On a portable computer that is running an Italian version of Windows Vista, you configure the Power Options settings in Control Panel. However, the Alimentazione da rete elettrica (minuti) box is not completely visible. Therefore, you cannot configure the number of minutes that the computer should wait before it sleeps while the computer is plugged in.

Consider the following scenario. You have a portable computer that is running Windows Vista. While you are using Windows Media Center on this computer, the computer’s battery power runs low. In this scenario, you receive the following warning message:

Plug in your computer to keep from losing your work, or put your computer to sleep so that you can change the battery

However, this warning message is incorrect. You must not change the battery while the computer is asleep (on standby).

When you connect a portable device to a Windows Vista based computer, and then you upgrade Windows Vista to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), you experience the following symptoms:

• A dialog box appears that indicates that the Windows Vista SP1 update has finished. Another dialog box appears that indicates that the device driver software must be installed. An option to install the software is presented.
• If you select the installation option, the drivers are installed incorrectly. In addition, you receive an error message that resembles to the following:
  

  Device not started (code 10): Device has problem: 0×0a: CM_PROB_FAILED_START

• If you disconnect and then reconnect the device, this issue is not resolved. If you restart the system with the device disconnected, and then you reconnect the device when the computer restarts, this issue is also not resolved.

When you start a multiprocessor portable computer that runs Windows Vista, you may receive the following Stop error message:

STOP: 0×0000007E (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
NETIO.SYS

This problem typically occurs after a driver for a third-party network adapter is installed.

Notes:

• The parameters in this Stop error message vary, depending on the configuration of the computer.
• Not all “0×0000007E” Stop error messages are caused by this problem.

Consider the following scenario. When your computer’s battery reaches low or critical levels, you only receive a pop-up balloon notification, and do not hear a sound file play.

You right-click on your desktop and click Personalize, then choose Sounds. You observe that “Low Battery Alarm” and/or “Critical Battery Alarm” are configured to play a sound file.

Consider the following scenario.

• You are running Windows Vista on a portable computer.
• The portable computer is set to do nothing when the lid is closed.
• You connect a CRT monitor that uses a different screen resolution.
• You configure the desktop area to extend across the LCD screen and the CRT monitor. (This configuration is known as extended desktop mode.)
• You move a desktop icon to the right side of the LCD screen.
• You close the lid of the portable computer.

In this scenario, when you open the lid of the portable computer, the desktop icon changes location on the screen.

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After you wake a Windows Vista-based portable computer from hibernation, you may receive the following error message:

Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Information
The system boot information has changed since BitLocker was enabled.
You must supply a BitLocker recovery password to start this system.
Confirm that the boot changes to this system are authorized.
If the changes to the boot system are trusted, then disable and re-enable BitLocker.
This will reset BitLocker to use the new boot information.
Otherwise, restore the system boot information.
ENTER=Continue
Operating System: Windows Vista

This problem occurs after you enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature on the portable computer and then put the computer in hibernation. This problem occurs even after you disable and then re-enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature, as suggested in the error message.

Consider the following scenario:

• You are running Windows Vista on a portable computer.
• The screen resolution is set to a resolution that is greater than 1024 × 768.
• You close the lid of the computer, and then it enters sleep mode.

In this scenario, when you open the lid of the computer to resume from sleep mode, the resolution changes to 1024 × 768.

This problem does not occur on desktop computers. Also, this does not occur on a portable computer when you use the Start menu to put the computer into sleep mode.