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Explorer.exe process at ~100% by Kemper
Just in the last 72 hours I have started to have problems with my Vista installation. Whether I start the computer in Safe Mode or regularly, the explorer.exe process runs up my dual-core processors to 100%, or thereabouts. The average usage for the process is about 60% - 80%. I downloaded ProcessExplorer from the Microsoft website, and the culprit thread is something...
April 7th 09 03:56 AM
by strixus Go to last post
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Explorer - Selecting Files using CTRL key by snomazushi[_3_]
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 with 4gb memory, When inside explorer, I can select continuous files by selecting the first file and pressing the Shift key plus last file. However when I try to select files using CTRL key plus files that are not next to each other, the highlighting comes off and I am unable to select files properly. Is this a known bug with Vista?
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April 7th 09 03:18 AM
by Gene E. Bloch Go to last post
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Transferring a RAID 0 volume by Tom[_23_]
A query for those who've done this befo I have a two-disk RAID 0 volume running off an Nvidia driver with no Windows-based RAID support that I am aware of. I want to create a RAID volume on two new disks and transfer the data from the old array. I would like to install the two new disks in another machine, create the array and transfer the data from machine to machine, then simply...
April 6th 09 10:11 PM
by Tom[_23_] Go to last post
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Vista backup problem error code 0x81000006 by jonny
Hi i am running vista home premium I have Mirrored 500gig raid and using a 80gig sata drive to back up my music docs ect. Recently i needed to change my back up sata due to tech probs. I am now getting the error code 0x81000006 i cant turn off the the back up change settings nor back up as it fails. I have tried a couple of forums were people are having similar problems but with no success....
April 6th 09 07:30 AM
by rhonda2066 Go to last post
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Resource Monitor Harddrive Usage by NJdangerous1
Few days ago I noticed my harddrive light going crazy, when I wasnt doing anything. So, I looked in Vista's Resource Monitor under the Disk tab. And it was reading 1mb-100mb/sec, I did not have anything open. I cannot recall the exact file names that were causing this, b/c I dont know if to look at the Read or Write or Both. I do notice 1 file that is only named by -, that is all it says for...
April 6th 09 01:09 AM
by Mike Torello Go to last post
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windows update 80070026, computer VERY slow by slofurno
hey guys, something has been eating up my computer's resources over the past few days. My CPU will idle around 30%, and my memory will idle around 40%. I have 3.5GB of ram, and a dualcore 2.4GHZ cpu. I was checking windows update, and it says it cannot download any updates, and it's most recent check was on 9/9/2008. I tried manually downloaded the windows vista service pack 1, but it keeps...
April 5th 09 11:55 PM
by slofurno Go to last post
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4GB Ram, 3GB only seen HALP! by Umbrella420
Hey guys, i've got 4 gb of ram installed on my machine, 2 x 2gb sticks. The motherboard allows upto 4gb max ram but vista only says i have 3gb =\ im using 64-Bit vista so i can't see what the problem is, CPU-Z seems to see it all ok =http://disc.420chan.org/tech/src/1238676494116.jpg] -- Umbrella420
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April 5th 09 11:40 PM
by Dave Warren Go to last post
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Desktop problems by egorrs
Hi for the last 2 days i have been having a problem with my desktop When i log back on stuff on my desktop seems to delet its self (it has stoped) but now i cant install stuff on 2 my desktop. What do i do??? i have a web cam virus scaner my system (is clean just checked) i have a sound card its vista basics
April 5th 09 10:21 PM
by egorrs Go to last post
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Problems with returning from screen saver by amadeusmozart
When I set my computer to hibernate or it goes to screen saver, when I return whatever window I have open (whether it be Mozilla or a Word document) automatically closes. Not all my windows close, just the one I have open in front of me when I return. Any clues on how to prevent this from happening? -- amadeusmozart
April 5th 09 06:20 PM
by amadeusmozart Go to last post
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2 Problems I can not solve by Houdy23
First problem is that when ever I look up any website, sometimes it just goes to google says cannot find page. It doesn't happen all the time just when I am trying to load a page and it also doesn't go right away it takes awhile for it go there. Second problem is that randomly i'll get a Microsoft Windows message that says, "crack.exe stopped working". I have no idea what to do about this to...
