Can Replace Vista 64 Bit With XP 32 Bit?

Aug 6, 2008

I just purchased a new PC. Operating system is Vista Home Premium 64 bit. The problem is I have Quicken 2007 for my business and through your forum have found that the two do not mix! So I plan to remove Vista and replace it with XP so I can continue to run my business. My question being my Vista is 64 bit and my XP disk is just home basic, so I assume it is 32 bit. Can I replace vista 64 bit with XP 32 bit?

View 4 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

Replace XP To Vista

Jun 26, 2008

i have windows xp on my laptop Acer (Aspire 1690) ..and i want to change it to vista ...can i do that and how? what's the best edtion of vista for my laptop?

View 9 Replies View Related

Replace With Xp Don't Vista Cd

Sep 14, 2009

I am sure this is not new questions but I didn't find a clear question and clear answer. I have Hp laptop with vista I need to remove vista completely and install xp on that laptop. Laptop didn't came with vista cd and I don't have vista cd. I am not worried about losing data or my driver will not match or backup. Just want to replace vista with xp. When I put xp cd install option is disabled and if I put cd and restart boot from cd installation starts but stop half way. Just want to know simple steps if I can install xp.

View 8 Replies View Related

3.5 G Ddr2: Replace One Of The 512's With Another 1G

May 22, 2009

I have an Inspiron 530 and it came with two 1G's and a two 512's. I just replaced one of the 512's with another 1G. Should they match(brands).

View 9 Replies View Related

Can Not Replace The Hotstartuseragent.dll?

May 4, 2008

I can't seem to replace the Hotstartuseragent.dll to fix my broken start icon because it is constantly in use by another program.

View 8 Replies View Related

Can I Download Navida And Replace It Over ATI?

Jul 22, 2009

On my 32 bit laptop I am currently running an ATI system. If I were or can I download Navida and replace it over ATI?

View 5 Replies View Related

Can't Replace Corrupt Autochk.exe

Oct 8, 2009

My Vista Premium will not run autochk.exe. I ran sfc/ scannow and the cbs log file found autochk.exe corrupt. I tried to copy autochk.exe from another Vista PC to the c:windowssystem 32 folder and it will not let me. I'm running as administrator and click continue when user account control pops up, but it won't copy.

View 9 Replies View Related

Replace Motherboard Reactivation?

Feb 12, 2009

I am changing my motherboard from ASUS P5Q deluxe to the ASUS Maximus II board. Will i have to re-activate my Vista even though the two boards are both based on the P45 chipset and similar design. Could I get pull it off or will Vista still read it as a new motherboard and have to go through all the re-activation grief with Microsoft?

View 5 Replies View Related

Can't Rename File And Replace

Jun 20, 2009

I'm supposed to be backing up the *imageres.dll* file because I'm replacing it, but I renamed it inside the System32 folder, and now every thing in my computer's a mess. :cry:I dunno what to do now, I can't rename the file nor I can't replace it,it's always error. Now, my computer can't open like half of the stuff it needs to and now half the icons for like folders and stuff are retarted. I can't even open the Control Panel.

View 4 Replies View Related

How Can Replace Mouse On Desktop Set

Jun 29, 2008

I have been using a Wireless Desktop Elite keyboard and mouse set for several years. They share one wireless receiver. But over the last month my mouse is always double-clicking for every single click I make, and is driving me crazy! So I would like to just replace the mouse. Is it possible to replace the mouse with another MS wireless laser mouse, and use the same receiver from the original desktop set? I don't want to replace the whole set, as the keyboard works fine, and it cost me $100 when I bought it. :o/

View 4 Replies View Related

Replace Hard Disk

Jul 29, 2009

I am using Vista Home Premium, so I do not have the CompletePC Backup feature, sadly. I just finished reinstalling VISTA and a ton of programs, only to realize stupidly that I am running out of hard disk space because of all the downloading I am doing. It would be pure hell to have to reinstall everything again.

I want to replace my hard drive with one with double the capacity. Can I copy / backup / whatever the entire c drive on to an external drive, then copy the entire contents back on to the new disk drive? Apparently, I have to purchase a product such as Acronis True Image Family.

View 4 Replies View Related

Anti Virus Package, Replace

Nov 11, 2009

My McAfee package is soon to expire. I want to replace it with a good free package.
I was thinking about Avast.

