Unallocated Space Question
Hi, actually it's a question about Win7: my hard disk has no data, just
three arias of Unallocated Space. Is there any way of merging them in one
unallocated space like on a new hard disk? N | | 0 | 47 | 11/23/2009 9:12:55 AM |
Re-Activation of Vista Timeout?
I have several full retail copies of Windows Vista that I will no longer
need when I install full retail versions of Windows 7.
I plan to sell the copies of Vista, but I don't want the b | | 6 | 43 | 11/21/2009 9:12:44 AM |
Vista ceases, what can I do?
I have a new computer--HP, less than a year old, loaded with Vista OS. I
love the speed of it and hate the way the locks itself down daily. Usually
in the mornings. I have no use of key | | 0 | 46 | 11/21/2009 5:43:45 AM |
Can Vista be wiped out?
Can I load windows 7 and get ride of Vista completely?
Thank you.
| | 0 | 46 | 11/21/2009 5:23:10 AM |
new partition
Originally the 2nd non-OS disk contained two primary partitions fully
allocated to drives D and drive G. I shrunk both and the unallocated space is
separated by the second former partition | | 0 | 32 | 11/19/2009 3:53:41 PM |
Q: Remove xp from dual vista / xp setup
Scenario:
Got 3 harddrives,
Disk 0 : d: Xp (system, active, primary) g: (primary)
Disk 1 : e: (primary) f: (page file, logical)
Disk 2 : c: vista (boot, page file, act | | 0 | 43 | 11/18/2009 8:19:44 PM |
Reformat and Clean install problem
Hi all, im new here and i need alittle help with vista.
I'm trying to reformat for a clean install of Windows Vista Home
Premium x32 onto my laptop. The laptop only came with the | | 0 | 43 | 11/18/2009 2:42:35 PM |
vista clock management
wat can i do if my clock doesnt keep time, and its set in the right time
zone. everytime i change it to the right time, it will get off sinc...
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davidjames29365
| | 0 | 42 | 11/18/2009 2:42:35 PM |
acer lap top with window vista problems....
ok so ive got an acer laptop, that was stuck in the configure update
mode, and i put in the windows vista disk to reinstall it, and now that
ive been able to log back in and get back i | | 0 | 49 | 11/18/2009 2:42:34 PM |
Best Way To Slipstream .Net 3.5, IE8 etc?
Hi,
Just a quick question really...
In your opinion, what is the best way to go about slipstreaming .net,
ie8 etc?
I have already created a Vlited SP1 Vista | | 0 | 52 | 11/18/2009 2:42:34 PM |
Is Vista SP1 and other Vista updates necessary before upgrading to Windows 7?
Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on the
PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete reco | | 0 | 46 | 11/17/2009 5:33:04 PM |
Uninstalling Vista
I have two hard drives ,each hard drive is partitioned into 2.
Drive 1
Partition C:
Partition D:
Drive 2
Partition E:
Partition F:
| | 0 | 34 | 11/17/2009 10:38:03 AM |
Activation Key
I bought Vista Home Premium in Sept,2009.I just reinstalled it on the same
machine with Windows seven,I purchased windows 7 from Microsoft,
What is the telephone number I can call.I have be | | 0 | 51 | 11/15/2009 12:05:53 PM |
Modifying Vista Discs
Hi.
I spent a bit of time having to re-install operating systems. With Vista,
there are too many variations. What I would mind doing is having 1 DVD that
can install any edition | | 0 | 50 | 11/14/2009 1:27:06 AM |
Save As
My "Save As" has stopped working on both computers at the same time. How do
I correct this fault?
| | 1 | 49 | 11/12/2009 1:55:47 PM |
Locked Doc and settings folder
How do I unlock a folder on a vista hard drive from a win7 computer. My
vista laptop died and all I have is the HD which is fine. I only have xp
and win7 on my other computers and I need | | 1 | 54 | 11/11/2009 7:15:46 PM |
not sure if win 7 disc is genuine
I know this isn't exactly the right group but I couldn't find a windows7
newsgroup.
