Windows Vista Problem

Do you have a Windows Vista problem ?

Do you have a Windows Vista Problem?
Windows Vista has been released for about one year now (at the moment of writing this page).
Many people still have a Windows Vista problem which they can't solve.

Maybe you know how to solve that problem? Let's help each other by sharing our knowledge about Windows Vista and its problems.

In the form below you can type your problem with Vista so we and other visitors of our website can solve that problem.
Using this form you can also reply to problems of other people if you know how to solve them.

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Problems and Solutions from our visitors

We receive many posts with Vista problems, which is okay because
that's what this page is meant for, but please if you have a solution for a problem posted
here, let us know the solution. Because that's the way we can help each other!

By:	Ruth
Problem/solution:	How can a adjuste the light from my monitor, laptop the glare is to high?

By:	Tina Harris
Problem/solution:	All my incoming mail go's directly into my deleted file and not my inbox or junkmail. Thank you.

By:	Vicki Glenn
Problem/solution:	bought learning library 2000 cant get it to work correctly. it pops up a message that says i need to instal windows media player.can someone please help.

By:	Douglas Lolly
Problem/solution:	I have just fitted a floppy drive into my PC. on boot up i receive a message diskette drive 0 seek failed. Press F1 to continue. when loaded computer reads first floppy drive 2 HDD 3 CD rom, these are in the wrong order. Setup reads 1 bootable HD 2onboard cd-rom 3 onboard floppy not present 4 nonintergrated NIC not present 5 USB FDD notpresent 6 USB ZIP not present 7 USB CD ROM not present 8 USB Devie not present diskette drive set to internal floppy enabled.

By:	Cliff Brown
Problem/solution:	I have tried to set parental controls, it shows to be set but can get into any web site, including the one I specfically blocked. Think I did everything as instructed but maybe not. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks

By:	June Baldino
Problem/solution:	It takes my Dell Vista desktop way too long to start up. How can I get started in solving this problem? Thank you

By:	Josephine Bonello
Problem/solution:	photo gallery has stopped working.... no video clips sent via email can be viewed

By:	Betty Shehorn
Problem/solution:	everytime I go to sign into Yahoo for my e-mail I get the message security certificate error. This is just since gettting a new computer with Vista on it. How can I correct this error from occuring?

By:	E. Santen
Problem/solution:	I would like to recover Vista because it is very slow and freezes but how does recover work?

By:	Dave, Windows-Vista-Tips-and-Tricks.com
Problem/solution:	Bill, It could be that they have blocked you. This could be done automatically by their provider. Let them check their Spam settings. If you use Windows Mail from Windows Vista you can also check the Junk E-mail options by clicking Tools - Junk E-mail Options. There are 5 tabs where you change some settings for your junk e-mail. Maybe there is something you can change to solve the problem. Good luck!

By:	Bill
Problem/solution:	I purchased a new DEll Laptop with the windows Vista and I was able to receive e-mails from my buddies for the first several weeks and on accident I spammed my contacts from my address book and since then I haven't received any e-mails from them...I did some trouble shooting but I still can't receive any e-mails from anyone in my address book. Can you please guide me on how to fix this problem? I am beginning to wonder if buying the Dell with the Vista Program is a mistake...since I can't seem to fix the problem

By:	Douglas Lolley
Problem/solution:	Hi, use the vista compatibility manager, go to start, help and support, search box type in compatibility mngr. This will give you the option of using XP.

By:	Priscilla Smeets
Problem/solution:	my laptop indicates wrong 17 and grub I dont now what that is my system dos nothing more give only to error 32

By:	Robert Pepper
Problem/solution:	My sidewinder precision pro joystick will not work when in microsoft combat simulator WWII Europe series. It works ok in other simulator programs.

By:	Doug Charon
Problem/solution:	I would like to choose the location where downloads are stored and don't seem to be able to do that as easy as in XP. Also, how can I find the temp folder in the explore tree? Thanks for any help I receive. Doug

By:	Donna Medole
Problem/solution:	I just bought a new dell computer and was trying to install a toy story game. It gave me an error message stating that i had insufficient space on the hard drive i was trying to install it, however, it didn't give me the option to install it anywhere else - automatically went to wherever it was trying to install it. I am assuming the "recovery" part of the hard drive?

By:	Philip Cornish
Problem/solution:	HI I have a pc game - The Da Vinci Code that requirers Windows XP as I have MS Vista how can I get it to run with Vista. Can you help please? Thanks Phil

By:	Nathan Berdinka
Problem/solution:	my problem is stuff running when im not doing anything the light onmy hard drive is on and it stays on for a while i would like it to be off when im playing a game because it doesnt help and idont know why all this other stuff is running and i dont hwo to disable it. i have the upgraded version of windows vista home premium

By:	Nigel
Problem/solution:	sometimes after i have been on the web and i want to shut vista down, it wont, and has run in "loging off and shutting down mode for over an hour by which time i became fed up and just pulled the plug. i knoe this is not good but its the only way to shut the thing down. this is happening about 30% of the time, any help out there please

By:	Jenny
Problem/solution:	Hiya dudes, feel really stupid as I think it's me, not the Vista Home Premium I have on my laptop thats the problem. I have an expansion program to Sid Meier's Civ III called Conquests. It ran on my old Windows ME, Vista won't have it. Throws up an error 28. I even know what to do about it, as it's told me, I just don't know how. Very frustrating! I have to find the display control panel, find the effect's tab, then make sure the font smoothing option is ticked. I can do this on my Dad's computer, although not sure of the operating system, so I sort of know how to do it. I just can't find enough detail in the display controls in the control panel.Any ideas? Cheers!

