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| Subject | Date Asked |
| error | 1/3/2012 |
| Q: My system is a 32 bit. And, unfortunately, cost is a factor for me. Are these downloads you are ... A: no those downloads are not going to cost you a penny , you are downloading the free versions ... | |
| error message | 1/2/2012 |
| Q: Rchard again. I keep gettinmg a message "Internet Explorer has stopped working." Why do I get this ... A: could be a lot of things so we need to break down first it could be a virus/malware causing ... | |
| printers | 12/16/2011 |
| Q: When I run a virus check (HP Superspyware Anti Virus)I always lose my printer- says I need to ... A: looks like the driver or the printer software is corrupt do you still have the lexmark z600 ... | |
| media driver? | 12/14/2011 |
| Q: attempting to put a fresh install of windows vista on a gateway DX4200-09 ( Sata Drive) insert Cd - ... A: get into the bios " probably by hitting F2 when the turn on the computer you will get into the bios ... | |
| print spooler service not working | 12/12/2011 |
| Q: My Wife has Vista home premium on her laptop and when I try to print anything I get a Message that ... A: to check the print spooler service do the following Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance ... | |
| How to enable wireless LAN in Vista? | 12/10/2011 |
| Q: I'm running Windows Vista on a 32-bit HP laptop (circa 2008). For months I've been using a ... A: check out this link to enable the wireless lan if it was disabled accidentally ... | |
| Create default settings for external monitor | 6/3/2011 |
| Q: I recently got an external monitor to use with my laptop. I attached it and personalized my display ... A: actually yes when you created the profile in nvidia control center it wont load the setting by ... | |
| Buying a new computer | 5/30/2011 |
| Q: I am buying a new computer with the upgraded home version of Windows. The cable tv people are ... A: actually it depends on what you are going to be doing on the laptop you got most of the stuff ... | |
| Yahoo Search Bar* | 5/18/2011 |
| Q: I just did a recovery on my vista laptop & there's a "yahoo search bar" in the bar at the bottem of ... A: click on start menu " windows logo" then control panel locate "programs and features" and double ... | |
| Create default settings for external monitor | 5/9/2011 |
| Q: I recently got an external monitor to use with my laptop. I attached it and personalized my display ... A: you can do that using MurGeeMon and you can download it from http://www.murgee.com/ you can save ... | |
| Toshiba windows vista won't switch users | 5/6/2011 |
| Q: my Toshiba windows vista won't allow me to switch users. As soon as I click the other users, it says ... A: these are the only fixes available but sometimes the registry gets corrupted so you may want to try ... | |
| Vista User folder on desktop changed | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: I am not sure how this happened but hope you might be able to help me get it fixed. My user folder ... A: i think i found it , its a pretty stupid thing but i just tried it on my machine and it worked for ... | |
| Vista User folder on desktop changed | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: I am not sure how this happened but hope you might be able to help me get it fixed. My user folder ... A: well try doing this , right click on that ch folder and choose delete then reboot , then readding ... | |
| Video Freezing | 1/29/2011 |
| Q: The problem with my widows vista is whenever I visit a website and try to play their videos, it ... A: it could be for a lot of reasons download Microsoft fix it center from ... | |
| Removing Older OS from Boot Screen | 1/26/2011 |
| Q: While installing Windows Vista, I deleted the older partition for Windows XP and installed Vista ... A: there are multiple way to fix that problem but we will use the easiest and safest way click on ... | |
| slow downloads | 1/25/2011 |
| Q: For some reason, my download speed has slowed to virtually zero. My computer was working fine, ... A: well realplayer 11 says it works on vista so 13 should be. and version 10 and 10.5 only supports ... | |
| slow downloads | 1/24/2011 |
| Q: For some reason, my download speed has slowed to virtually zero. My computer was working fine, ... A: probably it the website you are trying to download the audio files from if other websites work fine ... | |
| Window 7 | 1/15/2011 |
| Q: No offence. Are u good at windows 7? A: no one is prefect , i cant say if i'm good or not , i'v been using and troubleshooting windows 7 ... | |
| Back Up | 1/14/2011 |
| Q: I have heard about people backing up their files within Vistia. This doesn't included a whole range ... A: well if those documents are important for you , yes you should back them up if something wrong ... | |
| Back Up | 1/13/2011 |
| Q: I have heard about people backing up their files within Vistia. This doesn't included a whole range ... A: backing up to external hard drive is faster and safer "most of the times" , on cds or dvds/ it will ... | |
| Taskbar | 1/10/2011 |
| Q: Hey Saad In my notification area on my laptop i have notice some of the icons are moving places. ... A: yes this is normal , the icons are not sorted in the task bar system tray , sometimes they show on ... | |
| Broken Shortcuts | 1/9/2011 |
| Q: Saad I have the latest avg with PC analyzer inculding. I have moved some files around and onto USB ... A: by deleting a shortcut you wont harm your system , its just a shortcut or a link to the actual file ... | |
| keyboard | 1/4/2011 |
| Q: @ gives " and the rest of the characters are also messed up. I do not know how to fix this in my ... A: it looks like a problem with the keyboard layout so try this goto start - > control panel , switch ... | |
| Installing dual operating systems using an external hard drive | 12/9/2009 |
| Q: I currently have windows vista as my sole operating system, I would like to be able to have dual ... A: basically windows boot loader doesn't recognize usb driver so you can add it to the boot up options ... | |
| login then shutdown | 10/28/2009 |
| Q: When i log in to my user account on windows vista it shuts down after about 2-5 minutes of me being ... A: sorry for the delay well it could be a problem with some startup programs that runs during the ... | |
| Battery icon on taskbar . . . | 10/24/2009 |
