Replacement CD Installed
Aug 10, 2008
just 15mins ago just decided to play with a "shiny thing" that happened to be my store bought copy of Vista64 Ultimate. It now has a great looking crack in it I have the case with the certificate of authenticity and the product key on the yellow sticker, will MS replace it (if there is a shipping fee thats fine). I dident buy it directly from MS, got it from Ofice Depot I think many months ago. I did register with MS when I first installed it, so they can verify its me.
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Aug 20, 2009
What is the term used to describe a replacement hard drive from a manufacturer which already has the OS and other software installed on it? Someone told me it was "bricked" but that doesn't sound right.
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Sep 29, 2008
I need to order a replacement dvd for my vista ultimate coz its scratched badly. I know how to contact microsoft but im uncertain of a few things
I want it to have sp1 already on the disc so i dont have to spend ages installing it everytime i want to reinstall. Do vista dvd's come with sp1 already integrated on them nowdays?
Also, do i need to ask for ultimate retail version, or are all discs the same? I ask coz my version of ultimate asks me to chose which version to install if i dont input the product key.
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Aug 7, 2009
OS Vista Ultimate SP2
Firewall Zone Alarm 8.0.298.000 free edition
I have random slow bootups that I have traced to the Zone Alarm file VSMON.EXE I would like to replace Zone Alarm with another Firewall.
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Aug 20, 2009
I have Vista Home Premium on 3 laptops. Last night I downloaded Windows 7. I got a file that prompted me to let it be written on to a DVD. It also gave me a key. Can I install this under my Vista, without losing my applications? Or will it wipe out my current Vista
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Feb 12, 2009
i'm a bitembarrased to say that my BELKIN G wireless modem/router locked me out of my own internet conection with MAC address filter =[ i have called BELKIN and they said they will send me a replacement modem. but i want to be able to use my old one im currently using an old D-link standard modem and i tried 192.169.2.1 for BLKIN modem page but cam up nill results any way to fix.
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Sep 10, 2008
What's Plantronic which i can use with software in Vista? . Where can I find a good replacement?
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May 14, 2006
This has been one of the most demonstrated features of Windows Vista and also one that I have been asked the most about how to use it.
Keep in mind that your computer must support the DWM for this feature to run. If you are running Aero Glass right now, it will work perfectly for you.
Launch Flip 3D:
Just press and hold the Windows Key + Tab. Then use the scroll wheel on your mouse or the up and down keyboard arrows to navigate through the windows. When the window you want is on top, release the Windows and Tab keys.
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Oct 6, 2009
My girlfriends laptop is having issues. its a gateway m-1617. her hdd failed so I replaced it with a working spare I had from a hp vista laptop. specs were the same so I thought it may work. but I am unable to re-install vista on it. the hdd is recognized in bios but when I get into the vista install screen there is no hard drive located to format. Do I need to order an EXACT replacement for the OEM hdd or can I make this one work somehow? Or is there possible other hardware failure??
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Feb 19, 2007
Check out this cool app that is still in development but looks very promising....
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May 24, 2009
Would be interested in Forum's comments. I had a 9800 GX2 card that failed about 11 months into the 1 year warranty (after an agonising 4 weeks of trying to find out what was wrong with my machine!) The shop I bought it from replaced it FOC with a new single GTX260. When I queried them, that this didn't seem a fair replacement (I would have thought two GTX260's SLI'd together was fairer, their argument was:
The 9800 GX2 was no longer available as a new card The second hand 9800 GX2's are about NZ$400 (I am in New Zealand) and the new GTX 260 is the same price. The GTX 260 performs as well as the 9800 GX2 I am not unhappy with the GTX 260, but I feel kind of ripped off. NZ has pretty strict Consumer protection laws, so I will explore those as well, but my post here is to find out if this sort of replacement is common where high end cards fail and are no longer available.
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Mar 30, 2008
My vista keeps locking up after various amounts of time, no matter whether its just idling, or im making the computer work hard. As ive read on other topics, I think its a driver issue, but I just dont know what to do. I will try another fresh vista install tomorrow and get the vista updates quickly to see whether that helps the situation. I have ensured it isnt overheating like it did initially when I bought the system, and it is now a safe and low temperature in a running state. Also, it only detects 3.5Gb of the 4Gb of RAM I have in my system. PC Spec:
Ive re-installed, windows, and it froze after I installed the chipset driver. I contiuned, and found a sound driver wasnt digitally signed. However it still crashes. I have got the latest drivers for it. For it to crash, all i did was open recycle bin, from idle state.
