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Vista proprietary in Acer?

Gordon J. Rattray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:46 GMT

The Vista installation or recovery disk you have is probably BIOS-locked
to a motherboard with an Acer BIOS.

If you can get a Microsoft installation disk - for any, presumably
32-bit, version of Vista - the key would work although you might need to
phone for activation.

On 20/11/2009 19:27, Gordon J. Rattray wrote:
> Hi there,
> I've got an Acer Aspire with Vista Basic and the motherboard died due to
> a power surge.
> It's easier for me to replace the motherboard with a new Asus unit and
> re-install Vista.
> Is this Acer installed Vista going to let me do a re-install on a
> different motherboard and will the keycode license labelled on the tower
> work with this?
> Thanks,
> Gordon

64 bit programs

Paul — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:17 GMT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:17 -0600, "Paul " wrote:

> Seems that all the big box stores sell computers mostly with
> 64 bit Windows installed but a great majority of the programs
> are 32 bit (I know they don't make many).

What you say is largely correct. There are very few 64-bit programs
yet. That means that the advantage of 64-bit Windows is mostly
*potential* right now. I think it's good to be running 64-bit Windows
instead of 32-bit Windows, because it lets you buy and install 64-bit
software as it becomes available in the future (and almost certainly,
we will all start seeing more and more of this very soon). But don't
expect much of a performance increase until you start running 64-bit
software.

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Hibernate on Desktop machine

Oldster — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:36 GMT

Yea. That worked. Great. But I don't understand why the more nomal "Power"
interface doesn't seem to do the job!

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote in message
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> "Oldster" wrote in message
> news:OMZbqggaKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
>> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
>> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.
>
> From an elevated command prompt, POWERCFG -H OFF works on Vista, probably
> for Windows 7 as well.
>
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Excel Read Only

Wet Paint — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:02 GMT

Wet Paint wrote:
> My company has an Excel application we have developed and we use an Installer
> program to distribute it. The installer default is to install the program
> into a Program File that is named. This works flawlessly on xp but on any
> computer that has Vista installed, the file opens in Read Only, which defeats
> our entire application. The read only format can not be changed in any of the
> obvious ways (under Properties etc). This is a huge problem for us. Is there
> any way around it?

Unlike XP's Programs File folder, the Vista Programs File folder is a
protected folder. Vista is not going to allow a file to be 'write'
accessed by an application.

So, you shouldn't place a file in the Program Files area on Vista where
an application needs write access to a file.

Computer crashed suring revent update

DogLawyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:06 GMT

My computer froze during the restart process of a recent update
(KB971512) forcing me to manually restart it and now loads very slowly.
It runs fine except for whenever it need to load (example: Left 4 Dead 2
take about 10 minutes to load a level, but then runs fine besides the
occasional sputter when it loads during play).

Other things: whenever I start Windows, it comes up with "Windows
update: Configuring 3/3 0%" but then moves onto the login screen. I also
tried running Windows update again (I thought maybe it would catch it's
own error or something) but I get error 80070002, which I already did
their prescribed fix for only to still get the same error. I cannot
uninstall this update from the installed updates list. Also, I'm on
Vista 64 bit.

I think that's about it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: Oh wow. Sorry about all the typos in the title.

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Send to mail recipient not working

shieler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:59 GMT

I am unable to attach a photo to e-mail from Windows Explorer in Vista.
I use MS Outlook as my default mail.

For example, with a photo, I right-click, select "Send to....Email
Recipient", select size, slect "Attach", it goes through "attaching"
the files but then nothing happens. A mail window does not open.

I have set all my defaults to Outlook yet still nothing happens and not
quite sure what to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Shieler

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Remote Control Software?

ross m. greenberg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:17 GMT

Use Team Viewer. http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

I put it on every residential computer I repair so I don't have to be
constantly running.

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"ross m. greenberg" wrote in message
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> I'm looking for some decent remote control software for doing tech support
> with a brain dead user -- actually a set of brain-dead users. I've listed
> are running Vista/win seven, on the remote side Vista or XP. I'm familiar
> with LogMeIn. I'm looking for something with similar functionality that
> requires little if any installation on the remote site.
>
> Free would be nice, of course.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ross
>
>

Failed Recent Updates and Error Code 80070490

Octavio — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:59 GMT

Hello Octavio,

0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND
Corrupted System File; Need to perform an in-place upgrade or reinstall of
the OS.