| Q: Saad, The last few times I've booted up my H-P laptop, the battery power level icon has not shown ... A: great im glad the problem was fixed your problem was fixed so i dont think you need the file ... | |
| windows vista registry | 10/23/2009 |
| Q: I have a problem with the photoshop cs3, I tried to reinstall it from the CD. It doesn't run. I ... A: there is a safer way to do that , there is a tool called CS3Clean you can download it from ... | |
| outlook 2007 | 10/23/2009 |
| Q: I am using outlook 2007 and i have 2000 email from same email id and i want caopy all the attachment ... A: you can import the PST file from microsoft office 2000 to microsoft office 2007 , thats going to ... | |
| Battery icon on taskbar . . . | 10/22/2009 |
| Q: Saad, The last few times I've booted up my H-P laptop, the battery power level icon has not shown ... A: there are a lot of tweaks to fix that problem so lets start with the easiest one open that link and ... | |
| Windows Vista Password at Set Up | 10/21/2009 |
| Q: I have a new Gateway One computer with Windows Vista Home Premium. Windows Vista Set up appears on ... A: oh dont worry about all that just setup it up without a password if you dont like to have a password ... | |
| Windows | 10/19/2009 |
| Q: On my parents computer a lot of programs sound as if they are trying to load up when windows start, ... A: the command you have to type so you can get into the start up tab is goto start menu and type ... | |
| Backup | 9/24/2009 |
| Q: how are you doing? I bought a computer about a year ago with Vista on it. The computer did not come ... A: well most of the computer companies stopped shipping windows cds/dvds , most of them now have a ... | |
| backing up files | 9/19/2009 |
| Q: Is there a program that I could buy that would backup the whole "C" drive including the system ... A: there is a hug collection of software between free and sharware for this purpose im going to name ... | |
| Stay with XP or upgrade to Vista | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I'm sure you've been asked this question many times before, so I'm a little embarrassed by putting ... A: oh that fine you shouldn't be embarrassed at all first of all i never had problems with vista , i ... | |
| Outlook Address book to new computer | 8/28/2009 |
| Q: How do I move my Outlook 2007 address book and user files from my old computer with XP to my new one ... A: you Windows Easy Transfer tool to transfer your setting from your old xp machine to your new vista ... | |
| external hdd, windows media player 11 | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: my pc does not recognize my external did, it only see's it as a normal sata did. the reason i know ... A: lets start with windows media player 11 , windows media player doesnt play all kind of formats even ... | |
| location not found | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: Vista: I get the error screen “Location is not available” every time I refresh or boot-up. The ... A: there is an application that is trying to use that folder , check the running applications and see ... | |
| Dragon Naturally Speaking and Vista | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: I have Windows Vista and Dragon Naturally Speaking 10. I installed it and is asking for Speech.ll ... A: as mentioned at the software support website http://knowledgebase.nuance.com/view.asp?60VQ=IEKL , it ... | |
| Firewalls | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: Could you recommend a good free firewall for Vista 64-bit system. I understand that windows firewall ... A: windows vista firewall is powerful and more advanced than the one on windows xp but anyways.. zone ... | |
| Internet Explorer 8 on W Vista not working | 8/17/2009 |
| Q: My Internet Explorer 8 stopped working for some reason a couple of weeks ago, the first error ... A: well this is a weird problem if it has nothing to do with firewall and internet connectivity is ... | |
| Internet Explorer 8 on W Vista not working | 8/15/2009 |
| Q: My Internet Explorer 8 stopped working for some reason a couple of weeks ago, the first error ... A: too many thing can cause IE8 to behave like that so i need more information please if you do not ... | |
| Hijacked by a virus? | 7/13/2009 |
| Q: Shawwa: I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop. I am having problems that could be the result of a ... A: try running malwarebytes its a stand alone scanner it should work and it shouldnt be affected by ads ... | |
| Credentials | 7/10/2009 |
| Q: Where does Vista store windows logon user passwords? Thanks in advance, Rick A: All NT based system stores the username and password in file called sam in windows xp and vista the ... | |
| load windows 95 game onto windows vista | 7/7/2009 |
| Q: we bought some computer games at a garage sale that are compatible with windows 95. We have windows ... A: Running a piece of software that old is not guaranteed to work unless you are willing to go digging. ... | |
| Vista | 7/7/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Saad Thank you for your last respond. From you name I feel that you are either chaldean or ... A: yes im arabic its a problem with your virtual clone software , uninstall it and reboot your ... | |
| Vista problem | 7/5/2009 |
| Q: I live in a small town located in west of Asia. Over here we are free to do anything we like ... A: well i'm not going to discuss the copyright issues and restrictions and if your stuff works on vista ... | |
| Maximize window automatically | 7/4/2009 |
| Q: We have A Gateway 64-bit PC with Windows Vista Home Premium. How can I set it to open windows such ... A: well thats something weird but it happens try to do the following open one internet Explorer ... | |
| Protection | 5/10/2009 |
| Q: As per your suggestion, I now have Avira and Windows Defender instead of Trend Micro and Webroot. My ... A: part of it is free , you dont have to worry about it , the full version comes with on access monitor ... | |
| operating system | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: I have a 64 bit vista operating system but all my settings(display) only go up to 32 bit. do ou know ... A: vsita works like that unless if you want to force it , vista does that to allow 32-bit applications ... | |
