Hi , I have configured my new Vista Business Machine and its working perfectly. I still need to have access to my old Win XP box so I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. What I want to know its if there is a program that will convert my WinXP box and play it as a VM on the Vista with Virtual PC installed. Platespin Power Converter seams to be the program that can but but too expensive. ...

I recently buiilt a new system and am now ready to install OEM Vista Home Prem SP1 x64. When I went out to get the OPK, it appears I need to download a 1.43 GB file. Is this correct? Will the install work without the OPK? Thanks, Tim

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Do you have to format a hard drive that already has an OS on it before applying a wim image? If yes, I don't understand how imagex can be a viable option. It can take over an hour just to format a hard drive depending how large it is.

Two years ago I bought a full ultimate license and then another 2 licenses for home premium under the old family pack program. I later upgraded both of them to ultimate under the anytime upgrade program. Later I applied SP1 to all 3 systems. Now I want to wipe one system and install 64-bit, but I don't have any media that has the 64-bit version of ultimate with SP1. I tried ordering new...

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...

Hi... I'm intalling in window vista a software for device communication that I used in windows XP, but when I click on the icon to start the program I get a message "Failed to update the system registy. Please try using REGEDIT." Please give me some advise or solution if any I'm not sure what to do....

I'm running Vista Ultimate. When I run Windows update, all of the upates install, except .NET Framework Version 1.1 Service Pack 1. Any ideas on what I can do to get the update to install correctly? Thanks,

I hope someone has an answer to make me look stupid but... I need to get technical support since I am having problems installing Windows Vista. In order to get free online tech support, I need to enter my Product Identification Number (not the product key). However, I am instructed to obtain this number once I have Vista installed. Um, how can I get the PIN number from Vista if I can't...

would it be worth my time......upgrading to vista before going to windows 7 ?.... Is there an upgrade path from vista to windows 7 ? thanks rob davis

Hello, I have an problem with Windows Vista after sysprep. We have an Vista Image created with unattend file and lokal user account (sysprep). After installing a new PC at the end of installation there will be an prompt for define a local user account an his password. Can everybody help me where I can prohibit this point in unattend file with System Image Manager? Thank you for your answers!

Hello Board! I am running Vista now but I attempted to install XP Pro for dual booting. However, when I decided to eliminate the XP Pro, for I found Vista is more suitable for me. Unfortunately, I now got stuck with the XP Setup option still lingering as the default option when the computer turns on. I thought I had completely removed the XP OS from my D:\ drive which was the drive for XP....

Hey guys, Recently (couple days ago) i installed a new video card (geforce 260), after the hardware change I couldnt boot into Vista. Here is a thread I originally created regarding that topic. http://www.vistax64.com/vista-hardware-devices/194891-vista-home-premium-64-wont-boot-after-new-video-card.html#post896842 A member in this forum, Barman58, started to assist me with my problem.

Hi there. I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right forum. First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am standing at the moment. I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article in 'this link' (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/)

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I ordered a copy of the OEM version of Vista to install on my newly built computer.The box says I need to pre install the OPK on the computer first,but to get it from microsoft I need to enroll as a business parter.Is ths nesessary? Thanks, DanD

I spent 5 hours working on a system recovery and it all seemed to go well I suppose but once it had came to the last reboot it came up "Unexpected error, Windows-Deployment failed" Or something near to that. Then everytime I tried to reboot it came up "Due to the Unexpected error, the computer could not start. Please restart the computer and restart the installation" I personally didn't want to...

Hello I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information. Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green progress-bar appears and that's all. Only two things happen the 1: the progress-bar is running for hours 2: the progress-bar stops running

Hi, On my machine I have Windows Vista (business EOpen licensed) and as I only downloaded it last week from MS it had service pack 1 integrated. If I need now to install the DVD components of this (to allow playback of DVDs etc), I understand I need to upgrade to Ultimate (to keep domain functionality). I happen to have a copy of Vista Ultimate (that came with the system

We have just put together a new PC. 750a sli XFX motherboard 650watt BFG PS AMD Phenom Quad core 1000gig Samsung hard drive 2x2gigs Crucial PC8500 DDR2 ram 8800 GTS 320mb We are trying to get a clean install on the HD with the 64 bit vista we