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Will Windows Vista install on 32bit processor or only 64?
-- Otto

"otto" wrote in message

Will Windows Vista install on 32bit processor or only 64?

There are versions for both.
Tom Lake

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"otto" wrote in message

Will Windows Vista install on 32bit processor or only 64?
-- Otto

does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista burned on a disk if so can i have a copy. p.s. i will pay for it

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"xander green" wrote in message

does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista burned on a disk if so can i have a copy. p.s. i will pay for it

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"xander green" wrote in message

does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista burned on a disk if so can i have a copy. p.s. i will pay for it

Is it just me, or d'ya think someone's trying to be very clever and get themselves a free copy of Vista playing the kind charm? ;o)
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"xander green" wrote in message does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista burned on a disk if so can i have a copy. p.s. i will pay for it

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"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

Is it just me, or d'ya think someone's trying to be very clever and get themselves a free copy of Vista playing the kind charm? ;o)
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"xander green" wrote in message does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista burned on a disk if so can i have a copy. p.s. i will pay for it

"does anyone have a spear copy of windows vista..."
Spare copy... not spear copy, which could face import restrictions...
-- Nicholas...
"Overclock Your Life, Then The World"

Hi, I `ve got troubles with installing procedure, installer is @the point where you can choose the partition, but i can`t klick the "next" button because installer says "unable to determine the size of the installation image. please verify that the image is still accessible and try again" but the dvd installed so far so it "should" be still there o.O

sorry wrong thread :/

HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

3 more days. ;) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

Andre, Dell sorta gyped me-The sonic software included won't burn iso files!! So I downloaded burn cdcc from terrabyte unlimited; also got Image for Windows, from them.
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

3 more days. ;) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

I meant 3 more week, oopsy. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, Dell sorta gyped me-The sonic software included won't burn iso files!! So I downloaded burn cdcc from terrabyte unlimited; also got Image for Windows, from them.
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message 3 more days. ;) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

Andre, What would you suggest for burning iso's and to be able to make a full copy of my O.S.? Will Nero do it?
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I meant 3 more week, oopsy. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Dell sorta gyped me-The sonic software included won't burn iso files!! So I downloaded burn cdcc from terrabyte unlimited; also got Image for Windows, from them.
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message 3 more days. ;) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message

HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

From what I am seeing in 5384.4, I think you will be disappointed with it, it's not slick like xp was, and the lack of drivers from venders is bad, at least with xp we could use 2k drivers, xp drivers won't work with vista. Really it looks like an xbox concept to me.

I use NERO for burning ISOs to CDs and DVDs, also for backing them up. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, What would you suggest for burning iso's and to be able to make a full copy of my O.S.? Will Nero do it?
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message I meant 3 more week, oopsy. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Dell sorta gyped me-The sonic software included won't burn iso files!! So I downloaded burn cdcc from terrabyte unlimited; also got Image for Windows, from them.
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message 3 more days. ;) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

As I Previously Mentioned: Try using Daemon Tools 4.03 (Worked Great for me), http://www.daemon-tools.cc/
"Jeff" wrote in message

HEY, Feeelin lonely; I can't play yet!!! :-) LOL Jeff

just double click the icon and it will ask you if you want to delete it.
"flwolf" wrote in message

Am I the only one that hates this Vista crap? The Explorer alone is annoying enough to low-level the hard drive and re-install XT. I just deleted a program correctly, but Vista left the desktop icon and now it can't be deleted anymore, because 'this program doen't exist". There's a whole list of nonsense I could publish, but I'm just too tired. -- Love & Peace!
Wolf

My hard drive is bad. I should be covered under warranty with my laptop is less than a year old. Thanks for all the info.
"sdb" wrote:

