Windows Vista is asking me to re-activate windows after upgrading from .5GB RAM to 1.5GB. When I tried activating using my old product key and it says, "The product key you typed is already in use." My computer originally shipped with Windows XP and I used the "Express Upgrade CD" that HP gave me to upgrade to Vista. Here's some info about my computer: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit HP...

Hi, Have just bought a new laptop as my old (ex-work) laptop has completely given up. The new one has Vista Home Premium but I need Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook too. Which other package do I need to acquire to get these packages please? Thanks, Liz.

In article , none ""frankjg\"@(none)" wrote: Install proper drivers. Not Windows fault. I've seen this answer 100000 times, and it's bull****. If any other software vendor released an upgrade that required total hardware and software replacements including ground up reengineering by other vendors people would drop them like Linda dropped...

When I want to check/start Windows Defender "Vista" I get the following error message " Application failed to Initialize: 0x80070006. The handle is invalid". Does anybody know what this is and how to solve the problem. As you can understand Windows Defender will not start. Note: installed Vista today , 12/29/2007. thanks Ray

I did a "clean" install of Vista 64 over an old install of Win Xp on a RAID-0 stripe across two Raptor drives. The RAID-0 stripe is marked as Drive 1 and my 250 GB storage drive is marked as Drive 0. The install put the MBR on the storage drive (Drive 0) and the system files on the RAID stripe (Drive 1.) This results in my needing the Vista DVD to be in the drive to boot at all, as the...

Windows Mail is opening at startup, restores itself when minimised and reopens each time I close it. I've checked all option menus I can find that may lead to it behaving, but no joy. Any advice on how to stop this is v v v much appreciated. I have Norton.... strangely this ocurred after my last update.

to make NTFS permissions easier to manage, I synchronize SIDs between systems on my primary multiboot system (one machine, one SID regardless of what software is running on it); i also synchronize one specific user SID (i'm not a different person just because i reboot my machine). SO...could someone save me an hour or two with my first Vista install and apprise me of the user SID (the last...

I have a machine I upgraded to Vista Business from XP Pro. I have all the latest updates. I have the latest version of Sony Vegas Pro 8, which is Vista compatible, but it will not install correctly. The event viewer gives the following error for each plugin it tries to install: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Sony\Shared Plug-Ins\Audio\xpvinyl.dll". Dependent...

Will Office 2002 install on a new Vista machine? Is there a patch, if installation is not possible? -- Alan Zengel

Just built a new system and am getting an error consistently on boot. Error Message: "The procedure entry point ?CheckGEST@@YAHXZ could not be located in the dynamic link library work.dll". ....followed by a window that says "GUI MFC Application has stopped working". Running Norton anti-virus and Spyware Doctor and have swept system believing it may be an intrusion, but at this point I'm...

Does anyone know of a list of unnecessary services that can be turned off without harm--and speed up startup/opeation? I already have done a TrueImage restore one time and do not want to go through it again. Thanks, Seth

i had windows xp and now i have vista and i dont like can i downgrade back to xp -- hi

Hi there, I tried to install the 64-bit version of Vista Ultimate on a Sony Vaio VGC-RM1N but unfortunately I got a 'blue screen of death' shortly after the installation starts, with the following error: STOP 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL I tried again but also pressed the 'F8' key to run setup in safe mode, and was then able to see the drivers being loaded. The blue screen seems

I have a legit Vista Home Prem 32 on an Acer Aspire 5110 AMD Turion 64x2 TL-52 1.60 GHz Problem: Unable to complete install SP1, and gets code 0x80004005. It seems to have to do with some kind of registration. I have a Windows Update that works fine so it seems strange. The only thing that changed (as I know of) is that now I have in the corner of my lower right screen, a new message...

Hello everyone, I installed a multiboot of Server 2008 RC2 (with hypervisor), Vista x64 SP1 RC (debugged version from TechNet) and Vista x86. Server and x86 have been very stable. x64 startup grew corrupt almost immediately. I've had persistent Autochk runs -- and hangs. The odd thing about the hang is that the screen freezes after Autochk completes, but I can hear the Vista desktop startup...

I purchased an upgrade package from Dell for upgrading to Vista from XP. When I activated, I got the message "The product key you typed is already in use". I think this is becuase I briefly used it (few days) and had to swap out the computer underwarranty. Since Dell was swapping the computer out, they loaded an OEM version of Vista on the laptop and told me I could use the upgrade disk on...

Hi all. My notebook is a x64 one, but comes with OEM x86 Vista Home Basic. Today I found that there are quite many x64 drivers published and I want to have a trial on the Vista x64. Is it possible for me to install a x64 without removing my x86, and dual-booting both of them? Thanks! -- y2kbug

I am an English speaker living in Spain, if I buy a PC in Spain with Vista Pre-loaded (in Spanish) will I be able to change the operating language so that everything on screen and on the key board is English

Hi. I bought a Vista Home Premium x64 last week-end. Today a friend, i think saw my product key for Vista. I think he note that. If he use that Product Key somewhere, I can lose my Genuine License? Please help me, i'm in a big trouble... :(

Have been trying for two days without success to install Vista Home Premium. I'm trying to install it on a 3.4Ghz Dual Core machine with 3Gb of memory and a terrabyte of storage. In my endeavours to install the new OS I've stripped the machine down piece by piece to check for faulty or unsupported hardware. About an hour ago I took the last possible piece of hardware out and tried again....