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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.

Windows Vista, originally with the codename of Longhorn and Mojave before public release, was Microsoft's follow up to Windows XP.

It has been succeeded by Windows 7

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Two identical Vista machines, only one processes Group Policy Registry Extension

I have two Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 machines setup from the same installer CD. Both machines were joined to the domain and moved into the same OU. Both machines have no errors in the event logs on startup. One machine gets the 'AutoLogon' group…
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Configure Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster from Windows Vista

How do I configure Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Failover cluster capabilities? Can I use mmc from a vista system or do I have to use Powershell?
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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" message and it cannot find www.goole.pl for 10-15…
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Cause for Remote Desktop Connection Failure?

I have encountered the following problem with a Vista x64 machine. Connecting to the machine via Remote Desktop just stopped working (probably after a windows update) – was working one day, not the next. On investigation found: Services manager…
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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 other isn't? Is this a bug of some sort, or a simple…
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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 Server 08 and b) it's backup related and I…
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Disable (disconnect from) WiFi on XP/Vista when cable is connected

We have a problem in office when a user connects to our LAN without disconnecting from WiFi network he was previously on (a free WiFi provided by building owners). At a minimum, firewall log entries are cluttered with machine attempting to reach…
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Heavy disk usage at Vista boot

This is what happened: I attached an external hard disk via USB Started my Vista machine It took an unusual long time too boot up with lots of hard disk work I eventually logged in Internal system disk heavy duty didn't stop for the next few…
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What is a seamless way to migrate a user profile in vista?

What is the best way to migrate a user profile in Vista? I just tried the Vista Easy Transfer and found that it did not do everything I wanted it to do. I am trying to leave a leave a domain and join a workgroup.
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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 client for software, as well as not having to…
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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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Downgrade Vista Ultimate to Business?

Is there any way to do this? Bought some new Dells at work that come with an (OEM) Ultimate key yet our standard image is business. When I install it and try to use the key it complains that the key doesn't match the image. Just thought I'd ask…
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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 updates are, I…
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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 Vista Backup always ends up failing with error…
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Access Denied 2003 server shared printer on Vista

Here's the facts. I have a Domain Controller running Windows 2003 Server R2 (Standard edition) with up to now only XP Client in a High School environment. I have an accounting system to manage how much student can print on my server so the printer…
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