I need to get a new laptop, but have never liked some of Windows XP's
"features" - mainly
that it often thinks it knows what I want better than I do! I'd like to find
out about some

I installed Vista on my Macbook Pro.  My Matshita DVD worked for a week and
then stopped working.  I tryed rolling back the driver, uninstalling the
drivers everything.  And nothing.  Still not recognized.  Is there a driver
out there for Vista Home Premium that will cure this ...

HI there.I have Vista Ultimate and recently i did the windows update and
found that there was an update for the driver there.But I have a 5.1 sound
system and only works in 2.1.Also the soundmax software isn't compatible with
vista.So i installed in compatability Xp SP2 mode.Now ...

My "Sonic Solutions DLA" is malfunctioning again, as Windows Vista tried to
reinstall an update right under my nose, an update which, when I previously
uninstalled it, allowed "Sonic Solutions DLA" to work correctly.  Since the
time I initially uninstalled the update, I have ...

To get more out of vista ultimate i am upgrading my mobo and cpu.Will i have
to re-install vista and what happens to the current mobo and cpu settings on
my hard drive ?

I have just installed Vista and my Epson Perfection 1660 scanner won't work.
Epson tells me it is "not supported" and drivers are not available for this
set up.  They suggested I try to get them from their Canadian site (I am in
the US).  I also tried the UK site, at someone else's ...

After a clean install of Vista Ultimate I downloaded the new Windows Mobile
Device Center, but it will not allow me to sync with my HP Ipaq which is
running
Windows Mobile 5.0.  I can view my PDA files but not sync up.  I even

For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is
saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to
use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

I am trying to sync up my Cingular 8525 with my PC (running Vista). The
moment I plug the USB cable into the phone the PC asks for the password, I
type it in and WMDC tries to connect and then says: Error!
I deinstalled WMDC and reinstalled it but have no luck. Can anyone help? I

I have am thinking of buying a new Gateway desktop system.  I also
picked up an ATI HDTV Wonder card.
The Microsoft Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List website claims
it is compatible and the "x86 Driver available as part of Windows Vista".

I had a HP 1215 photosmart printer that would be autodetected, but wouldn't
install because HP doesn't have a driver for it that will work for Vista. I
got tired of being alerted to this and chose the option to turn off
auto-detect for that device in one of the alert boxes, so I ...

I have a USB external hard drive. Under XP and previous OS it showed up as a
SCSI device. It is a buslink L13. I have both USB 1.1 and 2.0 ports
installed. I get error message Windows encountered a problem while installing
device drivers for your USB-ATAPI4 Bridge Controller. I ...

Everytime I download any music files into Windows Media Player, they show
twice when I display the library.  How do I get rid of the duplicate entries
and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?   I am running Vista
Ultimate.

Hi there, I'm running Vista Premium on a machine with 2 x Maxtor
Diamondmax drives (IDE) and 2 x Seagate Barracuda drives (SATA). One
of the IDE MAxtors recently failed so I sent back for a replacement.
The replacement drive, a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300R0, is recognised

Snap to - mouse feature selected in Control Panel/Mouse works everywhere but
Windows Mail_any ideas how to enable it? Forgot to implement it?
Re: Logitech USB Wheel mouse (optical) w/MS native driver which "Vista" sez
is OK