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Hey! I hace a forum, http://www.night-warriors.com, and since I have Vista i can't see some of the images. I'm using Firefox, but when I use explorer i still have the same problem. When I use my other computer (XP) I see the images with no problems. My friend has Vista too and I still have the same problem on it. Is there any option on the computer that doesn't let me see the images on my forum?

Can I import existing data from my old Outlook (on a older XP machine) to my Vista Calendar program? Is there a easy way of adding the holiday type information supplied for the Outlook Calendar to the Vista version? Thanks -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit

I've about scratched a hole in my head on this one, helping someone w/new (3 mo. old) Dell notebook, Vista home premium preinstalled, new Dell external monitor. When using Dell's Fn + F8 key command to switch display to external display, the zoom goes crazy -- desktop icons zoom to large, and if you set them back, they automatically zoom large again (resolution is not changing, just icons zooming large). Same is true for icons in a window, or the contents of web page in IE -- zoom immediately goes to 1000% there. Dell had no answers to this. Any ideas? Thanks.

I am on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. I have 8GB of RAM. My SA has set /PAE switch on in boot.ini. My Oracle database is set to use memory from PAE for database buffers. How do I find using (e.g., perfmon) how much memory is being used in PAE and how much in non PAE. Thanks a lot. Prem

Hello, I had a perfectly working PC with XP home edition (still SP1) with an ADSL internet connection which was automatically called via the Dialer when IE was run. Doson't dial as such but made the connection nevertheless. After the forced install of MSN upgrade, IE no longuer dials up anything. This is even though the option is still set up to dial up connection. It jsut can't get a connection. I can get the internet connection up and running via the network set up (old windows 95 & 98 remedy see Q255070 from MS). I can get the connection activated when outlook is run and the auto connect ption is selected but this is messy as it first can't find th…

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[/url]AP - Verizon Wireless resumed selling mobile phone ringtones Friday based on Bob Marley songs, despite objections from the estate of the late reggae music star to a licensing deal struck between the wireless carrier and recording company Universal Music Group. Link To Original Article

[/url]AFP - Home to some 1.5 billion people, South Asia is paying a high price to access the Internet as service providers have been slow to deliver cheaper broadband connections, analysts say. Link To Original Article

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Reuters - Business Objects , a French-American business intelligence software maker, is looking for a buyer and has appointed Goldman Sachs to find an investor, Le Figaro newspaper said. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - A European Union court will decide on Monday whether Microsoft abused its near-monopoly position on the world's 1 billion computers and servers to push smaller competitors out of the marketplace. Link To Original Article

PC World - Intel Corp. will buy Havok Inc., a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday. Link To Original Article

Every once in a while I get an IE Overlay on the contents of the CD. The folders and files are there but there's also an Internet Explorer "overlay" in the lower right hand corner. All my associations are fine. What is causing this and how do I fix it, does anyone know?

Hi, I am using Windows Vista Business (32 bit version). I have 2 windows updates which repeatedly fail to install. They are: KB936782 Error details: Code 80070643 KB938194 Error details: Code 80071AA7 Both patchs will download and install, but when Windows restarts and the updates are configured they fail. I have tried running the installs individually from the 'View Update History' window but this makes no difference - also fails. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I have Live Messenger 8.1 running on my Home Premium Vista but when I try and sign in it just hangs there trying to sign in. When I first got my PC this worked but after not changing anything at all on my PC this happened. My firewall has been properly configured and ports forwarded, although this was for the old MSN it shouldn't matter as with the same firewall settings as I said Live Messenger originally worked just fine. Any help please as this is extremely frustrating.

Hello I use Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I utilise the Logitech Media Keyboard Elite USB and I am experiencing the following issue: when typing text (just like this one :D ) or playing games etc, just using the keyboard, it freezes for a few seconds. During freeze the actual typing spams, so the problem can just look like thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. This is disturbing when typing text and it can be really anoying when playing games. In order to make it easier for you to hopefully find a solution, my mainboard is a EVGA nForce 680i-SLI. I already flashed the latest BIOS-Update and the latest nForce-Driver is installed, too. I already…

Greetings all, A friend of mine called me tonight saying he can't get Windows Vista Home Premium to start on his laptop. All he gets is a black screen with an error message - "Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more details." He didn't receive a Vista DVD so he can't run a startup repair or anything else - he can't even get into 'Safe Mode' I suggested he find someone with a Vista DVD and try a startup repair, or, worse comes to worse, take it back to the place where he bought it (still under warranty) Can any gurus out there help us get this guy back up and running again?? I did a google se…

After having done a backup on my wife's computer, I tried recently to access her files and restore some, I found that the files either have an @ symbol or a $ sign and the end of the files and they won't open. Any help please... JCW

After having done a backup on my wife's computer, I tried recently to access her files and restore some, I found that the files either have an @ symbol or a $ sign and the end of the files and they won't open. Any help please... JCW

I recently encrypted a bunch of files in Vista by right clicking on the foler, properties,advanced, then checking the encryption option. I no longer can access these files, the files names are showing up green which mean they are encrypted i try to open it and i get the following message: Encrypting File System You are encrypting a file or trying to access an encrypted file using a smart card. Enter your smart card pin. The thing is i dont thikn i have a smart card or smart card pin. Please help, very impt files. Thank you. Thaaqib

There are plenty of "bootable" CD's and floopies allowing a local user to reset the password. If the 'admin' password has been changed, then you know it has been messed with. Since the actual machine is not his property, the company should establish a policy prohibiting any means or method of gaining access by any means where they are not authorized. What you must first realize, is not only his disregard to authority, but how much danger he is putting your network in danger. Once a policy is in place, ensure everyone knows about them by signing a statement of awareness in order to gain computer privileges. It's one of the first thing we do with new …

Greetings all, A friend of mine called me tonight saying he can't get Windows Vista Home Premium to start on his laptop. All he gets is a black screen with an error message - "Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more details." He didn't receive a Vista DVD so he can't run a startup repair or anything else - he can't even get into 'Safe Mode' I suggested he find someone with a Vista DVD and try a startup repair, or, worse comes to worse, take it back to the place where he bought it (still under warranty) Can any gurus out there help us get this guy back up and running again?? I did a google se…

Hi all, i just got an Acer Ferrari 5000. It comes loaded with a ... Ferrari Theme. Everytime i change it to a new theme and reboot ... well i get the Ferrari Theme back again. Any idea how to keep my selected Theme (Which happen to be Vista) ? Thanks Vista Ultimate

Greetings all, A friend of mine called me tonight saying he can't get Windows Vista Home Premium to start on his laptop. All he gets is a black screen with an error message - "Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more details." He didn't receive a Vista DVD so he can't run a startup repair or anything else - he can't even get into 'Safe Mode' I suggested he find someone with a Vista DVD and try a startup repair, or, worse comes to worse, take it back to the place where he bought it (still under warranty) Can any gurus out there help us get this guy back up and running again?? I did a google se…