i dont have a shut down button in the start menu, the only option i have is
to log off, or lock my computer, however in the other user accounts on my
computer i do have a shut down button next to the lock button, can anyone
help please it drives me nuts having to log off before i ...

ACK! Vista has been corrupted.  With previous versions of Windows it was an
easy fix to just reinstall right on top of current installation - I called it
an overlay.  Any missing/corrupted .dll things were put right and I got to
keep my data.  Anyone know whether this will work ...

I have tried just about everything I could find online.
Simply cannot past the "no drives were found click load driver to provide a
mass storage driver" and "this computer's hardware may not support booting to
this disk" and so on.

I've tried numerous times to Install Vista Sp1, but without success.  The
install appers to go well, reaching 100% at stage 3, but then the screen
reports the SP did not successfully install, and proceeds to roll back.  On
Checking the message in Windows Update, the install ...

I posted a message on 4\27 about synch center. It still has no answer. When
can i expect an answer? MS wants you to use this forum, but how do we gt an
answer?

I need to create a system startup disk to upgrade my system bios. How do I do
this?

I have had many computers and replaced HD's over the years.  I just keep
copying the old to the new.  My hierarchical chart is a mess!  I want to
clean it up with my latest laptop.  Currently, I keep track of my different
businesses by using seperate files in "my documents". In ...

    Is there anyway to make Windows Deployment Services prompt you for a
machine name when adding it to the domain?  I have an unattend file that will
install Vista silently on the network but it gives a random name.  I want to
be able to type in the computer name.  Is that ...

I have my old XP load on my C drive and Vista on the D drive. I'm
ready to wipe out XP (I know lots of folks would go the other way) so
I can create a mirror copy of Vista for fault tolerance.  Before I
enable RAID in the firmware, I'm thinking I need to format the C

I've tried everything to get SP-1 to load on both my PCs with no luck.  This
question is for MS engineers:  If I were to purchase two new retail editions
of Vista Home Premium (32 bit) with SP-1 embedded in the O/S, would they load
properly?

I connected a USB HDD to my PC where Vista is installed in its internal
SATA HDD, formatted a partition in the USB HDD, and attempted to install
WXP by booting from CDROM and pointing to the partition, but at the
first reboot, "ntldr is missing" was reported. Windows Vista became ...

I am running Vista 64-bit with dual boot XP Prof on one machine.  Both are
fully licensed retail versions and activated.  Do I need yet another XP
licence to run XP within VPC under Vista?  It is asking me to activate it,
but perhaps it will go through on the nod as the hardware ...

Can Someone PLEASE help me?  Problem: Trying to install a printer (Lexmark X1185)......was advised that I must uninstall and download new software for Vista.  No problem....I've been uninstalling for OVER A HOUR!!!!!  Everytime I attempt to access support through the website ...

upgraded my xp os to vista home premium. uninstalled windows defender by
mistake. cannot reinstall defender from download page because my computer is
telling me that the defender software came with the vista upgrade. any help?

Last year I bought the 64bit Upgrade version of Vista Ultimate.
Unfortunately, my mission critical software was incompatible with Vista and I
had to downgrade back to XP.  I anticipate that the vendor will release a
version compatible with 64bit Vista in the next year.  But by ...