http://www.realgeek.com/forums Support and discussions about Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:32:23 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.realgeek.com/forums/mpedia/misc/rss.jpg http://www.realgeek.com/forums http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-vista-home-premium-32bit-478376-new-post.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:06:43 GMT ok, here's my dilema, my system wasn't recognizing my cd/dvd rom drive at all, so I did a complete dell factory restore about a week ago, that didn't help with the situation of not recognizing the cdrom drive, I found a microsoft forum and got a little fix it guy that helped me out, its now there in bios and I am able to use it, however, now I am unable to burn any disc with any program, I keep getting this error message from windows media player: You've encountered error message C00D11E6 while using Windows Media Player. Additional information is not currently available for this error." any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, this along with not being able to stay logged on and switch users... Thank you for your time ]]> Windows Vista Unregistered http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-vista-home-premium-32bit-478376.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/what-to-do-when-qna-closes-for-us-windows-7-users-478353-new-post.html Tue, 19 May 2009 17:11:27 GMT Well, I have been to a great site. Just for Windows 7 questions. It is at http://windows7qna.ning.com/ .This site has alot of nice features, Here is... Well, I have been to a great site. Just for Windows 7 questions. It is at http://windows7qna.ning.com/ .This site has alot of nice features, Here is a few but not all: ask ... ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/what-to-do-when-qna-closes-for-us-windows-7-users-478353.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/is-onecare-live-com-free-scan-for-vista-supposed-to-replace-a-third-party-security-so-478346-new-post.html Tue, 19 May 2009 04:40:26 GMT Okay, so I downloaded onecare's pc scan for vista, and it detected 19 invalid items in the "Reg Cleaner Scan". When I selected it to fix this it only corrected 12 of the 19 errors ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/is-onecare-live-com-free-scan-for-vista-supposed-to-replace-a-third-party-security-so-478346.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/i-have-windows-7-i-want-to-change-to-windows-8-a-478341-new-post.html Mon, 18 May 2009 22:10:46 GMT You may have to wait a while for that to happen...Windows 8 is still in the design stages. You may have to wait a while for that to happen...Windows 8 is still in the design stages. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/i-have-windows-7-i-want-to-change-to-windows-8-a-478341.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/are-there-any-programs-that-teach-basic-computer-skills-but-for-a-spanish-speaking-p-478334-new-post.html Sun, 17 May 2009 18:30:22 GMT depends on where you live!.... check out your adult education courses... a lot of them teach computers and everyone of the teachers i have met, have... depends on where you live!.... check out your adult education courses... a lot of them teach computers and everyone of the teachers i have met, have been bi-lingual. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/are-there-any-programs-that-teach-basic-computer-skills-but-for-a-spanish-speaking-p-478334.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/what-is-the-recommended-requirements-for-windows-vista-478325-new-post.html Sat, 16 May 2009 04:40:31 GMT go to this site for the vista system requirements - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx go to this site for the vista system requirements - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...uirements.aspx ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/what-is-the-recommended-requirements-for-windows-vista-478325.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/i-have-both-windows-7-and-vista-ultimate-loaded-on-my-computer-i-have-a-problem-with-478310-new-post.html Thu, 14 May 2009 01:40:15 GMT My Vista cannot locate the signal from my cable but Windows 7 can, what is amiss here? My Vista cannot locate the signal from my cable but Windows 7 can, what is amiss here? ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/i-have-both-windows-7-and-vista-ultimate-loaded-on-my-computer-i-have-a-problem-with-478310.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/upgrade-costs-478306-new-post.html Wed, 13 May 2009 15:10:48 GMT I know this has been beaten to death and PLEASE no public flogging! What were the costs of upgrading from XP to Vista? I want to install Win7 RC and... I know this has been beaten to death and PLEASE no public flogging! What were the costs of upgrading from XP to Vista? I want to install Win7 RC and want to make sure I have the ... ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/upgrade-costs-478306.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/started-installing-windows-7rc-through-vista-sp1now-been-going-for-2-hours-seems-stuc-478302-new-post.html Tue, 12 May 2009 20:40:39 GMT go to this site and scroll down to delivering a quality upgrade experience to see if there are some tips that may help. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ go to this site and scroll down to delivering a quality upgrade experience to see if there are some tips that may help. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/started-installing-windows-7rc-through-vista-sp1now-been-going-for-2-hours-seems-stuc-478302.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/limited-access-to-my-wireless-home-network-on-vista-after-installing-windows-7-on-a-478288-new-post.html Tue, 12 May 2009 12:21:26 GMT Problems after installing Windows 7 on a second physical Hard Drive I installed Windows 7 on a second physical hard drive that came with my HP Laptop... Problems after installing Windows 7 on a second physical Hard Drive I installed Windows 7 on a second physical hard drive that came with my HP Laptop (which has Vista as the ... ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/limited-access-to-my-wireless-home-network-on-vista-after-installing-windows-7-on-a-478288.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/will-there-be-a-free-upgrade-for-those-who-bought-a-windows-vista-os-to-window-7-a-478283-new-post.html Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:32 GMT Not from Microsoft. I've heard rumor that some vendors would offer a free upgrade for any systems purchased after July of this year. But those are just rumors as I said. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/will-there-be-a-free-upgrade-for-those-who-bought-a-windows-vista-os-to-window-7-a-478283.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/can-windows7-rc1-be-setup-as-a-dual-boot-with-vista-and-how-is-it-done-478280-new-post.html Tue, 12 May 2009 02:00:08 GMT Install to a different partition than Vista, and WIndows 7 will take care of the boot options by itself. Install to a different partition than Vista, and WIndows 7 will take care of the boot options by itself. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/can-windows7-rc1-be-setup-as-a-dual-boot-with-vista-and-how-is-it-done-478280.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-defender-doesnt-start-up-when-i-turn-on-my-computer-is-there-something-i-ca-478272-new-post.html Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:14 GMT I have to go to defender program and turn it on after every restart of computer. I have to go to defender program and turn it on after every restart of computer. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-defender-doesnt-start-up-when-i-turn-on-my-computer-is-there-something-i-ca-478272.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/problems-after-installing-windows-7-on-a-second-physical-hard-drive-478263-new-post.html Mon, 11 May 2009 17:30:19 GMT I installed Windows 7 on a second physical hard drive that came with my HP Laptop (which has Vista as the primary OS on the other hard drive).... I installed Windows 7 on a second physical hard drive that came with my HP Laptop (which has Vista as the primary OS on the other hard drive). Everything went smooth. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/problems-after-installing-windows-7-on-a-second-physical-hard-drive-478263.html http://www.realgeek.com/forums/would-partitioning-your-hard-drive-when-installing-win-7-help-to-keep-your-original-o-478267-new-post.html Mon, 11 May 2009 17:30:19 GMT decided you wanted to go back? Say for example a person has a factory installed vista, but would like to TRY OUT 7, just to see what's really going on. ]]> Windows Vista Guest http://www.realgeek.com/forums/would-partitioning-your-hard-drive-when-installing-win-7-help-to-keep-your-original-o-478267.html