I posted yesterday, but put a wrong title up. so here goes again.
Vista Home Premium, will not go to sleep, as set in controls, neither
will the screen saver kick in after the allotted 10 minuits I have set
it at, I see other have this problem, but see no solutions as yet.

I am looking for the version 7 newsgroup. I am unable to look @ my c
drive. I get the msg 'assess denied'. So what did i do wrong? How do i
get access? TIA

Hi,
I am wondering if anyone can help me? I have a re-occuring, intemittent
Bluescreen  problem.
I do not have enough experience with windows to work it out. I have

Windows Defender, I think, reports a program has been blocked at startup,
but when I click on the menu to investigate, I can find no problem.
Vista Home Basic, 32-bit, SP2.  I cannot find any reference to the blocked
program.  AVG is up-to-date, I can see no hint of malware, but ...

I have 14 updates to install. But my Vista won't install them. It
Returns the following error right after creating a restore point , error
code #80070005.
Also I have tried doing other installations and was unsuccessful. When

hi i am using windows vista home premium .
i have had this problem since i reinstalled windows vista. every time i want
to transfer a file from my hard drive to a portable device like my usb or
external hard drive the file copies over but the transfer status never comes

I hope someone can help me.  I am trying to record ANYTHING audio onto
my new computer, which has Vista. But, have had no luck thus far.  I
have tried several audio recording programs (yes, they have said Vista
compatible).  I even tried the generic sound recorder program that

how do i take screenshots and WHERe are they located once they are taken?

When I open word attachments they are all gobbly gook. How do I get them to
revert to English?

The only way I am able to boot his with a political CD/DVD in the drive,
wait for the "press any key to boot from CD or DVD" prompt comes up, do not
hit any key whatsoever and then the normal user prompt/enter password screen
comes up. Additionally if I try to "Safe Mode Boot" I ...

I lost my password and I only have 1 account. I can't get to the
interface that has the install. I have a Toshiba A200 Satellite laptop
with Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, and if possible, I want to put XP
on it.

I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and

I'd like to recover a nero serial number from a "windows old" folder.  Is
there a way to recover the old registry information from windows old?
TIA

I installed a Vista (32 bit) update and a Malicious software tool
update.  After update installed allowed Vista to shutdown.  Shutdown
achieved stage 3 of 3 configuring updates went into shutdown and now PC
just sits Shutting Down.  I let it go for 18 hours and nothing.  I

Vista Home Premium SP1 (and WinXP Home SP3).
After Best Buy "optimized" my new Toshiba laptop, the Hibernate option was
nowhere to be found.  Then, after going through World War III, erasing the
disk, and re-installing Vista to factory-fresh standards, it was there.