View 9 Replies View Related

Notpad (Notepad Replace) Not Executing

Aug 23, 2009

I use an ancient program to replace Windows native notepad. It is called 'Notpad'. Imagine typing that into a search, you get a suggestion that you meant 'Notepad' and no relevant info.The program is discontinued. However, it worked fine in Viats x64.
Until a few days ago. I cannot execute the program. It shows up in task manager. Clicking .txt files does nothimg. When I delete the notpad.exe and replace it with the original from zip, nothing.

View 9 Replies View Related

Remove / Replace 'aero' Logo?

May 18, 2008

When you open up a window (my computer)...you will notice the 'aero' logo in the bottom right corner of the window. How can that be removed or replaced...?

View 5 Replies View Related

How Do Uninstall WMP11 And Replace With WMP10?

Apr 2, 2009

How do I uninstall WMP11, and replace it with WMP10?

View 4 Replies View Related

How To Delete / Replace A System File

Feb 11, 2007

In many of the tweaks on this site I have directed you to delete or replace a system file. In Windows Vista this is not always as easy as it sounds since the system files are protected better by the file system than in XP. There are two steps that you need to do in order to be able to replace or delete a system file:First you need to take ownership of the file. Run takeown /f  "path and file name" to take ownership from a command prompt.Next, you need to give your account full control permissions on the file. Run cacls "path and file name" /G <your username>:F to get full control from a command prompt....

View 0 Replies View Related

Keystrokes To Replace The Spacebar, Scrolls The Message

Mar 10, 2010

In the old Outlook Express, I would use Ctrl-U to go to the next unread message, then I'd use the spacebar to scroll the message. Now, using the spacebar moves to the next message (not the next *unread* message, just the next message in the queue.) Is there a new keystroke to replace the spacebar that scrolls the message instead of moving to the next message?

View 8 Replies View Related

Don't Boost Usb Storage Devices Replace Ntfs.sys

Aug 11, 2008

Recently, after varying times of general computer usage (internet, e-mail) ranging from 5 minutes to an hour, I'll get a BSOD, with the above title. I'll attach the dump files, and include the code from it below. I've tried some troubleshooting of my own. I've run memtest86+ on each of my 4 1-gig RAM modules, all clean. I've run Prime95, clean. I've installed new video drivers. I've run a diskcheck, and used Western Digital's diagnostic utility, clean. The culprit always is ntfs.sys. Should I try to repair my windows, or replace the ntfs.sys with a new one?. Also, I don't have any readboost of USB storage devices plugged in.

Code: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) Invalid system memory was referenced. This cannot be protected by try-except, it must be protected by a Probe. Typically the address is just plain bad or it is pointing at freed memory. Arguments:

Arg1: fffffa610b3a9ff8, memory referenced.
Arg2: 0000000000000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation.
Arg3: fffffa6001219130, If non-zero, the instruction address which referenced the bad memory address.
Arg4: 0000000000000005, (reserved) ............

View 5 Replies View Related

Why Standard User Able To Replace Folder Ownership With Admin?

Jul 27, 2009

I have 2 accounts on my Vista Home Premium machine. One is an admin account with password and the other is a standard account without password (UAC off). I have multiple internal hard drives some of which has folders that I want only my admin account to access. I have denied all permissions for the standard account to these folders.

When I login as the standard user and try to open these same folders I get a pop up message saying that I don't have permission to access them and to click “continue” for access. Then I get a second message saying the same thing but there is a clickable link at the bottom to the "security tab" and it's suggesting to use to gain access. Once I click on that I get another "You don't have permission to change security setting" message in the folder properties window under the security tab.

At the bottom of that window it's also suggesting to click on the "Advanced" button for special permissions which will lead to taking the ownership from the admin account under the "Owner" tab by clicking "Edit", thus allowing full access to the contents of those folders. Does that make sense to anyone? I also noticed that the standard account has the ability to change the type to an administrator account from “User Accounts” in Control panel, is that normal?

View 8 Replies View Related

Modified HOSTS File: Can Not Replace Windows/system32/drivers/etc

Feb 19, 2010

After I modified HOSTS file in another directory I can not replace the one on windows/system32/drivers/etc. He account I use is administrator. I have windows vista home premiun SP1. By the way a virus altered HOSTS file and can not connect to internet with firefox, I added 127.0.0.1 to the file in order to make it work.

