when I turn my laptop on (wake) from hibernation I now have to click on my
icon/account because it says it is locked.  After clicking on the
icon/account it goes to the desktop.  The "does not need password" has been
checked under the password option so that is not the issue.  I ...

Hello. I don't know a lot about computers, so please forgive me.
A family member just got a laptop with the Windows Vista Home Premium
operating system. I want to put a password on it so that only family members
can use it. That is, if she accidently leaves it somewhere, I don't ...

I recently deleted (by ACCIDENT) my administrator account, to which the
computer then setup ASP.NET Machine Account as the administrator
account, password protected! Since I did not set up this ASP.NET
account, I DO NOT know the password! I need help in finding the default

Hi. This is rather frustrating actually. When i went on vacation I had no
password for my administrator account, but when I came back someone had put a
password on the account.
So now I can't get into my admin account on Windows Vista because I do not

I am able to create a VPN connection from home to my network at work.
However, I am not able to create a Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to my
computer at work even though I am on the VPN. My home computer is part of my
home domain. If I try to create the RDC from home with ...

I was given a laptop with vista os. When I boot it up it comes up with the
old users name and he does not know what the password is. Is there any way to
bypass that or reset the password.

For computers to be truly versatile, one should be able to customise any part
of the user/computer interface.
For instance if one doesn't like a particular drop-down menu that appears on
right-clicking, it ought to be made possible for the user to customise it by

I changed the administrator account to a standard user by accident, so now I
ended up without an administrator account. How can I set up an administrator
account again?

Is there a way to allow a trusted program through the user account control
without asking for permission every time? I log into my laptop as an
administrator and there is one program that needs consent through the user
account control in order to run.

When I try to execute ANY ( yes, any ) executable ( *.exe/*.msi etc) file, I
receive the error msg "is not a valid Win32 application". I am now at the
point I can not add or update ANY software whatsoever due to this error
coming up for any executable.

I have VISTA...which I hate. I am the only account on the computer and have
admin rights but when I was trying to uninstall some games i was done with
it's telling me I don't have the privileges to do it...WTF! hope some one can
help.

I'm running Vista Buisness on a company domain and are having some
problems with my account.
Now other people who log in on my computer don't have this problem and
therefor i'm assuming that it has something to do with my account.

Can not install windows search on vista business
1. sp1 patched.
2. error msg:Yes, i have the Vista SP1 in stalled.
The error msg is "The update does not apply to your system"

I lost the cd that had my product key on it. I have a gateway computer that
already had windows vista installed. Is there anyway that I can get my
product key or another one?

I have been using Vista Ultimate for about 7 months now and registered within
a couple of weeks of using it, however I have been getting pop up messages to
say that my vista license will expire in 7,6,5,4,3 etc etc days and now it
says Your vista license will expire in 0 days and ...