I rebuilt my home PC yesterday. I had a 40GB HDD on which I had Vista Premium and my Applications. THIS WAS running out of space. I had a 30 GB hard disk on which I had all my docs....plenty of space on this. I removed the 40GB disc, installed a new 320GB disc (along with a new video card, power supply, RAM and DVD burner) and rebooted using F1 command, from DVD, and installed OEM Vista Ultimate which computer shop sold me as best (read: cheapest) way to go to Ultimate - especially as I was rebuilding so much of my PC...IS THAT RIGHT? . All went fine.......BUT I failed to notice until after activating Vista that I had installed it on the second HDD (the small 30 GB one 'left over' from my original PC configuration!!!!!...
After being unable to install SP2 for Ultimate, my computer now says that I have to re-install Vista. Is there a way to get my data from the computer before doing this. I was in the process of backing up all of my inventory for my store and it reset on its own.
I got Windows Vista Ultimate as a gift from a Microsoft Employee, and I did activate it, just after the installation. I did update to the Service Pack 1, and now it says that my key is already used
Vista Ultimate 64 Crashed, Tried Recovery Dvd, Start-up Repair, Ng, Can't Get Into Safe Mode Or Command Prompt, Tried To Reinstall, Won't Allow Upgrade "upgrade Disablied, Must Be From Windows", But I Can't Get Into Windows. I Don't Want To Do A Clean Install To Much On There. It Also Seems My Restore Poits Are Gone. This Is After Diskkeeper Did A Boot Defrag.
I got windows vista ultimate 64 bit as a free gift from microsoft a while back for doing the windows feedback panel program. I am having the "product key already in use" problem, and they tell me on the phone they want me to pay $60 to talk to someone for help
Edit: I just had to call back and talk to someone else who actually knew what they were doing and they activated it for me! So um.. if anyone has this problem, make sure you try twice
I'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.
I removed the 40GB disc, installed a new 320GB disc (along with a new video card, power supply, RAM and DVD burner) and rebooted using F1 command, from DVD, and installed OEM Vista Ultimate which computer shop sold me as best (read: cheapest) way to go to Ultimate - especially as I was rebuilding so much of my PC...IS THAT RIGHT?. All went fine..
BUT I failed to notice until after activating Vista that I had installed it on the second HDD (the small 30 GB one 'left over' from my original PC configuration! So now I have a 320 GB hdd with nothing on it, a 30GB hdd with Vista on it and already only having 12GB of free space, and all my DOCUMENTS that were on it OVER-WRITTEN by the installation of Vista...
1. Anyway to recover those documents, or are they, as I fear, gone? 2. If I reinstall Ultimate OEM again, ON THE RIGHT disc this time!. which I want to do, as the HDD the OS is on will run out of space at this rate very quickly when I start loading up my Applications on it. 3. Can it be reactivated by internet or phone? Do I have to reactivate it?
I have bought the upgrade and the anytime upgrade disc. I am having problems with the upgrade. I have tried twice to do it, the second time was after speaking to microsoft direct services helpdesk. I was walked through the first part of the installation, inserting the disc and to the gathering information stage. I told support I would contact them if it failed again The installation seemed to go ok right through to the last stage where I got a message - "could not configure one or more windows components" My computer then rolled back to vista premium.
I have the only 64bits on my network and so here is where the problem started. I asked by Comm. folks how to install Admin Pak for ADUC, they sent me the AdminPak.msi with a cmd script that would register it...but we were not thinking 32 vs 64, needless to say it didn't work. So I did some digging around and found the RSAT kb941314 for x64 and ran it...many times so far...gets about 95% on the progress bar and then I see ...failed! kb941314 installation failed! I have gone in and tried to turn on RSAT via "Programs and Features, Turn Windows features on or off" and here I get "an error has ocurred, not all of the features were successfully changed" here I only have checked the RSAT box. Then tried to run the kb again...failed! So I don't have Admin Pak, I don't have RSAT but at least I have ADUC on my 1 Server 2008, 2 Server 2003 servers (Admin Pak) but I'd really like to figure out
1. how to uninstall the attempted Admin Pak install that is probably causing this mess. 2. Get the kb941314 to install and run RSAT.
I see Windows Sound Schemes, and DreamScene Content Pack 3 now available. Also the Windows Vista Ultimate Language Packs are back after the SP1 upgrade.
Two days ago, I purchased a PC equpped wit Vista Home Premium. As I need Vista Business as a minimum for other applications, I purchased an upgrade to Ultimate as well. Today I wanted to install the upgradeand everything seemed to go fine, but everytime my PC is restarted, it boots into Home Premium again. Being 50 now, I am a mouse clicker and not an expert if it comes down to software and installation problems. I am sur it is a configuration problem, but I do not know where to start.