It will not come up in safe mode either.
"Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]" wrote:
No -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry "sdb" wrote in message Will I lose any of my documents and such doing the restore?
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
Boot into "Safe Mode" and use System Restore which is found by going to Start > All Programs Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
Chat support for HP products http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact/chat_1.html
-- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"sdb" wrote in message I have an HP laptop with Vista, I purchased in April '07. My Vista keeps going to startup repair option when booting up. It will stay on the 'Startup repair is checking your system for problems...' screen endlessly...'attempting repairs'. If I try to start normally it just gets to enter user Windows password, then goes to blank screen. Nothing happens after that. I have left both screens for hours to see if anything happens. Vista was already installed on my laptop. The only cd I have with my laptop paperwork is a Windows Upgrade Anytime cd. How can I correct this issue without losing all my data? From what I've read, I may be able to repair with the Vista installation cd. My Vista authenticity code label is on the back of my computer. Should I have gotten an install cd? Is this what I need to do? If so, where can I get the install cd to go with my laptop?

Hi, I'm staring to think;I got spun off to a bad boy corner-NO ACCESS to servers- :-( Jeff

Does anyone know if this public beta 2 will give access to possible future Vista updates before the retail version hits?

Those who have signed up for the Beta 2 will also be given access to RC1 later in the year.
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Ryan" wrote in message

Does anyone know if this public beta 2 will give access to possible future Vista updates before the retail version hits?

Installed Vista with some diffaculty. It took two days and the solutions were derived from the news groups. especially register cleaning software and creating a virtual dirive to install Vista from. After getting it to install I had to many programs that would not run. Such as Garmins Topo and webroot there are others. So I tried to go back to XP and the computer crashed. Fortunatly I had backed up the entire hard drive and was able to restore every thing. So at this point I don't have the time to resolve all the issues to make Vist workable. I think if one were able to really delve into it things wouls work just fine. So untill it's more stable I'll leave it be Rick

Hi Everybody, I finally get to play!!!!! Vista's cool;and Andre and Zack hooked me up!!! Great advice for hardware. Although it only rates a 3;I'm way happy!!!!
Jeff

well i got the vista beta 2 and I got the key. i was downloading it and my power went out,Now when i go and to start the download its says " You have received the maximum number of Product Keys available for this program" How do i restart the download?

Check your e-mail for the message from Microsoft with your product key. There should be a link to download the ISO again. "smok" wrote in message

well i got the vista beta 2 and I got the key. i was downloading it and my power went out,Now when i go and to start the download its says " You have received the maximum number of Product Keys available for this program" How do i restart the download?

"ralph brown" wrote in message news:...

is there any way to cut off user account control off

I worked a week on the systems to try to get it to a useable state and there was just no way. I have an old laptop I will put Vista on and work with it. I do a greatt deal of work with computers and I really like what I saw!

Please note the hardware requirements of Vista, especiall on RAM. Not enough RAM will get your vista to unusable state. -- Leo Jei (beBoy) Connect ID: 1025542
"Mike" wrote in message

I worked a week on the systems to try to get it to a useable state and there was just no way. I have an old laptop I will put Vista on and work with it. I do a greatt deal of work with computers and I really like what I saw!

Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

WARREN MCKEEBY wrote:

Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

Have you downloaded Vista x64? if you have and you want an 64 bit OS then boot to the DVD and run install from there. If you don't want 64 bit OS go and d/l the Vista x86 version form MS.
Charlie