I bought a Windows 7 Ultimate DVD off ebay (don't laugh), but what I
actually got I'm not sure is leg | | 6 | 39 | 11/11/2009 1:07:48 PM |
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully .
Im trying to help a friend with his laptop.
Basically he boots and gets "We apologize for the inconvenience, but
Windows did not start successfully"
Eventually he | | 4 | 62 | 11/11/2009 11:03:06 AM |
Trash Bin
How can I make a new shortcut(Icon) for Trash Bin, on my Desktop?
I accidently removed it.
Thank You
Doug
| | 1 | 66 | 11/11/2009 7:23:16 AM |
Home Premium to Ultimate upgrade
Hello,I just tried upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Vista Ultimate...at first it checked my system for compatibility (yes, I instereted the disk into the CD drive thingy | | 0 | 40 | 11/11/2009 12:36:08 AM |
system can not find the file
Vista Home Premium 2
New system board and processor. Won't boot.
An i7 950 and gigabyte board with high speed 1600 memory. Doing repair
doesn't work. Reports something wron with | | 8 | 45 | 11/10/2009 4:50:43 PM |
Unknown Icon In Notification Area of Taskbar?
There is an untitled icon always present in the notification area of my
taskbar. This Icon appears to be a locked padlock with the number 9 on it.
When I pass my cursor over it no title or | | 6 | 47 | 11/10/2009 4:33:06 PM |
not recognizing IDE drive
Not sure if this group is the right one to be addressing this issue as I
haven't come across any UseNet windows 7 groups yet.
Anyways, I have a a good working IDE 400Gb drive that I'm wanti | | 2 | 50 | 11/10/2009 12:05:05 AM |
Vista Home Basic Reinstall and Update Issues
I've just done a clean reinstall of a three-year-old copy of Vista Home Basic and I'm having problems getting service packs one and two installed. I've gotten a bunch of updates from Microsoft, but wh | | 1 | 45 | 11/8/2009 4:16:31 PM |
Windows 7 and Windows Mail question
Hi Folks,
I posted this question to the Windows 7 forum but did not get an answer so
I'm trying here.
I have installed Windows 7 and can't find Windows Mail (Not Windows Ma | | 5 | 50 | 11/8/2009 10:16:52 AM |
Installing 7 and drive Letters
I want to install Windows 7.I have 2 Hard Drives, both are portioned in 2 .
If I install windows 7 by booting into Vista, inserting the Windows 7 DVD
and run setup.
This wa | | 12 | 35 | 11/8/2009 5:23:20 AM |
Security Update KB954430 repeated install availability
Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430)
Download size: 5.4 MB
Windows Update repeatedly tells me it has installed KB954430 successfully,
th | | 1 | 58 | 11/5/2009 6:33:39 PM |
Newsgroups
I cannot get any Newsgroups for Windows 7 when I click on Tools/Newsgroups.
How can I correct this? Please use easy instructions since I am self-taught
user. Thank you.
| | 6 | 42 | 11/5/2009 9:25:52 AM |
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New install - best way to set up to reduce OS cruft?
I'm going to do a clean install on my 20gb primary partition - I've
backed it up using Windows Backup and VMWare's Converter, so that I
can virtualize my old setup.
What do people rec | | 1 | 49 | 11/3/2009 10:40:05 PM |
Problem reformatting my Laptop
Hey there,
I am planning on reformatting my laptop as it is getting very very slow
lately. Bought it 3 years ago though. I'm currently using Windows Vista
Home Premium 32bit. The | | 1 | 50 | 11/3/2009 8:14:42 PM |
Vista Format Option
Vista Basic x32 sp2
I can remember back when, I would install a windows os.
I would use fdisk and wipe out the partiion, format the drive and
install the os.
