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    - Xbox 360 will not recognize external hard drives on pc I have my Xbox 360 connected to my PC wirelessly. I had it set up so that I could view my vieos, etc., that were on my PC with no problems. Most are on an external drive. A week or so ago I shut off my external drives to let everything cool down, and now my 360 won't recognize the external drives. It still gives me the option for any files on my internal HD, but the external ones do not show up in either the "Videos" section, or "Media Center". They are all there, however, if I go into Windows Media Player or Media Center on my PC. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373798
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    - Problem viewing folders I tried to change the display settings in my 'preferences' or 'personalise' folder, clicking on a bigger resolution made the display too big for my screen but then reverted back because i could not confirm it. Since then any folder windows I open appear off screen. The start bar and programs such as internet explorer open fine on screen and maximise as normal, but all folder windows, recycle bin, control panel etc appear to open off screen. I've changed my start bar settings so i can access control panel by expanding folders in the classic way but i still cannot access my 'personalise' folder. i cannot thing of any other way to get it back to normal and I've only been using Vista for an hour. Thanks. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373790
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    - Running a 2nd OS with Vista Home edition (Windows 98?) I've lost a magazine I had that talked of having dual OS's. I'd like to put Windows 98 on my Toshiba laptop if it can be done. Following various problems I have put Vista and all the Updates on 3 times now, so I don't want any risks. I read a little bit about Virtual PC and wondered if there were other options. Also, what happens about drivers? Will, in 98 mode, the laptop use the Vista drivers? All advice/ suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373785
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    - The truth about Adam Albright Adam ALWAYS responds to either myself or Frank or anybody who happens to like Vista. Just like clockwork, Adam chimes in with how bad Vista was designed, all the flaws, UAC, beeping, file transfer errors. Maybe Adam just can't grasp how to correctly use Vista. Maybe he has trouble with configuration. Don't really know, but what WE DO KNOW is that he will always chime in on cue. That is a given. Makes Adam look like a fool and the twit he really is. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373762
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    - MSCONFIG I am running vista home premium as an administrator. When I check or uncheck a box under the MSCONFIG startup tab and press apply the check/uncheck reverts to its' original state. Anyone have any ideas? thanks -- Richard Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373742
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    - Windows Search Indexing will not index When I go to indexing options only 17 objects are indexed even though I've been using the computer for hours. I tried to do a rebuild but nothing is happening. For instance, in Outlook the search is not working and it says I have 9850 objects still to index. Any idea how to fix this? I had to do a system repair with the repair DVD earlier on. TIA Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373739
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    - Help with Vista search function Hi is there a site where there is an explanation for how to use the Search function in Vista Ultimate SP1. thanks Daniel Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373728
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    - I finally got CHKDSK to run on reboot. How to troubleshoot the problem. I had corruption on my hard drive and couldn't get CHKDSK to run on reboot. I finally found what was preventing CHKDSK from running on reboot. It's so hard to diagnose I wanted to document how to troubleshoot it here in case anyone else has the same problem. To troubleshoot CHKDSK does not run on reboot: 1. Set a System Restore Point 2. Run msconfig 3. select 'Boot' tab 4. check "Boot log" and "OS boot information" 5. reboot. See what it says during boot. 6. after boot, check log file C:\WINDOWS\ntbtlog.txt (or something similar to that, such as ntbootlog.txt) 7. One (or more) of these drivers being loaded is causing CHKDSK to say, "Cannot open volume for direct access." Stop these drivers from loading until CHKDSK works again. Figure out which one (or ones) is causing the problem. 8. Pick a driver to disable (e.g. elrawdsk.sys) 9. Run Regedit 10. Search for that driver (elrawdsk.sys) under key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services 11. Under that driver's registry entry, set 'Start' to 4 The service start methods & values are: 1. (unknown) 2. Automatic 3. Manual 4. Disabled 12. Set CHKDSK to run on reboot: a. Right-click on the C: drive b. Properties c. Tools (tab) d. "Error checking. This option will check the volume for errors." click 'Check Now..." e. select "Automatically fix file system errors" (checkbox) f. 'Start' g. "Windows can't check the disk while it's in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the next time you start your computer?" select 'Schedule disk check' 13. Reboot. See if CHKDSK runs during the reboot. 14. Repeat until you find the offending service(s). In my case there were two drivers causing the problem: 1. elrawdsk.sys "The process RawDisk Driver. Allows write-access to raw disk sectors for user mode applications in Windows 2000, belongs to the software ElRawDisk by EldoS Corporation." (I probably installed a trial version of Crypto4, and the uninstaller didn't remove this file.) 2. HMFAxCore826fcf267a04f6fadfb619829081c960.sys Digitally signed by Eltima Software, and used by another 3rd party virtual volume encryption program I was trying out. References: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555484 (Unable to run CHKDSK) http://www.file.net/process/elrawdsk.sys.html Since there are well over 100 drivers that get loaded on boot, and most are fine, I'll append here a list of drivers which are not the problem and do not prevent CHKDSK from running. This will narrow down what drivers to test disable. These drivers load on my Vista Home Premium and CHKDSK runs OK on reboot. This list may be useful to someone troubleshooting CHKDSK, as these are drivers they don't need to try disabling: Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\acpi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\afd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\amdk8.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\atapi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ataport.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\battc.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\bcmwl6.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\beep.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\bowser.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\chdart.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\chdrt32.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\classpnp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\cmbatt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\compbatt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\cpqbttn.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\dfsc.