Call me an idiot but after a less than wonderful upgrade attempt with
Vista I decided to give this Ubuntu Linux a try.
Well it's 3 days later and I still can't make it work.
I can't even get back to my Windows XP partition because the system

Vista Premium - Where is a tool to add or delete programs from the startup
menu? I have a few I do not want running everytime; and a couple that I want
to add to the startup routine?

I just used windows vista update to install ( I think ) dreamscene
preview.  The system said it installed correctly and said I had to
reboot. So I did and I cant find it. even booted a 2nd time.  Nothing
in "installed programs". What is dreamscene preview and how do I run

We just bought a new computer that came with Vista pre-installed.  We
are now trying to migrate our old XP-based applications, data, etc. to
the new OS.   We are having trouble with one in particular.  It is a
little Microsoft Access application that uses a compiled MDE frontend

How do you make IE7 64 Your Default in Vista Ultimate 64. I want it as my
default so when I click a link in Winmail it calls the 64 IE7 not the 32
IE7. Is there a way to do this in Vista? I want the 64 IE7 as my system wide
default.

Why don't you come over to comp.os.linux.advocacy where the real OS
is???  Or visit my site Schitsmepantz.com

Hi, I'm running Vista home premium upgrade, and I can see the Windows
Experience index on my Control Panel\system window (3.6) but when I click on
the Windows Experience link I go to the Control Panel\Performance
Information and Tools page, but the Windows Experience Index ...

Help.
I cleaned up some shortcuts and folders in Start Menu/All Programs.  I
saw something called Programs that I didn't see before (and it was
empty), so I deleted that, too.  I then emptied the Recycle Bin.

When I go into Outlook 2007 or try to send a email from Internet Explorer I
get this popup message.
Microsoft Office Outlook
Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot

I thought I'd pass this along.
The download link is on the page.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunesrepairtoolforvista10.html
More information from said page.:

either I'm missing something or the backup utiltity in windows vista is the biggest pile of junk I've ever seen. How could MS
include such toytown rubbish in their latest OS?
I can't find how to select specific files and folders to backup. I've been through the utility several ...

I just bought an Acer Aspire 9410 laptop with a dual-core processor and 2 GB
memory and Windows Vista installed.
I attach my Canon 30D as usual and PSE5 shows the camera but states "No
Valid Files" under the box.

All the people who incorrectly thought vista was faster...
as they install programs, codecs and bog down their machines now..
they will see that it is really in fact slower than XP with the same amount
of apps installed.

I found this tip buried in a thread here, so I thought I'd share it.
I have an old, but very good, HP Scanner (a ScanJet 4c).  It's a SCSI
scanner that I used with my old laptop under XP Pro (with a Microtech USB to
SCSI adapter).  Though the SCSI adapter installed under Vista and ...

For the Longhorn fans.
According to a TechNet message, Longhorn's release name will be Windows
Server 2007. Beta 3 is reported to be available soon.