Questions tagged [windows-vista]

Windows Vista is the operating system released in January 2007, as a successor to Windows XP. It was intended for PCs, workstations and laptops, and shares the same code base as its successor, Windows 7. As a result, questions and answers asked of Windows Vista are mostly interchangeable with those of Windows 7. Differences are mostly minor, such as file menus and the wording of dialogs.

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VPN server that allows NATIVE Vista VPN client to connect...?

I'm looking for a VPN server solution that allows clients to use the native Windows Vista VPN client. Main reason is cost, since I am in a startup with little funds and not having to spend $50 per ...
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How can I add an existing OS install to the Windows Vista boot manager?

I had Windows Server 2003 installed on my primary hard drive. I then added a new hard drive and formatted/installed Windows Vista on the new hard drive. The old drive with Windows Server 2003 is still ...
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What do I do if .NET Framework is not installing?

When I try to install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista 64bit Home Premium edition it did not work. The Windows Update error code was 643. How do I fix this problem and install it?
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Installed Vista SP2 - Computer loads black screen with cursor then restarts - Only boots when disabling driver sig enforcement

Working on a customer's Vista machine, we started the install for Service Pack 2 and walked away. When we returned, it was in Startup Repair after having failed to start. We then loaded Windows ...
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'Takeown' command not working

I'm trying to reduce the size of the 'ManifestCache' folder on a 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate computer. I type "Takeown /f c:\windows\winsxs\ManifestCache*" and I get the following error message: "...
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Windows Server 2003 can't see Vista machine

I've got a real PITA problem that I'm sure has a really simple solution. I have a Windows Server 2003 machine that needs to be able to see the network name of a Vista box - but refuses to. It can see ...
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Windows Vista /7 command line to launch the "Set up your microphone" wizard (or a mic test wizard)

I'm putting together instructions for our users to test their microphones. Vista and 7 changed the Sound Recorder so it doesn't play back sound. Hence it's not good for testing sound (they have to ...
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monitor local network traffic issue

I am using Networking Tab of Windows Task manager to monitor local network traffic to test how much bandwidth my application will use. My scenario is, I will use a local console client application to ...
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How do I extract all the files in a VHD to a hard disk including permissions?

I'd like to know wha thte best way is to make an exact copy of a vhd image and pu tit onto my hard disk. I've tried xcopy but there seems to be a number of issues rlated to permissions when doing ...
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How can I enable a confirmation box for vista shutdown?

Under XP, 2003, etc if you happened to click on the Shutdown command it would ask for confirmation. Vista doesn't do this. Considering the stupid number of ways to shutdown the computer on the menu, ...
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What is the best way to mount a VHD File in Vista X64?

I am looking for a way to mount a vhd file created by Vista's complete computer backup system within Vista Ultimate x64. What is the best way?
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Resizing the "Change Journal" in Vista

The only way I've found of resizing the "Change Journal" in Vista, is by going to safe-mode. That works fine, but I wonder if there is a better solution. Here is resizing it from 32MB by default on ...
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Windows Vista having trouble accessing hard drive

This is one of the more bizarre issues I've seen. One of the guys at my company has Vista on his laptop which worked just fine until earlier this week. All of a sudden, everything would run really ...
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Dual hard disks on Vista - what goes where?

I'm setting up some Vista boxes with dual hard drives (a 250GB and a 1TB). What should I install on both disks for best performance? They are for general use by developers. Windows and programs on ...
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Why is %ProgramFiles(x86)% returned without quotes?

Using this simple test batch script: @echo off echo %ProgramFiles% echo %ProgramFiles(x86)% is my output: "C:\Program Files" C:\Program Files (x86) One variable is enclosed in quotes while the ...
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Elevating Windows installer in Vista

Vista requires elevated rights for installers which install drivers or other system items. Pointsec has one of these installers with the problem that the installer itself does not request elevation so ...
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Samba between Ubuntu server 10.10 and Windows Vista, Windows 7

I have a linux box running Linux server ubuntu 10.10. I have installed Samba on this linux box and want to share files with my laptops which run Windows Vista home and Windows 7 home. I have been ...
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How to make sharing possible between two different subnet computers

I have USB drive Internet on my one laptop and I have enable the ICS on that and from LAN of laptop I am asharing Internet with router, which then used by other laptops The static ip of Laptop LAN is ...
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How to disable group policy control over Windows Vista firewall?

With Windows Vista Business, I'd like to completely disable any group policy (both local and domain) control over the Windows Firewall so that I can turn it off and on at will on the computer directly....
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Vista auto-login as local user on a domain-joined computer

We have an environment that requires laptops to login as a local user even through the machine is joined to the domain. With XP, we could push out registry keys: DefaultUserName = 'ALocalUser' ...
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Per-user login.cmd in Vista?

I would like to know if there is a per-user version of %SystemRoot%\System32\login.cmd available? The default login.cmd file contains comments hinting towards this, but I can't find anything about it ...
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Connecting two systems in a network?

I'm trying to connect 2 laptops in a network One laptop is installed with Windows Vista as Operating System and the other is installed with Windows 7. 1) Both of them are in one workgroup called "...
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Installing Service Packs for Vista and SQL Server Express

I need to update Vista SP1 to SP2 and install SP1 for SQL Server Express 2008. In which order should I install these service packs and has anyone had any problems with installing SP1 for SQL Server ...
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Vista update fails: component store corrupted

I have a vista x64 box that is no longer able to apply updates from microsoft. When I dig in looking for the problem I find this in the event log "could not be installed because of an error: ...
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How to get Windows Mail (Vista) to send mail?

