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(OT) Everyone in love with Vista RC2 yet?
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Vista Ultimate x86 or x64 will not install to SATA drives - ok ...
Should Vista have stooped to accomodate this hardware? Maybe, but maybe not; it depends on the paltform cost. There are standards, both explicit and de facto, that define how things like S-ATA vs. IDE are to be handled. Chipset makes should be aware of these in order to do their job properly, and motherboard

New Computer OEM Install
(donotspam) microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Ok here is what I have done...I bought the Vista & Office 2007 throught Dell...I also spoke with a Tech. from there who looked at my system(s)..he has suggusted the video card for me, also stated "not to install it (vista) over the partion that has the

So you CAN install Vista Upgrade without first installing XP
How many times can I install Windows on my computer before I have to activate Windows again? You can reinstall Windows on the same computer as many times as you want because activation pairs the Windows product key with information about your computer’s hardware. If you make a significant hardware change,

Can't install Vista x64 5270
Dr ZoidBerg DrZoidB...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi, I am having a problem installing my copy of Vista Home Premium Edition. When the setup program reaches the "Where do you want to install Windows?" section, it does not detect any HDD’s. I have downloaded latest

Vista on old Dell 4500 ?
If you later install Vista as the second o/s and have two separate drives, with the intent to dual boot use XP's Disk Management to leave unallocated space, preferably at the beginning of the second drive prior to installing Vista and install Vista to that unallocated space. Once complete you can not use PM8 to

Installing Vista on SATA drive
About a year ago I managed to install and make work my UMAX Vista S-12 under Windows 2000 SP2. I'm planning to move to a new harddrive now and made a fresh install of Windows 2000 SP3. However, having installed MagicScan 2.43 results in the following: preview works ok, but when I hit the "Scan" button,

windows freezes after installing vista
Dave Cox d...@onramp113.org microsoft public windows vista general Copied directly from Performance Information and tools More details about my computer No Storage ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Total size of hard disk(s) 578 GB Disk partition (C:) 62 GB Free

Vista OEM Install Question.
After you click a button labeled 'Start' in the 'Thank You' dialog box, Vista's login screen will eventually appear. Enter the username and password that you selected during the first install. You're done upgrading to Vista. Step 11. If any device(s) or device driver(s) need installing, then this is the time to do

installing Vista upgrade
jrfree jrf...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public msdn general I would agree with Pete S, using a cd emulator (I use virtualcd) is by far the easiest way to get the install going. Plus it seems to install a bit quicker from the virtual drive than from a real one. "Pete S" wrote: Same problem here.

after vista install, pc won't boot
C: D: E: etc One of the partitions, usually C: has to be the active partition for Vista to install. There has been some trouble with SATA drives but we will XMS2 2Gb Intel core 2 extreme QX6700 quad core PNY Nvidia FX 4500 512 mb PCIE graphics card Western Dig 500GB SATA 3GB/s Thank you for your help in advance.

Can't dual boot Vista Home Premium & Win XP Pro
When I clear out the Product Key and try to bypass it the following message appears: Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim - Error 0x8007000d. I'm using an OEM Windows VISTA Ultimate DVD with COA et all. Any help, ideas, suggestions welcomed. Walt Hi Walt, You didn't say what kind of OEM disk

Cannot Install
<zig...@discussions.microsoft.com> Subject: Vista install problem - Failed to add driver package into driver s Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:09:03 -0700 Lines: 45 Message-ID: <9DE574E0-95F6-4DB3-908D-0C66F0C8C...@microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Compatibility with Windows XP Pro
Bob S. "lost" <l...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7C891B30-FCBF-44E3-BD3B-35F4DD3A52A0@microsoft.com... I have Athlon 64 3500 and ASUS A8nE socket 939 nforce 4 ultra mobo and Geforce 6600 vid card w/ 1 gig RAM. I cannot install Vista. I even sat with customer support for over an hour.

Stop Code - Can't install Vista
quakechick quakech...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup BobS wrote: Okay - prove it. And while you're thinking about how to Bob S. "Mayor of R'lyeh" <mayor.of.rl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:45ce182a$0$697$815e3792@news.qwest.net... get a life, quit being masochistic,

Can't install Vista x64 5270
I am trying to install Vista update KB929735 but it fails every time with error code 80073712. Can anyone help? I have tried to run reg delete HKLM\COMPONENTS /v StoreDirty but this <eg> Try installing it manually with verbose mode logging? What is the context of the code (or its aliases) in the install log(s)?

Help installing Vista 64 bit
I tried to install Vista HP (upgrade) over a new install of XP. Since SP2 was not on XP, Vista performed a new install (this was not a problem). Is there a trick to getting Vista (once installed) to recognize the unused partition space(s)? It was easy with XP, 2000, 2003 - but I can't find any utility in Vista!

Duel-Boot install mess
Unfortunately, despite all the "operation successful"s after each step, same thing happens. It's because the Vista drive just isn't getting seen. I had my RAID drivers in there from installing Vista. BUT, now, GRUB comes up and when I select Windows menu option, I get: BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to

Installing Vista on 'older' systems?
Hi, I have Vista Ultimate upgrade. I'm currently running Win 2000. Obviously I can't install Vista 64 bit from this OS so I'm following the instructions here os now i have it av i dont no if my hard disks gos down can i ree puting a new one and run windows vista / av it who no.s maybe sumone out ther will tell me.

Reverting to Vista 32-bit after installing Vista 64-bit?
(as I could when it was installed on the SATA drive) I’m beginning to think Vista doesn’t work correctly with the [s]ata controller used on my mobo??? (XP SP1 CD worked fine, never tried installing direct from an SP2 CD) The mobo is flashed to the latest available firmware (Rev. 1011 Beta 005), and the rest of my