Vista Forums

Reboot

colnix — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:46 GMT

I have Vista Home Premium running on my HP laptop, every time I switch it on I get a window requesting a reboot, after the reboot the same message comes up again, this has been happing for about a month now and I can't get rid of it, can anyone help please.

Mail server password

BrianMcC — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:06 GMT

Hey!
Im not really much of a computer wizzkid so pardon me if im not making much sense.
I went into tools>account>default mail account>servers tab>

My problem started then. Stupidly i changed my password thinking that i would be able to set it to open up and ask me for one when i tried to access my mail. My reaon for this was so others wouldnt be able to see my mail as i constantly forget to lock my laptop when im away from it.

Anyway i clicked apply and close. then i pressed send/recieve to checkif i had any new mail come in. A popup appeared asking for my username and password so i inouted the password that i had just changed. This is not working for me. And i do not know the old password to change back.

Any ideas what my problems are?

Thanks!

Baldur's Gate 2 glitch, please help

SlapHappyJesus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:45 GMT

I bought Baldur's Gate 2 awhile back and have been getting this weird glitch. Whenever I talk to npcs, most of the time it says that they are busy. The only way to fix this is to reload or restart the game an annoying amount of times. I am running Vista premium 32 bit. Does anyone know a fix. Thanks for any help.

Cannot access files on seprate drive?

Trax1963 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:18 GMT

Having a bad day! Can't access my files on D: Have taken ownership od D: and Gave all the permissions and also allowed full control of access to said folders, still not able to access folders whats up Doc?

646 Windows encountered an unknown error

decann — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:08 GMT

Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop
Vista Home Premium, SP2
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz 2.00 GHz
3 GB of RAM
32-bit operating system

Above is all of the pertinant system information on my daughter's new (1 year or so) laptop, which very recently stopped accepting Microsoft updates, giving an error saying "646 Windows encountered an unknown error" which tells me nothing at all, nor how to resolve the issue. I have a written list of current updates if is pertinant information, but no matter which one I try to update I still get the same error so it apparently is all of them. . .including future ones since another one came in since discovery of the error and was not allowed to install either.

Can ANYONE out there help me resolve this issue, please? I am about to begin searching online for something to help resolve this issue, but I have never been very good at doing that and would welcome any guidance or advice IN BABY STEPS with step-by-step directions, PLEASE. System information is above, and I will furnish other information if requested.

On a side but related note, some of you may recall me from a month or two with a similar problem in my own laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1525. There, I was trying to update to Vista SP2 and got a different error, which never did get resolved despite going through Microsoft as well as Dell Tech Support multiple times. In the end, MS had me clean off the hard drive to fix it, and reinstall Vista requiring Dell to finally clean up "some loose ends" enabling me to finally properly reinstall everything, EXCEPT SP2, which will remain uninstalled.

I mention this here ONLY because my daughter's laptop has far too much in it for total reinstallation of software to be an option. It operates fine in all ways OTHER THAN the fact it suddenly will not allow the updating of MS updates, and that worries me. I would be very grateful if someone out there can offer some guidance or suggestions to a user who have reason to be VERY nervous doing stuff like this in the inner workings of a computer. :confused:

Vista proprietary in Acer?

Gordon J. Rattray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:46 GMT

The Vista installation or recovery disk you have is probably BIOS-locked
to a motherboard with an Acer BIOS.

If you can get a Microsoft installation disk - for any, presumably
32-bit, version of Vista - the key would work although you might need to
phone for activation.

On 20/11/2009 19:27, Gordon J. Rattray wrote:

Quote:

> Hi there,
> I've got an Acer Aspire with Vista Basic and the motherboard died due to
> a power surge.
> It's easier for me to replace the motherboard with a new Asus unit and
> re-install Vista.
> Is this Acer installed Vista going to let me do a re-install on a
> different motherboard and will the keycode license labelled on the tower
> work with this?
> Thanks,
> Gordon

64 bit programs

Paul — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:17 GMT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:17 -0600, "Paul " wrote:

Quote:

> Seems that all the big box stores sell computers mostly with
> 64 bit Windows installed but a great majority of the programs
> are 32 bit (I know they don't make many).

