I would like to now if I can to reinstall my activated Vista again from its Upgrade Disc? In the same way as if it is Full Retail Disc.... As many time as I need...
or the Upgrade Copies are for one time use only?
I have a toshiba laptop. I have a virus on it. So I have decided to re-install my OS. I have a disc and a key too. But the problem is that, after installing, i will need a recovery disc. I dont have 1 for this laptop, but i do have for my dell laptop. Can i use that for toshiba 1?
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so I'm considering going for a full install using my upgrade disc. Yes no previous os installed. So I skip the serial key and continue to install now what I need to know is do I just place my key and windows will be activated or do I need to use registry hacks and stuff or will I just get away with putting my upgrade key in? I'm justtrying to avoid the ling route of install xp then install vista upgrade yes both OS genuine with genuine keys.
I want to switch to a new larger hd and upgrade to win7. Currently have a 250gb hd, partitioned (I think in-half) with Vista on a C partition and multiple users’ settings on D. The drive runs very hot; turn laptop on and watch the temp steadily climb (viewed via HD Tune) to 60celcius and then it shuts down. I am looking for the simplest way to ensure that I have all of my current programs (with licenses, activations, etc. working) and settings as in Vista migrated to Win 7. (primarily iTunes and media library).
1. If I use a disc cloning program like Macrium free to create a disc image of my current hd onto an external usb 1tb drive, then remove the current Vista hd, install the new blank internal hd and restore the disc image, will I have the Vista programs and settings copied and working on the new hd (in Vista)?
2. If so, can I then follow the Win 7 upgrade to achieve what I am looking for? I have seen others recommend against upgrade installs of Win 7, suggesting clean install and manually re-installing programs one by one. I am reluctant to do this; I probably have 200 programs and think it would be too difficult and time consuming.
3. Is there a better way to accomplish this?
4. Will a new hdd run cooler? At least enough so that it doesn’t crash and shut down, or is there some issue with the laptop besides the hd that could cause high temps?
I am using Win Vista, 32bit. I have a upgrade disc to vista 32bit. Can I possibly use that to re-install my OS. I have a virus Or I want Win 7 too, so can i upgrade to that by paying less? If not i will stick with vista.
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Home Premium on my new PC is it possible?
Why do I need to reinstall my printer every time I turn my computer on?
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Considering the fact that slipstreaming isn't possible, I would definitely like to replace my Ultimate retail discs with sp1 discs.
i bought a pc from a shop and had no disks included, vista home premium was already installed on the machine, i now need to boot up from the cd to run the first aid to try and fix problems i have, worst case scenario wipe the machine and start again but i have no disk. how do i do this is there somewhere on my machine to create a cd/dvd or can i borrow my friends and use that.
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View 9 Replies View Relatedmy laptop has complety messed (on desktop pc atm). log in is not working. recovery console not working. recovery cd not working. i would like to know where i can download a installion from windows vista home premuim 32bit.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI originally sought help for a problem with a hotfix, KB978251, which my machine would not accept. Over in the Updates thread, here, kb978251 cannot install: why? Flavius was gracious enough to respond. After running the diagnostics and posting the results he'd requested, the end result seems to be that my installation of Vista is corrupted.
His advice was to reinstall vista or upgrade to Windows 7. I am loathe to accept either course of action. The reinstall directions by Brink, here, Repair Install For Vista states explicity,
IF YOU HAVE THE VISTA SP2 INSTALLED: This will not work if you have SP1 and SP2 installed unless your Vista installation DVD includes SP2. I, of course, have SP2 installed. My Vista installation DVD did NOT include SP2; I patched my install to SP1, then later, to SP2.
To confirm, is it impossible to repair Vista if SP2 is installed and my DVD did NOT contain SP2?
Without reformatting my computer and starting from scratch, a course of action which seems quite drastic and perhaps not what Microsoft designed their OS to be known for, how can I repair my Vista installation?
My sfc files are attached. My understanding is that I have a lot of corrupt files. I am willing to replace them, but I need more information to interpret the results of the sfc output.
So I was spending way too much time on facebook and way too much time gaming when I needed to study for a chem test today so I thought it would be a good idea to somehow enable parental controls to only give me 30 mins a day on facebook and an reasonable amount of time on the computer game. I was going to get my roomate to type the password. After I went to parental controls I quickly realized that I could not micro manage the parental controls the way I wanted to because vista sucks.
