Consider the following scenario. You connect a webcam to a Windows Vista-based computer. In the webcam’s Properties dialog box, you click Default on the Video Proc Amp tab or on the Camera Control tab. In this scenario, you may encounter the following problems:

• On the Video Proc Amp tab, you click to clear the Auto check box for the White Balance setting. Then, you set a value that you want. If you click Default, the default white balance value is regained. However, the Auto check box is not selected.
• On the Camera Control tab, the value of the Low Light Compensation check box does not change after you click Default. This occurs regardless of whether the check box was initially selected or not.

Consider the following scenario:

• You connect a webcam to a computer that is running Windows Vista.
• In the webcam’s Properties dialog box, you change settings on the Camera Control tab or on the Video Proc Amp tab.
• In the webcam’s Properties dialog box, you click Cancel. Or, you close this dialog box without saving or applying the changes.

In this scenario, the settings that you have changed are saved.

Note: This problem also occurs on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

When you open multiple Properties windows for the wireless connection in Windows Vista, you may receive the following error message:

Windows has encountered an error saving the wireless profile.
Specific error: An attempt was made to establish a session to a network server, but there are already too many sessions established to that server.

For example, this problem may occur if you open the Network and Sharing center, and then you click the network icon for the wireless connection many times.

Note: If you have multiple Properties windows for the wireless connection open, and you make changes in more than one page, the only the changes that are retained are the ones that you make in the last window that you close.

Customized property pages in the Advanced Settings dialog box are not displayed in the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) scanner Properties dialog box on a Windows Vista-based computer. For example, the Duplex Scan setting is not available. The Duplex Scan setting can only be changed in the Advanced Settings dialog box. Additionally, you cannot change other customized advanced settings.

In Windows Vista, when you view the properties of a WordPad document that was created in Windows XP, some properties may not appear.

This problem occurs if the document was created by right-clicking the desktop, pointing to New, and then clicking WordPad Document. When you do this is Windows XP, the WordPad document uses the .doc file name extension.

I‘ve mentioned previously how to remove the Recycle Bin from your desktop, and how to restore it. Now lets take a look a bit further into how the Recycle Bin works, and at some of the ways you can reconfigure how it behaves. Keep reading →