When using the Bitlocker Drive Preparation tool on an existing Vista Ultimate installation, I'm unable to get the system to start from the new partition. The tool seems to do it's stuff, but when restarting, all I get is a "Missing Operating System" error message when the laptop trys to start. I boot with the Vista DVD and then attempt a repair, but the only way to get back into Vista is to...

Hi All, I am having a strange problem, which I have to date been able to reproduce on three separate machines. The problem lies in browsing when using a limited account. It seems that even when internet security settings are set to the lowest possible settings, that pages that utalise the Telerik RAD Control suite (www.telerik.com) for ASP.Net do not display correctly.

Just installed Vista Home Presidium, upgraded from XP. I'm trying to move and/or remove a folder that was created by Vista in the Programs menu but Vista tells me I need permission to perform this action. I checked the folder security and found the Full control is checked for all but are disabled. Also since I upgraded from XP Vista retained the Documents and Settings folder. Any way to remove...

Hi, I am searching for the service pack for VS2005 or new SDK kit which updates the WinScard.h and library files for the SCardReadCache/ SCardWriteCache functions. Is there any service pack/SDKs available now or near future. Will these APIs be supported in Windows XP/2000 os. Regards,

Hi, My Vista computer logon shows 2 icons for every user e.g. 2 icons for Admin, 2 icons or User-A and 2 Icons for user User-B (only one account was created for all of them). When I switch users, it also shows 2 icons for user-A are logged on. Is there a fix for this? Cheers

Hi i have a wireless connection problem if anyone can help. Ever since i first connected to the wireless network in college my wireless will not connect to any other network properly, although it says it is connected the page will come up as cannot be displayed in internet explorer. This only occurs when trying to connect to a network other than that in college. The connection works...

When a start my pc appear the mensage "socket error 11004 windows32" How can I do, please help.

Flower is having many different problems.I am unable to use parental controls such as web history, sites visited ect...It says "error parsing files".Also is there a way to reset permissions on files to default or undo changes other than going to each files security tab to change them? -- Flower

I can't get on the ESPN website or it is extremely slow to open. All other websites open with no problem. This problem happens all of the time. Not just a one time occurance.

how can I remove this form my computer? Tried software explorer and add and remove, but neither one worked - virus scan didn't see them

If I buy a new PC with Vista and it comes with free 60 days of updates for Norton Internet Security 2007 including firewall, what exactly do I have to purchase after 60 days? Do I have to purchase new Norton Internet Security software or just buy a subscription to updates? Do I have to purchase a new firewall, or a firewall update? Is it true that if you already own Norton Internet Security,...

Why you're posting this useless message here? This vulnerability does not affect Windows Vista.

Hi All I have dual operation systems (Windows Vista Ultimate edition / Windows XP) installed with the configuration of 1GB of RAM, Intel P4-3GHZ processor. Recently I came to know that browser history can be cleared using RunDll32.exe with some arguments at command line. I have IE7 installed on both OSs. I could able to clear the history of IE7 using the command line (Start -- Run --...

I have a Linux-based NAS running Samba with user-level password protection (the same userid and password as Vista). I can browse files, etc., but I am unable to run any executable files. UAC prompts me for approval, but then give me a "Login failu unknown username or bad password" error. It must be a UAC issue because I have no problems when I turn UAC off, but I'd like to leave it...

I have the Security Toolbar 7.1 that installed itself in Internet explorer. There is now way I can find to remove this from Vista. It addes all sorts of Trojan, Virus, Worm, and other Malware when clicked on and takes over you network. I also thought that Vista and IE 7.0 were suppose to be more secure

How many times should 'Security Update for MS XML core services 4.0 sp2 (KB936181) be installed? Already have 7 times with a status of succeful install since 10/13/07 and currently it showing that I need to install it again.

How do I remove or hide the 'Shared Docs on computername' from the Computer console?? James

My VB 6 program uses this connection string to connect to the server: user id=coord;data source=GS;persist security info=True;Password=coord;initial catalog=CoordinatorTest It works fine on all XP machines, but it doesn't work on only some of Vista Business machines. It says Server doesn't exists or access denied. On some other Vistas it works. When I replace the name of the SQL Server with...

After an sfc scan reports corrupted system files that it can't fix, the CBS log shows nothing except a lot of windows\system32 folders with duplicate ownership. A typical message is CSI 00000036 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file "\??\C:\Windows\System32\ja-JP" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture =...

This may seem a stupid question. I have 2 computers. My old one has xp and i only use it to download music using livewire. My new one has vista and i use it for everything else. They are not connected in any way. There is no personal info on my old computer. I have one cable modem. I disconnect one computer from the modem when i want to use the other one so they are never connected to the...