I used a flash drive to run ReadyBoost. When I attempted to stop the ReadyBoost program it failed to stop ( write protect failure ). I contacted the flash drive manufacturer's support site which stated that the drive's processor chip had failed. When I reboot my computer ( HP Pavilion Elite m9525f ) it now only finds 5 of the 6 USB ports. Is this a result of the flash drive failure or do HP...

First of all, I run on Vista Home Premium x32 i think. But recently i have gotten a virus or something that makes my log in screen unable to boot, it shows a black screen and just the cursor in the middle. Secondly couple of months ago I noticed that when i wanted to system restore, i restarted my computer and Press the key to do that command (F11) and for some reason it doesn't work and...

Hi there, Since yesterday I have started to receve a prompt saying: "RtHDVCpl.exe - Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000005). Click OK to terminate the application." When I click OK, another prompt appears to say that the HD Audio

I attempted to install SP2 after it became available on Windows Update, but unfortunately without success. Stage 1 installed fine, but Stage 2 and Stage 3 kept repeating with every reboot. Fortunately I was able to log into the desktop, run System Restore and recover. My system is clean and well maintained. I unloaded all third party apps and disabled AV before installing SP2 - no idea...

Every time I perform an action in Vista, a 'Windows needs your permission to continue' window appears. How do I disable requirement to actively permit/confirm the action?

Howdy; I'm new with Vista and am wanting to limit disk space usage for system restore. Can this be done?

About 30% of the time when I click on shut down I get an error code that "The following programs are still running....preventing your computer from shutting down. I researched shutdown performance & followed the instructions for the event viewerapplications & servicesMicrosoftWindowsDiagnostics-PerformanceOperational. There are jillions of errors, warnings, critical. Mainly listed as...

When I try to view anything on YouTube, I get an error that says I either have javascript turned off or don't have the latest flash. I do have the latest, and everything else that uses javascript works. Anyone have any ideas? Vern

I deleted the recycle bin accidentally. I restored it using Personalize/Change desktop icons. However, when I click on "Empty Recycle Bin" the bin greys out, but does not revert to an empty bin. The empty bin shows up only after I reboot. How can I fix this? Thank you. David Salmon

I purchased a new 128 mb video card, Geforce 6200 with a Nvidia chipset. When I try to update the windows experience index I receive the message: "Cannot complete assessmente. The assessment or other operation did not complete succesfully. This is due to an error being reported from the operating system, driver, or other component." I am using Vista Ultimate 32bit. How can I fix this issue...

OK, so for starters, when I am downloading a file, I can only open it, because choosing "save" just closes the box and nothing happens. Also, I cannot right click on a picture and choose "save as" because yet again nothing happens. Various other related bugs are happening too. At first I thought it was just an error with internet explorer buuuuuut, it also happens with non internet related...

whenever i start the reliability and performance monitor to create a report i get an error -the interface is unknown-. ive used the reliability and performance monitor a few times before and it had worked. but now i have no idea what has happened:confused: to start this im using the command perfmon /report. ive tried things like the RACAgent.exe in cmd with admin rights and also deleting of the...

Hello everyone, lately I have been having some problems. Anytime I install a game/program I can play it but when I turn my computer of and turn it back on later System Restore comes up. When I cancel the restoration the computer restarts and comes right back to the System Restore Screen. So, when i agree to the restoration it deletes the last couple of installed programs. When I reinstall tem...

hello all, I want to ask, why my vista does not detect the DVDROM, Flashdisk, HDDExternal on MyComputer and Explorer. I can access it with explorer address, example E: or F: or G: There anyone can help ? Thanks -- andraman

I have regular problems with my vista software where the software gives me this message or a similar one Problem signatu Problem Event Name: AppHangXProcB1 Application Name: Explorer.EXE Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000 Application Timestamp: 47918e5d Hang Signatu 7ce1 Hang Type: 128

I have a laptop and desktop running vista home primium. On both I have tried to to a full backup using windows backup utility. On both machines after a short time I get the error message "Access is denied. (0x80070005)". I tried both with "administrotor rights" and I am the only user on these computers. Also tried disabling all Norton programs. Thanks, Richard

This week when trying to boot my computer it gets stuck on a black screen with a blinking cursor, if I hold down F12 to go to the hard boot screen and select the hard drive it boots up okay and works fine. It also if left on overnight will re-boot itself, and then gets stuck on this screen, it did this to me last night after it finished running the virus scanner. I checked the virus scanner...

Ok so I have Vista on my laptop, and it have been running somewhat smothly for about a year. Now for some unknown reason my wireless internet have started lagging a lot. The reason why I'm posting here, is because (and here's the unlogic problem) my internet only works (as in not lagging but still running quite slow) when I set the power surply to "Power saving" - If I set it to "High...

Hello, I am running Windows vista Ultimate edition, and I am encountering error code 80073712 when trying to run windows update. Two updates are failing to install - KB943302 and KB943302. I would be most grateful for any assistance. Thank you, Barnaby Legg

OK. I've tried for weks to sort this. MCE (I'm running ultimate) was fine until this started appearing whenever i tried to access my music via MCE. Still no joy. HOW how how do I fix this. P.S I'm not sure but I think it may have started when I downloaded an update