If you wanted to pay for shipping and wait a variable amount of time you can get it shipped:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx
Beta 2 is now not the newest build although people who have the newest build (5456.5) seem to be very coy about telling you in here or telling you what ***if anything has been fixed or improved*** (but it's been plastered all over the web)--the month to month builds remind people that the Tin Ear mentality is alive and well at Redmond--where new builds are given to the hundreds of whiny babies in adult bodies who ask for a new build the second the next build is relesed because they like the aphrodisiac feel of getting the latest whether anything is fixed or features are improved or not:
Vista 5456.5 First Look http://www.pro-networks.org/
You have been extremely murky about how you did this--***are you trying to dual boot***? I'd start over and make sure that when you use Nero Warren you do the burn from XP so that the Vista setup will be on the XP desktop and you will get the chance if you are trying to dual boot to direct Vista to the space you have cleared for it. If you are dual booting, XP remains on it's current drive on you PC (probably C:\) and you want to be able to dual boot Vista on one of your other drives or partitions. You will be able to return to your XP boot via a shortcut easily, but know that doing so will wipe out your Vista restore points so you will have to recreate one. The shortcut to access files and folders from the Vista desktop is C:\Documents and Settings\XP User Profile\Desktop and then drag the shortcut from the top of that explorer folder when it pops up.
Pay attention to these details and you should have no trouble burining the ISO and dual booting if you want to after that:
I would add to these directions, that on Nero 6 and above you can click on Iso and streamline the steps a bit:
Steps to Burn Iso: http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm#Nero%20Burning%20ROM
Alternative Dual Boot Directions with Screen Shots: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/windows-vista-beta-how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php
*How To Burn the DVD and Dual Boot Vista From Windows XP*
1) If or when you have the dual boot in place in the future, you may want to save or backup whatever you files/folders, shortcuts you created on the previous Vista boot so you won't have to go after them again (right now there is no previousVista boot for you) but there will be the next time around. You'll able to do that with Vista's backup or just burn to your DVD burner (Vista also has native DVD burning software).
2) If in the future you have XP on one boot and Vista on the other, boot into XP and type diskmgmt.msc in the run box and right click the drive where your current Vista is so that you clean it to put on the future Vista. There are lots of ways to format, but this one is quick and easy and it works.
3) Open up Nero Burning Rom, One of the selections in Nero on your All Programs menu. You will drag the mouse accross the Nero Ultra entry in All Programs first. If you have Nero 6X and 7, (I can't remember how it was in 5) you will have two dialogue boxes pop up when you click Nero Burning Rom. The one facing you will say "New Compilation." The only thing you have to click on that is ISO. The other checkboxes and pulldowns don't need to be touched to burn the Vista Iso.
Then you'll find a new button on the Upper Right. Click it. Make absolutely sure when given the option to Close the DVD burning session you do this so that it will be bootable. Burn at a slow speed--this is an Operating System Iso so use 8X or even 4X. You don't need to burn any more slowly and a DVD + gives you an edge in burning accuracy. It's not going to take that long.
4) Make sure you close the session.
5) There are times when people are unsuccessful at burning the Iso and there is one more tip I use and it's outlined here:
Get to Device Manager by typing devmgmt.msc in run/win key + pause break or Rt.click My Computer>Prop>hardware tab>Device Manager if you like 5 stepsinstead of one cmd. If you're set to PMI here change to DMO and if set toDMO change to PMI:
a.. Click the + in front of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers a.. Double Click the Secondary IDE Controller a.. Click Advanced Settings a.. Under Device 1 Next to Transfer Mode choose DMA (or vise versa) a.. Click OK a.. Reboot your System
6) After you burn the Iso, while you are in XP, the setup for Vista will pop up on your screen.
7) CRC checking utilities for accuracy of the burn are available on the web.
8) On a dual boot you'll get a black and white screen that gives you choices:
Good luck,
CH

"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message

Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

After the download you should use "burn image to disc". You should start the setup by booting the computer with the dvd and choosing an empty partition or drive for installation. Do NOT install over your present XP unless it is on a test machine. You may not be able to get XP back if you do.
"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message

Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

I sure agree with Colin DO NOT install "over" your present XP. Never install one Windows OS over another. Also since to date, MSFT has done such a poor job of solving the multiple issues that have been reported by testers with ***upgrades from XP to Vista*** which their prime motivation --money-- will motivate them to solve by RTM time (hopefully, maybe or maybe not) whenever that actually happens. There is serious discussion that Vista could become "another ME" since a number of its major features are currently broken in the latest build, and if a lot of elements of this OS aren't addressed I think that's reasonable. It's Beta a little more than half way to the projeted and shaky RTM dates, but will it ship as a multi-flawed Beta is the question?
I strongly recommend a dual boot if you don't have a spare machine or hard drive. I was very clearto recommend burning the DVD FROM XP but not installing over XP.
I would never advocate a "dirty install" of one Windows Operating system over another. You're asking for scrambled mangled files and reg entries then. No where in my directions to burn or dual boot is an install of Vista advocated over XP or even an upgrade of XP to Vista given MSFT's failure to get an upgrade scenario into what most people would consider reasonable shape. You should do a clean install of Vista to wherever you have made adequate space, but if you need to dual boot, burning from XP and running the Vista setup from the XP desktop which is in no way installing over XP since Vista setup has given you an option to direct Vista wherever you want in any build to date.
I have directions for burning, for dual booting, and an alternative set of directions for dual booting with screenshots in them on my post. I would welcome any additional aids to burning or dual booting any time but they have made it easy for me to do.
CH
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

After the download you should use "burn image to disc". You should start the setup by booting the computer with the dvd and choosing an empty partition or drive for installation. Do NOT install over your present XP unless it is on a test machine. You may not be able to get XP back if you do.
"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

Before you dual boot Vista on an XP system, make sure that you know how the XP boot works, and how to restore it. The Vista install will overwrite the XP boot manager, and it will do it on the XP partition. So reformating the Vista partition is not enough to get rid of all of the Vista installation.
If you have two hard drives, you can disconnect the XP hard drive before installing Vista, and use the BIOS to select which hard drive to boot from. This will leave your XP partition/drive unmodified by Vista, and therefore you will not have anything to clean up.
Todd
"Chad Harris" wrote in message

I sure agree with Colin DO NOT install "over" your present XP. Never install one Windows OS over another. Also since to date, MSFT has done such a poor job of solving the multiple issues that have been reported by testers with ***upgrades from XP to Vista*** which their prime motivation --money-- will motivate them to solve by RTM time (hopefully, maybe or maybe not) whenever that actually happens. There is serious discussion that Vista could become "another ME" since a number of its major features are currently broken in the latest build, and if a lot of elements of this OS aren't addressed I think that's reasonable. It's Beta a little more than half way to the projeted and shaky RTM dates, but will it ship as a multi-flawed Beta is the question?
I strongly recommend a dual boot if you don't have a spare machine or hard drive. I was very clearto recommend burning the DVD FROM XP but not installing over XP.
I would never advocate a "dirty install" of one Windows Operating system over another. You're asking for scrambled mangled files and reg entries then. No where in my directions to burn or dual boot is an install of Vista advocated over XP or even an upgrade of XP to Vista given MSFT's failure to get an upgrade scenario into what most people would consider reasonable shape. You should do a clean install of Vista to wherever you have made adequate space, but if you need to dual boot, burning from XP and running the Vista setup from the XP desktop which is in no way installing over XP since Vista setup has given you an option to direct Vista wherever you want in any build to date.
I have directions for burning, for dual booting, and an alternative set of directions for dual booting with screenshots in them on my post. I would welcome any additional aids to burning or dual booting any time but they have made it easy for me to do.
CH
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message After the download you should use "burn image to disc". You should start the setup by booting the computer with the dvd and choosing an empty partition or drive for installation. Do NOT install over your present XP unless it is on a test machine. You may not be able to get XP back if you do.
"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

Vista will write the boot configuration store on the XP root, but it does not follow that it will overwrite the XP boot manager.
"Todd" wrote in message

