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Possible to use MSDN Ultimate to upgrade Home Premium?
Hi all, I was searching around but wasn't able to find an answer to this
question but hopefully it should be a quick yes/no from someone knowledgeable.
I'm getting a new laptop which will have some flavor of windows vista on it.
As it turns out we have 5 nice Ultimate licenses unused from our msdn
subscription; do I need a special 'upgrade' version or can I use those discs
/ etc and upg...
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11.07.2007 15:37:34 |
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Reformatting and then Installing Vista
I have some problems that i cant get rid of without reformatting. I was
wondering, if i buy the upgrade version of Vista Business, will i be able to
use it since i completely cleared my windows XP running system so i could
start from scratch? Or do i need to buy the full version of Vista Business?...
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11.07.2007 15:54:59 |
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path error
I just upgraded to Vista Ultimate with one-step update. Some of the default
folder locations for temp files were changed and after problems with ActiveX
I returned to the defaults.
Still having problems with path errors. For instance when I try to access
print preview when trying to print from mapquest the following error is
generated:
Cannot find
'file:///C:/Users/Arne%20E%20Olse...
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11.07.2007 15:24:07 |
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Vista upgrade
I am trying to upgrade from XP Home to Vista Home Premium. The installation
went well with no issues. After installation, though, the desktop does not
come up. I can call task manager and manually start explorer.exe but how do
I get Vista to y?start it automaticall...
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11.07.2007 14:38:22 |
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Vista OEM & "Repair install"
- I've posted a similar question in the .general group without a sure answer
so I'm posting it here . -
I'm going to buy a new laptop that sports a Windows Vista Home Premium
edition I persoanlly dislike. Unfortunatelly there's no way to "customize"
the lappy's operating system
befor buying it. (Asus)
As a result, to keep costs low, I thought I could buy a separate Windows
Vista Ultim...
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11.07.2007 14:06:08 |
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Problems with installation Windows Vista Home Premium
I've just bought a new and fresh Windows Vista Home Premium. And I've got a
problems with installation. At the beginning of the installation is all
right. I can make a choice where to install the software and other like this,
but when the installation is going on, near the end it stops (nothing is
being ridden from the DVD and nothing happens with my harddrive). If I click
on the red cro...
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11.07.2007 13:35:30 |
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External HD and activation?
I have an external HD that I do not always turn on. I basically use it
for backup purposes. How will "activation" handle this?? Should I turn
it on or off during activation? H*ll, I don't want to reactivate every
time I turn it on or off!
-Pete...
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11.07.2007 12:47:53 |
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Weird graphics after fresh install
I just installed Vista Ultimate on a Compaq Presario. It never asked me
about any compatibility issues, just started installing. Everything seemed
to work properly until after it ran its initial 'Performance' check. After
the restart, all it does is have what appears to be ASCII characters flashing
different colors. I have to shut the computer down. When I start it back
up, I get
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11.07.2007 12:28:17 |
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I Upgraded to Vista Ultimate from Win2K, I cannot activate my inst
Probably already up here but who has 2 days to read all of the posts...
I upgraded my old workstation from 2000 to Vista Ultimate when my old HDD
crashed.
I decided to skip XP altogether. Since the Win2K install was not compatible
with Vista, I was forced to do a "clean" install, there was no other option
available to me. Sounded good to me in the beginning, and everything went
fairl...
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11.07.2007 12:09:06 |
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Upgrade XP to Ultimate fails in Expanding Files
I just tried to upgrade an XP installation to Ultimate and encountered an
error in the Expanding Files phase. (Also when it went into rollback mode,
that also failed and I ended up deleting the installer's temp files and
fixing the MBR by hand).
My system is an ASUS A8V mobo with AMD dual core CPU and VIA SATA RAID. I
suspect the problem could be linked to the RAID: I am running Setup f...
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11.07.2007 07:53:44 |
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How to de-install non-compatible programs after upgrade to Vista
After upgrade from XP to Vista (and, yes this is stupid I know, having
omitted to deinstall programs that were mentionned to be incompatible with
Vista), I am left with a Vista installation with programs I would like to
de-install now:
- PDF Creator
- A bunch of Windows XP Power Toys
of course the simple straightforward way doesn't work nor do the trick read
on some posts indictaing yo...
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11.07.2007 07:04:02 |
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Restart Vista as a brand new computer
I recently bought an iPod that came with some faulty software, and apparently
it messed with my computer. I remember when I had Windows XP that you could
press F10 as it started up to reset it completely... but does anyone know how
to do that with Windows Vista?...