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\disk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\drmkaud.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\eabfiltr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ecache.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fileinfo.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fltmgr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fs_rec.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fwpkclnt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hdaudbus.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hidusb.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hpqkbfiltr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hpqremhid.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hsx_cnxt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hsx_dpv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\hsxhwazl.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\http.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\i8042prt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kbdclass.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kbdhid.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ksecdd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\lltdio.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\luafv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mdmxsdk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\modem.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\monitor.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mouclass.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mouhid.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mountmgr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mpsdrv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mrxdav.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mrxsmb10.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mrxsmb20.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msfs.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msisadrv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msiscsi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mspqm.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msrpc.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mssmbios.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\mup.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndis.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndistapi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndisuio.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndiswan.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndproxy.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\netbios.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\netbt.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\netio.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\npfs.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nsiproxy.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\null.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nvmfdx32.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nvsmu.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nvstor32.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nwifi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ohci1394.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pacer.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\partmgr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pci.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pciide.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pciidex.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\peauth.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pxhelp20.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rasacd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rasl2tp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\raspppoe.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\raspptp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rassstp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rdbss.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rdpcdd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rdpencdd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rimmptsk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rimsptsk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rixdptsk.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rspndr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\sdbus.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\secdrv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\smb.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\spldr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\srtsp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\srtspx.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\srv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\srv2.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\srvnet.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\storport.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\swenum.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symdns.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symfw.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symids.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symim.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symndisv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symredrv.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\symtdi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\syntp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tcpipreg.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tdx.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\termdd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tunmp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tunnel.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\udfs.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\umbus.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\usbccgp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\usbohci.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\usbvideo.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\vga.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\volmgr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\volmgrx.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\volsnap.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wanarp.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wd.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wdf01000.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wdfldr.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wmiacpi.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wmilib.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\xaudio.sys Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\hal.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\kdcom.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\BOOTVID.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\CI.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\CLFS.SYS Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\PSHED.dll Loaded driver \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\CO_Mon.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\SYMEVENT.SYS Loaded driver \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\lxdisk.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\Windows\system32\drivers\lxfs.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~2\Symantec\DEFINI~1\SymcData\idsdefs\20080429.001\IDSvix86.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~2\Symantec\DEFINI~1\SymcData\ipsdefs\20080429.001\IDSvix86.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~2\Symantec\DEFINI~1\VIRUSD~1\20080507.024\NAVENG.SYS Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~2\Symantec\DEFINI~1\VIRUSD~1\20080507.024\NAVEX15.SYS Loaded driver \??\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\EENGINE\EraserUtilRebootDrv.sys Loaded driver \??\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\EENGINE\eeCtrl.sys Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373720
