OK, I have a situation on my hands here:
This old A8N-E motherboard burnt out.  So, I had to get another one.  I had
this brand spanking new copy of Vista OEM, never installed, never activated
which I was saving for the final upgrade on this machine (I'm aware of the

Most software out there does not have Vista as being compatible.....Is the
software compatible anyway?

the media center channel  lineup is not matching my cable service provider.
our cable service provider has changed their channels (i.e. channel 55 used
to be WNBC, but RCN (our provider) has moved WNBC to channel 20).  This is
just one example.  Lots of the channels have been ...

Hi I booted my laptop last night, installed a couple of updates from
Microsoft and upgraded Ashampoo's dvd burning suite, then I went to
convert a MOV file to MPG then explorer.exe started to crash in an
endless loop (it would search microsoft for the issue resolution close

To all,
Whenever I try to open up a photo using photo gallery the following error is
displayed: " the picture cannot be displayed.  You might not have enough
memory available." Photo gallery is currently set up as my default viewer

Hello, I am running windows vista ultimate, when I check for new updates I
am not getting the list of available MUI packs. I used to see them but now
they are just gone. Anyone know what is wrong? They are not hidden as I have
already checked there. This is not computer related I ...

Recently my internet connection has changed from "Local and Internet" to just
"Local only". I have not changed ISP's. I recently installed Nero7 and then
had some Desktop viewing problem but now is resolved.
My ISP tells me that maybe there is a Registry Key for the LAN settings ...

During boot-up the registry is checked to see if its OK. What is the name of
the utility that checks the registry?

I have Windows Vista and when I go to Start>Restart, my computer only
finishes the first half of the restart process...the system shuts down and
then it does not come back on.  Why is that?

Tried to install the Bioshock demo tonight and  took the typical
settings. All installed or so I thought. Clicked the finish button and
went to find it but it wasn't there! No warnings at all. Installed
again but took the custom option and put it on another drive and all

I want to manage which updates are applied to my pc. However, the Windows
Defender update I would like to be applied automatically. It's bad enough
that it seems like almost every day I have to update the machine. I really
don't want to be bothered with this.

I have a prograamme that will only work properly if UAC is off. I
would prefer to run with UAC on.
My question is. Will it do any harm, or will I be likely to have
problems, if I run with UAC on. Use my programme with UAC off, then

New computer with Vista.  Every few minutes, the mouse just hangs up for
about 10-15 secs, then starts working again.  Comments?

now that Vista has been released for over 6 months, what is the
verdict?   is it a version that will go the way of Windows ME?   ls
preference for retaining & using Windows XP?   Will users prefer to
use Vista?

OK - if you are a new users - they are helpful - HOWEVER - they get very
annoying after while - example is mouse over the windows START button in
Vista - and after a second or 2 - START pops up -
HOW do you turn that off - it's annoying and distracting when you are trying