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Microsoft has come up with an e-book for Windows Vista that talks about Ms Vista Tricks. Microsoft Windows Vista has been toted as an operating system that was difficult to use and Microsoft has did everything they can to make the life of users easier.The Windows Vista Ultimate Tips & Tricks e-book titled: “Windows Vista [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

Greetings I am trying to configure Vista to perform daily backups. It does a full backup then incremental backups. Is there a way to configure full backups daily? Any guidance will be appreciated -- chefhead

Browser News and Tips SecuObs, France Recently Apple took the ?beta? tag off Safari for Windows 4. Apple - Safari - Introducing Safari 4 Safari 4 final: no top tabs, performance updates for 10.6 - Ars Technica I?ve loaded it on the Vista Home Premium 32-bit with no issues. ... More...

Before starting make sure you are logged on as an Administrator. Then follow these steps: 1. First, turn off thumbnail creation by opening Windows Explorer, clicking the Organize button and selecting Folder and Search Options. Click on the View tab and check Always show icons, never thumbnails. Click the OK button. 2.Then, run Disk Cleanup on Drive C: and empty the cache so you can recover the disk space. You can find it in Accessories/System Tools. 3.In Windows Explorer, navigate to the AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows folder under your name. If you can't find it, just copy the following: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows Paste it into the Address Bar and…

I am encountering in Vista when I use Windows remote ssistance an error when I connect to another computer. It indicates that remote assistance has encountered an error and needs to close. contact system administrator or technical representative if this continues to occur. The two computers can connect, but this immediately occurs after connection happens and it shuts down. Can someone give me an idea as to how to resolve this problem. Intent connecton is on and other programs are running in the background. Windows firewall is off. Thank you -- tgmr

Hi, I get a new laptop and install the Nortel VPN client. (I am using the vista client already) There is no problem by connecting VPN via the Ethernet, but it is failed when I tried to connect via the WIFI. I have done the google search for the whole day but no luck. I have just discovered that the "Eacfilt Driver" did not installed in the Wifi I tried to add that service manually, but vista did not show that driver up (even i point to the driver manually) Do anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks a lot -- reaperhk Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Do you want to know what’s the Windows 7 boxes look like? The image below shows the Windows 7 boxes: The Ultimate version is colored black, the blue color is the Windows 7 professional and the Windows 7 Home Premium is the green color.These boxes are surely to change and most probably Microsoft is going [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

I got a colleague who seems to have studied all short cut keys there is in Windows. I am amazed how he press the Ctrl keys and some functions execute.You can exit explorer in Windows Vista right from the Start Menu of the operating system.Below are the steps to do this. 1. Click on the [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

There have already been a few posts on Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 8 (here, here, here, here, here, and here), but none have gone into detail about the user research data we used to help design this feature. We collected data on Compatibility View throughout the IE8 beta releases and have made multiple decisions about its design based on our data from lab studies, field studies, instrumentation, and community feedback. What I’d like to do is go through some common questions we’ve received about the user experience of Compatibility View, and explain how user data has influenced our decisions. Hopefully, this will give you some insight into our design proces…

IntoMobile Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the ... IntoMobile, CA Engineering Windows 7: I am a PC, not a Mac. I never had any problems with Vista, except for slower file transfers, but either than that it worked flawlessly. Windows 7 is the next version of Windows due to be released this October. ... More...

Will Google Wave reshape enterprise IT? CNET News, CA Heck, our IT department is skipping Windows Vista, probably won't install Windows 7 until six months after the release date, so maybe a year from now, Windows 7 will be rolled out to the first users who will be the more tech savvy folks who can report ... More...

"ross m. greenberg" wrote in message news:vdO_l.39376$gz5.21388@newsfe07.iad... >A big difference between the older XP Pro I have it running and Vista >Ultimate (that I am running now) is the difficulty I'm having making sure >only one instance of Notepad is running on a given file: for example I want >to have only one instance running on my ability to edit "scrap.text". > > What is the best means of accomplishing this? > > Ross > > > go back to XP Vista SUX or d/l and try Win7 RC

Security Fix Blogger Washington Post, United States Microsoft attempted to fix this massive security hole in Windows with "user account control," by changing the default behavior of Windows in Vista, so that users are prompted each time some component wants to make system-level changes to the operating ... More...

