On Windows Vista Ultimate I made a complete backup using the Backup and Restore Center ("Back up computer") to a USB 100Gb portable drive. It went fine, and the drive shows a WindowsImageBackup folder on its root. It totals about 65Gb. 2 days later that laptop crashed and I got another laptop with the same Windows Vista Ultimate. I want to restore some selected files (client work, not system...

I started Vista this evening and was greeted with this message when I tried to log in: "The user profile service failed the logon" Fortunately I found a solution involving editing the user SID in the registry while in SAFE mode. That was a big relief since I was not looking forward to restoring from an image. I can post the details of the fix if anyone is curious, but at the moment I'm...

We are unable to create a restore point on our computer. In trying to do so, we receive the error (also included as an attachment): "The restore point could not be created for the following reason: "The device is not connected. (0x8007048F) "Please try again. Subsequently, this problem is affecting our backup programs. In fact, this problem became evident when our backup programs started...

Is there a log available to Event Viewer that will give me the start and stop time of the Disk defragmenter? If so where do I look? -- Frank C Dell Inspiron 530S Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 Dell studio laptop Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 HP Photosmart D7260

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On a Toshiba with Vista Home Premium, it won't allow Updates to open the site. Whether from the Start menu, or Microsoft.com. It says Windows Explorer has a problem and needs to shut down, which closes all windows. From any access point the same problem occurs trying to get updates. I did download and install Service Pack 1 and it says it is installed, and only 14 updates are showing in the...

*I have tried so many different types of scans to help keep my PC running at its best and one thing that I discovered is that they all tend to find the same types of bugs. The main difference between them all is the price that you pay. Recently I discovered Search-and-destroy Antispyware at _http://www.Search-and-destroy.com_ and I really like it a lot. Antispyware solution from...

I just installed a network 1TB disk to use for backup of two computers. The Backup and Restore center is asking for a password. I did not see an opportunity to assign a password. Neither computer has a password for logon. Any advice? Thanks Frank C Dell Inspiron 530S Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 Dell studio laptop Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1

Guys I Hav a 40 gb hard disk full of nothin:S lol No software installed except microsoft office and adobe photoshop. My Os is taking like 35 GB:S mostly winsxs folder(18 gb) I removed the restore points a while ago. I removed the temp sp1 files. Now i hav a full hard disk can't update my os can't do nothing except browsing the internet lol I feel like I'm using knoppix. What can I do in order...

Hello, I have a big problem on Vista 32 bit Home Premium. It generally hangs out/freezes while watching Youtube or something with IE7 or Firefox. In this case, cpu uses 100% and cannot move any window. All patches and SP1 is installed. We have tested with different flash player versions on five or some laptop. All of them has similar problem. Network connection is broken and cannot ping the...

Hello Experts, I run some CPU intensive processes (video encoding using X264) in a command shell. Since I don't want it to affect my normal foreground applications, I set it to IDLE/BELOW_NORMAL priority using Process Explorer. However, when I lock my screen (manually or automatically after some idle time), the encoding virtually stops. When I unlock my screen, I can see from recent history that...

Hi, The last 2 days I notice a few of my gadgets (weather/calender) have bright pink border color and it's annoying. I tried searching around to resolve this but nothing helps. I found an old thread in this forum and tried to do ''command prompt'' the problem remains. Here is the screen shot, any solutions or fixes? Why did this happen? THANKS

Hello, I've been site hopping various Vista forums looking for a solution to my issue, and... I'm hoping you guys would know a thing or two here =) My problem is this: I am running Windows Vista 64 bit on an ASUS laptop and, after some "experimenting" with binding EXE's on XP and moving them over to Vista,

Hi, My system is Win Vista Home Premium 32 bit. This message keeps coming up and I don't know what to do with it. I am completely frustrated with my HP dv9000 Pavilion laptop. Error messages, disruptive shut downs:sa: and . a performance and reliability graph that looks like the alps. Damn things are like little girls...when they are :D good they are good but when they adevil: bad they...

I have Vista Ultimate, fully patched. I have Microsoft Intellipoint 6.2 and want to uninstall it. In the control panel when I click on it nothing, same with Intellitype. No menu for uninstall, repair etc. But it is Intellipoint I want to uninstall. How do I get rid of Intellipoint?

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I'm hoping the community will be able to help me with a problem I have with Vista! I have a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop running Vista Business (6.0 Build 6001). I run it on dual screen mode with a separate uSoft Wireless 5000 Kbd & Mouse. I'm a developer mostly using VS 2008. The problem is that when I use my keyboard the system freezes for about 4 seconds every 13...

I've been trying to nail down a high CPU usage problem by exploreer.exe's SHLWAPI.dll for weeks, but haven't succeeded. Sometimes I can Suspend in "Process Explorer," then Resume and it'll drop off; other times that doesn't work. Sometimes a restart will solve the problem, other times it won't. I can't see a pattern. I'm talking 35-40% CPU (Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz) usage. No matter how long...

I received this URL on another newsgroup: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx The program seems good.

Users\username\AppData\local\microsoft\windows is 63 GB. Problem is in Windows folder, not subfolders. In additiojn to subfolders I have: Cleared out Shadow copies/Restore Points Cleared Internet Cache/Temp Files/Cookies Disk Cleanup Run Virus software --

Hello, I have a big problem on Vista 32 bit Home Premium. It generally hangs out/freezes while watching Youtube or something with IE7 or Firefox. In this case, cpu uses 100% and cannot move any window. All patches and SP1 is installed. We have tested with different flash player versions on five or some laptop. All of them has similar problem. Network connection is broken and cannot ping the...