ive got a Very Interesting issue. I setup My Desktop the way that I want but when ever I reboot the Computer My Account Reverts back to the Default settings. Everything from my Background to My Icons on my Desktop. It Looks like it dose when I Login the First time. Please Help

I need help. I want to backup a program on H drive by burning in to a CD on E drive. Can anyone help me with that.

Hello, I accidentally changed a part of a system variable for the temp and tmp directory. Can someone tell me what is supposed to be there? You can get there by going to your control panel, then going to system, then clicking on advanced system settings, then click on the advanced tab, and finally click on the environment variables.

I have finally updated the beta ultimate to the Business version. I had various problems with it. When I installed the beta version, I started from scratch. And I split my hard drive into two sections. Which was fine for the time, until I deciced the install the new version. I only had the update version so I couldn't reformat the hard drive. I was told that I could not go from Vista...

I am about ready to upgrade to vista, i would like either home premium or ultimate. My computer can't run Windows Aero, so does that mean that i wont have glass windows or start menu?

Anyone know the minimum cost for a DirectX 9 graphics card that can achieve a graphics /gaming graphics WEI of 3.0? 5.0? 5.9? To get Aero on Vista you apparently need a minimum of 3.0, while 5.9 is the current maximum possible. Would an existing "gamer" $200 ($150? $120?) DX9 card be able to get a graphics / gaming graphics WEIs of 5.9? Any model recommendations? Thanks, Alan

Help! Whenever I try to save something or open something, the explorer box opens up, then stops responding. This is incredibly frustrating, and puts a damper on a lot of work.

When Vista Ultimate 64 bit starts up, explorer.exe takes up about 15 MB. After about 6 hours of rather mundane tasks such as web browsing, email and moving some files from one drive to another, explorer.exe takes up 149 MB of memory. Anyone know why this might be happening. -- Iron Feliks

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Today after having trouble with a MSN game it asked to "close program go online to check for solutions?" and I said OK. This game was Vista capable. The working of the game isn't the main issue; rather that when I manually invoke the Problem Reports & Solutions tool it now no longer appears. It matters not how long of time is allowed; it just doesn't appear. After a restart there is no...

Just in case anyone wants to now what the tested speed is of a device used for Ready Boost on your Vista system, it can be seen in the registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EMDMgmt Maybe there's an easier way to get this info ?...I haven't found it yet. Bob

After the user has backedup up his entire C: Drive to an external HDD using Vista can he then go to that image backup, look at individual files and folders, open them up -- then copy both files and folders individually, at will, to some other drive, including the C: drive from which they were backed up? Thank you. DSH

I just got a new computer a few days ago, and now the 3D flip is not working? I have no idea why it is not anymore, it was before, and now I just get the little window with small icons in it to choose from. I know I could press ALT+TAB, or the windows+TAB, neither show the 3D flip, just the same thing with the box of icons. Also when I press the icon in the taskbar the same thing happens...

When I bought my new computer running Vista Home Premium, I also bought an external hard drive for backing up. That drive came with its own backup software --Retrospect 7.5 by EMC. I assumed that's what I should use but now learn that they haven't issued a driver compatible with Vista. I now see that Vista has its own backup software. Is there any reason I shouldn't use the Vista backup...

I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment only one hard disk at a time?

Hi, all I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix a weird problem that just started happening to me today When I boot up my computer, I do not get a desktop or a taskbar open on the screen. I get an Explorer screen and that's it. I am able to open Task Manager and, if I shut down Explorer.exe, the taskbar will open and everything seems to work fine.

My performance rating gave me a score once during install... and then after that quit working. All I have now is the original rating, no way to update it and just the page where it says not sure where to start when I click on it. Any suggestions on how to get it back to work properly?

VERY Interesting. Thank you. From some of the comments about Vista, we hear "everything has been moved around and renamed" -- which sounds rather loony. Any truth to that? DSH

I am dismayed at the reduced file copy speed in Vista, as opposed to XP. This is due to the fact that Vista must first calculate precisely the number and size of the files to be copied so that it can report the estimated time and transfer speed for the copy process. If you are trying to copy or transfer a large block of files, Vista might set there and putter around calculating the...

Just got a New Laptop was using a desktop with windows XP, got new computer and transfered files from old computer, Was this a mistake? my new computer is running very slow i havent really used it much on the internet yet will be hooking up wireless (waiting on shipment), Can i restore new computer to remove transfered files or am i missing something here? Dave