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    - Desktop Icon Changing I created a shortcut on my desktop to our Microsoft CRM -- a Web URL. The icon is displayed as the generic, unknown icon. I can change the icon to something else, but as soon as I run the URL (open CRM), the icon changes back to generic. Any way to make the change permanent? Craig. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301391
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    - Computer fails to connect to network after installling Vista updat I twice installed the most recent 7 important/recommended Vista updates, and twice the PC then failed to connect to LAN when restarted. I had to do a System Restore. Can anybody help? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301388
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    - File is hidden?? Hi Groupies Last night I was working on an Access database. I closed the file and its folder and then decided to go back in to check something. I opened the folder and THE FILE WASN'T THERE!! Panic and chaos ensued for a while. I was able to find the file by going back into access and opening it from it's most recently used file list. I saved a backup copy etc..... However, the original file is still not showing up in the folder. I have changed the folder settings to show hidden files, done a search, everything I can think of, but the file won't show up. Thinking that the original is somewhere else and perhaps I have just lost it, I moved a backup copy into the original folder and tried to change it's name to that of the original file. Windows gives me the warning that a file with that name already exists ?!?!?!! If it exists, how come I can't see it? The folder says there are 9 items but there are actually 10 if you include this ghost file. Any ideas??? -- Thanks for taking the time! CJ --------------------------------------------------------- Know thyself, know thy limits....know thy newsgroups! Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301387
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    - Vista blocks the EHLO command in SMTP port 25 I cannot send E-mails using SMTP port 25. I have analyzed the problem using TELNET and found out that Vista blocks the EHLO command but not the HELO command. Vista: TELNET o smtp.galnet.dk 25 220 mail-smtp2.ode.cdnet.dk ESMTP EHLO MyPC <timeout> To verify that the problem is not an ISP issue I have tried exactly the same using Windows XP: TELNET o smtp.galnet.dk 25 220 mail-smtp2.ode.cdnet.dk ESMTP EHLO MyPC 250-mail-smtp2.ode.cdnet.dk 250 ... The Vista is a Home Edition with no Anti Virus and with a disabled firewall. Unfortunately my ISP does not support an alternative SMTP port. My Outlook worked with no problems until ultimo october 2007. -- Thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301383
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    - Vista blocks EHLO command from SMTP -- Thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301374
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    - CNN was using FIREFOX lol I was watching CNN, and in one moment it started showing a woman talking and showing some content on a browser, this was in CNN studios... I was recoding this on my TV tuner card, so I went back out of curiosity and zoomed in to see what the browser they were using was... It was firefox 2.0 lol The OS interface was not apparent.. it might of even have been linux or unix.. If CNN is using firefox.. I guess that tells us something about IE7 .... what? That its a CRAP browser? Firefox is gaining more and more momentum more so even AFTER IE7 was released.. MS had hoped that after IE7 was released they would stop the surge of people going to firefox, the opposite was true.. after seeing the horrible interface of IE7 people started abandoning it far more faster.. and with good reason.. that UI is not usable.. even with add ones like IE7 pro its still horrible. I personally use AVANT or Firefox.. avant still uses the IE7 (trident) rendering engine, but goes away from that stupid IE7 interface.. if you want to check it out www.avantbrowser.com Microsoft doesn't have to fear its competition...its destroying its own products! Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301373
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    - How to edit shell commands? I'd like to edit a shortcut link supplied by a software vendor... in windows xp, shell commands (like show desktop) were a fairly simple text file with .scf extension, and were easily edited... In Vista, however, unless I am doing something wrong, sending the shortcut link to notepad results in scrambled looking code... is there a new type of shell command handling in Vista? Thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301370
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    - Problems with Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000 I tried to install the microsoft webcam VX-3000 and it said my comp is not compatiable with the program so i had to download a program from microsoft to install the cam, well when i open the webcam up i get a picture but when i try to use it with yahoo messenger i keep getting a message that says "webcam not connected", i have uninstalled it and re-installed it 6 times i tried to put it in other USB ports and get the same message. I can take pics and make videos on it i just can't use it on yahoo messenger and i don't understand why. I am using Windows Vista-Home premium, 32-bit operating sysytem. It was workin fine when i 1st installed it and now it won't let anyone view my cam, i have even tried to turn off my firewalls but that didn't help either, i don't know what to do. Does anyone have any information that will help?? Thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301364
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    - I need Help I have vista basic on dell 1420. This is my new system and i am not IT professional. Until yesterday it was working perfectly. I haven't installed updates released on 9th of Jan yet. But my computer has following symptoms. 1. My AVG antivirus says "Resident shield is not loaded" 2. Every time i boot up windows asking for some driver to install i dont know for what. i am using an external hard drive on and often but its working nicely. 3. I am using an email client from "Incredimail" suddenly windows can not find its location from program files. May be my other programs gets screw too ,, i dont know. I tried to update but i could not update ,, it says error code 800700CB ... what is going on ?? My volume notification on system tray asways says its mute.. but speaker are working nicely. fortunately my internet is working.. so before i loose my connection please help me out.. Please..........please ............Please............... Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301362
