Windows Explorer in Vista not working when User Accts turned

Windows Vista 32 UltimateI have a default user account as administrator. No password. Took a while to figure out, but w...

Windows wireless services...not turned on?

Alright i have a new laptop. (Just got it about a week ago) It's a dell xps 1530. It works fine with you plug it hardwi...

AVG turned off?

When Vista starts, the Windows Security center tells me that my AVG had been turned off (underneath Malware protection)...

Blue screen of death when user control accounts turned off

A recent article in Computeractive magazine has one of the instructions for some software installation as initially tur...

2gb to 4gb memory upgrade on x64 issue, cpu usage turned 100

hello,i bought an extra 2gb of mem (same brand,ocz reaper, but diff timing 3-4-4-15) currently installed is 4-4-4-15, fo...

CD drive is turned off and needs to be turned on

I think i turned off my CD drive on my laptop a while ago but forget how to turn it back on. Could somebody please help...

My zipped folders have all turned into mp3 nfiles

I have a Dell Inspiron with Windows Vista. I logged in one day and found that all the zipped folders on my computer had...

Icons moving on desktop when monitor is turned on

I set the icons where I want them and when I turn the monitor on again, they are all over the place. I am new to Vista,...

Windows Security Center reports AVG is turned off ???

Whenever i log into my pc i get a warning from Windows Security Center sayin that AVG anti virus is turned off, when avg...

Printing from network laptop if desktop turned off

Hello everyone, I have a simple question. My XP desktop and my Vista laptop are on the same network. I share and print w...

File Sharing Turned Off By Itself

The weirdest thing happened today.After booting up, I realized that File Sharing had turned off by itself.I wasn'T playi...

I turned off UAC

For various reasons I turned off UAC. Is there a way I can prevent that bubble in the lower right from warning me const...

My laptop screen is turned sideways! How do I change it back

My screen is turned 90 degrees. I can't find a way to turn it back. Anyone help please!...

DEFENDER turned OFF

Defender is turned off and notice says that it can only be turned back on via "GROUP POLICY". How do I do thi...

My "Downloads" foldered turned into a musical folder

What happened? All of the sudden my fields were like "Album", "Artists", etc. instead of the normal...

turned it off the wrong way and now its broke

The other night I was in a rush and I held down the power button until it shut off. the next day I tryed turning it on a...

Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot

Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off d...

If the Murphy's could see their boy now. He turned out to be

Murphy is a serial <stalker>....

Vista Premium Turned Cenile!!!

Yet another update for WinVista Premium...but wait a minute, it's only just installed that one!!!Can someone please help...

Turned off pc during windows vista restoring

Hi all,I mistakenly turned off my pc during the system restore of windows vista. It was taking too long and decided to t...

Defender Keeps being Turned Off

Hi All,Every time I boot up I get an alert telling me that Defender has is not turned on. I turn it on an everything is...

HELP!!! My desktop is turned sideways!!!

My 2 year old got ahold of my computer to watch the Wiggles on youtube and somehow turned everything sideways. I can't...

Picture turned into file

Some of my pictures have mysteriously turned into "files" I have the file saved to my desk top, when I click...

Network printer wants password even with passwords turned of

2 machines, both Vista Home Premium. Passwords for file and printer sharing are turned off but when attempting to conne...

screen has turned horizonal, sticky keys

My screen has turned horizonal, how do I reverse the problem?...

Turned off UAC and Cookies vanished

Vista Ultimate SP2Last night, I turned off UAC (because that was a suggested remedy I found online for an IE8 problem I...

Flash Player not working with UAC turned on

I have installed the latest update for Flash Player and it works ok with UAC turned off, but once I turn UAC back on it...

Telnet feature turned on...

....But when I try to use Telnet command from command line (Run-->>Open) I receive message "Application not ...

Sidebar and taskbar have turned white

Hello...... My sidebar where the gadgets are displayed has turned white instead of clear..also my taskbar has turned wh...

Contact File Turned to Picture Files

My Windows Vista Outlook Contact Files are in a format for Picture files, and I can't add new contacts. WTH? Help!...

Complete PC Backup - D: has turned into a system disk

I started using Vista's complete PC backup once Vista was installed on my computer. I have two physical disks, one part...

Bluetooth Audio Renderer doesn't stop when I turned off my h

My Plantronics 590 works fine in my Vista. But when I turn off it, sound device of it (e.g. Bluetooth Hands-free Audio,...