When I try to run Disk Cleanup(in the system tools group, in accessories), It first says: Choose which files to clean up: MY FILES Files from all users on this computer With either choice, I keep getting this message: Disk Space Cleanup Manager has stopped working

Hey All. Does any one have any idea what might be causing my long shutdown times ? ShutdownUserSessionTime 17943 ShutdownUserPolicyTime 14602 System:

I am getting an Error 1310 when I try to install Adobe CS3 on my Vista Ultimate computer. I am also getting this error when I try to uninstall Quark 7.3 (that I installed earlier today with no problems) The error states that it can't write to the C;\config.msi\... file. I have changed the permission so everyone has full control. I ran msiexec /unreg & msiexec /regserver I have never used...

Help please! I'm getting BSOD quite frequently & some of the errors that I've noticed mentioned on the Blue Screen include - C5 error Bad_Pool_Caller Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal with D1 error Have uploaded the last 4 dump files renamed to .doc as .dmp was rejected

Hello. I'm posting this again because i can't find the other post i made after i deleted the email that contained the link. Here goes I reinstalled vista recently and now when i press restart ~ from the start bar ~ the pc will do all the operations needed as in quit applications, shut down windows and then it's just black screen and fans spinning. Someone gave me a solution to this but it...

I have combined all the versions of the OS (including x86 and AMd64) onto one DVD. I want to be able to use one autounattend file. So no matter if they choose the Enterprise x86 or Enterprise x64, it will still work. I've tried adding new rows for the x64, but that doesn't seem to work. If anyone has ideas how to do this, or accomplish it using another method I would appreciate the hepl.

ok i am currently running a system with these specs OS: vista home premium CPU : dual core 3.1 ghtz amd athlon MB: ASUS M2A-VM Ram : 8 gig installed and recognized.

Hi i've been trying to figure this out for about 2 months. When i try to load personalization from either control panel or right clicking on the desktop i get "the page failed to load" message in the middle of a blank page. Also, some of my icons on my desktop have a missing icon including the recycle bin. And the icons in my C: Drive are missing it's just blank. Please help, thanks. My specs:

My sister just bought a laptop with Vista installed, and each time she goes into Windows, Messenger starts up, blocking her screen. She does intend to use this app. I am familiar with how to get rid of it on Windows XP, and tried to talk her through it over the phone, as she lives quite a distance from me, but according to her the Add/Remove Window components does not appear on the Control...

I've tried everything and I'm about to format and reinstall vista if I can't get any help. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate x64. My computer boots up fine gets to the windows splash screen then does chkdsk and freezes after checking drive C:. Restarting causes it to get to the Windows splash screen again and run chkdsk and freeze after checking C:. I cannot get out of this loop as my...

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint) "philtuber" wrote in message ... This problem may have followed installation of SP2 on my Vista 64 HP, not sure and haven't done a restore yet, hoping for a less drastic fix. If I click on the Windows Update tray icon, or the corresponding control panel...

Folks - I've been faithfully backing up my C: to another internal hard disk on a weekly basis for over a year now. I just received an error message telling me that my E: is full, so the most recent backup was unable to be completed. How do I delete old backup files - is it as simple as deleting the particular backup folder and subfolders? Also, can you recommend any strategy on which backups...

Is it possible to disable the 'logging off' and 'shutting down' graphics, when I shutdown, hibernate or put my pc on standby? I run Vista Business edition.

Running Vista Home Premium IE8 The following problem occurs randomly in whichever program I am using .This is just an example selecting view in the menu bar then text size in the drop down box, attempting to move the mouse arrow to the text size in the size sub Menu the size menu list is minimized. This happens regardless of how many attempts I make. Can anyone suggest a remedy...

I ran Memtest 86+ and Windows Memory Diagnostics in DOS mode with the battery removed. Both tests went on for an hour with no errors and then my laptop shuts down. It does that sometimes when I'm doing something in Windows, but most of the time it's fine. I download movies and play videos and multitask and it's fine. I wonder if the memory has errors or if the mobo is conking out. Gateway...

I am helping someone with a problem affecting her Acer XP Home laptop. The laptop is less than 3 years old and has been behaving fine. A few days ago a grayed vertical panel appeared toward the right of the display stretching from top to bottom and being consistently present regardless of what program was being used. The only partial exception was when the initial Acer splash screen...

Running vista on 2.8 Ghz Pentium D with 2G of RAM. CPU usage is always 40%. I've instaled "process explorer" to try to figure this out and it shows 'hardware interrupts" as consuming the bulk of the cpu usage. I don't know how to proceed from this point and am looking for ideas. Thanks -- jdfdoc

Hello Sir, I have a toshiba x86 32bit and i am facing lately continual blue screen crash with constant computer freezing after it load and the desktop is loading or after 5min of starting work on the laptop .i following the problem error mentioned as following : The blue screen briefly says : A problem has been detected and windows had been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer. if this...

Hey is gamebooster harmful to vista? when i use it i get like 200-400 mb of extra ram while gaming but i was wondering if its harmful to my pc it baicly turns off some programs i dont need for the time being and when im done gaming i can turn all those programs back on -- soldier000