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I have heard and read that putting your page file on another hard drive will help. I have done that for several reasons but now I want to know how I can or if I can delete the left over page file that is on the c drive where it originated. I have a page file for hdd F in place. This is vista os.

Hi I am building a system A E8400 on Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Using Vista 64 Home Premium Can someone reccomend what Ram to get for this set up, and is 8GB {4 X 2GB} OK as I have heard there are BSOD Occurences. Please Advise.

Ok I installed Vista 64 home premium. Used it all day yesterday and was starting to really like it. It seemed just as fast as XP and I wasnt having any issues......until I defragged the hdd last night before going to bed. Now the computer is dog sloooooow. My cpu meter is pegged at 50-100%...

I've been using Vista for about a month now and something that has really REALLY gotten under my skin is that auto "read only" setting for folders/directories. Furthermore when I try to turn it off I get a "You will need to provide administrative permission to change these attributes" error. Now...

I just installed Vista Ultimate but kept my XP installation on a second drive. Vista is on a SATA drive but XP is on an IDE drive. For some reason I cannot get the XP to run. I am not too worried about the operating system, but I cannot get access to any of the data created in Windows XP. I...

When i boot up my computer it takes quite a long time to load after post to the logon screen, it just stays as a blank screen for 30secs-1min or so until the windows logo and loading bar appear. It didn't do this when i first installed vista ultimate and i'm not sure if i caused it, don't know...

vista ultimate crashes everyday with the following codes BCCode: 1000008e BCP1: C0000005 BCP2: 8D3ABC0C BCP3: 99E53A38 BCP4: 00000000 aaafh.sys can't find this sys file anywhere can someone please help , ready to blow it up

I have a portion of my 2nd hard drive partitioned and i planned on installing windows vista x64bit edition. But, i attempted to install it on that partition, and it does not allow me to do so, it gives me an error like "windows cannot find a suitable location" or something like that. In the...

I can’t believe people are so stupid these days, especially the ones who think they are technology experts. They say Vista sucks and so on. What a bunch of whining crybabies. These people need to get a grip on reality and learn something about computers. I will go through a few of the things...

I have a SATA Hdd that when I turn the computer on (power up) I get this error message" NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart" I am running windows Vista. Can someone help me with this problem.

So I want 64bit VISTA but i have 32bit VISTA. Is there a cheaper 32bit to 64bit upgrade path? Is it true that i have no options but to buy a brand new VISTA 64bit copy? STORY: So I bought Windows XP Pro 32bit with VISTA 32bit upgrade back in January. This was about 10 days before VISTA came...

I recently had an opportunity to glance at large Vista manual I saw in the computer room at a local library. At the time, I was trying to determine whether Vista was natively capable of burning an image of a whole disk to an external attached drive. The manual stated that Vista had this...

My computer after starting shows "no booting device found ENTER for retry" How to solve the problem.

Hello, I want to set up the 2wire gateway but i don't have the disk. what should i do?

I am currently running a dual boot, with Vista Home Prem x64 and XP MCE. I have not used vista an about a week but today logged in to check out Crysis in Dx10. I went to check my email and noted that Firefox and IE7 were not working. IE7 64 bit does work. I did a Google and found that this is a...

Hi, I am about to order Vista, but Im not sure whether or not to get the 32 or 64 bit version. I have ordered a: Q6600 Quad Core 8800 GTS 640mb GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128050 2GB or Ram(will get 4gb) Which one do you guys think I should...

I love windows vista, and I understand that its supposed to be this way (you have extra ram and CPU, Might as well use it) but it is annoying. My computer is always flashing that little light, and it is always making ridiculous noises. On XP, you could hardly guess it was on! I know, I dual...

Hello. I am looking for a picture browser of the sort Windows XP had -- you have a folder with pictures, no matter where, you click on a file, a browser opens, you run through the pictures, you close it, and that's it. As if it never happened. Seems like to browse pictures using PhotoGallery...

So I am building a mid-high range computer (core 2 quad, 8800gts, 2 tb raid 10, 4gb ddr 800, link to the build topic: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/244956-31-finalizing-components-homebuilt ). I intend to use the computer for gaming, workstation use (3d modeling/painting/etc.), as well as...