If I | | 6 | 41 | 11/3/2009 5:11:42 PM |
Vista Help
Windows Vista Business Editon SP2
On a windows 2003 Server domain
when I issue:
net send pc1 I get no responce
On my windows xp pro sp3 pc I receive the network brdcst messag | | 1 | 50 | 11/1/2009 4:35:33 PM |
Introducing Microsoft Answers, an online support community
Microsoft Answers is a place for consumers to easily find and share
information contributed by peers, technical enthusiasts, Microsoft Most
Valuable Professionals and customer support expert | | 1 | 44 | 10/31/2009 10:51:40 PM |
SP1 botch
Finally upgraded home PC (laptop, Vista Ultimate, 32bit) to SP1/SP1.
Tried same on second PC (desktop, Vista Ultimate, 64bit). Seems to have
hung. Screen & drive light flicker 1/sec con | | 1 | 51 | 10/30/2009 12:06:01 AM |
recovery disc D
i have windows vista home premium.how do you clean recovery disc D?
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Lossless Rewriting of JPEG / EXIF Pictures in C#
http://www.eggh | | 4 | 47 | 10/29/2009 3:30:32 PM |
Why is there no ng for Windows7?
| | 4 | 50 | 10/29/2009 2:33:28 AM |
clean recovery disc d
i keep getting a message "low disc space".how do you clean recovery disc D?
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ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Role providers for SQLI | | 0 | 46 | 10/28/2009 5:39:28 PM |
Replace Vista with Windows 7 - Install Options
Hi, I understand that this is a Vista Message board but I could not locate a
W7 message board on the Website so let me begin by apologizing if I am at
the wrong message board. I upgraded m | | 2 | 43 | 10/28/2009 1:04:55 PM |
Vista Restore
Hi,
I have the Vista Business operating system on my Dell Latitude D830 and am
looking to restore my machine back to its factory image, I was under the
impression that if you presse | | 1 | 50 | 10/27/2009 6:28:36 PM |
Windows Bluetooth install repeating
I have Vista Home Deluxe on a Sony laptop.
For some reason a Windows Bluetooth install process kicks off each time
I boot the laptop. The install pop up window appears and eventually | | 0 | 46 | 10/25/2009 11:07:44 PM |
Backing up My Win Vista Premium
What is the best way to backup my system before doing an upgrade
install of Win 7 Premium on my system?
Jim Brown(jbrown15@hvc.rr.com)
| | 3 | 48 | 10/24/2009 9:07:01 PM |
blue screen
I have a HP Pavillion dv5 laptop that came with XP Home edition installed. I
upgraded to XP Pro, then Vista Ultimate 32 bit and then Vista Ultimate 64
bit. The computer ran well on all opera | | 2 | 41 | 10/24/2009 5:36:37 PM |
Windows Vista Reinstallment error.
I was trying to reinstall windos vista in my laptop. However, it gives me an
error.
This computer does not have enough free space for temporary files .windows
installation needs atleast | | 1 | 52 | 10/24/2009 6:04:44 AM |
UPgrade to Win 7Home premium from Win Vista Home Premium.
Do I have to do a backup to do the above?
Jim Brown(jbrown15@hvc.rr.com)
| | 4 | 51 | 10/23/2009 3:45:02 PM |
Facebook Group Created
There is now a facebook group dedicated to this issue. Anyone contact
the press on this? I'm sure Digital River and Microsoft will come up
with a solution REAL QUICK if the press gets hold of | | 2 | 50 | 10/23/2009 2:30:41 PM |
new hard drive
I have to replace the hard drive on my hewlett packard dv2275ea laptop.
as the laptop originally only came with a restore disk, i was thinking that
along with a new hard drive i'd need | | 2 | 50 | 10/23/2009 2:29:35 PM |
Lost media for Vista OS - where can I get new CD / DVD?
