This has not been a week that's made me much enamored of Vista.
In order to troubleshoot my parents' Vista PC after their wireless
mouse/keyboard suddenly stopped working after 4/9's automatic updates, I had
to a do a system restore from Safe Mode.  Their corded USB keyboard we ...

I am new to Vista, have the x64 version Home Premium, and I was watching a
web video on Vista that show the Vista Search feature. my question is this,
the video showed and spoke of the search as being ON the start menu along
with My Computer et al, this is noit the case for me! ...

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i just installed vista onto my laptop and im having difficulty getting the
sound to work. when i hover over the icon on the toolbar it says no audio
output device is installed. can anyone help ????

Everytime I start up Vista I get 2 alerts with the following message
error loading efcCrSIM.dll
The specified module could not be found
and

Can anyone suggest a good Registry Cleaner for Vista 64b?  I just recently
purchased my laptop with the 64b OS installed and it seems like it is
already getting a little sluggish.
Thank you for your time.

When I booted up today, CHKDSK began running, but it freezes every time
it gets to 6%.  I have shut down and unplugged and restarted several
times, but it always freezes there.  I can't do anything once that
happens, except turn it off.

I do not want Aero on my computer.
Have followed instructions to disable, but the aero still "crops up."
Cannot find anything in knowledge base or anywhere to get rid of the entire
program display.

I have a problem with Vista, Windows Explorer regularly keeps crashing.
Each time it says it will look for a 'fix' online, then doesn't even advise
me that one isn't available. Windows Explorer crashes every 15 minutes, i
doubt whether Microsoft will release a fix that quickly, ...

When trying to download updates, it usually stops and shows a message
concerning that PROPLUS MSI is missing.  Can anyone explain this to me and
advise how I can correct this please? Simple language for a simple person
please?

I have just wasted 20 hours between 2 days trying to get my system
restored.Once I had reinstalled vista and "ALL" of my programs and settings
(4 hours total) and backed up to my external 120 GB USN Drive I then ran a
test restore.

Hi, windows vista seems to hang a long time when i shut it down i'm using
windows ultimate. I've also noticed alot of errors in the events logs, is
there anything i can do to eliminate the hanging at all ?
I only formatted it a week ago and already its rather slow, its a pretty

I have installed some programs that i always use.
This is a new pc.
IE seems to have a problem very often.Usually when i enter a url at the top
and want to navigate there,IE page turns white,and will not close even using

I have had some irritating system lockups with my computer lately and I am
looking for ways to analyze the problem to see if I can pinpoint the
offending application or driver.  I have several mini dumps on the computer
but unfortunately I don't have the tool to even open them.  ...

I am repeatedly booting into an unusable system - disk & CPU all used up, and when I can start Task Manager, System and svchost are taking it all.  Cannot find which service, though.  Network also does not connect.
Not using ReadyBoost (on an SD card) improves chances of a ...