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    - Are you looking for a GOOD Defragmenter application? Why pay upwards of a $100 when you can get a open source one that has nearly as many features and actually runs faster? Way faster! I've used Windows built-in Defragmenter and cursed it for how slow it can be and how clumsy not to mention all the files it skips over. I've paid for Disk Keeper and others and found them to be wanting too. UltraDefrag v1.3.4 seems superior in every way. You can't beat free and it is fast. I just finishing up running it on a moderately fragmented large (750GB) drive, total time 2 hours 6 minutes. You can either run from a command prompt or get the often appreciated graphical display of clusters being moved around. Runs in background so doesn't interfere with what else you're doing. Written in C it seems much faster than many others. Works with all popular versions of Windows, both 32 and 64 bit. A very small footprint. http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ Note: above site seems a little flaky and may take several times before it loads showing a page not found error. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373717
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    - Alternatives to formatting HD and reinstalling Vista I have a Vista Premium PC where I installed a trial version of a program, let it expire and now I bought the full version but cannot seem to get it to install since the ghost of the old trial version seems to be haunting my PC. Before I start formatting the drive (and lose all my other programs and settings) and attempt to reinstall Vista, I was wondering whether there was some easy way to wipe all traces of the trial program? I am no great tech expert, so protracted brain surgery with registry settings may not be an option for me! Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373716
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    - Vista SP1 DVD ? Does anyone yet know of anywhere or anyway that one can obtain a Vista SP1 DVD, for a nominal charge, that one can use with the product key that came with one's non-SP Vista DVD? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373712
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    - issues with MS vx-1000 cam Hi: I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit, and I bought a new livecam vx-1000: I followed the installation procedure, putting the cd-rom inside the cd reader; the install proceeded, and apparently it installed the content; thereupon, a prompt requested to insert the usb jack of the cam; I did that, and a popup balloon appeared on the traybar, telling that the system was seacrhing for the drivers; but after a while it ended saying that it wasn't possible to find any drivers! But what? It is a Vista-ready hardware, produced by the very company selling Vista! I repeated the same procedure on the pc of the guy that sold me the cam, having same hardware and same OS; the installation went smooth at first shot! Though, he himself is unable to figure what is the problem. Why I cannot install this cam? Please help me. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373710
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    - Access 2003 database inconsistent behaviour between Vista and XP Hi Groupies: I'm not sure which newsgroup this question belongs to, sorry. I have an Access 2003 database that was built on my Vista laptop. This laptop also has Access 2007 installed but that version has not been used at all to work with this database. My other computer has Windows XP and only has Access 2003 installed. In a couple of forms I have combo boxes that are used for searches. On my Vista machine, these searches work fine, on my XP machine, the searches work, but no data is "visible" when you push the down arrow. The list still shows the correct number of rows as if the data was there, but no words show up so you have to guess at what you are selecting. The query behind the search boxes works fine and if you try the query by itself all of the data shows up properly. Not realizing what was going on, I spent a couple of hours trying to fix the searches on my XP machine. I changed formatting, rebuilt the query, everything I could think of. There was no way that I could make this thing work on XP yet no problems on Vista. What is the deal???? Any insight?......Anybody....... -- Thanks for taking the time! CJ --------------------------------------------------------- Know thyself, know thy limits....know thy newsgroups! Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373699
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    - Thinking of ditching Vista for Ubuntu? Here's what you can do with Ubuntu: Email Surf the web Burn CDs. Rip CDs. Listen to music. Watch vidoes/DVDs. Scan and print. Spreadsheets. Presentations Newsgroups. HTML editing. Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc. Make videos. Download photos from a camera and organize them. Translations. Use a dictionary Learn how to touch type. Edit images. Send and receive a fax. Take screen shots. Create .PDF files. Create and use a data base. Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including Windows Live Messenger. IRC. Bluetooth. and much more! What you can't do with Ubuntu: Worry about: WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads, DRM, Viruses, Root kits, Spyware, and Malware. Seems like an obvious choice to me: ditch Vista and get Ubuntu, which is FREE, along with access to 23,000 FREE programs. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/ Alias Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373697
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    - Vista and WebDAV I am currntly running Vista with SP1. I can connect to my WebDAV folders but when I try to double click on a folder inside the Explorer window it doesn't work. I would need to Right Click on the folder and select Explore in order to open the folder. When I try to double click to open a Word document it doesn't work, so I must also right click on the document and select Open. Is there a setting some place that I should be looking at? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373691
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    - change sound for email I found a .wav that I like and want to change the sound for my email. I added the sound to the file where the "New Mail Notification" sound were. I've change the sound under the "New Mail Notification" in the list and I couldn't get the sound to work so I had to change it back to the original sound. It'll play with iTunes and other music program but it won't play the from the Test Button. Can anyone help me on this, please? Lauria Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373686
