Hello Everybody My old laptop came with home premium loaded and I upgraded to Vista Ultimate. The mother board went kaputt on my laptop so I had to buy a new one. Upon trying to upgrade once more I get an error message as follows: "setup cannot run on this version of the operating system. To install windows please try booting from the install media". My new laptop came loaded with a 32bit...

I have been trying to install Vista 64 on a Tyan K8SH/Opteron with 4GB ram, Fujitsu SCSI drive/LSIU320 controller. XPsp3 has been on the box previously (running flawlessly-have saved it in on another scsi ). The Vista DVD disc was originally downloaded from TechNet (I have used this DVD for several other test installs without any problems). I keep getting the problem with the install at the...

I just build a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The system is purring. I’ve been reading good things about Vista Ultimate 64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram. Then I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue...

Vista 32 is installed on my year-old homebuilt computer (Gigabyte P35T-DQ6 m/b, Award BIOS V6.00PG, Intel E6750 cpu). It's been working just great. At the end of a normal computing session, I entered the BIOS to make a small change. When I attempted to restart, the POST stalled after running the memory check. In an attempt to correct the problem, I reentered the BIOS and removed the several...

Here is what I want to do: Install vista ultimate x64 on my computer. Here is what I have: vista ultimate 32 cd and valid key vista business 32 cd and valid key vista home premium x64 and valid key

I need to be able to switch between English and Russian. I need help finding a Russian keyboard to load on my computer so I can switch between the two languages. Please help. I had it on XP.

Hi I have 2 questions regarding an upgrade installation of vista Ultimate. 1) i have a amd 64-4200 cpu, with 1gig of ram and a 1gig usb pen drive for ready boost, woudl it be best for me to stick to 32-bit for the moment or urgarde to 64-bit, since ive had this cpu for over a year it would be nice to start using it at its full capability but is 64-bit worth it and are there any pros and cons...

When I recovered the startup with the Vista Disk on Vista C: drive it wiped the dual boot to XP D: drive. How do I recover this dual boot menu. This dual boot showed both system disks as C: and didn't show the Vista c: booted in XP at all.....Any recomendations command line or otherwise to recover the dual boot in Vista????

Hello all, need a little help, I am running Vista at work now (from XP) and some of the apps I use daily do not have a Pin to start menu option. I am using the default (not the Classic) start menu. Is there any way to hack the registry or anything to allow me to pin them? Thanks for all the help.

I am unable to install any software or uninsall because Windows (Vista Business 64bit) says to me following when trying to remove or add software. Windows Installer Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again.

PROBLEM - Hey every one! I need a little help with my Windows Update. On the 25th of October, the update was fine and everything. Now, when I went to go update on the 31st it said the 25th was the LAST day it auto-update on! I went "WTF" so I decided to manually check for the updates but I did not expect a slap to my face with a smooching red error code: 80070424 ('screenshot of the...

Hello all, I've run into a problem when trying to deploy either a Vista or Server 2008 syspreped image in conjunction with an Unattend.xml file. My problem is this - the install, from start to finish, is supposed to be an unattended, build-to-plan image. Part of the install involves assigning a static IP address. Although I've been able to configure a static IP for the image, I can't...

Hey folks. I am looking to do a complete reformat and re-install of Vista x32 on my Inspiron 1721 lappy. I have around 60Gb of stuff I would like to keep, but I'd rather an alternative method of keeping it instead of shoving it all on to DVDs. I don't have an external HDD so I was wondering whether I can create a partition and whack it on there, then format and re-install on to C:\. Also, I...

Hello, I've installed Vista x64 on my PC with a Highpoint RocketRAID 2310 controller. Whle installing Windows, I provided setup with the correct drivers to the RAID controller and Windows installed quickly and succesfully. Once in Windows, I installed the drivers, my programs etc... But the next day, when I started my PC, Windows hangs on the boot screen, tellng me "NO BOOTDEVICE FOUND".......

Is it possible to install Vista 32bit over the x64bit version?? We purchased a new laptop and it has x64 on it, some of our programs are not compatible. Thanks for any assistance!!! J -- jvino

Ok Heres how it started i turned on my pc the other week (Dell Dimension E520) and it froze so i turned it of by the power button on the front of the pc and ever since then the pc will not load up it will just hang on the loading screen for windows then just restart its self and sometimes even go to a blue screen with a error like hidusb.sys. So i tryed reinstalling windows vista and i get to a...

I keep getting O x 800CCCOF i can recieve mail via outlook but not send. I can also recieve web pages. i am with www.mysoul.com and the lady dosnt seem to be able figure out how to fix it. web mail is good i can send and recieve there

Hello all, I'm building a new computer and was wondering what the difference between the OEM and Retail version of Vista home premium is?There is a substancial dollar difference but what else? Thanks, DanD

Hi I wish to install Vista from fresh (Not an Upgrade) I know that XP is able to be installed from a HDD by formatting the HDD as FAT32, copy the I386 folder to it and install by running winnt. Is it possible to do the same for installing Vista from a Formatted Fat32 HDD?

Has anyone installed MS Office 97 on Vista? (Home Basic version)