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Win vista hangs at shut down
Taskbar screw ups
Program Problems
Out of Control
Impossible to reduce the DPI size (OK Button hidden)
Movie Maker Stops Playing
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Vista or Slow me down, my computer runs too fast.
Problems I've noted on my laptop
Random Crashing!
CON folder name
Can not shut down properly after using an USB device
Windows vista keeps shutting down and giving me a blue error screen
Pink screen
"internet explorer has stopped working"...
Cannot open pictures in windows photo gallery
frustrations with Windows Vista
Programs [games] closing down
VISTA- WINDOWS EXPLORER HAS STOPPED WORKING
Wireless Problem
Death of PC Gaming
VISTA JOKE
Black screen on email's in Windows Vista
Current Vista Bugs on my Machines
internet explorer has stopped working on Windows Vista
On windows Vista, no warning message when the battery is low
File renaming, moving, copying, and wireless bugs in Windows Vista
PCTV Pinnacle TV tuner card
Windows Vista Taskbar acting weird..
Automatic Updates Deleted a registry file
How can I Fix this?
mike bennett
MSN Live Messenger Bug in Windows Vista
Windows explorer for FTP is unable to count items
Windows Vista Users
Horrible, Spent $1,600 on a SONY VAIO VGN AR520e
Newest Update Messed Up Built-In Speakers
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internet explorer stops working in Windows Vista
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Windows Vista and sprint mobile broadband..
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Not a happy user
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Goofy taskbar in Windows Vista
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Alot of problems
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1525 system freeze
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Graphic bug
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USB devices not recognized
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Service Pack 1
I prefer my Macbook Pro to this crappy operating system
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Mr JAMES
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Vista HELP!!!!!
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Freezes, Freezes, and Hard-Boots -- Junk!
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Shit!
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watching videos,etc
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Taskbar and navigation windows fading and desapearing
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Taskbar and navigation windows fading and desapearing
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project manager
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Gimme my XP back!!!!
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How the hell did microsoft get away with it
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Microsoft 2007 and Pinnacle tv
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TCS
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Mr Miller
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windows photo gallery always purple when preview photos
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my windows computer auto shuts down when i download from the net (Vista user)
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Spyware,virus infection
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doomed
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Leviathon
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Explorer crash
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Mr.
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Parental Controls
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Nyfin
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ii had sex with windows vista once and i got herpes
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sound blips
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Clearing recent items
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Weird graphical/screenshot bug
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computer keeps shutting down with no explanation
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word
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Mamtha
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buggy and slow
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magnifier
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The New and NOT so improved Windows VISTA
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Vista SP1 does not handle Daylight Savings time properly
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CLOCK IS SLOW ON WINDOWS VISTA
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CLOCK IS SLOW ON WINDOWS VISTA
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I HATE Vista
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rschlintz
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Visual MP3 Joiner-Splitter Problem
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How can I Fix this?
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No shutdown
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games that dont work
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User
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Windows Explorer In Vista Keeps Restarting
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sreejithq
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The BOSS
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Vista hasn't been good to me
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Windows Explorer folders
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Black screen for 2 -3 seconds when I open IE or FireFox
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Animation director
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Speakers not working when skype is not working
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Problems with Tweak XP
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DVD rw multi-burner driver disaster
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Year 2000 problem with Windows Vista
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popups
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crappy vista
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window's media player
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system restore not working
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Screen Saver Error and Windows Media Player Error
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WMDC stopped working and windows update stopped working
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Bug
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Can VISTA display chinese?
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Difficult to run more than 3 or 4 programs at a time
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Processor reporting in Device Manager
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I HATE Windows Vista!
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Windows Vista Very Similar to Win 95
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excel 2007 on vista premium: xlsx files not recognized
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Intenet explorer re-start without any warning!
