Hello, I need to start some predefined permon data collection automatically when a Vista workstation boots up. I have searched in many places but could not find a way to achieve what I want. Is this feasible in Vista ? Thanks,

I have installed SP1 about 5 days ago. I'd like to know how to make a backup disk of SP1, just in case ? Thank you. t-4-2

hello, i have ms windows vista home premium x64 sp1. sometimes when i start my windows session, the right menu items are blinking when i am hovering them with my mouse-cursor. ( even tabs - task manager ) to have the normal "settings" i have to log off and log-on again or to restart my machine. this is happening in a random way... i don't know why...

Hi everyone. Do you know any good gadget that shows you the usage and the temperature of each core of your CPU? Here is a nice program that shows everything: http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/4719/speedfanmm8.png] But the program is too big, it takes so much space on the screen, so a small gadget would be handy. Here is a picture that i drew of what i mean; this picture shows everything that I...

Hello Guys First nice forum to be honest Well My issue is Lately i did installed SP1 for vista i rebooted the pc and its won't boot its gives me file corrupted error, C:/windows/system32/drivers/cmdent.sys everytimes its said another fine anyhow i did tried everything but it doesnt work at al

I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to use the Shrink volume option in Disk Management to make the main partition smaller. After I want to create an additional partition so I can dual boot. The problem lies with Shrink Volume. Even though I have 60GB free it's only offering me the chance to shrink by 14GB.I've turned off system restore and hibernate. I've...

Please help me, I am trying to install a game that I have recently bought. I used to have the game a few years ago, but lost the disc, so I have bought it again. As soon as I click "Install", the message pops up, "setup.exe has stopped working", then it says. " A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify if a solution is available." Has...

I have a pc that has been booting slow and I checked in the performance area and found two issues effecting the system. One is for slow startup, and it gives me three programs that are doing this. I see one I will not be able to do anything with and two I should. They a 1.) Symantec ( 67.7 seconds) ccSvchst.exe 2.) Acrobat Distiller (51.1 seconds) acrodist.exe 3.) Windows Mail (28.4...

won't turn off , i'm stuck with it , went to control panel , but there is no box to uncheck , only to start in the ease of access

G'Day All, I have been using Vista HP for about 4 months. When first installed, there was an option 'Switch User' on the 'Shutdown/Log Off/Restart.... etc.' Menu. This option has now disappeared. How may I restore it?

Remembering what I do now and then in XP, I went to Vista's Windows TEMP folder to clear it out and saw a lot of files ending in extension MST (59 files, 14+ MB) and many times that number of files (over 400) whose names began with SQLITE. What are these?

As I have posted before, since last summer, my client has been getting random BSOD's, mostly pointing to memory corruption. After eliminating everything else (memory, power supply, disk, swapping memory between slots), a new motherboard (the oher was a ASRock ConRoe 1333-D667). The morning after the new motherboard was fitted I got a BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, and yesterday...

I have a question. If I were to do a system restore choosing a date, say 16th when a Windows update was installed, why did I have to re-install that update afterwards ?? I always thought if I did system restore choosing 15th, THEN I would have to re-install that update. Furthermore, if that update was one of those " cannot be uninstalled ", why did it reappear after the system restore ? Thank...

I am going to buy a new laptop and for the most part, especially the ones I am interested in, my only option for an OS is MS Vista Home Premium 64bit. Now my laptop purchase isn't meant to replace my desktop machines at all, but I am purchasing it because I am going back to school and because from time to time, it would be nice to do some things like messing with my music library and...

Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop, Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1, WLM 14v. I have never done this since day one. I've read about NOT to download driver updates from Windows Update Center. So, where do I go to get drivers updated ? My machine is by Dell, I suppose I should go to Dell website ? How do I ask for updates when I get there ? I had tried, got no where. Thank you. t-4-2

I had read in many places that Vista file transfers (copy, move) would be faster if the feature called “Remote Differential Compression” (RDC) were turned off. So I did a quickie test today, consisting of copying a 1.91 GB folder from my main hard drive to a folder on an external USB drive. Results: With RDC turned on: 3:23 - three minutes and 23 seconds (with a stopwatch).

When i try to copy a file 300MB from one location say Local Disk:D to Local Disk:E the computer freezes. So as to tackle the problem i tried to analyze the disk writing characteristic by looking at resource monitor. i have Windows vista OS. during the transfer it transfers certain amount of data then the orange light indicating the harddisk level in the CPU stop to blink ie it remains glowing....

Hello, I have read at least 20 articles about random shutdowna but i cant seem to find the right solution. I am running Vista 64 (Ultimate) on a toshiba laptop and i can do anything on the computer with no problem, play games, run multiple apps, the only time i get the problem is when i let it idle. I recently upgraded from 32 bit (as in like 2 days ago) and it never had this problem. I have...

As widely discussed elsewhere, Vista 32-bit will not recognize more than approximately 3 MB of installed RAM (caveat #1 - I am aware that there are some work-arounds for this; caveat #2 - after installing Vista SP-1, windows will correctly report the amount of RAM you have installed, but will still not be able to use more than about 3 MB). I have also read that although you can install much...

How do I stop this. Running Vista Ultimate. Says this is update for media center store. Almost constantly running. Never use this. Can it be disabled?