Threads Replies Last Post 39 Pages: <<  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39   Back up a storage drive in Vista? I have my regular C:/ drive for my program installs but I also have a D:/ drive to store all of my document, pictures, videos etc. Im using Vista x64 Ultimate and was wondering is it possible to use the built in back-up tools to back up my D:/ drive? Thanks!... 4 12.05.2007 04:12:20 helpppppp ok how do you switch to windows XP mode in vista?... 4 12.05.2007 03:37:00 Experience (good and bad) with Vista Backup Center My first reaction to the "all or nothing" approach to backup was negative... I want to decide what to back up and when. But after I've used it for a while, I've grown to like that approach. Disk space is just too cheap and those decisions are just a speed bump that might prevent me from taking a backup at all. Or from backing up everything I should. That was the design philosophy, as I ... 2 12.05.2007 03:32:23 Display Settings Changed w/o Me Doing It! If anyone could help it would be much appreciated. It is probably a simple solution but I can not figure it out. When I turned my computer off last night everything was just like normal. When I turned it on today, the display had changed. Everything was smaller, pictures, fonts, icons, etc. I clicked on the internet and the pages are different. They do not come up normal.....they a... 9 12.05.2007 02:56:00 Windows Defender Blocks Programs Which Have Been Uninstalled. My computer will boot to the login screen in about 30secs which is quite good. The problem is it takes a further 90secs to get from the login screen to the desktop. It never used to take this long and seems to be becoming slower. I have noticed that Windows Defender is blocking programs which I have already uninstalled (eg ntune.exe, rivatuner.exe, Steam.exe) and I am guessing that t... 7 12.05.2007 01:29:46 type too small to read hi all am not brilliant with computors, have just got vista, am having trouble reading the words as they are smaller than on windows xp version. how do i make them bigger... 4 11.05.2007 21:57:02 How to Stop Explorer Windows Explorer stops and restarts. How can I stop this so I can check out what is causing this? In XP I can Kill Explorer in the task manager. I can't kill explorer in the task manager, it still keeps trying to restart.... 9 11.05.2007 21:48:33 anything better than chkdsk? Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28% during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk check? TIA... 10 11.05.2007 21:27:09 HELP sfc /scannow I am running Windows Vista Home Premium (build 6000). In attempting to run the ...sfc /scannow... command from the Adminstrator: Command Prompt (with the Vista DVD in the drive), the command starts, then stops at 8% complete, then breaks out saying... "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation". Upon checking the CBS log, I find this... ===================... 19 11.05.2007 03:28:30 Possible bug in WMI When running a query such as "Select * from Win32_Processor" using WMI, specifically when trying to get the LoadPercentage. this line is appended several times to C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Logs\FrameWork.log Failed to read Perflib key: 5 05/11/2007 02:19:16.714 thread:4912 [d:\vistartm\admin\wmi\wbem\providers\win32provider\common\perfdata.cpp.371] Is there a patch available for this pro... 1 11.05.2007 01:38:00 Major problems booting up, uninstalling software, and shutting dow I have an HP dv6358se that came with Vista. As soon as we tried to network the new machine with my desktop (with XP), major problems began. Could not get the machines to recognize one another. The worst part is that now my Vista machine is having trouble booting up and shutting down. Also had trouble uninstalling programs it came with i don't want. Help! I don't care much about th... 4 11.05.2007 00:39:21 how can i know what to use? 64bit sony vaio, VGN-FE48G/H, vista home premium Processor: intel® Coreâ„¢2 CPU T7200 @2.00GHZ memory (RAM): 1022MB 32-bit Operating system now i ran a TuneUp Utilities 2007 scan and it stated : " your computer has a 64bit processer, but your current windows version only uses 32 of the available 64bits. you should consider upgrading to a 64bit version of your operating system to benefit fr... 22 10.05.2007 23:28:38 Security update for Capicom (KB931906) hangs-up Updates For the last 2 days I have tried to update Windows Vista. but when it reaches "Security update for Capicom (KB931906) (66%) updates hangs-up. I have given it hours, but to no avail. I cannot cancel installation! ... 