System Restore? issues.

If this is the wrong place, I'm sorry. Go ahead and move/delete it.A while ago, I did a system restore to get rid of som...

Delete Vista System File

How can I delete a Vista windows system32 file (dxtrans.dll)? I can't seem to find any way to gain "permission&qu...

Reliability Monitor System Stability

Hi, my Reliability Monitor system Stability Chart stopped updating on september 1, 2008. I've checked Task Schedular and...

Null.sys & Windows Away Mode System Issues

Hey all,Re-installed Vista Business (32-bit) a few weeks ago, and since then it's been hanging on the green scrolling ba...

system restore not working

Hi, I am using Vista Home Premium 64, and up to now everthing has been reasonable OK.However every month ATI issues new ...

system configuration data read error

when ı turn on my labtop ı see 'system configuration data read error' press f1 to contınue press f2 to enter setup' ...

upgrade from spanish operating system to english without cle

At the moment, I am using windows home premium, but my operating system is in Spanish. Now, I want to upgrade to windows...

Windows Services Not Starting and parts of Windows System no

Vista Home Premium. Pentium 4 Dual Core. 1 GB RAM.The Windows Event Log service does not start even though it is set f...

Unable to vaerify the active prenter at the system level. Q

I ran Quickens almost problem free on Windows XP Pro. and never had any printing problems. But now I am using Windows ...

system restore error 0x80070483

I get this error when SR has rebooted and at the last moment it displayssystem Restore " The wizard coul,d not be l...

HELP - System Unusable

From Performance_Maintenance NGA Vista Home Premium, SP1 Compaq notebook was infected by FunWebProducts adware and it wa...

Noob needs help: Old System Restore/Backup Error 0x8007002

Hello everyone!I am basically crawling to anyone with knowledge about this and begging for help. I have searched and se...

Generate a system health report error

Hello, after having installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Home Premium and adding another gigabyte of RAM, I decide...

Remove folders MSOCashe, SWSetup, System.sav?

Hi,I have been using Vista x64 SP1 for about 2 weeks. I found these folders on my C drive and was wondering if they are...

System Configuration Question

Hello,With Windows XP, when you ran msconfig, and rebooted, you got that box with the message about how your settings h...

system restore which failed - how to fix?

Hi I tried to do a system restore which failed and I got a message saying "the volume shadow service used by system...

system backup on external hard drive

I have a 160 gb western digital external hard drive with a backup of about 55 GB of the same OS that i am running now (...

Network Connection Icon in System Tray

Under Windows XP, when I would connect to another network via VPN, I would get an icon in the system tray indicating my...

Question concerning the "System Wizard"

I own an Acer Ferrari 1100 PC with the 64-bit Windows Vista Ultimate.When I start the computer, I get the error message ...

System Restore automatically at startup

In XP I had SysRestore create a restore point automatically at first boot-up of each day (believe it was a vbs file in ...

System restore wont work says local disk has errors?

can someone tell me whats going on and how i can fix this. i tried running it in safe-mode but it didint work so what ca...

SYSTEM owns All Users Folder

I installed an Update from Adobe and they put the desktop shortcut in the All Users folder. I want to delete it from t...

System Update Readiness Tool - How to run after install

Windows Vista Home Premium, 32bit Havn't been able to install Service Pack 1. It was suggested that I run the system Upd...

Need help with system

First of all I apologize if posting in wrong area, could not find suitable place. My son is currently going to school f...

Concerned by lack of available system restore points

Vista32, 4GM RAM, 70GB partition for C: with 25GB free.I only get one or two restore points. Once upon a time I had very...

New system build with defective HD

I just built a new system with an OEM vista x64 home premium, activated the key then found out after using the system t...

system restore / recovery disks

Hello,I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had to use them.I cannot seem to be able to...

Error message while attempting to generate Vista system heal

Whenever i try to Generate a system Health Report i get the following message . "An error occured while attemptin...

Old MS Entertainment Pact games on Vista 64 bit system??

My wife and I got new systems. Her's has Vista 64 bit and mine XP.I found out from the XP Games group that the MS Enter...

System Volume

My c: drive's volume gets unexpectedly decreasing even when i am not copying,downloading,or installing things........ he...

Copying into System Folder

Hey there, I was wondering how do you give yourself permission to -copy- into a system folder in Vista? Thanks. -- xoch...

Full System Restore after resetting to Factory Default Setti

Hi Guys,I'm running an HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop with Vista Home Premium 32 bit.I noticed that it was beginning to free...

Running a script at hibernation and system standby

Hi all,I was wondering if it would be possible that a script gets executed before the system goes into standbye or befor...

Complete PC Backup - D: has turned into a system disk

I started using Vista's complete PC backup once Vista was installed on my computer. I have two physical disks, one part...

System Restore error (create restore point), event ID: 8193

While struggling with Applicationn hung problems I have discovered that the following error has frequently been reporte...

Can't hide Bluetooth icon from system tray

I have a new Dell Vostro 1510 laptop running 32-bit Vista. When I open BlueTooth Settings > Options Even though the ...

Can't set system failure options

I can set the system failure option via regedit but they won't stick if I set them via advanced system settings. Anyone ...

Anti-virus and anti-spyware not showing in system diagnostic

Both Avira (Av) and Windows Defender are shown ON when i open the security centre, but then when i generate a 'performa...

Re-Enabling System Restore

I turned off system restore to shrink my boot volume. Now when i've tried to enable it, i get the following message in ...

When disconnecting Atheros USB AR5007UG it causes system cra

Hello everybody When I unplug my USB wireless receiver ZyDAS 1211 (With atheros chip inside), my computer crashes and a...

Blue screen STOP: c000021a Fatal System Error (after Auto up

Yesterday Windows did some auto updates and rebooted. No initial problems, however today when I booted up I received a ...

System Restore applet fails to open / Windows Updates downlo

A friend's Vista SP1 PC is failing to install Windows Updates and also some other updates such as those for Itunes. The ...

How to Enable System Administrator

Hi,A few days ago, my Panda Antivirus had expired and thus exposed to viruse, adware, trojan etc etc...After i had remo...

Adding IDE Drive to New System with ATA / SATA Architecture

Finally got a new system, made my buy, no problem with Vista [ Hitachi HDP725 SCSI 160GB HD ], (new drive). Added Maxtor...

Vista Crash after installing SP1 BSOD SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTI

Hello!, This is my first post in the forum, I've been having a problem since yesterday with my windows vista ultimate x6...

microsoft windows operating system has stopped working

Upon logging into windows vista, I receive the error "Microsoft windows operating system has stopped working."...

System Restore Will Not Restore

I've posted vast detail about this problem at the link below. I wonder if anyone here has an answer.http://forums.tech...

Mastered File System not available for CD burning

I have Vista Ultimate and when I unsert a blank CD I don't get the usual autoplay menu that gives you a couple of choic...

system error memory dump files

hi this is my first computer, have learned a bit from day 1, I had dumpfiles in my machine because I did not start it up...

