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Tagged with troubleshooting windows-vista
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Vista doesn't sleep - how do I diagnose?
Please note: I am not looking for a solution to the problem. I am looking for how I can get extra information to figure it out... give a man a fish, he's fed for a day. You know the rest.
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No Audio Output Device is installed
this is an intermitent problem in my Sony Vaio model PCG-5K1L. I keep on getting a "No Audio Output Device is installed" when hovering my loudspeaker icon in Windows Vista.
I have tried System >> ...
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Computer connects to lan, but not the internet
I have a computer with Vista Home that can connect to the router, but it cannot get on the internet. I cannot ping google.com, the request times out. I've tried this on two separate networks and have ...
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Windows only successfully wakes up from sleep mode about 2/3rds of the time
On my Vista laptop, when it goes into sleep mode (for low power, or manually being put into sleep mode, it happens regardless of how), about 1 in 3 times it won't wake up properly from sleep mode, and ...
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Vista gets stuck in an endless loop while booting
I put my laptop to sleep last night, and when I woke up this morning... it didn't. So I tried to reboot, and everything went fine until it got to the Vista splash screen, where it's supposed to ...
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Vista freezes when idle. How to find a source of the problem?
I'm using Dell xps 1530 laptop and everything worked fine until last week. Compleatly out of the blue Vista started to freeze. But it doesn't freeze while it's used but only if it's idle. Really ...
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External monitor goes to sleep once vista loads?
My laptop's screen stopped working after a mishap with my dog, so I decided to turn it into a desktop computer. I recently bought an HP w2207h monitor and will mirror the monitor image from the ...
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How to repair Vista after broken SP1 install
I tried installing Vista SP1 and now my computer won't boot up in Safe Mode, let alone any other config. How can I roll back the changes to the OS?
Extra info: it freezes after loading crcdisk.sys - ...
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How to solve my black screen at boot?
I've got a friend with a weird problem. When he starts his computer the screen is completely black until the computer is completely started. So the screen is black until it suddenly shows the Windows ...
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Why does my PC restart after logon or at the welcome screen?
I have the issue of the Vista rebooting everytime I get into Welcome login screen. I see a continous disk activity and then after a moment reboots. I can login within that time. However, I cannot do ...
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Skype does not start on Vista 64
I have a computer with Vista 64 and I have a problem with Skype on it. It does not start automatically. I have checked the corresponding option in the Skype settings (Start Skype when I start Windows) ...
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Major Vista issues with multiple causes
I have a laptop running Windows Vista Home Edition. Recently (out of the blue -- no software or hardware changes) there have been many issues with the OS:
Logging in (as any user) sometimes does not ...
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Program has stopped working dialog on close - why?
On a variety of programs (mostly older games, but some other applications have it aswell) on Vista, when I close down the program, I see Windows "Program has stopped working" dialog, despite the fact ...
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How to root cause a complete Windows Vista lock up
I have a fairly strange lock up problem with a Windows Vista Business installation. When I run a specific application, and only that application, the system freezes completely. I'm looking for advice ...
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VPN connection disabled in vista
VPN connection in vista is disabled with the message like "you need active internet connection"... but i'm connected to the internet.
Same issue in win7 I'm regularly solving just opening and ...
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