By:	Dave, Windows-Vista-Tips-and-Tricks.com
Problem/solution:	Chris, Uninstalling Windows Media Player is not advisable. You could search on the internet for other media players. For example there is BS Player which is a good media player. Search for this player on the internet or type in Google 'free mpeg player'. After downloading and installing this media player you could try if Learning 2000 can be opened in it. If not, it could be that you haven't got the right codecs installed. Search on the internet for 'mpeg codecs' or 'avi codecs'. We hope this helps you out. Let us and our visitors know if our information was helpful by posting a reply here.

By:	Chris Webb
Problem/solution:	I have bought new computers for my family and we went from windows XP to VISTA. We can not get the Learning 2000 to work on them. It worked perfectly on the old computers. What is happening is when we put in the CD for the proper book and click on that correct book form the Learning 2000 book shelf, this pop-up appears...... The following problem(s) were encountered. Still images: Attempt to use: MPEGVideo Results Error: there is no driver installed on your system. The lesson could not be opened. Please reinstall the Windows Media Player. I have attempted to reinstall it on all three computers and I am instructed that I have the newest version of the player and I can not install an older version. Thank you for any help with this.

By:	Veronica Smith
Problem/solution:	I have been using Vista for about 4 months and all of a sudden, none of the users can log on except the administrator and none of our usb devices are recognized (ie: camera, ipod) I tried a sytem restore which failed. Unspecified error. Any help?

By:	Dave, Windows-Vista-Tips-and-Tricks.com
Problem/solution:	George, You cannot delete files or directories from a dvd. If you have burned them on a dvd-rw, you can burn the dvd again without the files and directories you want to delete but deleting files or directories from a dvd is not possible. We hope this helps you out.

By:	Larry Wheatley
Problem/solution:	Vista applies hidden attributes to my document files and I don't know why. I have tried to turn of all of the security, which by the way, I don't need and I still have the problem. Vista for some reason does not like my new CD/DVD drive. It won't let me view the files or it will not autoplay even when autoplay is turned on. I'm thinking seriously to reformat with XP.

By:	George Zwickel
Problem/solution:	I can't seem to delete files or directories from a dvd that I created with Vista???? Can anyone give me any idea's on how to delete these from a dvd?????

By:	Julie Ward
Problem/solution:	having problems with roxio software which was installed on computer when we purchased it! Can't play dvds and dvds that have been burn't on can't open the files as computer is reading them as blank.

By:	Ted
Problem/solution:	When I first started using my computer with Vista Home Premium 32 Bit, if I put it in "Sleep" mode the power button on the frount of the CPU would flash until I took it out of "Sleep". Now the button stays on all the time and it sounds as if the CPU is running as it does when not in "Sleep". Is this a problem or is it normal?

By:	Jerome Holmes
Problem/solution:	Why I can not click on a burned CD or flask drive that were burned from another computer? It says doc is not a valid Win32

By:	Vivien Tidy
Problem/solution:	When I put my Fujitsu Computer into Sleep mode, I am unable to wake it up again, I have tried all ways and end up having to switch the computer off which is not advisable.

By:	Dave, Windows-Vista-Tips-and-Tricks.com
Problem/solution:	James, to find out if there is a sound device installed properly you could check the 'Device Manager'. It could be that there is no driver installed for it. The Device Manager can be found by pressing the 'Windows key' + 'pause' on your keyboard. Then in the window which appears you see 'Device Manager' in the left pane. Click on this link and the 'Device Manager' window appears. Check if there is a warning icon at 'Sound, video and game controllers'. If yes, you should install a driver for it or maybe a newer version.

By:	Ryo
Problem/solution:	I've been burning DVDs with WINDOWS DVD MAKER but everytime I burn the DVD, my disc drive memory goes down. I've tried to find the Temporary files but I cant find them. What can I do to erase them?

By:	Marty Yeager
Problem/solution:	i cannot make my new zune and vista compatable. I have tried both tech supports with no luck

By:	Nancy Gray
Problem/solution:	the screen keeps resetting. it prevents me from using search among other problems

By:	James
Problem/solution:	I cant play dvd on my pc as it tells me no sound device is found. how do i find out if i've got one installed?

By:	Asaduzzaman Khan
Problem/solution:	Hi everybody I have recently baught a Compaq Presario Notebook V6500. The manufacturer has installed genuine Windows Vista Home Basic on it and they made partion like C drive 70GB and created a rcovery disk which is about 7.00GB (HDD capacity is 80GB). By this time I have made another drive using 'Shrink Volume' option, which is possible in Vista. Now my HDD like C drive 40GB, D drive 30GB and rest is for recovery disk. The problems which I am facing now....as shown below 1. The space of C drive is decreasing day by day and I can't make it as it was when I have purchased it. 2. If C drive behaves like this..after few months no more disk space will be available...it will be a disaster for me. 3. How can I burn the recovery disk to a DVD? If I get the DVD after burn, can I use it for a fresh Vista setup as I am worried about the disk space of C drive. Need your valuable suggestion on my problems. Thanks in advance. Asad

By:	Walter Schlacht
Problem/solution:	Can't get software to install from a disc.

By:	Peter Johnson
Problem/solution:	Each time I want to play a movie from my hard drive in Windows Media Player an error appears. However I can play the movie. This movie is a DVD format (.vob). Does anyone have the same problem and does anyone have the solution to solve this problem? I have attached the error which appears in this message. Thanks guys!

By:	Steven Marquess
Problem/solution:	Peter, I have about the same problem as you have. The only difference is that when I play a video file on my computer using Windows Media Player, another message appears which is almost the same as yours. UnfortunatelyI don't have the solution for your Vista problem and I hope someone can help both of us with this error. Here is the error: Thanks for the help already.

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