Hey does anyone have any idea if I should update nero 7 essentials because
it was compatible with XP but now on vista it asks for me to update the
latest version? I have a 56k modem and the new nero is 170Mb. Does anyone
have advice?

have been trying to download Adobe Reader 8.1.  after each download,
installation has to be aborted as a result of Error 1406  which states
'Could not write value Installed to key
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft|Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS.  

I am having problems with changing system sounds and hearing them.  the
windows vista sound plays on start up but I can't seem to get any others
working. Testing them doest work either (no sound plays) p.s  I get no error
messages. would be glad for anyone to give me a tip.

I had XP and I changed the boot screen without any hassle via C:\boot.ini
etc.
How can I change Vista`s boot image?

The Media Center portion of my Vista Home Premium OS appears to be corrupted
(possibly some .NET Framework 2.0 issue).  I'm trying to decide whether to
"upgrade" in place (effectively, I hope, repairing the install) or to
reformat and use the well-documented workaround to do a ...

More info at
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/08/29/announcing-the
-windows-vista-service-pack-1-beta.aspx.
High level of what will be in SP1
"In addition to updates we’ve previously released, SP1 will contain

i could have sworn that i used to get a screen similar to the one in XP
that hiberation was under way.  Now when i choose hibernate the screen
goes black immediately and stays black until the power goes off.  most
of the time, I can resume from hibernation ok; sometimes it ...

Let me try this a different way since I got no response to my previous
post.
http://www.alongthewapsie.com/wdhd/

I currently have 3 (somewhat aging) Windows XP Pro computers running on a
LAN. I'm planning on building a new system within the next several months
and I'm starting to consider Windows Vista as the possible OS.
I recently started reading this newsgroup to get myself up to date ...

I have a critical backup file in the .qic format (compatible, as far as I can
tell, with Windons 98 only) that I must access using Vista.  My research so
far indicates that programs "such as Roxio Back-Up My PC" will do the trick.  
However, that program does not appear to be ...

I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back to
the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a total
disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be ...

I have created a RunAs application that lets me perform the functions that I
was able to in Windows XP by right-clicking an application and choosing my
runas option.  The problem is that the standard method of adding a
right-click context menu does not display the context menu on ...

I just got a laptop with the Intel Core Duo Processor T5250.
According to Intel, the T5250 is a 64 bit processor.  The version of
Vista it came with is Home Premium.
Could I upgrade to the 64 bit version of Vista?

Hey there,
My CD drive has stopped working - I am receiving this message in the Device
Manager:
"This device cannot start. (Code 10)