Printing email not longer working in Windows Mail (System: V

Hello,i have Vista64 and Windows Mail. Yesterday i installed IE8 and all the office 2007 patches (don't know if relevan...

recovering a system usb drive

hi.. this is a fault in my system. i uninstalled the usb drive for Mass Storage Device(USBSTOR.sys). but even when i cop...

No backup of Vista EFS certificate from system that won't bo

Thank you in advance for any guidance! :)Vista Ultimate (32bit SP1) system is corrupted enough to not boot but accessing...

Whats the point in a calender system that does not remind yo

Windows Calender works fine if you start up your Windows fresh every day, but does not remind you if you put your compu...

System Volume Information

Hello everyone, Found it in my D drive ....... system Volume Information. I think I know what it is. However, I'd like t...

How to repair corrupt COM+ Catalog on Vista without System r

Hi, On my Vista PC COM+ catalog is corrupted, on XP and Windows 2003 reinstallation of COM+ is possible with sysoc.inf ...

Remember system settings

Hello all,In Windows XP, when I shut down my PC, Windows remembers things like the fact that I have opened Windows Expl...

System Restore settings

I've plowed through most of the Vista help/support looking for the "simple" solution as to how I can change t...

New System Install - black screen

I've just installed Vista onto a newly-built PC (a blank hard drive). Everything proceeded smoothly, until the last re...

Vista Local System accounts with localized vista versions

i found out that every localized version of Windows vista has a different local system account example US version of vis...

NT Kernel and System: problem

Hi there, is it normal for system (NT Kernel and system) process to speed up cpu usage up to 50-80% for at least 15 min...

System Tray : serious ergonomical problems - constatations

Hi, This post is the english version of what I post today on m.p.f.w.v.general entitled "system Tray : sérieux pro...

RE: HUGE system volume Information

Do you have a licensed and legal copy of Windows Server 2008?"ACiD GRiM" wrote: I have a 198 GB HDD that has o...

copy/backup programs and drivers b4 system recovery

My FIOS is way too sluggish. For example, it takes 20 seconds to fully load a web page such as talkingpointsmemo.com I h...

Files lost using Live File System

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.I copied a couple of folders to a DVD-R using drag-and-drop then eje...

backup system inquiry

*i have never thought about backing up my system ever since getting comp in july of this year. how much memory is needed...

"previous system shutdown was unexpected" Event ID 6008

This dumb, uninformative, repetitive Event ID has been my most persistent, random, & most often logged Event Viewer...

System_service_exception error on vista

I'm running Vista ultimate SP1 x64 edition with 8 - 2gig sticks of ram.My computer was installed with this OS 3 days ago...

System restore points deleted on reboot

Hi, I've Googled the following volsnap errors and still don't have an answer.I'm not dual booting and I'm not running an...

Changing system administrator policies

I needed to install Microsoft WSE 3.0 Runtime so I could use Family Tree Maker 2010. During installation of WSE I kept...

Connect 2 system to copy files without network cards?

yes i know the way of connecting it via LAN cards, serial ports, or from HDD by IDE-USB cable but this all would require...

Low Gaming Graphics Perfomance Score Lagging Entire System?

Oops... Duplicated after Database Error. Sorry! -- brandoencarr -------------------------------------------------------...

Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared

When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is checked. The "Volume", &q...

system restore points

I have a l-o-n-g list of previous restore points. How can I get rid of them and just keep the latest one?Thanks, AL...

Remove Read Only on a file in System folder

I have Vista Home Edition install on a box and I need to remove Read Only on a file in the systems folder. My user acco...

System Stability Chart trends

Once in a while when an applications fails to terminate and I kill it that action will be reflected in the Reliability ...

How to find out what's keeping my system from hibernating?

Hi,Everytime I try to put my desktop into hibernation, the harddisk starts working, monitor shuts down, but then the sys...

Vista 64 System needs Extended warm-up

Hello All; I have a new build (Late October) with a problem unlike any I have seen on any of the forums....

System Error questions about Vista

My computer's been shutting down on me, (blue screens) and I don't understand what the problem is. I recently had to rep...

Using multiple virus scanners on the same system?

What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same system? I want one of AV scaaners to be the primary AV...

System Freezes During Hard Drive Error Checking

Hello, I have tried to run "Error Checking" on my Windows Vista Laptop (used to be called "Scan Disk&quo...

System Restore Error

After my spyware doctor scanned my computer and fixed an Adware situation i received an error. "The filename, dire...

System Restore and Norton Internet Security

This is intended as a warning to anyone using Norton Internet Security 2009. I have no complaints about the product in ...

how to minimize the windows mail to system tray box?

i have a computer using Vista home version,but the windows mail is boring design? anyone have ways to minmize the mail ...

Change/delete system partition after BitLocker removal

I installed BitLocker and it's preparation tool left me with new system 1.5Gb partition labeled as S: Since this letter...

Permissions for system files

::SITUATION::: ::OS: Windows Vista Home premium :: ::File path and name: C:\Windows\wins...

Vista System Restore failure

Q1: Since using Windows Defrag tool many of the installed programs fail to show up in the Program and Features list. On...

System restore and hard drive with two partitions

Hi, i have an Acer 8920 laptop which has a 320 Gb HD. In computer this capacity shows up as 2 drives (c: acer and d:dat...

Vista system updating problem?

My vista has the following problem:Restart your computer to finish installing important update,window can not update im...

smaller system rray icons-how?

I am using a thin taskbar mod, so the big icons in the system tray look out of placecould someone direct me to a solutio...

Battery Icon is in system tray on plugged in Desktop using V

I have an HP desktop which is always plugged in. In the system tray the Battery icon is active and for some reason Wind...

Logitech mouse won't wake up system from sleep

I have Vista Home Premium and just bought a Logitech mx3200 keyboard and laser mouse. My previous MS cordless desktop w...

Vista x64 system image - how to?

Hi,I've just installed Vista x64 and some applications to work. The the system and the applications are "fresh"...

Envelope to notify of new mail in system tray has disappeare

I still get the chime sound when a new e-mail arrives in my inbox, but the little white envelope that used to appear wh...

System Fonts

I purchased a font managing program called Extensis Suitcase. The theory of it is that I can keep fonts that are NOT s...

system icons keep disappearing

I am using Vista Home Premium and for the past few months the system icons keep disappearing from the taskbar. At first...

Vista: How to repair corrupt System files -- Avast Antivirus

My wife's HP laptop had Vista running with Avast antivirus. Recently, internet connection has stopped responding. Goog...

Does system restore restore previous security settings?

for example the owner of c: -- projectnew...

Programs and Features, System Restore won't work

I am trying to uninstall gamevance from my computer, but cannot open Programs and Features, nor can system Restore work....