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    - How to keep making money while making CRAP products?!? Im fed up reading posts about how MS has sold 140 million liscences of Vista, trying to feed us the notion that somehow vista is actually a successful product. You know what I have to say about that? >>>> HOGWASH! So how does MS keep on making money while making CRAP products like VISTA?!? Simple. Create a monopoly! Yeah... the Microsoft way! Then push your new crap products on new computers .... Then say: "See? Our new product (im talking about vista here of course) is GREAT and it selling like hotcakes!" EHEMMMM.... its selling like hotcakes because you are selling it preinstalled on new computers dahh...... And then you have the stupid idiots that see the 140 million number and say ... wow... vista is great! its selling so many copies! Don't be ridiculous! That's how many new computers are sold anyway! LOL And since MS pushes its stupid new vista on new computers (you can get xp on some new computers if you go to the right place, but you must specifically ask for it... at first this was impossible to do anyway... MS had excluded XP from ALL new computers! Then some companies insisted on selling xp due to popular demand.. so MS had to comply very reluctantly!) Lol.... can some idiot vista fanboys eat this sh!t? They actually think vista is selling because its good? Give UBUNTU the monopoly for one and a half year, meaning that it will be PUSHED on new computers for 18 months like vista has, and guess what? 140 computers will have ubuntu! Then guess what? Suddenly all big software houses will have ported their apps to work on ubuntu! But lets make some thing clear... 140 mill licenses that MS claims does not mean that there are 140 million computers actually running vista-crapista. Nope, many dual boot with xp, and forget about vista, many format vista and install XP, many just hate their new vista computer and use their old XP computer to do actual work, many got the upgrade anytime vista license and never upgraded! (those are the smart ones) People who cannot think, have limited perception of reality, or just plainly believe what they want to believe (LIKE DORK FRANK the biggest idiot of this newsgroup ever), JUST GIVE ME THE CREEPS! Just think of this: If these people can eat whatever they are told, and actually become fanboys of lies, what OTHER FALSE THINGS do these people believe? These people remind me of how gullible the Germans were and started listening to Hitler's crap, and actually believed him! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373671
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    - Download Complete - Window does not close (VISTA Ultimate SP1) Has anyone had any problems downloading files and having the download window never closes? Steps to replicate: 1. Open Web Page 2. Select File to Download 3. Watch the file begin to download 4. Download screen will say "Verifying" 5. The download gets to 99% and it never closes. Why would the window remain on the screen, but the file be downloaded properly? Makes no sense! Any ideas?? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373669
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    - how to access alias::* from anywhere. To illustrate my question i'll just give the scenario i'm facing right now. I'm using uTorrent and would like to enter as default download path something in the lines of "%downloads%\P2P\" or "shell::downloads\P2P'". Obviously none of these is the correct one and my question is, what is the correct way to use the shell folders from applications, command prompt and autohotkey scripts. Thanks! -- hesher Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373667
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    - Can't preview pictures on desktop anymore Hi, For some reason I can no longer preview computer pictures(bmp, jpg, gif, etc)that are on the desktop. Normally, by double clicking the images would open up Windows Photo Gallery. Now nothing happens. Double clicking in folder's in my computer still work, just the desktop seems to be having this issue now. Even if I right-click and choose preview or 'open-with'. It's very ood. I tried setting Windows Photo Gallery as the default program to open these images files with hoping it would fix the problem, but it didn't work Any help fixing this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Trent Rowe Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373663
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    - No s on streaming audio or video Darndest thing. I don't get any sound when I try to stream something, either audio or video. This happens with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. On the other hand, I get sound when playing anything on my hard drive, and I get all system sounds. I've tried diagnosing the connection -- it's fine -- and everything looks like it should. Any ideas? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373655
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    - Installer Probs On every reboot machine reports Windows Installer Preparing To Install, any way to troubleshoot this on Vista.....Thanx Bill --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080508-0, 05/08/2008 Tested on: 5/9/2008 9:13:28 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373652
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    - Group Policy Client Service Failed the logon - Access Denied Hello, I get the following error: Group Policy Client Service Failed the logon - Access Denied when I try to log on to my laptop running Vista. I booted on safe mode and try to log in, it started to log in but then displays logging off. Any ideas? thanks in advance. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373646
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    - i hate vista. administrator. restart every goddamn time. no backward compatibility. latest runaround? call of duty 4/punkbuster. you should read this.... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightbulb5-2008may05,0,509383.story lightbulb that works for 100 years. p.s. xp was great. vista was your 401ks. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373622
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    - Background Vista Sidebar Does anyone know whether it's possible to change the background color or transparency of the Vista sidebar? After first installing Vista, it was entirely transparent, but then became (and still is) a gradient, going from transparent on the left to almost entirely black on the right. Quite frankly, this looks horrible and makes you think there's something wrong with the screen. Anything but a gradient (i.e., image, colored background, or fully transparent), would be a 1000 times better. Detaching gadgets to put them elsewhere on the desktop isn't an option, as they become bigger, which is not what I want. -- Luc Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373613
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    - Unblocking blocked programs How can one avoid Vista blocking certain programs on startup? At present the best I can do is manually start a program after Vista has blocked it. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373606
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    - Vista question about "compatibility mode" and "safe mode" Hi, my problem is I'm trying to run a program which can only run under two conditions: 1) Can only run under windows XP. 2) Needs to run in safe mode to work correctly. I can solve the first problem by simply runing the program under compatibility mode (so it thinks its running under XP SP2). but the problem is that in Safe Mode I can't use the compatibility mode because the option is greyed out. So my question is; is there any other way to use compatibility mode while in Safe mode? like from the command line? Many thanks in advance. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373602
