Hello all I have a new laptop, HP Compaq, running Vista. I have the volume level set on high on the task bar, and in the sound properties in the control panel, but all the windows sounds are hardly audible. i.e messenger (yahoo & hotmail), email notification, critical battery etc. All the ones I need to hear if I'm not right on top of the laptop. When I test the windows' sounds in...

Hi guys, few days ago I've downloaded an online game and installed it on my second partition. The problem is everytime after I finish playing that online game, after I exit the game, there are errors popping out saying that McAfee is not respinding and the window is finding the solution bla bla..... and then I click turn off the program button. Then another error pops out again saying that my MSN...

Greetings, Can anyone recommend backup software that allows me to select the folders and files that I want to backup? I used to use the software included in XP, and it worked well, but I'm now using Vista, and the included backup software doesn't allow me to select the folders and files I want. Thanks, Shane. Window Vista Home Premium SP1

Hi All! I have a query regarding memory on my vista ultimate x64 machine. I have 4gb ram installed, which is clearly detected as 4gb when you right click computer and view system properties, however, my vista sidebar gadgets say a total of 3581mb is installed, this is also reflected in task manager under physical memory. Another strange thing is my pc seems to use nearly 2gb when idle,

Is there any way to tweak what Superfetch loads or when? My goal would be to either control what it loads to avoid infrequently used data files from being loaded, or to turn it off entirely on battery power. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of Superfetch, but I'm running into a case where I see Superfetch loading 100MB+ video files and a whole chunk of my media library and whatnot into...

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Hi Everyone, I have a desktop computer with Windows Vista Basic 32 bit (dual core Celeron, 2 GB RAM). After it has been running for a while (typically an hour or 2) it frequently hangs up. I have a gadget that looks like an analog speedometer & tachometer that, when this happens, the CPU usage is pegged at 100% (RAM usage is low). Most of the time when this occurs, I can't get to Task...

Everytime I turn on my laptop, windows explorer stops working before the desktop or anything else shows. I just get the sam error message on a black screen with the option to either 'check online for a solution and close the program' (no good!), or 'close the program'. When I do either of these two, nothing happens, the black screen remains. I can load up task manager, but thats it. I can...

I am using Window Vista SP1 and Window Live OneCare on HP Laptop. Everytime, WLOC automatically using defragement and it came up with yellow icon and said "Defragment the Hard Disk Tuneup started to Defragment the hard disk(s). Click details for more information C:\Defragmation partially completed* *Because of high levels of disk defragmentation, starred volumes...

My OS (Vista Home Premium Build 6000) came preinstalled on an HP laptop. I seem to be having a lot of problems*, and have now lost all my System Restore points. So I'm thinking of reinstalling the OS. Apparently the default option leaves the programs and data intact. But I'm nervous. What risks are involved with this? Thanks for any input. (* Chief of these is that I can start Quattro Pro...

I looked for but was unable to find on either the forums or the Internet how to configure the PowerPoint Viewer for my new laptop that has the Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS. I downloaded the program several times and it simply would not allow me to view .pps files.. Here is what I had to do after going to the MS site and downloading the PowerPoint viewer. I did not click "save". I clicked "open"...

Ok, whenever I click to generate a system health report, click continue, the new window comes up and I see the right screen for a second before it goes to say: "Error: an error occurred while attempting to generate the report" and bellow that it says: "The Interface is uknown." Any help on this would be appreciated...Thank You -- clark2710

Hi, My April update stalled after the download completed. In my case Webroot Spy sweeper was interfearing with the update. I shutdown Spy Sweeper and the update completed. -- Frank C Dell Inspiron 530S Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 Dell studio laptop Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1

Hey folks, Having a massive problem here with vista! Windows explorer decided not to respond and then said that it required restart, while in the process of restart explorer the laptop crashed with blue stop error screen. Afterwards, new startup screen came on saying the vista is unable to load and to chose either Startup repair or Resume Windows normally

Hi I am a new user here with a bit of a problem, a few months ago I bought my friends old computer. I knew he had have some problems whit it but I assumed (yes I know big mistake) that it simply had to do with his low power output. The motherboard and the main processor was sent to the retailer and checked and came back with a clean bill of health. I since switched the cooler for the processing...

I've tried using System Restore picking a dozen different restore points. I get the same message: System restore was unable to complete successfully. My computer is also very slow at the moment. Thanks for your input.

Ran sfc /scannow and got the results shown in the attached gif. Could not open C:\Windows\Logs\CBS]CBS.log access denied right clicked CBS.log and obtained full control under security. still got aaccess denied

I am having trouble saving files from the internet. I can not even install from files from the internet. I do a save as, give a file name, the file downloads with a download status bar displayed and then nothing. I try to search for the file and it is not saved. I have been using IE8, I installed firefox and find the same issue. I had to put firefox on a pen drive from another PC to install.

Iam gettin this 0xc0000006 error everytime i try to open a program even internet explorer and i do not have a vista disk and im woundering if thsi is fixable without a vista disk or if i have to go get a vista cd im not able to go on the internet to download and programs to help so is there any other way to fiz this error or do i need to get a vista cd? -- keith6543

I'm new to this forum so please bear with me.. I recently went to Vista x64 and bought a new computer... Everything was fine till about 3 weeks ago... While I work on the computer, nothing out of the ordinary happens... (No problems)... when I walk away for awhile and come back, I click on a shortcut and the computer Freezes... I have to shut down the system to get out of it... Simply put; Vista...