View 6 Replies View Related

Concistency Check: "replace Invalid Security Id With Default Security Id For File

Jun 29, 2009

My computer is running the concistency check. It's at stage 3 and when it's almost complete it's starts to "replace invalid security Id with default security id for file ******" it's been doing this for a while now and I was wondering what I can do to speed it up. It's currently at 170000, and if I try to restart the computer the login screen will not load if I skip the disk check.

View 9 Replies View Related

The Vista Scores Cannot Be Taken As A True Benchmark Unless You Use A Benchmarking Utility Written Specifically For Vista

Mar 29, 2008

The biggest factor that explains why your scores between XP and Vista are so radically different is because the benchmark program you are using (you never said which) is likely written specifically for XP. The Vista scores cannot be taken as a true benchmark unless you use a benchmarking utility written specifically for Vista, such as PCMark Vantage. You can then compare scores between yours and other Vista installations. But unless you find a utility that can correctly test and recognize the differences between both XP and Vista, you cannot accurately compare scores.

View 9 Replies View Related

Upgrade From Vista Basic To Vista Premium But The Activation Key Didn't Work

Mar 26, 2008

I recently tried to upgrade from Vista Basic to Vista Premium but the activation key didn't work. So I recovered Vista Basic from the windows.old file but there is still a corrupt version of Vista Premium on my hard disk. how to remove it?

View 9 Replies View Related

Is The Vista Ultimate User Account Passwords Located In A Different Place As Compared To Other Versions Of Vista

May 27, 2010

A friend of mine has been locked out of his Dell laptop and cannot find the password for the single account that it has. The laptop has Vista Ultimate installed on it and I am unable to activate the hidden administrator's account to get into Vista. Other investigations using other software shows only 2 accounts, Administrator and Guest but not the actual user single account that shows up onto the login screen. ( I have managed to blank out the Administrator and Guest passwords ) I have a standard Vista Recovery Disk , but I am unable to either repair or re-install Vista from the Dell hidden partition , and the only alternative is to install a unused retail version of Vista Home Premium that my friend has been given awhile ago. I have 2 questions

1) Is the Vista Ultimate user account passwords located in a different place as compared to other versions of Vista?

2) if I install this retail version of Home Premium on the Dell laptop, will I have problems with the propriety hardware that is on the Dell laptop and would I need to find all the Dell drivers for the laptop?

View 9 Replies View Related

Crash Or Slow Down Vista It Usually Gets Documented In Vista's Error Logs

Jun 13, 2008

The often heard recurring theme spread by no nothing trolls and fanboys is if Vista isn't working right, it must be something you did rather than owning up to how badly Vista is designed once you start poking around and SEE how badly implemented it is. Much of the frustration with Vista comes from it's applets crashing or acting up for no apparent reason. Since these applets are INTERNAL and built-in as part of Vista's core the often heard excuse it's some third party driver, a hardware problem or other software you installed is proven to be bogus.

When something happens to either crash or slow down Vista it usually gets documented in Vista's Error Logs. However like most everything else Microsoft does, the logs are of little actual value other than pointing to how poorly designed and broken Vista really is.

To illustrate how broken Vista is, here's my experience this morning. As usual I started my day going to Google (my default home page) and clicking on News to see what the headlines were. Microsoft's browser hung. Waiting for it to respond, after 90 seconds I gave up and sure enough was treated to the usual BS asking if you want to wait longer or shut it down. I shut IE7 down. Next I went to Event Viewer......

View 9 Replies View Related

Created Another Partition On My Drive For Vista X64. (two Other Partitions Running Vista X86)

Mar 14, 2008

I'm new to Vista x64 (the op sys as well as this site). I have just endeavored to try out Vista 64 bit on one of my workstations. I run VMWare Workstation at work and can use the additional memory addressing of Vista 64 (I have 4 gigs of RAM). nyway, my problem is this.

1) I created another partition on my drive for Vista x64. (two other partitions running Vista x86).
2) I have been running dual boot with Vista for quite a while and it runs fine.
3) After creating the new partition and installing Vista x64 with SP1 (integrated service pack on install DVD), I get drive corruption problems all over the place.

I have 3 500 gigabyte Western Digital drives in this machine. The first is for operating system partitions and the second strictly for backup (using Acronis True Image) and the third for data. The data drive seems to have problems reading when I attempt to install additional drivers for the x64 bit environment (just downloaded from the web). Also, I soon will get errors afterwards on the C drive also.

