Greetings to all fellow Vista users. I upgraded my computer from Windows XP home to Windows Vista Home Prem. Before in XP the system was generally very stable. However after having upgraded to Vista there have been occasions of a dreadful restart by the appears of this blue screen which had some explanation to the crash however it was too quick to read then a restart happens. What is this...

I have a strict system backup procedure in place where I backup to a USB hard drive every week night using Acronis TrueImage 10...I keep 10 or more backup images on that external drive to ensure I can restore my system to a recent point... With VSS and restore points, the backups get larger and larger each night... Do I need to use vssadmin and set the shadowstorage to zero for each drive...

Im running a laptop, and I would love it if my laptop BEEPed when the battery dropped to 2% or critical level, instead of going to sleep. I play games and I find that very useful when I dont want to overcharge my battery.

I had created a link for my dial-up (DSL) onto the desktop. It appeared a nice icon with 2 blue screens and a little device (a modem?). After a couple of system starts, that icon changed to a different one, seems like the notepad icon or so. I have searched several sources (system files) for the original icon - couldn't find it. Okay, it's not so important, which icon. But I put the...

When trying to run task manager I get an error stating the specified path does not exist! I can navigate to it and double click the taskmgr icon and I get the same error! Anyone else having the same type of problem? If someone knows of a resolution please let me know.

I have retail Ultimate and do full boot HD (C:) back up (back up computer) to a USB HD. Lets say my boot HD (C:) fails and I then have to replace with new unformatted (blank) HD. How do I do a full computer restore from the USB HD to the new HD with no Vista (operating system) to start from? Also should I do a full Backup computer each week or do a Back up files every week?

When I start my computer it immediately opens to my password protected screen. It used to open to the main screen where I would select my user name, then type my password. how do I get it back?

It makes a BIG Difference. I'd much rather just navigate on my own and not use a crutch in Start. You learn the architecture of the OS much faster that way -- and can REMEMBER where important folders are hidden. EIGHT Layers from C:\ to Cookies, in Vista? Ridiculous!

I have searched and don't see a clear cut answer. I have the defrag in vista running weekly, yet system mechanic 7 tells me my HD is 37% fragmented and increasing. I even tried running the vista defrag manually and it ran for about 30 hours and I still seem to have the same problem. Is system mechanic lying to me? I have noticed a bit of slowdown when navigating my folders, especially in...

Why does my computer keep locking up? I have to turn it off, then restart in "last known good configuration". This happens every so often, but this morning I lost a boatload of work I had input into a spread sheet. HELP ME PLEASE! What can I do to stop this?

When I go into program sounds to change the wave file that plays during an event, I am unable to select a new sound. Normally, I can select a new sound, but that is no longer avalable to me. I have to use regedit. How do I restore this feature in sounds? -- |8}o

When I look at my system information, it shows that my Windows Experence Index Rating is Unrated, so when I click on this link it takes me to the Speed and Performance Information page. and says "Rate and Improve your computer's perfomance" Last rating 08/02/2007 13:06:19. but the rest of the page is blank any Idea how to get this page woking again, or how to reset it. I ahve recently...

I had my system running 32 Vista Business, I was rating a 5.1 on my CPU and a 5.9 on my Memory. I just bought Vista 64 bit Ultimate and installed it clean, with my drivers in place my CPU is 5;0 and my memory is 5.0. The CPU drop is minor and of no real concern but that is a fairly serious drop in memory speed. --

New drivers for many Creative soundcards Vista 32bit and 64 bit: http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

I've been getting a number of hibernate related reboots every day (probably due to a driver issue) and have been tracking them using Reliability monitor. Today I checked it and there were about 10 columns showing, all for the date 12/31/69. I don't really care about the old data, but is there a way to clear the log so it will start recording again?

I got an hp with pre-installed vista premium. I once made a bootable xp disc using iso option of a burning software. Is there a way to do this with vista and roxio? I would love to have a bootable vista disc incase I need to do a clean install.

I loved watching him on David Letterman -Dave was always spraying a fire extinguisher on him I have had great luck with Vista Ultimate other than if I open the Resource Monitor it begins to show data, but then my system become unresponsive. My mouse cursor works, and an alt-ctrl-del after about 60 seconds responds to the input and I can stop the task and my system works again. I did...

I have an error message on the log that says:- The system failed to flush data to a transaction log. Corruption may occur. The reporting source is Volmgr. Does anyone konw what this means and how to correct.

I just downloaded Vista, and now when I go to certain sites, such as pogo.com, my computer gets this black screen flashing on before my computer shuts down telling me it has to shut down or damage my computer. There is a bunch more stuff, but it flashes so quickly, I cannot read it. My computer restarts, but will ask me if I want to start in safe mode, or regular mode. HELLLLLPPPP!!!

I had xp loaded on my desktop and had the express upgrade to vista from dell delivered to me. Since i have upgraded to Vista my Hard drives dont ever stop making the tasking noise and just seem to continuosly keep loading something. I have closed all apps and had only core processes running and am very confused to why this is, I am considering downgrading back to XP over it. Any help or...