is there any chance to make changes in the restart & shutdown process
of vista itself? i need to first disconnect an usb-device before
restarting or shutting down - otherwise i´ll end up in a bluescreen. at
the moment i´m using a batchfile for shutting down (devcon-command to

Here is my scenario:
- Two computers running Windows Vista.  Both HP computers, with OEM
Vista.  One is a laptop.
- I have a program, legacy (older) software, that I installed on

I have an XP system with a lot of applications.  I ordered a new
laptop that will come with Vista.  I would like to be able to transfer
all my applications as seamlessly as possible to the new system.  What
is the best way to accomplish this?

I hope someone can explain this for me.
All in all everything is fine, but today something strange happened. I
restarted my PC and after the green bars (below text: Microsoft Corporation)
had dissapeared when Vista should give the Welcome screen all was black for

I use Vista and want to know how to open a file that was originally in Word
97 – 2003 to open in Vista Word 2007 and how to convert that file to the Word
2007 format.
When I searched Microsoft on this issue, it said to click on Start and look

I've noticed that this support page and a few others like Google Mail are
extremely slow to load.  Most pages with this broadband connection are
lightning fast.  I've tried disabling McAfee components and that doesn't
solve the problem.  Any recommendations?

Vista Home Premium.
Where can I find a log file, if I'd like to find out, if someone else has
logged in or even tried to log in to my computer - home computer, no
LAN/server connection. Only ADSL.

Whenever I try to download an attachment on any email client (not
Windows Mail) in Internet Explorer 7, the download window opens and
stalls. The download size does not show or anything; it shows no
specific information but stays the same constantly.

Im getting a warrning window each time i start vista telling me that there is
some problem whit nmbgmonitor.exe. I checked the net and that exe has
something to do whit Nero 7.
I tryed stuff like clean the registry and so on after i unintaled nero but

Sorry if this question was already asked.
Are there suppose to be typos when you start Windows Vista for the first
time, during the setup process? I found some and I'm just wondering if my
program is legit or not.

I install all features of IIS 7 but if i type http://localhost/ i get an
error like HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error. i wat to use PHP
software in my system. how can i recover this error. please help me.

When I try to burn an ISO or IMG file with DVD DEcrypter it burns fine to
about 30% and then the buffer goes to zero for a long time before it fills
at starts burning again. Is this a problem with DVD Decrypter only?

I have a new Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo laptop with OEM Vista Home Basic.
I have not previously used Vista, but I have used most versions of
Windows from 3.1 on. I installed Linux Ubuntu under a dual-boot with
the GRUB menu installed by Ubuntu. I now want to remove the Linux and

I've written this same question to the XP group in the hope that someone
will be able to hope.
I have been trying to set up SyncToy2 between my XPSP2 desktop and my Vista
Home Premium laptop. The results have been irregular at best. Is there a

A number of companies are opting not to embrace Redmond's latest operating
system and, like GM, are waiting for Windows 7 instead
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080512_157155.htm
(read part of article below my comment)