| Protection | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: As per your suggestion, I now have Avira and Windows Defender instead of Trend Micro and Webroot. My ... A: yes you are protected but if you want a good malware/spyware detector to add it to your collection ... | |
| Defraggler | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: I downloaded Defraggler as you recommended, and it has taken over 12 hours to defrag only 27% of my ... A: yes this is possible if you have your anti virus online and enabled and any other kind of activities ... | |
| not reading cds and dvds. | 5/8/2009 |
| Q: Both. I've been told that Windows Vista has been having this problem but no one can seem to help me ... A: its going to be hard to do but if you follow it up exact;y as it is everything will go fine Go to ... | |
| Recycling Computer | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: I have another question. I'm getting my older Windows 98 (HP)computer ready for recycling and I want ... A: i dont think you need winzip to complete the erasing steps that i linked you with , you have ... | |
| Defrag Problems | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: my computer is running much better now. My new problem has to do with Defraging my hard drives. I ... A: oh thats normal you dont have to worry but if you want to force a defragment you can use a 3rd party ... | |
| cannot download anything from internet | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: I have Windows Vista and I cannot download anything from the Internet. I use Mozilla Firefox as my ... A: there are manual way and a tool that can remove zango use this tool to remove zango goto ... | |
| cannot download anything from internet | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: I have Windows Vista and I cannot download anything from the Internet. I use Mozilla Firefox as my ... A: lots of ppl had issues with that because of AVG 8. try to uninstall it ,goto control panel , ... | |
| Recycling Computer | 5/6/2009 |
| Q: I have another question. I'm getting my older Windows 98 (HP)computer ready for recycling and I want ... A: there is an easier way and more effective take a look at the following website it has an easy step ... | |
| PDF files | 5/6/2009 |
| Q: I downloaded a PDF file to my desktop. It is a coupon that I want to print. I chose to "open with" ... A: yes you need to have adobe reader or any other pdf readers to view pdf files download adobe reader ... | |
| MAPI32.DLL | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: I cannot open Microsoft Office Outlook - 'Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. MAPI32.DLL is ... A: ok now this is the problem you have some office 2003 product and office 2007 products they both use ... | |
| Computer does not always open programs at Start-up | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I have a dell Studio 540 desktop with Vista 64 bit. Recently, at start-up, and on opening my first ... A: wow its look like you are bloating your system with alot of scanning software that are making the ... | |
| MAPI32.DLL | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I cannot open Microsoft Office Outlook - 'Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. MAPI32.DLL is ... A: yes now move on the the next step which is booting into windows xp safe mode and then follow the fix ... | |
| MAPI32.DLL | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I cannot open Microsoft Office Outlook - 'Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. MAPI32.DLL is ... A: you have to try couple of things first! doing a system restore to a date before applying office 2007 ... | |
| Open screen maximized automatically | 5/3/2009 |
| Q: How can I set windows to open in maximized aotomatically? Thanks, Rocky A: try doing that but editing some Registry Setting I am not sure if this works on all apps or just ... | |
| Installing Dual Operating Systems or Downgrading to Xp | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: My computer is an HP Pavilion Elite m9000t and I have a single 300 GB hard drive. I’d like to ... A: i just saw your question in the vista question pool and i hope i can give you the best solution for ... | |
| Windows Vista basic | 2/1/2009 |
| Q: The hard drive is partitioned into "C" and "D" I noticed when defragmenting the drive recently that ... A: too many ways to free up some space on your c drive , and the safest is uninstalling all the ... | |
| Specific module could not be found | 1/30/2009 |
| Q: After removal of spyware software from my Windows Vista. I am facing a problem that when windows ... A: most of the time the spyware program did not remove all of its entries from windows startup so ... | |
| auto defragmention | 1/27/2009 |
| Q: Respected sir I am using xo sp 2.I understand that there is an utility in window itself which if ... A: vista probably will not work on your current hardware , it will be too slow , windows xp can run , ... | |
| cant download | 1/26/2009 |
| Q: every time i try and download something from the internet the the dialogue box appears which asks ... A: sorry for the delay well you have to try many things here... 1.first it could be a permission ... | |
| auto defragmention | 1/25/2009 |
| Q: Respected sir I am using xo sp 2.I understand that there is an utility in window itself which if ... A: Windows Vista does not auto defrag the hard drive continously , it defrags it based on a schedule ... | |
| Setting an external monitor | 1/23/2009 |
| Q: and I have a question about setting up an external monitor on my laptop. I have seen my friend do ... A: sure you can you do that in vista and xp and 2000 and mac and linux and more :) * Click the Start ... | |
| Windows Vista Error Code | 1/18/2009 |
| Q: I just upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium on my laptop and everything is working great except ... A: possible reasons are as follows 1. your anti virus or firewall is preventing windows to collect ... | |
| Rename file in Media library | 1/12/2009 |
| Q: I just renamed the mp3 files which was ripped from my CD to media library using windows media ... A: well they are saved somewhere right click on one of the songs that you have ripped in the media ... | |
| Changing color resolution | 1/6/2009 |
| Q: I'm looking for a way to change Vista's color resolution from the command line rather than from the ... A: im afraid it is not possible to do that because it is not integrated with windows command prompt , ... | |
