I have a xp core duo 2 machine at my work with 500mb ram (desktop) and vista
ultimate core 2 duo at home with 1gb ram  (laptop).
I use a statistics package for my calculations.
While the comp at my work does the calculations in say 10 seconds, my home

I just got this printer, so far I love it. It does everything I need and
more, but I have one small issue. Every time I try to fax something from the
HP Director, it comes up with a error message that says "Fax Scan Error" and
then closes. I can send just a cover sheet with no ...

In doing an update to my start menu on Vista Ultimate I inadvertently
deleted the shortcut to the Windows Media Center.
I cannot find info to restore the shortcut.  Can anyone tell me the path
needed?

This application dropped in on my computer while my son (age 15) was on
line.
It offered a FREE a/virus scan which he accepted.
However when it came to the remove part he found that this would cost money

I am on a laptop and desperate for task bar estate. I know you could do
this for XP, but it isn't the same for vista. I want to remove the start
button. I would just use the Win Key to open my menu. So does anyone
know how?

Running Vista Ultimate.  I inadvertantly removed the folder containing my
FILE BACKUPS.  My FULL BACKUP folder is intact however.  When I attempt to do
a FILE BACKUP I receive the following message: "The latest backup cannot be
found. Make sure it is accessible and it has not ...

I got a new powerful laptop with Vista on it. No problems whatsoever.
Everything works and looks good. So I got excited and installed Vista
on my old laptop (if 18 months years is considered "old"). Lots of
problems on a laptop which had run XP flawlessly since it was new. I

Vista search seems to be trying to do far more than I want; as a result
I often get no useful results.
What I almost always want is a simple file name search, i.e., given a
part or all of a file name (perhaps with simple wildcards), find all the

Just received a USB drive today from ebay 8 gig drive.
Upon putting it into my computer it comes up as unformatted.  So press
format and errors at the end (unable to complete format).
Then tried to format the drive via computer management in admin tools.

With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly
went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had
installed and then uninstalled an application, but
didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or

Hi, is there any driver for vista of that sound card?
I have Vista Ultimate and SP1 doesn´t appears un Windows Update. Can you
help me?
Regards,

Hi - I am using a Wi-Fi connection on my Thinkpad laptop (Win Vista
Business). Frequently and without warning, the laptop drops the Wi-Fi
connection and then just as suddenly and without any prodding of my own it
re-connects again. I know that it is not a problem of the internet ...

although this a known problem, can't understand why it isn't yet fixed
if in disk cleanup we mark to delete hibernation files, why once cleanup'd
the disk the hibernation feature dissappears from shutdown options
if this happens (always happens) i know that i can enable hibernation ...

I have a problem in vista 64bit:
If I set up a task in the Task Scheduler and I check the "Wake the
computer to run this task", the computer wakes up (from hibernate) at
the specified time but the task doesn't run.

Yep, it's another "I hate Vista and I can't get it to work properly" thread.
Sorry.
I am running Windows Vista Business on a Vaio VGN-TZ21WN and I loathe the
entire experience.