What you say is largely correct. There are very few 64-bit programs
yet. That means that the advantage of 64-bit Windows is mostly
*potential* right now. I think it's good to be running 64-bit Windows
instead of 32-bit Windows, because it lets you buy and install 64-bit
software as it becomes available in the future (and almost certainly,
we will all start seeing more and more of this very soon). But don't
expect much of a performance increase until you start running 64-bit
software.

--
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.Net Framework 3.5/Vista Home Premium/.Net Configuration Tool

henry23 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:06 GMT

I'm doing some certification work and the .Net framework 2.0 configuration tool is mentioned in the textbook, so I want to download and install it so I can use it in the future. My system has Vista Home Premium, with Visual Studio 2008 (.Net framework 3.5). I can't seem to find the tool anywhere on my system so I'm thinking I may need to find where it currently is on my system now and install it or turn it on if it is there or download it if it isn't and then install it or turn it on. I would appreciate any help in either locating it on my existing system, or finding where I can download it from.

No audio recording device

saunte08 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:01 GMT

My windows vista doesn't have an audio recording device. My sound device only shows speakers and it doesn't show any hidden devices. How can I enable my audio device without a microphone?:confused:

Issue w/ Outlook 2003 on a Vista 64bit PC

MANIMAL — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:57 GMT

I recently installed Outlook 2003 on a Vista 64bit PC. I migrated my Outlook contacts and settings successfully and connected to my IP server. I verified that I was able to send and receive e-mail by sending a message to myself.

The problems:

1) I open outlook on initial startup, but it does not automatically download new e-mail from the IP server. I have to click "Send/Receive", then the new e-mails appear. How to I set Outlook to download on startup?

2) If I close Outlook during a session, or if I hibernate (ILO shutdown), when I re-open Outlook, or "wake up" the computer, the "Send/Receive" button won't work and I can't access the "Send/Receive" settings. The only way I have found to resolve this (temporarily) is to reboot the entire system, or never close Outlook after initial startup and don't hibernate.

Any insight is appreciated.

Cannot connect to DNS server

Wrenchman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:35 GMT

Hi there!

I too recently bought a Gateway MD2614u, I use a 3g modem, a huawei e 156 c to be specific!

I've had some browser problems, the last couple of days, except for today, but still!

When I go to network and sharing, view status, diagnose: Cannot connect to DNS server
> 200.223.0.83
Server: ns7.telemar.net.br
Address: 200.223.0.83

> ping 200.223.0.83
Server: [200.223.0.83]
Address: 200.223.0.83

*** 200.223.0.83 can't find ping: Non-existent domain
> nslookup
Server: ns7.telemar.net.br
Address: 200.223.0.83

C:\Users\User>ipconfig /flushdns
The requested operation requires elevation.

C:\Users\User>

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to ns7.telemar.net.br timed-out
> 200.165.132.155
Server: ns7.telemar.net.br
Address: 200.223.0.83

Name: ns6.velox.net.br
Address: 200.165.132.155

C:\Users\User>ping -t
IP address must be specified.

C:\Users\User>ping 200.223.0.83 -t

Pinging 200.223.0.83 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 200.223.0.83:
Packets: Sent = 11, Received = 0, Lost = 11 (100% loss),
Control-C
^C
C:\Users\User>

To me this is all nonsens, does anyone have the guts to help me out
(out the window, hehe, AND STAY OUT)

Thank you!

:)

Wrenchman

How can I import Windows Mail contact groups into Windows Live Mail?

benwengercorean — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:06 GMT

Hello, everyone. I asked this question on another, similar forum but was unable to receive a response.

A link to the other thread is here:

How can I import Windows Mail contact groups into Windows Live Mail?

My problem is as follows:

I'm working in a small office where we have some computers running Windows Vista and using Windows Mail (version 6.0.6000.16388). We have hundreds of contacts and a couple of contact groups on these computer.

A few months ago we got two new computers which are using Windows XP and Windows Live mail (version 2009, build 14.0.8089.0726). Other computers in the office still have Vista and the other version of Windows Mail.

I have been able to export our hundreds of contacts and import them into Windows Live Mail so the new computers have all of the contacts... however I was unable to find a way to import the groups.

These groups are all very large and consist mostly/entirely out of contacts which don't have individual contact entries.

