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- Windows Vista >> system properties doesn't show hardware configuration! HELP!I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. I have a Dual-Core processor with
1.83GHz and 2GB of RAM. My system rating is 4.6. The only problem is, when I
go to my system properties in the control panel, it doesn't show any of this.
after "Rating:" it's just a blank space. "Processor: Not Available", "Memory
(RAM): Not Available). it shows me my system type but that's it. I know it
recognizes it because the welcome is able to show it (RAM and processor). Is
there a setting I changed somewhere that's causing this? How can I get it to
show these again? Will SP1 solve this problem? Please help
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- Windows Vista >> I can't install my printer software????I have an HP 6830 deskjet printer (which according to my mom is old, and I
guess she would know, seeing as it used to be hers....) and I tried to hook
it up to my new computer today, but when I try to run the CD with the
software, it says it can't install it because I don't have IE 5.0 or higher.
-.- I use 7.0.
I read somewhere that some printers need drivers to run on vista, so I went
to the HP website and found their universal driver (or whatever it's called),
and I looked, and it doesn't support my printer.
is the printer just too old to use on my computer, or is it not compatible
or something?
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- Windows Vista >> Startup Slow on acquiring networkI am using Vista Premium.
When the system starts it loads quickly, but seems to
slow down while waiting to acquire network information
from my Linksys router WRT54G. This may be as long as 1-
2 minutes.
The network card is an Nvidia nforce.
I am have a Cisco VPN loading, but not activated until I
need it.
The router acts as a DHCP server, I am not using fixed
address.
Is there a way to speed up this portion of startup?
Is there a boot log program for Vista that will give
times to view startup problems?
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- Windows Vista >> Explorer Hang upHi All,
I am new to visita and have noticed a problem since I got my new computer
with explorer. Every time it is used it hangs up and won't shut down unless I
cancell out. Any ideas?
Thanks
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- Windows Vista >> low battery alarmHi
we just got a Toshiba laptop which does not sound an alarm when the battery
is low. It only notifies with a pop up. I need to use the alarm function and
it seems that this particular model does not have this function.
Can you guys point me to a freeware that does such a thing. I was looking at
scripting or coding (writing a program to do so and set it up as a service
or something like that). If it can be done, appreciate if you guys could
give me a few pointers.
Many thanks in advance
Richard
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- Windows Vista >> Problems opening a pdf file though internet explorerI'm not sure this is even a Vista question, but it wasn't an issue when I
didn't have it. When I try to open up a pdf file through the internet, it
takes forever and eventually an error message saying theres a problem with
Adobe comes up, but then the file opens (it just takes forever and is really
annoying). Once there is another pdf file up, this doesn't happen and any
pdf just opens right up. It also isnt a problem if I have a pdf file saved
on my hard drive and I open it from there. Anyone know what my problem is?
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- Windows Vista >> I have a problem...I installed vista ultimate on my laptop. I have had no problems wit
anything but my media player. About half of the time it locks up and
have to totally shut down to do anything. I am still pretty new t
computer knowledge and I didnt know if there was a simple fix or what
Could someone help? Right now I am running WMP 11
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huntersplinter
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- Windows Vista >> can't install windows xp on a drive that has vista on itI bought a hp pavillion that has vista home premium and I'm trying to
install XP on a separate partition. However, I cannot get the XP
installation cd to load: if I boot from it, windows loading crashes,
and if I insert the cd from within vista, the 'install windows' option
is disabled.
There's a microsof kb article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760
describing my exact problem. And it says that certain bios will cause
xp to not load on a disk partitioned by vista, since it's a different
partition than xp expects. I changed the registry entries as it
suggested, but no result. Also, I emailed them about the hotfix and
they said vista home premium has no hotfix for this.
My question is, how am I supposed to install XP on this machine,
either as a dual boot or to completely remove vista, if I can't even
get the XP install cd to load?
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- Windows Vista >> Defraggler - any negative experiences?I have used it a little with no problems. It does a very nice job of
defragging free space.
Any negative experiences?
tia!!!