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Open/Save Dialog in windows Vista
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Vista has killed two of my hard drives - beware
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Bugs in Windows Media Player and Photo Gallery
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Windows Vista Bug in Wordpad
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In Vista, it's impossible to highlight a whole line by triple-click
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memory dump blue screen at shut down
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What Other Visitors Have Said About Windows Vista
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When shutting down windows vista something weird happens... it actually happened to me twice and the most strangest thing, happened the second day from ...
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I bought a Dell XPS laptop and was happy with Vista up until recently. I have started seeing this problem only after I have got my internet connection....
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I guess I have been one of the lucky Vista users. Up until now anyway.
About 2 months ago I started having problems with my Windows Mail, like when ...
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Anything I run that has a back button, the computer automatically presses it, meaning I can't get anywhere with Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Firefox,...
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I have increased the size of the DPI to 192 DPI. It's now impossible to decrease it for the following reasons :
- The screen asking to confirm an action ...
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I am working in Movie Maker, after a few edits (very simple timeline sliding) I click play, nothing happens, then click pause, nothing happens. Close and ...
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when editing in word processor, email or even filling out forms cursor jumps to some other location in window for no apparent reason.
this is very ...
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I bought a new Dell computer. Nice lil piece of equipment. 2gig core 2 duo proc, 120G HD, 2GB ram, nVidia 256MB graphics card, etc ... a real nice machine....
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Problems noted on a new laptop that came with Visa Home Premium version.
1. Using two windows of Explore, I highlight files I want to copy over to ...
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I have just bought my dell Inspiron 1525 laptop about a month ago, when i first bought it, it would randomly crash the screen would have all these lines ...
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Whenever I changed the folder name in Vista, there is always a pop-up notice board that restricted me to change the name into CON...
What happen Exactly ...
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My computer using Vista has a problem.
If I don't insert any USB device (Flash disk,HDD..) while the PC are woking, there is no problem, i.e ny PC can ...
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hi i bought a brand new hp laptop which has vista home premium in it and it stinx!!!
i keep getting this blue error screen like it looks like some ...
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My parents purchased a new computer which came installed with Windows Vista.
After a couple of weeks, the pages in IE, etc are now a bright pink.
I ...
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This seems to be the topic of the moment.
Internet Explorer stops working (I have 7 and Vista on a brand new Dell computer) and it is quite annoying....
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Everytime I try and open a picture in photo gallery, it starts loading black lines from the left side of my monitor, then it goes to a blue screen and ...
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when I try to record music the volume is really low or not there at all, even though it is being registered and when i play it back it is at regular volume....
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Many games i have always played on the xp system now close down randomly after sometimes only a few mins for no reason.
Is there anything to fix this ...
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WHATS WRONG HERE !! I AM USING DELL INSPIRON 1520 WHICH HAS COME WITH PREINSTALLED VISTA HOME PREMIUM.
WINDOWS EXPLORER NEVER -EVER EVER OPENS UP & SHOWS ...
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My windows vista suddenly stopped getting the IP through DHCP while it was working fine till yesterday and all the other notebooks with XP are working ...
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I'm a gamer. I have a few XP machines but thought I'd buy a laptop to see how Vista looks and performs.
I bought a Gateway MT6707
T2060 processor ...
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hey there.... just to let y´all guys know that the vista name aint right.
This version should be called windows big joke instead , cause thats what ...
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ON my email's it suddenly goes to a BLACK SCREEN..OR..it sometimes when its coming up..it shows a OUTLINE..with the desktop showing where the email should ...
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Ok, so I have a Gateway convertible laptop and a Dell Core 2 Duo both running Windows Vista (the laptop is running the Tablet PC version. I have never ...
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Hello. I have a problem with vista's internet explorer. every time I want to close the last internet explorer window, vista give's me an error.
sometime'...
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Hello,
On Windows Vista, all the settings of my laptop Windows Vista are correct but I don't get a warning message when the battery is low.
Is ...
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Since installing vista on my machine i have had nothing but problems when renaming filenames, moving files, and copying files.
