Oregonian
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Re: [Vista] Call for assistance - Vista FAQ
Can we please "unstick" this topic before Windows 7 is out?  |
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gquiring
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.delete. wrong topic.
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eberglar
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Bloomsbury, NJ | reply to MSeng
Will there ever be a Vista FAQ or will we abort in favor of a Win7 FAQ? |
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Owlbet
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Sometimes things go awry and just don't quite work correctly in Internet Explorer 7. One of the first avenues of troubleshooting is to run Internet Explorer without add-ons (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer (No Add-ons)) to see if doing so resolves issues.
Security and privacy programs such as Sypwareblaster, Spybot Search & Destroy, IE-Spyad, and others add sites to Internet Explorer 7's Restricted Zone. Running IE7 with No Add-ons removes those protections. Remember to re-enable those protections after troubleshooting or resolution of the problem!
Just a word to the wise as it's happened to me.
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dadkins
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"Notification Icons" selection in Taskbar and Start Menu greyed out and icons missing from Notification Area(aka System Tray) in Vista?
Open Start Menu, type "regedit"(without quotes) in Search and hit Enter.
Open RegEdit.
"Find" iconstreams.
Delete ALL Keys with "IconStreams" and "PastIconStreams".
Repeat until no more are found.
Restart.
Go back to Taskbar and Start Menu, recheck boxes as needed/wanted.
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MSeng
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(topic move) [Vista] Call for assistance - Vista FAQ
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The post that was here (and all 1 followups to it), has been moved to a new topic .. »[Vista] Home Premium to Ultimate - Upgrade or Clean Install |
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3SGTE
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Re: [Vista] Call for assistance - Vista FAQ
Two questions.
Where can I find this new FAQ?
and (for possible use in a FAQ)
What are the typical steps that are needed once Vista has been installed?
If anyone has suggestions for the second, please let me know, I will start a thread.
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scsa20
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I thought you'd had to jump throw some sort of loop in order for you to run the needed code that the vista's boot loader uses, or I might of read it wrong....
And yes, vista boot pro would make life soooo much easlier |
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Dogwood
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said by scsa20  :said by tahoejeff :(1) Yes, create a new partion and install XP there. doesn't the older o/s have to be installed first? It's normally preferred to load the older version of the OS first then install the newer version but there's always been ways to work around it, back in the days of XP and 98 and what not it just the matter of modifying the boot.ini file to point to the partition data, with Vista it's a bit harder to do but still do able. No, with Vista it's actually easier to install XP after Vista.
But, no matter which way you do it, the use of VistaBoot Pro will make your dual boot life much nicer.
»www.vistabootpro.org/
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scsa20
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said by tahoejeff :(1) Yes, create a new partion and install XP there. doesn't the older o/s have to be installed first? It's normally preferred to load the older version of the OS first then install the newer version but there's always been ways to work around it, back in the days of XP and 98 and what not it just the matter of modifying the boot.ini file to point to the partition data, with Vista it's a bit harder to do but still do able. |
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tahoejeff
join:2001-07-01
Wisconsin Dells, WI
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(1) Yes, create a new partion and install XP there.
doesn't the older o/s have to be installed first?
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Dogwood
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said by Anav :FAQ Request. How to successfully install XP PRO on a laptop that came with VISTA??? (1) Can you simply load it (ie dual boot) (2) How do you remove Vista and load XP2, it seems to have many hooks. (1) Yes, create a new partion and install XP there.
(2) Yes, just delete the Vista partion once XP is installed
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Anav
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FAQ Request.
How to successfully install XP PRO on a laptop that came with VISTA???
(1) Can you simply load it (ie dual boot)
(2) How do you remove Vista and load XP2, it seems to have many hooks. |
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Owlbet
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Remove the Checkmark |
»blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard/ar···are.aspx
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tahoejeff
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can you share this information, in case someone else encounters this problem?
