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    - Vista Ultimate 64 Limiting RAM to 4gb I have been using Vista Ultimate 64 since release with no problems. I upgraded from my 1gb of ram to 5gb total. Adding 4x1gb sticks. At boot the mobo recognizes 5120 mb of RAM. But Vista only reports 3967mb? I've checked all the ram and it works fine. I thought Ultimate 64 supported 128gb? Does anyone know how i might fix this, Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52742
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    - LLTD Responder (protocol) and XP Pro x64 Hi folks, I've just bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. Seems everything works fine on it. I have a home network. It's a "hybrid", DLink DI-524 WirelessG router and 4 port switch. Desktop is wired to the router, external hd wired to router. Desktop is running XP Pro x64. Also have an old laptop running XP Home. The only networking problem I have (I think) is that my Vista system won't see either of the XP systems in the Network Map or in Explorer - Network if it is turned on while the other systems are already running. I literally have to turn on the Vista laptop first, then start or reboot the XP systems. Network Discovery Help tells me that I need to install "Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder" on the two XP systems. I found that for XP x86. I haven't found that for XP Pro x64. Apparently it is not included in the x64 SP2, which I just installed on the x64 machine. *WHEN* the Vista machine does see the other two systems, they can all 3 talk back and forth, file and printer sharing, all day long, just fine. Any help for this one? TIA! McG. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52737
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    - Enable "Aurora" boot screen in Vista Tired of Vista boot screen? Enable this old style looking one by a simple check mark. http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=893 Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52723
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    - no sound i don't know what the problem is my friend has a computer and when he plugs in his headphones he gets no sound from his computer how can he tell if a sound card is connected or even in his computer. he has windows xp professional installed on the computer and has no internet access to download anything. i need help i am not familiar with windows xp and computers so i need something that i can understand what to do. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52715
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    - Vista 64 bit Blue Screens with 4gb of ram System runs perfectly fine with 2gbs of ram, however it blues screens when trying to load the OS with 4gbs of ram. Basic specs: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit OEM Evga nforce 680i sli motherboard Q6600 2.4gh quad core processor evga 8800 GTS Superclocked Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52713
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    - System Gone Crazy - Pro x64 - The RPC Server is Unavailable Hi I was watching a .divx movie, and I restarted the system, when the movie was over. I got an error during bootup as 'The RPC Servier is Unavailable'. The Start Menu has started to look like a Classic Menu, a lot of functions are disabled, I get kernel error many times, cant play Media Player, cant open Internet Explorer cant run system restore in safe mode either, ... . I am sure there is no virus on it! This happened all of a sudden after restart, and how do get my x64 back to normal? I have vista on another partition, and it is running fine. Hemanth Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52708
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    - Microsoft does it again Just made the mistake of purchasing a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader. Box only said Vista (or XP) as the required OS, and mentions how it helps make Vista security more convenient. Well, insert the cd and it says then, and only then, that it only works on 32-bit Vista. Fortunately I can install it on my wife's machine, but just one more kick in the teeth for 64 bit from Microsoft itself. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52705
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    - 2 removable drives corrupted in 2 weeks by what????? Twice I was running a directory printing utility from a networked computer to my computers removable hot swappable SATA drives using vantecs EZ swap-2 kits. These drives have been stable for over a year. Can a utility corrupt a directory structure to make it unreadable? Chkdsc could not recover the drive. Anyone else have a problem like this? Help! Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52702
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    - New to 64-bit;General Questions We need to purchase the 64-bit version of Windows 2003 Server Std Edition because of the 4GB memory limitation in the 32-bit version. This server will be used as a Terminal server with both thin-clients and thick-clients (XP Pro and Vista Business) connecting to it. We need to install MS Office 2007 and an accounting application on the TS. 1. Can 32-bit applications install & run on a 64-bit Server operating system? 2. In our particular application, are there any limitations/ disadvantages to the 64-bit version of the Server OS? Thanks Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52682
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    - Installing Windows Server 2003 r2 64 bit I need to install the 64 bit version on a new HP server. The CPU is Intel Xeon 5150 @ 2.66 GHz. I have the Windows install CD part# P73-01780 which has both the x32 and x64 version. But when I run setup there is no option to select the x32 vs the x64. How do I get the 64 bit version installed? Thanks. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52678
