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Vista Ultimate Upgrade Error
Why does my system not upgrade to Ultimate from Premium even though the upgrade advisor says Ultimate is the version to use? I have a DVD that I'm using to install and it keeps stopping on an installation error. I have all the upgrades and disabled security such as firewwall and One Care. Why won't it upgrade? It worked on my laptop (although I went from XP to Ultimate, not Premium t...
2 29.06.2007 03:55:56
Acer question
Hi all I have a Acer TM6410 and it didn't come with the os disc (XP Pro). Instead, you have to make a "factory default disc" using the "eRocvery Management"I'm gonna instal vista business on my system and if i'm not satisfied i will go back to xp. My question is: wil i be able to boot from this disc to install the Xp? If so will it give the options to format del partition etc etc? BTW...
4 29.06.2007 03:44:01
help please on macromedia flash player....
i need to know how to install the macro media flash player it wont let me i recently de installed java but nothing seems to be workin? i need some help here...
5 29.06.2007 03:13:54
Uninstall Speech Recognition
I would like to uninstall speech recognition but can not find it in add/remove software int he control panel. Can anyone help? It always slows down my computer on start-up and as I can type I have no use for it....
1 29.06.2007 01:54:01
Vista IP Address Issues after Sysprep
Hello, I setup a system, connected it to the network to get Vista Patches, then I ran sysprep. I used imagex to send the image to a server and I have now installed the image on a different computer. I sucessfully added an IP address to the new computer, but when I run ipconfig/all it lists the setup IP address and the correct IP address in IPv4 and lists both as (Preferred). I read an...
3 29.06.2007 00:52:01
dual booting vista & xp
hi all, just installed vista home premium onto a new 160gig sata and running windows xp pro on a 200gig ide hard drive but got no boot menu when i switch on :-( is there a way to get the menu back like i had when i used to use win 98se & xp or does it not work like because i've got windows vista on a sata drive & win xp on a ide drive thx ...
2 29.06.2007 00:48:01
Cannot find drivers
I received my computer today and while installing windows vista, it forces me to do a clean install, which makes sense because it is a new computer...makes sense. But then when it asks me what driver I want to install to, it can't seem to find any. I tried nearly every disc that came with the computer, but I can't figure it out. Could someone help, please! Thanks...
3 28.06.2007 22:04:00
How to customize COMPUTERNAME on vista image ?
My goal is is create a Vista image and deploy it to ~1000 computers. each computer is located in different site. I would like that a machine that deployed in Amsterdam Site will have a computername with the Prefix of that location: for example: AMS- USERNAME-## anyone have any idea how can I acomplish it? TIA ...
3 28.06.2007 21:43:52
Autoroute 2000
I know it's old but it used to work well with XP but I can't get it to work with Vista on my new lap top. I keep getting an error message after the programme has installed. Any suggestions?...
2 28.06.2007 20:25:49
Problem with vista installation, in the start.
Hello, i have bought Vista home premium on dvd. When i try to install vista the first time on a new hdd, I get a screen with a few options. I can choose to see some tools and i and start install vista. When i Choose to start the installation, It says "Windows is loading files..." and after that, is I see a load screen, with a load bar and the words Windows corparation under it. But afte...
4 28.06.2007 19:20:05
Moving Registration
I received a free copy of Vista Ultimate for helping to Beta Test it. I was running it on my laptop, but I recently sold it (put back Windows XP) that came with it. Can I still reinstall Ultimate on a new laptop I buy since i removed it from the old one?...
8 28.06.2007 18:18:20
Procedure to create new account doesn't work - Help!
Procedure to create new account doesn't work I need help with the following situation: All attempts to create a new standard user account by means of the prescribed procedure fail. The procedure is Start\Control Panel\User Accounts\Manage Another Account\Create New Account. (New account does not appear in account list in the Manage Another Account dialogue box nor in Start Menu. My accou...
1 28.06.2007 16:55:27
Re-Installation of Vista Home Premium
I received a new computer with Vista Home Premium installed in French. I haven't yet activated it. I will obtain the English version of Vista Home Premium and I am wondering how to install the English version over the French version. Any help would be greatly appreciated! François...