Java icon in system tray

Vista Home Premium w/all updates. I keep getting these little coffee cup icons popping up in my system tray, someti...

System Resumed from sleep on it's own?

Hey gang,Running Vista 64 bit SP1 with all recent updates.Had a strange one, apparently my system resumed from sleep on ...

Generate a system health report

An error occured while attempting to generate the report "The wait for the report generation tool to finish has ti...

Vista Windows installation system

Is there a fix (repair) in the making? When? Help....................................... I have tried all the up to d...

POST System Restore, System FUBAR'd?

I made a mistake yesterday installing some software (a LaTeX to Word converter... I forgot to do something else first.....

system not turning on..

Ive already posted this on another part pf the site, but after reading through some other threads, not quite sure if ive...

Fatal System Error

Hello, each time I try to log in to either of the user names on my vista the computer crashes. I am able to get into saf...

System Event Notification Failure

For some unknown reason, Vista's "system Event Notification" service just started failing. With that, no web...

Help regarding vista system restore.

Hello, Basically I was having trouble with my laptop, keept getting error messgaes and the vista screen did not show up,...

General system slow down issue

- Vista Ultimate SP-2 (all current updates) - AMD 64 X2 6000+ - 4 gigs PC6400 RAMI am experiencing a general slow down o...

Help! Error Message-->> The system administrator has set pol

I've searched around a bit and can't find a solution to this aggravating Error Message.My PC is running Vista Home and ...

Vista file copy/backup wizard always in my system tray

I tried once to use the WET in Vista, but it told me I didn't have enough disk space and it stopped. Ever since then, e...

Fixing Task Scheduler 'System: Scheduled Checkpoints'

What is the difference between a 'Manual: Restore Point' and a 'system: Scheduled Checkpoint' if any?Because I just had ...

Error 0x80070005 when trying to use System Restore

Hi, I recently tried to download an update for a program I use (Guard ID) and once the update was completed and my syst...

Show date in system tray

Good morning,With my old XP Pro machine I was able to display the date in the system tray along with the time and day. ...

Network icon in system tray

The icon is usually two computers with a red X, or a yellow triangle, or a blue circle.I had a moment when there was not...

Vista System Restore Points Disappear

Is it normal for my system Restore points to disappear with my dual-boot setup? I have Vista on my first drive (in a ma...

Operating System Transfer

When I first purchased my computer it had only a 80 gb hard drive. Since then I have installed a 300 gb secondary hard ...

Re: Deleting old folder from System Volume Information folde

Thanks for the reply, Dave.Your suggestion of killdisk gave me an idea. I have BCwipe, and I hadn't even thought of try...

System Restore Anomaly

I'm using Vista Basic sp2 Sometimes my system Restore dialog will be missing the area at and below the Recommended resto...

System Restore Stopped

When I try to back up my files I keep getting a message saying I.O device error (Ox8007045D) back up stopped. Can an...

Need good system diagnostic software for Vista 32. Best cho

May I ask ideas for best system diagnostic software available for Vista 32? Loved Norton systemWorks' WinDoctor(?) on X...

Reg DXTMETA2 DLL in Vista 64 system

Hekko. I create Stationery, as a hobby. M Question is, is there anyway to Register DXTMETA2 DLL to the 64 bit system. I ...

How to set permissions on a folder residing on vista system

Manually set permissions are getting lost frequently. I gave 'EveryOne' fullcontrol permissions to a folder,&am...

Laptop won't boot, keeps running system repair--help?

Hi, there. :) Okay, so yesterday both my laptop, an hp Pavillion dv6700, and my mom's, an hp G60, decided it'd be cool ...

System Restore gripe

One thing I REALLY hate about system Restore is that, more often than not, when you try to uninstall a program, the RES...

Vista not booting, System Restore not working

I hope I'm posting in the correct thread...My laptop is an Asus F3tc, running Vista Home Premium as it's sole OS. When I...

System Restore Problem... Again

I'm using Vista Basic x32 sp2 My system Restore dialog will be missing the area at and below the Recommended restore sel...

System Administrator & Screen Saver

I am the only person using my machine. I am the only "user" and the administrator. Having said that, I'm try...

Running System Restore In Safe Mode

OK, it seems that a lot of people are having a problem with running system Restore in Normal Mode - but it works OK in S...

Vista 32 bit with SP1 keeps randomly locking up on my system

I am using Vista 32 bit with SP1 and I keep getting random lock ups sometimes just minutes after I boot up. I noticed i...

Vista 64-bit - which system to purchase

I will be purchasing a new computer, and have narrowed it down to two HP models. Both systems have 6GB system memory an...

Vista X64 System builder(cannot Install on new homebuilt com

hi, I have just built my first computer. My whole family is a mac family but i have always found vista easy to use on my...

system restore maximum memory

hi i just recently set my maximum system restore point to 3gb as it was previously draining alot of memory from my lapto...

This PC is not supported by the System Recovery Disks.

I'm pretty computer savvy, but this one has me stumped.I have an HP dv9200 CTO. Vista Home Premium. For a long time I'...

Had Spell Check on previous system, not now!

Hello. I had a Gateway laptop that I purchased new a few years ago, with Vista Home Premium. I really like the spell che...

Remove 'Dell Logo' from System Information

When I check my system Information (right-clicking on computer, then selecting properties) there's an atrocious Dell lo...

high system CPU on boottime

Since a week or two i have problems during boot time on Vista. When i get to the logon screen my HD is still higly activ...

System Files Repeatedly Corrupt

For some reason, the system files in my Vista Home Premium system repeatedly corrupt. The symptoms vary -- typically P...

Gateway PC booting up into System Recovery Console

I have a Gateway PC that keeps booting into the Gateway system Recovery Console all the time. system Restore does not wo...

After repair now have to choose Operating System

Vista Home Prem x64 Raid 1 configI had a failure of some sort that caused the system to fail to reboot. I booted the sy...

Boot/Unlock/Sleep - icons lanks, system busy, can't logoff/s

Vista, SP1I have a problem...stared out occurring when I went to sleep mode for a while or locked the workstation. Now I...

Problem with system locale

Hello,I'm running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I bought my laptop from France so Windows were in french. I downloaded Vist...

No operating system on system recovery vista

HelloI recently have managed to gain a corrupt file on my computer this basically means my computer does not startup.I h...

Advanced System Care

howdy doody, is this program safe or needful to use in vista?...

System restore trashes drive.

Microsoft blew it on the allocation of disk space for system restore. The restore function seems to throw the data all...

Backup Disc has no operating system on it

I have a Gateway MT6707 notebook that came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium. I upgraded to a new larger har...

Vista Ultimate x64 on XP x86 system

So, I'm looking to upgrade my system to Vista x64 Ultimate from XP Prof x86 in preparation of updating to 7 Ultimate x64...

Vista System Problem

I'm wondering if someone can help me with this problem with Windows Vista: On one of the profiles after logging on all t...

