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If I buy the VISTA upgrade instead of the full version....
This view is seemingly supported by Microsoft's own online documentation (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/en-us): "When you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system on a Windows Vista-based computer, Setup overwrites everything from the MBR, the boot sector, and the boot files.

Can't get Works to work in Vista
It still means that in 2 years Vista has nearly caught up with Linux's many many years in the 'Can not install it' category. Not to mention that Vista is usually bought pre installed, and Linux is usually installed by the user. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

vista to xp
Chris Ch...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public virtualpc I have a Dell M70, have installed last summer's version of Vista but killed the vmc and vhd because it's was pretty far off. So, yesterday I got a Feb release and tried to install it but it's asking for a "Driver" for my hard disk.

Platform SDK for Vista fails to install on Vista Ultimate x64
Matthew Broersma, Techworld Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:15 PM PST http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141992/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws Windows Vista users now have a way to cut down the operating system's famously large installation footprint with a free software tool. Developer Dino Nuhagic released version 1.1 of

Another Vista install problem.
Noticed that the version is 6.02900.2180 This is IE 6 instead of IE7 right? I have followed Sandi's installation tips still no luck. http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install [And I strongly recommend using http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx as the installation source,

Vista install
I'm not in XP at the moment but I will be later and I'll check to see if I have Image Zone there and if so what version it is -- on XP it is ver 5.0 but I think there is a 5.1 I'll post another message later about my VISTA installation. BTW What version of VISTA do you have? The Home Editions do not come with

Advice - Best way to transfer settings to a Vista Clean install.
By the way, given the UNIX system is pretty old (Solaris v8), could the latest version of R be installed on such old system or we have to install an earlier Worth upgrading to Vista X64? On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Ralph79 wrote: Dear R-Users, as I will start a huge simulation in a few weeks, I am about to buy a new

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
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

Windows Media Player 11 will not work.
The run dialog is by default hidden on a standard Vista install, so the instructions to start the registry editor and then to navigate and find and then delete the above entry are too I have tried to redownload Ie7, but since its integrated into vista Microsoft does not have a vista version to download.

Schon wieder Probleme mit Vista
I bought a new computer hoping to improve performance, but it came equipped with Vista. I use several programs which won't work with it at all. You will also need either a bootable Windows XP CD (not an upgrade version but a full install version of Windows XP) or the recovery disks supplied by the computer

Vista Premium 64 Bit OEM Version
Wenn ich, nachdem Vista von Plate nicht mehr startet, von der DVD starte sollte Vista doch die Version auf Platte auf Fehler untersuchen. Die Reparaturoption repariert die Startumgebung, nicht die Vista-Installation. Das steht da auch. Was Du suchst, ist die Systemwiederherstellung, die Du da gleich daneben findest

Vista 64 - strange boot up
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista installation_setup A Burness wrote: Due to a hard drive failure I'm having to reinstall Vista. Previous Upgrade versions of windows allowed you to insert a CD from a previous version to prove to the install that you could legitimately use it.

UAC
Oh yeah - that is only the version that comes with the OS, apparently you can BUY an upgraded version of quicktime that can play all the same content Pretty much every player will have issues with certain poorly encoded files - but the standard version of Quicktime is MUCH worse than any other player I've used.

Installing Vista Upgrade needing SATA RAID drivers
Hi All: I recently installed the full retail version of Vista Home Premium on my main MCE2005 computer in a dual boot configuration. I have found the MCE2005 interface works better on this computer for my purposes and want to remove Vista and install it on a computer where it will work ok for me.

Vista install space
All the latest Windows versions are designed to improve performance with additional ram (I assume Suse Linux works the same) -- the more you throw at them the better, albeit with diminishing returns past a certain point, which will vary depending on what applications you're running. With 32-bit Dimdows,

Cannot Install Vista on SATA Drive
Bonjour, j'ai acquis un PC Dell avec license (OEM) "Vista Intégrale Authentique", à savoir Ultimate en français. Cette version (ultimate) étant multilingue, je m'attendais à une installation en anglais avec ajout du pack de langue français par dessus. En réalité ce n'était pas le cas: l'installation est uniquement

Vista install space
[image: Windows] <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=201> KrispyGlider <krisp...@gmail.com> writes *"Vista's installation process is dramatically different from any previous version of Windows: rather than being an 'installer,' the install DVD is actually a preinstalled copy of Windows that simply gets decompressed

If I buy the VISTA upgrade instead of the full version....
I have a Dell M70, have installed last summer's version of Vista but killed the vmc and vhd because it's was pretty far off. So, yesterday I got a Feb release and tried to install it but it's asking for a "Driver" for my hard disk. Where / what do I do about this? On a second note, why the heck is the mouse so

vista install info from an upgrade version
I bought the GD XP disc so i should be entitiled to a GD clean install! That's some F-ing nerve man. jf AFAIK when you do *any* Vista install, be it Retail/OEM/Upgrade the Vista software is laid-down on a newly-formatted hard drive as a complete Vista image, without carrying anything over from whatever was on that

CRM Vista install
If you put an upgrade version of an application on one computer and the original version on another computer, YOU ARE STEALING. 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