If you ever want to check the fragmentation of a drive, go to the Command Prompt and type "defrag X: -a" without the quotes, where X: is the...
Go to the Command Prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns" without the quotes, and see if that helps.
There should be no time outs with DSL, I frequently have mine up for weeks at a time. It is unlikely to be a problem with Vista either. A common...
My experience of using ReadyBoost with 2GB of RAM was that it made no noticeable difference at all. I've since added another 2GB of RAM (I'm...
I doubt that it's anything to do with the drives being LG - both my rigs have LG drives and I didn't have any problems installing Vista. It's a...
One of my PCs has the same motherboard as that, and I was getting the same problem with some of the early Vista betas. A BIOS upgrade cured the...
I agree, I gave up on Norton years ago, and it's got worse every year since then. You only have to look at people's Hijack This logs to see how...
Another vote for NOD32, it's the best AV that I've ever used. It has the best detection rate of all, according to every test that I've seen so...
It is possible that there might be some custom repair facility that they have put on a Restore disc. But the only one on a proper Vista disc is...
Although there is no actual "repair install" in Vista Setup, my experiments with a VM may have found a workaround :) Run Setup, either by booting...
Well all I can say is that I wish you luck in finding the repair options in Vista Setup to do an over-the-top reinstall. The options are...
The problem is almost certainly caused by an add-on. If you go to Tools>Manage Add-ons>Enable or Disable Add-ons, then disable them all, you...
FWIW, Windows Movie Maker does convert DVR-MS files, though it is a slowish and CPU intensive process. I have done it successfully. Pretty much...
Try running the System File Checker. Go to Start and type "cmd" without the quotes, then right-click cmd.exe and choose "Run as Administrator "....
Regrettably, the repair options are somewhat limited in Vista, no doubt due to the fact that the installation discs are now image-based. Unless...
The Ultimate edition comes with both x86 and x64 DVDs in the box, with all the other retail editions you only get the x86 DVD in the box, but you...
Instead of going through the rather long-winded Safely Remove Hardware procedure, if you want to be sure that it's safe to remove a flash drive,...
To paraphrase what one of my fellow MVPs said in a newsgroup, Vista will be the spawn of Satan right up until the moment that Windows Vienna is...
This is from Windows Vista help:
Have a look in Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event viewer at the Application and System logs, and see if anything in there sheds any light on...
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