System time is off by 1 hour

Hi, My time zone is set correctly. When I use the auto clock set to internet time, it sets the time one hour earlier th...

System Restore and Dual Boot

I know that Vista SR points are deleted when you switch back to XP. Is there a workaround? I read that you can use Bit-...

System Restore From External Hardrive

So cutting to the chase.I did a system "complete pc back up" throught the "Back up status and configurati...

Best Vista file system repair/maintenance utility?

I am having difficulty finding a "safe" file system maintenance utility, namely one which will _not_ damage...

Task image corrupt?? System restore

Sorry to write again, I's afraid my question may have been lost in the crowd.I turned system restore off to clean out o...

Windows 7, Media Player freeze the system loading 3gp driver

that is...

Is 30Gb going to be big enough for vista system files and pr

HiI recently did a clean install of home premium, during which I divided up the 110 Gb drive. I now have 10Gb on the re...

System tray terminology

In Vista, there is a bar across the bottom of the screen. It contains tiny icons. The ones on the left are frequently u...

locking system time settings

how can I lock the systems time settings so that my kids can not change the time settings to get around the parental co...

System restore not creating daily points

Hello everyone - I have searched elsewhere in vain for an answer to this problem with due diligence, so now I turn to th...

AGERE SYSTEM PCI MODEM DRIVER disappear(Downloade from Windo

OK Vista is making AGERE system PCI MODEM DRIVER (downloaded from Windows Update) disappear someone check....

repair corrupt system files after scannow cmd couldn't repai

I ran the scannow command, but the corrupted files were unable to be repaired. I'm told I need to insert the CD in ord...

Failure to attach photo/file to (hotmail) message (system i

I select 'attach' button, then slect 'photo' - my folders list appears down left of screen; I select folder (any folder...

System Restore Error Message

I have windows vista 32 bit.In personalize apperaance & sound Display Settings, when I try to change screen saver, ...

Software for full system backup /restore

What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and restore)in Vista?Scripting would be nice for automatio...

Little envelope in system tray

How do i set this to appear when a new mail arrives in Windows mail under vista?...

taskbar shift and system tray

I'm running Vista Premium. After about 3 hours into my session, my taskbar and everything on it shifts to the left, and...

After installing raid0 system hangs

After installing two 300gb velociraptors the system hangs in a strange way.The mouse can move around ,I can use the sta...

System mini-freezes on save/open dialogs

I've been having some really annoying behaviour on my home machine running vista ultimate x64. My specs are: e8400, dfi ...

I can not send large attachments as my system freezes

Each time I try to send a large attachment my system freezes and I need to restart my computer. I am using Windows Vist...

File system: UDF

i have dowloaded the photo from digital camera and burn to a CD. I realised it is in "UDF" File system. The C...

Unintended/unauthorized Full System Restore?

Re: Vista Ultimate 64x SP2Issue: I searched & failed to find a .docx file I had created & saved the prior 24 ho...

May be something wrong in my device system.

Could anybody help me that is because I keep being informed through a windows defender alarming pop up saying that [A s...

Strange behavior from Vista System

Two nights ago, my Vista system started to behave in a bizarre fashion. Clicking on an desktop icon would bring up not ...

Change settings need to be system administrator

I’m trying to change the settings on automatic updates to download and install, the settings screen will not allow me...

Restore system restore

Yep, it doesn't work. I cant use system restore. It goes through the motions and then at the end after you think it wor...

System Restore Question

I recently had to select a previous system Restore point to correct photo printing problems. It was successful. Howeve...

A patch is preventing the system from starting. - Which one?

So I am a good techie and patch my system regularly. I am running Vista x64 Ultimate SP1. Up until a few weeks ago no p...

Blue AScreen System_Service_Exception

Windows Vista Home Premium X64 bit Antec 300 Case Antec 1000 watt Power Supply Intel DP45SG Motherboard Intel Core 2 Qu...

Internet Connection Icon in System Tray

Until recently, there was an icon in the system tray that indicated whether or not there was an internet connection. I...

cannot access system recovery page - registry problem

HEy guys I was watching a Youtube clip, when all of a sudden. My lcd displayed a no connection signal, after attempts to...

If your system is causing problems

If your computer keeps crashing, popping up windows with cryptic messages, not being able to do any work, applications ...

System Restore behaviour

Appended from a previous thread - Re. system Restore QuestionI deleted the existing restore points by disabling system R...

system restore after installing new software

in case if I install a new software, and later use an older system restore point, will I be able to come back and restor...

System Restore Error - vista home premium

This is a new pc - preloaded with vista home premium. I've had the pc a couple weeks and every time i've tried to restor...

System Reboots without any notice

Can some one shade some light on why the computer reboots after a while without any notice. This evening, I had my acco...

"Bootmrg is missing". when i use the system recovery,i cant

sombody help, my computer is missing the bootmrg but when i do the steps to fix it using the system recovery to repair, ...

The Volume Shadow Copy service used by System Restore is not

Hi I tried to do a system restore but it failed and I got a message saying "There was an unexpected error in the pr...

system settings not saving

I have Vista Home Basic on my laptop, which, aside from somewhat slow lately, has been running fine. Within the last mon...

Checking file system on C:?

So we lost our power and because of this our computer was shut off. When we turned it back on this screen popped up:chec...

Does Vista use a file system when burning CD's that XP can't

If files are copied (drag'n'dropped) to a CD-R while using Vista, are those files accessible if the CD is put into an XP...

System restore won't use HDD

I just got a new primary HDD and planned on restoring my pics etc. off of the backup created using the MS utility on my ...

Windows is unable to find a system with one disk

I am trying to install Vista Home Premium x64 bit on a single hard disk. It ran through okay once, but once it had to re...

Windows Mail under Vista 64 very slow, freezing system

does anyone know of a way to optimize Vista 64 so that Vista mail does not hang up and freeze the system? Main freeze...

"Windows cannot format the system partition on this drive"

Can anyone help?I have reinstalled Vista today. I have 2 drives and installed Vista on C.I want to format D but get the ...

Vista 64 system tray shows no network or UPS after latest up

Vista 64, 2GB, Pentium D, fully patched - which may be the problem - and client for WHS PP1 on a Shuttle SS31T.After th...

system driver problem

I have noticed that in my system info the usb device hub is disabled. it is a kernal driver how can i change the driver...

system tray anomoly

Vista HP sp2 and up to date . Recently the volume and network icons disappear from the systray. sometimes afgter a rebo...

Failed System Restore

Using Vista Home Premium on Tosh Equium laptop & system restore fails - message "unspecified erreor occurred&q...

Does windows system restore loose any data

If I run windows system restore and go back to 1 week prior, would I loose any personal docs or xls files on my machine...

System Restore Problem

I went to accessories/system tools/system restore and clicked it. I then got a small dialogue window asking if I wante...