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    - Maxium Program Size in 64-bit Vista? My understanding is that the maximum program size under Vista 32 is 2 GB (is that RAM or RAM and virtual memory?). 1. What is maximum *physical addressable RAM* for a single 32-bit processes? 2. What is maximum *virtual address space* for a single 32-bit processes? 3. What is maximum *physical adressable RAM* for a single 64-bit process in Vista Business 64? 4. What is the maximum virtual address space for a single 64-bit process in Vista Business 64? TIA. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52676
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    - Using 32 bit license for a 64 bit operating system I bought the 32 OEM bit version and I wondering if I could use this license to install the 64 bit version instead. The disc i got only has the 32 bit version. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52662
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    - XP64 usefull for me? Using XP pro now. I'm doing allot of large amount-file-moving from directory to directory. So I'm using Windows Explorer allot with cut and paste. WIN XP seems very slow sometimes when accessing directories with large amounts of files 20,000+ or so. So, I was thinking of installing WIN XP-64bit. Will it be faster for me with al the file moving and organizing I'm doing? I wont be using any 64bit applications per se. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52655
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    - ForceWare Release 169 BETA http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.04.html ForceWare Release 169 BETA Version: 169.04 Release Date: October 26, 2007 Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit Language: U.S. English File Size: 48.6 MB Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52651
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    - Mail Profiles and Vista 64-bit edition I'm looking at two machines side-by-side. Both have Office 2007 installed. One machine is running the 32-bit version of vista and the other is running the 64-bit edition of Vista. Within the Control Panel (Classic View) the 32-bit version has an icon called "Mail" that allows me to create and manage mail profiles. The 64-bit version does not. Is there a hidden option some where that I can modify to access this icon in the 64-bit edition or does it just not exists in the 64-bit version. Joel Johnson Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52630
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    - New Compatibility & Reliability Update There's a new release of the compatibility and reliability update. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649/en-us This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements:â?¢ It extends the battery life for mobile devices. â?¢ It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). â?¢ It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup application. â?¢ It improves the stability of wireless network services. â?¢ It shortens the startup time of Windows Vista by using a better timing structure. â?¢ It shortens the recovery time after Windows Vista experiences a period of inactivity. â?¢ It shortens the recovery time when you try to exit the Photos screen saver. â?¢ It improves the stability of Windows PowerShell. This update also resolves the following issues in Windows Vista:â?¢ A compatibility issue that affects some third-party antivirus software applications. â?¢ A reliability issue that occurs when a Windows Vista-based computer uses certain network driver configurations http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=06011901-DF0C-4474-8C2C-72C09B7CEC04&displaylang=en It has the same KB number that the one released a couple of weeks ago but this one is newer. My Vista seems to boot faster after this update. Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52629
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    - Windows x64 Edition won't start after Avast Update Hi, I have a computer that I built that won't boot after the latest Avast update. I updated Avast late Thurs (10/25/07) night and when it said that I needed to restart the computer, I pushed OK for it to restart and went to bed. I got up Friday morning and it was on a solid blue (not BSOD) screen. Now, it won't boot at all. I get thru the POST, and when it gets to launching the Windows x64 logo, it freezes on a black screen. No text. I also: - cannot get into any of the safe mode options, with one exception - when I launch into "Safe Mode" - I can see the lines "multidisk, rdisk, etc etc" coming across the screen and it stops on a line that ends in \windows\inf\biosinfo.inf - so it appears that this is where it freezes. - cannot boot to my original XP CDrom. - cannot get into the recovery console. Everything freezes to a black screen before I can get to any options that may allow me to work on this drive. I have slaved the drive to another x64 computer. I have full access to all of the data and files. Nothing is lost. So I'm thinking that when Avast did it's update on Thursday night, it corrupted one of the Windows boot files. Does anyone have any ideas? Do you need more information? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. --Bill Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52619
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    - Vista Shortcut Manager updated to v2.0 http://www.frameworkx.com/Frameworkx/solution.aspx?id=632 "Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, aka FxVisor, allows you to either way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista" "Version 2.0: Former Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover now called Vista Shortcut Manager has added many new welcome features like: Custom overlay icons, Enable/Disable "-shortcut" extension, full support for x64 platforms, and direct upgrade from version 1.3." Direct download link for the x64 version: http://www.frameworkx.com/Frameworkx/download.aspx?id=315 Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52613
