When I log onto a network share (NAS) that has password protected
sub-folders I must enter a username and password and then click OK.
For some reason I have to always click the OK button twice. The first time
entry is refused.

Hey people,
I have Widows Vista Premium and I was reading something and it was talking
about windows aero. What exactly is that??
Thanks a lot

Hi folks newbie at this so be gentle.
I ran a disk cleanup prior to going a backup. The cleanup took some time the
when it have finished I started getting errors. When I looked all programs
had gone missing Documents folder was all but empty. Tried a restore but

Hiya,
Sorry I posted this in the wrong forum before,
Read the post below re slow vista, we have also got a Dell E520, the
suggestion was to up the Ram to 1gb or 2gb.... mine has 1018Ram, core 2

There are programs on my drive which I cannot update, repair, delete, etc
because I do not have 'administrator or power user authority'.  I have turned
off uac, I do have administrator authority as the only profile on the
computer.  If no one can come up with a fix, then what is ...

I've been unable to get rid of that list in each folder in Windows Vista
with stuff like Pictures, Music, etc.  I see how the "Explorer"-like list
can be displayed or hidden, but the list above it with Music etc. always
remains.  Does MS give the user no choice about this?

Hi ... this is my first post here.
We have a large number of PCs working well with 256K RAM
and Windows XP Pro SP2.
If we upgrade to Vista, realistically, what kind of performance can we expect?

I have XP and Vista running on a Dell XPS 700 in a dual boot configuration.  
I cannot get Vista to power off.  The display shuts down and I can hear the
hard drive stop after about 30 seconds but the power to the computer remains
on.  I don't hve this problem with XP.  Overall, ...

Using Explorer on Windows Vista Business, I've noticed that the folder
view settings keep randomly changing.
For example, one folder yesterday was set to "Details" view. Today, I
opened the folder and it is in "Tiles" view. The main "Computer" view

I am a university student from Ohio studying abroad in Germany. I was
depending on my laptop to be my means of communication with my family
and friends back in the States via Skype and AIM. I purchased a new
headset microphone which arrived the day before I left. However, it

The Windows Time service fails to start on Windows Vista.  When attempting
to start manually via services.msc the following error appears:
---------------------------
Windows could not start the Windows Time service on Local Computer.

I been getting BSOD's and it is only visible for about a 1/2 second. I am hoping that this file will show me what they
are but it won't let me see it says access denied when I try to open it with Notepad.
Is there a way to view this file or see the BSOD Files?
Have a good day,

I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections come up as
"local only". I found this article
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us but on my system, I have 6
entries in that key -they show only the GUID - no clue as to which entry is

As above, don't those MS marketing morons feel like right idiots, are
they liars? I couldn't find *any* "wow" factor in vista, I even had
the opportunity after buying a laptop in Dec to buy it for £11 via
Dell, but I just couldn't figure it was worth even *that*, so I

Folder views dont stick and keep changing random types of view, anyone else
experiencing this or know how tae fix. Its a bit like the good old days of
XP.
Reset Views in Folder Options works, but only for a short time