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• Question about Vista and EyeQ CD program compatibiliby

  I have a Compaq laptop with Windows Vista and I can buy an EyeQ CD program for Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, and NT 4.0 and higher. Will it work?

  Contact the manufacturer of the program.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-Vista/default.aspx

  Windows Vista Compatibility Center

  First thing to do is to check its Vista compatibility at the link above, and if not to see what patches/solutions are available from its manufacturer...

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/using-Windows-Vista-compatibility-mode/

  If this is not Vista compatible, read the info on the link above.
  It works for some programs, but not all.

  This applies to software programs, NOT hardware drivers.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Two questions: Windows Vista and XP on HP a6130n

  A6130n HP from my father (AMD Athlon 64 X 2 dual processor running Windows Vista) had a hard drive crash. I replaced the HD and tried to recover using the recovery discs, he has created. He was suspended during the recovery process of system usually at about 3%. I have clean records and restarted several times without success. I was able to load Windows XP using my Windows XP disk, but many drivers do not seem to work (sound, network, etc.).

  Windows Vista is my next step to order the HP restore disc, or are there other options?

  Windows XP: My father has renounced this PC and gave it to me. I think I would have preferred XP. There is no drivers listed for this model for XP. Are there options with this route? Should what drivers I download?

  Thank you very much for your advice. Dave.

  Try MS UAA Hotfix, with a reboot after:

  http://www.mediafire.com/?4ben9zlesng

  If still no audio_Go here for the Realtek site, contract, then select High Definition Audio Codecs, then download the executable:

  http://tinyurl.com/6y55xn

  Message edited by CherylG on 07/03/2009 15:13

• Question sleep Vista Ultimate

  Hi all

  I have a question regarding vista and my hardware not wake me up after you put the computer in standby mode. My bios is set for s3 and reminder VGA bios is enabled. I get a black screen and no function keyboard or mouse suite. Some of the forums I have watch say it is perhaps a matter of Nvidia, others say that its an OS problem. The one you suggest options that I might be able to try?

  Card mother MSI K9N2 Platinum
  Card MSI 9800 GT video
  OCZ 600w power supply
  OCZ sli memory
  AMD 7550 kuma
  3 old disks IDE PATA
  Keyboard PS2
  USB mouse

  Help, please!

  Hello Parker_Jones,

  Thank you for using the Microsoft answers Forum.

  There is a possibility that this behavior might be caused by a program not allowing the computer to wake up properly. Take a look at the article below and see if you can troubleshoot using the information contained in the article.

  A computer Windows Vista does not wake from sleep when a PassThru driver is installed

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932633

  You can also use the mode without failure as a troubleshooting tool to determine the program that could be the cause of the issue. I've included the first part of the article below so that you will know how enter Mode without fail if you didn't know already. Please see the link to read the full article and complete troubleshooting.

   

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a boot in Windows Vista How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a boot in Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Step 1: Perform a clean boot

  Note If the computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may prevent you from following these steps. We recommend strongly that you do not use System Configuration utility to change startup options on the computer, unless a support engineer Microsoft directs you to do so. This can make the computer unusable.

  a. log in the computer using an account with administrator rights.

  b. click on start to reduce this includes this image

  type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box and press ENTER to start the System Configuration Utility.Collapse this includes this image

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click continue.

  c. under the general tab, click Selective startup, and then clear the Load Startup items check box. (The box use the Boot file is not available.)

  d. on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft services check box and then click on disable all.

  Note Following this step lets services Microsoft continue to run. These services include networking, Plug-and-Play, record of events, error reporting, and other services. If you disable these services, you can permanently delete all restore points. Do not do this if you want to use to restore the system with the existing restore points.

  e. click OK, and then click restart.

  Let us know if this can help, or if you find additional information.

  Judd
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• I installed win 7 on old computer continues to crash, but not on the newest one that gave me my dad. It has vista and advise said it will be hanle win 7 64 bit?

  I installed won 7 out of old computer, keeps crashing. just not enough anything to run right. question is this. can I remove between this computer and install it on the newer than Dad has given me everything. It has vista and adviser said that it will load win 7, 64 bit or 32 bit... you just bought a month ago and no disk windows can not afford another one right now. I would like more this month to use... Thank you

  Hello

  If you bought the DVD of Windows 7 with the license, and it's a retail license, Yes, you can transfer it to another computer.

  OEM, pre-installed Dell, HP, etc. as well as Microsoft OEM System Builders licenses are non-transferable to another computer. They are tied to the computer first they are installed on the.

  Retail licenses are transferable. Remember that a single installation is allowed at a time.

  You may need to do a phone Activation when you reinstall on another computer.

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/18715-activate-Windows-7-phone.html

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  Here's some more information on Windows 7 for you:

  Go to your computer / computer laptop manufacturer Web site and see if Windows 7 drivers are available for your make and model computer / laptop.

  If this is not available, Windows 7 will not properly work for you.