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Mar 23, 2008
I shouldn't be surprised but here goes....I checked today for SP1 on windows update.. According to my computer no updates available however updates were last installed on 03/13/08 and yet when you look at installed updates it shows a windows defender update installed today. I have been reading several posts on this problem and have noticed that Carey Frisch posted a link to troubleshoot and now here is a problem and that is none of these apply to me... Once again Go figure!! Running Vista Business 32bit here in the good old USA and of course the English versionVista is and has always been updated right on schedule....
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Jun 29, 2009
let me start this nightmare story i had just done a fresh restalled and spent hours on getting everything installed on pc all was fine working perfectly untill that is i installed vista service pack 1 from windows updates the update process crashed halfway through so i had the only option to restart my pc then came the blue screen of death and it metioned if you have any new hardware installed make sure all drivers are installed etc etc of course i know it wasnt hardware it was because of me restating my pc half way threw the service pack 1 and the full files not been installed threw the update process crashed was the reason for the blue screen but the blue screen had notes advising me to clear shadow memory in the bois and any other memory so i stupidly assumed this was channel mapping and bank mapping and put them all to zero please see jpeg of what i changed i basically disabled everything that was enabled and put all the mapping channels and bank channels to zero and now when i switch on my laptop i get a blank screen with no post no ...........
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Apr 17, 2008
In November I upgraded my system with Vista Ultimate. When it was returned to me I followed each prompt and did everything during installation it asked of me. Now 5 months later is states that I need to validate. I guess whatever was running on my system was temporary. Does anyone know that if I purchase a new product key this will solve my issue or do I have to purchase a full version? If I do have to purchase a full version can it be installed over my already installed and running vista on my system?
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Mar 23, 2008
I have an AMD Comuter. Motherboard ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WL CPU AMD 5600+ Graphic Card nVideia Ge Force 8600 GT And I had 4 GB DDR2 800 NANYA. All of the sudden, yesterday the computer presentation after the boot showed 3.076 GB when before was showing 4.096 GB. I decided to buy new and Better RAM I bought OCZ2P8004GK, which is consisting of 2 GB every slot. I put 4 of them hoping to see 8 GB, but I still see 3. In the Bios, the MOBO see 8 GB. Why I cannot see in Vista Ultimate 64? And what I can do?
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Apr 10, 2010
like to how to check and see if i have sp 1 installed in my pc. and do i really need it. i did check in symtem tools information [value] but it is not listed in there. so is that mean that it not installed. i did put a new hhd on the 26 of last month and installed vista.
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Mar 23, 2008
Several weeks ago I installed Vista Ultimate (from Technet) with the SP1 beta integrated. Now I have later version of SP1 in the form of a stand-alone installer. When I try to install it I get a message saying that SP1 is already installed. How can I install the later version of the service pack? I'd prefer not to do a complete reinstall from my original Vista non-SP disk.
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Feb 11, 2009
I installed the latest drivers for my 8800 Ultra 768mb, and i have installed the latest patch (1.0.02 or what ever its called, the latest one basicly) and but have no luck with SLI. Do i need to roll back to the driver Nvidia 180.84, bare in mind i have had hardly any probs with the game since installing the latest drivers form Nvidia(part form some lag and chopines - but will be overclocking my quad form 2.5 to 3.0.
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Mar 26, 2008
I have just received my HP Pavillion with Vista Home Premium and I was checking the system to see if everything was installed as I requested. I'm confused about the RAM. In System Properties, the Memory (RAM)3071 MB, but I ordered 4 GB. Why is only 3 GB listed in the stats? When I questioned tech support, they said that the proper way to check total amount of RAM would be when you start up the computer and tap F(10) for "set-up". When I did that, it showed 4 GB. Tech support said that when you look up the RAM on the OS, you dont get the total amount installed b/c some is being used. Is this correct? I've had horrible experiences with HP tech support so I'm a little sceptical.
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Apr 12, 2008
I am trying to install an electronic edition of Britannica. Previously, it took about 10 minutes, using 2 CDs on XP Pro.
