Kotuku

Wish they were all this easy <smile> Open Control Panel in CLASSIC VIEW and double click PROGRAMS & FEATURES and there ya go! As you are used to Win XP putting Control Panel in the Classic view should make it easier to find things for you? Kotuku I should have added, if he has 32 Bit Vista, then Google for REVO UNINSTALLER (it doesn't work in 64 bit) and that will be a much better uninstaller for the future (you to in XP)

As a Matter of interest, I have a 50 Mb cache only in Firefox. I just went in and did the about:cache?device=disk That I advised above and it showed 49.9 Mb of cached stuff and a very long page of URL's. I went into Firefox TOOLS/OPTIONS/ADVANCED and cleared the cache from within there. Went back to <about:cache?device=disk> and there is zilch there, all cleaned out cleanly PLEASE do that!

OK, I am getting into some deeper stuff here. Be careful Open firefox and in the URL line at the top copy and paste this and hit enter about:cache?device=disk This will now show you everything that is cashed as far as URL's and sites you have visited. You can't however delete them from here. The actual cache is stored at C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qlgglkxl.default\Cache The glgglkxl random group maybe different on your computer but that is where everything is stored. You can delete in here, BUT they are not named but are showing a date, so maybe you can depete, knowing the date you went there? You say you have tried everything I said to? Have you gone to Firefox TOOLS and OPTIONS and then ADVANCED and used the Clear Cache button there? Whu do you think this site with sexy ads has not uploaded something to your computer?? That is exxactly what they do and Nortons (that you appear to have) does not stop Malware only viruses.

OK, thanks for perservering. Not sure why you can't delete your History (or cache), as long as you have all the sites you need in Favourites you don't lose those. However, firstly a couple of things you can do. Right click on the ORB and select PROPERTIES. Select the START MENU Tab on this new screen. and then take out the ticks in the two privacy boxes and then click APPLY at the bottom. The click the CUSTOMIZE Link oposite the START MENU Entry. Scroll down and take the tick out of the FAVORITES MENU. Click OK out of there. Now the offending entries will not show. Go back in through ORB/PROPERTIES and put the two ticks back in the PRIVACY area and click APPLY and get out. This will put your privacy back to how it was but should have cleared the cache. You may have to reboot before that last action to get the entries off the start menu. Now I would run a good free malware scanner. Grab the latest SPYBOT Search and Destroy and install that (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html). Run a complete scan and it will find any offending cookies and give you the option to remove them. There is no need to have it starting with Vista, just run it as a Batch Process every week. I suspect the shoddy site has put some crap on your computer. If you use Firefox, then go to the TOOLS/ADD-ONS and then click GET ADD ONS and then the link to BROWSE ALL ADD ONS. Find Web Of Trust or WOT as it is known and install that. It will NEVER allow you to go to any advert or site that is shonky! Works seamlessly and well and also on a Google search puts red rings on any site BEFORE you go there. And a Happy St Patricks Day to you, by the look of that Flag!

Are you using Firefox or IE? If you ain't using Firefox, suggest you try that. Also run CCleaner, did you do that? When you say START Panel, specificall what/where. If you click the Orb (bottom left), straight above the ALL PROGRAMS is recent items you have opened, this is where I meant right click to delete. Like wise, RECENT Items on that same stat menu, each of those can be right clicked and removed Can you do a screen shot of where the link is you want to remove and post that?

Sounds like you need to 'cover your tracks'. Web pages are stored in your browser cache. Unless you have saved them for offline viewing. You should be able to open your browser and delete the Caches from within there and delete offile content if that is offered. Note items on the start menu can also be 'removed' by right mouse clicking and selecting 'remove from the list'. Failing all that grab a free program, like CCLEANER or EXTENDED DISK CLEANUP. Just Google for those and both will wipe out your browsing history and a bunch of other stuff!

Open the Microsoft Office Folder, usually Program files (x86) and then MICROSOFT OFFICE and then in the OFFICE12 folder. Scroll through the files to find the SCANPST.EXE Double click to run it and you need to browse within that screen to the Outlook.pst file and it will repair it if any errors. I assume you are archiving on a regular basis, so the .pst file is not bigger than 800k?? That screws Outlook up if the file gets to 1 Gb

Ooops, sorry about that, I saw you had a single post and just assumed the wrong thing! Humblest apologies!

Once you know the specific devices, there's no need for third-party applications. The less programs you have installed on your pc, the faster it goes I of course appreciate that, but this is probable Newbie (didn't know to go to or where manufacturers sites were), such that something like Driver Detective makes it a no-brainer for him/her. Note also, these driver programs maybe installed but they are not running, just run it when you want to check everything is OK or even as a quick way of checking when there is an update ready as they report you with out-of-date drivers a few hours after a driver is released.