The CD that Vista came on for my PC got broken. I need to re-install
Vista and I don't know where to get the media. There are some old posts
that point to the site for service packs, but | | 2 | 53 | 10/23/2009 12:32:00 PM |
Install Windows Internet Explorer 8 fails with Error Code E
I installed Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade "clean install" and then during
the first windows update amoung other updates it attempted to install IE8.
The first time that my system | | 3 | 50 | 10/23/2009 1:33:20 AM |
Windows 7 downloads from Digital River: unpacking
In our household we have two students, and so ordered a copy of Windows 7
Professional and Windows 7 Home Premium in both x64 and x86 versions - a
total of 4 products from Digital River.
< | | 7 | 39 | 10/23/2009 1:19:52 AM |
Can I upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional?
Hi Folks,
Can I upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional or do I need to
upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate?
TIA,
Shane Devenshire
| | 4 | 47 | 10/22/2009 11:52:11 PM |
Can I use Vista Home Premium OEM Licence with full copy?
I have a laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium pre installed and a
Recovery CD-ROM. I may be missing something but, as far as I can tell,
the Restore CD never gives me the option to rep | | 3 | 50 | 10/21/2009 4:44:45 PM |
Installing Vista HP over Enterprise
Vista asks for my product key. I put it in and it is a key from home
professional. An MS tech installed the enterprise version at work.
I purchased Vista Home pro and want to install | | 3 | 42 | 10/21/2009 10:03:44 AM |
JRE installation issues on Vista
Hi,
I am trying to install JRE on my laptop that has Vista Ultimate. The new JRE
6.0_16.exe starts installing but fails. It gives the error that "Unable to
install Java Runtime". | | 1 | 45 | 10/21/2009 1:43:18 AM |
Vista and ethernet trouble
Hi all,
A very strange problem has suddenly started that I cannot account for on
my desktop system with Vista Ultimate. It has worked without trouble up
till a couple of weeks ago w | | 3 | 48 | 10/20/2009 10:13:38 PM |
Vista 64x - unable to restore, repair or reinstall on a new drive
The other morning I was met with a blue screen and several error codes.
I have attempted to correct the situation on my own following what
instructions I have been able to find and have m | | 2 | 44 | 10/20/2009 10:45:05 AM |
Vista Install with GPT error_help!!
Hello. I am trying to load Vista 32 onto my macpro. I came across ur
solution on the GPT issue when trying to install the error message -
"The selected disk is of the GPT partition s | | 0 | 49 | 10/19/2009 10:55:23 PM |
Vista 64 USB serial adapter
I have several USB to serial adapters. They all worked a few weeks ago. Now
when I attempt to use them I get a message that "The name is already in use
..." The adapter is not usea | | 0 | 50 | 10/18/2009 1:46:19 AM |
windows installer
which is the newest version of the windows installer for 32bit sp2
| | 1 | 46 | 10/17/2009 10:06:20 PM |
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Can items be removed from Welcome Center?
I would like to remove things like Norton, EarthLink and NetZero from
Welcome Center. Is it possible, and if so, how is it done?
Thanks
Frank
| | 4 | 40 | 10/17/2009 4:08:11 PM |
blue screen death durning installation of vista
My PC Configuration Intel Core2Duo,Intel D945GCNL Motherboard,1Gb
Memory,160Gb SATA HDD......
At first all seems to go ok during installation, but in the last step,
finishing in | | 1 | 48 | 10/17/2009 10:29:55 AM |
no C: drive
since my thread from earlier was deleted ill repost this. My C: drive
is not working. Ive reformated and tried reinstalling the os. Now it
ask what drive to assign and it says that it | | 3 | 53 | 10/17/2009 2:54:38 AM |
Dual Boot Vista HP x64/ Vista Ultimate x32
I bought this laptop recently and it is a x64 machine and I am now
trying to install a full version of Vista Ultimate x32 on a second
partition. I followed the instructions here : 'Instal | | 0 | 43 | 10/16/2009 8:25:22 PM |
install serial driver with fixed port name
Hello,
our current software installs a serial driver and then figures out which COM
port name was assigned. How can we ensure that a given port name is used?
