still no accident, it required many user actions

"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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One cannot install from cd by accident? It's very easy. You pick the wrong
CD and, while you're busy multitasking, you click on all the Yes options
facilely.

Did I _really_ need to point that out?


"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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You would need to refer to the paperwork supplied or visit the
manufacturers site for how to create the recovery disks, if you purchased
from PC World go back there.
PS You cannot install from cd by accident, it requires user input
Only Office/Outlook 2003 or 2007 is fully compatible with Vista

"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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The OS was pre-installed. The salesguy said I could make program disks
myself. Where is this option hidden?


"Wandering" wrote in message
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If you have the original Vista disks you bought you don't need any
other CD.


"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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There's info about the problem on the internet, saying basically that
there's a conflict with Office. The solution suggested was to click
on the Mail icon in the control panel. When I do so, I get the
message "You need more memory or systems resources. Close some
windows and try again." But hardly any resources are being used.

I think the problem may have been caused by installing Office 97. I
did it by accident. I'm having problems uninstalling it. There's a
side bar which is still there even after uninstallation. If I try to
unclick the only option chosen in the list, it says a toolbar must be
there.

And even after this partial uninstall, I'm still getting the
insufficient memory message.

What can I do?


After the last message, I repeated the uninstall, this time
successfully. (I retained the shared componets.) I now see that Office
97 had the Outlook stuff on it. After rebooting, the Microsoft Outlook
icon had gone. (And I still get the insufficient memory message.)

Even worse news. When the machine was automatically installing Vista,
I didn't get a Create a Vista CD option (I don't think). So I don't
have a back up of the OS I bought this morning.

Help!

No you havent got to spend anything.
Yes of course, you ask the sales guy or online support from your PC
manufacturer how to recover your PC to factory supplied state.
The option is there, The PC manufacturer is legally obliged to offer a means
of recovery to factory state.
Where the option/process is hidden is entirely up to the PC manufacturer,
its their option & nothing to do with MS or Vista

"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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It seems to be the case that Home Premium doesn't actually HAVE this
option. To back up the system, I've now got to spend another 107 quid to
buy Ultimate.

Can it possibly be right that there's no way to get back to zero after a
crash?





"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
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The OS was pre-installed. The salesguy said I could make program disks
myself. Where is this option hidden?


"Wandering" wrote in message
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If you have the original Vista disks you bought you don't need any other
CD.


"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
...

"Peter Phillips" pfphillips wrote in message
...
There's info about the problem on the internet, saying basically that
there's a conflict with Office. The solution suggested was to click on
the Mail icon in the control panel. When I do so, I get the message
"You need more memory or systems resources. Close some windows and try
again." But hardly any resources are being used.

I think the problem may have been caused by installing Office 97. I
did it by accident. I'm having problems uninstalling it. There's a
side bar which is still there even after uninstallation. If I try to
unclick the only option chosen in the list, it says a toolbar must be
there.

And even after this partial uninstall, I'm still getting the
insufficient memory message.

What can I do?


After the last message, I repeated the uninstall, this time
successfully. (I retained the shared componets.) I now see that Office
97 had the Outlook stuff on it. After rebooting, the Microsoft Outlook
icon had gone. (And I still get the insufficient memory message.)

Even worse news. When the machine was automatically installing Vista, I
didn't get a Create a Vista CD option (I don't think). So I don't have
a back up of the OS I bought this morning.

Help!