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    - lost message text when emailing documents, photos, etc When I send documents, photos or other files from within the appication or from the folder email button all message text is deleted, so that the recipient only recieves the attachment. This caused considerable confusion before I realized this was happening! I can work around by ONLY sending documents as attachments from email (MS Outlook). Is this a Vista problem or an Outlook problem? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301355
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    - Missing(?) files in Vista Hi, I am having a little problem in Vista. Have a VB6 program that does some voice to text and text to voice conversion on my older PC running under Windows XP. It works fine in XP but not in my new Vista PC. Two smallish files Xlisten.dll and Xvoice.dll are missing in Vista. My questions are: Can I just copy the 2 missing *.dll files to Vista Windows directory, and register them mannually? Or are these *.dll files are just a bridge to something bigger that may also be absent in Vista? Thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301326
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    - Age of Mythology doesn't work on Vista anymore after update Hi! After the last ca. 10 updates of vista, the Microsoft game "Age of Mythology" doesn't work anymore (I don't know the exact number, because I haven't played the game for a couple of months). I reinstalled the game about six times with no effect. Vista always shows the error "Initialization failed" (in German: "Initialisierung fehlgeschlagen") and doesn't start the game. Before the updates there was no problem during the game. Can anybody help me? I tried to use the Microsoft-Support, but the server told me, that my porduct-id doesn't exist however I registrated the product in march. Can you believe it? Please help me!! Thank you very much! Ulrich from Germany ps: Is it possible, that the SP1 will solve all problems with games from the time before vista? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301325
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    - Defender Scanning Issues I have my Defender set to perform a daily scan at noon each day. So far, so good. However, once in a while (three times in the last seven days) I have received a Defender message informing me that I have not scanned my computer for 7, or 9 or 12 days. I did try to contact Microsoft and they told me, as I am based in the UK, I should get in touch with Microsoft UK who may have an answer to this problem. I have not, as yet, received any communication from them. Any ideas or suggestions to this problem or should I just uninstall Defender as others have done. I have Windows Defender ticked as 'join with advanced membership' not that this appears to make any difgference! I am running vista Home Premium which I find very good 98% on the time - but when something goes wrong (like the occasional frozen screen) then it is the pits!! Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301324
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    - Private appointments Hi there. I was just wondering when (of if) it will be able to mark appointments as "Private" in Vista's Windows Calender. This wold make it so much better when syncing your phone with your private calender as well as your business calendar. Regards, Maurits ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?mid=2535ac5f-6115-4988-a000-945ac74fe36f&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301317
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    - Private appointments Hi there. I was just wondering when (of if) it will be able to mark appointments as "Private" in Vista's Windows Calender. This wold make it so much better when syncing your phone with your private calender as well as your business calendar. Regards, Maurits Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301315
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    - Can't connect to some web sites Brand new HP laptop, just out of the box. Brand new copy of Vista Premium. Yet I am unable to connect to some (seemingly random) websites. For example, I was attempting to download a copy of Avast but I could not get to their web page. IE just never connected. Same with download.com. Finally got a copy from PC world website, but I can't connect to Avast to download the updates or register the product. This works fine from my work computer. Can't access my isp home page -sympatico.msn.ca, however I can access the news page. I believe that this problem is also affecting my ability to use windows mail with my isp's preferred settings. If I go back to my OLD settings (different pop3 server) it works fine, but if I change to the new server it won't connect. Help??? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301314
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    - Windows 2000 SP4 to Vista? Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301311
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    - Media Player won't open, not running as process in background Whenever i attempt to open WMP nothing happens. monitoring the processes while opening it i discovered that it was in fact opening for a split second and then being terminated. I tried the windows fix where you; 1. Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 jscript.dll, and then click OK. 2. Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 vbscript.dll, and then click OK. But i need to do this every time i start windows. Is there no permanent solution to this problem? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301306
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    - Windows Explorer slows down I have a Laptop 2.0 Coure 2 Dou with 2 GB RAM with windows vista business edition. My problem is that when I open any folder for example Doucments, Pictures etc it takes a lot of time some seconds may be and the explorer window is freezed. If clicked it sayes that the window is not responding. Then the folder is opened and rest of the operations are fast and normal. can some one help me in that Ovais Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301305
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    - Vista Folder Icon Question ? Hi Everybody. I would like to embed a "Folder Icon" into each of my music folders. The folder icon is placed inside the folder and I have assigned that icon to the folder the average way but the path to that icon which is shown in the hidden desktop.ini file is an absolute path. This means that if the folders get transferred to another PC to a different drive with different drive letter the icons wont display. Is there a way to embed the icon or assign the icon with an absolute path? Hope someone here can give me a hand here. Thanks in advance, Tommy Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301300