Error booting system from Vista Home Basic 64-bit DVD

Hi!I currently have Vista Basic Home 32bit installed on my PC. I have the Vista Home Basic 64bit Full DVD and I would l...

Hlp:Operating system not found

Forgive me if i'm not in the right place and please don't flame.I have a (NEC Lavie) OEM vista 32bit run in my computor....

Anti Virus System Pro

My wife was on the internet and suddenly system Pro popped up and started scanning warning my wife of a virus attack on...

carbonite restore slowed the system

I purchased a new HP laptop using Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 3 gig RAM, and it ran very well at first. However, whe...

Cannot start vista because I messed around with system files

I did something stupid with my system, and I really want to get it fixed. basically I followed this instruction to insta...

System / Application sounds not working

I have just noticed that all application / system soudns are not working. The speakers work fine as I can play all soun...

system path

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Windows Defender Icon Not Appearing In System Tray

Hi.Yes, I have selected the 'Always' button for the Windows Defender icon to appear in the notification area. :o)OS: W...

Thumb Drive Storage System

If I copy files to a thumb drive using Vista Home Premium what file storage system is used.Thanks...

Getting access to system areas.

After re-installing Vista Home Premium, I cannot get access to parts of the disk I need to get to, even though my accou...

Random System Lag with Vista Home x64

This is a problem I've had since I bought the pc in April '08. I'll start with the specs...HP Pavilion m9200t Preloaded...

I really reallly need help. System restore

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4GB of physical memory shows as less than 3 in system proper

I just upgraded my physical memory to 4GB but under system properties, it only shows as 2.7 or so. 32 Bit Windows 7. W...

system error 3 has occurred

Hi,I am trying to install Cygwin in my laptop. The first error msg is "system error 5 has occurred". After I s...

Ubuntu - Tried to upgrade system, gets an error

This is exactly why NOBODY wants to use that piece of Crap Ubuntu. Who in their right minds wants to run cryptic comma...

Minimize to System Tray

Why doesn't Windows Mail allow you the option to minimize to the system tray? It seems like such a practical option to...

My system is haunted!

This is not a joke! I started to hear sporadically some music and voice on my PC, like if I was listening to a radio st...

HUGE system volume Information

I have a 198 GB HDD that has only ~3GB of space left. I cannot delete any more data, i already did disk cleanup and dele...

How to increase the File System Caching Memory?

I have 6GB of ram, and Vista hardly utilize most of it. So I would like to increase the file system cache to delay cons...

What system files need to be backed up

I used to have the following list of files that should be backed up in XP: c:\Windows\AllUsers c:\Windows\ApplicationDat...

Jerky system performance.

Anybody else had this problem? I find that recently, applications running in Vista are jerky; every so often, they stop...

Dual boot vista/xp system freezing

HI, I have a dual boot system. Two different hard drives. One has VISTA ultimate 64x and the other has xp home.. that cr...

Repair corrupted system files

I'm new here, but I did try to find answers posted to others before posting here.I figured out how to run a sfc /scannow...

System keeps crashing

My friend is using Windows Vista. A couple of days ago he downloaded Adobe Flash player while using the WebShots websi...

How to remove $RECYCLE.BIN and System Volume Information

HI, CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW TO REMOVE A $RECYCLE.BIN AND system VOLUME INFORMATION FOLDERS FROM MY DRIVE D I GOT THESE F...

Different System Restore Dialog Box

For some odd reason, when I open system Restore, I'm presented with a different dialog screen than I was before. Before,...

Continuous System RESTART

Hey there everyone, sorry if this question has been asked before.I am a new vista ultimate 64 bit user. I have just obta...

Pc and System Recovery doesnt work

Hey guys and girls :)I really need your help here!!... My PC wont start onto my Desktop, the only thing you can see is t...

Vista Home : System error 1385 has occurred.

Hi,I have Vista Business and Vista Home laptops. The "Sharing and Discovery" settings in "Network and Sh...

Local System Network Restricted

I am running Vista Home Premium, 64 bit version. My computer has been very slow for about 5-6 minutes after startup wi...

Windows update/system restore points

I installed a Windows update on Monday--the laptop was running beautifully before then, not so much now. It randomly fr...

Changing system environment variables

I know I've done this before on a Vista system, but on a new install I can't find any way to change the system environ...

Get rid of System Volume Information

This was posted on Vista.general.discussion for a couple of days ago.I have an old system disk with XP which I moved to ...

CPU utilization spikes, quad core system, Vista Ultimate 64-

I built a Q9450 quad-core based system with 8GB of RAM and have installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP1. Frequently, some...

System Restore (Safe Mode)

Can (and should) self-created Restore Points be created in Safe Mode? I sometimes have problems restoring in normal mode...

System restore: Could not create. . .

I turned system restore off to clean out old files, now trying to turn system restore back on I keep getting an error m...

System Properties takes long time to display available disks

This afternoon, when I tried to activate system Restore, I didn't get a window. 2 minutes after activating system Resto...

system restore more than one restore file

I read awhile ago about fixing a problem with system restore by deleting the second restore file. Unfortunately I didn'...

Losing the sound icon in my system tray

Don't know why this happening. There must be a switch somewhere that tell the computer whether or no to show the sound ...

System Protection

I am as of late getting a message "system PROTECTION has stopped working Microsoft will close"It now happens ...

HELP!! the system could not find the environmental option th

i keep getting this message , i entered to regedit.exe and deleted all my hot keys except the default one in the control...

System Restore won't work

Hi, I am running Vista 32 bit, and I cannot get system restore to run under Windows, it will run in Safe Mode, and rest...

System Restore Error Message #2

To Shenanigans14:I couldn't reach you at the Shenanigans14@discussions.microsoft.com; address.I tried booting and reboo...

Can't access disk defrag or system restore?

Hi, Can anyone help I am trying to defrag my ‘C’ drive, before turning on the disk protection in steady state. When...

Problem with system restore.

It seems no posible to restore the system from previous "restore points" with Vista Bussines. I always get th...

Windows System Time and Desktop time not matching up

I have recently gotten a laptop and I have had to change the time on my computer back to a deifferent time zone for tra...

System generatng multiply copies of emails

I am having a problem when I send out emails with or without attachments. The system is generating multiple copies of t...

login as SYSTEM

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System lock up's possibly due to heat

so for some strange reason, lately my system has been locking up a lot depending on what im doing. if its not watching...

System and app sounds don't always play

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Re: no speaker icon in taskbar or system tray

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Modifying OEM properties listed in system properties

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Vista 64-bit with XP-32-bit on 1 system

Hi.Just need a confirmation. I haven't seen anything to the contrary but I gather installingf the 64-bit version of Vis...

According to our scan, your system already has the maximum a

Hi, I only have 1 GB Ram for Vista so that's pretty bad. I have a Vista Premium 32 bit Dell Inspiron 531. So I wanted to...

