I just got windows vista home basic (dvd) i have a dvd ROM, i put the disk in it spins then nothing happens no message nothing... i know its not my dvd ROM, it works with everything but this.. any help thanks -- flyerphan

I am trying to image an HP tablet with Vista Enterprise. Ultimately I will be (hopefully) using Symantec Ghost Solutions Suit 2 to multicast this image to multiple Tablets. I installed Vista Enterprise and all other relevant software on the tablet. So my question is how do I reconstruct the xp sysprep.inf file along with copying the profile to the default user. I have been testing a...

Will reinstaling windows wipe out ma hard drive I HAVE SOME MOTHERBOARTH PROBLEMS AND THE PC IS ASKING ME TO REINSTALL VISTA . I WONT DO IT FROM ANY HIDDEN FOLDER OR SUCH WILL THAT STILL WIPE OUT MA HARD DRIVE? (VISTA CAME installed with the pc when i bought it tho they gave me a cd in the store) OR OPTION TWO IS TO REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER (THERE IS A OPTION THAT SAYS THAT IN THE WINDOWS VISTA...

I have a 6 month old system with Vista. I did not receive a copy of Vista on a disk. A copy of all the original SW is located in a hidden partition. I want to reinstall Vista from the partition and I know how to do that. My question is will the reinstall of Vista wipe out the applications and files that I have added? -- Jim E

I have been using the Sony DVD drive for quite some time now, but when I went to install a new program from a CD, the drive did not respond, and it doesn't show in the list of drives. When I go into the device manager, the device is shown with a little yellow spot, and the message box says the driver service is disabled. What driver service is this, and how do I enable it? I looked at the...

I am trying to set up an raid 5, I downloaded and installed the program from Nvidia that came on the motherboard disk. When I try and run it I am asked what program I want to use.

I built a 64 bit Vista Ultimate system. Unfortunately, some of the 32 bit video editing programs that I use do not run reliably under the 64 bit OS. My retail package is for Vista Ultimate sp1 and contains two DVDs, one for 32 bit installations and one for 64 bit installations. My question is: Can I use the 32 bit DVD and perform an "upgrade" to the current 64 bit installation rather than...

My laptop has an error when starting and it need an installation program to repair. However, I put an x86 Vista Home Premium instead of x64. Can I restore it to x64? -- libetter

Hello, i updated my Vista OS. After updates installed, i restarted the machine. Now, i keep getting this back screen with 4 choices i guess. I chose each one them, none worked. I do not have the CD. I'm running on linux! I can not get back to windows, when i choose, e.g safe mode. The screen halts like its going to get into windows. In a sudden, PC restarts automatically... I feel sad, i got...

Hello. Could someone please help: I think what caused my problem was a power interruption during installation of Windows update during shut down. * PC boots into a black screen (I see mouse pointer on a black background, but nothing else) * Restoring to previous state doesn't help * I booted with Vista DVD, but the "repair start-up" is not detecting any problem

Forgive me, I am completely new to Vista. This is my first install and my first look the the OE. I have just built a computer - Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 775 with a 2.44ghz quad core, 4 gb of RAM (DDR2 PC2-8500), Creative X-Fi Fatality sound card, GeForce 8600 (512mb) video, WD 1.0 Terabyte HD, WD 500gb HD, Asus DVD-ROM, WriteMaster DVD Multi Drive. You get the picture. All HD and optical drives...

I'm getting an Activation Error Code: 0xC004F061 when I try to activate my Vista Home Premium upgrade. I was running XP Pro on this machine, and when I was doing the install, the installer said I had to do a clean install from XP Pro. Now The error message is giving me the description "The Software Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be used for upgrading,...

I installed Vista Ultimate 32 on my HP COMPAQ 300C recently. However, as I was not at home with Vista even after using the same for sometime, I formatted the C: Drive with third party software and tried to install XP Pro on my notebook, it just wouldn't see the harddrive and asks to exit setup. I have repeated this several times but without any success. The Interesting thing is that after each...

Hi guys, When i start my pc before login it shows a message "Windows is installing 3 updates, don't shutdown pc" when it finishes itself restart pc but again same screen, i've tried with F8 and all menus but always the same screen an i can't login, how can i fix it? Regards Rick

my computer cant install any setup or program i dont know maybe something is wrong also media player not open can you help me to in my computer

Hi, I've lost my disc and key but urgently needed a reinstall of windows. I wrote down the product ID which I thought would help me, and installed vista (premium) from another disc. However, I have no key and so I now have no way of activating it even though I possess a valid product ID. Is there anything I can do or have I just got to spend money on another copy of Vista?

On a dual boot (XP and Vista) 2drive set up, where is the MBR? is it on the xp drive or the vista drive? Using vista bootloader.

Hello; Can any one help me, I am working on a network of 26 computer with vista business edtion and server with Windows 2003, I have activated the KMS on the server. my questions - how can I activate the 26 client computers from the KMS server? please I need steps. - Since KMS server take minimun of 25, do I have to activate them all

We have a desktop shortcut assigned to an old MS-DOS program (Computer Associates AccPac Plus). The shortcut, which acts as an old PIF file, allows the user to select the font and size to be used by the application in the DOS window while it is executing in Windows Vista. Unfortunately, the changes to the font are NOT reflected in the DOS window while the program is running. Any...

What the "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\UsersFiles\NameSpace\Folders" registry key is used for? Is it safe to delete its subkeys? Thanks.