Hi everyone  just a few minutes ago I had a folder in my start menu all
programs that said programs. it has always been there I thought it was kind
of strange as it had repeats of what was in my start menu already. Well for
some reason now it has disappeared I went into my start ...

when i click on files or click on links the window will flash in negative
colors...is there any way i change this

9 times out of 10 when I get up in the morning, my PC which is set up to go
into sleep mode after an hour is running, i.e. fans running, lights on, etc.
but the monitor has no signal. No matter what I do, the only thing I can do
to bring it back is a hard reboot.  I have a ...

I know the new Windows Vista has parental controls that can record IM
conversatiosn, but if you don't have a downloaded IM service and are
using a web "chat" service to IM people, will it still reocrd that? Like
web messengers?

I am new to networking so please bear with me if I am asking for help on
something relatively simple.
I have 3 Vista machine in a home network belonging to the same workgroup.
On all the machines Network discovery, File sharing and Public folder

I've just finished a clean install of Vista but one of my drives
permissions are messed up.  I was able to add my account so I can
access all the files on the drive but just to be safe I would like to
restore the default permissions to that drive.

I do not know when it started. When I listen any online radio/play web .wmv
file, it fails and show the following message:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the specified protocol is
not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL dialog box, try using a

Inspiron 530
Running Vista Home Basic SP1
When trying to open Control panel from the Start, Programs Menu, or
right click on Computer to go to System Properties, I get the following

The boneheads who sold this laptop put 32 bit Vista Home Premium OEM on
a 64 bit system. Can I upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit? I want
to pre-order.

Hi. Could you please help me. I use vista ultimate 32. Recently I
started receiving BSODs but I didn't install any new hardware!
The errors codes are:0x0000008E, 0xc0000005, 0x90FDAE7E, 0xAO694018,
0x00000000.

Installed Windows 7 RC 1 on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.
Running with no problem so far.  Setting up my wireless on it was easy
compared to setting it up on XP.
Anyone else running it?  Opinions and comments would be appreciated.

Is it true?
BSOD = Bestiality Sadomasochism Overdose Doom
Or
BSOD = Blue Screen of Death?

The Gadget Side Bar keeps disappearing and I have to do it again.  I do not
have the autohide for it.  Anyone know what's going on with this.  I only
have the Weather and the Clock on my desktop.

I bought a wireless kit to present my desktop on a TV in another room of my
home. The parts all connected okay, and for a few random moments the
computer's desktop was displayed on the TV screen. Mostly, it keeps
"rolling" and distorts the view. Sort of looks like the vertical ...

Here's something i can't figure.
I have created an image of the entire hard drive long ago using Acronis
True Image.
I'm messing around with Vista and trying things, and when i'm done, i