I have been googling to find a solution to this problem. The closest page I could find was this one:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3818-windows-live-mail-import-vista-contacts-contact-groups.html

I was very discouraged when I saw the big red warning near the top of the page:

---------------
In Contact Groups from Vista, only the contacts that are also included as normal Contacts will be imported into Windows Live Mail. Contacts that were created for the Contact Group only will not be imported into Windows Live Mail. You will need to write these down and manually add them back into Windows Live Mail.
---------------

This pretty much described my situtation exactly, but manually going through all the groups, writing down all the contacts, then manually importing into two separate machines would take forever and is simply not an option.

Is there really no other way I can get these groups into Windows Live Mail?

If it really does turn out that it is completely impossible to import the groups into Windows Live Mail (which I find extremely hard to believe), I'm capable of writing my own conversion software -- but I would need to know the .group Windows Mail file format and the Windows Live Mail file format in detail. Are these file formats publically available? Is there anywhere I can go / anyone I can ask for outlines of the file format?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

MotherBoard Question.

pinakfans — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:32 GMT

If my laptop's (Toshiba) motherboard is damaged, or burnt out, or even just just went out. Would it be possible to start the laptop up again?

vista wont install some games anymore..

hvieira — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:47 GMT

I decided to install the game Grid but the installer will not run because it says that its not compatible with the windows version im running.. But 5 months ago i installed it with no problems. That happened with some other games i installed.. i have the same windows version on my desktop and there i never had any problem instaling just on my laptop.. I have vista home premium 64bit.
I already tried to go to the setup and run it in compability mode but still doesnt work..
What should i do? How come i use to be able to instal and now im not?

Hibernate on Desktop machine

Oldster — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:36 GMT

Yea. That worked. Great. But I don't understand why the more nomal "Power"
interface doesn't seem to do the job!

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote in message
news:he6ms3$448$1@newsgroup-september.org...

Quote:

>
> "Oldster" wrote in message
> news:OMZbqggaKHA.1648@newsgroup

Quote:

>> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
>> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
>> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.

>
> From an elevated command prompt, POWERCFG -H OFF works on Vista, probably
> for Windows 7 as well.
>
> --
> Zaphod
>
> Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt
>
>
>

Excel Read Only

Wet Paint — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:02 GMT

You might try the Excel newsgroup but could it be that the user is not
an administrator and Vista is locking out the ability for Excel to run
Macros? Could it even be something with D.E.P? See is anyone else can
make a better guess because that's all this was.

Wet Paint wrote:

Quote:

> My company has an Excel application we have developed and we use an Installer
> program to distribute it. The installer default is to install the program
> into a Program File that is named. This works flawlessly on xp but on any
> computer that has Vista installed, the file opens in Read Only, which defeats
> our entire application. The read only format can not be changed in any of the
> obvious ways (under Properties etc). This is a huge problem for us. Is there
> any way around it?

administrator permission

tam69 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:55 GMT

hello to all
just a general question!!! i am running vista home premium,occasionally when i go to move a folder,say for talking sake an album off a disk ,a mate gave me,to my music folder.it will ask for administrator permission to perform this...i click continue (i have administrator status ) it comes back with box telling me i need administrator permission to continue...why is this and how can i correct this problem....i must add it is only occassionally this will happen.

cheers for any response
tam :confused:

Mobility in Office 2010

SGT Oddball — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:03 GMT

Quote:

Microsoft Office 2010 provides you powerful new ways to deliver your best work - whether you�re at work or at home, whether you are travelling in a cab or on a flight, whether you are working on a PC, browser or phone. By offering more ways to access your files from virtually anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control.

As part of Wednesday�s Office 2010 Beta Announcement we announced the availability of the Office Mobile 2010 Beta -- today�s post describes some of the exciting work we�ve done related to mobility in more detail. Specifically, we�ll talk more about the experiences that make Office 2010 the mobile information worker�s best set of productivity tools on the phone.

Basically, there are two major offerings we provide for mobile information workers to work on their Office documents. Depending primarily on the type of phone you have, you get to choose whichever way works best for you or is available to you. One way is with Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 and another is with Microsoft Office 2010 Mobile Viewers. We�ll discuss both in detail below, but in short�

�If you are using a Windows Phone

You get both options. If you want to modify your Office documents, you can use Office Mobile 2010 applications providing rich user experience which customers of Microsoft Office client applications are familiar with. If you just want to quickly view the documents, you can use Office 2010 Mobile Viewers which display your documents in mobile IE browser. We will walk you through the different scenarios in upcoming posts so you know which option might work best for you.

�If you are using a phone built on a non-Windows Platform

You get the Office 2010 Mobile Viewers option only. As previously mentioned, you get to view the Office documents in your mobile browser whether you have smartphones like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Symbians or non-smartphones.

The Beta for Office Mobile 2010 is available worldwide in Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones. To try the Office 2010 Mobile Viewer, you need to have the Office Web Apps installed on your company�s Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and then you can use explorer on your phone to view Office documents on the server (read this Office Web App blog post for more information on how to deploy the Web Apps in the enterprise).

In future blog posts, we will explore tips and tricks for the different apps and tools Microsoft Office provides to meet the demands of your busy life on-the-go with your mobile device. In the meantime, enjoy the information below and we hope to hear your feedback soon!

Office Mobile 2010

Use Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 on your Windows phone to get the familiar Microsoft look and feel as well as the services that you�re used to.

Even when you�re on the road, you can view Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office PowerPoint documents sent as email attachments.

Word Mobile 2010

Excel Mobile 2010

PowerPoint Mobile 2010

Office Mobile 2010 also makes it easy for you to review documents on the move by adding the ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. So use your commute time in a cab or on a flight to customize an existing presentation by hiding or rearranging slides, reviewing speaker notes, and even adding new notes as you rehearse. What�s more, you can now use your Windows phone as a presentation aid that enables you to control the slideshow and simultaneously view notes as you engage more effectively with your audience.

View images and animations

SmartArt graphics are preserved

Manage Slides

Using OneNote Mobile, you can take and manage personal notes on your Windows phone. You can even record voice or take pictures using the phone and bring them to OneNote Mobile or share your notes with your PC and refer to them when you are away.

Capture multimedia notes with ease

Take & insert a picture or voice recording

Organize your notes with lists

In addition to files and e-mail attachments, if you get a link to content hosted on SharePoint Online or on SharePoint 2010, you can access it using SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010, which enables you to browse sites, document libraries, and lists from the comfort of your Windows phone.

Access multiple sites and libraries

View and sync documents easily

Access your content offline

We�ve also done work to allow you to save edited documents to the phone and just synchronize them back to the server in case you lose your mobile connection.

Office 2010 Mobile Viewers

With your mobile device browser, Office 2010 Mobile Viewers will help you stay organized, get things done, and present information by keeping Office at your fingertips.

Office 2010 Mobile Viewers enable you to view Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files in an easy to read small-screen format that maintains high fidelity. Office 2010 Mobile Viewers target a wide range of devices and micro browsers so that people with or without smartphones can take the advantage of the cool features without having to upgrade your mobile phone. Here are a few examples.

Viewing product sales documents on your mobile phone

Imagine you are sitting in the airport when your colleague calls you and says that the inventory data sheet and promotion document you are going to share with the customers later has been modified and saved back on the SharePoint server to reflect the latest status. You don�t need to bother turning on your laptop. You open up your browser from your mobile phone, connect to your team SharePoint portal, select the inventory data sheet, and quickly see the new inventory diagram. You then click on promotion document and see that the visuals have been revamped. You feel confident before you walk on the plane knowing that the customers will surely be happy with your presentation later.

Excel Mobile Viewer

Excel Mobile Viewer - Details

Word Mobile Viewer � Image View

Word Mobile Viewer � Text View

Joining a meeting and viewing the presentation on your mobile phone

Office 2010 Mobile Viewers also go beyond just allowing you to view your own files. Imagine you�re stuck in a traffic jam are going to be late for a meeting that starts in 5 minutes. Now you pull out your mobile phone and pop open the email you received from the meeting presenter that contains a URL to the presentation broadcast (�Broadcasting a Slide Show� is a new feature supported by PowerPoint 2010 that will be talked about in more detail in the future). You can now participate in the call and view the current slide in real time as the presentation moves along.

PowerPoint Mobile Viewer � Image View

PowerPoint Mobile Viewer � Outline View

We hope you�re as excited about Office Mobile 2010 as we are! Future posts will walk you through each of the above mobile productivity tools in more detail so when they are released you�ll be able to use them as we do and improve your productivity on the go.

More...

GeForce 7300 LE problem?

squeesy cheese — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:36 GMT

the other day my dad bought me home a new graphic card, installed it and it worked perfect, got the latest drivers from nvidia, sorted. I then decided to take it downstairs and plug it into the tv to see how good it really was. plugged it in via a "nvidia compupack" thing and it worked fine screen res was a tad high, but i could change that to how i liked it, great! took it back upstairs and plugged it in and it worked, so then i think, i have got an old portable dvd player with a "vid in" plug on it, so i assemble a plug from s-video to 3.5mm and it worked. so i reboot it to finalise it.

here comes the problem, it can see the dvd player but wont extend my display onto it, checked the makeshift converter and it looks fine,. when i select the dvd screen it says "this GPU supports a single display, to use two displays on this computer, reboot the computer" so i reboot and its still the same!!

help me please!!
thanks, daniel

Printing Problem

alan8376 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:47 GMT

Hi,
Suddenly I have lost the ability to print from my photos . All I was getting was an 1/2" strip of photo. Now all I get is a blank sheet!

If I print a photo straight off a Windows Mail email with attached photo displayed, then all is printed as normal.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Alan

I have a HP Desk Jet 940C with USB connection
Vista 32 Bit operating systm.

Mouse not reacting after start

duRo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:48 GMT

My system is not reacting after start..I can start a program but can't do anything after this..The mouse won't react by clicking on anything until I press ctrl-alt-del and start task manager. Everything starts working after..a bit strange :( I've scanned the computer for viruses and all seems to be ok. Can anyone help pls. thx

remote executtion of a batch file

makaman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:41 GMT

Hello,

Im on server 1 trying to execute a .bat on server 2. All the .bat does is create a folder called "test". I've tried a couple different ways and neither seems to work:

1) Invoke-Command -computer $server -scriptBlock {"C:\sqltest\test.bat"}

I have powershell V2, and part of the reason to going to PS2 vs PS1 was for this command, and when i try the above i also get the following error:
PS P:\> Get-Help Invoke-Command
Get-Help : Cannot find Help for topic "Invoke-Command".
At line:1 char:9
+ Get-Help <<<< Invoke-Command

2) $job = "cmd.exe /c cscript C:\sqltest\test.bat",$null,$null,1
$result = (Get-WmiObject -List -Computer $server | where{$_.Name -eq "Win32_Process'}).Create($job)

any ideas on what may be going wrong?

thank you!
makani

Computer crashed suring revent update

DogLawyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:06 GMT

My computer froze during the restart process of a recent update
(KB971512) forcing me to manually restart it and now loads very slowly.
It runs fine except for whenever it need to load (example: Left 4 Dead 2
take about 10 minutes to load a level, but then runs fine besides the
occasional sputter when it loads during play).

Other things: whenever I start Windows, it comes up with "Windows
update: Configuring 3/3 0%" but then moves onto the login screen. I also
tried running Windows update again (I thought maybe it would catch it's
own error or something) but I get error 80070002, which I already did
their prescribed fix for only to still get the same error. I cannot
uninstall this update from the installed updates list. Also, I'm on
Vista 64 bit.

I think that's about it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: Oh wow. Sorry about all the typos in the title.

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Send to mail recipient not working

shieler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:59 GMT

I am unable to attach a photo to e-mail from Windows Explorer in Vista.
I use MS Outlook as my default mail.

For example, with a photo, I right-click, select "Send to....Email
Recipient", select size, slect "Attach", it goes through "attaching"
the files but then nothing happens. A mail window does not open.

I have set all my defaults to Outlook yet still nothing happens and not
quite sure what to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Shieler

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I have to bow out for a couple of days

JimJoe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:50 GMT

Sorry, I didn't think the antibiotics I am on for a dental problem would mess me up this much. But I am unable to concentrate all of the time and I think some of my adice the past 2 days isn't very good.

So, my apologies, catch you all next week.

Strange Icon on Taskbar - black box with 9

infoobebuster — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:11 GMT

I am not sure it has been always there or not but I noticed a strange looking black box with a number 9 on my taskbar (I have Windows Vista Home version).

I clicked on it but nothing happens. I went into the Taskbar property and it shows the blackbox with the number 9 in it but it has no info.

Has anyone seen that before?
How can I find out what kind of program this is?

Any suggestion?

I want to stop this program but I have no idea what this program is.
Thanks.

c:\windows\system32\appmgmts.dll missing

mblack — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:35 GMT

Hi there everyone i have just downloaded winpatrol and when looking in services i found a service that is listed appmgmts.dll but when i checked the info for this and i searched for the c:\windows\system32\appmgmts.dll missing it is totally missing, it is just not there at all
OS Vista SP2 32bit

Can I run Internet Explorer from live CD?

OldGrantonian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:05 GMT

I have a Vista laptop with an Ubuntu partition.

I've been gradually moving everything to Ubuntu. But I can't run Internet Explorer on Ubuntu.

I need to use IE for about 4 hours each month, to run a .NET web client that cannot run in Firefox.

I don't want to keep 22GB of Vista files just to run IE (Ubuntu uses 3GB). So, is it possible to run IE from a live CD?

I would be grateful for any advice, links, tutorials :)
.

file tracer?

Neverhavemoney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:15 GMT

Hey everyone,
At my school a document appeared on my student drive on the network. I have never seen this file before and it is bad enough to get me expelled. Does anyone know of any software to trace the origions of this file? For ex. It was off a thumb drive or it was transferred over the network. I really need help on this one guys.

Thanks so much,
Ben

Failed Recent Updates and Error Code 80070490

Octavio — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:59 GMT

Hello Octavio,

0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND
Corrupted System File; Need to perform an in-place upgrade or reinstall of
the OS.

How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted
system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

Tells you about SFC

A repair install is the usual solution of SFC /Scannow doesn't work.

You receive a "0x80070490" error code when you use Windows Update or
Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates

I hope this is enough to get you on the right road for nºw.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Ǝиçεl
-=-

"Octavio" wrote:

Quote:

> Since yesterday my computer and me have been trying to install two Vista
> updates:
>
> Security Updates for Windows Vista (KB967723)
>
> and
>
> Updates for windows Vista (KB972145)
>
> and I get the Error Found Code 80070490
>
> I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
>
> Please advise.
>
> .
>

what is ntoskrnl.exe?it caused a bsod!

martin10522 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:05 GMT

firstly i found it is my nivida (n2_dis.sys or something)then this time it says its the ntoskrnl.exe..what is it?how do i update it?i hope updating this would solve it as i got 3 bsod today again!!!

IE search spyware

combat goofwing — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:23:34 GMT

ive ended up with this on my pc running vista

every time i launch my home page the ie search page loads also

any ideas how to remove it i cant find it in programs etc or anything

thanks for any help

Lexmark x4650 will not scan

thesecret7 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:55 GMT

I have a Lexmark x4650 wireless printer .It prints and scans on Dell with xp but on a HP with Vista it prints but will not scan.Both laptops

Stocks Gadget on Windows 7

Michael Chare — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:08 GMT

I was disappointed that the Stocks gadget was not included on the final
release version of Windows 7. After a Google search I ended up copying the
gadget from the RC DVD. The gadget now installs but says 'Cannot connect to
service'. Other gadgets such as the Currency and Weather ones which must
connect somehow work.

How do I enable the connection, alternatively would a copy of the Stocks
gadget from Vista work?

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No sound

Marky000 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:06 GMT

Hey guys.

I am trying to troubleshoot a sound issue with a Vista Home Basic machine.

I can't really give you all the MOBO specs etc because I am not currently in front of the machine. I can however confirm that it is using a Realtek chipset and is configured using the Realtek Sound Manager software.

I am really just wanting to use basic sound (i.e. just speaker, not 5.1, 7.1 etc).

I am trying to make use of an old stereo system by using a 3.5mm aux jack to dual RCA (white and red) plugs.

I can get sound when I plug the aux jack into the front earphones port but I cannot get sound when I try and use the analogue audio out (lime green) port at the rear of the machine. Vista states that it is working correctly and has a tick next to the speakers but no sound is produced by the speakers.

The MOBO has the following available audio connectors:

Analogue = Mic in (Pink) Audio in (light blue) Audio out (lime green)

Centre Speaker (Orange) Rear Surround (Black) Mid Surround (Grey)

Digital = 1x SPDIF

You may ask at this point, why not just use the front headphones jack? Well, the problem is that it seems to be very sensitive in that Vista keeps reporting that the jack is cycling between a connected and disconnected state.

I also cannot use the SPDIF, as the old stereo only supports aux left and right RCA.

Also, when I try and get one of the rear ports to work, I have made sure that nothing is connected to the sound ports at the front as I know that this can cause problems.

