I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1.  When I try to customise the numbers in
regional settings I have
discovered that the standard digits selection has a problem.  When opening
the

i started my laptop this morning and nothing appeared on my desktop. i do
not see anything, it is just pink. it had an error message on the screen,
mswinsck.ocx, that it is missing a file or is invalid. . i tried to do a
system restore and it says error 0x80070005. i can still ...

Even when you reboot your machine, Vista will remember that last placement
of each Gadget.
Note: In some cases you will find that the Gadgets will not remember your
settings and will replace the gadgets back their default order. This is a

In regard to the limits of installed RAM when installing Vista:
It has been noted that when you install Vista(any flavor) that you
should have no more then 2 gigs installed when first setting Vista up.
Microsoft has provided me with a fresh copy of Vista(both x86 and x64)

Is it worth it upgrading from XP. I might need a new computer.

I used to be able to sort files in a folder by the date last opened so that
the files I recently opened are at the top of the list.
The only option I am seeing in windows vista is 'Date taken' (whatever that
means) which leaves the files sorted by alphabetical name.

I am running Vista Home Premium.
When I opened "Help and Support" all the icons are missing, although the
links work okay. Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, is there a way
to fix it?

This is really bizzare. I installed EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and it was
working fine. Got a virus/Trojan. After disinfection when I try to start
EAC I get:
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have

My computer jumps backwards on most applications.  I thought it was internet
explorer, but it happens even when I'm using Word.  It acts as though I
clicked on another area with the mouse when I didn't...most of the time I am
not even touching the mouse.  Any ideas??

I'm new to Vista and haven't "disabled" UAC yet so am in the midst of
enduring all those nagging UAC pop-up boxes. Yes, I have TweakUAC
ready
for that. Recently installed a talking dictionary application dated

I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore
points.  I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a
bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.
Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

In the Event Viewer, Faulting application iexplore.exe version 7.0.6000.16473
faulting module ntdll.dll version 6.0.6000.16386, how can I fix this error.
Thanks.

When i try to generate a system health report ,i have started getting this
message,"error occured while attempting to generate the report,the wait for
the report generation tool to finish has timed out." It have always been able
to generate a report but the last two weeks i can't ...

Arrogance from MS's part, lack of true leadership & vision, and plain
stupidity seems to plague the software giant...
just read below and weep about how bad Microsoft handles some software
developing.. Now multiply this by a factor of about a million,

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24649689/
LOL