So I downloaded "USER TIME CONTROL CENTER v 4.9.2.7" from "http://www.1securitycenter.com/index.html" and installed it. Then I realized I did not like the program because when I ran it it did not allow me to use any kind of administrative commands. It took me awile to figure out how to disable it but when I did I was able to uninstall it. The computer rebooted and then I quickly deleted it from out of my recycling bin only to find out that I still can not run administrative commands.
So now I:
1. Do not have the program
2. Can not reinstall the program
3. Can not restore program
4. Can not use any kind of 'run as administrator' (No error message, it tells me to type password but it wont let me imput)
Think that the problem is related to:
1. Csrss.exe
2. Csrstub.exe
And I dont know how to: Access User:administrator
I somehow have managed to delete my default vista screensaver , u know the one that says windows vista and does that aero animation, i was wondering if someone could tell me how to install it back from the dvd or maybe download it from somewhere,coz i have searched in my windows folder and it is not there,and i really like that screensaver the basic one.
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Is there any other way I can reinstall Vista Basic (I don't want to restore Vista to a previous date) without the DVD? I've been into Start/Computer/Properties to get my Windows Activation Product ID, just in case anything thinks I'm trying to install an un-purchased copy. Also, what would I need to do for drivers of things like the graphics, sound, wireless network card etc?
Is there a process by which I can reinstall Vista Ultimate so that it repairs an existing install? Perhaps foolishly, I installed SP1 RC. Initially it ran well. A week (or two?) my hard disk is trashing constantly (like background defrag) and everything's slow as molasses. That includes web screen flips, file reads, email, etc. I suspect it's
SP1 RC but am not certain, as I've installed other software since, that being HP Solution Center for my wireless AIO printer. I uninstalled SP1 RC but nothing improved. If I can refresh or repair the existing Vista Ultimate, I'd like to try. I've been unable to determine if there are other problems. My alternative is a full rebuild and reinstall, which I'd really rather not do.
I turn it on and get a message saying to insert the DVD to fix a system registry error. ( I don't remember what message it was sorry) So I do and windows boots. I backed up my files that night. Next day windows is acting weird and sluggish, if I try to open my computer or documents PC freezes, it takes a long time to boot and 8 times out of ten will hang on the green loading bar or take an hour to load, my sound card deleted itself as did my cdrom drive. Safe mode either takes forever to boot or will freeze when loading drivers, I tried to re store/reinstall and boot from the vista DVD at startup but i get the message "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header check sum does not match the computed check sum" or "couldn't find boot manager". This happens for the x64 vista disk, x32 disk and my XP pro disk. I tried to reformat in safe mode command prompt and it said Formatting the partition was prohibited. I thought it was my ram at first so bought new ram but still the same problem. I'm also not sure what caused this I do regular virus checks with up to date software, maybe its a bad windows update?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm running Vista Home Premium and I've had a little issue with the quick launch buttons on my HP and I needed to reinstall the OS but failed miserably. I had to send in the laptop and they told me all they did is update the BIOS and it worked fine. Well ever since I had it back, I've noticed that there is user called "test" but I can't find it anywhere. I've created an admin user with my name, but that user will come on in the DOS command, I can see it everywhere but not my username. example, here is a pic It has bugged me a lot and I didn't do much about it, but now I really need to find a solution to change this "test" username to mine.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter my PC was burned out by lightening through my Broadband connection I
received a new PC from my insurers with Win.Vista Business, but I did not
received (and will not) the Windows Installation CD.
Whilst setting up the new PC with various matters an invitation appeared for
me to make a Windows Recovery disc, but I was too busy with other matters to
do it there and then, so thinking that this invitation will appear again I
cancelled it.
It is now some weeks and the invitation has not reappeared. Which way can I
make the Recovery Disc in case of a crash?
I'm having trouble with the DiscCleanup in Windows Vista. When I try to open cleanmgr.exe for C: it opens for a second but closes fast when it comes to "Setup Log Files" Cleanmgr.exe worked fine for C: before a security update from windows update was installed. Is there a way to fix this?
Windows Eventlog:
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Application Error
- EventID 1000
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 100
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2009-01-11T13:42:41.000Z
EventRecordID 1242
Channel Application
Computer
Security
- EventData
cleanmgr.exe
6.0.6000.16386
4549b0a8
cleanmgr.exe
6.0.6000.16386
4549b0a8
c0000005
000034ef
14bc
01c973f278fc0f4d
I have a laptop that came with Vista Business 32 sp1. I am aware this is an OEM install. I am aware the laptop has a recovery partition. I am aware I can call the manufacturer and order recovery cds. I am aware I can burn a vista boot/recovery cd. *****I want is a Vista Install Disc WITHOUT a license/product key*****........
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