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11.07.2007 06:21:36 |
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Can't print from Dos program within Vista?
I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now
running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I
do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports.
I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard
is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared
the printer but nothing works. Th...
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11.07.2007 00:37:14 |
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Outlook 2003 Business Contact manager and Vista
Business Contact manager hangs while installing. I downloaded the SP4 for
Outlook which addresses the compatibility issue with Vista but Business
Contact Manager needs to be installed before applying the service pack. I
can't install the BCM software so I can't fix the BCM software with the
service pack.
The installation hangs during the "installing new services" portion. Any
sugge...
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11.07.2007 00:22:03 |
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Vista on another PC
Bought a Sony laptop with XP on, got the upgrade with 2 disks with it for
Applications and Drivers disk, i have upgraded to Vista Business on the
laptop, i have a desktop with Xp Pro on it, going to buy an activation key,
want to install Vista on it, can i install the Vista with the Business Xpress
upgrade disk, do i have to put the 2 other disk in only they are for Sony ?
can some one p...
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10.07.2007 22:52:47 |
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Date-Time Issue in Vista Ultimate
I have two PC's running Ultimate. One appears to keep good time, the other
loses the correct date and time if left turned off for a few days.
On the problem PC, I have verified that the CMOS battery is good, and that
other BIOS settings are not lost during off periods. The only difference I
can find between the two computers is that on the one that works, Internet
Time is set to time.wind...
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10.07.2007 21:10:02 |
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HD ussage indicator bar.
I recently purchased a new computer and am setting it up. The O/S is Vista
Home Premium and is quite different from what I am used to. While in the
process of setting it up I decided to perform a backup following the
instructions. After having performed a this backup I noticed that the HD
ussage indicator bar had changed colour to red as oposed to blue. I have a
very large HD "C:" (400 G...
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10.07.2007 20:01:31 |
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Media Center wont open all the way
media center loads then sits on task bar cant get to maximise or go full
window pls help...
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10.07.2007 18:06:04 |
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Hard time clicking or doesnt allow click into something
Mate of mine and i bought asus and dell laptops and we both have trouble
clicking on some icons, profie on itunes, files, and such.
and no its not the mouse problem as it has happened with 2 different mouses
is this a vista bug or what? ...
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10.07.2007 17:42:06 |
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Unable to Reinstall Vista 64-bit
My Computer
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ Socket 939
Epox 9NPA Ultra with an Nforce 4 chipset
2GB RAM DDR400
1 x 150GB WD Hard Drive (2 partitions, each 75GB)
2 x 320GB Seagate Hard Drives in Raid 1
The story
I installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit on the second parition of the WD Hard
Drive after XP Pro was on it. (XP Pro is working and has been working fine)
I found out that Vista did not recogni...
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10.07.2007 16:32:04 |
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Hearing sound through my tv
Hi
I've just bought a new computer and rather than getting a monitor etc I've
hooked it up to my existing Wharfedale LCD tv.
I have no external speakers, only the speakers built into my tv but I'm
struggling to find a way of hearing the sound from my pc. To avoid adding
extra clutter I would prefer not to buy external speakers as the speakers on
my tv are more than adequate.
This ...
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10.07.2007 16:06:23 |
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prgram removal
i have removed program in control box but it is still in prrogram list ho do
i remove it
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10.07.2007 15:28:28 |
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Vista boot manager removal from Win98 disk
I installed Vista on a 2nd drive as a clean install (instead of custom).
Unfortunately it wrote the boot manager to my 1st drive so now I can only
boot Vista up. All I want is to remove the boot manager from the Win98 disk
so I can select which OS to boot using the BIOS. That way if I remove either
drive from the system I can still have a bootable system.
Is there a simple and safe way...
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10.07.2007 14:23:52 |
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OLE2.DLL Contains Error
Hello-
I am trying to install a program on a Vista Business machine and I am
getting the following error:
C:\Windows\system32\OLE2.DLL is either not designed to run on Windows or it
contains an error. Try install the program again...
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to trouble shoot this, or
could tell me the version of OLE2.DLL that should be on this machine (I am
...
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10.07.2007 14:22:01 |
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installing w2k alongside Vista
I have a brand new HP computer with Windows Vista pre-installed.
I need also w2k on the same mashine.
I made a peimary partition using Vista built in Desk Manager. Now I have
booted from w2k cd.
Now I remembered from my experience with w2k-XP installations on one
computer that they both use NTDETECT and NTLOADER files and is w2k is
installed after XP, the XP would not boot because NTDETECT a...
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10.07.2007 13:55:13 |