| Vista? | 1/1/2009 |
| Q: I am having trouble downloading anything.I'm trying to load AVG from download.com.A window comes up ... A: open internet explorer then goto Tools->internet options Go to "security" and set them to Medium ... | |
| vista | 1/1/2009 |
| Q: How can I completely remove something from my task bar-bottom right and the computer.This item is ... A: does this popup say antivirus 2009 or antivirus 2008? waiting for your reply because if it is then ... | |
| 32 or 64 bit question | 12/28/2008 |
| Q: I have a laptop Compaq with Windows Vista 2007 and 1 Gigaherz(speed). Its is a 32 bit system or 64 ... A: your computer is 64 and 32 compatible now to check our windows version that is installed is 32bit ... | |
| 32 or 64 bit question | 12/28/2008 |
| Q: I have a laptop Compaq with Windows Vista 2007 and 1 Gigaherz(speed). Its is a 32 bit system or 64 ... A: well i need your Compaq model number to check on Compaq's website and see if it is a 64x or a 32x ... | |
| Epson 4180 Scanner incompatible with Vista | 12/25/2008 |
| Q: I recently purchased a new Dell Studio 540 desktop with Vista. My old XP system handled my Epson ... A: well what you can do right now is , uninstall the scanner software and driver then unplug the ... | |
| Query re 0000 etc. | 12/23/2008 |
| Q: OK< my first problem is that something I did removed the menu at the top of the windows task manager ... A: 1. to fix the task manager , run task manager and double click on any empty area on task manager to ... | |
| translating 32 bit drivers to 64 bit | 12/21/2008 |
| Q: its a short one.... I have a 64 bit capable laptop (vaio) ut only the 32 bits drivers for vista are ... A: i do not think it is possible to convert a 32bit drivers to a 64 , if it was that simple , aloft of ... | |
| Windows User Profiles | 12/21/2008 |
| Q: I have a friend who bought a used laptop. It's running vista. Whenever he tries to log onto his ... A: the fix to your problem is in this article ... | |
| HELP!!! | 10/19/2008 |
| Q: Ok. The other day, my comp went crazy. When I connected to the internet....it would say "Interner ... A: do not worry we will take care of it first do the following 1.uninstall AVG anti virus from ... | |
| track changes on windows vistas home premium | 10/16/2008 |
| Q: i dont see a track changes icon on the vistas home premium, is there a way of using track changes ... A: track changes must be available in word 2007 or whatever version you are using , if you are using ... | |
| track changes on windows vistas home premium | 10/16/2008 |
| Q: i dont see a track changes icon on the vistas home premium, is there a way of using track changes ... A: i guess you are talking about the option of track changes in microsoft office word 2007 ,"please ... | |
| ipod | 10/5/2008 |
| Q: although it does show up in hardware, it does not show up in device manager under usb, do you think ... A: actually it needs the ipod software , download and use Ipod +i tunes package , it has all the ... | |
| Vista trouble with Internet | 10/5/2008 |
| Q: I just bought a brand new computer with Vista Home Premium (SP1) and I cannot get the internet to ... A: try disabling IPV6 on the wireless connection adapter Step 1. click the Start menu, Control Panel, ... | |
| Vista deletion | 8/30/2008 |
| Q: I have .AVI file that will not delete. When I try to delete it vista tells me that it is trying to ... A: you need to take ownership of this file so you can delete it take a look at this website ... | |
| Vista slowdowns | 8/30/2008 |
| Q: I have a situation with my laptop vista computer. For some reason it starts all fine at first ... A: first of all try disabling your anti virus and see how your system goes on if it goes fast then at ... | |
| antivirus xp2008 removal | 8/26/2008 |
| Q: I have got a virus calling itself antivirus xp2008 (ironic) and all the forums say do a system ... A: goto www.malwarebytes.org and download malwarebytes anti malware , install it update it then scan ... | |
| system restore and disk check errors | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: i'm currently having problems with my computer. everytime i perform a system restore it tells me ... A: do a complete scandisk checkup which is going to take a longer time but it will fix it and you will ... | |
| vista to xp | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: my computer was shipped with xp and i upgraded to vista recently but it has too many problems for my ... A: the best way is to do a fresh installation of windows xp , not to downgrade from vista to xp , ... | |
| internet radio listening | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: I had a station wolx,94.9fm, in Wi, that i listened to, but now the site has a pop up using ... A: i do not think that there will be a serious problem uninstalling silverlight , it like flash player ... | |
| internet radio listening | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: I had a station wolx,94.9fm, in Wi, that i listened to, but now the site has a pop up using ... A: i do not think silver light has a anything to do with Google search , silver light is a new ... | |
| Vista 64 bit | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: Can I run office 2000 Pro on a Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit computer A: well you can , but windows 2000 pro is not compatible with vista editions , it can be installed but ... | |
| internet radio listening | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: I had a station wolx,94.9fm, in Wi, that i listened to, but now the site has a pop up using ... A: well im not also sure what causes the problem but i guess you can try that , could fix your problem ... | |
| Window explorer in Vista Business | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: My laptop is running Vista Business. Everytime when I use the window explorer (not internet ... A: Download and install the following updates: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194 ... | |
| Vista interntet problem | 8/10/2008 |
| Q: I have a problem with my internet on windows vista. Whether or not I use Firefox or IE7, when i'm ... A: do the following internet explorer open internet explorer 1. goto tools->internet options 2. click ... | |