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    - So whose fault is it? Microsoft or nVidia? I was just wondering. Is it nVidia's fault or Microsoft's fault that I'm getting 50 less frames per second in every single game? It's not hardware because in XP I get 50 frames more. And Vista 32 isn't exactly a resource hog. It only uses 350 megs of ram for me. So I'm guessing that it's either Vista's implementation of DirectX 9c that's the culprit or nVidia's horrible drivers. If it IS nVidia, there is just no excuse for that. I mean Vista has been out for a year and you still haven't fixed it? And if it is Microsoft's Direct 9 EX in Vista, then what the heck man... I mean can't you just copy and paste the code from DirectX 9c in XP to Vista? I mean whose bright idea was it to use separate teams for the Vista DirectX and the XP DirectX? I'm sure that's what happened. The people on the XP DirectX is probably sabotaging the Vista DirectX team out of spite or something. I'm not entirely sure who to blame really. All I know is Vista is just hurting graphics performance for seemingly no particular reason at all. Maybe I should get a new ATI card... Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301287
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    - how do I get the switch between icon to show on my taskbar? When I first started using windows vista business I had a icon on my taskbar that activated the alt+tab key function of switching between windows. Somewhere along the line it has disappeared and i would like to know how to get it back. If someone could please let me know, I would be really grateful. Regards Narelle Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301276
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    - Music Folder Thumbnail Art I'm having major issues with my Music Folder album art. The folder is organised so that each artist has a folder, and within this are separate folders for each album by that artist. This I guess i spretty standard. In the old XP My Music an artist folder would display multiple thumbnail images that were pulled from each of the album folders within it. In vista I'm having problems getting this to happen. All the music is on a separate partition that I have pointed vista too. Any old folders that were set up before my change to vista are still showing album art as described above. So for example the beetles folder has about 3 images of different albums stacked behind one another. When you go down to the next level each album folder displays one album image. The problem comes with new folders made since vista was installed. For these I can go into the album folder add album art, rename it folder.jpg and it will show up at the album folder level. However when I go back up to the artist level there is nothing. Just a standard empty folder icon. I have googled it this problem to death and cannot find out how to tell the artist folder to pull its folder images from the one or more album folders beneath it. If anyone can tell me how to do this I would be incredibly grateful. I know it's not exactly a major problem, but for me it's really annoying. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301265
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    - network icon grayed out My comp did an update a few minuts ago and rebooted and I noticed the network icon was missing from the sytem tray and when I went to turn it back on it is now disabled as is the power selection. Has anybody else experienced this yet? Now I have no way of checking my network connection at a glance. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301261
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    - Vista Explorer - Colums Wiidth Iâ??m very much upset about Vista not allowing on Explorer to adjust the width of the single columns on folders TO MY PERSONAL NEED. Am I not aware of something, or really there is no option to do what I like? -- Ildegardo Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301260
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    - Help formatting a usb jump drive I am running Vista Ultimate 64 and am trying to use a 8gb flash drive (fat 32) with some files on it. It is seen by other vista and xp machines but when I put it in my laptop (Vista Ultimate 64) it says that it needs to be formatted, so I try that and it says that the format was unsuccessful. I have tried several times to format it with no success. I have to put it in a different computer and format it and put data on it again. Is there a setting or something that I need to change so that I can use the usb drive on the laptop? Thanks. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301255
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    - Vista Default Font What is th default font in Vista? I changed mine, dont remember what it was & I dont like the one I'm now using. -- D-Wayn! Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301245
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    - HELPPPPP! I decicded to upgrade via anytime upgrade and i went through the payment process (i has charged me) and still no email with the the licence etc can anyone tell how long the email might take? thanks Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301240
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    - NEW: Vista to XP Downgrades (fore everyone reguardless pf company who sold your pc) - Customers must supply the downgrade media If you have Vista Ultimate or Business you can now install XP instead, before the company who you got the PC needed to give you the OK, now everyone can do it (New process below.. read on) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-to-Windows-XP-Downgrades-Media-75757.shtml Enlarge pictureWith the advent of Windows Vista, the issue of downgrading to Windows XP came into the limelight and got a consistent amount of play throughout 2007. Initially, Microsoft had a complex downgrading process in place that forced Windows users to go from Vista to XP through unnecessary activation pains. As a direct consequence of user feedback, the company simplified the downgrading process, in order to streamline the implementation of an older Windows iteration in place of Vista. Here was the old process of downgrading from Vista to XP, courtesy of Microsoft: "when an end user is using their downgrade rights offered under the License Terms in Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate editions, and they use both Windows XP media and product keys that were previously activated, they cannot activate online over the Internet, due to the hardware configuration change when installing on the Windows Vista system. In these cases, the end user is prompted to call the Activation Support Line for assistance. Once it is determined that the end user has a valid Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate license, the support representative can help them activate their software." This is no longer the case at this point, and downgrade users do not have to manually activate each copy of Windows. The move from Microsoft helped made downgrades more