April 5th 09 11:08 AM
by Houdy23 Go to last post
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Restart problems!!! Help!!!! by Shafe
hope this one fits in this category okey-doke, here's the story: Downloaded a program and then restarted my computer and it won't restart properly. Everytime I try to restart it, it goes halfway through and stops at a black screen and does nothing. HELP!!!!
April 5th 09 03:31 AM
by Mike Torello Go to last post
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Dlbl prob; uninstall & Windows Installer by fugitive
I was trying to open a .rar file, and found I need a new winzip, but I couldn't install it as something was wrong in it chest. I was told to do a remove in uninstall, but it's not listed, there was something else too, but I forgot, as my short term mem is AFU, please help if you Grok. thanks greg:cry: -- fugitive
April 5th 09 01:22 AM
by Mike Torello Go to last post
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New tower wit vista 64 bit by bhk
My old desktop is dying so I ordered this new HP tower to replace it. It seems it has a Phenom x4 processor, 4GB RAM and 640GB disk. Delivery is expected in a day or so. Re-reading the spec just now I am horrified to discover it will be pre-loaded with a 64bit OS. But I don't have any 64 bit applications. Use mainly MS Office, WMC, photoshop elements, CorelDraw and a finance package. Although...
April 3rd 09 04:00 PM
by Q[_2_] Go to last post
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Vista "My Pictures" screensaver freezes by Epictetus
I recently (within the last month) purchased a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop running Vista home basic. I have not installed any programs, games, etc. My computer randomly "freezes up" when the screensaver is running. A picture will remain on the monitor indefinitely, with all the keys unresponsive. I must turn the computer off when it happens, with the resultant "Improper shutdown"...
April 3rd 09 03:39 PM
by Oldtimer Go to last post
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System Restore Points - Never more than a day old by SoxFaninVA[_2_]
I have a 320gb hard drive and 150gb free. Whenever I look at my available restore points they are never more than 24 hours old. In XP, I always had a list of restore points going back a month or more. I haven't seen the same settings in Vista that allow me to change how much storage space is allocated to restore points. How do I get Vista to hang on to restore points older than a...
April 3rd 09 03:24 PM
by Spirit[_5_] Go to last post
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Registry files missing or corrupt by Allan2009
Hi there, i was using my laptop as i normally would, nothing i havnt done before on it, when i got the blue screen on death. Restarted my laptop and windows was failing to load, it still is failing to load. after trying to start in safe mode, i then tried the do not restart windows on failure option, and it turns out that some registry files are either missing or corrupt SYSTEM32/CONFIG/DEFAULT...
April 3rd 09 03:21 PM
by Spirit[_5_] Go to last post
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Vista Home Premium Performance degradation on Partition by Kevin
Why does Vista run OK on a smaller, slower dedicated HD than it does on a partitioned larger, faster replacement? My (3.2 Ghz Pentium4, 1 GB RAM) Sony Vaio PCG-K86P Laptop came with XP Professional I cloned the HD from the supplied 60 GB ATA/100 4200 to a 160 GB ATA/100 5400.
April 3rd 09 09:19 AM
by Mike Torello Go to last post
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Vista Windows Update - Checking forever by Gerry[_8_]
Windows Vista Business Edition 32-bit. Checking for Windows update never ends. Windows Update was enabled, and the system was manually updated a month ago. Since then no updates have been automatically applied. Checking for updates manually never ends. Turned off auto updates, rebooted and tried again with the same results. Interesting part is:
April 2nd 09 11:36 PM
by Gerry[_8_] Go to last post
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Laptop Freezes by THE C. [MS MVP]
Lisa, can you give some info. of you laptop such as how much RAM, Processor etc. Your system resources may be limited and with this info. we may be able to better assist you. Make it a great day. -- Computer/Software Tech. Charles Richmond http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
April 2nd 09 09:49 PM
by Mike Hall - MVP Go to last post
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Using Vista with Firdfox by Stu Davis
I had been having problems using Firefox 3 (my preferred browser) with Vista Home Premium. On a regular basis Firefox would freeze up and not be available either to run or to quit running. I did not have this problem with Internet Explorer but really wanted to use Firefox for most of my browsing. I eventually found out the Ad-aware seemed to be the cause of the problem. I removed Ad Aware...
April 2nd 09 05:04 PM
by Gordon[_9_] Go to last post
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