| screen size | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: When I try to click on Page Set-up while in Internet Explorer the only thing that happens is that ... A: try doing the following open internet explorer goto tools-> internet options then going to ... | |
| Go back to the old XP from Vista | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: I have read lots of comments about the problems/difficulties of going back from Vista to XP. Could ... A: Hell Joaquim how are you doing it is not a problem between bios and NTFS , it a problem between ... | |
| windows processes | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: Saad, Sometimes my computer seems bogged down, and then sometimes it is not. I frequently look at ... A: you can disable some start up processes and some not needed services using Microsoft system ... | |
| 64 bit Operating Systems | 8/5/2008 |
| Q: Am considering a new computer and would appreciate an unbiased opinion/answer. What's up with the ... A: well most of the 64bit processors are 32bit compatible , but if they are not sure , let them run the ... | |
| 64 bit Operating Systems | 8/5/2008 |
| Q: Am considering a new computer and would appreciate an unbiased opinion/answer. What's up with the ... A: windows 64bit is superior to it's 32bit good things about 64bit... 1.faster 32 bit systems can ... | |
| 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: website is working properly on my vista machine tried it using IE 7 and FF3. let him try emptying ... | |
| Vista Business Install | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: Yesterday I installed Vista Business on my Dell Latitude D630 that had previously been running Vista ... A: this is a well known problem its the video card driver that is corrupted and you need to download ... | |
| password | 7/28/2008 |
| Q: .i have win vista home edition with a gateway comuputer. i went to make emergency bootup cd roms for ... A: If you have another power user "another user account with administrative privilege " then login to ... | |
| #~Sleep Option in Vista | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: When I use the sleep option in the shutdown menu my computer seems to go to sleep, but a few seconds ... A: the sleep option is a common problem on vista , and too many reasons for it between wrong setup and ... | |
| Vista/SP3 | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: Just a quick Q: why would I want to download SP3 for Office 2002/XP if I run the Vista OS? A: This update if for Microsoft office 2002/XP products it has nothing to do with the operating system ... | |
| computer won't boot. | 7/24/2008 |
| Q: I am running Windows Vista Home Premium. I couldn't wake the machine up, so I shut it off and ... A: well you can try a couple of thing before sending it to a hardware shop put back your video card in ... | |
| 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 has been discontinued starting from windows vista and newer versions. Microsoft ... | |
| vista backup on home network | 7/23/2008 |
| Q: my wireless laptop asks for a user name and a password to back up to my desktop. I do not have ... A: If both Computers have Vista installed , make sure that your Network Center settings are like this ... | |
| can't print | 7/20/2008 |
| Q: please help! I use Mozilla 3.0, Vista. When I want to print anything from the internet, I get no ... A: i guess i have to access your computer remotely to fix the problem if you have no problems with that ... | |
| can't print | 7/20/2008 |
| Q: please help! I use Mozilla 3.0, Vista. When I want to print anything from the internet, I get no ... A: download this and scan your system to make sure that agent is removed , this kit is really bad , it ... | |
| folder locking | 7/11/2008 |
| Q: I'm actually looking for a solution to protect certain personal files and folders in my windows ... A: here is what you are looking for a free folder locking software , easy to use and simple ... | |
| other windows | 7/7/2008 |
| Q: I have windows vista home premium and was curiouse about something. When there are multiple windows ... A: That can be made using a 3rd party tool take a look at this website it will give you what you want ... | |
| xp | 7/1/2008 |
| Q: I have a compaq pressario c504ea laptop, with vista home preinstalled, as i dont like Vista i want ... A: windows xp can't see your drive because it is a SATA drive. You may need to identify your ... | |
| My computer will not let me download. | 6/30/2008 |
| Q: I am runing windows vista on my computer and I have internet explorer 7 and when i try to download ... A: well it seems that your internet explorer is functioning correctly , when this security warning pop ... | |
| vista | 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: all of what you have to do is to boot using your windows XP CD and following the instruction and ... | |
| format | 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: to install windows xp on your system bootusing your windows XP CD and follow these graphical ... | |
| My computer will not let me download. | 6/29/2008 |
| Q: I am runing windows vista on my computer and I have internet explorer 7 and when i try to download ... A: I need more information's like when you go to download.com and try to download a software and when ... | |
| My computer will not let me download. | 6/28/2008 |
| Q: I am runing windows vista on my computer and I have internet explorer 7 and when i try to download ... A: open Internet Explorer , then go to tools ->internet options , then click on the "Advanced" tab and ... | |
| vista | 6/28/2008 |
| Q: I've recently rebooted my laptop with the back up disc that came with it and now I have no memory ... A: oh your computer is messed up , best solution is to back up all your important data files on ... | |
| Vista installasion | 6/27/2008 |
| Q: How do i install windows vista so that i have one disc (local disk c) reserved for just windows and ... A: check this link a visual windows vista installation and preparation guide ... | |
| could not find a download for ie 7 for window vista | 6/27/2008 |
| Q: i have trouble going to online with IE. whenever i clicked on it, a little microsoft windows appears ... A: there was a download link for ie7 vista version but i guess they removed it , your hope is to do the ... | |
| cannot go to online with IE | 6/27/2008 |
| Q: i have trouble going to online with IE. whenever i clicked on it, a little microsoft windows appears ... A: yes service pack could do that , you need to reinstall internet explorer 7 goto ... | |
