Questions tagged [windows-vista]
For questions specific to Windows Vista. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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How do I copy the Recovery Partition to a USB and make that a bootable drive, in order to reinstall the OS?
I have copied all the data in a hidden OS recovery partition from a hard drive. This partition was provided by the laptop manufacturer to restore the laptop to its original factory Vista installation.
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My Vista partition does not boot. How do I fix that?
I accidentally moved my Vista partition, after which it no longer booted. This is a multi-boot laptop, with Windows 7 and Windows XP. Both operating systems don't boot either.
The vexing thing is ...
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Home vista retrieval of wireless network password
I want to upgrade to a new commputer but I have lost the password for WIFI.
I have tried the network, status, wireless network, security option but the "show characters" option is grayed and only dots ...
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New operating system for a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2
Neighbor was running Windows XP Home till last week, but when the computer became too sluggish, he backed up his data and formatted it. He tried installing
Windows 7 Home 32 bit(he got a retail copy),...
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Reinstall Windows with CD-ROM not booting?
I was given an old Acer Aspire 5100 laptop with Windows Vista. It ran so slowly that I decided I would try running Chromium OS on it instead to "turn it into" a Chromebook. I tried installing ...
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Trouble working with Github
In order to learn from other and better programmers how to write good code I decided to install Github Desktop.
It was installed-no problem, but, on opening the Git shell that comes with the ...
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Replace copy by xcopy, how to handle non-existing directory
On some Windows environments (Windows 7 and Windows Vista), I have some scripts running and one of the things those scripts are doing, is trying to copy files. The results of those commands are logged ...
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Windows Update Slow on Vista
Update I was able to get Readiness Tool to run but not the update
Now the reediness tool will not even run
Security Essentials will run
I have legal Windows 7 to install
Do you think that is safe ...
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Why is svchost always taking up half of CPU?
I notice that svchost is taking up a lot of CPU. Here's a screen shot from Process Explorer.
The CPU utilization is always this high, even when I only have a web browser open. I can tell because ...
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How to restore factory settings in Vaio laptops?
I have a Vaio laptop (VGN-FZ250E) which had an installed original Windows Vista, and I changed the operating system (manually by a DVD) to Windows 7 and I changed the partitions of the hard disk.
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How to factory reset computer?
So, I have a dell laptop that was running Windows Vista Home Premium. I started installing Windows 7 Professional. However, it was hanging on "Completing Installation", and I read somewhere to hard ...
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Windows Vista malware changed my admin password [duplicate]
I accidentally installed malware on my computer and it changed the admin user account password. Is there any way to bypass putting in the password, so I can run anti-malware?
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How to command regedit to go to Google URL Via Chrome
I was having another problem, and tried a "solution" that not only didn't fix the problem - but created a new one. The original problem I solved (I can't remember what it was), and I can't remember ...
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Add Local group restrictions with cmd
How I could add Additional Rules in Software Restriction Policies with cmd using a script that'll work with both Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
I would like to create some path rules with security ...
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How do I enable certain services in Safe Mode?
I have a Windows Vista computer that is no longer functioning properly on regular mode, however it works okay on Safe Mode with Networking. I'd like to enable some other services on Safe Mode though, ...
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