Is there a version of windiff.exe for Vista ?
I want to compare the filenames within 2 USB hard drives.

Hi, I want to create a shortcut for Vista Speech Recognition so i dont have
to access it through control panel on my All Programs list in my start menu.
I think I found the application in C:/Windows/Speech/Common/sapisvr.exe but
when I create a shortcut to it, and double click it ...

Just like XP (SP2), it seems that the Vista does not search for keywords in
"non registered" files.
I have the same problem as "auser" for searching within non-indexed files
(ie. put string "SEARCH"  in file called file.dpe and the search system will

I upgraded an existing XP MCE install to Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Vista
installed to a partition on another hard drive - a 74G Raptor. System is now
dual-boot between Vista and XP. Both drives are SATA.
I am happy with Vista, and want to remove XP from Disk 0 which (under Vista)

I recently installed Office 2007 on my machine with Windows Vista Premium.  
Upon installation Office did not automatically set the default program for
opening .xls file to Excel like it used to.  Now Windows will not let me set
Excel as the default for opening .xls files.  It ...

All of my business files and books are made in MSWorks 4.5 for Windows 95.  
The newer versions of Works will not open up these files, so I've been
continuing to use MSWorks 4.5 on my XP computer.  I've installed in on my new
Vista computer, but I can't make it run.  If I try to ...

I was wondering why vista doesnt show newly created folders on the explorer.
I made new folders after saving pictures from internet explorer, but when i
went to open said folder on the explorer the folders were nowhere to be seen.
Also i tried setting them to show me modified ...

Is there any way to go back or recovery the files on my hard drive?

I see that recorded TV files should be located somewhere in Documents and
Settings\All Users, but Vista will mot allow me to see Documents and
Settings.  It throws an "Access denied" error.  Does anyone know how I fix
this???

I am using Vista preloaded on a Dell XP 410.  For the most part the system is
working well.  However, indexing isn't working.  Whenever I open Indexing
Options from the control panel, it shows that 0 items have been indexed and
that "Index is performing maintenance."  In this ...

'tags' field embedded in metadata
When I first got vista I could not wait to tag my files, it's the best
feature of the OS in my opinion. However it was important that the data
entered stayed latched in the file, as it mostly does, but I had a horrible

Is it possible for a user (the administrator) to delete or overwrite files
in
the \windows and \windows\system32 directories?  I want to copy winhlp32.exe
from XP over the stub that Microsoft thoughtfully provided so that we cannot

With XP I liked to open more than one media player at a time. In Vista I
can't find a way.
I like to listen to our local NPR radio station online while working with
other media or video files at the same time.

My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had
Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a
CD. When I installed the files and folders in Vista, they show up as Wordpad
documents in Microsoft Works Word Processor. I want to ...

I though I was getting to grips with Vistas file organisation but this one
has thrown me:-
I work for a software development company so continually install and
uninstall software as part of our testing process. I installed a new copy of