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Microsoft update informed me that a Realtec wireless netword adapter update was available. I tried to install it and was told that the installation failed. By way of explanation if said, "The name is already in use as either a service name or a service display name". I have tried installing...

I have three suggestions based on several years experience with all of them. Two of them are registry cleaners and the other is a wonderful little program for backing up the registry. I start with ERUNT (The Emergency Recovery Utility NT) for a fresh copy of the registry before the cleaners...

I finally found the solution. I look for an answer for what seems to be a very long time and then finally relent and ask for help. As Murphy's law dictates, I then stumble upon the answer only after asking for assistance. I found the problem and the solution with Tweakui. Under the General...

The Start Menu "Run" box should retain a list of the various commands previously entered to save one the effort of typing the command repeatedly. Mine does not, it erases the list on each logoff. Can someone please tell what registry setting will enable saving the list?

Ok, I'll accept that there isn't an equivalent to the wpa.dbl file in Vista. Since I wrote the initial question, I decided to go through the rigamarole of a third attempt in hopes of catching a person with a voice I could understand. The third time was a charm as the damn thing activated...

Both calls were a two way street. Neither of the two women I talked to could understand me either. I would just like to know if Vista has a file containing the activation information as wpa.dbl does in Windows XP. If there is such a file, then the redundancy of multiple activations can be...

Does anyone know if there is a file that is the equivalent of wpa.dbl in Windows Vista? I have just installed a new and larger hard drive and cloned Vista to it. It is again asking me to activate. I have tried to do so twice and have had the unenviable task of trying without success to...

I finally found the answer to my question. I ran the following commands from a cmd box in Vista under my administrator account: BCDEDIT /set {bootmgr} device boot BCDEDIT /set {default} device boot BCDEDIT /set {default} osdevice boot I then used Symanted Ghost Corporate Edition 7.5 to...

Yes, I do receive information about the problem to be resolved by the repair. However, I cannot recall just what it is. I think it has something to do with an error in the MBR or perhaps what is described as the start up files being out of order. A list of possible switches and their function...

For the past ten years I have had two hard drives in every computer I have owned with the exception of laptops. I use one of the hard drives as a backup. They don't both run all of the time. I modify the wiring that powers each drive by running it through toggle switches located at the rear...

Vista is the only OS on the drive. The link you provided did not reveal any information of a useful nature. Thank you anyway Linney. I'm getting the clone made, it's just the process of using the installation disk to repair the boot files that I'm trying to circumvent. I have also used the...

I use Norton Ghost to backup my hard drive to another hard drive. When I do so with Vista Ultimate the resulting backup will not start due to what I presume to be MBR errors. I boot to the installation disk and choose repair. The installation disk will then repair the problem and all is well...

I found the answer to my own question. What was referred to as "Start Windows" in XP is now called "Windows Logon" in Vista.

I would like to change the sound when Windows Vista starts. However, there is no option to do so in the sound menu. There is on for "exit windows" but none for "start windows". There is one titled, "system Start" but that does not correspond to anything I know of. Does anyone know how to...

To Linney, I have tried everything suggested along with other attempts and it appears to be a situation fraught with futility. The computer in question is one that I have recently assembled for the purpose of using Vista when it becomes available. My main computer and laptop will continue to...

Thanks, I will appreciate a look at your boot.ini file. I did a backup of Vista's registry with ERUNT earlier today and know that it contains a BCD copy. I'm uncertain as to whether or not I'll actually be replacing the correct registry if I attempt to use the backup.

I installed XP first and then Vista. The boot.ini file in XP was definitely changed with the repair installation. However, I'm afraid you're right about the BCD in Vista being overwritten with the XP repair. I really don't want to reinstall Vista as it has taken me quite a while to alter the...

I have Windows XP Pro, SP2 and Windows Vista RC2 installed on my computer. I did a repair installation of XP without remembering to make and save a copy of the boot.ini file. The repair changed the boot.ini file and Vista now appears as: C:\="unidentified operating system on drive c". I can...

Could you please elaborate on your answer by telling me what it means to "sign your update" and how to do so. Thank you.

I'm have changed an icon in a file, C:\windows\system32\imageres.dll. I copied the file at another location and changed the icons I wanted to change. However, I have not found a way to replace the original with the one I modified. When I make the attempt I am informed, "You require permission...