Since upgrading to vista, I am being told that my 'Hardware Accelaration has
been disabled'.  I have Direct X installed - how can I re-enable it?

I have downloaded the generic driver from HP and can print everything except
items from web pages.
I have to copy into Word and print from there (which works fine but is a
pain).

I have both of the aforementioned printers.  According to HPs website, the
385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows.  However, during the
device installation, I get the following error:
Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while

Windows XP would ask if I wanted to have it install automatically and would
let me select "Have disk..." during installation, but Vista just installs
automatically.  Is there option somewhere I can set so that I can make Vista
ask me if I want to use a specific driver before it ...

I've just got my new computer 2 weeks ago which runs on vista home premium.
it was all looking good until recently when the icons started to change. for
example, in the start menu, when i clicked the firefox browser icon, msn
messenger pops up instead. the description for the ...

Hi, I have a VAIO laptop which has 2 sound devices shown:
1.  Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel HD Audio CODEC)
2.  Digital Output Device S/PDIF (SigmaTel HD Audio CODEC)
This is pretty simple - when the laptop is undocked I want it to use its

This might seem like a really odd problem but has anyone had issues with
windows shutting down when you plugin something to the USB ports?. I'm open
to all suggestions.

I have a philips external HD conect to my PC (FireWire)... when I change
disk- folder- settings after a will the directory table seems corrupt. I
thinks it has someting to do with Vista, under XP everything works normal and
there is no problem at all. (Sorry for my bad English, ...

Awesome os but damn i tried to upgrde some hardware *graphics card,
motherboard, processor* and after 3 days and 8 or more hours on the phone
with tech support staff i am switching to linux. It is a joke. When i bought
Vista i didnt know i was agreeing not to upgrade my hardware. ...

I have tried to play a music cd, but there is no sound from neither my
internal speakers nor my external stereo speakers.  Have checked drivers but
all are properly installed and I get a message that my device is working
properly.  When I try to play a music cd, I get a message ...

I have a HP DeskJet 880C printer. When I upgraded Windows XP to Windows
VISTA the printer was automatically installed.
Unfortunately I deleted the printer by error. Now VISTA can't find the
driver for the printer, when I connect it via USB.

I am using a HP Pavillion dv6000 with Windows Vista home premium.
I am trying to install the driver Mobile Intel 945gm Express Chipset Family Driver.
After three times I am at a loss as to what to do next.  I keep getting the message that it didn't install and I wonder if anyone ...

when i upgraded to vista home premium from xp, i also installed my kensington
wireless keyboard and mouse, after the install it asked me to reboot, i did
and ever since I have no keyboard or mouse function. The only thing it does
is start up. Cant do anything else. Can anyone ...

Can anyone provide a list of or indicate which wireless g adapters and/or
manufactures which work with the Vista 64 bit OS?

I recently bought Vista for my home desktop computer when i bought a new
computer. I bought a dial up PCI modem separately and attempted to install it
myself as i have successfully done so with XP and other operation systems.
After installing the hardware and booting up the ...