How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted
system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

Tells you about SFC

A repair install is the usual solution of SFC /Scannow doesn't work.

You receive a "0x80070490" error code when you use Windows Update or
Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates

I hope this is enough to get you on the right road for nºw.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Ǝиçεl
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"Octavio" wrote:

> Since yesterday my computer and me have been trying to install two Vista
> updates:
>
> Security Updates for Windows Vista (KB967723)
>
> and
>
> Updates for windows Vista (KB972145)
>
> and I get the Error Found Code 80070490
>
> I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
>
> Please advise.
>
> .
>

Stocks Gadget on Windows 7

Michael Chare — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:08 GMT

Michael Chare wrote:
> I was disappointed that the Stocks gadget was not included on the final
> release version of Windows 7. After a Google search I ended up copying
> the gadget from the RC DVD. The gadget now installs but says 'Cannot
> connect to service'. Other gadgets such as the Currency and Weather ones
> which must connect somehow work.
>
> How do I enable the connection, alternatively would a copy of the
> Stocks gadget from Vista work?
>
>
There is a "stocks" gadget for Win 7.

http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?pl=1&bt=1&q=stocks

ONLY 20 MORE DAYS 2 GO.!

KEVIN JOHN PUTZKE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:10:35 GMT

UNTIL I MATE WITH A SHEEP. JUST FYI.

How To Clear Administrative Events Log - Events Viewer

ColTom2 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:45:48 GMT

"ColTom2" wrote in message news:uBP7EoWaKHA.6028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know how to clear the Administrative Events log listed under
> Custom Views in the Event Viewer running Win7?
>
> All the logs listed under the Windows logs have options to clear, but the
> above dos not.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ColTom2
>

There doesn't seem to be a way of clearing the Administrative Event log.
This log looks like a total log of all the Windows events logs.
The only way I could clear the Admin log was to clear all the individual Windows logs.

Vista radomly locks up when running video or audio programs

Tom Todhunter — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:01:29 GMT

Ive reread your post, sorry i misinterpreted before.
Because this is happening to both your pc's is there a software
application that is on both of those machines that wasnt included with
the Base OS - we are looking for commonalities between the two machines
to see if its an add-on or some software that is related to this crash

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RAM & Windows 7

cbcb52 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:46 GMT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:08 -0300, cbcb52 wrote:

> Really ? I completely disagree. There are many reasons for using a
> netbook , aside for Internet surfing .

Aye - and we do that. With 1gb RAM and an Atom processor. You start
adding much more and you no longer have a netbook - you have a laptop.

>
> On 19 Nov 2009 19:10:18 GMT, ray wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:46 -0300, cbcb52 wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking forward to buy a netbook with windows 7 ; I´ve seen lots
>>> of configurations for Notebooks and Desktops , going from 2GB to 8 GB
>>> RAM
>>> Of course more RAM is ok ; The thing is I want an
>>> acceptable computer , and the most I´ve seen announced is 2 GB RAM
>>> I know it will probably run Windows 7 ; but is 2 GB an
>>> acceptable number ? Supposing a buy a computer with a Core 2 Duo
>>> processor and having in mind that I don´t care for games or graphics
>>> at all is the above configuration OK ?
>>> Thanks a lot
>>
>>IMHO - when you get to 2gb and Core 2 Duo - you're not talking about a
>>netbook any more.

Full marks to microsoft

Wasted — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:51 GMT

KristleBawl wrote:
> Frank expressed an opinion:
>> What a childish reply from our resident noise maker.
>
> Speak for yourself, Frank. Oh, wait, you just did, didn't you.
>
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SideBar Gadget Problem

arico — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:11:01 GMT

Well I checked as you said too, and found nothing as such, ya there is a lock for keeping the gadget on top of other windows, but non to lock it to the desktop.

"CrucialHoax" wrote in message news:9ef5835bfbfb9576e6b6485212d62649@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> Try right clicking the moving gadget and see if there is a setting that
> allows you to 'lock' it in place. If so, lock it in place and see if
> that corrects the issue.
>
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