UAC is on and working. I know others find it annoying (or worse ;) ) but like you I don't mind it. I haven't looked in msconfig in quite a...
Hi Matt! I've been acussed of worse! :) Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll leave SpyBot running and get rid of WinPatrol. As far as I...
Possible clue ? Since last post, I did an outside errand (leaving computer on for about 45 minutes unattended), then wife worked on it for...
Morning! I hadn't tried anything else yet due to it being late and I needed some beauty sleep... :rolleyes: The only things in my system tray...
Hi Evan! I've checked and at first look I don't see much that shouldn't be there. That's not to say there aren't things that I don't use... ;)...
Sorry you're Vista experience seems similar to mine, and thanks for the support! But don't pick on BurrWalnut. Just like all the "Team...
UPDATE # 2: And then, it all fails agin... :mad: Worked GREAT for a little more than 1 hour. Then..... it was like walking off a cliff...
UPDATE (for those of you keeping score at home :) and to help others later) The Event Log apparently only keeps 3 months worth of info, as the...
From HP: I just went and searched around HP and it appears that they aren't / can't make that printer work with Vista. I don't know why the...
Perhaps I should have added a :) ? I am :confused: and frustrated (my computer experience stretches back almost 30 yers, to the Vic 20 and the...
Random thoughts: Are both computers running the same version of Vista? Did you just add a new program (or just update one)? If it was...
Three quick questions for both of you: 1 - You have updated your computers, right??? Nothing I, nor anybody else can tell you to do, will help...
OK... I am not sure what I'm looking at. Suffice it to say that Event Viewer is listing 1,683 Events. Different Programs... slow boot ups......
To install the HP drivers you have to turn off (disable) the Firewall (&/or your Anti-Virus program ... I don't remember which). The directions...
"Programs are causing Windows to shut down slowly" (yeah, I forgot THAT was an issue, too!) and "Performance can be improved by changing visual...
Just curious: Which HP Photosmart do you have?
OK... I'm waving the white flag. I give up. Vista wins. Two years and things just (slowly) keep getting worse. It is now to the point...
I know.... I know.... I'm willing to put up with SOME "weird" stuff. In a perfect world, computer software would always work properly and we...
UPDATE - Very interesting..... Just tried to launch Spybot from the startup pop-up, instead of from the shortcut I normaly use. It ran,...
I'm using avast! also. It was kind of creepy the first time it announced that "Virus database has been updated! ", but now I look forward to...
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