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Kris
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DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1
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- Windows Vista >> Moving from XP to Vista is like ... ?Let's leave the move from DOS to Windows out of the discussion -- that's
on a whole different level. Instead, really, what is it like to move
from XP to Vista?
It's not like moving from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. That particular
move was a sea change -- a breakthrough the likes of which we really
haven't seen since.
It's more like moving from Windows 95 to Windows 98, isn't it? They
weren't the same operating systems, but they were similar, and while
there was a learning curve with Win98, it wasn't too steep and the pain
wasn't so great.
It certainly isn't like moving from Win98 to Windows ME. In fact, I
never made that transition successfully. I struggled and struggled with
WinME and finally gave up. Fortunately it wasn't too long after WinME
that Windows XP came along and I just skipped WinME.
Moving from WinXP to Vista certainly wasn't as traumatic for me as
moving from FAT32/Win98 to NTFS/WinXP. (Yep, I skipped Win2K too.) In
fact, I found moving to Vista from WinXP really wasn't traumatic at all
-- at least it wasn't after I'd turned off User Account Control.
So yeah, I guess I have concluded that the closest comparison to moving
from XP to Vista is moving from Windows 95 to Windows 98. They're
different certainly, but the similarities outweigh the differences.
I've been dual booting XP and Vista for six months or so now, and it's
only recently that I've found myself booting into Vista more often than
I boot into XP. It has taken a while, but I've finally found either
Vista-updated versions of the software I need, or acceptable
substitutions. I'm pretty much happy with Vista.
And what is it about Vista that I like better than XP? The truth? The
real, honest truth?
It's prettier. That's it. Seriously. OK, maybe with Vista it's a tiny
bit easier to navigate through Windows Explorer, but the differences
aren't worth all the effort it took to offer them. And aside from that
I have found nothing (so far) in Vista to recommend over XP.
But Aero sure is pretty. Dreamscene is too, but I've found Dreamscene
crashes some of my video applications, so I've turned it off. Still --
Aero -- nice. But worth the price? Um, well, no.
If I were buying a new computer today I'd get Vista. But I sure
wouldn't buy a new computer simply for the purpose of having Vista.
It's nowhere near the disaster some are claiming claim it is. But it's
also nowhere near being a must-have.
And now that I think a little more about it, I believe Win98 was a
bigger improvement over Win95 than Vista is over XP. Yep, I do believe
it was. Vista is nice, but it's not necessary.
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Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
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- Windows Vista >> Vista Synchronise Mouse Pointer with desktop hotspotsI recently bought a Dell Inspiron 530 running under Vista Home Premium. It
was supplied without a monitor. I have tried it with two monitors, a small
LG flat screen and a 20.5" widescreen Samsung. In both cases the mouse
pointer is about 2 mm (1/8th inch) out of true so that when for example
selecting files from a list in Windows Explorer it is easy to select the one
below that intended. How do I synchronies the mouse pointer with the
hotspots? An obvious answer is to contact Dell, but, if it comes to that, I
would like to have some understanding of the underlying problem before I
talk with them. And if there is some simple registry tweak in Vista, then
hopefully I can fix it with kind guidance from this newsgroup :)
Video card: 256MB ATI® RadeonT HD 2600 XT graphics card
Doug
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- Windows Vista >> Preping for SP-1 by removing the SP-1 betaGreetings,
I suspect that the official SP1 will be out shortly. I have the
beta sp-1 on my machine and have been quite happy with it. However, I
will want to completely remove it and install the final sp-1 "clean", so
to speak. My computer says it is running sp-1 v.744. How do I remove
it? I remember have some other service packs install with it and making
some registry changes so update would see the beta service pack. So,
what do I uninstall and what changes do I need to make so Vista will be
ready ton install the final SP-1?
thanks
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FSnopes
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
Hi, i'm having a problem with my window's vista home premium.
a few days ago the computer froze and i had to turn it off without first
shutting it down as i was unable to do so, and as such i restarted in safe
mode.
the thing is, now my windows task bar is no longer the standard windows task
bar, instead it remains as the safe mode task bar as well as all the windows,
which also remain as standard safe mode windows.
i was wondering how to get rid of this and get it back to normal.
regards, luke
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
I should have elaborated. Hit "F8" after the initial BIOS splash screen
when booting.
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
luke10988;664979 Wrote:
> Hi, i'm having a problem with my window's vista home premium.
> a few days ago the computer froze and i had to turn it off without
> first
> shutting it down as i was unable to do so, and as such i restarted in
> safe
> mode.
> the thing is, now my windows task bar is no longer the standard windows
> task
> bar, instead it remains as the safe mode task bar as well as all the
> windows,
> which also remain as standard safe mode windows.
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> i was wondering how to get rid of this and get it back to normal.
>
> regards, luke
When you are booting up hit "F8" on your keyboard. Select normal
startup.
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luke10988
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
"Technologist" wrote:
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> luke10988;664979 Wrote:
> > Hi, i'm having a problem with my window's vista home premium.
> > a few days ago the computer froze and i had to turn it off without
> > first
> > shutting it down as i was unable to do so, and as such i restarted in
> > safe
> > mode.
> > the thing is, now my windows task bar is no longer the standard windows
> > task
> > bar, instead it remains as the safe mode task bar as well as all the
> > windows,
> > which also remain as standard safe mode windows.
> >
> > i was wondering how to get rid of this and get it back to normal.
> >
> > regards, luke
>
> When you are booting up hit "F8" on your keyboard. Select normal
> startup.
>
> --t
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> Technologist
> Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway
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> hi, i tried your advice and it took me to the safe mode/normal mode screen and i've tried rebooting with both options and the same thing happens.
thanks though, any other ideas?
x
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
It may be too late with your numerous attempts, but 'last known good' works
best for these situations on the first reboot. You can try it now.
"luke10988" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
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> "Technologist" wrote:
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>> luke10988;664979 Wrote:
>> > Hi, i'm having a problem with my window's vista home premium.
>> > a few days ago the computer froze and i had to turn it off without
>> > first
>> > shutting it down as i was unable to do so, and as such i restarted in
>> > safe
>> > mode.
>> > the thing is, now my windows task bar is no longer the standard windows
>> > task
>> > bar, instead it remains as the safe mode task bar as well as all the
>> > windows,
>> > which also remain as standard safe mode windows.
>> >
>> > i was wondering how to get rid of this and get it back to normal.
>> >
>> > regards, luke
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>> When you are booting up hit "F8" on your keyboard. Select normal
>> startup.
>>
>> --t
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>> Technologist
>> Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway
>>
>> hi, i tried your advice and it took me to the safe mode/normal mode
>> screen and i've tried rebooting with both options and the same thing
>> happens.
> thanks though, any other ideas?
> x
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Windows Vista >> vista safe mode
So, you are saying that it is running in normal mode, with the Safe mode
Resolution?
Did you go into Safe mode start>Programs>Accessories>Run> msconfig > And
then tick normal startup?
Also, check your Video driver.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"luke10988" wrote:
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> Hi, i'm having a problem with my window's vista home premium.
> a few days ago the computer froze and i had to turn it off without first
> shutting it down as i was unable to do so, and as such i restarted in safe
> mode.
> the thing is, now my windows task bar is no longer the standard windows task
> bar, instead it remains as the safe mode task bar as well as all the windows,
> which also remain as standard safe mode windows.
>
> i was wondering how to get rid of this and get it back to normal.
>
> regards, luke
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- Windows Vista >> The Good, The Bad, & The UglyBeing human (and I use the term loosely) we tend to embrace the familiar and
shun the unfamiliar. Part of adopting Vista involves giving Vista a chance to
become familiar. Over the last 10 months that I've used Vista I've learned a
lot and become more accustomed to Vista. Overall, I think Vista is becoming
an appealing and highly functional system. During this same time, MSFT and
the Communities and other forums have worked a lot of the bugs out of the
system, and many third-party compatibility issues have been resolved. Vista
and I could not have made this journey together without the help of the many
contributors to the Vista Communities and other forums. Which brings me to
the first of two major downsides that I see with Vista.
The first downside is not so much a Vista problem as it is a MSFT problem.
Ideally, MSFT would provide real Support for Vista for the predicted lifetime
of the product. In reality, this is not the case. MSFT technical support of
Vista is a virtual black hole that swallows up the universe (including your
money) and everything disappears without a trace. The Help & Support that
comes with Vista, or that available online, is superficial and rarely covers
any of the serious issues encountered. Searches of the Knowledge Base are
rarely fruitful. There may be some helpful information there (mainly for
XP), but finding what you need for Vista is next to impossible. Most
third-party software companies provide better support for their freeware.
MSFT could learn a lot from Google as far as searches, and from other
third-party companies as far as support.
After youâ??re done with the superficial Help & Support and online support,
MSFT passes the buck to the Vista Communities Discussion Groups and refuses
to take responsibility for their brainchild. And when thereâ??s a Windows
Update that screws up your computer and everyoneâ??s screaming in capital
letters for help, MSFT is mute. Of course, you can always pay the big bucks
and get help with a limited problem. However, after already paying the big
bucks to buy Vista, few of us are willing to shell out more for support that
should be there, at no cost, just because we bought the product.
The second downside has to do with Security. Vista has been designed to be
as tight as a drum and impermeable to all external threats. In the process
of doing this, Vista also has many layers of protection that prevent even
Administrators having access to do what needs to be done. MSFTâ??s response to
IT terrorism has been to improve Homeland Security at the expense of our
inborn Administrator liberties. Administrators should automatically have
Ownership and Full Control of everything, should automatically have â??elevated
privilegesâ??, and should never be denied access to anything. Iâ??m OK with
confirming â??Are You Sure You Want To Do This?â??, but anything further is just
plain harassment and obstruction.
In balance, I think Vista will continue to improve over time as weaknesses
in the system are ironed out. I think the security issues will become more
manageable over time. Vista will continue to be a commercial success as more
and more businesses adopt it with improvements in compatibility. Vista will
eventually leave its mark as a true step up in digital history. It may be
wishful thinking to hope that MSFT will step up to the plate, however, I
challenge MSFT to begin providing real, free technical support for Vista. I
do believe we are safer now, under Vista, than before, but I also challenge
MSFT to help keep us secure while restoring our Administrator freedoms.
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- Windows Vista >> mediaplayer does not play dvd diskHello, can somebody help me with this. Brand new pc and mediaplayer does not
want to play dvd a bought, normal ones. It works fine with everything else.
The dvdplayer is allright i can play my dvd with DiVXplayer or VLc player it
works fine. I get this errormessage i have to adjust my screen options etc
but that is bullshit.
I have installed codecs for vista and that works fine too...Must be an error
in the software but can not find it. And it must be a simple problem as
well.......but i do not see it...who can help me...
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- Windows Vista >> Changes not kept after restartRunning Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion Slimline AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 4200+
Every time I start or restart my computer, I have to reinstall certain
software or run certain programs to get things working properly. The
changes I have made do not stay in effect.
For example, every time I start or restart I have to re-install Flash Player
or it says it is not installed. Also I have used a program to "un-associate"
certain file types with one program and associate them with another, but
every time I start or restart the computer, they are "re-associated" with the
wrong programs so I have to re-run the "un-associate" program, then
re-install the program I want them to work with.
Why are the changes not kept when the computer shuts down? This does not
happen if the computer is hibernating or in sleep mode, only if it is
completely shut down as in a restart.
Does anyone know how to make the changes stay in effect? I am VERY
frustrated with having to reinstall this stuff everytime I need to restart
the computer.
Thank you in advance!
K
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- Windows Vista >> Windows Mail Newsgroup Rule FiltersFor those of you who have spent a deal of time creating your kill file, and
would like to save it if you have to reinstall the O/S from scratch, or have
to roll back to a previous disk image - here's how!
Open regedit and browse to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Mail\Rules]
Highlight the entry and right click | Export
Give it a name you won't forget, such as "Delete These Fools"
Browse to where you want to save this file.