I Have Windows Vista OEM 32 bit that came on my computer. I noticed that the full retail version of ultimate includes the 32 and 64 bit install. With the anytime upgrade to ultimate can I choose between the 32 and 64 bit vista ultimate? I do realize that I would have to do a clean install of the 64 bit OS. I would like to try the 64 bit version but would also like to be able revert back to the 32 bit if the 64 bit doesn't work out. If I can't then the 32 bit version it is as I need to join a domain.........
Having a few problems with Windows mail.When on the Web and I click on an Email link I get the message "cannot perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed" Also when using Epson Scan to Email I get the message "an error occured while starting the Email application".
How could I reinstall my Windows Vista (currenlty Home Premium version) keeping my software installed and running as is? In previously released versions of Windows , as Windows XP, user could choose to repair the current installation of windows through setup. Is there a way to do a repair install like this?
I reinstalled Vista over the original operating system and then found I had lost my registration code to my ms office home and student 2007. I've heard of Belarc but the new system is in effect now. I did ask to have the old saved but don't have enough techie to know if I can access it to get the reg code for my ms suite.
Well I've been able to get this stupid MSI P6N Diamond MB to run okay but just getting fustraited over the way it would act up. Anyway I ended up going shopping and now have a Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition Processor, GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P 1366 X58 MB and 12 gigs of CORSAIR DOMINATOR (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 on the way. Hopefully I will die before I ever need to upgrade anything else.....
Well with upping the memory, figured 12 would be better than 6 for x64 systems now the PSU calculator says I will need 566W so still less than my PSU. Only other thing I wonder is is Vista smart enough that I can just move the HD's from my current sytem or should I expect that I'll have to reformat and reinstall Vista x64
I ran four businesses with Windows XP and Outlook Express email entities. I now have Vista and much to my chagrin, Windows Mail has no such option. I'd like to spend ten minutes alone with an aluminum baseball bat and the whiz kid who thought up that little improvement. Also, the idiotic way to create shortcuts in Vista. I run gun auctions on the internet and need to do shortcuts all the time for various auctions as they update. I now have a Dell Studio XPS 435TM with 12 gig RAM. Can I uninstall Vista and reinstall my old XP program so I can replace Windows Mail with Outlook Express again?
I purchased a computer which came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I have been having misc. problems so I want to reinstall the operating system. Can you tell me the procedure to do this. Is this the best way to do it.
What I want to do is reinstall vista because of errors/corruption but do not want to reinstall all my programs, licenses etc.. I read that Ghost can do this but it also takes with it the OS. I want to ghost the drive then my put all the programs minus the old Vista on to my freshly reinstalled vista. How can I do this and what program will work?
While working in Vista Home Premium I experienced a recent system failure and I do not know if it was caused by a virus. I had the AVG Free Edition installed and it was up to date. I decided to perform a clean reinstall using the Vista DVD Installer, but at a certain point a message appears onscreen informing that Vista can not be installed, and that some required files may be missing or corrupt. It also points that there might be a hard disk failure. However, I was able to perform a clean reinstall for openSuse to keep working with my PC. Before the Vista system failure, the double booting process had been working well for more than a year.
Vista has been corrupted. With previous versions of Windows it was an easy fix to just reinstall right on top of current installation - I called it an overlay. Any missing/corrupted .dll things were put right and I got to keep my data. Anyone know whether this will work with Vista? Also, this is a Gateway pc and they have some crazy partitions with a backup section that I think is just a space waster.
I am running Vista Home 32bit on an Acer T180. I recently upgraded the CPU from an Athlon Sempron to a Athlon 64 X2. Now when I boot the PC, Vista freezes as it boots. I can still boot into Safe Mode and also using a Live Linux DVD. Also, surprisingly, sometimes Vista will boot and will run fine and both cores of the CPU are recognised. I obviously need to solve this problem, but am unsure how to proceed.
After the PC freezes, I reset it and after a reboot am taken to a screen with the safe mode option that also advises using the Vista repair option. I have a DVD of Vista (not an OEM, but without SP1) but I have installed SP1 on the PC.......
My computer freezes from time to time and I think I tried everything to locate what the problem could be. The event logs show nothing, I ran a memory test with no problem, (I have 4Gb), I checked my drive and had no problems. All my drivers are up to date and I have all the latest updates/service packs. So my last hope is to re-install Vista. Are there any easy steps to re-install Vista? Or do I have to format my machine and start from scratch? I don't want to re-install office and so on.
I want to reinstall Vista using the provided recovery disks using my laptop, and then set up 7 as a dual boot. You know, have Vista for those games, and have 7 for everything else.
I have an Asus G51VX-RX05, which also is referred to as simply G51VX (Best Buy). Yes, I've heard it a million times, don't buy a computer at best buy. I know, I know. I won't do it again, I promise. So I want to use the provided recovery discs from my laptop to reinstall Vista. When I was installing 7 over Vista, I followed this: Clean Install Windows 7 - How to Perform a Clean Installation of Windows 7 - Part 1 of 3...........
