I'm running a Dell XPS-420 with a Quad Core 2.5GHz processor and 4Gb of RAM. I've recently done a clean install of the entire system, including Vista x64 Ultimate and Office 2007. When running Word, everything gets very slow, but as soon as Word is closed the system is back to its' very responsive norm. Any suggestions? I have plenty of memory and disk space available...

Out of the blue I started receiving a message for Interactive services. I had to select it , the screen would go black, I then had to answer a question about my balck ink cartriidge and then return and my documents would print. I changed teh cartridge and the message finally stopped but now I cannot print at all. My printer says offline. I have no idea where this came from. I stopeed...

I've been searching the web for a solution for a while now, and although it seems to be a somewhat common problem none of the solutions work for me. So basically I was installing new grahpics drivers from the nvidia homepage, when the screen suddenly makes like a flicker thingy and then switches to a black screen with a flashing white underscore. No problems I think and reboot. But since then...

I may be flamed "for not using the search" on this one, but I did. I didn't scour, as I'm about to go to sleep, but I did notice the mention of Auslogics quite a few times. That's my current defragger, as the default defragger in Vista, I'd say, is pathetic. My question, though, is: Is there anything else? What is the best way to defragment Vista? I don't know if it's a juvenile idea, but in XP,...

Does any one know how to remove the "LEGACY ___" keys in the registry. I had to remove an application (Firewall) from system which added data to these areas, so any help would be appreciated. -- Visit Family Radio Today http://www.familyradio.com/

I have read the opinions on whether RamBoost actually works or not (mostly negative). So I was wondering if there might be some site/utility/etc. that could actually measure the effect of RamBoost on a specific system. Thank you, Danno --

Slowly over time, when any type of audio is played (from sound effect to music), audiodg.exe continues to grow in memory used. This eventually reaches a point where I begin receiving error pop up's from windows, stating the need to close programs due to low available memory. If I close side programs (sidebar for example) the pop up return later after audiodg has taken over those freed...

I used Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 to install a modified Arabic keyboard on my Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit machine. It was the first time I'd used the software, and I failed to specify that I wanted it installed under one of the Arabic "regions." I also didn't know that the keyboard shows up on the list under what was entered in the "layout description" and since I hadn't...

While using Vista Business with any program it occasionally stops letting you acces the program and any others running. although the louse is still active on the screen it does not do anything when clicked. The way to get it going again is to use CTRL/ALT/DEL then either cancel or ESC. After that full accers to all programs is restored. I have run for Malware and spyware but no...

I have a friend who just got a new Vista laptop and it's set up to automatically download Windows updates during a certain time of the day and we were wondering whether the updates would be downloaded if the laptop was in sleep mode? I thought I had heard that with Vista the laptop would wake up for automatic updates.

Hi, My PC has 4GB installed and the chipset only supports 4GB; so both 32 and 64 bit OSs see the same amount of memory here as per the MSKB. In that situation, with approx 3.15GB to play with, would 64 or 32 bit Vista be faster or smoother or better in any way. Not too concerned about driver comparability issues or anything else at the moment. TIA.

After I login to Vista, it is unresponsive for 5-10 minutes. Throughout this time the service "lanmanserver" is "starting up". Does anyone know how to make this required service start more quickly? I may be on the wrong path all-together. Are there other reasons for the system to hang for serveral minutes after login? The only program I seem to be able to run is firefox. IE, MSN...

Hello I am hoping someone can help with a system problem that my daughter is having on her Fujitsu-Siemens laptop. The operating system is Windows Vista basic. Essentially, the system will not boot up. I have tried using the recovery CD, and booting up selecting the CD option from the boot menu. However, it starts laoding and then hangs, with a grey screen. I have tried booting in

Over the past week or so Windows Update will not load the downloaded updates. I run Bitdefender antivirus and this program recognises the need for critical updates and also downloaded them to have them fail. I have run the latest Malware, Adware and Registery Mechanic. The Windows help and support solution does not fix. Please help? -- PSharpe

I hate that welcome center and that 360 desktop and i was wondering how can u remove pop ups -- egorrs

how can i make my dvd drive to run/load faster when i put a disc inside it? i use windows vista ultimate 32bit

ladies n Gents, I am not really that computer savy, but after reading several posts from different sites and this pretty cool place, I have learned a bit. I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 laptop running Vista Home Premium. About a month ago, when I got home from the desert, I noticed that it was not installing updates. The last to install in a long line of "successful" updates was "windows update...

So i got a new laptop with vista 64. But now it started deleting files and when i try to install something it says unreadable or corrupt. when i boot up i get Error with syntpenh.exe what do i need to do please help me. Anytime i run anything i get an error saying its corrupted or unreadable. -- Cody

I tried to fix this problem and ran taskmanager after start up and typed in explorer in new task it works, but temporarily. After reboot or restart I have to type in explorer again and again. Only my documents comes up after reboot or restart.

when trying to start my laptop, benq joybook s41, i get this error message, on the BSOD: STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The Registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternative. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable. Collecting data for crash dump....