When I turn on my HP notebook (160GB HD, 2GB RAM, NIS 2007 and IE7, it takes
a short time to open the Vista desktop screen, but then the HDD (blue) light
stays on anywhere from 3-5 minutes, and then it turns off (and blinks
occassionally every-so-often).

Our home network runs with three PCs, all with XP Pro. The home server has a common HP LaserJet 1022
printer. I have no problem to print from other PCs, except the new Laptop, which runs on Windows
Vista Home Premium.  I was able to setup the network, to transfer files from the ...

I have windows xp professional in my system. When the inicial setup finishes
it prompts to restart the system. after the system restarts it goes up to the
the black loading screen with the white loading bar on the bottom but after
it finishes loading the system crashes.

I'm currently building a new computer and I have't decided what os to use but
any ways here are the specs
Amd athlon 64x2 6000  (3.0) gihrtz
Msi k9 platinum mother board (socket am2)

2 week old Sony VGN-FZ140E was running Vista Home Premium.
Upgraded to Vista Business and no longer have a Sleep or Hibernate option
off the Start menu (greyed out) and it doesn't seem to see/find my wifi
(slide the on switch in front and no light..look under device manager and it ...

I have done the initial setup of vista 64 bit atleast I think it is I
didn't see the option to choose it as others on this forum have
mentioned...anyways It has done the the first restart then it said
something about loading vista for the first time then after a while the

Currently my Vista dual boot install uses the WXP ATI Radeon 1950 driver.
However, some programs require an updated "OpenGL" driver to run properly
under Vista.
Can I install the latest ATI Radeon 1950 Vista driver on the Vista part of

I had installed vista ultimate on a 120GB HD and I had another one with 400GB
as a music storage now I brought a new 400gb disk and I want to replace my
old 120gb with the new 400GB; the question is: Can I do this? Will I have any
problem with the disk volume and the key? or I ...

I would like to have Windows Vista automatically install security updates.  I
would like for security updates to be installed as soon as possible or a
virus might ruin my computer.
Whenever I set Windows Update to automatically install the updates, it

I am in the process of donating a computer that has Vista on it and would
like to wipe it clean before donating it.  What is the best way of going
about doing this before reinstalling Vista?  I see many programs on the
internet to wipe hard drives clean, but is there a way I can ...

Is it possible to upgrade your version of vista to a better version and then
if you wanted to, downgrade back to the original version?

When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive.  What do I do?

Is the Microsoft Vista Ultimate family license program  (I believe that they
were $50 each) for up to 2 licenses still available for purchasers of Vista
Ultimate or if not, is there any plans to bring back this program?   I can't
find a location to order it from Microsoft's web ...

   I had windows XPPro set on a partition on my hard drive.Installed Vista Basic on a second partition on the same drive. Problem I have is I am running out of space on the vista partition. So I formatted the partition XPPro was installed on thinking I could add space to vista ...

Is it possible to install startup repair?