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    - .gadget file association help Hi, In an attempt to add WinRAR context menu items to .gadget files (to make extracting gadgets easier) I messed up the default association. I am not able to install any new gadgets now. Could someone help by doing either of the following: Exporting the file association from their registry and paste it in a reply, or Do the above +plus+ add in what would be needed to include the WinRAR context menu items. Obviously, this one would be preffered, but either would be a GREAT help! Thanks in advance, Ron Vista Ultimate x64 Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52611
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    - Cant Install XP Pro x64 Ive decided that I absolutely HATE vista (which came pre-installed on my computer) and want to install XP Pro x64 on my computer in its place. I have a 3 HDD RAID 0 configuration, no floppy drive (a 52 in 1 card reader in its place), and an i680 EVGA MB. Additionally, I was not given any RAID drivers with the computer, just the OS software and a recovery disk. I have alot of data already on the 3 other partitions of my RAID drive so I dont want to destroy the RAID to get XP Pro x64. During the OS install, I get an error that no HDD was detected. When I press the F6 (I think that is the key) to install 3rd party SCSI or RAID controller, I eventually get pushed to another screen that says no floppy was detected then booted back to the no HDD was detected screen. So, where is this RAID driver (its not obvious on the EVGA website - just the newest "motherboard drivers" are there) and once I have the driver, how do I get the XP Pro x64 installer to install it since I have no floppy? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52603
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    - XP Pro x64, new install, no taskbar My PC has an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ CPU, and had been working fine with Windows XP home edition. I decided to upgrade to XP Pro, and since it is a 64 bit CPU decided to get the 64 bit version of XP. I installed a new full copy of XP Pro x64. Formatted the partition first. XP Pro x64 installed and was OK until I donwloaded and installed IE7 64 bit version. After installation and reboot I had a background but no icons and no taskbar or start button. I tried many suiggestions from the web but none helped. Since then i have tried additional clean installations, reformatting again in between, but now every installation leaves me with the same situation; no icons, no taskbar or start button. I can open task manger, but cannot get any programs to run from there. Safe mode does work. Any ideas what may have happened, and how to fix this? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52596
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    - Avast Antivirus updated to v4.7.1074 There's a new update to the Avast antivirus. http://www.avast.com/ New version is 4.7.1074 and there is no changelog yet. Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52595
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    - Forgotten Administrator Password I built a HTPC with XP Pro x64 Edition as thge OS. I had problems finding Internet Security software and a wireless card. BitDefender had a beta version and Abit had a PCI-E card. I had to find an antenna with a longer lead. It took a while to locate one. I did not write down my Administrator password so now I cannot get on the PC. Is there anything I can do short of wiping the HD and reinstalling? How about the product key? Thanks. -- WTM Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52591
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    - MultiBoot with Vista Home Premium 64 & 32bit versions I have recently purchased PC with quad core 2.4ghz, 4gb ram , 2 x 400gb Samsung SATA drives. The bootable drive has a 10gb hidden partition (used for restoring operating system). The PC has Vista Home premium 64bit installed. As some of my software that I regularly use does not run in 64bit I wish to install Vista Home premium 32bit as a multiboot. After reading FAQs etc i am confused. Some seem to suggest that earliest version of Windows must be installed 1st..others say doesn't matter. Which version is earlist or does it matter. How do i go about it, especially as there is the hidden Partition? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52589
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    - SATA issues fixes I found these two articles explaining fixes for SATA related issues. #1 SATA CD/DVD-ROM Optical Drive Disappears After Enabling AHCI Mode in Vista http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/23/sata-cddvd-rom-optical-drive-disappears-after-enabling-ahci-mode-in-vista/ #2 Stop 0Ã?0000007B Inaccessable_Boot_Device Error After Enable AHCI Mode on SATA Drive in Vista http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/23/stop-0x0000007b-inaccessable_boot_device-error-after-enable-ahci-mode-on-sata-drive-in-vista/ Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52586
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    - ForceWare Release 169 BETA ForceWare Release 169 BETA Version: 169.01 Release Date: October 26, 2007 Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit Language: U.S. English File Size: 48.6 MB http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.01.html Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52584
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    - Downloadable Vista Ultimate language packs direct links Here's a list of links for downloading Vista Ultimate language packs (x86 and x64) http://keznews.com/3634_All_35_official_Vista_Ultimate_MUI_Packs_x32___x64 All are MS links. Carlos Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52578