View 9 Replies View Related

Dual Boot: Vista And Vista On 2 Hard Drives?

Jun 19, 2008

There are many articles on how to dual boot Vista and XP, but I want to dual boot Vista and Vista, with an existing installation, on 2 Hard Drives. Currently I switch these in the BIOS, but I'd much rather chose at a later stage, can this be done? Why? Because I keep one of the drives for random software that I rarely use.

View 9 Replies View Related

Upgrade Vista Home Basic To Vista Ultimate

Jun 30, 2008

CANNOT SIMPLY UPGRADE WITHIN VISTA??? FIRST TIME ISSUE EVER POSTED! I have a question that I cannot make sense of. I have Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1 installed on my computer. I have a copy of a legit retail version of Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade SP1 DVD-ROM. I want to upgrade my current Vista Home Basic to Vista Ultimate. Sounds simple enough. I have read everywhere on the web and it can upgrade easily as long as you upgrade within Windows Vista and not a reboot installation. Okay, but when I get to a point in the Vista grade process, I CANNOT! During the installation process, when I get to the screen that states, "Which type of installation do you want?" AFTER INPUTTING THE VISTA ULTIMATE KEY CODE ON A PREVIOUS SCREEN, the option should be "Upgrade" ONLY and NOT "Custom (Advanced)" since the key code is set for upgrade option only. I GET THE TOTAL OPPOSITE!!! I only get the option "Custom (Advanced)" and the "Upgrade" option is grayed out. WHAT??? NO "Upgrade" option??? I SHOULD BE GETTING THE "Upgrade" OPTION!!! This does not make any sense!!! It states at the reason at the bottom of this screen, "Upgrade has been disabled. - The upgrade option cannot be started, to upgrade, cancel the installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is more recent than the version you are currently running." This does not make any sense, does it??? I should be able to only upgrade since I only have an upgrade disc. I am upgrading from a lower edition of Vista to a higher edition of Vista, therefore I should ALSO have this feature to upgrade enabled too when it knows my CD key is a higher ("upgrade") edition. I have spent several hours searching and read around the web and cannot find my same or similar case scenario. A first time! People who have upgraded between different editions of Vista with either the Windows Anytime Upgrade retail package or (mine) the Windows Vista Ultimate Retail Upgrade box (includes the Windows Anytime Upgrade anyways on it) say it is a breeze! What is going on with me??? I should not be having any problems what-so-ever!

View 9 Replies View Related

Can I Get A Refund On Vista, Or A Credit Toward Purchase Of XP Pro, Or Can I Resell Vista To Someone Else

Jun 20, 2008

I bought a new pc with Vista-64 ultimate OEM installed. But now I discovered that I cannot use it, because I need Cisco VPN IPSec Client to connect to work, and Cisco does not support Vista 64. So my question is. Can I get a refund on Vista, or a credit toward purchase of XP Pro, or can I resell Vista to someone else?

View 9 Replies View Related

Get OEM Vista You Are Not Alound To Update Your Hardware Unless You Buy Another Copy Of Vista

Jun 19, 2008

I want to update some of the hardware in my computer and my friend said that if you get OEM Vista you are not alound to update your hardware unless you buy another copy of vista... and that sounds insane

View 9 Replies View Related

Games Run Much Slower On Vista Is Because Vista Is A DirectX10 Supported OS

Mar 23, 2008

I've tried everything to get my games to run smoothly on Vista, and nothing seems to work very well. Its not so much as my computer sucks, cause when I downgraded to XP, just to try it out, my games were running perfectly smooth. And don't say, "Just stick with XP then!" cause I love Vista in its many other ways.

The only reason I can come up with as to why my games run much slower on Vista is because Vista is a DirectX10 supported OS, but has a DirectX9 "emulator". And since all my games, and video card are DX9 compatible, it runs in the emulated mode. Now we all know running emulators makes our computers run a bit slower, so thats the only solution I can come up with.

Well I know alot of others have had this problem, and Microsoft knows its a problem, so they have said, and I've been told that Vista SP1 would fix that. Well I downloaded SP1 RC Refresh, yet nothing seems to have changed at all...

So heres my questions - Do you guys feel that because its a DX10 supported OS, and im running DX9 software/hardware, that thats a reason why my games run slower? Also what do you guys think on Vista SP1 RC Refresh?

View 9 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved