vista

gents / ladies need some help please on one of my home computers, i have vista 32bit running. Since yesterday, everytime i go to my documents, and try and open a folder, a message comes up, that windows explorer (not internet explorer) is not responding, and it needs to be restarted...

Just upgraded the computer... Set everything up and I can see other computers and printers... they cannot see me however... HELP! I hate networking... I have this problem everytime we get a new computer in the office! I have set it as a "workplace" network.

Help, Strange problem with daughters laptop On her user sites cannot open anything it states file association missing. But on my logon all ok. Cannot find the file association in control panel. I have done a system restore still the same. Thanks

Hi, I have just downgraded my GFs HP Pavilion a6421.uk desktop from Vista back to XP. Now its all installed I am unable to get it online due to the Ethernet port not being recognised. I have searched across the net, on HPs site (that does not even recognise the model!?!) to no avail...

Both my kids have Vista laptops. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool XP bloke, and hate having to touch their computers because Vista is so bloody difficult to handle. For example: I thought I had finally thwarted the very annoying "Are you absolutely, positively, 100% sure you really, really, really want...

Is anyone else having problems with Firewire appliances on a Vista system? Using f/w CF card reader; system keeps stalling & intermittent shutting down. MS have released a hotfix, but I can not get this working- 'error code 40'?? Any help much appreciated, thanks

My new(ish) laptop runs unfortunately Windows Vista (boggo). I ahve an old version of Quicken (v4) which is great because its simple. It ran fine on XP, but it won't run on Vista even when forcing XP mode. I can't find a newer simple accounts package - even though I am prepared to spend money...

Hi to all I am planning to buy new laptop.But confused little which system to buy.So please share your experience so i can get some ideas.which one is better..?

My Dell laptop managed to pick up a TROJAN today, PANIC PANIC, but Windows Restore sorted it,Does just what it says ,restores the system by going back in time, like the Tardis ! :bannana:

I have a laptop with Vista ultimate on it. Each time I try to run System Restore it goes through all the motions, restarts and then tells me it has been unsuccessful but without any detail. Does anybody know anything that might help me to locate a fault?

Just downloaded this....now wondering what it entails? Anyone else downloaded it? What's in it?

complete tat it's rubbish, useless, slow, keeps crashing, annoying I much prefer XP, at least that was more stable, and less annoying. is MAC OS better? used PCs for over 2 decades so can't be bothered with a 'whole new way of life' help! free me from the Microsoft death embrace.

I have a most curious problem... I got into work today, turned on my laptop and started going through my emails... (in Vista) Suddenly, the laptop froze (which never happens)... so I held the power button for 10 seconds, restarted and now it wont boot. I get apples grey screen, followed by the...

Anyone running it yet ? What's the feedback ? Download here if you haven't already....

Running Vista. In Documents I have various folders. One folder 'Business' contains various documents and spreadsheets. The folder views are, however, those relating to media. So I can 'rate' my documents and I can try and 'slideshow' them but I can't get a view showing details. I've tried...

Hello! As anyone put the EPC to work on a computer with vista?

For the umpteenth time I have had to reload Vista I have all my files backed up on a remote hard drive. I can't get my PC to see the drive when it is going through the restore files routine. It has already backed up to the drive since the re-install, but it just keeps saying the location...

Howdy... quick question, I need to transfer some files from my old MacBook Pro to my new one, but Vista's User Access Controls won't let me get into my own files when I mount the old laptop in target mode... Any advice on how I can transfer the files? I've tried elevating myself to admin and...

Im currently in sunny Spain and using my sisters 6month old laptop. The laptop has been set into Spainish when the laptop was new but we wish to convert it into English. My Sister speaks excellent Spainish, but cannot understand PC jargon that is in Spainish so it is very difficult to do...

Basically bought one decent printer for the office... it runs off my XP pc primarily.. managed to get my dads pc (XP) to print through it over our broadband router network but cannot get another pc to work the same... This one has Vista. Any ideas? It just does not see anything on the network.