| Subject | Date Asked |
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| blank screen | 11/27/2008 |
Q:
A: Firstly, try starting the laptop up without the battery in - i.e. just with the power lead in. If ...
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| Its so difficult for to understand vista | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I just buy a new laptop the preinstalled vista i used xp before but vista first time so not familiar ...
A: You best bet is to use third-party software, such as Folder Lock: ...
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| Its so difficult for to understand vista | 11/23/2008 |
Q: I just buy a new laptop the preinstalled vista i used xp before but vista first time so not familiar ...
A: 1. I'm assuming you are referring to ReadyBoost? Have a look here: ...
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| vista on laptop | 11/20/2008 |
Q: James, I have an Acer Aspire 3680 with Vista, it's about a year old and I've never had trouble with ...
A: "James, you are very clever" - thank you very much! I would try installing this: ...
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| vista on laptop | 11/19/2008 |
Q: James, I have an Acer Aspire 3680 with Vista, it's about a year old and I've never had trouble with ...
A: Firstly, have you installed any new programs recently? Also, have there been any other hardware ...
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| Vista/XP Dual | 11/14/2008 |
Q: Vista is installed on my computer. I have 2 500GB drives, Vista insalled on the first. Is it safe to ...
A: Kind of - I would recommend installing it to the second HDD but unplugging the first one before you ...
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| Sound problem | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I am running windows Vista Home Premium. I am having trouble with the sound on my computer. The ...
A: This could be a number of things, but the simplest (in effect) solution for you would be to ...
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| External Hard Drive Crash | 11/11/2008 |
Q: Do you know the best way to try to recover data from an external USB HD that has gone bad? Are ...
A: Have a look here for some trials of utilities that should do the job: ...
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| Vista clear registry | 11/9/2008 |
Q: I'm running Vista Home basic on my new pc but my IE often hold up when I'm browsing the web. I do ...
A: Do NOT clear the registry!!! Seriously - it will render your computer COMPLETELY unusable. First, I ...
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| Vista Powersave mode | 11/6/2008 |
Q: Please help! Several days ago I put my PC on Vista Power save mode for the first time and have not ...
A: Have you switched your computer off fully? I would recommend closing all programs etc and unplugging ...
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| Vista Reinstallation | 11/5/2008 |
Q: It it true that, after reinstalling Vista OEM a number of times, you can only activate by phone. If ...
A: I haven't heard that myself, so I'm afraid I wouldn't know. However, as far as I know, you can use ...
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| window vista | 11/4/2008 |
Q: James Milligan, Well I have a window vista CD that came together with my dad's laptop. I also ...
A: What you have done is technically illegal. You cannot use the same key on more than one computer at ...
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| Vista - add item to the Send To list. | 11/4/2008 |
Q: First,thanks for your willingness to help. I have recently started to use Vista Home Premium. I ...
A: It's OK Graham - we have much more annoying people than you - it's actually been a pleasure ...
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| Vista - add item to the Send To list. | 11/3/2008 |
Q: First,thanks for your willingness to help. I have recently started to use Vista Home Premium. I ...
A: Essentially there is a general method - open up the menu (Start Menu) and type shell:sendto - that ...
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| 'Shared' System Memory | 11/2/2008 |
Q: On my PC, I have an 1GB Nvidia card installed, but when I go to display settings, it shows 1791MB ...
A: Oooh nice card - I've got an EVGA NVidia e-GeForce 8800GTX ACS^3 Edition one - very nice. Got ...
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| vista slowness | 11/2/2008 |
Q: not responding open pictures an programs an explorer. and same with internet -tho it runs pretty ...
A: Can I say first of all, you don't seem 'relatively new' to computers ;-) Anyway, one of the first ...
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| 'Shared' System Memory | 11/2/2008 |
Q: On my PC, I have an 1GB Nvidia card installed, but when I go to display settings, it shows 1791MB ...
A: I reckon that it is available for use, in my opinion. Also, the video memory will be used first for ...
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| Adobe photoDeluxe with Vista | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help me. I love using Adobe PhotoDeluxe, an older photo editing program. I was able ...
A: I'm afraid that Adobe discontinued PhotoDeluxe in 2002, along with their support for it. There isn't ...
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| shut down programming | 10/30/2008 |
Q: when i shut down my computer it is programmed to default to "sleep" mode, how can i program to ...
A: Go to the Control Panel, and in the Address Bar, paste this: Control Panel\System and ...
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| Monopoly New Edition | 10/28/2008 |
Q: It is a CD Rom
A: I'm afraid I need more information than that. Things like what is wrong with it - does it not ...
