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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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What is the best way a menu item to Vista's explorer to start a command prompt in the current directory?

What is the best way to add a menu item to Vista's explorer to start a command prompt in the current directory?
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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 is not showing up as a ODBC provider. I found…
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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: 2147956498 "The component store has been corrupted."" I…
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Deleting Old (Non-Boot) Windows Vista Directory From Command-Line

Does anyone have a good script that will delete an old, non-booting, inactive Windows directory from the command-line?
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How to prevent a Windows client who is a local administrator to remove a installed program?

Is there a way to prevent a Windows Vista client who is a local administrator of her own machine to remove a installed program? The program should not be removed by clients either from normal mode or safe mode.
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Tools for troubleshooting Windows sharing issues (Vista/Server 2008)

What tools (out of the box or otherwise) do you utilize to give useful/verbose information about what might be causing an issue with windows sharing? I have a specific example below, but I'd like to see some general answers for how to collect data…
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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 the radio server software to switch it to use…
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Fixing permissions on a FAT32 USB-attached hard drive under Vista

There are many times you want to use a USB hard drive to move files between, for exmaple, Vista, XP, Unix, and MacOS. A drive is formatted with FAT32. Files are added and removed under MacOS and XP and Unix. When viewing the drive on Vista, some of…
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poolmon.exe: 32bit versions

I am debugging a leak using poolmon.exe. I have 2 versions, one from xp install disk, one from a Win2003 kit. Some of the Microsoft documentation mentions options that my poolmon(s) do not support (/c /g I believe), I suspect that there are new…
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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 listed solutions help. Note that this was a clean…
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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: "The current logged on user does not have ownership…
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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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Why can't I get IIS 7 to successfully install on Windows Vista x64 Edition?

I'm having an issue installing IIS 7 on a machine that has a brand new install of Vista Ultimate x64. I've tried using the Turn Windows Features On or Off feature in the Programs and Features control panel. It seems to hang for ages before the…
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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 machines did not. When checking the WSUS…
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Can Oracle TimesTen run on Vista 64 bit?

Can Oracle TimesTen run on Vista 64 bit?
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