Windows Vista Tablet PC Free Programs – Sticky Notes, Windows Journal and InkBall

Windows Vista has Tablet PC features support that similar to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. With Tablet PC Optional Components installed in Windows Vista, there is a few additional new enhancements to help you make the most of pen-based computing on your Tablet PC. However, these tools, utilities and games can also be used on desktop and notebook computer without doubt, and some people may find them more than useful.
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System Halt 0xc0000034 Error When Boot Up After Installing Windows Vista SP1

Another error or problem that may happens during installation of Windows Vista SP1 is system cannot boot up or startup with 0xc0000034 error code. The SP1 setup manages to pass through Stage 1 and Stage 2 successfully (total of 3 stages). However, after the second reboot, PC is not starting up. Computer hangs during the boot up process on a black screen with white text showing a running counter which counts from 1/73065 onwards, and showing all kind of system files and registry entries. It halts at certain point in time with error message similar to one of below.
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Windows Vista Startup Hang and Boot Failure after SP1 on Corrupt Driver File (atapi.sys and ataport.sys)

During installation process of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), at the final reboot after completion of the SP1 appears to be successfully installed, the system fails to boot and startup with an error message about a corrupt driver file (ataport.sys or atapi.sys), and recommend user to boot from the original Vista installation CD to repair the corrupted files.
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Windows Vista Fails to Boot After Installing SP1 with ntoskrnl.exe 0xc0000098 Error

After installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) via Windows Update, where the progress status has already showed 100% completion status, and presumably should be a successful install, the system fails to boot up again with the one of the following error messages during the very initial stage of computer starts up.
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How to Open Windows Vista Recovery Environment (RE) Console from Installation CD

Installation DVD of Windows Vista contains a new Windows Recovery Environment (aka Windows RE), which completely replaces the recovery console in Windows XP. Commonly known as Recovery Manager, Windows RE is a recovery platform based on Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), and supersedes most functions or tasks from recovery console. Windows RE provides two main functionalities:

1. Automatic diagnosis and repair of boot problems using a tool called Startup Repair.
2. A centralized platform for advanced recovery tools such as command prompt and ability to restore to a System Restore points.

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Download Rising AntiVirus 6-Month Free License No Serial Edition

Rising Antivirus is a China based anti-virus, firewall and Chinese software company that produces anti-virus software, firewall and spam-blocking products. Rising AntiVirus is one of the flagship products from the company, and is believed to have market share of about 50% of Chinese market, that’s more than 100 million users.
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VMWare Server Causes System Frozen, Hang and Unresponsive When Power/Start Up in Vista

Windows Vista may become unresponsive, freeze or simply hang when users power on and start up a virtual machine in VMWare Server, especially on VMWare Server 1.0. When the symptom happens, the hard disk drive LED, which indicates hard disk I/O activity, blinks non-stop, signifying a lot of hard disk reading or writing activity and spinning. The Windows Vista system freezing or hang state normally lasts for few minutes, after that system will act as normal again.
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Order Hero Hack Pack with Free Open Source Tools

The words that least expected to be associated with Microsoft are probably free, giveaway, and open source. Determined to shake off the image, and get a share of pie in the open source market, Microsoft is now courting ‘hero‘, a term it used to describe people who does thing they love, and does it well. To achieve this aim, Microsoft is giving away Hero Hack Pack for free.
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