  Run the "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=20

  Check if your specifications are compatible for Windows 7:

  "Windows 7 system requirements"

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/system-requirements

  "Windows 7 Compatibility Center" for software and hardware:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

  Windows 7 upgrade paths:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (v = ws.10) .aspx

  See you soon.

• How to remove Satellite PSU44E U400 Vista and install Win XP

  Because a large part of my specialized software is designed to work with XP pro, I need to remove my U400 of Vista Home Premium and install XP Pro. As others have found with other models Toshiba simply placing XP disc in the DVD drive results in "dreaded blue screen" with error 0X0000007B (0XF78D2524, etc) and correctly configured hard drive reviews / looking for the virus/run Chdsk/F to check corruption.

  Change drive HARD BIOS from AHCI to compatibility mode allows to XP disk load and run as "Press ENTER to load XP" but pressing 'Enter' does nothing; other keys have no effect either and the only way I found is to press on the On / Off button. Re change from "AHCI" to "Compatibility" there are also a lot of comments on other users for suggesting that using compatibility mode makes it much slower than the AHCI mode disk access. However, despite searching the Web using Tosh HDD not registered model (MK3252GSX) I can't find a driver XP ATA to nLite XP before trying again.

  Can someone tell me a procedure they used to remove Vista and replace it with XP Pro on you U400 PSU44E please?

  Hello

  I have a U400 and I ve installed Win XP on my baby with no problems.

  There are two options; either you'll assign compatible SATA mode (in BIOS), or you leave the option in AHCI mode and will include the SATA drivers that are part of the Intel Storage Manager.
  Intel Storage Manager can be downloaded from the Toshiba page (you can find it in the category U400).

  I managed to include the SATA drivers with nLite and everything worked as it should.
  PS; Win XP should include min. SP2!

• KB2655992 and KB2698365 updates are for Vista and Win 7. Why my automatic update XP machine say I need them, then can not install them?

  Auto update on my Windows XP (SP3) checks every day, then trying to download and install the updates above that are for Vista and Win 7 systems. If I try to download and install manually, the XP machine has no idea about mail file ".msu" on these updates. My PC tried to install these on a daily basis since July 11, 2012.

  Thank you

  Hello

  Using Windows XP 32-bit or Windows XP 64-bit?

  KB2655992 and KB2698365 are also updated in security for Windows XP. I suggest to perform the clean boot, download and install the updates from the Download Center.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  Update security for Windows XP x 64 Edition (KB2655992)
  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=30220

  Update security for Windows XP (KB2698365)
  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=30228

  Note: Make sure that you reset the computer back to normal once the diagnosis is complete.

• Vista and Sony DCR HC32 DV download compatible question - not able to find the driver

  Hello

  My laptop Vista's window isn't able to recognize my Sony DCRHC32 when I use IEEE 1394 or USB cable. It says device not found driver. Of all the posts I've read online, it says Windows Vista and above OS should have all the necessary drivers to download video DV in Handycam. Pleasee Advisor.
  See you soon,.
  Anupsm

  Hey Anupam,

  Welcome to the community Microsoft and thanks for posting the question.

  According the description, it looks like the Sony handy cam is not getting recognized on the computer.

  1. Have you tried the device on another computer?
  2. Have you tried the device to another port?
  3. Has made the work of the unit earlier on the same computer or you try to connect the device for the first time?

  I've provided methods to solve the problem of hardware recognition . Carefully follow each method. If a method does not work, go ahead with the methods following to solve the problem.

  Method 1: You try to run the Fixit.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  Method 2: Follow the steps to solve driver problems

  Tips for solving common driver problems

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems

  For more reference:

  The hunt for drivers

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/the-hunt-for-drivers-how-to-find-Windows-Vista-drivers-for-all-your-hardware

  What to do when your hardware does not work with Windows Vista

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/finding-drivers-what-to-do-when-your-hardware-wont-work-with-Windows-Vista

  Please report if you are still having the problem. I'll be happy to provide you with additional options available that you can use to get this problem is solved.

• Cannot install network printer on Windows 7. Detects the printer then it says cannot locate the driver. All my vista and XP machines have no problem finding drivers. It is a 32-bit 64-bit vs questions? How can I fix it?

  Cannot install network printer on Windows 7.  Detects the printer then it says cannot locate the driver.  All my vista and XP machines have no problem finding drivers. It is a 32-bit 64-bit vs questions?  How can I fix it?
  Windows Server 2008 network.  Printers have ip addresses. Install the drivers from the Print Manager.  /Terminal Server Workgroup installation.

  It's the same situation with XP.  The print driver names must match.  If you notice the name of the printer driver that uses XP is a name different from the one that is installed when you plug in the device on the Windows 7 computer.  This is just my assumption, please correct me if this isn't the case.

  The real solution is to install a 32-bit driver on the XP machine that uses the same name that the 64-bit driver and share a printer using this driver or find a 64-bit driver that uses the same name as the 32-bit driver installed on XP and install the driver on XP.