| Startup notice. | 6/24/2008 |
| Q: I would be so grateful if you can tell me how to stop a very annoying notice popping up every 15 ... A: then do that Go to start>run> type in "msconfig" without the quotations and click ok. the System ... | |
| Startup notice. | 6/24/2008 |
| Q: I would be so grateful if you can tell me how to stop a very annoying notice popping up every 15 ... A: Hell Sue, When the pop up comes up, right click on the icon and then click on run blocked programs. ... | |
| XP Pro or Vista? | 6/23/2008 |
| Q: Saad, Being in the market for a new laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad, perhaps, a Dell), I'm unclear about the ... A: oh you will be fine , if you found computer with xp preinstalled that is pretty cool and windows xp ... | |
| XP Pro or Vista? | 6/22/2008 |
| Q: Saad, Being in the market for a new laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad, perhaps, a Dell), I'm unclear about the ... A: XP is "lighter and faster" than vista and it does not need a superb hardware specifications to run ... | |
| SP1 | 6/20/2008 |
| Q: i am downloading and installing the Windows vista SP1 and i was wondering if that would help fix the ... A: yes SP1 could actually fix the problems , as much as Microsoft mentioned , xbox should not have any ... | |
| images in email | 6/18/2008 |
| Q: I seem to recall hearing that it is possible to send an image in the body of an email (i.e., not as ... A: If you don't want it as an attachment , Seems like you would have to use HTML to do this. are you ... | |
| windows vista and windows xp dual boot | 6/13/2008 |
| Q: on my pc right now i have windows xp sp 2 installed on it,if i were to install another hard drive ... A: this is possible if you did it right you wont loose a thing and you will have your both system clean ... | |
| Vista & MS Office Pro 2003 for XP | 6/7/2008 |
| Q: Can MS Office Pro XP be installed on a computer running Vista? A: Totally possible. a lot of people been running it for a while now with no problems. but there are ... | |
| Switch user | 6/6/2008 |
| Q: I have been using switch on XP Home user for some time now but now when I try to switch, nothing ... A: I am going to suppose that you are talking about windows xp , because you mentioned xp in the ... | |
| Vista admin | 6/5/2008 |
| Q: I am helping a friend with her PC. It is running Vista Home Premium. Her husband died recently and ... A: You need to crack down or recovery the administrator password , it is the safest way , with guest ... | |
| Vista admin | 6/4/2008 |
| Q: I am helping a friend with her PC. It is running Vista Home Premium. Her husband died recently and ... A: are you already logged-in using his account? if so have you tried removing any other software's? if ... | |
| Vista Keeps Crashing | 6/2/2008 |
| Q: I have been working with Vista for several months now on my new Dell laptop. I've read complaints ... A: i do not think vista is the problem something else is the problem. vista is stable enough to run, ... | |
| Change Language in Vista | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: I wonder if you can help/advise me as I am totally confused by what I have read and found on the ... A: Windows vista fact you can easily change language on Vista Ultimate edition : all other Vista ... | |
| Looking for alarm clock for PC with Vista | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: My daughter has a new computer with Windows Vista. She just got it in February, it's a HP, and has ... A: take a look at these alarm clocks , they are too many between free and shareware , all works on ... | |
| Vista | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: What do you like about Windows Vista compared to older operating systems you have used or owned? ... A: speaking for my self only here.. a lot of people think vista is really the worst system Microsoft ... | |
| Vista help | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: The whole screen is like it desktop, internet explorer any icons everything. How do i get it back ... A: if you are talking about the icons then do that.. You can also manually adjust the size of the ... | |
| Ststem 32 error | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: I ran Ophcrack Pass word recovery on my Vista home basic computer.The computer has crashed,its ... A: you need to startup repair your windows vista , read this to guide you repairing your windows ... | |
| How to remove leftover .lnk files of the deleted items? | 5/30/2008 |
| Q: can you be kind enough to help me get rid of some .lnk files that come up during normal search in ... A: 1. Right-click the Start button > "Properties" > "Customize" > Click the "Advanced" tab > Click ... | |
| Automatic shutdowns | 5/30/2008 |
| Q: Twice recently my Windows Vista has shut down, while I was on line, with a message to the effect: ... A: this sound like a hardware failure or a some drivers need to be updated. i still need the erros msg ... | |
| blocked site | 5/29/2008 |
| Q: ok i cant get into some sites like video game sites i have to enter the year birthdate etc and they ... A: I need more information here to try to solve the problem Are you using any kind of family filter ... | |
| Windows Vista System Language Change | 5/28/2008 |
| Q: My friend has a laptop that has Windows Vista Home and wishes to change the language of the system ... A: totally right , the deference is , with other version of vista except ultimate you have to reinstall ... | |
| Windows Vista System Language Change | 5/27/2008 |
| Q: My friend has a laptop that has Windows Vista Home and wishes to change the language of the system ... A: they are right , only with vista ultimate you can change the interface with no harm. all other ... | |
| Dual boot WINXP and Vista | 5/26/2008 |
| Q: I am thinking of purchasing Toshiba X205-S9810 which comes with Vista OP and two 160 HDD. I want to ... A: you can do that easily check this website and read it carefully. ... | |
| Sleep/Hibernate mode. | 5/26/2008 |
| Q: I am running Vista Home Premium, previously XP Home. I have always had problems getting my computer ... A: ** FORGOT TO MENTION** in some motherboards you have to change the USB jumpers, from +5V to +5VSB. ... | |
| need help with bottom taskbar | 5/21/2008 |
