Hi, I am using Vista Home Premium 64, and up to now everthing has been reasonable OK. However every month ATI issues new drivers so this month I downloaded them but when I tried December's to install them it said that they were not 64 bit (drivers name is 8-12_vista64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_72275), they also have Vista 32-bit which are called almost the same (8-12_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_72275).

The subject is available on my Vista Ultimate machines. Is it the same as Acronis True Image? My wife's computer has a smaller, older PATA hard drive and a very small (20 GB), old PATA drive that she uses for data. If I buy a new, large capacity SATA hard drive (the mobo and pws support SATA), can I use the subject Vista feature to image the PATA drive to the SATA drive, boot from the SATA...

I have Vista Home Premium 32bit on a Dell 1525 laptop. Whenever I try to load a new program (or when automatic updates are attempted) I get error saying "This application failed to start because msi.dll was not found." I have tried downloading the latest MS Installer but I get similar messages. I finally gave up and decided to reinstall the operating system. I didn't get far doing that when I...

I've had my Google account for years and have used it on many computers and the only time I've had trouble with it is with my home Vista pc. After it boots and I get to the Desktop, I get a Connect to 'Google' (http://www.google.com) log in window. Remember my password is always checked but I have to click OK everytime to log in. I would really appreciate any assistance I can get. Vista...

Hi, Right Click: "Personalize" - "Desktop Background" Location: ComboBox Browse... In ComboBox I have... Windows.Items and some C:\... locations... One location C:\...\New Folder has been removed but the Item from ComboBox is still there... How can I remove that? Thank You

Hi, How do I monitor the CPU temperature in Windows Vista? There's no CPU temperature indicator in task manager-performance. Regards

hi guys, I've tracing the vista x64 sp1 start up with xperfs and I've found the spldr.sys and fltmg.sys driver loading very slow! how can I disable or repair loading of this drivers?? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Immagine.jpg | |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9022...

Hi Friends ; I have VISTA ultimate. From 2 weeks ago I have problem in vista startup. After turning on my computer and entering windows username and password and after few seconds that WELCOME appears , my computer restarts and this process repeated for 1 to 4 times. After that I vista comes up and I can use my computer. How can I solve the problem? -- Siamack Hejazi Software Developer Under :

Hello Has anyone experienced the disk space being reported wrong with Vista 64 bit thanks N

Okay, I have this issue on 2 separate laptops using 2 different types of memory card. One uses an SD Card 4GB, the other a Memory Stick Pro Duo. I have Vista Service Pack 1 with all the updates. Both work great with ReadyBoost, but after resuming from standby mode, Vista seems to forget the cache exists and stop accessing it. Then when you go into properties and try to set a new cache, it...

Hey guys, I'm new to this forum so go easy :p When I start my PC I get an error message pop up. Here are the details of the message: Title: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host has stopped working Options: -Check online for a solution (Ive already tired, and no such luck) -Close

Tried Micro SD HC 4GB in a Kingston mini USB. HDTach, etc measures it at 18MB/s, 1.0ms access, 17.1MB/s average. With it plugged in, shutdown takes about 60 seconds. Remove it and shutdown takes perhaps 5 seconds. Is there a card that won't do this? (I see nothing in Events)

HI hope someone can help me. I am completely computer illiterate and have found myself at a loss when this came up on screen this morning. ' this cant run because it requires a newer video card or one thats compatible with direct 3D' Can someone please explain what this is, where i get one and how do I know what type i need. my processor is an Intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73Ghz. there was also a...

This doesn't always occur and I can't figure out what initiates the problem. Usually in the morning when I get on my computer is when it happens. I click on the IE or Firefox icons and it never launches the internet session. I only get a small blue circle that is viewable in the task bar like its waiting for the session to launch, but it never does. I've attempted to launch them several...

System restore, System backup, Restore point, none of this stuff works. Its always the same error: 'Incompatible version of the serializing package. (0x80070724)'. Googled it every which way, but no joy! Anybody know if this will ever be fixed? Not even a hint at Microsoft.com that this problem exists. I figured this was the best way to to let them know. Anybody out there heard anything...

I was talking to my friends and listening to music on Windows Messenger, then my computer froze and everything just stop moving. So when i reset it it gets stuck at the screen were it shows my motherboard. My computer use to start up really fast, now its starting up really slow for some reason. I just built it,so it not very old. -- giddy123

Hi, chkdsk status report explanation! How big is a large file? What is a EA record? What is a security descriptor? What is (MFT) BITMAP attribute? J wisecode --

i am unable to shut down my computer. i go to start and there is click on the button and all i have is switch users, log off, lock (seporator) restart (seportator) and sleep. this happend after i checked the no GUI boot in the msconfig file under boot. i unchecked it but i am still unable to shut down my computer what do i do?:mad: --

Hi, I am using Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Service Pack 1. If I install IE8... will it overwrite the IE7 ( and IE7 will become IE8 ) ? or it will can be used as another browser and IE7 will be fine... Thank You! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With all good wishes for a brilliant and happy Christmas season, I wish the merriest of Christmas...

Hey, My problem is with my laptop ( Fujitsu Siemens Amilo ). I had no problem with Vista at all, it was working perfect untill a few weeks ago. I was online for about an hour then all of a sudden everything started to go really slow then internet explorer stopped working. I thought it was to do with my internet connection but it couldn't have been because i am recieving wireless from my main...