These aren't problems (yet) so am keeping them to the chit-chat area rather than any particular application.
I don't know what this is but for the last several months I've noticed the click of a switch periodically - coming from my tower. It's the same click that happens just as your machine powers off but this happens while powered up and nothing is happening at all. (I have things set to never power off). This mysterious click has intrigued me for so long but I haven't bothered asking about it until now.
The second thing I noticed could be because my video card at the moment is a mere Radeon 9550, but Dreamscene content wouldn't play - just a black screen. For the uninitiated, Dreamscene content is exclusive to Vista Ultimate and gives you video wallpaper capabilities.
I Googled a bit and found an interesting tip. Get yourself a video converter and convert the .mpg Dreamscene files to .wmv - lo and behold - they now work.
If anyone else wants to do it they are found in \Windows\Web\Windows Dreamscene. (Assuming that you took them as an update in the first place).
The 3rd and most annoying thing is, after every Microsoft update requiring a restart, Vista starts to shut down, then I get the "Vista is configuring updates" screen which would normally fade to black and then the machine would reboot, except now it changes to a blank blue screen and goes on permanent hold. At which I have to manually switch off the machine.
The strange thing is - I get no errors in the event viewer.
Opinions anyone?
I don't know what this is but for the last several months I've noticed the click of a switch periodically - coming from my tower. It's the same click that happens just as your machine powers off but this happens while powered up and nothing is happening at all. (I have things set to never power off). This mysterious click has intrigued me for so long but I haven't bothered asking about it until now.
The second thing I noticed could be because my video card at the moment is a mere Radeon 9550, but Dreamscene content wouldn't play - just a black screen. For the uninitiated, Dreamscene content is exclusive to Vista Ultimate and gives you video wallpaper capabilities.
I Googled a bit and found an interesting tip. Get yourself a video converter and convert the .mpg Dreamscene files to .wmv - lo and behold - they now work.
If anyone else wants to do it they are found in \Windows\Web\Windows Dreamscene. (Assuming that you took them as an update in the first place).
The 3rd and most annoying thing is, after every Microsoft update requiring a restart, Vista starts to shut down, then I get the "Vista is configuring updates" screen which would normally fade to black and then the machine would reboot, except now it changes to a blank blue screen and goes on permanent hold. At which I have to manually switch off the machine.
The strange thing is - I get no errors in the event viewer.
Opinions anyone?
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