| Q: I have Vista.. and on my bottom taskbar is an option with two arrows up and down... they toggle back ... A: i still could not find that thing in my vista system i guess it is a toolbar or any software that is ... | |
| need help with bottom taskbar | 5/21/2008 |
| Q: I have Vista.. and on my bottom taskbar is an option with two arrows up and down... they toggle back ... A: i am not really sure about " toggle options" or maybe i didnt understand the question clearly , but ... | |
| Follow-Up on Prior Questions | 5/18/2008 |
| Q: I'm sorry to bother you again, but I have a few more questions. (1) How do I know which year's ... A: you can use this software to find your norton product key http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html ... | |
| 0X0000142 error | 5/18/2008 |
| Q: I wrote to you earlier today. I have Vista Ultimate. About 2 weeks ago, every time I shut down the ... A: to remove norton use norton removal tool you can download from ... | |
| sp1 | 5/17/2008 |
| Q: i installed sp1 a few days ago, and had some issues , even prior to that, blue screens indicating ... A: actually it does not help , interfaces are deferent , when you get into the bios using f2 or f1 , ... | |
| 0X0000142 error | 5/17/2008 |
| Q: I wrote to you earlier today. I have Vista Ultimate. About 2 weeks ago, every time I shut down the ... A: it looks like your system is totally screwed up from these error msgs that iv seen your system state ... | |
| sp1 | 5/17/2008 |
| Q: i installed sp1 a few days ago, and had some issues , even prior to that, blue screens indicating ... A: you need to be at the bios to get rid of the acer splash screen reboot your computer To get into ... | |
| 0X0000142 error | 5/17/2008 |
| Q: I wrote to you earlier today. I have Vista Ultimate. About 2 weeks ago, every time I shut down the ... A: goto to control panel , Administrative tools , event viewer , look under system for errors that ... | |
| sp1 | 5/16/2008 |
| Q: i installed sp1 a few days ago, and had some issues , even prior to that, blue screens indicating ... A: Actually Windows Vista SP1 and windows XP SP3 Have some issues regarfing to your motheboard and ... | |
| Vista 64 | 5/15/2008 |
| Q: I just purchased a HP with a AMD Turion 64x2 processor. I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I ... A: home premium does support the dual core "single chip processor" = 1 physical CPU with 2 cores and ... | |
| system crashes | 5/14/2008 |
| Q: i have an amd 64 athlon x2 2 g ram, vista home premium- work group, 2 160 sata hds 100 free on ... A: yes i could be lavasoft that is crashing the system , but you still can go for a a powerful free ... | |
| system crashes | 5/13/2008 |
| Q: i have an amd 64 athlon x2 2 g ram, vista home premium- work group, 2 160 sata hds 100 free on ... A: it is a system crash because of a hardware failure or a virus causing that. first of you need to ... | |
| Configuration in Vista | 4/28/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to disable some programs from starting up upon initial system boot up. In my Windows XP ... A: open start menu , and type msconfig system configuration utility will show up goto to" startup" tab ... | |
| Problem with Windows Media player | 4/7/2008 |
| Q: I have Windows Media Player 11q with Windows Vista home edition. It stopped playing videos. It will ... A: goto www.microsoft.com and download windows media player 11 vista version and install it on your ... | |
| Extra Software Needed | 4/4/2008 |
| Q: I'm buying a high-end windows vista PC(from an www.ebay.co.uk store, and want to ensure I have the ... A: there are a lot and a lot of powerful free media players 1.Gom player http://www.gomlab.com/eng/ ... | |
| Acer computer | 3/18/2008 |
| Q: I just got an acer computer. I had a dell before, so I am still wanting to use the monitor. Is a ... A: it could be not compatible with your acer tower graphical card , deferences is signaling . try ... | |
| hard disc Partitioning ! | 3/14/2008 |
| Q: . i have a laptop with windows vista,the hard disc composed of two partition C and D .. recently i ... A: the only secure way to partition the harddrive is that before you install windows vista you can ... | |
| hard partitioning.. | 3/14/2008 |
| Q: but recently i download windows vista agian but i found that the hard is only one partition.. so how ... A: the only secure way to partition the harddrive is that before you install windows vista you can ... | |
| Microsoft Vista - Office XP Service Pack 3 Update | 3/11/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to download the above update and no longer have the installation disc but I'm unable to ... A: actually you cannot continue the upgrade without the installation source check with your friends ... | |
| corrupt windows profile | 2/16/2008 |
| Q: I had a problem in Office 2007 and was told that it was really a corrupt windows profile. I created ... A: to get your my documents folders including your pictures music etc.. goto c:\document and settings\ ... | |
| uninstalling vista | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a Dell Vista Home laptop for almost a year. I was very tired of the fact that many of my ... A: i cant tell if the "drivers & utilities " disc has the drivers for windows xp . but mostly these ... | |
| uninstalling vista | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a Dell Vista Home laptop for almost a year. I was very tired of the fact that many of my ... A: you should not worry about anything if you back up your files. the only fear is you need to call ... | |
| Change language of Vista after manufacturer installation | 2/14/2008 |
| Q: i'm an american living in switzerland. Therefore all the notebooks here come with Vista ... A: well actually iv never tried that before , but i guess you can install the 2003 office on your ... | |
| Recovery Discs | 2/14/2008 |
| Q: but with a Recovery Partition instead. However, when trying to make my own Recovery Discs as ... A: you you can backup you whole drive using norton ghost software it take a complete image of your hard ... | |
| Change language of Vista after manufacturer installation | 2/14/2008 |
| Q: i'm an american living in switzerland. Therefore all the notebooks here come with Vista ... A: that depends on the vista version installed on your notebook , if it is vista ultimate , or ... | |
| language interface | 2/13/2008 |
