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Hallo, after installing sp1 in my hp compaq 6720s laptop with vista home premium preinstalled, i have observed the following problem: Sometimes when i turn on the laptop or reinitiate it, the battery´s icon in the notification area of the task bar, appears empty as it would be discharged, which is not certain because it says 99% available, connected and without charging. I used to solve the problem reinitiating the computer because ticking in the battery icon in notification area of properties in task bar doesn´t solve it. ¿Does anybody knows what is the cause of the problem and how to solve it without reinitiating? Thanks in advance Regards Clara

Hi, After updating SP1 on Vista ult. NL 32b the: "The Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework service" is returning an error 3, missing / corrupted. How can i re-install this service? The dutch newsgroup has no answer in this case. Vista won't install new USB devices at this moment, keeps searching for drivers, that can't be found.. Already installed usb devices work, but giving a continue search for drivers, witch vista cannot find. Is there a tool like dialafix? I'll not be happy if I have to reinstall windows completely for this "only". Tnx, MK

Ive been looking around for my compressed files but have been unsuccessful, in xp you can find it in the clean disk option, as a box to check. I was wondering if it dumps every time with disk clean up or not? And if it doesn't where can I find the folder at?

ZDnet has posted top ten tweaks for Windows Vista which include the following: 1. Get installed programs organized and up-to-date 2. Tweak the taskbar and desktop 3. Set up a smart, automated backup system 4. Get fast access to common tasks 5. Fine-tune Windows Explorer Continue reading here. Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

This video shoes Vista Ultimate on a MAC (?) mini. Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

I have been thinking of buying an Asus Eee PC as my tertiary computer whose ultra portability I can use with my busy moving schedule nowadays. I found this video on unpacking Asus Eee PC and it makes me think seriously about it. The only concern I have is whether I could load Windows Vista on [...] More...

Dell is putting pressure on Microsoft anew by publicly announcing they are selling Windows XP until 2009 even if Microsoft is only supporting the old operating system until June 30. According to Dell they will make Windows XP OEM available for customers buying PCs. Back in April 2007, Dell extended Windows XP’s shelf life. This should give [...] More...

The Windows UX Taskforce Blog is a venue for users to let Microsoft know what they think of their user interface. This is blog offers helpful tips instead of bashing Microsoft user interface.Some of the useful posts are:Safely Remove Hardware dialog is programmer-oriented, not user-oriented Overly complex, hostile dialog is painful when your computer comes [...] More...

Microsoft has released their latest security bulletin for June 2008. It includes 3 critical, 3 important, & 1 moderate. The critical updates are:Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951376)Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759)Vulnerabilities in DirectX Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951698)Download the security update here.Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

Bernstein Research analyst Charles DiBona had very positive estimates for Windows Vista before but had to cut them because of a number of issues that held back implementations of Windows Vista as was reported from a survey conducted by Bernstein and Ziff Davis Media among 372 IT professionals. Their findings are as follows:1. Support for [...] More...

I had the same problem using the Maxtor Cd and now I bought a new hard drive and used the old one as a backup . It now is not recognized in My Computer or Disk Managment. It is there in explorer and can be used.

Congratulations Sandi on joining TRUSTe Geekzone, New Zealand - 1 hour ago Don J. Signori on Windows Vista Defrag: dumbed-down interface: Apologies for this being a tad off topic. Forgot to mention in the event. ... More...

Congratulations Sandi on joining TRUSTe Geekzone, New Zealand - 40 minutes ago Don J. Signori on Windows Vista Defrag: dumbed-down interface: Apologies for this being a tad off topic. Forgot to mention in the event. ... More...

Sir/Madam, I recently installed Encarta 2006 on Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.The installation went well without any problem. After I start Encarta 2006 on my PC and type a word or phrase in the search bar only the search bar appears on the right side of the screen, but no relevant results are displaced. The search bar just remains blank. However this feature worked fine earlier on my PC with Windows XP SP3. Kindly inform how I can resolve this issue. Thanks and regards, Vinay Salimath

EFiX wants to bring OSX86 to the masses engadget, CA - 1 hour ago I can't help but think that this is akin to the Windows on Mac projects that arose immediately after the Intel transition. By that, I mean that here's to ... More...

Hi All, I have done a fresh install of Windows Vista 64bit (Ultimate). Installed the network install of SP1. Gets about 70% and then errors with 0x80092004. Any ideas? Seems to be many different fixes but I am trying to work out what the error actually means? Thanks, Hayden

RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download Redmond Channel Partner, CA - 1 hour ago Hyper-V RC1 is available for both x86- and x64-based machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 operating systems. ... More...

I installed a keyboard to my pc. The Win XP recognizes the English keyboard, not the Chinese keyboard (MS New Phonetics IME 2002a) Windows as decribed in the following web site of: “http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb174599.aspx#Traditional_Chinese_IME I then install the same keyboard another Win XP. MS New Phonetic IME 2002a appears on the list right away. Does anyone have a solution to my problem?

RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download Redmond Channel Partner, CA - 52 minutes ago Hyper-V RC1 is available for both x86- and x64-based machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 operating systems. ... More...

Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat next Thursday, June 19th at 10.00 PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. Thank you to all who have attended the chats to date! If you can’t join us online, all chat transcripts are published here. Allow approximately 7-10 days following a chat for the transcript to go live. Hope you can join us on Thursday! Kristen Kibble Program Manager P.S. Upcoming IE chat dates for July and August 2008 are posted here. If circumstances arise that cause us to reschedule a chat, I'll give fair warning on the IE Blog and provide the n…

Take a look at the new features in Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 in this overview and screenshot gallery of the near-final release candidate version! More...

Hi, Is it possible to configure windows server 2000 or 2003 to only allow a given port to be used by a given application, e.g. application named fred can only use port 123 and no other application can ever use port 123. The reason for this is that occasionaly the application must be taken down and during this time other applications can grab the port so when fred comes back up it cannot run on that port. I am not a server expert and it is not my applications, but a client was experiencing this situation and I thought I would ask around if there was such a configuration that could be put in place. Thanks, Nate

Microsoft Patches Windows Home Server PC Magazine - 55 minutes ago ... but have significantly improved all parts of Windows Home Server with new features such as" support for 64-bit Vista, backup of shared folders, ... More...

Hi On the top left hand side of the connect to a network window... There is a back button What is the purpose of this back button? Regards KW