mainstream, but at the same time generated a negative aura around the entire process. However, due to the mixed reviews associated with Vista, and because Microsoft is allowing select customers to go back to XP from the latest release of the Windows client, downgrading became virtually an antonym to upgrading. And this is not the case. Not even by far. Customers and, especially, businesses have the option of acquiring new computers, as a part of the process of upgrading their hardware infrastructure, while also buying licenses for the latest Windows version available on the market. This is not to say that their environment is ready for a migration to Vista, and in this context, Microsoft is offering business customers the alternative of running an older variant of Windows until transition plans are complete. "If your license of Windows has downgrade rights, then you can use: 'Volume Licensing media (provided the end user has a Volume Licensing agreement), retail (FPP), or system builder hologram CD (provided the software is acquired in accordance with the Microsoft OEM System Builder License)'. So any media for the qualifying downgrade version that the customer owns through another license already can be used", revealed Eric Ligman, Microsoft US Senior Manager, Small Business Community Engagement. Where does the media come from? Well, Ligman offered the answer: "the downgrade media must be supplied to you from the end user and must come from Microsoft retail, OEM/system builder, or Volume Licensing channels." This actually means that the customer will have to deliver the media for the downgrade, in order for the OEM to take care of the process. The obvious alternative is for the user to perform the downgrade and to take the OEM out of the equation. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301236
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    - spooler Hello, I had install pdf24 as a pdf-printer. After the installation there is no printer available. When I click on add a new printer in the Print menue, there pop up an message that the spooler is not running. In the service menue the spooler is set on automatic but not running. After an manually start the spooler ist ending dirctly. is there any idea? greeting Andrea Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301233
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    - Cannot Open Sidebar Slideshow Photo I choose a folder to start the slide show and the slideshow works fine. When I try to Open a Photo on the sidebar slide show, I get the following error: C:\users\Hp_administrator\pictures\2007-5-26\03.jpg Application Not found This works fine on my wife's new Vista computer but not mine. Any ideas? Many Thanks!!! -- All the best, toddman seattle Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301232
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    - OT: AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter Internet Usage (from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/index.html) January 8, 2008, 7:07 pm AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter By Brad Stone For the past fifteen years, Internet service providers have acted - to use an old cliche - as wide-open information super-highways, letting data flow uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the Internet. But ISPs may be about to embrace a new metaphor: traffic cop. At a small panel discussion about digital piracy here at NBC's booth on the Consumer Electronics Show floor, representatives from NBC, Microsoft, several digital filtering companies and telecom giant AT&T said the time was right to start filtering for copyrighted content at the network level. Such filtering for pirated material already occurs on sites like YouTube and Microsoft's Soapbox, and on some university networks. Network-level filtering means your Internet service provider - Comcast, AT&T, EarthLink, or whoever you send that monthly check to - could soon start sniffing your digital packets, looking for material that infringes on someone's copyright. "What we are already doing to address piracy hasn't been working. There's no secret there," said James Cicconi, senior vice president, external & legal affairs for AT&T. Mr. Cicconi said that AT&T has been talking to technology companies, and members of the MPAA and RIAA, for the last six months about implementing digital fingerprinting techniques on the network level. "We are very interested in a technology based solution and we think a network-based solution is the optimal way to approach this," he said. "We recognize we are not there yet but there are a lot of promising technologies. But we are having an open discussion with a number of content companies, including NBC Universal, to try to explore various technologies that are out there." Internet civil rights organizations oppose network-level filtering, arguing that it amounts to Big Brother monitoring of free speech, and that such filtering could block the use of material that may fall under fair-use legal provisions - uses like parody, which enrich our culture. Rick Cotton, the general counsel of NBC Universal, who has led the company's fights against companies like YouTube for the last three years, clearly doesn't have much tolerance for that line of thinking. "The volume of peer-to-peer traffic online, dominated by copyrighted materials, is overwhelming. That clearly should not be an acceptable, continuing status," he said. "The question is how we collectively collaborate to address this." I asked the panelists how they would respond to objections from their customers over network level filtering - for example, the kind of angry outcry Comcast saw last year, when it was accused of clamping down on BitTorrent traffic on its network. "Whatever we do has to pass muster with consumers and with policy standards. There is going to be a spotlight on it," said Mr. Cicconi of AT&T. After the session, he told me that ISPs like AT&T would have to handle such network filtering delicately, and do more than just stop an upload dead in its tracks, or send a legalistic cease and desist form letter to a customer. "We've got to figure out a friendly way to do it, there's no doubt about it," he said. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301227
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    - SFC issues Anyone else getting these files flagging as unrepairable? "migcore.dll" "Vertigo.dvr-ms" "tcpmon.ini" "lsr1033.lxa" "lsr1033.lxa" "migcore.dll" "lsr1033.lxa" "Vertigo.dvr-ms" "tcpmon.ini" "lsr1033.lxa" If so have you or can they be repaired? -- jlford30 Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301226
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    - Welcome Center Vista Home Premium Read Write Email Icon not launch I am receiving the following error message when trying to launch Windows Mail using the Welcome Center Read and Write E-mail icon: Cannot find 'c:\program'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again. How can I correct the problem. I have verifed that Windows Mail launches and works fine from the start menu and I also verified the location as C:\program files\windows mail\wimmail -- Robert Leo Cassity a.k.a "Butch" Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301221