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    - Vista 64 and XP Dual Boot Maybe this question has been answered before, if it has, I apoligize. Can you install a XP Pro dual system (Vista Ultimate 64 bit preinstalled by HP on a SATA drive) onto an external USB Western Digital Hard Drive? Or is it required to install on the internal sata drive with vista? Thank you for your help. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52572
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    - OneNote, Groove, file sync and sharing and 64-bit edition Hi, My desktop, an Intel dual core, came with Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition pre-installled. I bought Ultimate 64-bit edition and in the meantime became a heavy user of the subject products. I am planning to splash the 64-bit software onto my desktop but would appreciate notice of known problems or conflicts. Best, -- EyeInTheNet Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52571
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    - The importance of antivirus and antimalware software I want to promote awareness of how important it is to keep your antivirus up to date and running. I recently built a computer and made the mistake of not installing antivirus or antimalware right away. I would have avoided a whole mess of trouble if I had installed this beforehand! If anyone wants to know more about some tell-tale signs of Spyware and a virus infection, come on over to http://lockedinfo.blogspot.com/ Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52570
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    - ASPI32 for x64 Hi, With a fresh install of Win Server 2003 64-bit with SP2, I'm getting an error that \sysroot\syswow64\drivers\aspi32.sys has been blocked because of incompatibility. Is there a ASPi 64-bit drivers available? Or, as it's not really needed, how can I easily remove them? Thanks Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52566
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    - Virtual CD in XP X64 to load copies of CD/DVD good day to you all, is there any application for windows XP x64 to have one virtual CD/DVD?? and in that unit load the images that you have on your HD. example the Virtual Clone Drive of SlySoft, but that works in x64. Cheers / Corsair Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52563
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    - hd audio problem I run win xp64 edition sp2 , suddenly my hd audio realtek stops working, and i can't fix it, i have tryed kb901105 hotfix, but it returns install error telling me that my system version is newer and don't need this update, and as far as i know the sp2 for win xp64 doesn't include this hotfix, but it is not possible to install it manually. what should i do ? many thanks for help Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52559
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    - Adobe Flash What is the latest version of Adobe Flash player for Vista x64? I have one ( a beta) that I got from this group a while back, but it occassionally causes my IEx32 to stop responding. - John Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52548
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    - Notification Area/System Tray My whole Notification Area/System Tray has disappeared. There's not a single icon there when I boot up, just the clock. When I go to Taskbar properties, "Show the Clock" check box is there and working, but the "Hide inactive icons" box is disabled and the text above it grayed out as well. Could this have required a registry key change? Thanks in advance. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52547
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    - Cannot write from CHKDSK When I run CHKDSK, it says F parameter not specified. Running CHKDSK in read-only mode. I need the F paramter to fix an index error. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52540
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    - Vista 64 - Incomplete booting after increasing RAM I increaased the RAM on my system from 1GB to 3 GB. The sticks are 2 1 GB sticks and 2 512 MB sticks. As long as I keep the 2- 1GB sticks installed Vista will not Boot completely. First It will take about 15 minutes to get to the user selection window. Then after selection the boot process will only go to the opening window with a gray portion showing where the task bar would be located and the rest of the screen black. I will get a dialog stating the Windows Explorer is not responding. It also offers two choices Close the program Wait for the program to respond. I first tried to wait for the program to respond. After a half an hour I figured it wasn't going to so I rebooted and went through the tedious boot process again. When I got the Dialog again I selected close the program. This time, a few seconds later, a still picture of my usual moving pictire screen appeared. However nothing else could be done. I did remove one of the 1 - GB sticks and the system seemed to boot normally. I also checked if the BIOS recognized the new memory and it did. The problem appears to begin after I get the initial moving bar at the beginning of the windows boot process. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52532
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    - System Restore is not working due to RPC server error Hi, I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on my system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and 'System Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)" I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately this problem prevents System Restore from working at all. I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to access a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced by a 32bit one? Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I see now is to reinstall my system. Tx, THomas. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52531
