Windows Vista Questions


Crystal Reports 8.5 export functionality and Windows vista
I’ve encountered a problem with Crystal 8.5, on Vista, and exporting reports.

Answer Question   |  September 14, 2010  5:31 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Errors, Crystal Reports Export, DLL files, RDC, Windows Vista
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15 pts.

Adding Windows Firewalls to all computers via group policy
How can I add Windows Firewall rules to each computer via group policy? We have a new application that needs a port open both ways. What is the easiest way to do this? Windows 2003 Server, Vista desktops.

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2010  1:40 PM
Firewalls, Group Policy, Windows firewall, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Group Policy, Windows Vista
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975 pts.

SATA AHCI driver AMD processor
I have a client machine here it’s a HP Pavilion dv6-1210sa Win Vista Installed I need to downgrade it to XP but in the BIOS there is no option to Disable SATA Can anyone tell me where I can find the  SATA AHCI driver for this AMD computer Please Two days now searching and and [...]

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2011  1:23 PM
SATA, SATA AHCI AMD processor, SATA Drives, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows XP installation
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805 pts.

Extending Wi-Fi’s range to pick up signals farther away
We have a set of dell corporate laptops. Can we extend the wifi’s range on them to be able to pick up signals further away? We are working with Windows Vista and 802.11 G wireless mini pci cards.

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  7:52 PM
802.11g, Wi-Fi, Windows Vista, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless networking, Wireless Signal
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16,755 pts.

Video Conference Solution involving Cellular Products
I am looking for a vendor solution that would permit a call to be placed to a cell phone and then a video solution or VOIP solution for conferencing to be performed over a wireless laptop.  Obviously, this involves smartphones like iPhone and Blackberry. The ability to have multiple persons involved with streaming video would [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2011  4:10 PM
Unified Communications, Unified Communications Hardware, Unified Communications Trends, Video conferencing, VoIP, Windows Vista, Wireless, Wireless in 2010
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260 pts.

Deleted emails showing up in Vista search, but says file is not there…
Hi! I am trying to track down about 4 emails that were deleted from the inbox (put into the deleted folder) and then the .pst file got deleted. I can see the emails when I type in the Vista search bar, but when I click to open them, it will not and says that the [...]

Answer Question   |  August 17, 2010  3:36 PM
.OST files, .PST files, Outlook .PST Files, Outlook 2007, Outlook Deleted Items Folder, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

How do I create a new pointer record for WINS and DNS?
We have an old NT server “server A” we want to decomission. It has ALOT of files and folders that most of the company uses on a daily basis, plus links and shortcuts the users have created on their desktops pointing to it. The data is going to be moved to the new “server B” [...]

Answer Question   |  August 17, 2010  4:07 PM
DNS, DNS Records, NT Server, Server upgrades, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Professional, WINS
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1,050 pts.

Upgradation Window XP to Vista
1. Can I Ugrade operating system with Window XP to Vista without disturbing my stored files 2. Will Pentium-IV will support Vista

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2010  4:48 AM
Pentium, Windows Operating System, Windows Upgrades, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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20 pts.

Defragmentation on Windows Vista desktop
What sort of defragmentation schedule should I have on my Windows Vista desktop computer? It has been slow lately and I want to automate it via scheduled tasks. Can this be done easily?

Answer Question   |  August 10, 2010  8:57 PM
Defragmentation, Windows desktop, Windows Vista, Windows Vista deployment, Windows Vista performance, Windows Vista troubleshooting
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16,755 pts.

Outlook Exchange 2003 connect Vista Win 7
I am trying to get either of my new laptops, Vista and Win7 to connect with mySBS Exchange Server 2003. Can you provide any assistance?

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2010  4:19 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows Vista
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15 pts.

Windows XP v. Windows 7 v. Windows Vista: What’s been your experience?
I recently saw a conversation on Twitter about the bad rep that Windows Vista had from the get-go, even though Microsoft eventually fixed the bugs. Which of the recent Windows operating systems has your company used/liked/despised? For someone shopping the available Windows operating systems, what would you recommend or warn against? Share your advice, complaints [...]

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2010  6:36 PM
Open IT Forum, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows 7 performance, Windows Vista, Windows Vista performance, Windows XP, Windows XP performance
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16,755 pts.

Outlook folders synchronization
I have synchronized my email folders with a colleague as i am new. Is there any way i can copy the folders and paste them into my email folders to save me some time?

Answer Question   |  December 23, 2011  3:11 PM
Folder permissions, Outlook Folder Synchronization, Outlook folders, Outlook Synchronization, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

Added computers not recognizing Linksys router, network down
i need to reset my network but none of my added computers are recognizing the router wrt54g do i need to change the name of my network. the network went down while i was awy for a couple of days and never has come back up.

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2011  1:30 PM
Linksys WRT54G, Network connectivity, Network management, Router configuration, Routers, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

DNS Lookup error
How do I get rid of DNS lookup errors, when I have found these pages before?

Answer Question   |  June 17, 2010  7:10 PM
Browser security, DNS, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

copy Outlook email from one computer to another computer
Dear Sir,   i am using outlook express. but some problem with my system. i am purchase new computer. and install win vista. and create outlook. but there no mails. so i am not able to old mails copy of old system. please help me. what way copy to mails.   as soon as possible. [...]

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2010  4:54 AM
Outlook Errors, Outlook Migration, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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220 pts.

No Shutdown and restart option after pc joined to Domain
Hi We recently setup 2008 Server Domain in our company, when we configure pc as client of Domain server all pc do not have Shutdown, restart butten…on xp and on Vista and windows 7 option was disabled.. I gone through google post and updates GP but still situation is same… Kindly please me some  solution

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2010  12:16 PM
Domain Server, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Trouble creating SQL statement from MS Access Form
I’m creating an INSERT statement from the text fields in a form. This is a snippet: mySQL = mySQL & Combo0 & "','" & Text3 & "','" & Text5 & "','" & Text7 I am alternating the double and single quotation marks to enclose the entire statement as a single STRING while using the single [...]

Answer Question   |  May 10, 2013  9:51 PM
Access 2007, Microsoft Access, SQL, VBA, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

Outlook error
I converted a pst to pdf. I get an error when trying to open a .msg attachment within the pdf file.

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2010  5:57 PM
.pst, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 error messages, PDF Files, Windows Vista
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25 pts.

sharing a folder vista laptop and xp pc
Dear All, I have a laptop which i want to share with our office pc which has windows xp professional v.2002 sp2  the laptop has vista home premium sp2.  when i connect the lan cable to the laptop, i am able to see the pc’s but not able to browse or transfer files. i intend [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2010  1:23 PM
Folder Sharing, Network connectivity, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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15 pts.

Accessing files/folder on XP and Vista PCs
I set up 2 PCs(a vista & an XP) on AD-HOC, I was able too access file shared on the XP but unable to access files shared on the vista from the XP PC,pls show me the way out.

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2010  11:29 PM
Ad Hoc, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows XP administration
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5 pts.