Before you dual boot Vista on an XP system, make sure that you know how the XP boot works, and how to restore it. The Vista install will overwrite the XP boot manager, and it will do it on the XP partition. So reformating the Vista partition is not enough to get rid of all of the Vista installation.
If you have two hard drives, you can disconnect the XP hard drive before installing Vista, and use the BIOS to select which hard drive to boot from. This will leave your XP partition/drive unmodified by Vista, and therefore you will not have anything to clean up.
Todd
"Chad Harris" wrote in message I sure agree with Colin DO NOT install "over" your present XP. Never install one Windows OS over another. Also since to date, MSFT has done such a poor job of solving the multiple issues that have been reported by testers with ***upgrades from XP to Vista*** which their prime motivation --money-- will motivate them to solve by RTM time (hopefully, maybe or maybe not) whenever that actually happens. There is serious discussion that Vista could become "another ME" since a number of its major features are currently broken in the latest build, and if a lot of elements of this OS aren't addressed I think that's reasonable. It's Beta a little more than half way to the projeted and shaky RTM dates, but will it ship as a multi-flawed Beta is the question?
I strongly recommend a dual boot if you don't have a spare machine or hard drive. I was very clearto recommend burning the DVD FROM XP but not installing over XP.
I would never advocate a "dirty install" of one Windows Operating system over another. You're asking for scrambled mangled files and reg entries then. No where in my directions to burn or dual boot is an install of Vista advocated over XP or even an upgrade of XP to Vista given MSFT's failure to get an upgrade scenario into what most people would consider reasonable shape. You should do a clean install of Vista to wherever you have made adequate space, but if you need to dual boot, burning from XP and running the Vista setup from the XP desktop which is in no way installing over XP since Vista setup has given you an option to direct Vista wherever you want in any build to date.
I have directions for burning, for dual booting, and an alternative set of directions for dual booting with screenshots in them on my post. I would welcome any additional aids to burning or dual booting any time but they have made it easy for me to do.
CH
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message After the download you should use "burn image to disc". You should start the setup by booting the computer with the dvd and choosing an empty partition or drive for installation. Do NOT install over your present XP unless it is on a test machine. You may not be able to get XP back if you do.
"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

Todd--
My experience has been exactly what Colin has said. I am sure that if you perform Vista setup *from XP* that you are not overwriting the XP boot manager. I would like to say what the consequences of overwriting the XP boot manager would be precisely. I'm not near as up to speed on BCDedit as I should be. I haven't read enough and worked with it enough but I have everything I could get hold of from MSFT and other places on it. From what I'm seeing though, I think you can document quickly for yourself that running Vista setup *from XP* is not overwriting the XP boot manager.
Some of the others Colin, Rick, Andre, Mike and seveal other people might have a good grip on the Boot Configuration Data Editor and its many many (esoteric to me rightn now) switches that I'm looking at on the cmd prompt. I think you would see that both boot managers are coexisting unless you have one dual boot manager. Someone might want to clarify this.
I have been using the Diskmgmt.msc tool to format my Vista driver for a new build--and I have also let some files be gathered into Windows.old folders but I prefer to be on the safe side to save any files or folders I want saved by copying them onto another drive and then bringing them back for to my next Vista build's desktop. That way the "work" or files I accumulated on the last Vista stick around for use on the next one--I either copy them back to the new Vista or just access them where I put them via the file path--depending on where I want them.
CH
CH
"Todd" wrote in message