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    - Vista 64 Raid card issue Hi, I have Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I am running a MSI K9n SLI Platinum motherboard and have set up a four drive RAID on it which I use for my software. I have also tried to add my Highpoint Rocket RAID 1720 PCI SATA II 2 channel controller Everything works fine except the Highpoint RAID controller. It has the latest bios installed, and it worked perfectly with Vista ultimate 32bit. Now, with Vista Ultimate 64bit, when I configure the RAID I get an error message saying: "no enough space to copy PCI Option Rom [00:00:00]" and "no enough space to copy PCI Option Rom [00:01:01]" can someone please help me? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52525
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    - Do I install .NET Framework x86 or x64? Running on XP x64... Software I'm trying to install says it requires .NET Framework to work. Visiting Microsoft.com, I see that the latest version is 3, and that it is available in both x86 and x64 flavors. The software requiring it is 32 bits. Which of the x86 and x64 versions of .NET Framework do I install in this scenario? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52506
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    - Updating Live Messenger 8.5 I finally got Live Messenger 8.5 working on my x64 XP... this is my first Messenger beta... will it auto-update when something more stable is released? Or am I stuck having to check regularly and updating manually? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52504
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    - Need free ISO burning utility - recommendations? Looking for a small and free utility to burn ISOs to DVD. Bonus points if it can do Audio CDs, but that's just a luxury, I don't really need it. thanks. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52500
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    - RAM and wireless adapter probs Hello, I would love some help with a strange problem! I recently expanded my system to 2gig ram ...this seemed to intefere with my network wireless adapter ..at first it will connect , 5 mins later the connection will slow and then stop ...other computers on my network are still ok and if I i remove a DIMM my connection returms to normal. so far I have linked the ram and the network adapter to the problem ....but thats where my computer expertise runs into a brick wall!! Anyone got any ideas ..many thanks amd athlon3200 64 asus k8vse win xp 64 pro 2gig ram (sometimes 1.5!! 2 x .5dimm + 1 gig ) broadcom 802.11g network adapter -- Di Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52488
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    - problems with DirectX 10 I get an error when trying to open any program that uses DirectX saying that DSOUND.dll is corrupt or missing. SFC confirms that it is corrupt but can not repair it. This is on Vista Ultimate 64bit. Anyone know where I can get a working copy of this file and how to go about replacing it? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52486
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    - x64 compatibility issues hello, we upgraded windows xp pro 32bit to 64bit and we have various issues, one of them is the following: 1. Business objects application can not start giving error message 'connection not opened 64013 ' what we can do about it? thank you in advance. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52480
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    - vista 64 sp1 watermark Can we get rid of the Eval Copy Build 6001 down the bottom right. My copy is a purchased one. Tried the fixes in google to no avail. (reg fix + file replacement. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52468
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    - Applications fail to load after chkdsk auto repair My system with raid5 disks(3disks) 'crashed' yesterday while I was using Internet Explorer 6, visiting some dynamic/ajax enabled webpage, and clicking on an ajax enabled button. Trust me when I say it was this one that locked up my pc this way. Not that worse that I lost all my precious data... some tough luck huh :D I had to manually turn my pc off and turned it on again. After BIOS, the raid controller/bios came with its errors. I skipped the error message and started to boot xp. Chkdsk ran and recovered some free disk space (here the mess really begins, as I would find out afterwards). The problem now is, when I startup my pc, I get stuck with many applications that try to startup, but all fail and error. All seem to be related to COM errors(? as far as I understand the next errors). - skype gives something with ole errors - winrar never opens up nor giving an error message visually (but it does in eventvwr - application - eventid 1000, and with file kernel32.dll) - winvnc gives a dozen or even a few dozens of errormessages every 2-3 secs after login with rpcrt4.dll, and another app as well... These are the noticeable errors. In eventviewer I found some more errors, most userevnt 1000 errors. Some application errors that popup also show "The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occured in the application at location 0x2d828acd ... ", as Adobe acrobat did. And if I start MS Word '03, it says something like "...documents cannot be linked this time..." and locks up. I believe chkdsk shouldn't free up that used disk space. This because I think it was partially pointing to data on the erroring raid5 disk. My suggestion to MS is, -if winxp can see that a RAID is giving errors- that chkdsk should not run after a one-raid5-disk-failure or a RAID degredation. Or else showing by default a message at auto chkdsk, with: "cancel chkdsk if you having RAID errors". Another possibility of the error(my actual problem) is it was created by the pc lockup where it all started. But there was no disk activity during manual shutdown, so... And another possibility is that one special website can