Using Windows Vista basic.........I have several large .mpg files on one hard drive, this is where I record video to. But I can't delete any of these files to make room for others. Windows Explorer hangs and will not process the "calculating time remaining' for sending to the recycle bin. AND it uses 100% CPU while trying to accomplish it. If I try to just wait & let it do it, Explorer...

Since the start of 2007 I get a dialog box saying "Windows Calendar has stopped working" every time either of my PCs reboot or resume. This thread on the TechNet forum at: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1204687&SiteID=17 has more details. Is someone going to fix this "Millennium & Seven Bug" -- Nigel M

Hi All, I've been trying to figure out how to get the best from 3 hard drives.... Hard drive 1 SATA Hard Drive 2 SATA .. just sitting there hard Drive 3 IDE ... just seitting there I tried to put the page file on Hard Drive 2 with Vista but not sure I did this correctly. Can you guys help? Op

I am using the Restore utility to restore some files. I get to the "Add files to restore" file explorer screen to select the desired files. When I click the column header for "Date created", "Date modified" or "Size", the rows are not sorted (I don't know what order their in). Only sorting of the "Name" field seems to work properly. Sorting seems to work fine in the regular file...

Right click desktop, select Personalize. In the left pane select Change Desktop Icons. Check where it says "Recycle Bin". Click OK and you're back in business. -- Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com --

Having recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium I have come across the Reliability Monitor but unfortunatley the only dates that show up on it are 01/01/1970. when I click on another date there is none. The performance monitor seems to be working fine along with the problem solving and solutions feature which shows the correct dates of problems that have arisen. It is just the reliability...

I recently upgraded to Vista from XP. I have set my screen resolution to the highest setting, but the screen keeps blacking out for a second, then setting the resolution to the lowest setting. Any help is appreciated, thank you.

I'm running Windows Vista. When I select the power plans balanced (it happens when the charger is plugged or unplugged) and high performance (when the charger is not connected), I can't control the arrow effectively. It goes where I don't want it to go. How can I fix this?

This was an issue in XP as well and would like to see this problem resolved in Vista. In XP there was a work around by using a TSI called TameDOS, but they don't currently have a version for Vista yet. ---------------- 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...

What can I do to speed up Windows Mail when it opens? Some times it takes about 1 minute to open. I am using Windows Ultimate.

I am using Vista Home Premium and am trying to backup to my old XP laptop via a network. When I try I am asked for an ID and password. I have tried all that are setup on both machines and get and I continue to get "No mapping between account names and security ID's was done". Can someone help me figure out what is going on.

Hello MS, I am seding this email to let you know that I have been experiencing some errors from C++! These errors are referencing the HP mgr.exe program...I'd like to know how to stop the errors and continue using the applicaton? Please ! Looking forward to hearing from you...DWB -- Troubleshooters *** Computer Problems?...Consider them Solved!

I've recently upgraded to Vista Business from XP Pro SP2. I compile code on my laptop with a great degree of regularity and have noticed that XP Pro was about 50-75% faster in this area. I've seen articles that indicate that this is a Vista problem and I wondered if there is a work around that doesn't involve re-installing XP. My machine is an Intel dual core at 2.33 GHz with 2GB of RAM...

Hi Folks, I was wondering if anyone has found any interesting little system services that can be easily disabled that do not really support much of the system's architecture. What I mean is that by default, I install Windows Vista and it enables all of these neat features and gadgets. However at times Microsoft has a tendancy to leave extraneous items which really do not apply to your...

I have been trying to install windows live one care on my laptop which is running vista. I get an error message saying that I need to install Windows XP service Pack 2 to proceed. When I try to download the SP2 to Vista it will not do it. How do I install this Live one Care to Vista.

The last few times I've booted up I have been unable to write to my D drive. I get the message "this drive may be full or write protected". If I re-boot everything is ok. I've been running this computer for about 6 weeks now and this has only started happening over the last 2 days. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit.

I upgraded to the latest driver for my ATI 1950 (256) posted by ATI a few days ago. When I rebooted, I immediately got a BSOD but after rebooting again, it seemed to go away for a few days. Then, playing around, I downloaded an applet for the side bar called MY Computer. When I installed My Computer applet, the sidebar became "disoriented with two columns and huge spaces between the applets...

after Security Update (KB925902) was installed manually by me Window Vista now load very slowly and my monitor turns off for 3-4 second. This problem happen after installing Security Update (KB925902), This update resolves vulnerabilities in GDI that could allow remote code execution. What could be causing this? is it possible that this update has some kind of conflict on Ati Catalyst 7.3...

I use xp at home and Vista Ultimate at the office. Whenever I access the office PC from home and I have no problems with that, I can no longer use my PC in the office without a reboot. The screen is blank and the only information I can get is "no signal." That did not occur when I had xp on both machines.

I originally had the screen saver won't start problem on my RC-1 Vista Release. On the final release the screen savers start but after a few minutes they stop and I get the dialog asking if I want to go online to find a solution to the problem. This happens on ALL the included screen savers on Vista but not on 3rd Part screen savers such as Firehand Ember's. I am using the Microsoft laser...