I am getting a STRONG impression that the only way to use a 'standard' gps
device with MapPoint or any of its derivitives (street and xxx) is to use a
Microsoft 'standard' GPS device.  Everytime I try to connect to my GPS
receiver using the Mappoint 'scan' feature, the port is no ...

At the moment ive got 1.5gb installed in my system (x3 512mb 3200 DDR)
running with Vista Ultimate, and ive just ordered a 1GB kingston USB memory
stick that is combatable with Vista Readyboost.
Now my question is this, how much differance will this extra 1gb via

Um, I turned on my computer and the desktop/displays were rotated 90 degrees.
Which means the left side of the monitor  now the bottom.
I hope that makes sense.. if it doesn't, imagine needing turning your
monitor on its side in order to read and click everything properly.

I have some Altec Lansing Speakers with a subwoofer, & I cannot get them to
work with Windows Vista.  I went to their website to download drivers, but
none were available.  I never needed software before, they were just plug &
play.  The speakers that came with my new computer ...

okie dokey...
I'm not sure what happened, but if there is anyone out there with a
solution, i'll forever be in your debt.
I'll explain...

are you to a victum of vista??? felt ripped off??dissapointed with the new
OS? cos its let you down?..............................................well
i would like to hear your story?

In XP is was easy to turn of the wireless.  You simply right-clicked on the
wireless radio signal meter in the task bar and choose to disable the radio.  
It appears to me that in Vista you cannot do this w/o going through about
three windows.  Am I missing something or is there ...

Right i have a little situation and would be very greatful for some
pointers.
I purchased a HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and it works a dream. It came
stocked with XP MCE and i decided to use a beta release of Vista to give it

Windows cannot access either of my dvd rom drives, the following message is
displayed in device manager.
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be
corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

I have a dilema that my onboard LAN does not allow me to connect to my Media
Center Extenders (see post by GazzaS in general vista questions). Therefore
I'm in search of a new network adapter.
The problems I have are that:

My router is in my brother's room, and I'm using  "Linksys Wireless-G
Notebook Adapter with Speedbooster", Model WPC54GS V21.  for my PC's
internet connection. However, after I install my vista 64bit, the Setup
program does not work, it can not be installed. I went to Linksys

my intel usb webcam on windows vista home premium does not appear in the my
computer folder.  it did on my old xp computer.  does anybody know how to fix
this?

does vista have a fix that will allow devices that are working on xp and
older systems to be compatable?
I just bought a new laptop with Vista installed, I also bouht a new webcam.  
The cam works with XP on my old machine, but gets no video on the Vista

i have a gigabyte board, trying to run vista, was all ok till i decided to
install a few new deviced eg dvd rom, ide hard drives, now asking for drivers
for them, wont recognise any usb device goes looking for drivers? even for a
simple usb memory stick or a video camera via ...

had repeated BSODs --got lots of dmp files -- Is there a place I can send
them to to find out the cause?