A bit ago a person on here said they were able to upgrade their academic vista ultimate 32bit from their school to the 64bit version through the alternate media order. HOW? I have tried and it says offer not found. I have a copy now of 32bit vista that is doing me no good at all since I have 4gigs of ram and a 64bit processor.
I wanted to order the Windows Vista x64 DVD that already had SP2 on it since the media I have is a version of Vista without any service pack on it which has the memory bug where Vista has issues installing on systems that have over 2GB of RAM.
I should have ordered the media when I saw it on the page, because now if you follow that link, you get redirected to...
Windows Vista home page
Which pretends to be about Vista, but shoves 7 in your face. But anyway, I'd like to know if anyone knows where that page went? I desperately need this Vista x64 with SP2 media, as my Win7 beta will begin to expire soon, and I'm not ready to upgrade to 7 just yet. TIA. :-)
I purchased the business version of vista from Windows marketplace, then I performed an anytime upgrade to Ultimate, now I would like to change to vista 64 but I don???t have a disk and I am not sure that my current key will work. I called Microsoft about obtaining alternate media (64 bit disk) however they informed me that I couldn???t get a dish through the alternate media plan because I bought from marketplace and not a retail canter. This is nuts to me. There must be some reasonable way to get a 64 bit disk in which my key will work without purchasing an entirely new version of vista. I mean dang I paid a ton for this, and now with me still playing fair they won't send me a 64 bit disk or let me purchase one for a minimal fee. Surely there must be some avenue I have over looked.
For reasons that I have yet to determine, my current computer is killing motherboards. I am assuming it is a virus so my friend is going to do a virus scan from his MAC to make sure my hard drive is clean. I decided to order a new HP (my current computer was home-built with the assistance from an IT savvy friend). To be more specific, it's model M8430F from best buy. Now for my question: Assuming my hard drive is not the root cause for the motherboard failure, it has XP and some 3D design programs that I use on it. I'm a little nervous about using Vista on the new computer to run these programs. Therefore I was wondering if I can install my current hard drive (SATA) into my new computer (HP M8430F) which is Vista based.
I'm not 100% computer na?ve? although it makes sense in my head that I should be able to boot from either hard drive I understand that there's a lot that I DON?T understand and therefore am posting here.
New computer with Vista Hard drive from old computer with XP = Can I install XP hard drive and choose to boot from it when I want to use specific programs currently installed on it?
I have several contacts in my Windows Mail Contacts that I have mutiple e-mail addresses set up. (Using Vista). When I start typing the contact name in the "Send" window, only the "Preferred" e-mail shows up. How can I select their alternate e-mail address in the "Send" window?' I have tried right clicking and just about everyting else. There must be an easy way to bring up a list of all the e-mails in a contact (both preferred and the others) so I can then select which one or ones to send the message to.
This is what my system has and I would like to ask you guys if everything works to the maximum. Why do I only have 2.12 available of physical memory?
I would love to hear what you say guys. Tnx.
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name SASHA System Manufacturer TOSHIBA System Model Satellite A300D System Type x64-based PC Processor AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-80, 2100 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA V2.20, 11/08/2008 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Windows Directory C:Windows System Directory C:Windowssystem32 Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume2 Locale United Kingdom Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000" User Name SASHASash Time Zone GMT Standard Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB Available Physical Memory 2.12 GB Total Virtual Memory 8.20 GB Available Virtual Memory 6.33 GB Page File Space 4.29 GB Page File C:pagefile.sys
Media center keeps popping up, I have not been able to find a way to disable it, so that I can use the program only when I want. It is very tiresome to keep have it. open when ever I pop a cd or dvd in to my drive. I would like some control over which program I use to view/listen to the media I have, and not have one pop up automatically.
On one of my computers a newly created Folder In my Documents does not find its correct space in alphabetical order when the name is inserted but stays at the bottom of the list of Folders in My Documents, requiring it to be placed in the correct place by hand incurring all the difficulties of merging Folders at the same time - all time consuming. Is there a way of correcting this? The Technical Assistance for HP Compaq failed to find a solution - maybe you readers are better equipped with the grey matter than they are?