2 10.05.2007 18:54:03 Speed of Vista Hi everybody, now I have installed additional 1024 MB of RAM to my former 512 MB, so I now have 1.5 GB RAM. But the result is disappointing: starting any applications (Excel, Word, Mail) does not show to be faster than before. Here my performance data: Processor: 3.6 RAM: 4.4 Grafik 1: 2.4 Grafik 2: 3.6 HDD: 3.9 What could I do to improve the system? Since it is a Notebook, I ... 14 10.05.2007 18:38:11 Arret_et_redémarrage_! J'essaie d'ajuster les options d'alimentations et de mise en veille prolongée. malgré le parametrage via Démarrer>panneau de config>option d'amimentation>modifier les paramètre>parametre non disponnible (en mode adminastrateur) La mise en veille prolongés est autorisée ainsi que le mode Hybride. Lors de la fermeture le pc accepte la mise en veille se ferme et quelque ... 2 10.05.2007 17:18:01 vista rating this is my hardware: ASUS P5LD2 775 VM INTEL CORE DUO e6300 2 X 1GB DDR 667 e5300 KINGSTON GFORCE 7300gs HD SATA2 250GB this is my rating: processor 4.8 memory 2.9 (very low!!!) graphics 3.5 gaming 3.2 disk drive 5.2 this is the test with sandra sisoft: http://viterboscacchi.altervista.org/Prova/CARATTERISTICHE_COMPUTER.txt http://viterboscacchi.altervista.org/Prova/RISUL... 2 10.05.2007 16:58:17 Windows change size while working When I am working VISTA seems to change the window size between the maximized view and the restored view even though I don't click the icons in the right corner. Has anyone else had this problem? Any solutions?... 3 10.05.2007 00:33:01 "COM Surrogate stopped...." What is this message? What does it mean? Why doesn't it tell me which file (ideally application) is the cause of the problem? This is like saying "a program is broken". What the hell good does that do me? Microsoft used to rule with wizards and with more useful, human-friendly messages. So what happened? squishy ... 4 09.05.2007 20:24:46 applications Running very slowly in vista I just bought A new dell xps 410 with E6600 and 2 gigs of 667ghz ram I installed my video editing software and all the other apps I had on my old xp rig wich was a celeron processor and it takes twice as long for my video editing software to start up and the drag and drop features take sometimes up to a minute to actually execute building previews takes an extra couple of minutes and the... 4 09.05.2007 19:13:09 Integrated Video, How to increase my video RAM? Hey, I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Vista Home Premium, 2 gigs of RAM and an Ati X1150 integrated gpu. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the option in Vista is for increasing my vram. Apparently I can have up to 256mb but I only have 128 right now. ... 2 09.05.2007 19:11:08 WinSAT - Low memory score Hi everybody! WinSAT (Windows System Assessment Tool) is giving me a low score on memoty (2.4) and I would like some help to find out what's the problem exactly. I have 2 x 512 of OCZ dual channeling (wich I think [dual channeling] is not supported by my motherboard [K8N-E deluxe]) and 1 x 1GB of Ultra memory. They're all DDR400. I tried switching my pair of 512 bars form slots 1 and... 5 09.05.2007 17:06:26 Low Volume The sound through my headphones is pretty low. I've got the latest vista drivers. Its a conexant HD audio driver. Was wondering if there was any sort of registry tweak to boost the volume on windows vista. Sorta like itunes and how u can amplify the music there?... 1 09.05.2007 16:50:02 creating restore points and restoring slow to open Creating a restore point now involves waiting while there is some "searching" going on, before the option to create becomes live. Restoring, or rather getting to the dialogue box to choose a restore point takes even longer (or maybe it just seems that way because with this you don't even get a message or indication that anything is happening at all until the dialogue box pops up). Is th... 1 09.05.2007 15:18:44 registry cleanup and defragmentation tools Dear all, After many installation and de-installation of software, I found out that the registry is kind of messy. I am looking for tools to clean up and remove those unwanted links safely from my Vista. Any suggestion? Also, I am not sure if the build in defrag tools is actually doing a good job and seeking for advice on 3rd party tools to peform deep defragmentation. Thanks for ... 3 09.05.2007 15:15:01 Can't use Aero theme I had some profile errors the other day. I was able to recover my profile, but now I am unable to use the Aero color scheme. Anyone know of a way to get it back? Thanks, ... 5 09.05.2007 11:44:07 39 Pages: <<  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39