I recently installed Vista Home Premium (academic Version) on my PC.  
Completly crashed it.   Ran good for a day, then it crashed.  The place where
i bought it does not do returns on opened software.  What can I do with it?
Guess i may have to eat the $100.00 I spent on it.  Any ...

OK this has got to be simple but I am having difficulties in finding the
right answer(s). My kid deleted the account Microsoft Communities from my
newsgroup account. Since I use Comcast he said I didn't need it - but I did
use it. How do I get it back?

I have been recently experiencing a problem with Hibernate on my Hp computer
(slimline s7520n). Until last week, hibernate worked fine.  However, after
installing the Vistas updates that were released last week, hibernate does
not seem to work.  When I hit hibernate the machine ...

Hi gents,
Before I installed my vista, I made a new partition on my
harddisk - only to be used for my music..
Stupid as I was, I didn´t make enough space to be used in

I heard from reliable sources that the CD-Key from the CPP Beta-Vista can be
used to install the retail version of Vista. Is this true, and if not
WHY!?!?!?!?!?!?

I just bought a PC, as an open item and it didn't came with the original
Recovery disks, they created them from Windows Vista, but as I was running
the disk it froze and I had to force it to reboot, so after that its not
running, it always runs as if the recovery disk was in it ...

Like most people I am concerned about security, OK we have windows defender a
firewall, but just realised that OneCare does not support 64 bit Vista. Am I
to assume that Microsoft have just forgotten about it, or are they intending
to rectify this. At present I'm using A-squared, ...

I am at the end of my rope.  Anytime I try to open a page requirng java to
run my explorer crashes.  I have tried reloading java which was painful to
say the least.  Pleasehelp, what should i try next?

My question 'might' be UK specific, but any comments welcome……..
I run a small local business in the UK offering various pc services and
would like to add an 'Upgrade from XP to Vista' option.
Because of the cost of the official retail upgrade versions, I'm not

In the Event Viewer, go to the Microsoft - Windows - WindowsUpdateClient
logs, and I am noticing that Vista is needing to connect back to Microsoft's
servers every 2 to 3 hours.  Why is this?
Why does Vista generate much more Internet traffic?

Known causes for upgrade failures to Vista RC1: 1 Uninstall all AV products,
do not disable, uninstall, 2 Uninstall any beta programs including IE7 and
Office 2007, 3 Uninstall CD/DVD player and authoring programs including
Nero, Power DVD, Win DVD and Sonic, 4 Uninstall other ...

Well actually I did, but I wouldn't have done without Bitlocker.  And its
broke really bad; I suppose that when something is as secure as Bitlocker,
when it breaks its gonna break properly otherwise its not really doing its
job is it.  And how properly has it broken it?  Well, my ...

After installing Vista on my Alienware(way of the recommended vista
suggestions) my desktop now runs like crap, i have updated the
video/sound/keyboard/mouse drivers. And it seems that non stop Vista is now
calling on my processor, I cant even play BF2142 it lags from the ...

I have this penchant for clearing out my hard drive and doing a fresh install
every few months or so, due to overall clutter or just some conflict in the
programs and drivers.  I wasn't sure how Vista validates itself, so what I
wonder is this.  If I install Vista and register it ...

i have a notebook with windows xp pro sp2 installed.
can i buy any version of vista (upgrade), including home basic and home
premium, or i can only upgrade to business or more?
thnx in advance