I did a major upgrade for but did not replace my DVD, CD, Power Supply, or Floppy.
My board is an Intel DG33FB
My chip is an Intel Core 2 Dual (e4500)
I have 2 GB DDR 667 and one mal-partitioned SATA drive. The Vista portion has 167 GB.
Today, it took aver three hours to copy merely 329 MB of data onto the other partition using my HP 940i DVD writer. the program was not even half done, BTW I got several gray-out screens in the process. I could not do any other work because the darn machine hung.
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Jul 2, 2008
V64,In Device Manager, under "other devices" see "unknow device" ACPIAWY0001 as not installed (Code28).
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Oct 21, 2009
I have recently bought a new computer from acer with vista and it came with a posiblility to upgrade to win7 (http://www.acer.com/windows7upgrade), but i have a slight problem.
I need to specify which language vista is installed inn or it won't work, i figured it would be norwegian (as i am from norway), but allmost all the menus are in english as well as everything in the start menu ("Computer" instead of "Datamaskin" etc...).
I was wondering if there is an easy way to figure out which language the OS is installed in.
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Dec 26, 2008
Im not sure if I should put this under update probelms or what, but Im highly confused. I downloaded the Malicious Software Removal Tool, thru Windows Update. (Not a pop up online) After it was done with the update, it restarted my computer, and when it was done, I discovered that it had UN INTSALLED the speakers. The new software hadnt even run yet, so I doubt it had anything to do with that. When I click on the volume icon on my task bar, it says that there is "No Audio Output Device Installed"
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Nov 4, 2008
Just rebooted med pc, but cant update my videocard. I have a Geforce 8600M GT 51. But when i go to Videosettings, it says VGA-Videocard. I got a drivers cd from my sellsman. When i load i got a lot of drivers to choose. I select "VIDEO" - producer "NVIDA". I download it, and run. It pops-up "Proceed" so yes. But afterwards nothing happens. - The setup vil not run. - so im lost with nothing. Games like Counter-Strike only runs in software mode
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Dec 3, 2008
Well, theoretically, i purchased Fallout 3 recently and the installation requires x86 architecture to continue. I plan on running vmware with x86 xp pro platform to confirm that it cannot be installed on 64-bit. Although, every recent game seems to run fine under vista ultimate x64.. and considering fallout3 is very new, you think it would work aok =/
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Apr 26, 2008
I read the instructions about installing SP1 and found out that three critical updates are needed before installing. I don't have an internet connection and have been going to friend to download things I need. Then I transfer them on a memory stick and install them. I downloaded the three updates, but then found out that there is a problem on some computers with KB937287, which causes the computer to endlessly reboot. Then it was withdrawn from the MS site. So now I am not sure whether to install any of these or not. Then I posted this question on various forums. One said that I don't need the three critical updates if I am installing the standalone version on SP1 because they are included in that version. Another one said I can't update Vista at all if I don't have my own internet connection. I am not sure what to do
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Mar 13, 2009
first thanks for this forum, its great source of knowledge. I tried to find solution for my problem - there is many similar threads - My problem is related to 2x2GB of RAM. I installed Vista 64bit SP1 on this ammount of RAM, installation was extremly slow, but succesfull. Booting of system and whole work is also very slow. I found solution, that I should remove 2 GB, apply KB929777 fix and then return the ram back to 4 gigs. Its not working - when installing the patch, I receive error "This update does not apply to your system". This update is not already installed. I tried install in SAVE mode - not working. I tried to switch the RAM sticks - not helping. System is supporting 4 gigs. Is there anything else what I can try? I am thinking about to flash new (or old) BIOS, but is there anything else?
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Oct 22, 2009
Is windows 7 just Vista with sp2 installed?I read a comment on zdnet, that said Windows 7 is just Vista sp2 with a different desktop and start menu.
So, is this user correct?
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Mar 29, 2008
I installed SP1. Now when I search I get a dialog with the following: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performaing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel."
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Mar 23, 2008
I bought a new mp3 player from samsung.(samsung YP-S5). When I connected my mp3 to my laptop it shows that I need a CD to continue. After I put the CD in my computer shows me that the software of my mp3 player cannot be installed. I tried my host's computer which is windows XP and it worked fine. I contacted samsung but they don't know what to do about it.
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