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    - Linux use drops by .1% !!! It went from 3.4% in September to 3.3% in October and November. Meanwhile, Vista continues a slow but steady climb. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301217
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    - Favorites in 64bit Vista still won't stay in order I put them in Favorites won't stay in the order I put them in. They keep alphetizing themselves every so often still. What is wrong with this operating system? We lost our ability to have the system set up like we want. Now we have to have scrolling start menus and menus that order themselves like the system wants and not like the user wants. The term PC is wrong. It needs to be called MC MS needs to let users have access to d/l XP until they get this fixed. Vista is still in BETA. I have a $1500 aggrevation with this thing. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=f423a67a-d268-4775-8a65-73ff2e59e086&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301212
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    - windows could not search for new updates CODE C80003FA I am running vista home premium 32 bit very unhappily. I have regular app crashes and cannot instal updates.Cannot find this error code anywhere? Please help! Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301208
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    - Windows Vista Ultimate Complete RESTORE Have an HP Pavilion 9000 with windows vista ultimate 64 bit pre-installed by HP. Used the complete system backup tool. Now it's time to restore, and you need the original windows installation disk. HP will not supply the original disk. Is there another way? For example, they put all of the windows installation files on the hard drive and on a system recovery DVD. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301202
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    - Conflict with Symantec AntiVirus and KB905866 update I installed the latest round of Vista updates (I have Windows Vista Home Premium) and my Symantec AntiVirus (Corporate Edition version 10.2.0.276) stopped working. More specifically, it gave the error message "Could not start scan. Scan engine returned error 0x20000003." When I checked out the Symantec site they said this occurs when running in Safe Mode, but I'm not in Safe Mode. Any ideas of what to do? For now I uninstalled KB905866 (Update for Windows Mail Junk E-Mail Filter [Januray 2008]) to get Symantec AntiVirus working again. -- Tom Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301188
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    - can't see the apply button My dad was trying to chnage the resolution on his computer, and changed something so that now his windows take up 3/4 of the screen and there is no way to change the resolution, and no apply button (only part of the window is showing, no ability to scroll). How do I fix it for him? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301175
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    - My remote control won't work properly after installing SP1 RC1 I am using HP m8090d. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. Anyone has a fix? The infrared receiver is not recognized by Windows after installing SP1 RC1. After uninstalling SP1 RC1, the problem was gone. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301171
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    - Disk size When I format a new 700MB CD-RW disk the dialog box says that it's only formatting 473MB, which is nowhere near enough room for all the files I want to store on it. Why is this happening? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301169
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    - Language settings So I have a laptop with 3 languages; English, Chinese, and Korean. I set the default language to English and whenever I install a new program, it goes into Korean. So I check my settings but English was still checked. Also when on my laptop, my keyboard keys, \ looks like a W with a horizontal cross (it works fine here somehow but with files location it's like BlahWBlahWBlah when I was it to be Blah\Blah\Blah. Thanks. Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301159
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    - Vista running OK for me. Can someone help? My problem is that Vista is running for me with no issues and I cannot get it to fail. Looking at the posts here, there are too many choices and I need some help getting started. It appears the best strategies are: * use my old unsupported hardware * use video drivers and applications not designed/certified/supported for Vista * upgrade from <insert previous OS here> * assume I know more than Microsoft and start disabling and tweaking core features * use vLite * buy a dell I was able to download and get Ubuntu to fail quite quickly so I want to move on to an OS that works out of the box. I'm hoping some of the people that post regularly here that tell what a terrible operating system Vista is can share their personal experiences on why it doesn't work for them instead of links to random blogs so I can learn their secrets. The few minor issues I've had so far were resolved by SP1, so I'm back to square one on getting Vista to fail. (And yes, Andre, I know where the SP1 forum is located so you don't need to post a link.) I know I should wait until "work" hours to post this so I can get immediate feedback from the board regulars, but this issue really can't wait. Thanks in advance. Flame on, bitches! ;) Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301156
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    - Windows Media Player 11 url files Please help me, I have just bought a new laptop which is my second with vista. When using windows media player 11 to play url video, music or radio files it will not start automatically, i have to paste the link into file-open url for the files to play. I do not have this problem with my other laptop and all the settings are the same >< Can anyone help me with this? Many thanks -- will vista ever work correctly? Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301148
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    - Vista Tuning and Tips blog / site? Can anyone point me to a solid blog / site for Vista tips/tricks/tuning? TIA, Blake Tag: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? Tag: 301132
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Any suggestions where I can find great blogs/sites about tuning/tweaking
vista? I'd buy a book, but I'm cheap. If you have book recommendations,
then those would be welcome too.