Before you dual boot Vista on an XP system, make sure that you know how the XP boot works, and how to restore it. The Vista install will overwrite the XP boot manager, and it will do it on the XP partition. So reformating the Vista partition is not enough to get rid of all of the Vista installation.
If you have two hard drives, you can disconnect the XP hard drive before installing Vista, and use the BIOS to select which hard drive to boot from. This will leave your XP partition/drive unmodified by Vista, and therefore you will not have anything to clean up.
Todd
"Chad Harris" wrote in message I sure agree with Colin DO NOT install "over" your present XP. Never install one Windows OS over another. Also since to date, MSFT has done such a poor job of solving the multiple issues that have been reported by testers with ***upgrades from XP to Vista*** which their prime motivation --money-- will motivate them to solve by RTM time (hopefully, maybe or maybe not) whenever that actually happens. There is serious discussion that Vista could become "another ME" since a number of its major features are currently broken in the latest build, and if a lot of elements of this OS aren't addressed I think that's reasonable. It's Beta a little more than half way to the projeted and shaky RTM dates, but will it ship as a multi-flawed Beta is the question?
I strongly recommend a dual boot if you don't have a spare machine or hard drive. I was very clearto recommend burning the DVD FROM XP but not installing over XP.
I would never advocate a "dirty install" of one Windows Operating system over another. You're asking for scrambled mangled files and reg entries then. No where in my directions to burn or dual boot is an install of Vista advocated over XP or even an upgrade of XP to Vista given MSFT's failure to get an upgrade scenario into what most people would consider reasonable shape. You should do a clean install of Vista to wherever you have made adequate space, but if you need to dual boot, burning from XP and running the Vista setup from the XP desktop which is in no way installing over XP since Vista setup has given you an option to direct Vista wherever you want in any build to date.
I have directions for burning, for dual booting, and an alternative set of directions for dual booting with screenshots in them on my post. I would welcome any additional aids to burning or dual booting any time but they have made it easy for me to do.
CH
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message After the download you should use "burn image to disc". You should start the setup by booting the computer with the dvd and choosing an empty partition or drive for installation. Do NOT install over your present XP unless it is on a test machine. You may not be able to get XP back if you do.
"WARREN MCKEEBY" wrote in message Hi, I downloaded Vista from the microsoft web site. It was a image/iso file. I then used nero to burn it to a cd-rom. ThenI typed in the run box-E:/SETUP.EXE. Then on my screen I received a error-Not a vaild win 32 application. How can I correct this? Do I have a bad iso/image file? If so where can I download a good copy or get it on a DVD disk? Thanks in advance.

Why can't we use 32 & 64 bit drivers that worked fine in Win XP ?

In article , Unseenbubba says...

Why can't we use 32 & 64 bit drivers that worked fine in Win XP ?
Because its a different operating system you dumb cunt.

-- Conor Grumpy Old Man Same Shit, Different Day.

Because this is not Windows XP. In Vista, drivers will no longer be able to run in kernel mode like they were able to in XP.
"Unseenbubba" wrote in message > Why can't we use 32 & 64 bit drivers that worked fine in Win XP ?

i have not yet installed vista beta but wanted to know if by installing it, it could damage my pc like the bios, etc?

Nope, but there have been reports of over heating on certain laptops. http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/andre/archive/2006/06/08/3002.aspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Sprik" wrote in message

i have not yet installed vista beta but wanted to know if by installing it, it could damage my pc like the bios, etc?

Sprik wrote:

i have not yet installed vista beta but wanted to know if by installing it, it could damage my pc like the bios, etc?

it wont damage your bios or etc. try it as installing as secondary os with dual booting in a new partition or secondary hard disk

Hi! I'd like to say if this notebook will be campatible with vista:
- MIntel® Centrino™ Intel® Pentium® M 740 (1,73 GHz, 533 MHz, cache 2 MB) with chipset Mobile Intel® 915GM Express - Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 1.024 MB, DDR2 RAM - 100 GB (5.400 rpm) Serial ATA - ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ X600SE, 128 MB DDR Video RAM, 16x PCI Express, up to 256MB with HyperMemory
Thank you!

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"Roks" wrote in message

Hi! I'd like to say if this notebook will be campatible with vista:
- MIntel® Centrino™ Intel® Pentium® M 740 (1,73 GHz, 533 MHz, cache 2 MB) with chipset Mobile Intel® 915GM Express - Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 1.024 MB, DDR2 RAM - 100 GB (5.400 rpm) Serial ATA - ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ X600SE, 128 MB DDR Video RAM, 16x PCI Express, up to 256MB with HyperMemory
Thank you!

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