You may like to grab the Free DriverMax program to sniff out all drivers Or the not free Driver Detective Google for them, it's good practice <smile>

http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/bootcdintro.html#P1 Lots of hits when you Google "Create Bootable DVD"

Firstly, queuing maybe that you have a bunch of other tried and failed print jobs stuck there, so before you try anything else, try to empty the queue. Not sure with HP, but usually right click the printer tray icon and open the Printer control panel and select to DELETE all pending print jobs. Close that down and try another SINGLE print job. If that doesn't work, delete it again from the Queue. Then use 'Programs and Features' to uninstall your printer. Reboot, with the printer plugged in and on and see if Vista finds it and installs generic drivers. Your printer is listed as Vista compatible on the HP web site, so I wouldn't go grabbing another just yet! Good Luck

You may have Office WORKS installed as a Freebie from when you bought the computer and that is what is letting you open things. If you click the Windows Orb (down bottom left corner) and then click ALL PROGRAMS, do you see MICROSOFT OFFICE as an installation? Yopur not being able to open attachments in your E-Mail program is an entirely different problem (I suspect) and is to do with the defualt security settings. Are you using OUTLOOK or WINDOWS MAIL as your E-Mail program? I suspect Windows Mail, in which case, open it and click TOOLS at the top and then OPTIONS and then the SECURITY Tab and take OUT the tick in "Don't allow attachments to be saved/opened.." and then click APPLY at the bottom and OK out. You can then try and open an attachment. Of course the CORRECT way to see an attachment is to first save it to your Hard Drive in a folder you can find and then open it from there! But we all get lazy and open them in the Mail program! Good Luck

As this is a USB device, have you made sure other USB items work in the same slot? Most printers require you to install the software and then plug in the Printer after it tells you to, not the other way around. What happens if you uninstall all the HP software and then plug the printer in and just let Vista find it and install its own software from the web?

OK, I am assuming you installed it correctly and with the Default installation? Did you then register it on line with MS? You will have a MICROSOFT OFFICE folder under /PROGRAM FILESx86 and there should be a folder in there for OFFICE12. Within that folder are the executables EXCEL.EXE, WINWORD.EXE etc. Double click either of those and see if the program opens. It seems your installation if you did it right, has not registered each program. I see you have done 1 post, so maybe you are very new?? Excuse me if you are not, but I am assuming that after downloading the free trial, you did double mouse click and run and install it??

Not sure what 'Bump' means?? Have you tries running the PST repair tool? In the Main Office Folder there is a SCANPST.exe file, run that and point it to your outlook.pst file and let it check and fix any errors. Not sure that has anything to do with your problem, but at least you eliminate a damaged pst file. Have you filed an online support ticket with MS? Not sure if 2003 is out of any support though.

Two seconds with Google searching on that file name will show you many with the same problem with 2003 (you should be using Office 2007 and then everything will be better). ALso many solutions showing. One solution here http://help.lockergnome.com/office/outlvba...pict696377.html Kotuku

Do you have the very latest video driver? Only time I saw flickering was with Texas Holdem cards and getting latest video driver fixed that (and this was over a year ago). I assume you haven't allowed Windows Updates to give you its latest video driver? You always need to get such hardware drivers from the OEM. I appreciate that doesn't explain the link to task manager though! Kotuku

What Laptop make and Model is it? If you can get into safe mode, can you do a system restore to the point before she fiddled? Can you boot from the Vista DVD and do a repair from there?

Wow, long post <smile> When you ran CHKDSK, did you run it with the switches CHKDSK /R/F ? (note the space after the K) You appear to have not recovered the files during the CHKDSK process and they have been deleted, so a bunch of probably important files are screwed up. You should run CHKDSK again with the switches /R/F to make sure no other faults and then run (remember to run from "Run as Administrator" right click on the Command Prompt icon). Then run this from an elevated command prompt SFC /scannow Here is a good tutorial if you find some stuff it can't fix or doesn't run http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-sy...fc-command.html In fact a bunch of stuff here to work through http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/101393-r...d-sequence.html Kotuku

You shouldn't have to buy a third pary piece of software to make yours work. I gave you those references as to what others had done. It will be your Network card driver at fault. DON'T get it from Microsoft, go to your MoBo manufacturer and get the right one from there. If you have allowed Windows updates to add a driver for your NIC, then that may well be the problem!

As a Microsoft Vista problem, this was fixed (in theory) with SP1. Read about it here. You have SP1, so this is not probably your problem, but read http://www.pctipsbox.com/speed-up-slow-fil...-windows-vista/ Note the comments at the end especially the reference to the Realtec NIC driver. Suggest you go to your MoBo manufacturer and check for latest MoBo driver or use DriverMax or DriverDetective to make sure you have latest drivers. This is no doubt a bit of a sales splurge for the program, but there is some good points in the blog http://www.claretyconsulting.com/it/commen...fer/2009-01-19/ And Google this vista slow transfer of files And look for any new posts (after mid 2008) so SP1 is not the solution

Vista SP1 came out approx March/08. If you got your machine before that, then your OS disk will NOT be SP1 but your machine WILL have upgraded to SP1. Hence if you have exhausted all possible ways of fixing your current problem, then you are left with doing a clean and new install of Vista.

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You need to have hidden files and extensions enabled to be displayed. If your install disk is before SP1 and your computer has been upgraded to SP1 then you can't do the repair install. You are stuck with doing a clean and new install of Vista from your disk (assume you have data backed up??) and then do the heap of Windows upgrades and SP1 patch. I am not sure if you had done a CHKDSK, you may have some corrupt sectors/files that is causing the onwards corruption. You should be able to run CHKDSK /R/F Before the new clean install. I am assuming you can't get into safe mode to set up a CHKDSK from there?