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Anyone have a Intel D490 duel core and Vista?
If yes In Vitsa 64bit Ultimate performance graph via task manager, can you change the option to view more than one graph per cpu? Does it show more than one graph? I would be very interested if you can, as I cannot. Yetwhen I re-installed XP on this syetem last weekend on other HD drive I have, I can view more than one graph per cpu I just can't in Vista. My system is a Dell Dimension...
1 23.06.2007 02:24:05
Can't create 2nd partition on disk
I've got a Dell laptop (XPS M1710), wich has a 160GB drive, created a 'c:' partition of 85GB during Vista Ultimate install, (a recovery partition of 10GB) and have 54GB of unallocated space. I want to create a new 'drive' of these 54GB, so I right-click on it, 'create new simple volume' (only available option) and go through the wizzard, and then after last screen I get the following mess...
2 23.06.2007 02:21:20
font installation using script or installshield
My company is testing Vista with our software. Under XP, the fonts get copied to the fonts directory and will appear in Word. The fonts are copied the same way in Vista but they do not appear in Word. Is there some command line tool that must be used to install fonts? FYI, we can't have the user do this as that just doesn't feel right. Thanks ...
2 22.06.2007 19:50:00
INSTALLING A NEW SOUNDCARD
MY NEW PROGRAM SAIDS TO UNINSTALL THE OLD AUDIO SOFTWARE BEFORE I INSTALL THE NEW ONE. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? I'M UPGRADING TO AUDIGY 2 THANK YOU, -- COOKIE SMITH...
3 22.06.2007 19:24:38
Installation Disk:
I recently bought a laptop and it has no installation disk included for Vista. Yes, I've backed everything up, but would still like to have an installation disk -- as I prefer a clean install once every 18 months or so. Is this something microsoft will provide at a cheap cost?...
6 22.06.2007 19:18:03
Blue screen of death during Vista install
I am installing the OEM version of Vista home premium 64 bit for a new build. I get all the way through the installation to the part where the computer reboots itself. This is where the install process hangs and keeps crashing and gives me the BSOD. I get a STOP: 000... error. I did get a faulty install done the first time by forcing the computer to reboot several times and it did fi...
2 22.06.2007 16:39:36
Upgrading Vista Premium to Ultimate
HI I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Vista Premium loaded and running great. I was thinking about upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Anyone had any luck doing this? Any thing to watch out for? tips? warnings? There is no real reason why I want to do the upgrade..other than I can get vista ultimate for free...so I might as well use it....
1 22.06.2007 16:01:00
From Vista back to XP
Help, I currently have Vista ultimate 32, not happy with it at the moment and want to go back to XP. I have the disks etc, but not sure how to do it. Can anyone tell me how please...
4 22.06.2007 15:31:37
windows vista trial period
well it turns out i was lured into trying the windows vista home premium edition on my computer i previously had winows xp media center edition on my computer well now the windows vista trial period is over and i didnt quite like it, so im not gonna buy the product key for it, but now it wont let me acess my desk top or the start menu at all, when i turn it on it simply goes straight to ...
4 22.06.2007 13:41:27
Vista_business_on_multiple_PC’s
Hi I just downloaded a copy of vista business from the MSDNAA Program my university has. A friend was telling me I can install it on two PC’s but that sounded rather generous so I wanted to check if that is the case before I format my desktop and my laptop. Thanks Phil ...
4 22.06.2007 10:49:25
Product key already in use
I have a laptop that I bought Windows Vista Upgrade through the marketplace on. Through my rough usage on my computer I ended up having to replace my HDD do to fatal HDD errors. I desicided to get a hybrid drive this time for my laptop and I get the already in use error. Vista is as good as uninstalled off my other HDD, still using the same computer just a newer large hybrid drive. ...
2 22.06.2007 10:46:50
RAID migration
I would like to migrate my system from one SATA disk to a RAID 5 array of three disks. Unfortunately, however, in the BIOS, prior to installing the OS, Vista x64 Home Premium, I left the SATA Mode at IDE, the defulat setting. Now, when I change the SATA Mode to RAID as is required to setup a RAID array, I cannot successfully load Vista. It dies with a BSOD. Evidently, it notices th...
2 22.06.2007 10:44:47
Have full version of Vista, want to set up 2nd computer
I bought a full version of Vista home prem. and I now want to install Vista on a new machine. Can I just buy an upgrade for my second machine? I would install the full version, then install the upgrade over that. is this possible?...
