How to repair Windows vista startup problem ?

Insert the vista Disk to your CDROM and boot from it. select language the select repair your computer and then finally in next select from the option startup repair.
Vista try its best to solve startup problem for you.

Download Windows Vista & Vista 64bit driver free

Note :- In case if you don`t find the drivers for Vista try to install by using Windows XP Driver

Realtek

Realtek AC'97 Audio Codecs

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Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs (support Vista 64 and Vista)

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RTL8185L (support Vista 64 and Vista)

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RTL8187L (support Vista 64 and Vista)

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RTL8100B(L)/RTL8100C(L)/RTL8101L/RTL8139C(L)RTL8139C(L)+/RTL8139D(L)/RTL8100(L)/RTL8130/RTL8139B(L) (support Vista 64 and Vista)

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RTL8100E/RTL8101E/ RTL8110SC(L)/RTL8110S-32/RTL8110SB(L)/RTL8169SB(L)/

RTL8169SC(L)RTL8169/RTL8110SC(L)/RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168

Vista Vista 64

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Realtek AC'97 VIA Audio Controller

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Realtek AC'97 VIA686/8231Audio Controller

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Realtek AC''97 SiS Audio Controller

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Realtek AC'97 VIA8233 Audio Controller

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Nvidia

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 / NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

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NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / GeForce 6100 nForce 400 / GeForce 6200 / GeForce 6200 A-LE / GeForce 6200SE TurboCache / GeForce 6500 / GeForce 6600 GT / GeForce 6600 LE / GeForce 6610 XL / GeForce 6700 XL / GeForce 6800 GS/XT/GT / GeForce 6800 LE/XE / GeForce 7100 GS / GeForce 7300 GS/GT/LE/SE / GeForce 7500 LE / GeForce 7600 GS/GT/LE / GeForce 7650 GS / GeForce 7800 GS/GTX / GeForce 7900 GS/GTX GeForce 7900 GT/GTO / GeForce 7950 GT/GX2

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Creative

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Live 24-bit (inter.) link
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series link
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series link
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series link
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4 link
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA link

ATI

ATI Radeon X300 / X550 / X600 / X700 / X800 / X850 / X1050 / X1300 / X1550 / X1600 / X1650 / X1800 / X1900 / X1950 / 9500 / 9600 / 9700 / 9800 series Link

ATI Mobility Radeon X300 / X600 / X700 / X800 / X1300 / X1400 / X1600 / X1800 / 9550 9600 / 9700 / 9800 Series Link

ATI All-in-Wonder X600 / X800 / X1900 / X1800 / 9600 / 9800 Series Link

ATI Theater 550 PRO / TV Wonder Elite / ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition Link

FireMV 2200 PCIe/2400 PCIe Display Driver (32 and 64 bit) Link

ATI Integrated Motherboard display driver CrossFire Xpress 1600 / 3200 Radeon Xpress 200 200M / 1100 / 1150 / 1600 / 3200 Link

Download Intex and Zebronics LAN card driver RTL8139d Chipset

Download Intex and Zebronics LAN card driver for 98, 2000, XP in case if you are unable install drivers by using original Realtek driver

Problem is that they are not original RTL8139d chipsets as it is printed on them

Few Important facts about windows Vista

1) During the installation if your installation get rebooted due to power failure(imagine you are not using UPS) then you don’t need to again boot computer your computer using Vista DVD the installation will be restarted from where it left off or it will again install from begaining.

2) Windows Vista don’t need SATA hard disk driver Vista will deducts it automatically.

3) In Windows Vista you can add extra clocks to the system tray and can select diff. time zone for them

4) If you are going to buy PC for Vista make sure it have good amount of VGA memory as the Aero need most of them.

5) For Tweak windows Vista go to http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility

6) Make sure that PC have at least 512MB RAM or more in which you want to install Vista.

7) Windows Vista has the facility of Parental control make sure use it to control your child.

How can we Enable Windows Vista Aero Graphics after installing VGA (display) driver?

If during the installation Vista unable to detect your VGA(display) card then you will get windows vista basic in the appearance setting. To enable Aero (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective & open) please read below step.

1) Right click on your desktop then select Personalize.

2) Click on window color and appearance

3) At the bottom window click on open classic appearance properties for more color options

4) At scroll list look for windows Aero as the new scheme

5) Click Apply & OK you are Done…….

How to add desktop icons in windows Vista?

In Vista it is same as earlier we found after installing Windows XP we found empty desktop with dustbin (recycle bin) I really hate this concept.

Well in vista to restore your desktop icon you have to right click on desktop the select personalize.

In the personalize window see at the top left corner you find change desktop icons

Click on change desktop icons you will get Desktop icon setting window

Click on all the icons you needs then click OK….you are done

How Dual boot Fedora (core 6) Linux and Windows Vista or windows XP?

Easiest way to dual boot is first you need to install windows vista (or XP) then install Fedora and use GRUB as a Bootloader.

Well difficult part come when due to any reason you decided to reinstall Vista and after that you found you are not able to boot fedora any more. Reason is that Vista(or XP) Overwrite MBR during installation and using windows bootloader.

Below are the steps to reinstall or using GRUB ones again as a default bootloader.

First you need boot your system using Fedora bootable CD

At boot prompt type linux rescue

Then follow the step on the screen when prompted let installer search Linux installation.

After successful search you linux installation will be available under the directory

/mnt/sysimage

then use chroot command in shell prompt # chroot /mnt/sysimage

then use another command # cd /boot/grub

to determine your hard disk device name use following command

# grep’#boot’ grub.conf

for example command give us output

# boot=/dev/hda

then you have to use following command to install GRUB

# grub-install /dev/hda

Last step Reboot your system

Cheers you will now use both OS

How to change desktop icons size in Vista

To change desktop icons size in windows Vista first Open display properties then click on the apperance tab then click ADVANCED button at bottom of window click on the drop down list in the item field select icon from the list and change ICON size in the box to the right.
right now 16 is the lowest setting.

How to Choosing right windows vista version for yourself ?

Windows Vista come into five retail flavors. Like Windows XP came with two retail editions--Home and Professional after few month Microsoft released two other versions Media Center Edition and Tablet PC Edition.

Picking the right one depends upon many things like your hardware barely meets the new vista(OS) minimum requirements, then Home Basic will work for you without Vista slick new Aero interface, Home Premium gives you Aero and Media Center feature.

Vista Business edition connect you to Windows domain Server. And last if you want Media Center plus business features (may be you need to connect your office server from home), then you should go for Ultimate edition, which includes every Windows Vista feature there is.

Windows Vista - The Intro

Windows Vista is the latest release of Microsoft Windows . Vista also known by its codename Longhorn.Windows Vista development was completed on November 8, 2006 and released to manufacturing. Worldwide it released on January 30, 2007 it took five years from its predecessor, Windows XP, making it the longest time span between two releases of Windows.

Some features of the most significant include an updated graphical user interface and visual style dubbed Windows Aero, improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools like Windows DVD Maker, and completely redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems. Vista also aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network using peer-to-peer technology, making it easier to share files and digital media between computers and devices. For developers, Vista introduces version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, which aims to make it significantly easier for developers to write high-quality applications than with the traditional Windows API..With Vista, Microsoft's tries to improve the state of security in the Windows operating system.