| Q: I have tried all the possibilities you recommend me,to change the language setting from Italian to ... A: If you have another version of Vista other than those two ultimate and enterprise , you'll need to ... | |
| language interface | 2/7/2008 |
| Q: I have tried all the possibilities you recommend me,to change the language setting from Italian to ... A: here is the english language pack " note that will work only if you have vista ultimate / enterprise ... | |
| settings language | 2/7/2008 |
| Q: I bought acer labtop with windows vista.My problem is the all settings are in Italiano that i can't ... A: to change it to English try this goto Start, Settings, Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, ... | |
| Sound turns on and off in Vista | 1/27/2008 |
| Q: I have an HP Pavilion laptop 2x64AMD running Vista 32bit. Suddenly for no apparent reason the sound ... A: yes a lot of people are facing such problems with windows vista. some of them they do what hp and ... | |
| Vista language pack | 12/19/2007 |
| Q: I have recently purchased an sony vaio in Italy the OS is Italian and i need to change to English / ... A: You can only get a language pack if you have Vista Ultimate. If you don't have vista ultimate, you ... | |
| cookies | 12/18/2007 |
| Q: "Dear Saad, where do I go to view the list of cookies on my PC in both Win XP & Vista. they used to ... A: you can find them under your user account profile for example C:\Document and setting\saad\cookies ... | |
| Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Problems | 12/18/2007 |
| Q: I have a dell laptop that was running windows xp. I recently upgraded to windows vista premium, and ... A: goto dell.com and download the audio driver for windows vista and install it. then run a desk ... | |
| Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Problems | 12/17/2007 |
| Q: I have a dell laptop that was running windows xp. I recently upgraded to windows vista premium, and ... A: you should have checked the minimum requirements for upgrading your system to windows vista premium. ... | |
| language | 12/15/2007 |
| Q: Vista languages I use vista English language, now I head installed soft in Russian language an ... A: you need to enable/add russian support by Configuring country/region and language options You can ... | |
| internet problem - error messages apache? | 12/15/2007 |
| Q: I'm a second grade teacher - using a laptop at home with Vista. There are 2 educational sites that ... A: it could be spyware/malware doing that to your system goto www.safer-networking.org and download ... | |
| How To Remove Norton Antivirus Completely? | 12/14/2007 |
| Q: My friend just bought a new Vista Home Premium pc. Now he has not used or registered the built in ... A: from add/remove it does remove Norton anti virus , not completely but it leave a couple of shared ... | |
| How To Remove Norton Antivirus Completely? | 12/13/2007 |
| Q: My friend just bought a new Vista Home Premium pc. Now he has not used or registered the built in ... A: to completely remove Norton anti virus program , you have 2 options , go to control panel , add ... | |
| internet problem - error messages apache? | 12/13/2007 |
| Q: I'm a second grade teacher - using a laptop at home with Vista. There are 2 educational sites that ... A: website errors msgs are mainly from the same server that the website is located on. like when you ... | |
| No English in the install language | 12/13/2007 |
| Q: I have a Gateway Notebook and when I download the TOMTOM Home install, there is no English language ... A: if you system is English based , and its only a matter of a couple of programs or a little more then ... | |
| No English in the install language | 12/12/2007 |
| Q: I have a Gateway Notebook and when I download the TOMTOM Home install, there is no English language ... A: i cant understand one point , the whole system does not display English language or its only the ... | |
| Vista Font | 12/10/2007 |
| Q: I am installing a font manager and want to rid the system of all fonts except those required. I am ... A: they are system files you need to take the ownership of these files so you can delete them, goto the ... | |
| Vista and Installation of New Programs | 12/10/2007 |
| Q: I am loading up paperport11. I get a message from the install shield that windows explorer is in ... A: i found and article with screen shots that will help you finish the installation of Paperport 11 ... | |
| Misc. | 12/6/2007 |
| Q: I am trying to get back into my administrator user account by wiping the password clean, using ... A: you did download the wrong files ... | |
| BIOS | 12/5/2007 |
| Q: Okay I am in such S**t and i am desperate...i got a new Hp pavilion notebook a few months ago and I ... A: i cant exactly figure out the problem from here , but what i can suggest if the computer is under ... | |
| Windowsl Vista | 12/5/2007 |
| Q: I have just bought a computer with VISTA on it. When I press the sleep control it closes down but ... A: You may have something set to run under task scheduler which brings the computer out of sleep mode. ... | |
| Wireless Networks | 12/2/2007 |
| Q: In the available wireless networks, I lused to see a particular network (lets call it network A). ... A: does it actually show other networks but its doesn't show this specific network that you want to ... | |
| Language installation | 10/29/2007 |
| Q: though its common problem but still needs help HOW CAN I CHANGE MY JAPAN WINDOWS VISTA IN ENGLISH ... A: its really a common problem but you can at least try those.. ---- Change the display language The ... | |
| Admin. Account | 10/27/2007 |
| Q: I want to know how to access the administrator account from a standard user account in Vista. Can ... A: pardon me , i did not get to the point that you actually want some answers on , what do you mean by ... | |
| Password for accessing a specific folder | 10/26/2007 |
| Q: I am working in Windows Vista and I have about 5 files (say File_1.doc to File_5.doc) in a folder ... A: Windows Vista Does not have this option within the system , you need a third party software to ... | |
| Add Printer | 3/9/2007 |
| Q: it is already set to automatic.We have a couple of network printers here at our location and I am ... A: then you have to check these 1.It appears that the "Workgroup" Name is not the same on the vista ... | |
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