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HP Printers and Vista do not play nice
My PC is pretty fast to load windows (from cold boot), but my friends Amiga is faster to load Workbench. For him, he can use the OS 5 seconds after switching on! Here is a list of some of the strange errors I got while using my PC: 0. Keyboard failure. Press return to continue. 1. Too many open files. 2. BEEP!

Sims 1 and Vista Home Premium
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/109009593831 The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer ,----[ Quote ] On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you try to copy files from a server on a network,

Vista locks up frequently
About 50% of the time, when loading Windows 98/98SE, I get the following error: "c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd: Missing/unable to load Press any key to continue. I added components and software one at a time while re-installing, but since the problem occurs randomly, I can't tell what device might be causing it.

Error during boot: vmm32.vxd missing/unable to load
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp general microsoft public windows vista general CZ wrote: Summary of results of running Win98 SE's 2) Did vista load and run in the normal manner with the Win98 SE MBR and the new disk signature? For the Vista install w/o SP1: yes, it had zero problems.

Office 2000 won't load on Windows Vista Machine
2) While many of the features will be similar, that's not all there is to an OS. There's the interface, and Vista's interface, like all Windows versions Can you honestly tell me there's something you can do on a Mac that can't be done on Windows? Yes, I can. So what if it Mac users start loading Windows on the

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Andy [YaYa] android8...@MAPSONhotmail.com microsoft public windows vista games Compatibility mode as ThatGuy suggested is good. Update your video/audio card drivers. I bought Sims I Complete Collection, it played fine for a few times, and now it shuts itself down while loading. There is no error message.

BCM won't go away!
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista general Last known good is one of the items on the F8 menu screen (along with the safe modes etc. After that release F6 but keep pressing Ctrl for a while. At this point the MS Windows Boot Console (CMOS screen) should appear and offer you choices.

Windows Mail won't download mails from server
I have IE7 running on Windows Vista (without any special plugins enabled). These are deployed on a relatively new computer, with 2GB memory. After using the same IE instance for a while, opening (and closing) new tabs, I notice that it starts consuming more and more memory (not releasing it even after most of the

ActiveSync ruined my dual-boot - how to restore Vista boot order?
But Vista isn't the next ME at all, and never was. While it did have problems all of its own, the problems which affected Vista users the most were out of Does this same package load slow in XP? He never tells us because it is pertinent to his cause NOT to tell. UAC does not bother some users as others would

Vista Black Screen on start up
My impression was that as long as you use the latest version of ntldr and ntdetect.com, everything should be fine, but the latest version of ntldr and ntdetect.com do not allow me to load Windows 2000, while the older, Windows 2000 versions of ntldr and ntdetect.com do not allow me to load Windows XP Professional

Even Softies get the Vista installation blues
I am still receiving 3 pop-ups telling me BCM is trying to load, but can't find components. How do I prevent these pop-up? -- Dell XPS M1530 laptop Windows Vista Ultimate 3.0 GB RAM Microsoft Office 2007 w/ Business Contact Manager SP1 "Ikonoblast" wrote: -- Dell XPS M1530 laptop Windows Vista Ultimate 3.0 GB RAM

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Other than that, the major benefit would be the ability to have more system memory for future upgrades. Taking the subject slightly OT I've been considering dual boot Vista for a while but didn't see any reason to bother yet. (Tried it briefly on release on a new works laptop and quickly had them load XP back on).

Vista wont load just goes to a black screen
Tony Campbell TonyCampb...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general well i have tried a good few combination of buttons with no joy going After that release F6 but keep pressing Ctrl for a while. At this point the MS Windows Boot Console (CMOS screen) should appear and offer you choices.

Vista wont load just goes to a black screen
However, I have noticed a markable improvement in HD load time while playing the game, which manifests itself as a "freeze" in the play while the update is "Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System: A white dot no longer appears on the windows desktop when launching the Catalyst Control Center.

Sims 1 and Vista Home Premium
kpw81 kpw81.331...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista general after my computer downloaded the update, it restarted ok, but the next time i tried to start but this time left it on the intel screen for a while to see what happened, and after about 25 minutes or so it finally started to load windows,

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That Guy mail.s...@mail.spam.com microsoft public windows vista games try right clicking icon, properties, compatibility mode, xp. I bought Sims I Complete Collection, it played fine for a few times, and now it shuts itself down while loading. There is no error message. I've uninstalled and reinstalled and it

Admin account can't access control panel?
Enter "exit" Your computer should restart and load Windows XP. Verify Window XP is OK. Remove the Windows XP Installation CD. Insert the Vista Installation DVD. Restart the computer and load from the Vista DVD. It will take a while to load Vista and search for all your partitions. When the action screen comes up

(WinBlows) Ha ha, Vista's just an OSX ripoff
Susan Bradley sbrad...@pacbell.net microsoft public windows vista security The silently elevate in the security policy does not. UAC is still on, Mark wrote: Thanks for the clarification, but if I had to do that for every program I load, test and uninstall I'd have given up on Vista a long time ago.

Vista wont load just goes to a black screen
RichardG Richa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Mike I will take your advice. If there is no real advantage to tweaking the partition sizes there is no point in possibly creating a lot of work. For a while I was thinking that all the people that are slamming VISTA were

O/T Two neat USB gadgets!
My PC is pretty fast to load windows (from cold boot), but my friends Amiga is faster to load Workbench. For him, he can use the OS 5 seconds after switching on! But why don't they convert the other great programs like X-Cad Pro, Vista Pro etc.. X-Cad Pro? JUNK! And hey dick... VistaPro 3.0 has been out on the