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    - PowerShell, some clarifications required I need to know more about PowerShell: Does it run under XP as well as Vista. Could it be used to automate responding to questions that come up during the installation of a Access Runtime application? Is there anything else that might? Does it need to installed on the PC where the installation is taking place? I am trying to help Users who install my application and get a lot of dialog boxes coming up to which they have to give the correct answer or much pain ensues! That's what happens when you install Access 2002 runtime on Vista. Any answer or comment would be welcome. Many thanks. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373601
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    - Vista stuck in paragon boot manager screen Hi, I have vista premium and it will not boot because the paragon boot manager wont let it 'I wanted to dual boot with xp but lost power in the middle of it and now I cannot get into windows at all. Does anyone know a fix for this? I have no recovery files, they are on the hard drive. JohnTy Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373595
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    - Cannot Rename a New Folder Recently I have found that I cannot rename a "New Folder". I can create a New Folder OK, but when I right click and select Rename, then the newly typed name reverts back to "New Folder" and I get the error message "File Does Not Exist". I can rename the folder OK through a Command Prompt window, but not in Explorer. I have tried "taking Ownership" and "Running as Administator", with UAC turned off, and again with UAC turned on. No go. I have read several threads from people with what sounds like the same problem. All seem to come down to a corrupt registry entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\EXPLORER\FOLDER_DESCRIPTIONS. I have tried to fix this as advised in http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130137-cannot-rename-move-file-folder-vista-fix.html, by downloading a file; Fix_Rename_32_Bit_Vista.reg and merging it into the registry by right clicking This does not work either. Any ideas please. I am running 32 bit Vista Home Premium. Not a Vlite installation. I cannot perform a repair install as I do not have a Vista Install Disc - the pc came pre-loaded with Vista, with the install files hidden somewhere (in the BIOS ?). I really don't want to start from scratch with a clean install - it takes days to reload all software and get all settings back to where I want them. If the answer involves editing the registry, please explain it very carefully to me; I am a bit of a novive re: registry entries. Thanks Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373588
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    - Displaying chinese characters Hi All: I have Vista home premium installed. I have some songs that are in chinese, what can I download to make the song titles etc display properly in WMA? I don't understand why at the moment some characters are displayed perfectly fine while others are a whole bunch of symbols. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance! Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373582
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    - copying to a SD card I'm trying to copy from My pictures to an SD card. The drive is recognised but it keeps telling my that the disk is write protected. I've checked the SD card and it isn't locked. Any ideas would be appreciated Thanks Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373578
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    - Vista Won't Sleep Ever since I got Vista Ultimate a bit over a year ago it was very reluctant to enter sleep mode; it would manage that maybe one in four tries. This is on a Gateway fX530XV with a 24 in gateway monitor. I recently installed SP1 and it has absolutely refused to go to sleep. When that choice is clicked on the monitor goes dark and very shortly the orange standby light comes on. The hard drive light quits flashing and the system will accept no inputs at all. I have to use the power button to turn it off and then during restart I have to click on "Start Windows Normally" to avoid a period of apparent self checking, then it goes on to the user page and then to a chosen desktop. I would like for it to access sleep so as to return to where it was when paused, as well as having a quicker restart. Comments would certainly be welcome. Oh yeah, the unit has 4GB RAM and a processor that runs at 2.13 Hz, and neither has ever been a bother. -- Chuck E Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373574
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    - Windows Update and Norton Internet Security 2008 I have a laptop runing Vista (no SP1) and am having problems running Windows Updates on the machine. I have run Windows Update on this machine in the past. I recently had to uninstall and reinstall NIS 2008 on this laptop. Now when I run Windows Updates, it produces the following error: -------------------------------- Windows could not search for new updates Error(s) found: CODE 80072EE2 The only option is to "Get Help". Clicking on that shows 25 Windows Updates, all with an error and error code. The error code 80072EE2 details provides the following instructions; Add the following websites to your firewall exceptions list; - http://*.update.microsoft.com - https://*.update.microsoft.com - http://download.windowsupdate.com ---------------------------------------- I have a message on the Symantec support forum. But wanted to see if anyone here have add websites to NIS 2008's Exceptions list? I know how to add IP Addresses to the Trusted List, but this does not appear to be the area to add these sites. Or is there another reason within Windows Update for this error? Thanks for any assistance. Charlie ****************************************************** Charliec Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373563
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    - Using Black wall paper locks up computer I recently switched my Vista Home Premium computer to using black for the wallpaper. Bad idea. The next time I booted up, nothing would run. Outlook would not run, Taskmanager opened but only slowly. My browser would not tun. As soon as I switched back to my last wallpaper, everything ran just fine. Is there something inherently wrong with using black? >>RSM Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373555
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    - csrss.exe in winsxs I saw somewhere that there are versions of csrss.exe which are malware. The posts said that versions of csrss.exe that are not in the windows/system32 directory are probably malware and should be deleted. I did a search of my harddrive and found that there are in fact two versions of csrss.exe, one in the windows/system32 directory and another burried deep within the windows root directory. The file is the only file sitting in this directory: C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-csrss_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_58e3e3d7e415ae4c I tried to rename the file to see what happens but Vista told me that I didn't have permission to do that (gotta love Vista!). Anyway, I did a little research into winsxs and found this article interesting: 'Demystifying the WinSxS directory in Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008 - Aaron Tiensivu's Blog' (http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1306-Demystifying-the-WinSxS-directory-in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html) Could someone verify that another copy of csrss.exe is supposed to be sitting in the winsxs directory? Thanks -- Meir Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373551
