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 Improve the speed & performance of your SATA hard disk by enabling write caching and enabling advanced performance.  Warning! There is an increased risk for data loss or corruption should you experienced a power loss So best done on laptops only. (Unless you are lucky enough to have a UPS)  1. Click on the Start Button, ...

First off welcome to Vista Squad,  I think you may already be on the right track as it does sound like a driver issue and would be well worth installing the latest version. It may also pay you to get you new laptop connected to the net and update the Windows install and insure you get Service Pack 1. You may also need to download the latest ...

Hi Ray Sorry what model have you got exactly, does it work in XP and if so have you tried those drivers. If you can't get it to work with those drivers but need it on to your Vista laptop how about installing a virtual XP pc then copy the files across, bit long winded but might be the way to go. You might try and contact these people and ask ...

Microsoft have joined forces with Dell to help in the fight of eliminating AIDS in Africa, So if your looking to buy a Vista laptop  or pc soon check these out, and $50 to $80 will go to The Global Fund (depending on product)  Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/joinred/home.aspx

  Hi Michael First of welcome to Vista Squad Just a few questions re your system, Was this a fresh install of Vista or an Upgrade from XP? If an upgrade from XP, make sure you remove all the old graphic driver files. Is this 32bit or 64Bbit? I have checked with ATI and your onboard graphics are supported in both versions. First of ...

I have a problem with Windows Vista where if I let the display turn off after a certain amount of time, it fades out to black with the mouse showing. I discovered that if I installed my XP Graphic Drivers the monitor fully turns off. Any ideas? Thanks.   System Specs  Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Graphics: ...

Microsoft Technet has put together a very helpful link’s page to aid us all with any driver issues we may have. Well worth a look!        http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/updatemanagement/bb245829.aspx                 Finding and configuring device ...

Windows Vista comes with a handy tool that runs from the Command prompt, to aid in reviewing the installed drivers on your PC. From a command prompt type: - driverquery /v /fo csv > drvlist.csv This will produce a full list of installed drivers that you can open in Excel. Driverquery ...

Do you think the animation stops due to a graphic card issue. What card are you currently running? Might be interesting to run some tests on using just Basic, Areo and the DreamScene just to see how the GUI really does affect the overall performance. Mind you even if I found the difference to be quite large. There would be no ...

Is there a noticeable difference in your pc’s performance when using DreamScene,  i.e. what extra RAM, CPU usage compared with running the standard Areo interface.