System Restore VSS problems.

I have a restore point created each night as a scheduled task and they all finish successfully but don't always show up ...

I wish the person that designed this P.O.S. operating system

It's took me alllllllllllll morning and Vista still hasn't managed to burn a single CD1/ Vista goes through 20 minute r...

System Restore Layman

I want to run system Restore in order to undo some updates that were done to one of my software programs, e.g. I want t...

System Recovery - G7030ea

I spent 5 hours working on a system recovery and it all seemed to go well I suppose but once it had came to the last reb...

change system font

Is it possible to make the system font bold?? gr. Iris....

System Restore and Missing Links

I have a one week old HP with Vista Premium x64. I have not made the system restore disks yet. Been busy sorting out so...

Distorted System Sounds

Whenever I change the default systems sounds, those files are distorted when they play. Example, if I change the Empty...

System Recovery to RAID volume

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System locks up in sleep mode on Vista

When I let my new PC go into sleep mode in Vista, the system is locked when I want to resume forcing me to manually tur...

Vista system tray icons

Have you noticed that system tray icons are sometimes set for "Hide When Inactive" but appear anyway?Once I pu...

System Volume Information Files

I recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium. I Run Nod32 V3 virus software,but find that it does not scan system restore...

Info asked for in System spec(User CP)

..ben trying to find ALL the information asked for .. its not that easy really :confused: Where can i find all this info...

how to remove unwanted icon in system tray

I have uninstalled an incompatible program from vista, but the program icon still appear in system tray. Although i hav...

System Recovery

Hi, I will probably do several system recoveries in the next couple of months for a Vista problem that is too lengthy t...

AMD Athlon 64 x 2 System crash

Hi Folks . I have been running my system now for 2 years with 3 operating systems on separate drives. I have just update...

Good system booting extremly slow

Hi, I have a Windows Vista x64. I never really minded the boot time since I would walk away when it boots. But when i re...

Out of system resources

not being computer literate could someone tell me what the following error message (that has only just started to appea...

System reliability

Like several of the posts here I am experiencing random BSOD's and heavy CPU and Disk load. I also get a lot of random e...

File System Searching With WinExplorer

== Using Vista SP2I have never much liked the Windows Explorer. Its file system searching, for example, is unintuitive...

Gateway System Recovery

Hello,I'm trying to do a system recovery for a friend. She has a gateway computer. I forgot the model. Gateway suggeste...

System Restore ?

I noticed today while digging around in system Restore's settings that it has monitoring enabled on my Gateway computers...

does vista 32 bit support on 64 bit system?

Hi,I have a system with 64 bit vista premium.I was not able to install all the softwares available as they were 32 bit c...

Help me understand system boot.

Hi everybody,I would like to build up a bootable optical disk (CD or DVD) that would help me recover essential data tha...

Re: Reinstall Operating System

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V64bit Vista Home Premium Problem, probably deleted system f

A little while ago my avast virus scanner reported 2 viruses and asked me what I should do with the files. Without thin...

Change System Tray icon order

Hi all,I want to see my network connection icon first when the system tray icon loaded. How can i change that icon order...

System Memory Dump

Im under the impression that a virus has hit my laptop as i am unable to boot up now everytime i try top it just preform...

programme not responding causes system problems

hi, i have a brand new laptop (7 dyas old) it is a asus, 2 gig ram, 1.9 amd duel . . . came with latest vista.. i am ha...

2nd Drive on notebook is bumping system disk to Disk 1 posit

Hello,I have an HP DV7 notebook that I recently added a second SATA 500 GB hard drive in the expansion bay. The purpose ...

System Event Log

My computer decided to give me the lovely error of "Windows could not connect to the system Event Notification Serv...

System Mini Dump Files

My system is gradually slows down and I have discovered the system mini dump files are increasing in size. I have cleare...

System restore failed?

Hi guys! im completely desperate!4 hours ago my sisters told me that the computer they were using (sony vaio with window...

System crashes on non-admin account

I run Vista Ultimate 64 on my "gaming" PC. Recently, I made a new (non-admin) account to use day-to-day. When...

Vista system files win.ini / _default.pif

I am writing an MSI installation package which needs to give Users access to win.ini and _default.pif, and further to ov...

Disk cleanup - System error memory dump files

Is there something useful to do with system error memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup to delete them?Ro...

Mastered File System not available in Vista Ultimate

I have Vista Ultimate and recently needed to burn a CD with the Mastered File system. I have two Vista Ultimate compute...

System Restore Not Working/Won't Open

I have discovered my Vista (Home Premium) system restore isn't working. After a fresh boot, when I try to open "...

Bad System Restore Problems

I have a new Sony FZ4000 VAIO Notebook (Intel® Core 2™ Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz)-3 GB DDR SDRAM-160 GB Hard Drive...

Which Registry Repair/System Maintainance software???

There are a lot of system Fixers/Maintainers/Registry Repairers out there, which one is the best and what do you recomm...

Vista automatic system restore problem

I recently went to set up a manual restore point and found out that my Vista is NOT doing any restore points, at all!!! ...

System File Checker

I can not find system file checker, after messing up my files in a partitioned desktop Dell XPS 420 . I want to do a re...

Problem with System Sounds working intermittently

Sometime my system sounds work and most of the time they don't. My Device Manager doesn't show any problems. When I ri...

Is it safe to delete System queued windows error reporting?

Hi,I have a brand new Dell laptop and I am a new pc owner.First of all, I have tried to install service pack 1 for my vi...

Cannot Create System Dsn Odbc Data Souce as Administrator

I am logged on to Vista 64-bit as an administrator. Using the ODBC data source administrator that is in the Control Pan...

System restore problems

My friend began to have problems with his sound running vista ultimate and for whatever reason he decided to run a syste...

no good import messages after system restore

Hi everybody, i exported my messages before i did a system restore, after importing i see the maps but no messages, how...

Are x64 print drivers only offered on x64 system?

I was just wondering, on an x64 install, if the print drivers offered in the wizard during an add printer sequence, are...

System Restore Options

hi everyone, i am using Windows Vista Home Premium, ive run into a program installation problem, ive managed to remvoe ...

How Do I Remove System Sounds?

I just removed Ipswitch's WS_FTP 2007, but the system sounds associated with the program did not uninstall with it. How...

Boot disk / system recovery failure

Hi, first time on forums, first time I've needed expert help with a PC. I'm very newbish with technical computer stuff, ...

system applications do not recognize the sound card

I can play music files through i tunes or the dvd/cd player and any programs that I run on my computer, but when I try ...

System crashes during long video

Lately, I seem to be having a buffer overflow problem. Whenever I view a video, YouTube, wmv, etc., after several minute...

How to add Restart option, when system connected through rem

Hi, I want to enable in Windows Vista 32 Restart option, when system connected through remotely. -- Dharender Verma...