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| viewing printer driver on windows XP and Vista CD | 10/26/2008 |
Q: I want to install printer driver on my coputers. How can I view all the available printer drivers on ...
A: You can't physically get a list of the printer drivers on installer disks like that. You have to ...
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| Windows Vista | 10/25/2008 |
Q: I have Vista Home Premium on my Dell notebook just purchased in July 2008. I loaded a program Adobe ...
A: OK - this should be a very simple fix. Right-click on the shortcut, and select 'Run as ...
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| File Recovery | 10/25/2008 |
Q: Sir, If I have deleted some important file from the system(deleted from recycle bin too), how can I ...
A: Regarding your point about the lateness of the reply: You asked the question at 0641 (AM) on the ...
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| Vista and Word 2003 | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I am running Vista and Word 2003. While reviewing and editing documents in Word the "Track Changes" ...
A: It works fine on my computer - I have Vista Home Premium and Word 2003 as well. Can I suggest a ...
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| non-functional search engine in the Windows cookies folder | 10/6/2008 |
Q: If I open the folder C:\Users\Robert Copel\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low I can ...
A: I tried searching in the folder as well, and it doesn't work for me either. I looked on the internet ...
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| 'Traveling' Shortcuts | 9/30/2008 |
Q: I have a LOT of music on external hard drives, sorted by artist. I would like to create a folder on ...
A: As far as I know, shortcuts automatically reassign the drive letter when plugged into a different ...
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| Slight annoyances with windows explorer | 9/29/2008 |
Q: Running Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1 What I got here are two nagging problems that I believe both ...
A: Problem #1 could be to do with the fact that Vista calculates the size etc of the files, and it can ...
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| Focus Problem on Windows / Prompts | 9/27/2008 |
Q: I'm very experienced with Windows XP, but new to Vista. It seems most of applications do not gain ...
A: Some prompts don't automatically gain the focus of the interface - there is no fix to this, as this ...
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| Windows Vista hibernation mode | 9/23/2008 |
Q: I recently installed service pack 1 on my Dell laptop and notice the last three days that after my ...
A: It could be many different things, not necessarily Service Pack 1. Try system restoring back a ...
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| computer problem | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I have a computer that I dont use much that did not have any anti virus software on it. the kids had ...
A: The only 'quick' solution I can advise is to reinstall the operating system (Windows Vista), ...
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| Froze/TMP files | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I was working on a paper in Word 2007 when a pop up came up and said something to the effect of ...
A: I would advise you take it to your IT department, keep it inhouse at the moment, and ask them to ...
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| Froze/TMP files | 9/16/2008 |
Q: I was working on a paper in Word 2007 when a pop up came up and said something to the effect of ...
A: When Word says it's creating a backup, it's because you checked the option in the Options panel to ...
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| monopoly pc new edition | 9/10/2008 |
Q: when I tried to install it it came up with a problem and said that I needed a drive called INDEO ...
A: Download DirectX 9 - you can download it here ...
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| Completly Removing All trace of Programs, After Uninstalling them Wrongly | 9/8/2008 |
Q: I have to unfortionate habit to rush into things, this has caused me some discomfort, both now and ...
A: Download a program such as CCleaner (search google). There is a utility in there that allows you to ...
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| vista / xp gaming question | 9/3/2008 |
Q: We are about to purchase a new laptop for our son, the OS will be Vista (Home Premium probably). All ...
A: The compatibility option is a feature in XP and Vista that enables it to emulate with varying ...
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| vista / xp gaming question | 9/3/2008 |
Q: We are about to purchase a new laptop for our son, the OS will be Vista (Home Premium probably). All ...
A: XP games should work OK with Vista, but some might need the compatibility option checked (ask for ...
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| Change music player used when clicking play all button in a music folder | 9/2/2008 |
Q: I am really fed up with windows media player, and pretty much anything microsoft. I need to know ...
A: Try going to Control Panel and typing in the search bar 'Set Associations'. Go to 'Associate a file ...
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| Vista Updates and HDD Space | 8/29/2008 |
Q: i have a laptop and it's running on vista. i've had it for about 3-4 weeks now, and about every ...
A: First Question - yes and no. You should install the Critical and Important updates, as these can ...
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| openoffice.org | 8/19/2008 |
Q: Ever since I lost my Microsoft word. I've been using openoffice.org 2.4 and every time I try to send ...
A: For the opening of documents: Right click on a document, select Open With... and click Choose a ...
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| watching videos | 8/15/2008 |
Q: if i go to something like the news to watch a video it will play and stop,play and stop all the way ...