6 22.06.2007 05:13:02
Vista reinstall without a CD drive
My Vista was running weel when, after installed a Pinnacle TV board, my DVD drive begun not to work anymore. In device manager, the status of "TSSTcorpCD/DVDW-SHS182D ATA device" reads "Windows couldn´t start this device because it´s config informations in registry are incomplete or damaged (code 19)". I don´t know how to rewrite the device registry and I can´t do restoration to the ...
9 22.06.2007 05:06:58
older microsoft office software for teachers & students
I ordered a Lenovo Laptop from e-bay which I thought would have microsoft office installed, but I was mistaken. Can I load my old microsoft office for students & teachers which is XP edition onto the new laptop with windows vista business edition? I don't know much about this stuff, please help...
2 22.06.2007 04:08:12
Upgrade from XP Home to Vista Home Premium
I'm planning an XP Home>Vista Home Premium upgrade and I'd like to verify my upgrade plan. I verified my PC meets Vista upgrade requirements. XP is currently installed on C: with all other programs and My Documents installed on E: After I back up any IE and Outlook data, I want to format my C drive, make my CD drive rebootable, insert the Vista upgrade, reboot, insert my XP CD to ...
8 22.06.2007 03:27:49
blank screen after set-up/
OK, I think that I have done everything possible to ensure that my system is updated. I have tried up-grade and tried clean install (boot from dvd/cd drive). Now, I have noticed that nivida has a driver for my video card for vista. Cannot install unless vista is already in place. So what would happen if I unstalled the driver for my video card and then tried the install? Would this solv...
1 22.06.2007 01:44:00
can i unactivate my product key?
i installed vista home premium and choose the option to activate as soon as i was online. since my internet connection is always on i assumed that my copy activated, and let my friend install and use the same product key. now a window pops up and says that i need to activate and when i enter my product key it says my key is in use. is there a way to unactivate the key from my friends com...
3 21.06.2007 23:39:41
sysprep HELP!!!
Hello, I'm trying to use sysprep on a Windows Vista computer so I can make an image but I have a Business edition upgrade volume license copy of the media, which is not bootable. I put Windows XP on the computer then put a flash drive in the computer with Autounattend.xml on it and then install Windows Vista. The install goes fine but at a certain point it can't find Autounattend.xml....
1 21.06.2007 21:31:00
Sysprep Clarification
If I am wanting to take a image of a vista machine and deploy it with WDS unattendly with a unattend.xml file, skipping the OOBE, how (what switches/sittings) should I use when I run sysprep? I can not get any settings in my unattend.xml file to work except the <UnsecureJoin>true</UnsecureJoin> which does join it to the domain using a prestaged name. I can not get the xml file ...
1 21.06.2007 17:48:56
20gb Drive only has 5.90gb space after clean vista install
After doing a clean install of vista ultimate on a 20 gb hdd, i'm only showing 5.90gb of free space, surely the os cant be 14gb, has anyone got any ideas how to free up some space so that i can install a couple of games or programs, or why it takes that much room? is it a bug? From what i've seen, vista is really good, apart from the space problem, though if vista takes up that much room...
4 21.06.2007 17:16:01
Black borders in displaying 1080p; Display problem after "Sleep"
* My Setup: I am using the integrated motherboard: Asus M2A-VM-HDMI with display card ATI X1250 I am using Catalyst bundled in the CD of Asus Motherboard. I am now connecting my PC (used as an HTPC) to my new BENQ SH3731, which supports HDMI 1.2 and full HD point-to-point resolution of 1920 x 1080p (i.e. 1080p). * The Problems: 1) However, everytime I choose 1920 x 1080 @ 60p ...
2 21.06.2007 16:23:20
vista business upgrade
I downloaded and installed the vista enterprise VHD from microsoft and am quite impressed with its look and feel. It runs better in .5 gig of memory than my XP VHD does. it will time out at the end of June and therein lies my question. My company sent me a legal DVD of vista business upgrade. Can I install this upgrade over the vista enterprise installation or do I have to start all over...
2 21.06.2007 16:19:44
How to get rid of vista?
I have vist at my computer. By accident I have erased the administrator account and now everything is locked. I want to get rid of Vista and to return to XP. I do not care to loose everything on my hdd! However nothing works. Can anybody tell me how to format my HDD? ...
7 21.06.2007 16:15:40
Vista Optima Home Network Problem
I have just installed Windows Vista Optima 32-bit edition on one of my home computers. The rest are running Windows XP I have turned off the firewall. I have turned on network discovery, file sharing, printer sharing, media sharing. I have put it on the same peer-to-peer network. I have also setup shares with "everyone" permissions for read/write/change. Still, my Vista machine do...
6 21.06.2007 15:19:48
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