For instance, whenever ...
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I was not able to find the PCTV Pinnacle TV tuner card driver for windows vista.
Unfortuately I had to revert back to using Windows XP. This was a ...
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Hey ok so this is whats happning....after my laptop has been on for a while, the taskbar menu starts acting weird...
the part where the clock is supposed ...
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I was shutting down my pc for the day and I noticed that it was saying updates were available to download. So I clicked shut down and installed updates....
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> A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
> to your computer.
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> DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
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> It this is the ...
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Hi I have recently purchased a new computer incorporating windows vista and generally have found most things ok, however I am having a
problem running ...
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I can't execute windows live messenger.
It is just idling in the task manager and won't respond.
I have Windows Home Premium.
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In Windows 2000 and XP, the windows explorer used as FTP client is able to count the marked Items,
but not in VISTA.
Greetings from Austria, Europe
Erhard ...
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I bought a computer HP with Windows Vista Home Edition from Officemax this year.
When I play games like Railroad Tycoon and Galactic Civilizations ...
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Sony's support on this has been poor, promising XP drivers and an XP recovery disk for this computer for 4 months.
It is just sitting here collecting ...
After installing the latest automatic update on Windows Vista (the ones that install before shutdown), my Toshiba Laptop won't recognize its own built-...
I have the same problem and it is very irritating! Frustrates me.
Please help me..
just bought a new laptop with windows vista home premium i have a sprint mobile broadband card.
the card connects to the network but when i click on ...
I was so excited to finally get the window vista upgrade and hurried home to install it.
Didnt have any trouble along the way, it was when I tried ...
Recently I started seeing this bug in Windows Vista.
I bought a Dell XPS about 2 months ago which had Vista preinstalled. It was running fine and I ...
Vista is by far the most user friendly operating system you will find but it has a lot of flaws.
DivX player does not run correctly , Sigmatel and ...
I got my 1525 in March and thought it was great. Since Thursday, July 3, '08 I can't use it because everytime I try it freezes up.
Even if I just ...
I start a game or when the graphic card need to work a little bit harder. The screen becomes green or blue, with moving stripes diagonally cross the screen....
I am not able to access any USB devices on Windows vista Home edition.
Every time i plug any device it says that no driver is installed for that ...It ...
Ok, so many people are enjoying Service Pack 1, except something they do not know about is that if you go to Start, Control Panel, System (under classic ...
My desktop has Vista and what a joke! Little ball keeps spinning...screen goes white..and it just freezes.
Can't open Task Manager to force close....have ...
I am not able to access the secure digital cards which I insert into the slot provided on my ACER computer.
It seems the Vista software insist i load ...
My computer has no wireless capabilities with my wireless internet and it says No Audio Output Device is Installed.
Why is this?
Just purchased a new machine with gobs of power, and it came loaded with Vista.
Thought I'd give Vista a chance, but after 72 hours of fixes, attempted ...
The operating system is shit.
It constantly memory dumps even after installing service packs and has resulted in many hours or lost work, especially ...
Whenever I want to watch a video or tv program online, it plays a few seconds then stalls for a few seconds. This keeps up during the entire video.
Hi, my name is Juan from Spain, I just get my first windows vista with my brand new lenovo laptop.
But after a while I have it running, all navigation ...
Hi, my name is Juan from Spain, I just get my first windows vista with my brand new lenovo laptop.
But after a while I have it running, all navigation ...
I have created several files just as I do on any other computer running XE or MP or 2000.
When I go to delete my recycle bin files that I have not ...
I recently purchased a new computer with Vista already loaded. I had heard rumors that the OS was a bit glitchy and such,but I thought to myself ok well ...
I run a small company with only 4 pcs all running XP We decided to upgrade both our hardware and software and transfered to Vista it has been one of the ...
I installed office 2007 and my tv software from pinnacle system stop working. error is office stop working and collecting more information; this program ...
Overall Opinion of Vista Ultimate 32-bit....7/10. A few minor issues.Security is much nicer than revious versions.
The fucking machine crashes every two hours or so>>>>>>>
ERROR Windows doesn't know I going to buy a mac....
I have vista home premium installed on intel's core 2 quad system with philips 19CW monitor and nvidia graphics cards (8600gt). When trying to preview ...
i tried to download avg free from the net and my computer just automatically shutsdown.. same with skype..
I have windows vista home premium , I thought i could get the office(word,excell...) for free but no...
anyways... i got infected with "vertumenda" i ...
i work for a company that adopted vista for our new machines. being that IT guys don't know much about computers, generally speaking, they fell for the ...
My Vista started running great on my brand new off the shelf HP.
However, two weeks into the thing I started having problems with my internet explorer ...
If you hit the windows key and type calcu for calculator explorer crashes.
i recently bought a dell inspiron 1525 laptop with vista home premium i was trying to install Win server 2003 its not installing now i want to format vista ...
A recent study, showed that every 10 out of 15 computers appeared to have defective parental control systems.
Standard accounts will repeatedly have ...
Well, I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that for all the hype Windows Vista gets, its a pretty crappy system.
So far the only upgrade ...
I GOT HERPES FROM WINDOWS VISTA AHHHH
I have been having some problems with the sound.
The quality is great but every once in a while there was a little blip, an interruption, in the audio ...
I install new software, and "Clear Recent Items" disappears from the context menu on right-click.
I frequently use the utilities in the screenshot, and ...
Whenever something pops up in vista (the UAC, anything else that greys the screen out), the background either goes all random and weird (like an old games ...
my computer keeps shutting down randomly with no explanations, no error messages either.... this happens randomly and it doesn't matter what im doing, my ...
vista's microsoft word is kind of confusing because the controls are different and finding certain controls is different from xp. if you're used to xp,...
THE LAPTOP SHUT DOWN BUG
I am a subject of this injury ; my HP Pavillion DV2000 Laptop was bought at Bangalore during Mar2007 loaded with Window Vista....
windows vista, who needs it?, I bought a new computer and came with windows vista home premium; my computer is a little power house
but you would never ...
i turned on the magnifier, used it, turned it off, but when i reboot it comes on automatically. when i disable it on the desktop before entering my password ...
This is the worst system I have ever had the displeasure of using!
Always a Windows fan I am ready to ditch this computer and get a MAC1
The computer ...
I have to disable daylight saving time on my system as it will force my machine to be out by 1 hour.
recently bought a new dell inspiron 1525 with windows vista pre-installed. so far it is working alright... well except for the fact that when the laptop ...
recently bought a new dell inspiron 1525 with windows vista pre-installed. so far it is working alright... well except for the fact that when the laptop ...
IMO, They made all these changes for the sake of change and making money. It's end of March 08 and some programs I use all the time are just now coming ...
I don't know if hardware or Visat. I been having a problem even before gained access to Internet, computer was brand new,
with computer locking up for ...
I've downloaded and registered (Paid for) the use of this program. It enables me to compile albums of music in MP3 format without using a playlist--the ...
> A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
> to your computer.
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> DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
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> It this is the ...
When I got to reboot or shutdown vista, it gets stuck on the shutting down screen and nothing happens.
I also have random issues pop up from time ...
i brought a game from my house to my buddys and try to play it on vista. the operating system wont even boot up the game.
i also brought pocket tanks,...
Ongoing run-time errors.
A 'block variable missing' error pops up seemingly every five minutes. Further, I cannot run all of the software essential ...
I tried downloading .flv files to my Windows Vista Home Premium desktop and windows explorer keeps restarting. I had to go to the command prompt and navigate ...
I have a windows vista home basic edition My problem is that i had once changed my theme to windows classic.
After some day i had changed it again ...
I HAVE TWO COMPLAINT ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL VISTA.