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GooBlahIsh
join:2007-10-24
Monroe, NC | reply to GooBlahIsh
hey, i figured out how to fix it, thanks anyways to anyone that tried to help me. |
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GooBlahIsh
join:2007-10-24
Monroe, NC
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well, i have a problem with the desktop folder. for some reason my laptop (running Vista Business) thinks the C:\ drive is my Desktop folder, and thus is displaying all the folders and files in my C:\ drive on my desktop. i dont know how it got this way, or how to fix it. ive searched all over the web for someone to help me, and nobody knows what to do. even the microsoft support page wasnt helpful. this isnt the first time ive had this problem either, i had this happen to my desktop computer (running xp home) and i just reinstalled windows. i would like to keep the stuff i have on my laptop, so please help me figure out how to fix this very annoying problem.  |
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jrobert69
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nvlddmkmsys-error-bsod
This seems to be a big prob for quite a few peeps. I found this link and have done the steps on my pc. It resolved all issues I was having
»mhaqs.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/n···or-bsod/
While using Windows Vista, I came across the following error:
nvlddmkm.sys has stopped responding and has recovered or something similar
Its a software issue and not a driver issue.
Method
Note: I am just explaining it as simply as I can. U can modify the solution so it is more precise, if you wish. I just wanted to fix the problem with the minimum of trouble.
1. Turn UAC off. If you like it, then you can keep it running.
2. Uninstall any Nvidia drivers, and delete the remaining files from Program Files (the ones windows lets you delete)
3. Restart the PC into safe mode - (F8 at boot)
4. Find any remaining NVidia driver files (normally start with nv) and delete them.
5. Reboot into normal mode Vista
6. Using Explorer or open My Computer and browse C:\Windows\
7. Right-Click on System32 folder and click ‘search’
8. Enter NV*.sys
9. This will show you all the Nvidia system files in the folder. The ones we are interested in is the ‘nvlddmkm.sys’ and how many copies we have.
10. If you tried multiple install/uninstall you will a few copies of it. I had 19 copies. If you look at the location, they were all in the ‘FileRepository’ folder under different subfolder. Something like nv_as***, nv_io***, etc
11. Note down the name of the sub folders where the file is located, nv_as***
12. So we now know that we have X copies of the nvlddmkm.sys file and what folders they are located in under the FileRep folder. There might be one under the main system32 folder as well. Note it down.
13. Vista has a totally awesome function. ACLs for network geeks…Access-Control Lists or Access-Lists or whatever you want to call them
14. Browse to Accessories from the Start menu (win icon>all programs)
15. Right-Click on command and click ‘Run as Admin’
16. OK so in our Admin CMD window we type the following commands in sequence
17. takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.*
18. The command above will give you ownership of all the files under the FileRep folder
19. cacls C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.* /G Username:F
20. Replace username with your windows account name or login name
21. Like magic we are done. Oh and if your wondering…u cant do the above via GUI. Windows will give you permission but you would still not be able to delete anything ?
22. Earlier we did the search for the nvlddmkm.sys under the system32 folder. Do that again. In the search results, select all the instances of the nvlddmkm.sys file and delete them. OK, next is a totally optional step but I did it to make 100% sure it was all gone.
23. We noted down all the nv_as**, etc folder which had the nvlddmkm.sys file in it, delete the folders and empty your RecBin
24. Fire up your ForceWare drivers for the install. Disabled your Aero Vista before hand, it does make a difference.
25. Restart, login, set your resolution and enjoy the whole error-free nvlddmkm.sys effect.
26. Few notes. Make sure u can see the file extensions and system files are not hidden (blasphemous behaviour for techGeeks).
The whole procedure might sound like a really long way to get the problem sorted out buts its not. When u actually do it u will see that in totally in takes around 10 mins tops to get the whole thing sorted out.
Piece of advice, I don’t recommend u apply the ACL commands to your whole storage systems. I usually enter it for the FileRep folder and ALL my HDDs that used for only data storage, like avi’s, etc.
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Owlbet
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Manually editing the Host File can be found here:
»support.microsoft.com/kb/923947
NOTE: You have to navigate to the Hosts file using File>Open from within Notepad. |
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TITLE: When FAXing from Excel (2007) One Cell Per Page is Sent
Several people have reported that when trying to FAX an Excel (2007) worksheet or workbook in Vista that it sends one cell per faxed page! No resolution has been offered in the Vista Print/FAX forums at Microsoft yet, but between myself and one person with the problem, we came up with a work-around:
First you'll need the free Microsoft .pdf creating add-in for Office 2007:
»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···ylang=en
That will give the ability to publish (print to a .pdf file) in all of your Office 2007 applications.
When you need to FAX a document, first Save As .pdf file type using a printer other than the FAX printer. Then FAX that file.
Seems that if you try saving as .pdf using the Vista FAX printer, you'll end up with a .pdf file that has one page per cell on the worksheet also, that's the reason you have to choose another printer when creating the .pdf file.
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