lock my browser / pc up, -possibly- since the latest software changes: Some software changes which -might- have messed with my internet explorer: The latest software change I initialized was installing a .net mobile application devtoolkit, a .net sdk(v2.0 64bit), ASP.NET Futures July 2007(v1.2.61025), and a fix for asp.net framework v2.0.50727 (I can't find the fix version/name). This all around the 18th of October. I had the system lockup one time before, but managed to kill internet explorer and I could go on using my system. That was a few days before this happened, and... at the same website(tweakers.net, dutch site) with it's ajax enabled stuff. Last possibility is: the raid striping over the three disks was making a mess. Some error info about the raid array: One disk ended up with 'error' in nvidia mediashield (got an nforce4 chipset with raidcontroller), but healthy and the other 2 disks were 'degraded', but also healthy. This was right after the first reboot and chkdsk. Almost the same message was provided after BIOS by the raid controller (= before winxp boot). After rebuilding the RAID, nothing really changed, except the degradation was gradated again. Sorry for this huge explanation of my problem, but I wanted to give all the details so it could be used to possibly prevent this kind of problems in the future with RAID's, chkdsk by-design-flaws, Internet Explorer/.Net/Ajax or whatever contributed to my problem. But if someone could tell me how to recover (for free, don't going to pay for anybody's bugs) the chkdsk erasing action and/or how to normally use all my apps again without any windows or app reinstall, I would be very pleased. Kind regards, Michael Ponsteen Netherlands Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52466
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    - Windows Support Tools I'm using XP Home Addition, but felt my problem would be answered better in this group. I was looking around on my HD and saw a folder C:\Bundle, so I clicked on it. There were two folders in it titled "support" and "valueadd". I clicked on the "support" folder, which went to "tools" and then there was a few files. I clicked on the "suptools" file (Window Installer) and up came a MS Install Wizard. I had two choices in the installer of a "typical" and "complete" install. I decided to do a restore point just in case something went wrong, so I canceled out and made the restore point. Then I went back and did the "typical" install. After looking through what got installed it became apparent this was meant for XP Pro and/or XP-64 and at levels beyond what I would use. There was no "un" install feature nor a Control Panel entry to remove what I just had installed. I went to System Restore and found that installing the Support Tools created it's own restore point and removed "all" previous restore points that were there before I did the install. I clicked on the restore point and after trying there was a message that my PC could "not" be restored to that point. It appears that everything is working OK so far, but I'd like to remove the Support Tools since I won't ever be using any of them. It put all of the apps in C:\Program Files\Support Tools. I'm sure there are register entries and such that got installed; is there anyway to remove what got installed "completely" as an "un" install feature would do ?? If not, will my PC suffer any ill effects from having installed these tools. Thanks in advance. Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52460
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    - Cannot detect second hard drive after upgrade to Win XP 64-bit Hello, I recently upgraded my computer with a new motherboard and processor, but I kept my original two hard drives (one primary, one slave). Once the motherboard and processor was installed, I reinstalled windows xp. Prior to the upgrade I was running windows xp professional (32-bit) and decided to upgrade to windows xp professional (64-bit). During setup windows was able to see both hard drives. Windows was installed on the primary hard drive. Naturally, I had to reformat my primary hard drive, the second hard drive was not formatted. After installation I can only see the primary hard drive (C:). There is no icon or drive letter for the second hard drive (which should be labeled E:). I can see the drive in "device manager" and "computer management" but I cannot assign a drive letter. As far as I know, the hard drive and cables are functioning. Why can't I access my second/slave hard drive? Do I have to reformat the drive and lose all of my saved information? Tag: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 Tag: 52445
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I noticed (2) instances of sidebar.exe running in Processes in task
manager.Is this normal?

Re: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 by Andre

Andre
Fri Nov 02 13:14:29 PDT 2007

Its normal, the Sidebar consists of two processes, one Sidebar.exe process
that hosts the Windows Gadgets and a child Sidebar.exe process for
third-party Gadgets.
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Kue2" <h.j.kennedy@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I noticed (2) instances of sidebar.exe running in Processes in task
>manager.Is this normal?

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Re: windows sidebar.exe in vista 64 by Kue2

Kue2
Fri Nov 02 13:26:37 PDT 2007

Thank-you!

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Its normal, the Sidebar consists of two processes, one Sidebar.exe process
> that hosts the Windows Gadgets and a child Sidebar.exe process for
> third-party Gadgets.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> "Kue2" <h.j.kennedy@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:OtI6qZYHIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I noticed (2) instances of sidebar.exe running in Processes in task
>>manager.Is this normal?
>
>

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