I'm new to vista and i'm just wondering...just media center require media player to work? If not is it possible to remove wmp11? On that note, is it also possible to remove IE7? As I am a devoted Firefox user
how do i add more channels? i've only 7 in my media center showcase (i do not use tv tuner card ) adding content to the Online Media media center online media vista?
I need to be able to put lists into alphabeical order, such an easy task on windows XP. Surely this useful device has not been omitted on my new Vista......but I cannot find it.
I've got it set up to my tastes. That said, one MAJOR annoyance I've come across is that no matter what I do, I cant keep the custom order of my 'All Programs' and 'Favorites' menus. I'm allowed to drag and drop in the order that I like, but every time I restart it's always put back in alphabetical order. I've unchecked the 'sort by alphabetical' in the 'customize start menu' panel, and I've made sure none of the folders are sorted by name... but nothing seems to do it.
I purchased a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I purchased the Any Time Upgrade for Vista Ultimate. MS had to mail me the Any Time Disc, which is taking a long time coming. I haven't installed any software, including my anti virus, thinking it would be best to do the system upgrade first. Is this correct, or can I just go ahead and load the other software (Office 2007, QuickBooks 2008) and Trend Micro Internet Security?
when I look at all my e mails from one sender--by clicking on sender--I want them to appear chronilogically, so I can scan what I need to, usually within the ten most recent. But they will only appear organized alphabetically by subject! Who cares about alphabetical by subject! Is there a way to rearrange?
I want my new messages to come in at the bottom but everytime I open my email box it is back at the top again. It is most annoying. This just started happening since I replaced my hard drive. Is there some setting I am missing?
It appears that in Vista, the DNS server(s) for a PPP connection are always favored over those from other connection regardless of the service provider order defined. This can be verified by using the nslookup command without any arguments and looking at the Default Server that is displayed. This is different than XP. Is there any way to change this?
Well, I get the PXE-E61 error on my computer every once in a while; maybe 1/5 times I start it up, and when it does happen I usually have to restart about two or three times to get it to start up correctly. I 'm not sure if it's a huge problem, but I would really like to get rid of it altogether because it is kind of annoying. Nothing else is wrong with my computer. I know changing the boot order is supposed to get rid of this, and I was given a link and a suggestion, but my options are slightly different than the ones I found in the link. I just want to be completely sure I'm doing this right. This is the link How do I resolve and PXE-E61 error message and crash?....
Initially, I had a problem with my sidebar gadgets getting out of order each time I turned on or restarted my computer. I hacked the registry, which enabled me to keep my sidebar gadgets in order, but now I can't add any new gadgets except for the ones that either I already had downloaded and installed (WoW Explorer and App Launcher), or that came with WinVsta Ultimate.....................
I wish to order image files in a folder in a certain way (ie not alphabetic or chronologic). I can drag and drop pictures into the preferred order, but I am not sure how to ensure the permanence of that re-ordering. Also, I would like to be able to copy these images (in there new order) to either a new folder or to a CD.
How do I put my internet favorites into alphabetical order when I click Favorites? They are in order in my C:UsernameFavorites folder, but not when I click Favorites in Internet Explorer.
I have had HP Order of the Phoenix running on Vista Ultimate before.Just tried running it and it does not appear to run.I can see that there is a hp.exe process (by guess is its the gaming trying to start).I wait for a while and nothing happens.If the game dvd is not in the drive it complains as expected.So I load up the dvd; still nothing appears to happen. Kaspersky has been installed since the last time it ran; I have checked and the game is trusted to run.Even tried running it as admin; no luck. Tried uninsalling/reinstalling (a number of times); no luck.
I want my emails to sort in descending order. This was working fine, but today it has decided to sort in descending order AND by subject. I can't get the 'sort by subject button' to clear. How do I do this?
I have files on as SD card mostly in the correct order for an LCD picture frame. When I view the card in windows; it sorts the files so they are in a different order than on the card. I need to move a single file on the card. How can I get windows to show me the same file order as on the card (no sorting)?
How can I organize my pictures in the place I put them, and them stay there? For instance..I have a folder of pictures that I want to put in my own order..when I click and drag them in the order that I want, they stay there...but when I close out of the folder and go back to it..they are all back in alphabetical order by the captions. so how can I make them stay in the order I put them in myself? is there any way or is it always in alphabetical order?