System Restore and Windows Updates

I ran Windows Update on my Windows Vista Home Premium. Now I want to use system Restore to a time before I ran the upda...

System Hang

I just upgraded almost everything in my PC and every since I did my system will hang for no particular reason, or time ...

SYSTEM CRASH

Hi,My system crashes down atleast 2-3 times in a day. While i work, unexpectedly it goes to a blue screen and restarts ...

System Restore won't work (again)

I had this problem once before where none of my Restore Points worked. I shut off system Restore, then turned it back on...

System PID 4 consuming 50% CPU with RDP enabled

Hi All,Exactly as per title, If I enable Remote Desktop on the system the CPU jumps to and runs constantly between 78% a...

Unable to import a Vista formatted HD into a WinXP system, n

Hi all,I have somewhat of a unique problem on my hands and I don’t know how to fix it.Here goes.I have 2 Seagate 1 TB...

"Propiedades de system" at windows start

Everytime I start Windows this window shows up:________________________________________________________ Propiedades de S...

Waking up system

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Geting terrible performance. System chugs on hard drive a f

Got a new Vista laptop last year which was a terrible mistake. I have not been happy with it at all. My problem is th...

Vista system restore "hog"

Hi all, I have Vista Prem. on my new Dell Inspron 518 and a 650GB hard drive. Dell ships with a partition for Recovery,...

Windows Mail System Tray Notifications

I have rules setup for a couple of different alert emails that I get at work. I need to save the emails but I don't wa...

ntuser.dat locked by the system process

Recently I have been experiencing an issue with Windows Vista I wasn't before. I'll try to explain all the facts and so...

Vista Business N wont' rate my system

When I tray to have the score from my Vista Business n I get an error message that say....Impossible to complete the a...

System Rating

My system Rating seems to have a Bug. When i first got my HP Pavilion dv9000, I ran it and it updated fine. Several week...

"The system could not find the environment option that was e

I can google and find a select few other people getting this error but no solutions. I get this whenever I click on a pr...

High CPU utilization by system and NDIS.SYS

I've been send from group to group, and hope this is the one :)I've recently been having problems while vista is booting...

system log in problem

my administrator account will not let me log in but my husbands other account lets him log in i have no idea how to fix...

System files Repeatedly Corrupted?

I am having a persistent problem with Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1). I don't know how to define the prob...

meaning of "Windows Color System Defaults" in Vista "Color M

What is the meaning of "Windows Color system Defaults" in the upper part of the Advanced Tab of Windows Vista...

OS System language

Hi, is there any way of changing OS language from German to English? Google didn't help Thanks...

Spooler System App problems reinstalling Lexmark

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Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System/User Accounts

Hello:Thank You for your Time,Are these Valid User Accounts for the Windows Vista Home Premium Operating system?OOR6F0D...

Unable to access system restore on vista

Hi I have been having problems with vista the last few days. It will not take me to the windows start up screen. I hav...

Drives not found in System Restore

I'm working on a Toshiba Laptop Vista home premium sp1. When I open system restore and click on to create a restore poi...

System Hangs Before Windows Startup Screen (Progress Bar)

Hi guys,I would like to know why windows stops loading before the start up screen or the windows progress bar when i use...

Windows Update Agere system PCI modem driver keep disappeari

I downloaded the Agere system pci modem driver in Windows and never had a problem with driver but this month the agere ...

incoming mails blocking the system and "timing out,"

My windows mail is completely blocked by incoming mails only one of which will download,while the second email "t...

Operating system not recognized

I am running Vista Business Sp2 - recently restored from a backup image after some problems occurred. Today I tried to...

Problem Burning Files to CD using Live File System Format

Can anyone help me? I just purchased a DELL inspiron 1525 laptop with Vista Home Premium. Yesterday I went to burn so...

Vista c000021a System Error

STOP: c000021a {Fatal system Error} The Initial session Process or system process terminated unexpectedly with a status ...

Installing Office 2007 on a dual-boot system

I am upgrading my computer system and am planning to dual-boot Vista and Vista 64 - I have a lot of older applications w...

XP System Restore from Vista Dual-Boot

I hope this is the correct group for this question. I've searched the groups for a solution; a couple of posts were ver...

System lockup with Vista Ultimate

I have (for a good while now) fought with Vista lockup problem on a new computer that I put together. The computer us...

Using System Restore...

I'm having a disagreement with a friend about how system Restore works....Bottom line... if you go back to a previous r...

Viewing internet speed from system tray???

on XP i used to be able to hover my mouse over the connection icon and view my internet speed. now all it says in vista...

System rebooting & crashing

Hello everyone, first contribution so forgive me if this is misplaced. Have brand new Fujitsu scaleop running on vista p...

removing RecycleBin and system Volume Information Folders

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to remove $RECYCLE.BIN and system Volume Information Folders in my D drive? i think i got thi...

Restore from System Backup

About 2 weeks ago I did a full system back up and now I want to restore SOME of the files from this backup. Whenever I ...

shadow copy time out when trying to create system restore po

Hi, I have a vista ultimate 64 bit OS. I am not able to manually create a system restore point (nor is the system able ...

system restore DVD

Is there any utility built into Vista or XP to allow one to create a complete system restore DVD?...

system administrator policies prevent installation

New to Vista, and I get an installer error that states "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this ...

Windows 7 system restore automaticly deleted on restart

everytime i restart the computer my system restore point that i made by my self is deleted and when i open system resto...

"This system does not support fullscreen mode"

(Vista Home Premium Sp2 on a Toshiba laptop)I've got an old DOS game called "Blockout" that I want to run on m...

Security Templates and File System Security

I've noticed that a lot of our domain PCs have screwed up permissions on the C:\ drive which are inhertited all the way ...

System Shock 2 Multiplayer?

Has anyone gotten this multiplayer to work on Vista? It seems to freeze up for me whenever I attempt to host, or connect...

File System - XP,Vista - File Redirector - Download

Hi,I read a year or so ago or perhaps longer,that there was a microsoft update that could make some of the programs made...

system blue screens every time windows tries to load

I have a dell xps M1530. After fiddling with a bunch of settings to get protools 7.3 (an XP program) to work in compata...

Help backup system state data vista 64 bit?

Hi allI just wanna know how to backup system state data in Windowsa vista 64bit?Please don't suggest complete backup sol...

Can't do system restore

I got a popup asking what program I wanted to use to open a file and I accidently hit Adobe Reader when I wanted to hit...

windows system restore

i am running vista 32 bit, system restore/rollback has not worked since i got this a few weeks ago. can anyone advise m...

System Recovery will not show up

Hello, I'm using Windows Vista and want to start the system Recovery but nothing will happen. When I click to start aga...

What do "Windows Update" and "system restore" have in common

Problem: Below problems happen together after an update from windows update. So far i have not found out which. Reinsta...

