Any time I try to install any downloaded software, for example Winamp, Firefox, etc, it does not work. I will get a popup that says "(program name) has stopped working. A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." It has done this with every file I've downloaded and tried to install. Also, some MSI...

I upgraded to Vista from XP a while back, computer worked fine for a couple of months, then installed updated and while updeates were configuring the computer got unplugged by my dog. Now when i try to start Vista it says that Windows failed to open. So I then reinstalled vista and lost files which I had backed on a different drive, having said this when I go into that drive the files are...

Well here is what happened. I was having fun with the partitions (I just found the partitioning system in Vista its very neat). Anyways I kinda made a new partition and installed a fresh copy of windows on it, planning to replace my old one. I booted up the new one played around a bit and got off, and booted up the old partition. This is where the problem starts I'm in the old partition and...

I have laptop vista prem. when i boot up it goes to configuring up dates for 30 min. then boots up there is 7 updates pending in updates unistall there is none listed so i can not uninstall and reload

All new accounts I create on Vista home premium do not login properly. When a user logs in the explorer.exe process does not start (the user just sees blank blue screen). It is possible to launch the task manager and start processes by hand. I found a suggestion on another post that said there was an incorrect "Shell" registry entry that could be the cause of the problem, but that was not the...

Hello I had purchased a new computer with Vista home on it and found out I had to have some of the functionality of Vista Business. I installed Business and found out that it did not perform an upgrade but installed an all new version. Unfortunately I now find have to go to Ultimate. Before I go that route I need to know if I am going to have to go through the pain of another new install or...

My computer was damaged and sent to Gateway to be repaired. When I got it back it seemed fine but every month it denies me access to it and says that my version of Windows is not Genuine, though it came with my computer. I've had to completely restart my computer six times now and it is very irritating!

I have been having issues with Windows Installer 4 on my copy of Vista Business. It has been occurring ever since an update was applied many months ago. Every time an msi file is installed it will fail and state that msiexec has a problem with the msi dll. I have performed a binary File compare on both files with the originals and there are no differences, however it always creates the same...

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Concerning the clean install, I should: 1. download Windows Easy Install for XP 2. burn settings, accounts, programs to CD 3. do clean install that will wipe my hard drive clean 4. use Easy Install to re-install my XP files and settings I this the idea? Thank you,

I updated from home basic to home premium and cannot find any of my files. It appears everything was wiped out. What to do ??

i have a legal vista ultimate license unused on any machine and NOT OEM. i would like to install vista ultimate 64 on a new laptop. it came preinstalled with home premium 32 (the T7500 processor so it can take 64bit) i would like to create a custom install disk containing the OS and the HP vista 64 drivers. I would also like if possible to include some of the pre installed bloatware (I know, I...

Hello All, I am uasing vista and I setup the unattended xml file but foer some crazy reason when the machine boots up it still gives me a welcome screen asking me what keyboard and language ? Any ideas? I have changed several setting with the same result. Any help would be appreciated !

I recently read a post from 'Kurt Shintaku's Blog: HOWTO: Install Windows Vista from a high speed USB 2.0 Flash Drive' (http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry) and thought I would try it. I purchased a Patriot Xporter 4gig 200x Usb flash drive and followed the instructions. I am not sure if there is anything else that should be enabled in the bios (other...

Please help me. I use a Mac Pro and I have boot camped Home Basic 3 on three different computers. I tried business and it doesnt work! It isnt boot camp. I do it all right.. format then install. Only when it is about to do its first reboot and finish the installation my computer just reboots from my 64 bit OEM cd telling me to install it again.. I just want to yell at it FINISH!!! but it...

Works fine with XP, but no internet connectivity with vista clean install. Hardware is functional. Any ideas? Efficient Speedstream 5100, Yahoo dsl.

my computer was preinstalled Vista home without DVD setup disk. system be recovered by harddisk when disabled. i installed xp pro in D:. the Vista is not bootable. reintalled vista by harddisk recover to C:, formated C: and installed vista. so the XP boot file was missing. used bootsect.exe(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/) to set vista and xp duel boot, but in xp boot selected , the...

If I install XP as a virtual machine under Vista, will XP still overwrite the MBR on the system drive or is the entire XP boot process virualized? Any difference using VirtualBox, VMware, etc.? -- Jay (remove dashes for legal email address)

Hi, I got my Vista Business pre-installed with my laptop. I understand that there is a separate partition for recovery if some thing goes wrong with vista. There are no CDs/DVDs provided by the manufacturer. I have dual boot on this laptop now with Ubuntu being the second env. I fear that if something goes wrong with Ubuntu boot loader, I would loose my stuff. Is there some way in which I...

When I click classic view I get a list rather then the classic view, any ideas?