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Tagged with troubleshooting windows-vista
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How do I get to the root cause of high Deferred Procedure Calls?
I've got a Dual core processor, and one of the two is constantly at 100%. Looking in ProcessExplorer shows me that it's Deferred Procedure Calls. Reading around the net seems to give me tons of ...
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Why is usable RAM less than total RAM?
My girlfriend bought a laptop last week. It's a core 2 duo with 4 GB
We installed vista 64bit, and one of the first things we did was right click on "My computer" to see gthe properties. Immediately ...
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Why do I get a Blank Page between each Content Page on my HP Network Printer?
The problem: I have an HP printer, networked over CAT 6. It prints, but every other page is a blank page.
No, I do not have this option turned on under Printer settings on windows. I know it's not a ...
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Why does Aero switch off for no real reason?
Lately (past few weeks), whenever I play a video game, then quit, Aero doesn't seem to like sticking around anymore!
For example, I was playing something an hour or so ago, and just now when I was ...
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Unable to progress on Windows XP to Vista upgrade
I'm trying to upgrade Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate, and I don't want to do a clean install. The upgrade gets most of the way through the last step in the list of tasks (after about two hours) and ...
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What is causing my wireless problems?
I have a Dell XPS M1330, since I moved to my new house, the wireless barely works on it, my housemates report no problems, so I guess it's something to do with my laptop. It's eratic in normal mode, ...
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How can I solve Canon MX870 printer only printing blank pages?
I have a Canon MX870 printer which I have connected to a Windows Vista laptop via a USB connection. Whether I print or copy, the result is the same: blank pages.
The result is the same when I use a ...
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Troubleshooting "Verifying DMI pool data" hang
Last night after resolving a hijacked hosts file issue on my Vista desktop, I got a bluescreen (that I couldn't catch the details of) and my machine rebooted. Recently I've been having "Display driver ...
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Not able to see Videos in Windows Vista
I can run all different formats of videos in all different players but i dont get to see video in any, i can just hear the audio. Is it because of some codec or some missing driver?
Also, i can see ...
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Windows vista stuck at the logon "please wait" screen
So, I got hit by a virus and it seems while I was trying to clean it, I removed something essential from the list of startup programs.
So, when windows starts, it gets stuck at the "please wait" ...
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.NET applications stopped working on Vista
It all started this morning when I tried to open a C# solution I'm working on for quite some time now. Right after loading the solution I got the error: "vhost.exe has stopped working". Since then I'...
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Vista: Improving troubleshoot approach skills
I'm not a Windows SuperUser, but neither just the regular user. I don't mind browsing the Registry, using Process Explorer, reading the Event logs, (un)installing new drivers and so on, but all this ...
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Trying to get to the command prompt through recovery disk
I'm trying to reach the command prompt through a vista recovery disk I have, and it boots from the disk and gets to the point where it asks which installation I want to repair and then says the disk ...
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I am receiving an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD
I've been trying to fix this myself, but I would like to yield some results and this blue screen doesn't come up unless I'm playing a game and right now I'm exhausted... I updated my Nvidia 880GTS ...
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Vista pc hidden from XP?
I have a Vista-based media center, and two XP-based desktop computers, all on a simple home WLAN network (DSL/WLAN router). The Vista computer can see all other computers and transfer/modify files ...
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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.
This is ...
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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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