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    - Track at once with Premium 32-bit When one inserts a blank DVD to backup some file for example, Vista asks the write process is "track at once" or "disc at once". I choose "track at once" since I want to write more than once, 'til the disc is full. However, the next time I insert the same disc, Vista does NOT ask me anymore. So how can I keep filling the disc in this mode 'til its full? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373539
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    - Welcome Center After I upgraded to Outlook 2007, the icon for "Read and write e-mail" disappeared, and when I click on it, it says that Windows cannot find C:\Program. How do I fix the icon and then correct the the connection problem? Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373535
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    - Toolbar shortcut doesn't work On the bottom toolbar is the Desktop Toolbar for launching programs. The MS Office programs will suddenly not launch when chosen! Any idea what is wrong and how to FIX? When I choose a program nothing happens. I can however right-click and choose open. Help. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373532
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    - How to fix the Vista TASK SWITCHING ORDER -- badly broken/designed Why -- and how to fix -- is the Vista TASK SWITCHING ORDER so badly broken/designed? This is just driving me crazy -- under older versions of Windows you could trivially predict where a program would be in the task switching order, last program used 1st, previous next,etc. Now is is (sometimes) seemingly random -- other times in the older order. I do understand some concept of closing the window, or perhaps iconizing the program, that might put the task at the END of the switching order but this is not even what Vista does. It frequently will put the most recently used program at the end, OR near but not AT the end. Is there some registry setting to restore simply the old behavior? Or to restore any logical, predictable behavior? -- Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP http://www.LearnQuick.Com (phone on web site) If you use LinkedIn then tell me where you know me from when linking: http://www.linkedin.com/in/herbmartin Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373529
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    - Memory Diagnostic results? Hello, I ran the Memory Diagnostics tool and after it completed and rebooted back into Windows, I didnt see any results. Where do you see the results of the test? I'm trying to diagnose this problem where my PC is rebooting at random, but I can't determine if it's a memory problem or not. So where can I find the results of this test? Thanks, Jeff Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373527
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    - Noisy Vista I have a new Gateway system that I bought a few months ago and lately it seems that the hard drive is very noisy. When you go from one web page to another it sounds like a car revving up it's engine. I have some files to encode and when I do that, it just sounds like it's full speed ahead. Maybe its nothing but it scares me a little. Is this normal? And im assuming it's the hard drive, I guess im not really sure. Like a car revving up it's engine is the best way I can describe it. Thanks. Tom Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373525
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    - LOL Uses Firefox LOL does not use Microsoft Window Explorer. He uses Firefox the default browser for Ubuntu. I guess the idiot uses it because he is just too stupid to master that hard to use insecure browser alternative in his beloved shista. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373519
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    - ASUS A8S-X Vista x64 I'm supposedly running RAID 1 in as stated in the BIOS but I have no way of checking this since I can't find the driver for this mobo. So I'm running RAID1 but I have no RAID utility tool so that if a disk failure occurs I don't even know how to rebuild the RAID. Furthermore, I got 4 GB of ram but it only detects 3. When I turn on the memory hole option to get 4 GB, my screen randomly loses signal and I need to reboot. -- softwareguy256 Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373513
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    - Column widths Explorer Vista x64 This BUG has really gotten me close to exploding. I resize the column in explorer and the stupid program forgets as soon as I change folders. I have tried all the basic stuff in tools->folder options nothing works. I am on SP1. Help me figure this out. -- softwareguy256 Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373512
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    - RAM Usage in Vista I have recently installed Vista Home Premium onto my P Dual 3Ghz PC. I have 3GB of RAM installed and was surprised to notice in Task Manager that 948GB in use, 2349GB cached and no free RAM. Whilst installing some software, I again checked Task Manager and noted that I had 10-20MB free whilst the install was happening. When it finished, it was dropped back to around about the same level but there was no free RAM, it was all cached again. Should all my free RAM be cached? Is the caching causing my machine to slow down (installing software does seem to be taking longer)? Can I stop Vista from doing this? Should I be worried about this? Apologies if I'm being a complete dunce on this but I am a little concerned. Thanks -- Andy Wylie Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373499
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    - IE7 crashing continuously....... What on earth is wrong with IE7, it crashes everytime I use it...and I mean EVERYTIME!!!!!! Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373492
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    - mailto link in web page a problem I have a webpage with a link like: mailto:someone@someplace.com In windows XP clicking this link activates mail client (Outlook in my case), allowing user to fill in the email and send it. The webpage containing the mailto link remains displayed in IE7 browser. Fine. In Vista, clicking this link also activates mail client (Windows Mail). However, it also loads mailto:someone@someplace.com into the IE7 browser address window, then generates message in browser window "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". Of course it shouldn't even be trying to display a mailto: as a webpage. Is there a setting somewhere to get rid of this wierd behaviour? Thanks for help. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373491
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    - Partition manager? Any recommendations for a partition manager for Vista? I'm looking at Acronis Disk Director, but don't see that it will work with Vista. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373463
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    - Speech recognition Does anyone know if you can take a sound file created with a handheld digital recorder and turn it into written text by using the Vista Speech Recognition function? Thanks. Tag: Windows Uninstall Tag: 373442