1. COMPUTER FILES BACKUP SYSTEM.
SINCE THE D-DRIVE HAS TOO LITTLE SPACE I BACK UP TO A CD. AFTER FORMATTING ...
1. My computer crashes at least 2 times A DAY. The error is different every time. Hey, can't say vista didn't give me variety.
2. My computer is extremely ...
when you hover over a folder in xp the tooltip box that comes up has a line that says folders:subfolder.
In vista when you hover a folder with subfolders ...
My screen on my dell inspiron 1420 turns black for 2 - 3 seconds while IE or Firefox loads.
I have never had this problem with any other computer ...
When im working in Adobe After Effects, it often crashes .
And its the same after effects installation, that I have om my windows XP, so I quite sure ...
After getting my new computer with vista, I installed a skype phone and now my speakers will not work.
If If I unplug the USB skype phone the speaker ...
I have had two serious problems with vista ultimate, 1 problem still exists.
The first was when I installed a program called ' tweak XP ', vista disabled ...
I bought a brand new Toshiba laptop just because i wanted to see what windows vista OS was like curious i guess.
but i have not been able to find a ...
Hello, I do have a legal copy of Vista Business, with latest updates (as of 05.01.2008) and I'm constantly experiencing a frustrating problem.
At several ...
im talking to my friends on a chat-page. and everytime i get a message, a popup window opens. but after a while it doest work anymore, so i need to restart ...
Vista is a really cool look and all but it sucks eggs i mean i have restarted 5 times in the past tweleve hours and i have had it!
I had never had ...
When I first used media player, everything was fine. However recently,when I inserted cds and dvds I could no longer play them... the player simply skipped ...
I have very upsetting experience with System Protection.
Only after several enable-disable and reboots create restore point started working... dont't ...
Windows media player errors when I want it to play a video file. In addition, my screen saver errors when I select it to play a slide show of pictures ...
Windows update stopped working for me first. I get this annoying 800B0100 error, that has no help in the windows help files. Apparently loads of other ...
whenever i have more than 3 hours running the computer vista turns into a mess, windows explorer fails and explorer doesnt open, opened programs in the ...
I work in China, sometimes I use chinese programs on my computer. and before I used windows XP, it can display these programs very well in Chinese, but ...
If I run 3 or 4 programs at a time, the comp will lock up... I'm probably not being much of a help, I'm pretty sure that it's not my system, it's a very ...
My new notebook has a 2.4GHz processor, but Device Manager reports a 1.6GHz model.
Probably because the notebook used to contain the 1.6GHz processor ...
I can't get to anything I want to! It's been one thing after another!
I can't get to myspace, yahoo, hotmail...etc. Half the time things do not load ...
Windows Vista Very Similar to Win 95
Full of bugs, locks up constantly. I built a system for Vista - ip-35Pro mb, 2 gig ram, Intel 6750 cpu, 500 gb ...
Repro steps:
1-saving a excel 2007 woksheet on the desktop
2- when i trying to open it I receive an error: Windows can find the path
Outrageous....
I have Windows Vista Ultimate installed in my laptop. I happened many times that my internet explorer restart without any message given which cause me ...
It all started after a recent update to windows. Now, I can use any program (doesn't matter: Works, Word, Firefox, IE, event Windows Debugger) and it will ...
It seems Vista molests the master boot record of your hard drives which can result in the disk being totally destroyed. I have lost two good SATA hard ...
Yes, the windows photo gallery... Love it, but I don't understand why when you try to move a folder or picture to another location, or when trying to delete ...
It is not possible anymore to highlight a whole line in a .txt file by triple-click if there are special signs like - or ? .
In win2000 and XP this ...
Wordpad-bug:
If there are special signs in a .txt file ( - or ? for example) it is no longer possible to highlight a whole line by triple-click, as this ...
When I go to shut down the computer it goes to a blue screen and then memory dump the instaed of shutting down it reboots or hangs up.
This is happining ...
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