rite ive been trying for weeks to update to windows sp2 and the dam thing wont work its keeps saying i have 21 important updates which includes SP2 at the end of the update its always say the same thing "windows updates enountered an unknown error" the 2 error codes aCode 490 and code 80070490 both mean nothing too me, if someone out there could help with this as its driving me a little...

Hi I have a Vista machine I bought from Evesham a couple ago years ago. They have since gone bust. My Jack Russell, when he was a puppy used to sit on the top of the pc and one day chewed off the activation code. I had to reinstall vista from the disk supplied by evesham last month and it is now asking for the activation code. I was wondering if there is anyway i can get hold of this.

Hi I have a Vista machine I bought from Evesham a couple ago years ago. They have since gone bust. My Jack Russell, when he was a puppy used to sit on the top of the pc and one day chewed off the activation code. I had to reinstall vista from the disk supplied by evesham last month and it is now asking for the activation code. I was wondering if there is anyway i can get hold of this.

Problems updating Windows Vista 64 It didn't like my graphics card (MSI-NX8400GS) but I found the correct driver on the MSI web site. I installed it and the monitor doesn't go blank on me any more. :-) It has ten updates that it won't install. It tries but fails, leaving a message that I need to run a special file. I downloaded and installed the suggested file (twice) and it still will...

Problems updating Windows Vista 64 It didn't like my graphics card (MSI-NX8400GS) but I found the correct driver on the MSI web site. I installed it and the monitor doesn't go blank on me any more. :-) It has ten updates that it won't install. It tries but fails, leaving a message that I need to run a special file. I downloaded and installed the suggested file (twice) and it still will...

I am trying to uninstall a program called PictureProject which came with a Nikon camera. This should not be a problem but i am getting a message asking whether to delete/keep shared files. The message reads: InstallShield is about to remove a file that was previously shared between programs. You should only keep if you know another program needs it. It then lists the shared file and...

Hi, I have a Lenovo IdeaCentre K210 Desktop Vista HP system that came with a 500G HD that I Partitioned to “C� (Windows), “D� (Data files) and “E� (Photos) drive. I recently purchased another 500G HD which was designated as Disk1 (the original HD was Disk0) and installed Vista HP on Disk1 and Partitioned the 2nd HD (Disk1) to “F� (Vista HP), “G� (data files) and “H�...

:mad: About 6 months ago I got a windows update labeled "Microsoft .NET frameworkd 1.1 Service pack 1 Security Update for windows" every time i apply this update it changes my boot order in BIOS to REMOVEABLE DEVICE and then when i fix this and get back into Vista it shows the update as ava. again for download. I was wondering if anyone has had this very same problem and how you get rid of this...

Windows Vista Home Premium SP2, 32-Bit Edition An "important update" fails to install. It's Update for Microsoft Office 2010 File Validation - Beta (KB976133), Download size: 2.5 MB Update type: Important This is the latest security update for Microsoft Office 2010 File Validation. More information:

both are 64bit. I got this new laptop and I want to run windows 7 ultimate on it. charlie

Sorry I know this is Vista install but I didn't know where to post a Win 7 question. Is it possible to make the quick launch buttons act like they did in Vista? I want the icon to stay next to the start button and each window to open beside the last quick launch icon.

Hi, My upgrade is passing through all four phases quite nice but failes in the in the last one. I'm trying to figgure out what exactly is goes wrong, but can't track it in the Event Viewer? After the rollback is done I don't see any trace of the a "log file" either? I know that I might have an issue on SQL Server 2008 - Was stated in the upgrade advisor, but I'm running this quite nicely on...

Hi, My upgrade is passing through all four phases quite nice but failes in the in the last one. I'm trying to figgure out what exactly is goes wrong, but can't track it in the Event Viewer? After the rollback is done I don't see any trace of the a "log file" either? I know that I might have an issue on SQL Server 2008 - Was stated in the upgrade advisor, but I'm running this quite nicely on...

Sorry I know this is Vista install but I didn't know where to post a Win 7 question. Is it possible to make the quick launch buttons act like they did in Vista? I want the icon to stay next to the start button and each window to open beside the last quick launch icon.

both are 64bit. I got this new laptop and I want to run windows 7 ultimate on it. charlie

:mad: About 6 months ago I got a windows update labeled "Microsoft .NET frameworkd 1.1 Service pack 1 Security Update for windows" every time i apply this update it changes my boot order in BIOS to REMOVEABLE DEVICE and then when i fix this and get back into Vista it shows the update as ava. again for download. I was wondering if anyone has had this very same problem and how you get rid of this...

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I currently have Vista Ultimate and am looking to install Windows 7 on a 2nd hard drive to create a dual boot PC. Is this evn possible and can someone tell me how to do it? Thanks

I currently have Vista Ultimate and am looking to install Windows 7 on a 2nd hard drive to create a dual boot PC. Is this evn possible and can someone tell me how to do it? Thanks

Windows Vista Home Premium SP2, 32-Bit Edition An "important update" fails to install. It's Update for Microsoft Office 2010 File Validation - Beta (KB976133), Download size: 2.5 MB Update type: Important This is the latest security update for Microsoft Office 2010 File Validation. More information: