Vista does not check for upgrade eligibility and is an image based install. The upgrade must be started from within Windows XP. Instructions at the Vista web site. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/51ff932f-a9b4-4015-a847-09bfac51a18f1033.mspx "Nir" wrote: Hi, I have windows XP home edition CD (retail version). I would like to purchase and upgrafe to Vista, since it...

Hello I want to install Vista Ultimate on my "old" PC Prozessor: AMD Athlon 1000Mhz Mainboard: GA7IXE4 von Gigabyte (with Beta BIOS from 2002) http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1364 RAM: 640MB The Installation begin and after 2 Minutes there is a BlueScreen "Installed

Hi, I was asked by a friend to help transfer his files, settings etc. from his old Dell PC running XP to his new HP PC running Vista. He'd purchased Belkin's transfer cable for this purpose. Well, I did get the two machines to see each other, and got as far as selecting which folders I wanted to transfer. When I try to start the transfer, though, I get an error message and WET has to close...

Is it possible to configure(not in the GUI) the Files/Settings that Windows Easy Transfer copies like in USMT? Thanks Christian Schindler

I get through the entire Install.. Windows Vista Ultimate, Nvidia 7950fx.. Install most recent video card drivers, same error.. both with old drivers and most recent drivers, with most recent drivers, it says that the current drivers may not function properly after install, ok.. so I used the old one.. same problem.. I get through the whole install and a little grey status bar appears...

A little confused as to what I should do. I am running xp Pro 32 bit but I have Athlon 64 dual core processor. If I upgrade to 64 bit will my old applications still work or am I better off staying with 32 bit?

Probably a bit of a hard one here. In Explorer windows, one very annoying thing is how narrow the Name column is set in Details View by default. It is such a pain to have to make it wider all the time. Is there a way to make the default around twice as wide? Is there a value in the registry somewhere that can be changed? Thanks.

Vista is the only OS I use. When I set it up, I had my old drive still attached to the motherboard with my install of XP. I did a fresh install of Vista on my SCSI drives but as soon as Vista saw the second OS, it offered up the option to boot to the older version of Windows. Not what I was shooting for obviously. I deleted that second install after I retrieved my files from XP but

Hi, Any attempt to install Windows Vista over Windows XP SP2 stops with the following error message: "The application or DLL D:\Sources\SPWIZENG.DLL is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." Where D: is the driveletter of the DVD.

I purchased the Vista Home Upgrade. I am trying to install it, but it says I need drivers for my DVD/CD drive. What the heck? Why would I need drivers for my DVD/CD drive? Has anyone come across this? Anyone have a solution? I have an NEC DVD-ROM drive. P.S. I'm not confusing this with inserting drivers INTO my DVD/CD drive for another device. It is prompting me to insert DVD/CD drivers...

This is my second time experienceing this. First with a beta and now with Vista Business. The system will not boot as it feezes at the bootsceen. Even in Safe mode it does not get past the boot. When I try the sugestion of putting my install disc in and rebooting to it. I do not get a the startup option. It tells me that windows is in "setup" as if I have just loaded and upgrade and begins...

Hi all! I just updated my Vista, home made, PC from an Athlon 64 3500+ single core chip to an Athlon 64 3800 X2 to take advantage of multi- processing in Vista. Here is the problem. When I ran the benchmarks, Vista is performing terribly. I went from about 12,500 to about 7,500 in 3D Mark 03. I didn't do a clean install of Vista, but the motherboard (MSI 7025) and OS picked up the CPU right away....

Am considering two dual cores as a possible new system with upgrade possibilities in the future (dual quad-core CPUs). However, need to understand if Vista 64 can handle the FX-70 processors now--and if there are any known bugs at this time.

Hello. Last weekend I've downloaded and installed the latest driver/ software for the x1600 and after the install and reboot it came up in black-and-white. Colours are gone. I thought my screen was broken, but no way. I've tested that and before Vista boots I van see colours so no problem there. I've openen ATI catalyst and so and seacrhed and searched and searched, but can't find the problem....

No "tired" wrote in message ... Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC? (Assuming I have valid licenses for both)

I'm asking Cessna Pilot who posted several BCEDIT commands to run to change the boot manager drive from one partition/drive to another. In those BCDEDIT commands you have to enter the GUID of the OS indicated. Where do you find the GUID for the OS? TIA, john

Is there a scenario where a new Vista PC delivered to your door would NOT try to do the Genuine Advantage phone home? Could vendors do that before shipping, without setting up user accounts?

Vista Ultimate Retail/Upgrade in language english, possible change language in Italian version ? Thanks

How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista?

I updated to Vista. I was administrator. I created a new account administrtor. I changed my account to Standard User. My now Standard User account still behaves like administrator when I try to do things like change another user to administrator, uninstall, install. It only asks for permission but not requiring the administrator password and the change takes place! CERTAINLY the standard user...