn't clear on how to diagnose...

I just recently purchased a new laptop and it seems that my keyboard is having problems (which is becoming a little annoying when trying to write 2000+ page essays). When I am typing sometimes shortcuts will be in use (as though I have hit CTRL or SHIFT). I can be writing the letter T and a new tab in firefox will be created. Is there anyway to fix this? --

How do I disable user accounts? When I start Windows Vista (Business edition) at some point a screen appears where I can either click on a picture/user account or log on via fingerprint. How do I disable that function all together. The account is currently set up as Administrator.

Windows Vista is scheduled to run a defrag at 1 AM. i came home this evening to find my machine running very slowly, and Process Explorer's notification area icon showing continuious 50% CPU usage. It was DfrgNtfs.exe, and this hasn't been the first time. It's not doing any I/O. (Process Monitor, Process Explorer and Resouce Monitor show no file or hard drive activity). It's just...

I recently uninstalled a game because I was having problems with it. When I try to reinstall it, the user control comes up asking my permission for the program to continue, so i hit allow, but then the disc stops spinning and the setup never starts. How do I fix this? -- nickleak

I recently uninstalled a game because I was having problems with it. When I try to reinstall it, the user control comes up asking my permission for the program to continue, so i hit allow, but then the disc stops spinning and the setup never starts. How do I fix this? -- nickleak

We run Vista home premium on a Dell Dimension E521. Last spring our system slowed way down--we didn't know why. We backed everything up and reloaded the system. It worked well for about 2 months. Now the CPU is running consistently at 100%, and we finally discovered that it is Searchindexer.exe. We "end process" three times, and it will turn off each time, but restarts after the first two times....

I can not get a mcirosoft word document to open on my computer, do i have to reinstall something, i have a Inspirion 531S Dell computer? -- Angela Hinkeldey

Hello, I'm trying to do a system recovery for a friend. She has a gateway computer. I forgot the model. Gateway suggested I try one of the following steps. http://support.gateway.com/s/software/microsof/Vista/7515910/7515910su9.shtml or http://support.gateway.com/s/software/MICROSOF/vista/7515418/7515418su534.shtml She is in another state so it's very difficult to do over the phone since...

i m using vista 32 bit n i have 2 gb ram n additional nvidia 94gt video card n still my window vista free memory is so low near 10 to 30 so please help me to find solution....and 2 to 5 time i got blue screen error n my pc shutoff 2 i hav sata 250 gb hard disk n all over my pc empty space is 96 gb n i m using cccleaner n defregment stuff too n i hav just new pc so i dont think so there is fan...

I'm getting a BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. It happens when I am running a .mp4 file. I'm currently trying out windows 7 and I'm guessing that it is a driver/software related issuse. Anyone know what the problem could be or how to fix it? And I know that my pc has a lot more than the minimum required specs just in case someone thought that was the problem. The error message I got after rebooting...

Hi, I'm fourteen years old and need some EASY advise asap on my bluescreen problem. I turned on my Dell Inspiron 1525 with 32bit vista home premium and get a load of error messages and a BlueScreen. I logged on in safe mode and got this: Problem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3

Hi guys. Can anyone help me in finding out what is causing this error? Problem signatu Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 7177 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 116 BCP1: 866162E8

Hi, I'm fourteen years old and need some EASY advise asap on my bluescreen problem. I turned on my Dell Inspiron 1525 with 32bit vista home premium and get a load of error messages and a BlueScreen. I logged on in safe mode and got this: Problem signature Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3

every time i start the comp. it says Error loading C:\Users\SERENI~1\protect.dll and I have no idea why this started. please help? -- serenity1dee Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com