Threads Replies Last Post 72 Pages: <<  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  >>   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 ... 12 7/11/2007 12:28:17 PM 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... 5 7/11/2007 12:09:06 PM 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... 2 7/11/2007 7:53:44 AM 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... 3 7/11/2007 7:04:02 AM 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?... 2 7/11/2007 6:21:36 AM 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... 7 7/11/2007 12:37:14 AM 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... 1 7/11/2007 12:22:03 AM 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... 2 7/10/2007 10:52:47 PM 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... 13 7/10/2007 9:10:02 PM 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... 2 7/10/2007 8:01:31 PM 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... 1 7/10/2007 6:06:04 PM 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? ... 1 7/10/2007 5:42:06 PM 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... 1 7/10/2007 4:32:04 PM 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 ... 4 7/10/2007 4:06:23 PM prgram removal i have removed program in control box but it is still in prrogram list ho do i remove it ... 2 7/10/2007 3:28:28 PM 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... 9 7/10/2007 2:23:52 PM 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 ... 5 7/10/2007 2:22:01 PM 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... 7 7/10/2007 1:55:13 PM Problem with installation Before 2 monat I buy Notebook HP DV9000 with win vista premium 64 OEM. I have licence but i didnt get dvd instalacion. Now i need to reinstall OS and Iem stack. :) Is there any way that i can download or order DVD of vista premium???... 2 7/10/2007 1:46:30 PM Ubuntu dual boot Any idea how to dual boot with Ubuntu on the same harddisk as Vista? ... 2 7/10/2007 12:53:46 PM Fail to complete vista business install Hi, My target system is: Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop 1GB RAM 80GB Fujitsu (MHT2080A) Hard Disk DVD drive (don't recall the model) ATI X300 64MB graphics Broadcom NIC. Onboard Intel Pro 2200 Wireless/Toshiba Bluetooth/Broadcom modem. Wireless, Bluetooth and Modem are turned off in the BIOS, all other BIOS settings are default. I have been attempting to install Vista Business 32bit OEM... 1 7/10/2007 12:12:03 PM Connecting Vista Machine to a Domain Hi, Can we connect the vista client machine to any other Domain(2k3,2k)? If yes can u plz let mw know how? Thanks in advance. Regards, Pratyusha... 3 7/10/2007 9:22:18 AM the windows installer service couldnt be accessed hello i am having a Super problem i wish some 1 can help me with when i try to install any program or app or game or probably any thing i get the following error installer service couldnt be accessed i took a pic of the problem that i hope that can help you here : http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=00e4jkzgemd#thumb=4 or here : http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/89... 4 7/10/2007 7:34:00 AM Easy Transfer crashing Hello all... I am trying to transfer files from an xp desktop to a vista laptop via a Belkin cable and have not managed to get through the process without easy transfer crashing. First time I tried to transfer the whole shebang and had to leave and come back during th process. When I returned, there was a message on the vista machine saying that the process failed. Second time I transfer... 1 7/10/2007 6:08:00 AM ODBC missing for Access on 64 bit Vista Ultimate Hi. Can anyone help me how to get an odbc driver for MSaccess 2003 for Vista Ultimate 64 bit. For som reason the odbc driver has dissapeared. I have tryed to remove my Visual Studio 2005, and reinstaled Ms Office pro 2003. No result. I have understand, that the ODBC driver was installed with Vista, but clean I dont want, if possible, to do a clean new vista install. Are there any help ... 3 7/10/2007 6:04:00 AM 72 Pages: <<  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  >>