for the last two weeks for some reason and intermittently my computer will
not load windows without doing a start up repair.  I then get a message that
norton's auto protect has failed and am directed to their tech.  Obviously
there is a problem between norton and vista, if I ...

I've been running Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit) on my HP
for 1 year without the following issue.
I ran CHKDSK C: /f, after rebooting the computer.  Thsi command is executed
before I use Vista Backup.

Does anybody know how to make Vista recognize my 4GB of memory?
I have tried the following but it did not work.
BCDedit /set nx AlwaysOff
BCDedit /set pae ForceEnable

HELLO , THE BLUE SCREEN SHOW UP WHEN I SHUT DOWN MY LAPTOP OR RESTART IT
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PLZ I'LL BE THANKFUL FOR HELPING ME

I installed SP1 for Vista as suggested a while back and had no real problems
until about a week ago.  Since then twice windows has failed to launch having
to do a repair, sys restore.  Then I get a message from Norton saying that
auto protect is malfunctioning and directs me to a ...

I am so tired of the Windows Vista issues with email.  NOW, and probably
because I have an undeletable email in the Outbox, my mail is not sending.  I
am at a loss here so ANY help would be appreciated before I call to wine and
moan to Microsoft.

not a windows problem, but  i am out of ideas.  grandson came over and ran
his hand over the keyboard pressing several buttons at once.  now the blue
function key will not disable and i have to press it whenever i use a key
that has a blue function on it.  i have a dell if that ...

Hi, I;m getting unexpected shutdowns so often that i can barely do anything
on my pc. i've already had three this morning. this is what the problem info
reads on the first two;
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When using the search box in the upper right corner of an explorer window or
the search box in the start menu, I get incomplete search results.
One example:
there is a file on my system named [Philips_dvdr3360h_31_dfu_nld.pdf] ,

As I was looking for chkdsk log, I saw 3 ERROR entries. Can someone
tell me what that means and should I do anything about it. Screenshot
below : -
'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting'

I recently generated a system health report with my vista 64 bit system.
In this report it told me that there was a problem with my pcouffin
device. It said that it was disabled. It tells me go into device manager
and either update the drivers or uninstall the device, if I am no ...

To test this vista 'feature' I did a full PC backup from vista (sata drive)
to an IDE drive. Ok, the full pc backup finished and I can see the backup in
the IDE drive.
Now I erased (the only way to really test this feature) the drive where my

clears about 400MG of Memory. That is, the Physical Memory Usage shown
in Task Manager drops from roughly 1.19 GB to 775 MB over about 3
seconds time. How the heck and why is Vista doing this?::

Disk check at boot :
Is there a way to stop that darn thing from going off the screen after
it is done ? Maybe there is nothing to report, but I'd like to see what
is on that black/white screen at the end. You know, just one time ? Any

My husband did something to the sound card or the program that creates sound
on my computer. The computer thinks it no longer has a sound device. I wanted
to restore to the point before he did this but it was a few months ago. When
i try to do a system restore to that date it ...