Last night I installed the two updates from Microsoft for Vista Updates that are available http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938979 improves the Performance and Reliability of Windows Vista and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194 improves the Compatibility and Reliability of Windows...

Hi I did have a weird problem and I am looking for help in order not to reinstall the vista again. Last time I tried to access the net my computer showed symptoms of not being connected to the network. Then I checked lan cables, drivers etc. I realize that vista have deleted the default gateway...

Hello, I recently built a new computer and installed Vista 64. The installation went smoothly and everything is running fine. However, I do have a couple questions. 1. Un-signed drivers. I am trying to install RivaTuner 2.06 so I can adjust the fan speed of my 8800GT SLIs to 65% or so...

I heard you can only reinstall vista once? i like reinstalling my XP to just clean everything up everyonce and a while and i heard vista does not work that way?

First off, i never had this issue when using Windows XP. I have a wireless network running at home. This enables my pc to connect to another pc (which is connected to the wireless router) that shares an internet connection. Now, everytime i plug a flash drive/USB HDD into my pc, and i remove...

The volume on the sound mixer on my taskbar for vista is at 0 and whenever I try to turn it up so I can hear something, it automatically slides back down to 0. I cannot figure out what is going on. I have a soundblaster audigy 4 but I have been using vista and this card for a long while now...

HI Is it true that Vista can't handle 4 gigs of memory. I read that most programs are made to handle only 2 gigs of mem. Vista could use up to 3 gigs and that was it. Is this a true statement. Also Can any on name a inexpensive place to make my own web page. I will need help because I have no...

I heard lots of rumor from various people at different IT company's comparing Vista to Windows ME and indicating that Vista is largely being ignored in the business community. A lot of businesses I deal are buying Vista but then down grading to Windows XP. My own experience has seen laptops...

If I purchase the 260$ Vista Home Basic Retail Version can I install it on both my laptop and desktop using the same CD, and same CD Key?

I have Vista Premium on a new HP computer and after the computer goes into sleep mode it will not wake up. The whole system seems to lock up and I have to hold the power button and then start from the black menu screen. How can I fix this problem? :? Thanks.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all. Set up a dual boot system with win xp pro and vista ultimate. I boot into vista and I can not connect to the internet or network to my other pc. When I boot in to xp it is fine, same hardware everyhign the...

i heard that vista won't allow you to use limewire and other filesharing programs? is this true? can someone confirm this?

Can I use other high speed Flash card instead of USB for memory boost ? I am refering to CF , or SD card.

Hey guys, Is it possible to have a random desktop wallpaper in windows vista or does anyone have an app that can do it? I have about 650 hi-res landscape/nature photos and i'd like vista to choose a different one randomly each start-up. In windows XP i was able to write a little app in Visual...

I can't install vista ultimate on my ATA HD. MY HD is connected to promise ATA 133MHZ adapter card. I have the latest driver for the card. Vista won't load the driver when I point it toward the floppy drive. Vista only detect my serial ATA HD. How can I make Vista detect my HD on promise ATA...

I'm thinking of getting vista (again) is it still to soon or is it fine now? I've heard xp is still better for gaming so i'm considering doing a dual boot. if I install vista on my second drive would xp still be bootable? also does it cause any issues installing the os on the back end of a hard...

Hello buys I need some help. I installed Vista Ultimate on my computer and the problem is when ever I turn off my PC and come back and bump the mouse or accidentally hit a key on the keyboard my computer starts up. This would not be a big problem but people in another room exercise and when...

Hi. Maybe i'm really stupid here but i keep on hearing people go on about how much more console games are optermized than pc games. I was wondering if there was any way to optermize pc games to the level of consoles on YOUR personal herdware. Is there software than could do that? It would be...

Has anyone used USB flash drive to replace the floppy for bootup? I am refering to emergency boot up to access windows Vista.

Hello I have vista ultimate and home premium. Yesterday, i installed kaspersky internet security 6 on all three of my computers. I did not know the problem until this morning when i try to find out ip address. I go to c:\ prompt and type ipconfig/all. To my surprise , it gives me error message...