Now if you have reinstall the operating system from scratch you can go to
this .reg file and double click to run. The entries will be applied to your
fresh operating and the fools will continue to be blocked.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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- Windows Vista >> Vista won't boot after Service Pack 1 installationI tried installing SP1 through windows update. The system hung during the
creation of the restore point. I downloaded the full standalone SP1 installer
and everything seemed to go fine. The computer rebooted and went through a
few phases. Then it came to a black screen where it began counting files. It
sticks at file 3819/68666. I get the following error message: "!! 0x0190036
!! 3819/68666 (rasacd.sys)" I can't get past this error. If I boot into safe
mode, it hangs at "Loaded: \windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys". I tried to
boot off the Vista DVD and restore, but since my machine hung during the
creation of the restore point during Windows Update, there isn't a restore
point to go back too. Anybody have any ideas? I would really appreciate any
help. Thanks.
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- Windows Vista >> service pack 1: where has all the space come from?I recently installed service pack 1 from windows update. Now, when I go to C
drive properties, I have far more hard drive space than I had before. I store
a lot of layered Photoshop images on a two terrabyte internal hard drive (
drive C ).It is the usual raid stripe array and works very well. Until the
installation I had used about a 1/4 of my drive space; now it shows only
about 1/7. I defrag regularly and keep everything up to date and clean. It is
as though I had deleted a lot of my images, but as far as I can tell they are
all still there. Could it be that windows is giving me false information and
there is less hard drive space than there appears to be? Why would sp1 do
that? Is there any way I can check? I would be very grateful for any
suggestions.
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- Windows Vista >> No MP3 Ripping Option in Windows Media Player---Why??I just noticed that there is no "mp3" option in the drop down ripping
menu in WMP11, which I am running in Vista. I could swear that it was
there before, and now I have to use iTunes to rip my CD's into mp3
files. Does anyone know what might have caused the option to disappear,
and how to restore that capability? I thought it was built in to WMP11.
Thanks for your help! DR
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- Windows Vista >> msvcrt.dll problemI need members help. I'm getting a mscvrt.dll error message sometimes when
going from one website to another. The message displays, msvcrt.dll as the
file with the problem. The error message reads, Internet Explorer (using
IE7, with latest upgrade) raised unhandled exception in 3rd party module and
should close. Below that it reads, Version Info: UNICODE; v.4,0,2,21.
Below that the Call Stack display a listing of lines each beginning with
Base:75E0000,001B, etc. Some of the lines contain pound signs following by
foreign characters. Once I click on OK (the only option) IE7 simply restarts.
How do I correct this error or restore the msvcrt.dl to its default? Is
this file really needed in Windows Vista Ultimate and/or IE7? I have not
delected this file until I get expert advice or told what to do.
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- Windows Vista >> Email link uses 64-bit IE7Hi guys, I've set my Start menu email link to use Windows Live email
instead of Outlook. Problem is, although IE7 32-bit is default on Vista
x64, the email link brings up the 64-bit version. As I always start
surfing the net by checking my email first (habit over yeeeears!) I
always find incompatible websites using Adobe Flash which I have to
reopen in 32-bit IE7. Is there any way to change the email link to use
32-bit IE7 by default?
Any help appreciated, Rajveer.
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- Windows Vista >> Vista system restoreI wanted to do a system restore back a few days when i tried i got thi
error message "the disk Local disk (C: has errors" so it say check fo
errors so i do and restart my computer it starts to check for error
then it freezes at 1% or 3% i have tried to leave it but there is n
progress for hrs. so i am thinking i have a much bigger problem tha
just a system restore. I have been looking on this forum and i hav
tried to run sfc/scannow a dos window flicked up for one sec but tha
was it, so i am not sure what it did and now it can no long find ru
sfc/scannow, next i tried to boot up and safe mode but that also froze
i can boot up in normal mode if i bypass the the disk check witch i
asks me every time i start now. i am in way over my head any help woul
be wonderful or at least a indication on what the is going on would b
great
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- Windows Vista >> Windows MailHi my name is Brianna i am haveing some problems with my windows mail
whe i click send a nd receive it all works fine then when the messages
say they are coming in a pop up comes up saying the POP3 server has not
responed in 60 seconds would you like to wait and even if i click wait
it dosent work if someone could please help me all my school info has
not come in because my email will not work
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