[Crosspost to Vista General newsgroup] Are you running N360 v3? Did you disable all N360 components (i.e., anti-virus anti-spyware Norton Add-ons firewall) and then enable the Windows Firewall prior to attempting to install Vista SP2? Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows Vista, but only for Service Pack 2 (SP2). This support for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) is valid until November 26, 2009. Availability of chat or e-mail support differs depending on your geographic location. Go to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.a...14&gprid=582034 & select appropriate category (e.g., Installation). …

DailyTech WinInfo Short Takes: Week of June 22 WinInformant.com, OH Essentially a free version of the anti-malware technology that previously appeared in OneCare, MSE will ship in beta form for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 on June 23, 2009, and then in final form by the end of 2009. You can read all about it on the ... Morro screenshots reportedly leaked Will it be cloud-based? CNET News "Morro" in the cloud: a retraction and apology ZDNet Blogs Microsoft's free antimalware beta to arrive next week ZDNet Asia InfoWorld - ZDNet Blogs all 373 news articles More...

I was having issues with WMIPRVSE.exe consuming up to 40% of my CPU and slowing my system down. Through google I managed to determine that this was caused by The Windows System Resource Manager, and if I stop this service then my CPU usage returns to a more acceptible state. Now clearly I don't want to leave this service disabled as it is of course meant to manage my system resources, not use them all up, so I would prefer to fix the problem. I do not have SBS installed, nor any items stuck in the print spool, so that voids almost all the suggestions I found on google. Anyone got any suggestions how to resolve this ?

Windows 7 is going out in New Zealand and Australia before the United States given that Microsoft is releasing the operating system on October 22 and their rule of thumb is the first rise of the Sun. Australia and New Zealand are ahead in time zone. Anyways, the real important thing is that large companies [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

Microsoft: No new Xbox coming next year CNET News, CA So Microsoft will release powerful tool for Windows user to allow you use Xbox and Xbox 360 games to able play on your computer to save time fuss for waste time. Don't get wrong! Microsoft will be promise release for Windows XP, Vista and 7 to play ... More...

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I was under impression that windows 2008 server comes with 5 free support calls. Cant remember where i saw this but if anyone has any information on this please share. thank you very much

My adult daughter's sidebar gadgets will disappear. If I close the sidebar and restart it, I will get the "Windows cannot start the sidebar" error and the sidebar will not restart. I can get her sidebar back only if I register msxml3.dll, scrrun.dll and jscript.dll. Can anyone tell me why I have to reregister these DLL's and if there's anything I can do to prevent the situation from occurring again? Thanks

Enable LIST view in WinExplorer, now this problem: No way to turn autoresorting off. In WinXP newly added files were sitting at bottom UNTIL you refresh (F5 or click folder again), you knew where to expect things. Now if you download 50 small RAR files, for EXAMPLE, you don't know what's going on because they're quickly ushered to random locations within folder as they're being resorted alphabetically. I WANT MY STUFF TO STAY WHERE IT WAS PLACED LIKE IN WINDOWSXP, and you idiot who designed this "improvement" in Vista over XP, you shoul dget a medal for alienating many customers from this rubbish. Make it same way in WIndows7 and I swear you'll suff…

Thin-Air ATSC: Progress...But Microsoft's Still Not Off Scot-Free EDN.com, MA Default channel guide information in Windows Vista is stored in a file called atscchannels.xml, and ordinarily a re-setup of the TV signal feeding Media Center would be sufficient to resolve any issues stemming from this syntax evolution. ... More...

I have Vista Ultimate 32bit. In installed OmniPage pro 17 and PaperPort 11. PPMV.EXE Stopped working during the install. Both applications claim to have installed successfully. Both of them crash as yours does immediately and prior to a splash screen. No reply received from Nuance yet. -- moovintarget

Microsoft Windows Vista is using Windows Mail which is baked into the operating system. The Windows Mail is the newer technology used for email and as such I assume that users are utilizing Windows Mail over the old Microsoft Outlook Express? Windows 7 on the other hand doesn’t have Windows Mail and Microsoft is pushing [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...