When I plug in the 3.5mm jack into the green port, the Realtek sound manager kicks in and says that "a jack as been connected". I then confirm that I have infact connected the jack to the rear audio out port. I then follow the steps in the wizard but am not able to get sound.

I made sure that I used the most basic settings (i.e. speakers and not 5.1 etc).

I even tried the grey, black and orange ports (even though I know they are used for surround sound setups) and still no luck.

One interesting setting I did notice was that in Winamp, I had to select the "allow mono speaker" setting to have it play sound through the front headphones port.

However, when I was configuring the rear green port in the Realtex Sound Manager software, there was no mono option. There was only stereo, 5.1, 7.1 and some quad....... thing.

Any ideas guys on how to get the rear green port working?

I am wondering if it has something to with a connector on the MOBO. But as I said, Vista and Realtek manager seem to report that all is well.

My thanks in advance.

Software Creation Question

Staalaben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:33 GMT

I am writing a little application to run on WinXP, Vista and Windows 7. The application is to be used in a big company where only system administrators are allowed to install. The users have a restricted account.

Here is my problem:
When the software is installed I place a XML settings file in the CommonApplicationData folder. The settings file has information on SMTP settings and local printer information (supplied by the administrator under installation). When the users run the program they have read-preveliges on the settings file but they can not write to it = they can not change the default printer since this is saved in the settings file.

How do I go about this? I have tried saving the file to the LocalApplicationData but this will place the file in the administrator's LocalApplicationData and thus unaccessable to the user.

Any ideas?

Best Regards
Staalaben

need some help with memory

805b — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:27:20 GMT

Hello everyone, I have been pulling my hair out trying to resolve my issue, and I failed, so here i come looking for some help from those smarter than me.

I have windows Vista Home preimum 32 bit. Know i screwed up, I admiot it, by letting my security suite expire, causing a hacker to find a way into my system. and a good job he did.

now this is a brand new Toshiba laptop, it once had factory restore on a seperate partition but i had to delete it because the hacker compromised it's files.

So here is what I got now, once i found a hacker had compromised my system, i began formatting the hd, erasing it, and then reinstall the operating system. every time i got finished with the installation, it was just l;ike it was before, slow and corrupt. this is what led me to deleting the partition that had the system recovery installed on it.

now I am in Memory by running the MEM at the command prompt, it appears there is all kind of strange files installed here, might also be corrupt. my question is this, how do you uninstall these items from your Memory. I found loadhigh to put them up there but how do you get them out.

I also thought it might be the config.sys or the autoexec.bat but vista don't use these anymore. any help would be appreciated, getting ready to upgrade to windows 7 and need to get this memory issue resolved

thanks

Could BSOD damage your internet's wire?

martin10522 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:47:16 GMT

What topic says.
Today while i was surfing the net,suddenly BSOD and it was 0x00007 or something and after i went into windows again,i couldn't connect to internet,after 1 hour of trying,i gave up,and i changed my wire and it worked..
And i checked the minidump file it says its the http.sys,
So does BSOD damage your internet wire?or my wire was damaged and it caused the bsod?
Thanks.

Btw my BSOD problem is not solved yet =/,gotta take my computer to where i bought tomorrow.

question about cancelling vista installation

piki — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:43 GMT

hello:)

i have mobile pc with vista basic and lately my pc got into loops of restarts when i boot , so i booted from the vista cd and it asked me to choose language and choose partition and it didn't give me any recovery option and the installation started right after , so i cancelled it in the first 2 seconds and my question is:

did i lost my data on the c drive? (i cancelled it very fast)
now when i boot the pc, i am getting "bootmgr is missing press alt ctrl delete to restart".

Wireless is gone

Raconteur — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:26 GMT

So I have a Compaq Presario V6000 Notebook PC
I've posted a problem on this site before and I figured it out on my own. Now all of a sudden, what I used to do, doesn't work anymore.
Whenever my wireless stopped working I would shut my computer down. I'd do a primary hard drive test. It would fix my wireless almost guaranteed. I tried it earlier today and it didn't work.
Now I got this screen telling me I need the Vista CD to resolve a problem with one of the drivers.
I don't have the Vista CD. My laptop came with the program not the CD.
I checked with my manufacture website and I even downloaded an HP Support Assistant.
It says everything is up to date.
Help?