I am trying to get back the original sidebar that came with the computer.  As
instructed I have gone to properties but I cannot click on the "Return the
Gadgets installed with Windows" because it is not highlighted.  How can I get
back my original sidebar

MSFT has a recent MSKB on a very old problem that was present in Win 2K and
XP as well.  It is hard to believe they persist in such a primitive
workaround, but they do.  This involves a well known problem with Windows
File Protection's System File Checker or SFC demanding the DVD ...

My PC is used by adults and children.  I have Windows Vista Ultimate
installed and am not able to determine how to prevent the 'non pc literate
adults and children from having access to Windows System Applications like
Control Panel and Computer for example

I have 3072 MB of ram installed and this is confirmed by another program I
have running on Vista.  When booting up or looking at the properties in My
Computer Vista says I have 2943 MB installed.  What is the problem?

I have Vista 64 bit. I am very happy at how
well it works. But I am not sure if I can use
Windows Live One Care. I read on the M$
One Care site that it is not for the newer 64 bit

 Windows Upgrade Advisor indicates that Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder Decoder
will not work with Vista Premium.
 However, I have read elsewhere that there is no problem with current XP
driver. Can anyone tell me for sure whether it will or will not work and if

I have two computers both with WIN XP. I purcahsed two Vista's OS. The Vista
Home Premium was for a clean install on one computer (desktop); the other
Vista is a Home Basic upgrade intended for the laptop. I now prefer to do a
clean install on both computers. Can I clean install ...

I am tryin to use PP2 but it wont load it worked in XP but not in vista is
ter sumtin i can do to get this to work???
thanks wes

Hi,  I just bought a new Sony laptop running Vista Business in Hong Kong.
However, when I click on upgrade vista link (which takes me to anytime
upgrade), and selected microsoft, it responded with anytime upgrade is not
available in my region.  Isn't anytime upgrade available ...

If I hide the sidebar, I can drag icons to the right of the screen. When I
show the sidebar, it covers them up and they are inaccessable.

Is it possible to have sleep disable based on whether a specific program is
running in the background?

If I am logged in as an administrator, why would my programs not run under
that credential? I've already been authenticated. If an administrator
account user launches a program, then that means that an administrator
account user wants to run the program. Why the prompts?  If I ...

February 16, 2007
Microsoft Plays Down a Sales Lift From Vista
By JOHN MARKOFF
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/business/16soft.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewant
ed=print

I'm currently running Vista Home Basic on a Dell D620 laptop, with the Vista
Basic visual theme. So far I've been quite impressed with Vista's power
management features and am quite happy.
I'm on the verge of doing an Anytime Upgrade to Home Premium, primarily for

I am using Windows Vista to connection to the following clients:  Windows XP
Pro SP2 and windows 2003 SP1
I usally get the following:
"remote desktop cannot verify the identity of the computer you want to