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You can Take Ownership By a Click of a mouse. Use the registry file I've attached to this msg. those add a context menu to right clicking files && folders the one with the -enable suffix, activate it (and the other file with the -disable suffix, deactivate it) now- just …

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I am having problem opening control panel, it just doesnt opens. When i try to open it the error shown is, explorer left working and will restart. I tried to use restore function but the restore is also not able to restore the system to an older date. Please suggest …

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I have a laptop with windows vista home basic and when it starts is giving this error: Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap file or its format is not currently supported. Also every program you try to access you get the same error. I allready …

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I'm trying to format my computer and go from vista to xp, but when I run off the xp cd it says that it can't detect my hard drive and cannot continue with the installation. What's wrong with my computer? How can I resolve this problem?

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I have an hp dv9535nr laptop with a tv tuner, that is capable of displaying over the air hdtv. When i go to watch tv, i notice that the frames lag pretty badly, and the OTA tv is unwatchable. The laptop is located in a separate room from the main …

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Hi, I succesfully installed Sql Server express 2005 in my lap top . I'm using Windows Vista Premium. However I was not able to do anything my permissions were messed up I tried to add me as a db creator, db admin but Sql wouldn't let it displayed an error …

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I have a Razer Lachesis mouse and use Windows Vista, although I don't know if this is a Vista related problem. It has been working fine ever since I got it a few months ago. Its supposed to be a high end mouse which cost about 80 dollars. But for …

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Hi, got a laptop that will not run just on the charger, i.e. charger plugged in, no battery inserted. It is about 6 months old. From what i can remember ALL laptops have this feature. Am i wrong? p.s. it also will not charge when the it is turned off. …

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Hello, We have an HP with Vista and we use WIndows Mail. I recently added CA anti-virus, spam, etc. It constantly freezes up and we have to constantly reboot. ANy sugggestions on how to get his workingproperly?

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[B][COLOR=red]Hey people.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I too have Vista RC2 and might I say, what a improvment over XP![/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]My lord![/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Anyways I am unable to connect using yahoo voice chat in rooms* and am going crazy here.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I cant figure out what the deal is.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Do I need a CODEC or what?[/COLOR][/B] …

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Is there anyway to host games on vista? I've tried portforwarding, setting a static ip, and disabling all my firewalls... anyone have anything else i could try?

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Hi everyone; I'm new to Daniweb and i have a small problem that i need some help with. The problem is that i can only open up 1 web page at a time. If i leave my current web page open and i try to open another, the new web …

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MY USB PORT OF MY TOSHIBA SATELLITE NOTEBOOK APPEARS TO SAY TO NOT RECOGNIZE MY KEYBOARD. Before this incident, i was working on my MSConfiguration; "stopping" unesasary services that were running on my computer to speed up my system. I did write down which of the services i STOPPED: Services …

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I have a new pc with windows vista and am unable to send emails, I can recieve them ok. I have contacted isp and they have checked everything and cant do anymore for me. I am running new pc with vista and another pc with xp professional through a D-Link …

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I bouth a simple laptop for a friend with Vista Home pre-installed. After linking up to the web, the IE/ ceased to function. Message I receive is: Internet Explorer has stopped working. EVENT NAME: Appcrash FAULT MODULE NAME: SmartEnhancer-1.dll etc. Can't now load IE7 at all. Visited MS website, but …

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I am the only user on my pc running vista. When I try to change anything (install, uninstall) I get the message that I need to log in as administrator. As I said there is only the one user set up and that is me as administrator? Bob

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Fought with Vista -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And lost I installed a program called DosBox on my computer (Win XP) so that I could run an old favorite game of mine Duke Nukem 3D. I had no problems doing this. There is a configuration file that you can rewrite to make the program …

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im having trouble opening Control Panel each time it loads it immediately closes the window. tried Backup and Restore but that too will not open. also... when i rigth click desktop and select personalize, u guess it, nothing happens. ive read other post in the forums but found no uesful …

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Hey. I upgraded to Windows Vista, and recently been having some problems with it. I've come to you guys before and you have fixed problems in the past for me, so I hope you can help out this time too. The first problem is a internet connection problem. At random …

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1.Everytime startup, after go into desktop will flash like 3-4 times then work smoothly after that. Is that o/s problem?? 2. I just bought this notebook for 1 week. the screen will turned into blue screen and restart.(This occured when im on call using skype) it happened twice. Im using …

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Hi, I have a desktop running win xp and it has a hp psc1350 printer it is wired to the desktop.I have it shared .I have a dell laptop Inspiron E1505 with Windows Vista home premium edition it has a dell integrated nic . The problem is the laptop does …

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I am running vista on a brand new asus laptop. It will not play any dvd, cd, mp3, etc. I have had this problem before and have reinstalled vista several times. Everything was playing fine until 2 days ago and now it won't do anything. There is no error message …

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When I try to run the Administrative Tools in windows Vista Business from the start menu there are no items and it just shows empty. When I try and run it from the control panel I get the following error message. "C:\Program...Admin tools refers to a location that is unavailable...". …

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Ten days ago I added a post that complained that my PC wouldn't boot and may be crashing. Last August I bought an emachines T3616 desktop PC w/AMD Sempron processor 3600+ and Windows Vista Home Basic OS. Well, I have been having on-again, off-again problems with booting. Today my PC …

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I work as a tech on a college campus, and as prepartion to eventually go to Vista, we loaded up a couple of our administrators as guinea pigs to test out Vista for us. We've had issues, but the one that's really annoying is this: We have a large network, …

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I'm trying to install SQL Server on a Vista HP machine, but it will not detect IIS, which in turn prevents Reporting Services from being installed. I have seen blogs which indicate that the UAC system in HP does not properly detect IIS and that as a result NOTHING can …

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Can someone tell me if it sounds as if my computer has crashed?? For the past two days when I turn on my computer a STARTUP REPAIR box appears, saying "Your computer was unable to start. STARTUP REPAIR is checking your system for problems." Then the words "Searching for problems" …

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