Windows Vista Tech Support

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by Greek

Hey guys,

im on vista and have gone back and forth for a while now, i gt bored of xp so went back on vista, i notice that when i play movies, mostly fivx and mkv files my movies has instant freezes and the sound messes up i wish i could give u a sample, basically the movie stutters with the sound stuttering too, i never had this problem when i went on vista before, just this last time, i have always installed vista the same way, so i cant see where i went wrong, ive got the 32bit version of vista, have installed vlc and divx codecs, and still not helping, i installed a codec pack but hasnt done the trick, this is rele bothering me because i watch movies everyday on the computer and with experience like that makes me want to go back to xp.

i noticed that my cpu does not go high when movies stutter its on normal 15-30 % load, what do you think the problem is? is my sound card messed up, do i need to reformat?

please reply if you can hlp or have any suggestions

When you installed the codec pack, which one did you install, and did you uninstall the divx codecs? Leaving DIVX on there and using a pack can cause conflicts.

As for the codec pack, I recommend the CCCP. http://www.cccp-project.net/

Packs such as K-Lite and the Vista codec pack sometimes aren't set up properly, and have filter conflicts from first install.

Again, remember to uninstall the old codec packs and Divx/xvid codecs before you install another pack.

[xmountainxlionx]

well i turned on my computer, and its telling me i need to validate my genuine microsoft product, and windows will be in reduced funcionality mode unitll i do. but since its in RFM, it wont let me get to the validation window. cant click on properties, or control panel. is there a program i can open form run? im using vista ultimate 64

[Firedomain]

is it a genuine product....???

[xmountainxlionx]

Originally Posted by Firedomain

is it a genuine product....???

yeah it is, and i got it going. but thanks anyway

[Jenesis]

I'm having an issue with my Vista PC (which I currently don't have, but will do at Easter). I have 3 internal HDDs, 1 main drive which has no problems, and 2 other, smaller drives. All 3 drives are SATA drives and show up correctly in the BIOS. My mobo is an MSI K9N Diamond.

Vista keeps asking me for drivers for the two non-main drives. If I ask it to look for drivers, or if I point it to C:/Windows/system32, it says installed but it doesn't show in My Computer and can't be partitioned in the Disk Manager (a weird "Disk Manager view not up-to-date" message appears). For now I just tell it to not look for drivers and then the drives work as needed, with drive letters and so on, but all the prompts appearing at every startup is very annoying!

As I said I haven't got my PC with me right now, but does anyone have any advice for what to do when I get it back?

[Skitzo]

is it possible to transfer pagefiling to a usb mem stick apposed to a hdd? I've heard giga-byte has a pci product for adding mem for such purposes, curious if there are other methods.

At the moment i am running 4 gigs of ram with two hdd. Pagefiling is routed to the second (media hdd) with no vista management. What would be the best way to configure pf?

[Firedomain]

if you have 2 HDD's, enable pagefile on both, as it will allow the system to access the data upto 2x the speed.
as for a mem stick, if its fast (unlike portable hdd's) then readyboost will let the system put certain higher priority files onto it to increase performance. (very similar to pagefile, just more prioritized for high priority files.)

although you shouldn't see to much of a difference with 4GB of ram anyway.

& gigabyte's method involves using ram as a harddrive (its constantly got power to keep its memory.) people also like other methods of fast drives like using a virtual ram disk (utilises a small amount of ram as an accessible drive, although this is pointless for using as a pagefile.)

hope that helps.

[Skitzo]

Thanks, that helps.

[raptori]

hi i have vista ultimate sp1 and it hangs on the booting when the logo suppose to appear and it hangs for 1-2 minutes and then continue booting normally i have xp and vista and both have the same problem which happens from time to time..... my spec xpsp2 and vista ultimate sp1--cpu:Q6600@2.4Ghz-mobo:asus P5KR p35--ram:2*1GB--HDD:WC120GB--VGA:geforce8800GTS320MB.... any one know whats the problem

[Cold Storm]

I would say go and try to make up Solaris's Utility cd, and check your ram. It might be going bad... or could be Hdd... How old is that drive that it's one?