Thanks,
Blake

Re: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? by Dustin

Dustin
Thu Jan 10 10:11:10 PST 2008

This one isn't too bad: http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html

But, a lot of the books are very skimpy and basically just a manual of
features in Vista. Neowin forums are a great place for information, too.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

"Blake Mengotto" <mengotto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:44B42077-C96F-4972-A5E9-3D02B296D4A7@microsoft.com...
> Any suggestions where I can find great blogs/sites about tuning/tweaking
> vista? I'd buy a book, but I'm cheap. If you have book recommendations,
> then those would be welcome too.
>
> Thanks,
> Blake

Re: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? by MLD

MLD
Thu Jan 10 11:39:08 PST 2008

"Blake Mengotto" <mengotto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:44B42077-C96F-4972-A5E9-3D02B296D4A7@microsoft.com...
> Any suggestions where I can find great blogs/sites about tuning/tweaking
> vista? I'd buy a book, but I'm cheap. If you have book recommendations,
> then those would be welcome too.
>
> Thanks,
> Blake
Try this one
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/
MLD

Re: Vista tips/tricks/tuning Blog web site? by Andre

Andre
Thu Jan 10 14:03:08 PST 2008

Windows Vista Tips and Tricks:
http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/windows/products/windowsvista/enterprise/tipsandtricks/default.mspx

Windows Vista InfoCenter:
http://www.activewin.com/winvista/
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Blake Mengotto" <mengotto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:44B42077-C96F-4972-A5E9-3D02B296D4A7@microsoft.com...
> Any suggestions where I can find great blogs/sites about tuning/tweaking
> vista? I'd buy a book, but I'm cheap. If you have book recommendations,
> then those would be welcome too.
>
> Thanks,
> Blake