It's throwing a "Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E" error on send attempts. So far my googling and binging reveals that a lot of other people seem to have the problem, but none of the ...
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IIS 7 on Vista Home Premium and Windows Server 2008

I am a developer, when i bought a laptop, i got Vista Home Premium installed on it. I have IIS 7.0 running on it. Is the IIS 7 running on my Vista Home Premium machine the same as the one that is on ...
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SSIS DSN Not Showing as ODBC Data Source

I have been following the directions here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/05ccd778-b78c-4a83-a10a-c4ae412cc6e4 And ran into a problem where my System DSN ...
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Recovering a deleted Firebird database file?

I've got a client running a radio server which essentially uses Firebird as the database. (Databases are stored in files ending in *.fdb anywhere on the filesystem, think SQLite) I had to reinstall ...
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Internet Explorer 9 showing as Not Applicable in WSUS for Vista Machines

I imported Windows Internet Explorer 9 into WSUS using the Microsoft Update Catalog web page. I then approved the updates. All the Windows 7 machines installed the update correctly. The Windows Vista ...
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Do I need to re-install .NET (or something) after mscorlib.dll chkdsk error?

After noticing that some periodic hanging behavior on my Dell XPS 210 (running Vista 32-bit) seemed correlated to disk activity, I ran chkdsk /r. The system seems much better, for now. However, I ...
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How can I reset the local Administrator password for a Windows Vista client connected to a domain?

I have a Windows Vista client computer that is connected to a Windows Domain. I can login with the user account for DOMAIN\user1 and also with the Domain Administrator account DOMAIN\Administrator but ...
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Windows Vista: error 646 raised by Windows Update when applying update for Office 2007

I have 12 Vista desktops on a Windows 2003 SBS domain. The updates are controlled through Windows Update Services 3. The desktops have the same hardware and software configuration: Windows Vista ...
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Vista 64x Enterprise repair boot manager

I had two Vista versions on my PC and I deleted one and now I cannot boot my other vista 64x Enterprise anymore. I have tried the bcd instructions to repair the boot loader, however I cannot get it ...
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vista ipv6 dns problem, nslookup works, ping not, ping -4 works

I have Vista Home Premium (x64) machine at home. I have www.google.pl set up as my default search engine in IE8. Sometimes (since one month or so) when I search for something IE gives me "dns error" ...
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From SuperUser: Volume on spare drive marked as system partition

I asked this question on SuperUser a few days ago but haven't gotten any responses yet. I figured I would try my luck here since a) there isn't much of a difference between disk manager in Vista and ...
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Windows update doesn't list update details, only the number of updates

My system is Vista Business 32 bits SP2. When I click "Windows update", I can see there are 2 available optional updates. If I click the link "2 optional updates are available" to see what the ...
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How to cleanly leave Windows 2008 Small Business Server Active Directory

I recently set up SBS 2008 and joined the Active Directory on my Vista Machine with the plan of having more computers on the network. That worked fine. However, plans have changed and I still only ...
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How do I add files to a Vista or Win7 install.wim file?

I'm trying to add files to an install.wim file so that they will show up on the system after the OS has been deployed. I have tried the following steps: Mount the image with "imagex /mountrw..." ...
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Access "advanced boot options" in Vista when using multiboot

Using MDT and WDS for deployment I setup a Vista system where I have 3 partitions. One partition is the OS, one is a factory recovery partition with winRE on it and the last is a linux system with a ...
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How to enable domain select on Vista logon screen?

I recently set up the first Vista laptop for our domain, and discovered that there is no longer a domain dropdown box. Main application is switching between domain and local computer accounts. Since ...
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Why does Vista UAC kick in for "Install a program from the network"?

I have a network which I am managing using System Center Essentials 2007. For the size network I have, it does the job adequately enough. However, there is one little nit-picky thing I am trying to ...
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Where to find Vista install disc iso image or VMWare image?

My recovery disc does not work on VMWare. Is there anywhere I can find a Vista image? Or is it simply illegal?
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XAMPP on Windows - Permission Problems?

Trying to set up Apache/PHP/MySQL development on my Vista laptop, so I thought XAMPP would be a quick and easy solution. I have this vhost: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@...
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Command line way to change time and timezone in vista/2008

Is there a way to to change time and timezone in vista/2008 per command line?
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Enforcing Vista parental controls while allowing some admin rights

I'd like to set up parental controls for a non-admin Vista user but still allow them to perform installations without requiring an admin password. How can I do this?
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Vista Backup app with Linux/Samba

I have been trying to make Vista Backup app work with a Linux/Samba shared drive. I have Samba configured and can access it fine from the Vista box, including reads, writes and deletes. However ...
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Can I use RSync to reliably backup a Vista computer to a Linux server?

I've got a computer running Vista x64 with a standard user account, but I can elevate to administrator to install a service or RSync software. I want to backup by data drive (d:) to a server running ...
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Vista / Windows Server 2003 Mapped Drive Logon Failure

I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate) machine which connects to a Windows Server 2003 machine for just one thing: a mapped network drive. There is a user account on the Server machine which exactly ...
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BIND DNS SERVFAIL ERROR

I am attempting to setup a bind DNS server for use with a domain I recently registered using No-IP. I registered my DNS server with No-IP using ns1.mydomain.net and ns2.mydomain.net pointing to the ...
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Windows Vista on AWS [closed]

I've only found details about running Windows Server on AWS, is it possible to create my own Windows Vista VMWare instance locally and upload the image to AWS?
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