3 28.06.2007 16:36:54
Reactivating Vista
Hi, I was running a RAID 0 array on my pc, where vista was installed for 6 months or so. One of the drives failed, but before I reinstalled vista I used XP for two days or so to try and revive the failed hard drive that was part of my array, I also updated the motherboards bios. I reinstalled vista a few days back, and now when it tries to reactivate it says: "The product key you typed ...
7 28.06.2007 15:28:25
Scanner does not work
I installed Vista on 5/2. i have an Epson CX6400 all in one. Up until 10 days ago my scanner was working properly. Now it will not scan. I am told that I do not have "Microsoft WPD filesystems volume driver". I tried to update this and I am told that my driver is up to date. ??? No scanner. I have reinstalled the software for the printer. No scanner. It looks to me to be a Microsoft ...
1 28.06.2007 14:50:03
Can't set up new user
There are 2 users on my system, me and my wife. When wife tries to switch to her user it goes through the motions and ends up just showing a blue screen,with the cursor arrow. The cursor moves but has no function at all. When I tried to add a new user it went through all that it has to and tole me it was going to set up the desk top. Screen turned blue and the rest is stated above. ...
1 28.06.2007 14:36:04
Please help me friends...
Hello, Actually, I have problem with installing software in vista, At first this installation request to access to registry, and i face to below error message: Error performing installer tasks - System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowSecurityException(ExceptionResource resource) at Microsoft.win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey(...
10 28.06.2007 12:12:53
Vista Newbie Blues
I upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premuim, and I'm trying to put all of my previous desktop icons (Itunes, AOL, etc.) from Windows XP. I know thefiles are still here on my PC in the C drive, but I'm clueless as to how to upload everything now that I'm upgraded to Vista. Please help...: (...
3 28.06.2007 10:38:33
Changing Color of Taskbar
Can anyone tell me how to change the color of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen? Thanks....
2 28.06.2007 10:00:01
display settings
I just upgraded from windows xp to windows vista home premium. when i did so my display will not fill out the entire screen and i see no option to make it larger. does anybody know how i can fix this? its not very fun to have a large laptop with a a big screen to watch movies if only a smaller square inside of it is usable....
3 28.06.2007 09:31:37
Problems w/partitions on Dell Image
Hi, My brand new Dell Dimension E520 came with Vista Home Premium pre-installed on the 250GB hard drive. The drive was set up as a single partition. This does not suit my needs, so I attempted to use the built-in Disk Manager utility to set up new partitions. It didn't work. To be clear, the drive actually arrived with three partitions on it; the C: NTFS partition where the OS was in...
12 28.06.2007 05:21:44
Guillemot Force Feedback Joystick
I have an old Guillemot force feedback joystick and have an installation disk for Windows 95-98 and have tried to install the device in Windows Vista but am getting the message that the "class installer" will not allow the device to be installed and add new hardware failed. Can anyone help please?...
2 28.06.2007 04:52:52
software installation
Have a new HP Pavillion w/ Vista Ultimate. Would like to update my website with my old well known program MS FrontPage98 w/ Upgrade FrontPage2000. I tried using the compatibility mode under the control panel with no success. I get a "FrontPg\enu\setup.exe error number 5" every time I try an install. Is there any help for this? -- james...
1 28.06.2007 03:56:04
Laptop shuts down by itself and reboots...
I just bought a new laptop with Vista Home premium preloaded. For some reason I had to use the recovery disk to restore the system. During this restore operation the laptop installed all the software while going thorugh several shutdown and reboot sequences. This is still happening after 12 hours and I do not see anything is being installeda at this time yet the system boots up and af...
6 28.06.2007 02:55:02
ReadyBoost configuration Question
Why do we have to manually set readyboost in a flash drive after rebooting our system...?? I'm mean this is very uncomfortable!! If ReadyBoost was activated and I set a flash drive to be used to improve System performance AND the flash drive hasn't been removed from the PC why do I have to re-set it next time Windows Boots up?? Isn't this a little annoying? It would be nice to have...
4 27.06.2007 20:40:03
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