A: It sounds like you might need to upgrade your internet connection because you are running out of ...
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| error on windows vista | 7/30/2008 |
Q: My client says he gets an apache error message when he tries accessing his website using windows ...
A: The website works fine on my computer, and is extremely unlikely to be a problem caused by Windows ...
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| memory | 7/30/2008 |
Q: how do I dedicate some memory as ram
A: Are you talking about the Hard Disk Drive? If so, you can't directly set it as RAM, although when ...
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| internet tray icon dissapeared | 7/27/2008 |
Q: Yesterday I turned on my computer and noticed that the internet icon (small tv icon) in my task bar ...
A: Does it become unavailable when you're disconnected from the internet? If so, then that is obviously ...
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| Windows Vista Languages | 7/24/2008 |
Q: do you know if vista comes in Chinese or Cantonese or does one have to do a special download to ...
A: You can probably buy a copy of Vista in China in Chinese/Cantonese, but you can also use any copy of ...
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| Where is Outlook Express? | 7/23/2008 |
Q: A friend just bought a new Toshiba Satellite laptop. She got a terrific deal, in part because it has ...
A: Outlook Express was replaced by Windows Mail in Windows Vista. That in turn was also replaced by ...
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| Vista - home / Page Email grayed out | 7/21/2008 |
Q: on any web page the top tool bar has a Page icon with a down arrow. When clicked the Send Page by ...
A: One of the most common reasons for this is because you don't have an email client installed that is ...
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| Backups | 7/20/2008 |
Q: I have a separate external hard drive and my PC has 3 user accounts. When using the Windows ...
A: Short and sweet: Yes. Look at this webpage to find out more about the Backup software included in ...
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| Dual Boot | 7/16/2008 |
Q: I have Windows Vista on my Toshiba laptop and I want to also have Windows XP as well so I can have a ...
A: Sorry about that :P As far as I know you can use any Windows Vista DVD, whether it be your own or a ...
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| Dual Boot | 7/16/2008 |
Q: I have Windows Vista on my Toshiba laptop and I want to also have Windows XP as well so I can have a ...
A: Can you give me a link to the guide you used? This website gives some of the best guides I can find ...
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| External Hard Drive Compatibility | 7/13/2008 |
Q: I have a Toshiba notebook running Windows Vista Home Premium. I want to buy an external hard drive ...
A: I'd assume that, as you said, it refers to the supplied software, rather than the drive, but ask a ...
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| folder locking | 7/11/2008 |
Q: I'm actually looking for a solution to protect certain personal files and folders in my windows ...
A: Try this software which I found after running a Google search for "Right click protect folder". ...
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| Installing XP from a Vista Installation | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I have a compaq pressario c504ea laptop, with vista home preinstalled, as i dont like Vista i want ...
A: You cannot install XP without formatting the hard disk/Vista. Windows Vista includes a new version ...
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| Downgrading to XP | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I bought a Gateway laptop, with Vista, can I downgrade to XP home without formating my hard drive? ...
A: In my Controversial Fact profile section: Did you know this performance fact? Windows Vista ...
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| Downgrading to XP again | 6/29/2008 |
Q: but i want to use xp, ive put in my xp cd and booted up the computer. but before installing its ...
A: You cannot install XP without formatting the hard disk/Vista. Windows Vista includes a new version ...
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| Running vista transformation pack 8 on Intel pentium 2 notebook | 6/29/2008 |
Q: i have an Intel Pentium 2 Compaq notebook having 128MB RAM & 10GB HARD DISK, i am presently running ...
A: You can try using it, but don't expect Vista speeds (with 128MB RAM...) Also, just to note, the ...
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| Welcome Screen Screensaver | 6/26/2008 |
Q: i can not keep my screen saver working. i have to reset it all the time. i chose one then click ...
A: When you set the screensaver whilst in your account, you are changing YOUR screensaver. To change ...
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| Autoplay... | 6/25/2008 |
Q: Since few days my PC not able to open the autoplay menu when I plug-in any external devices such as ...
A: Copy the following: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\AutoPlay Paste this into the Start Menu ...
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| Vista "Documents" command | 6/25/2008 |
Q: How can I get the "Documents" command in the Vista menu to open in a normal window and not in ...
A: Open the Documents folder again. Click on Organize at the top (using the new menu, not the classic ...
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| Favorites do not stay in the places I put them | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I just got Vista. When I click ORGANIZE FAVORITES and then Organize them, (some may stay in the ...
A: Go back onto the favourites menu, and right click any of your favourites. Then select 'Sort by Name' ...
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