Everytime I shutdown my computer, when I turn it back on, it installs my printers. I now have multiple copies of each printer. This problem was resolved once before by Compaq tech support but I had to run a recovery and it has resurfaced. I called microsoft and they know what the problem is and told me it was an issue from when Compaq installed windows. They tell me Compaq has to fix it. Compaq...

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I have downloaded MSL Live and IM, now my firewalls; Windows Firewall and Windows Live OneCare are turned off. I have followed OneCares procedures to override and to turn on yet they are not. Note received: Tow or more firewalls running at the same time can conflict with each other. I have NOT removed the programs yet however this is about to occur. Any suggestions? Using Windows Vista My...

FYI im not that smart when it comes to computers But i just got this new computer and i have had so many problems with it so far. I have 64 bit vista and no matter what disc i put in it doesnt read it and it doesnt even recognize that there is a disc in. Please Help, Nick -- lolman14

Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost? SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into my notebook all the time.

I'm new in Vista. In WinXP, when I was in the registry, if I did a search and it found an entry value that matched it would be highlighted in the right pane and the icon in the left pane in which the key was located would be an open folder while most icons would remain closed folders. In Vista, however, all the icons are open folders whether or not the currently selected key is in the folder...

I'm new in Vista. In WinXP, when I was in the registry, if I did a search and it found an entry value that matched it would be highlighted in the right pane and the icon in the left pane in which the key was located would be an open folder while most icons would remain closed folders. In Vista, however, all the icons are open folders whether or not the currently selected key is in the folder...

I noticed that whenever I insert either a blank CD or DVD that the System Log fills with, respectively, either 5 or 10 of these: Event ID: 51 "An error was detected on device \Device\CdRom0 during a paging operation." The Event Viewer help indicates it's just an informational message and no action is required, but I'd like to know what's causing it since it's filling up the log. It's...

From command line vssadmin list shadowstorage, my restore point (shadow copy storage) space is 19.531GB, allocated space is 14.902GB, used space is 14.077GB. However, I can only see TWO System Checkpoint restore points in System Restore. Is this normal? Does the info for two restore points really take that much space? I can't restore to anything earlier than a couple of days ago, to the first of...

I have tried to install Dreamweaver cs3 on my acer extensa 5620z, running Vista Business 32-bit. I do not get any wrong messages during the installation - all is sucessfully installed. Every time I try to open the program after the installation, it stops at the "initialiazing". I have also tried "selective startup mode" before installing Dreamweaver, but with no luck...:cry: Photoshop,...

My computer keeps freezing, and the screen looks puzzled. I/ve already re-booted it, and did a maintanence scan however that did not help. Any suggestions.

Hi, I am looking every 2-3 days in my "Event Viewer" to see what events has been created in the meantime. Since I reinstalled my OS ( MS Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Updated to SP1 ), everytime when I shutdown my PC in "Applications" ( from "Event Viewer" ) I receive 2 warnings: " Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or

Hi! (windows Home premium) My laptop won't shutdown, It gets to the Windows is shutting down screen and then hangs.........forver! I can shut it down by using the power button but when turning back on I get a message that says Windows vista was not shut down correctly. Would anybody know how I can fix this problem? :confused: Thanks in anticiaption Denise

Hello, New to Win Vista, last used XP-Pro. If I remember correctly. uninstalling programs would live junk in the system and registry. Is there a program that will take care of program uninstalling taking care of all the junk and registry? or is Vista taking care of this? Thank you Oscar A.

Whenever I start or reboot my computer I get the window of Svchost Properties, with the message that this application was "deleded today". Even if I accept the Restore option it will come up next time I reboot. Does anybody know the implications and howto fix this ?

my vista vaio has a serious problem whe i try to reply to an e-mail there is a lag time of about 45 sec to over minute untile the page opens - same for forwarding an e-mail when i try t delete an e-mail on the ouch pad it deletes 3-4 messages if i click on the browser on my moucepad it opens 3 and four times the same web page I have returned the vaio to Sony for repair and they changed the...

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Hi, I just reinstalled Vista with all the latest updates. After the reinstall, my computer can no longer manually or automatically enter sleep mode. I've narrowed it down to two service that once diabled allow my computer to enter sleep. These are Terminal Services and UPnP Device Host. Both need to be disabled for my computer to be able to enter sleep. Otherwise, the only thing that happens...

I have a problem i think the pic. is expressing my problem http://www.picmool.com/images/572_untitled.jpg] you can see how the icon is hidden but the name of the file is not... this some times happen with (recycle bin)