Cant uninstall Windows Uninstall Clean Up Program or Reinstall the
package..............Thanx Again,

Bill

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Re: Windows Uninstall by Gordon

Gordon
Fri May 09 12:09:26 PDT 2008

"Bill" <wgtp1@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:uVhMVWgsIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Cant uninstall Windows Uninstall Clean Up Program or Reinstall the
> package..............Thanx Again,
>

Eh?

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Re: Windows Uninstall by Brink

Brink
Fri May 09 12:12:58 PDT 2008

Bill;707366 Wrote:
> Cant uninstall Windows Uninstall Clean Up Program or Reinstall th
> package..............Thanx Again
>
>
> Bil
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>
>
> --
> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean
> Virus Database (VPS): 080508-0, 05/08/200
> Tested on: 5/9/2008 2:50:36 P
> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software
> 'avast! antivirus - high security and protection from malware wit
> anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software built in' (http://www.avast.com

Hi Bill

You cannot uninstall Disk Cleanup. It is a part of Vista. Is ther
anything specific wrong with it

If yes, please give us some details on what is wrong and what it i
doing or not doing. In the mean time, you can see if running a "sf
/scannow" (no quotes) command can find and fix any bad system files tha
may be the cause of the problem. This tutorial will show you how to i
needed

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.htm

Shaw

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