I installed Vista, entered the key in and pretty much walked away for the rest of the evening. Today I come in and I don't know the password to the username it created for me. I obviously can't reset my password because I didn't set the password. What do I do? How can I log in as a different user?

I'm trying to join a domain after sysprep in the unattend.xml - I used AIK to create the unattend file. The credentials are correct, the system asks for the computer name, but won't join the domain. I used the same setup with the exception of adding the computer name into the xml file and then it will join the domain. Also their is a bug in the documentation where it says DontDisplayEULA -...

Hi, I have an unusual problem for which I cannot find much help online. I have a 250GB HDD with two partitions: one for WinXP and the other for Vista. I installed Vista after XP, and I was able to dual-boot the two OSes normally. I then decided to increase the free space on the Vista partition, and to do that I would have to take free space from the XP partition. I used Partition

1. I have a local domain running on a pair of Enterprise 2003 Servers. 2.. I use Roaming Profiles normally fairly successfully with the XP SP2 boxes in the network. 3. I have yet to get them to work with any release of Windows Vista. Vista always tells me that it can't load the profile and is going to use the local ones. Suggestions please on what to look for. The event log on the Vista box...

since upgrading to vista from xp, I have noticed that there are lots of old xp accounts still on the disk....which ones can I remove? Directory of C:\Users 12/11/2006 11:34 AM DIR . 12/11/2006 11:34 AM DIR .. 11/20/2006 11:55 PM DIR Administrator 11/20/2006 11:56 PM DIR Administrator.5E0C335A3BC84F7 11/20/2006 11:56 PM DIR ...

Hello, I just downloaded Vista Final German x86 from MSDN and upgraded my XP machine. It's an absolutely horrible scenario. At first, the whole Upgrade process took 3,5 hours! (imagine!) Machine is P4 2.4 GHz with 160GB SATA and 1GB RAM. But OK, no problem I thought. Now I'm facing to a VERY STRANGE Problem:

I have installed the Vista Enterprise Upgrade now several times. Each and everytime I run Sysprep, it fails with a fatal error. I'm installing on the same computer, a Dell Optiplex GX620. I am upgrading from Windows XP Pro. Is anyone else having this issue ?

For those considering using an Xbox 360 as a media extender with your Vista Ultimate PC here is my experience. Microsoft did a real nice job on the integration of Xbox & Vista. To get things figured out, I set up the Xbox and Vista PC in the same room so I could see both machines during setup. Both were connected to my Linksys Cable gateway / switch via 100meg E-Net. I connected the Xbox...

Hi, I am trying to access my vista network drive from a XP machine and it says after I have entered my username and password in the box that it is not accessable and I do not have permission, can I set it up to go straight into the vista network drive like I use to do with XP on the network?

Hi, I'd like to ask you about "Administrator groups" on Vista RTM. It is too complicated account for me to understand it corectlly. So,could you please teach me the definition of them and differences between elevated admin,default admin and limited admin? Thanks in advance.

I have just installed my Windows Vista RC1 and I wanted to activate Windows, I am getting DNS Name does not exist with error code 0x8007232B. Does any one know how to resolve this problem in order to activate my Key?

Hi. I can't seem to "Offer Remote Assistance" from any XP\2003 to Vista I keep getting the error: "Automation Server can't create object" on the XP Machine and the event: 10006, Source:DCOM "DCOM got error "Class not registered" from the computer Vista when attempting to activate the server." Anyone got this working ?

Unless I have missed something very obvious, I don't seem to have any controls over wake-up options in Vista RC-1. Sleep options are a plenty but, I would like to see options for wake-up like, which mouse functions would do that. Granted, it's not a big deal but, I seem to always have to put the baby back in bed after nudging the mouse with my coffee cup. If a click was required, that...

I have an odd issue. First let me state that I did a successful upgrade from MCE 2005 to Vista RTM (official release, from MSDN). My username on the MCE 2005 setup was Chadi. It is also the same now in Vista, with "administrator" type account. However, I occasionally run into problems where Vista tells me I do not have administrator rights and need to login as administrator to do that task...

Hello, I just upgraded to Vista Ultimate RTM and I need to uninstall a service which does not work right. But I can not uninstall it every time I try I get told that I do not have enough authority to uninstall it. Even though I have turned off UAC and turned on and logged into the system as the Super Admin under safe mode I still cannot uninstall this program. Can anyone please give me...

We have the same problem. RC1 Build 5600. "Switch User" and "Log Off" cause the computer to restart. As you said, no blue screen, no error messages, just restart. Hope someone has an answer. "Vista" wrote: Running the latest build and all hotfixes. Tonight I set up a new Account and logon for my partner, but on switching,

Using Backup in Vista RTM it does not seem possible to configure a backup job similar to that I used in XP, Full Backup, with nightly Incremental. In addition, it will lot let me pick what I want to backup, which is My Docuements on my main and several other systems on my network. The Vista backup seems to make a bunch of assumptions that are not necessarily what I want.

OK, found the answer: Search the newsgroup for "Subject: CTRL-ALT-DEL Login in Vista?" posted: 11/26/2006 1:53 AM PST By: Jimmy Brush" Short answer: Look in Local Security Policy (Local Policies - Security Options) for Interactive Logon. One of these lines has "Do not display last username". There're also other useful options here regarding logon screens.

Has anyone yet found an answer to this? I too would like to be able to disable showing valid usernames in the welcome screen (and instead show only a username/password prompt). We're running Vista Business Ed. in an 2003 AD environment. Thanks much. "smallville1956" wrote: In Windows XP there were two options for the way users logged on and off. One was the welcome screen and the...

Random BSOD. ndis.sys @ 856F4896 net drivers a intel pro/wireless 2915ABG v9.1.0.104 broadcom 400x 10/100 v4.49.0.0 .... which are their latest revisions AFAIK. WinVista 6000 (MSDN RTM). Did not have this error on previous install (same