Hello everybody I am a very new user of vista. I have been xp for a while though :). I have successfully installed the sp1 and there are no serious problem so far. However a serious problem is rising:I hoped SP1 solved it but it did not. Soon after I login the disk on my laptop is intensively used: I succeded in identifying the process which causes the problem and is...

I ran an .exe file in order to remove that little blue line at the bottom that is supposedly a "hidden" taskbar, and now I can't seem to undo it. When I load windows the taskbar is there, but without the clock and the system tray icon'd programs. Then I run the hidetaskbar.exe and it goes away completely which is great, but how do I access the system tray programs? In particular, I'm having...

Hi, I noticed that it takes about 40 seconds to open a 25KB of file like xls or doc under vista and it get worst if user will open a large document file. Does anyone have experience this problem? Any fix? Basically the OS is a fresh install of Vista SP1 enterprise with Office 2003 (some office 2007 with the same problem). No policy applied and no security (AV & firewall) applied yet. We use...

Recently, I went to the start menu to search for a file, and found (or rather, did not find...) that 'search' had gone missing from the menu. I can still use it from specific pages, such as My Documents, but not as a general option. Any suggestions? Secondly, Internet Explorer has an annoying habit of locking up, then giving me the option of exiting the program or restarting... again, any...

Rt click on Vista Ultimate 64 is so slow it is now almost unusable. I am considering a whole reinstall because of it. This affects rt click on files and folders mainly and is often followed by Explorer needing to restart. ---------------- 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"...

Hey I've got a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop with Vista. When I sign on from my start-up screen the screen will flash to the desktop like normal, then it will suddenly flash black, then back to the desktop, then it will flash black, then back to the desktop. So it flashes black usually two or three times, and is just really annoying. Anyone have any ideas as of why it does it, or possibly how to...

I have no picture on my desktop. It's just a plain white screen. Also I can't print anything.

when I go to the Start menu, click on a recently used Office 2007 program or a pinned Office 2007 program, nothing happens. They don't launch. When I open an actual office 2007 file, the apps load fine however. My other pinned and recent apps shortcuts work - for example, Quickbooks, Epson Scan, MS Email, MS Internet Can anyone help me sort this out? Would really like to have a useful...

Hi Guys, This is my first post on this forum so I apologize if its in the wrong section, I assumed its performance related so here I go. I have just purchased a Netgear DG834G v4 with the latest firmware and was shocked when I ran the Microsoft internet connectivity evaluation tool and it failed the "TCP high performance test" I did have auto-tuning=highlyrestricted and ECN=enabled, RSS side...

Never Re-Activate After Installation If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista...

I have a 500 gig HD Western Digital and I am using it as a primary back up for Windows Vista Home Edition back up system .I noticed that I am using 85 % already and it has only been backing up for a few months now? The Main HD that is being backed up is only 150 Gig . I am not running that much on it actually most of the main HD is still available. Can anyone please let me know how I can get...

On the screeen (dual core) for CPU useage there are two CPU useage histories. Which CPU is 'CPU useage' referring to? Simarly in "Processes' is the CPU the sum of the two CPUs or one of them, or adjust equivalent to one of them. The reason I ask is that when re-building the index, I note that the idle process never goes below 84%, and the "CPU use history' is around 8-9%. So this implies...

Hi all, After logging on to my computer this evening, the screen said that my activation key is invalid. I'm also getting these nagging reminders that 'I might be a victim of software counterfeiting.' I've owned this laptop for over a year now and had this issue come up once before (about six months ago). I remember that some individuals on this board suggested some fixes, but none worked...

I have been shown a video touting the Vista Calendar(not the Works or Word Calendar) but after searching eveywhere I have given up looking. Can anyone tell me how to find it? This is the second program I have come across that is impossible to trace down and am begining to believe it has to do with Service Pack 1, is that close to the truth and if so is there a web site about the effects the...

On Windows XP I used WinRAR for my backups because the OS lacked a decent backup system. To my surprise with Vista I still use WinRAR for my backups as that OS doesn't seem to have a decent backup system either ! (MacOS does.) I want to backup files from internal drive C to a physically separate internal drive D. Drive D won't show up. The help gives some 'reasons' why. What comes closest...

How do I delete a desktop icon. Windows says that it can not find the file and will not delete it. I removed the program the way I should but it left the shortcut on the desktop and will not let me delete or move it. I've tried to change the properties , added sharing, and everything I can think of to remove the shortcut with no luck.

I got a popup asking what program I wanted to use to open a file and I accidently hit Adobe Reader when I wanted to hit cancel. Now a whole lot of my icons on my desktop have the Adobe Reader logo instead of their logos. When I try to do a system restore, nothing happens. Please, I need help.

Vista 32 - IE 7 For the past 6 months the internet shortcut icons which I have dragged from various webpages onto my desktop have kept their unique appearance. Now, however, they have all reverted to the standard, generic, default "big-e" icon - no doubt due to an accidental change of Setting. If I drag an individualised icon directly from the Address field of an

Hi, I have a vista ultimate 64 bit OS. I am not able to manually create a system restore point (nor is the system able to do so automatically--so none currently exist). I get the error message (after a long time): "The restore point could not be created for the following reason: The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try again this operation (0x81000101). I also have windows live...

My clock will not update either manually or automatically from any of the internet time sites! Whenever I try it maually all I get is an error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with (what ever time server I tried) I turned off all Firewall Protection and still it won't update! I can ping the time.nist.gov site but not the time.windows.com