Running Vista Home Premium on a Toshiba Laptop with 2MB RAM and a DVD/CD burner. I downloaded 6001.18000.080118-1840-kb3aikl_en.iso.zip from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08&displaylang=en I unzip it to a DVD and take the DVD out and autorun kicks in and I get the AIK menu and click install. I startsd installing and then @ 30% of...

I need to create a bootable CD. How do I get a CD to load install.exe when the computer starts? In the DOS days, it was simple... with autoexec.bat

I bought a new hd for my existing laptop which had Vista Ultimate on it. I removed the Vista hd and fixed it in an eSata enclosure, then loaded Windows 7 on new hd I successfully created dualboot on new hd with Windows 2008 R2 vhd, using bcdedit (with clear instructions from a colleague) I hoped to add third boot option using bcdedit for the eSata drive so that I could use my existing Vista...

My problem started when my lapotp (MSI MS1029) froze when running super pi and cpu z. Afterwards, when I tried to boot it would hang on the loading vista screen, and in safe mode it would hang on crcdisk. After a lot of searching, I think I've found a possible solution: This is what I did: 1. Leave your laptop running until the battery COMPLETELY runs out. Like, when you press power absolutely...

I have Vista and Win 7 dual boot from 2 HDD's. I would get the black and white screen that let me choose which I wanted to boot. I had to reinstall W7 and now that option is no longer their. I booted from the W7 update DVD and when I got to the part of selecting the partion I chose the one that did have 7 on it and formatted it then installed it. Why am I no longer given the dual option...

I apologize for the length of this diatribe. Here we go. I bought a new computer two years ago. It. came with Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I upgraded to Vista Ultimate 32 bit. No problem. I saved a full image of Ultimate to an external HD using Acronis. I did a clean install of Win 7 Beta when it was released. I decided to remove the Win 7 Beta and go back to Vista Ultimate using the Acronis...

OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some time ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since then. Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install the Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64 for our computers. In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times trying to get...

Before I had to re-install Windows Vista, I had a function that grouped desktop icons into a vertical 'column' on the left of the screen, with sections headed 'Communicate', 'Office', 'Connect' etc.; by clicking on these top headings, I could access the set of 2 or 3 shortcuts falling under each heading, which was a very handy way of grouping shortcut icons and looked neat. With my newly...

Hi. I have Vista home premium and today i experienced some difficulties - i set up the updates installation and watched a movie. When installation required system reboot, in system everything stopped to work. and i hand to force shut down the system. And now i can not start the system - computer works but i see only black display. Maybe somebody knows how what to do to fix my problem. Thank you a...

I got a customer Windows Vista Basic keep boot into Safe Mode even I keep try to boot into normal mode. I had follow question: 1. How this happen for this Vista installation? 2. How do I fix this type of problem?

I recently had to reinstall Vista after a HD failure. Almost everything is working as expected. I do have tasks that I want to have run for long periods of time (usually overnight). I have set my power options to "never turn off display" and "never sleep". Screensaver is set to "none" This works for shorter periods of time, but when I leave the PC overnight, I come back and my monitor...

please help!!!!!! Im trying to install updates but keep getting an error message 646 can any help so i can install

I recently added 2 gig memory, a new processor and a new hard drive (C) to my Dell XPS 420. I used my "(Dell) Reinstallation DVD" to install Vista to the new hard drive which is now C:. The original Vista is still on the old hard drive (E:). FWIW, during the new HD install I sometimes booted the PC from the new drive and the old drive. At some point, Vista put that "Evaluation copy" at the...

Hi, I cannot install Vista service pack 1, and I alway get the this; Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (KB936330) Installation date: ‎20/‎02/‎2010 10:24 AM Installation status: Failed

Hi everyone. My computer is encountering a black screen with a movable cursor after the windows logo on start up and I have no idea what is causing this. When I start from safe mode (safe mode, safe mode with cmd prompt) it does the same thing. One thing that I've noticed is that when I run it in safe mode it stops at crcdisk and continues on to the black screen. I have no idea what could be...

i get this error message when i try to open an attachment: this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. create an association in the folder options control panel. can you please help me with this? what does it mean? how do i perform this action? -- loret lynn

I am trying to install vista on my computer but i get that error. My installation process hasnt been smooth so far! What happens is that when i install vista (from usb) It restarts the first time, then it displays the message "vista is starting up for the first time or something" then I go to the next stage but there I get the error in my title. In my bios (DELL) i have only one option to...

i just instaled vits ultimate 64bit along with some other software and windows update shows update but when i try to in stall them they wont download just sits at 0kb

I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1, trying to do a backup to an external drive but computer keeps going into sleep or hibernation (I don't know the difference.) I went to the control panel - Hardware and Sound - Power Options and told it to never turn off display and never go to sleep, but this did not change anything. Instructions I've found tell me to go to start search, type run,...

I work in technical support for a local college and work a lot on student laptops. I have done many an in-place upgrade for Vista but only from the original CD. Can I do an in-place upgrade from the recovery partition instead? If so, how? Thanks!