Thanks, Jan
| | 1 | 47 | 10/16/2009 4:40:40 PM |
vista drive does not exist
Hey everyone,
I'm looking at my computer after it crashed. I've went in and did
format C:.
After that it went through and did its thing and seemed fine. Then I
tried to install | | 1 | 50 | 10/16/2009 1:28:10 AM |
Ethernet and Vista
As far as I can remember, I installed no drivers thru Update. I usually go
directly to Nvidia for them. However, just today I went thru Update after
finally getting my ethernet card working | | 0 | 46 | 10/15/2009 8:30:38 PM |
Press any key to boot from cd/dvd doesnt work
So i wanted to format my pc like ive down millions of times before so i
put the vista dvd in.
Restart pc then the, "press any key to boot from cd/dvd" screen comes
up, | | 2 | 42 | 10/14/2009 11:18:31 AM |
I need help with an upgrade from home vista home basic to premium
I recently purchased a product key for an upgrade from vista home basic to premium and the person I purchased it from sent me a link that was supposed to give me everything I need to upgrade but (a) I | | 1 | 48 | 10/14/2009 10:03:15 AM |
Need to make sure I have the latest Windows Media Player
I need to make sure I have the latest windows media player on my computer as a few different third party applications which play through WMP do not work. When I contact the third parties they said to | | 2 | 46 | 10/12/2009 2:56:12 AM |
Vista Ultimate x64 on XP x86 system
So, I'm looking to upgrade my system to Vista x64 Ultimate from XP Prof
x86 in preparation of updating to 7 Ultimate x64. (already have the OEM
x64 Vista disc with Windows 7 coupon)
< | | 3 | 45 | 10/12/2009 2:31:46 AM |
Remove dual vista?
I had a cpu fan die and the computer would not turn on, so i thought it
was my hard drive. Replaced the hard drive and installed Vista but not
completely. Then found that the cpu fan wa | | 5 | 47 | 10/12/2009 12:29:33 AM |
How to break the administrative Password
I forget the administraive password to my laptop HP Presario C700. I
cannot acess to the Bios settings due to lack of Administrative
password, Please help me to rectify the problem:devil: | | 4 | 50 | 10/11/2009 8:37:29 PM |
Recovery of HP Presario C700
Accidently i lost my recovery partition of laptop, however a backup/
Recovery CD prepared at the time of purchase of my laptop is availiable
to me. Can i restore my system from such CD t | | 2 | 64 | 10/11/2009 1:36:48 PM |
Reinstalled Vista need help asap!
So i formatted and reinstalled vista.Everythign went fine intill i went
to install SP2 from automatic updates.It said no free space:confused:.
I went and checked my drives vista was insta | | 1 | 47 | 10/11/2009 1:28:08 PM |
Install Home from Ultimate disk?
Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.
I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my wife's Laptop can only
handle Home according to the assessment, is there | | 3 | 41 | 10/10/2009 6:52:08 PM |
Online but Vista install says "Cannot connect to the internet"
Please help! I am trying to do a clean installation of Vista Ultimate
over XP Pro. I have a good internet signal. BUT when the installation
gets to �Get important updates for installat | | 3 | 43 | 10/9/2009 10:28:38 PM |
Vista install disc will not boot up
So, I've done a search and can't find a possible solution, so I'm
reaching out to the group. I am trying to upgrade from XP Prof x32 to
Vista Ultimate x64. Disc is full OEM (from NewEgg), | | 18 | 36 | 10/9/2009 10:26:23 PM |
Setup doesnt see drive BIOS does o_O
Hi fellow Tekky's [image:
http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Skins/VistaForums/Images/EmotIcons/Smile.gif]
Well Ive come to a bit of a problem on my sister's Acer M1640
it had | | 6 | 44 | 10/9/2009 10:04:26 AM |
Vista won't work on HP Pavillion DV5-1290ec
Hey guys!
