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Vista installation trouble, help please
So if I buy a new Dell with Vista will I be able to install Vista onto my Dell E510 which came with XP Pro Media? Has anyone tried this yet, in the past as long as it was Dell OEM OS to Dell PC with same owner for both there was never a problem but wondering if Vista is going to be different with Dells.

Vista install stops Knoppix/Ubuntu dead in their tracks
Following an unfixable error with the Vista Backup & Recovery program I've decided that my first Vista installation has reached the end of its natural life. It was an upgrade from XP Home Edition (which came with the PC) to Vista Home Premium on the original C partition. Not ideal, but now I would like to start

OT: 2nd Windows Vista Install
So when you install xp after vista, the key point is to restore the boot sector. If you don't, you can write all the MBRs you want, they won't fix your problem. No one has said that only the MBR had to be changed to "fix your problem". (Please note that it is not I who has the problem of the inquiring poster.

Will Dell OEM Vista install on another Dell PC?
uwo.ca> wrote: I'm working on a multi-boot installation of Vista. My Vista 32 installation IIS default website works fine but I can't get the default IIS website (same machine) going using Vista 64. Advanced settings and web site binding are idenical--same machine--same router-- same static ip.

Vista install
Hu Ru secretasian...@usa.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I have a question about Vista. I currently have XP installed however it seems to be a corrupted install as software, ie Internet Explorer, downloaded software, etc, gets uninstalled and won't work everytime I turn off the PC.

vista install info from an upgrade version
The user has indicated that the first thing he did when setting up Vista was turn off User Account Control. The user then decided that he wanted to demo a different version of our VB6 app...same setup.exe, with the version being selected after install. So he did a CP, removed original app, then reinstalled.

Getting ready to install Vista
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Bob wrote: Peoples been warned about updating to Vista due to it still being buggy. Whenever anything new comes out, you always find people with that point of view. I can only report my own experience.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
slappy434 slappy434.35g...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I am doing a similar type of thing. I've already cloned my original 80GB hard drive onto a new 160GB hard drive (80GB partition) and I'm running my same copy of XP just fine. I'm ready to install Vista business on the

Question about Vista install
Pleeease Help!! just did a new clean install of vista business version and trying to do the first windows update... Its says i must first install new windows update software, goes to a 'downloading and installing updates' progress bar but it fails and says 'windows could not search for new updates' and displays

EXTREMELY slow install of Vista as guest
...winston ms-mvp windows live mail "entdoc" <entdoc.353...@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:entdoc.3537j1@no-mx.forums.net... i have a legal vista ultimate license unused on any machine and NOT OEM. i would like to install vista ultimate 64 on a new laptop. it came preinstalled with home premium 32 (the

Vista install
I plan on purchasing vista soon. the problem is that after i install perhaps a couple of months I probably will upgrade most of the hardware in my computer, such as motherboard, video card, processor...I was wondering how would this affect the authentication of vista. Is it better to just wait and install vista on

Networking problem after Vista install
Co' mo^.t ddie^`u anh ca^`n nho+' la` khi install Vista va`o (C or D) , hai ca'i Win. no' interact vo+'i nhau ne^n anh kho^ng the^? del. ca'i Vista or XP ne^'u anh kho^ng muo^'n Install Vista le^nC: (with format) so it's a clean Vista installation with C:\Program Files, C:\Windows etc 4. Xa`i, xa`i, xa`i ... 5.

Vista Fresh Install (it still sucks)
0ut1aw 0ut...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general UPDATE After uninstalling reinstalling office project viso heck every windows non OS I have still no luck I finally sat down to fix a different problem I had. I killed a printer that wasn't working and found a good driver loaded it got

Vista install
Chaney cha...@i12.com uk radio amateur My next door neighbour is a network administrator at a local IT school he too says that is the best way to install "vista"...they have tried it and reinstalled XP on said machines...he once again runs XP on his own machines... Moving on a little his advice for people that MUST

windows vista 32bit realtek driver will not install
All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. "jf" <j...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E2411674-775D-410B-A171-CA50AFCE9D38@microsoft.com... I am trying to install office 2000 on my new computer with Vista. It says I don't have a qualifying product.

Question about Vista install
koch koch.359...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista general Malke;623355 Wrote: 0ut1aw wrote: Maybe Vista Maybe Office but. Did you upgrade Vista, do a clean install, or get Vista preinstalled? If you did an upgrade and Office was carried over from XP, then try uninstalling/reinstalling Office.

Question about Vista install
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista general zerocool3312 wrote: How many computers in my home can I install my copy of Vista on? One. You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each computer on which you install it. Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating

Question about Vista install
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup If you can run in safe mode and not normal mode you have a driver problem. Set your computer to not automatically restart in System Properties to get a better error message. Install the proper video driver in safe or low resolution

Windows Vista Install Script January Update for Windows CE 6.0
Rick Rogers r...@mvps.org microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi Tammy, As long as you can boot into the XP installation, insert the DVD and start setup, all you need is the upgrade disk. What you can't do is boot the Vista install disk and run setup outside of XP, you must have a working installation

customize vista installation
I want to add the XP install to the bootmgr, so I don't have to keep changing in the BIOS. You may doubt this is possible, except my XP install was once part of a different Vista install, so has already been modified Before you draw conclusions, read below: SCENARIO: First I had XP installed on Hard Drive A Then I