  Alan Morris Windows printing team; Here Microsoft Knowledge Base search: http://support.microsoft.com/search/Default.aspx?adv=1

• Questions about SD and USB running Vista on Satellite M40X

  Well, I've updated my M40X to VISTA, if it is not mentioned on the list of allow.
  Well, actually installed on a new formatted partition.
  Runs smoothly, RAM is sufficient, component more slow seems to be the CPU, well, fair enough.

  Obviously, I'm not able to get the card reader (chip SD card combo, xD,) or the USB ports running.
  The two is listed in Device Manager, the USB hub and the customer of the sd. In addition, there are a storage device mass with a pilot error in the list.
  Whenever I have insert well tested cards, USB HDs mp3 players or that it is in the slots the computer sometimes makes noise-ping but does not show any device in Solution Explorer or a new letter of the device.

  I think it's some kind of driver issue, but found no solution. Not even after researching dayandnight on forums and other things.
  Card reader is "Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Intergrated Flash Media Controller", as I understand it.
  Well, I'd be more than happy and greatfull if someone could recommend a solution for these problems, pref with links to the drivers.
  Am really low.

  TIA

  Jan

  Hello

  As you know, this laptop model is certainly not support Vista and Toshiba will design all the Vista drivers for this model of laptop. I can imagine that Vista works very well, but without the right drivers, it is not easy to use certain hardware components.

  I recommend you to use Windows XP Home edition. WXP works great on this laptop. For all tests, you can install Vista on the second partition to see how it works. I think right after a few weeks remove you Vista and use WXP as before. ;)

• Windows Vista and the problems that are

  I'm running Office 2007 Pro in Vista and my programs are useless because of the uniform crashing. I tried to work and it also crashes. Google Earth will crash occasionally. I try running updates on the Microsoft site and it shows 22 update, but none of them don't actaully charge. I ran scans for viruses, but none appear. Help! I think the upgrade to windows 7, but I don't know if that will solve my problem. Why Microsoft does become a free ride with all problems have their software. If it were any other product it would be a Congressional investigation.

  1 RE: consistent crashes

  1. make sure that the computer is virus-free
  Use Malwarebytes:
  choose http://www.malwarebytes.org/ ...
  the free version.

  2 run a file system check to ensure that no
  corrupted files.
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-SFC-command.html

  3. optimize performance
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance

  2 RE: Has no updates
  Please post this question in the Windows Update forum:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_update?page=1

  OR... http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_update?page=1&tab=no

  3 RE: upgrading to Windows 7
  Bad idea! You can easily "carry" the same problems for Win 7.
  This isn't the way to solve problems.

• using Vista and Microsoft Works 9. Trying to create a word processing document.

  Using Vista and Microsoft works 9. Trying to create a new document in word processing. I want to copy and paste the text of an email or a newspaper article. I did it in the past with XP and a previous version of Works. This time, the system hangs.

  I can copy from document to document.

  I tried Notepad or something similar, could not find it and try it, even if I don't like the extra step.  Of course I can't find anything with Vista anyway.  Thank you!!!

  http://www.Microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?DG=Microsoft.public.works.win&cat=en_us_9804e2ac-c762-44C9-9c6f-90e45f32d772&lang=en&CR=us

  Discussions in microsoft.public.works.win

  They will help you with your question of work in the work above Newsgroup.

  At soon Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Dual Boot Vista and XP in separate hard drives?

  I currently installed on a hard drive in Vista and I have an extra which is 160 GB I want to install XP on so that I can dualboot both, is it possible?

  Remember that there is no partition in question here.

  The key which makes the task easier is to preformat the drive, assign a disk label (example: WinXP) and then launch the installation.

  How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) - the guide step by step with screenshots
  http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm

  Install Windows XP on your pre-installed Windows Vista computer
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/install-Windows-XP-on-your-pre-installed-Windows-Vista-computer/

  As always, with the project like this create an image backup of your entire hard drive (to an external USB drive) first.

  Acronis True Image 2011 - has a 30 day trial version available.
  (Install Acronis and then create a restoration/Rescue CD Media before starting the creation of an image backup)
  http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/
  The version comparison: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/comparison.html
  True Image User Guides and documentation:
  http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/download/docs/

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Windows Vista and 7 will not let me install XP

  It won't let me choose "install windows".

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  You will have to start all over again if you want to install XP.

  Since vista and win 7 are later versions. You will need to reformat / make 3 partitions, install XP, Vista and Win 7. Or if you have Win 7 Pro or Ultimate use XP mode

• Windows Vista and June 2016 updates (patch Tuesday)

  My operating system is Vista and I'm doing updates of Microsoft for June 14 (patch Tuesday) but the canning update just check updates. The summer of updates for hours now and everything continues to check updates. Is there a server problem or anyone know what is the problem?

  Hi SteveBUC:

  He is a currently a common problem for users of Vista SP2 and Win 7 SP1.

  Please see my 16 June 2016 post in thread m #l's updates does not, he has been looking for updates for hours for a possible solution.

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  32 bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox v47.0 * IE9 * NIS v21.7.0.11
  HP Pavilion dv6835ca Intel Core2Duo T5550 1.83 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 M GS