I just bought a new computer and it was preinstalled with Windows 7. It
worked fine for a couple of hours then I got a BSOD. I tried to restart
it but BSODs kept showin | | 8 | 43 | 10/9/2009 12:55:26 AM |
Installed Vista 64bit. Hard drive 160gb Old 32bit 58gb??
Anyone know why I went from 58gb used on the old system to the new hard drive
1TB, 160gb on the New Installed System. I have not moved over my programs
and files so I am puzzled?
T | | 5 | 45 | 10/9/2009 12:53:38 AM |
Folder(s) Creation Date is Prior to Format
I got a dos emulator to play old dos games. I mount my root directory and
saw folders
that were created prior to my last installation of Vista which was on
9/29/2209.
I even see a fo | | 1 | 49 | 10/8/2009 4:39:39 PM |
Moving Users Folder Created Extra Directory
The main question is:
"Why have I got a folder called D:\Users\change?"
Now the background:
I had previously relocated the major sub-directories in my Users profile | | 0 | 51 | 10/8/2009 2:58:01 AM |
windows vista
Hi everyone I have a multitude of problems with my vista and I am hoping
somebody may be able to help.
1st keeps coming up updates avaialble then crashing and saying code
4397.
2n | | 3 | 49 | 10/6/2009 11:24:13 AM |
installing drives problem
hi! i have a big issue, recently i tried to reset my computer to factory
settings but a failed. when i was installing the drives from recovery cd
i got an error (1005) and also i tried to | | 1 | 51 | 10/5/2009 3:39:27 AM |
Vista Home 64-bit update, on NEW build PC.
Old= Home 32-bit, running and attached to Internet.
New= I7-920, DX58SO, 6GB 1333 mem, 4870 ATI, WD 1TB sata drive.
I cloned the system using Acronis True Image 11 (automatic) from Old Dr | | 10 | 31 | 10/5/2009 3:09:53 AM |
Vista newbie help
Just installed Windows Vista Business Edition SP1
I installed third party antivirus program Kaspersky
My question is how do I uninstall Windows Defender?
Or how to disable i | | 3 | 49 | 10/4/2009 10:19:55 PM |
Windows.old..Programs Cloned From Vista32. Can I Execute?
Windows.old has many of my programs that i used on my old pc.
Can i execute them on the new. Somehow activate them to be
run?
Sey
| | 2 | 71 | 10/4/2009 9:53:26 PM |
Download Windows Vista Business
I have right now XP on my Laptop, (installed by my company) but not working
well due to some wrong installation, I will install the Vista Business, I
have the OEM License for the Laptop, but | | 2 | 44 | 10/4/2009 5:05:17 PM |
privileges from install disk command prompt
My week-old Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium has suddenly presented me
with the not unfamiliar boot-to-blank-screen-with-moveable-cursor syndrome
even when F8-ing to Safe Mode with Com | | 0 | 46 | 10/4/2009 11:33:01 AM |
I want to creat space in disc D by transferring files
window tells low disc space in recovery D disc
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ADO.NET 2.0 DataSet as a Self-Contained, Remoteable Compressed Object
http://www.eggh | | 1 | 47 | 10/4/2009 1:19:32 AM |
low disc space problem
whether I can transfer ex-cus set up grogram from Disc D to Disc C
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http: | | 0 | 47 | 10/3/2009 3:47:34 PM |
I want to creat space in disc D by transferring files
window tells low disc space
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In-Memory Data Compression in .NET Part III
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/628a0153-0427-44 | | 0 | 50 | 10/3/2009 3:37:02 PM |
What free backup progs can I use with a Verbatim 500Mb desktop drive
Sorry,may not be best place to post this,but I've just replaced a
failed Maxtor drive with the Verbatim.
It came with Nero BackItUp 4 which after using the Maxtor software
looks overly com | | 2 | 48 | 10/3/2009 11:17:16 AM |