Cannot Connect to Hotspots After System Restore

i did a system restore to a point of about 3 weeks back, and now i cannot connect to a hotspot. it says i have a availa...

Does system restore really work?

Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? I was only successful twice with it. When m...

System Restore/VSS Not working in Vista Ultimate

I am having the same issue as described in this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-performance/673392.htmI...

help! getting blue screen after I do system restore

I have this Minesweeper X game downloaded from http://minesweeper.info, and it just started giving me a "Run time e...

System back-up/restore space allocation?

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the update does not apply to your system

i have been trying to install some updates to my (new) Vista Business X64 SP2 system (4GB RAM). i get an error that say...

disk failure during system restore

my computer has gone crazy half my stuff don't work and when i try a system restore it runs far a while then i get a me...

System wont boot - ataport.sys / 0xc00000e9

I resently tryed changing the icon of my harddirve by making a "autorun.inf" in the root og C: and D: now, af...

outlook express,howdo I get it back? This new system is just

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No system choice on system startup

Hi, I'm in process of swaping from 2x XP to 2x Vista x64, first I've installed vista so I had 2xXP and 1 vista to choose...

removing security system

windows vista, I tried to download Live onecare security system, but I had windows defender, I removed windows defender...

critique this posible system for future build.

Can you guys help me with a system,this is a small system that I may build in the near future. Would like some input on ...

System Restore Takes Forever to Open

When I click system Restore it takes nearly 40 seconds top open. Sometimes longer than that. When my patients runs out ...

Problems when I tried to do a system recovery with Vista

I have an Acer 9410 laptop with Windows Vista and I had taken it to computer techs to fix some mouse pad problems as we...

About to embark on grand adventure system build

I'm finally about to build my new computer from scratch & I could use some help/advice so I do things right. The sys...

Bluetooth icon in system tray

I somehow deleted the Bluetooth icon in my system tray and can't seem to get it back. I've tried some of the usual stuf...

system restoration

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System Check Points question

Hi all,I was wondering.. is there any way to move the location vista uses to store system restore checkpoints? I have v...

Filing System Mess - Vista

Certain folders were moved to the E: drive on PC i.e. Documents, Music, Video, Pictures. All was well. User name is Lou...

Are there any disadvantages of a 64-bit system?

I am preparing for my next computer, and am considering a 64-bit version for the increase speed and capabilities of han...

did system recovery & can't get pass windows installation

I had a problem with my slimeline shutting off at odd moments. At first I thought it was only because it was idle too lo...

Checking File system on C:?? Freeze?

Hi, After having a power failure yesterday i went to start my computer today, it came up with the Checking file system o...

System services stopped & Event 10 errors...

I just did a clean install of Vista Ultimate sp1 on a new system -- see specs below. It now has a couple of errors tha...

Newbie nable to find or create system restore points

Hi, My Windows Vista Enterprise has a serious problem. It is unable to find, delete, or create any system restore points...

Deleting old folder from System Volume Information folder

When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in the system Volume Information folder. They are in a ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa

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How do I block certain updates on system restore?

I am going to do a system restore and reinstall Vista32 and all my applications. I purchased new February 2008. So no...

msft home office 2007 download on 64 bit system

Can I install msft home office on a 64 bit operating system? The instructions on the box inform me that portions of the ...

Total Data Loss + System Recovery Error on Vista X64

Hello, I am faced with a real big problem. Recently I've lost all my data due to a RAID problem and had to use a full sy...

System crash on full backup to WD external drive

Hi, all. I posed this question to Western Digital's support people, but they were of absolutely no assistance, essentia...

System Restore stopped daily updates

I've noticed recently that system restore has stopped creating the daily restore points. Although, when I install soft...

System crashes

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USB CoreMicro Flash drive hangs system

When I plug a 2.0 GB flash drive in my USB port it virtually hangs my machine. Eventually it will respond, maybe 5 - 10 ...

System restart itself.

Hi i`m running a windows vista o/s s/p 2. The brand of the board is asus p5l-mx. With a core 2 duo 1.8 proc, 2 gig or ra...

clean up file system

Hello,I need to clean up my file sytem, delete temporary files etc etc, and perhaps cleanup the registry as well.I have...

Error loading operating system

I built this system EVGA 750i SLI MB- Intel Duo Core Quad 6700 CPU - EVGA 9800GTX- Samsung 750GB SATA HDD. 2 Opticle d...

HD clone system question

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Reinstall Operating System

helo I know my computer is infected I did system retore back to a diffrent Antivirus Programm I had Avast4home free, ...

System Restoration after an iPod Upgrade

When last I used the Forum, I got some very useful advice on system Restoration. I have run into the same problem again...

log in Vista using 'system account'

hi I found that Vista's security has been improved. It is now impossible to log in Vista with system account. Has anybod...

LAN connection missing from system tray

When I first installed Vista Ultimate there was an icon in the system tray representing network connctions. Now it's di...

bootloader with one corrupt and one working vista system

My Vista ssytem crashed some time ago. Since I hadn't backed up all data I decided to buy a second harddisk and do a fr...

Defender - exclamation mark on icon in system tray

For a couple of weeks now the windows defender icon in my system tray. Ordinarily I would expect this if the scheduled u...

unspecified changes to system configuration ?

Hello.I'm a Chinese. Here is my question. Thanks for your helpeverytime I start the vista, it fails and restart to use S...

Setting 'System managed' page file for d: drive causes high

Hello! Setting 'system managed' page file for my d: drive (EIDE Samsung SP2514N on JMicron JMB363 PATA and SATA contr...

Error while Generating a System Health Report

Ok, whenever I click to generate a system health report, click continue, the new window comes up and I see the right scr...

System icons (Vista Home Premium, SP2) grayed out

I've been using Vista Home Premium for three years and today there was no Network icon to be seen in my system Tray. T...

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Hi, My copy of system Restore Services on Vista Enterprise SP2 is BROKEN. This is presumabably because of dual boot with...

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I upgraded my xp pro to visa home premium.; when I tried to create a local user I can not fine user & group in compu...

Can't access system tray or windows clock

I ran an .exe file in order to remove that little blue line at the bottom that is supposedly a "hidden" taskb...

Search doesn't work in hidden system folders?

If I make a folder +h +s, the search function no longer does anything when I browse into that folder and type something...

Vista; System Restore Differences

Running Vista Home Prem 32 Bit on a Desktop and a Laptop.....Opening system Restore to review recorded Restore points I ...

Remove icons in system tray

I have 3 icons in my systray that I would like to remove completely. I have programmed them to "hide" -- but...

DIY System Restore With Saved History

As many have complained about, Vista system Restore deletes old restore points to make way for new ones.We'd like a way ...

suggestion for the System Tray

It seems you can create a folder just about anywhere except in the system Tray. I have at least 15 programs running in...

System Restore not completing

I can't get a system Restore to complete properly. Vista SP1The restore seems to work properly until I log ba