I built a new machine using Microsoft Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All aspects of the machine appear to be working as expected, except for printing. I am unable to print to a functioning, directly-connected HP Deskjet 820Cse. I connected an older HP Deskjet 722c with the same negative results. The Vista sees both printers when connected, and says all drivers are correctly loaded. I try to print a test page, and in both printers the printer pre-loads, pulling up a sheet of paper into position for printing - and then stops. After about 60 seconds, the printer resets the printer cartridge, and then does nothing except blinks the power light. When trying to print to a LAN printer (one of the HPs listed above), Vista 64-bit indicates that the PC that is sharing out the printer has the incorrect drivers, yet it works fine with the shared PC running XP. Another Vista Home Premium machine on the LAN has no issues printing to the shared printers.
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 see Windows Sound Schemes, and DreamScene Content Pack 3 now available. Also the Windows Vista Ultimate Language Packs are back after the SP1 upgrade.
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.........
I have a duel boot on my system, win vista and windows xp. i installed windows vista 1st and then windows xp sp2 but after installing windows xp i am unable to log into windows vista. when i restart it directly starts windows xp rather than showing windows select option
I am trying to access the public folder from another computer on my local network. After failing I started diagnosis at the local machine. I have UAC turned off and have shared the public folder (c:userspublic) with full control, change and read for everyone in share and Full control for everyone in the security tab. I can access the folder in windows explorer. If I select start network, machine name, public, I get a message that \machinenamepublic is not accessible. Network and sharing center show the following:
Network Discovery on
File Sharing on
Public floder sharing on (password required)
Printer sharing off
Password Protected Sharing on
Media sharing off
If I click on the link to show me all the files and folders that I am sharing nothing is displayed.
I am looking for path of hosts file in vista x64. I found solution to get for 32bit apps to see the 64-bit tree, search now find hosts file and i see it and can edit it. But before these solution i was unable to find hosts file.
Monochrome Blog - Updating your hosts file in Vista 64-bit Where is this file hidden and how to find it. If i run Notepad as administrator and try to browse that cwindowssysnative directory i found noting. But TotalCommander find it and i can edit it and add that what i need. It just was weird.
I have some problems regarding a clean instalation of Vista x64. Some time ago my HDD has broken and I have bought a new one. So I have to instal Vista which I got when I was buying my laptop. It´s Asus n80, GeForce 9m series (not sure which one) 512mb, 4gb RAM, Intel 2.0 GHz Dual Core, not sure which motherboard but preaty sure it´s Gigabyte´s. So the problem is next;
I insert the Instalation CD in the DVD-ROM, I check the option, in BIOS for "boot from ´CD/DVD Drive´", the instalation beggins, I check the language, upgrade/custom (i choosed ´custom´), i accept the terms and then one of the following two happens:
1st. Starting Setup screen appears and then it freezes.. Actualy it doesen´t freeze, ´cause the "working cursor" is still moving but nothing happens.
2nd. Setup process beggins and when "expanding Windows files" beggins the setup just stops and this error code appears: Windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installations. Error code: 0x80070057
I've created RAID-0 volume containing 2x150Gb WD VelociRaptor HDDs. Before copying files windows sees it as one volume (279Gb). I partitioned it as single volume and formatted it. But when i proceed further to copying files stage it displays the error "Windows could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume" I have tried uploading RAID drivers. Didn't work. Same error.
What is the best way to upgrade an OEM (Lenovo) Vista Ultimate 32 bit to Ultimate 64? Can it be done? Is the only way through the OEM? Should there be a cost?
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?
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!
I have been researching and learning as much as I can about 64 bit systems and my conclusion is to to simply ask the experts.
My question is, should I use Vista Ultimate 64 or 32 bit? I'm upgrading from Windows XP Home Edition. This will be a big investment for me. My current system specs are...
Q6600
4 GB DRR2 800
8800GT
SoundBlaster-XiFi
I would like to take advantage of better computing, simply put, but I'm having trouble seperating truth from myth, ex: better graphics and a large performance increase. I do a lot of gaming and web browsing, and I play a lot of the newer generation games (Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Oblivion, Crysis, etc.).
Need some advise, i already have vista 64 ultimate on my HDD(a) on my machine. my cousn gave me a xp pro 64 bit and i like to install it in my HDD(b) coz i have 2 HDD on my pc. is there any prob if i install it??
Im running 4gb and 8800gtx. im afraid that there will be a harware comaptibility prob if i use xp 64 bit ,most specially in RAM and VGA vard.
I will be upgrading to vista ultimate from xp pro. I understand there is a program that will determine whether or not my current applications will run in the new vista enviroment.
Is it possible to upgrade my Vista 32-bit to Vista 64-bit without a reformat? I really don't want to have to go and deal with the PITA backups and reinstallation of programs... I looked around the net and got distracted by my 64-bit version of Windows 7 (which got me thinking "Damn it, now I need more RAM) before I could find any answers...
I installed a Windows Vista Ultimate Eternity in a partition. In another partition I have Vista Home Premium.
Accidentally somebody formatted the Drive with the Vista Ultimate files. Of course when you restart the computer you still get to choose between the two systems.
How do I completely erase the Vista Ultimate so the computer doesn’t ask again which OS to use?
At the moment it runs XP pro (Very well i might add!) but my friend insists on wanting Vista ultimate installed instead. I have shown him the rig with XP running but he is not convinced! So before he rushes out and buys a copy, i would like to get some "Real world" opinions on vista ultimate on this hardware. (just so i dont get a ear full of abuse if its slow as a snail!)
I have switched between Vista Ultimate x64 and x32 on numerous occassions and for the life of me am unable to distinguish or realise any improvement in performance when I use x64.
In fact, if anything, my computer seems to run faster with x32 and has the same Windows Experience Index Base Score of 5.5 for both versions of Ultimate.
Yes, I understand x64 utilises all of my 4,096MB of memory compared to 3,072MB with x32 (it says 1,024MB appropriated in Settings whatever that means?), but I just don't experience any noticeable difference in performance.
So having said all that, what are the benefits of me running Vista Ultimate x64 over Vista Ultimate x32, if any?
I have read a lot of threads in the forums to try to get to the bottom of my issue, but I have not found a true answer. I am running XP Pro and trying to upgrade to Vista Ultimate. I have ran the advisory many times and it stated my computer is ok.
No issues were detected for these system components. The following table contains system components that meet the minimum hardware requirements needed for Windows Vista.........
I just purchased a new HP desktop, INtel core 2 Quad processor, 64 bit performance with 8gb of ram, 1 Terrabyte hard drive. It came with Vista home premium 64 bit edition. I had previously purchased Vista Ultimate for a laptop that no longer works. When I downloaded Vista Ultimate I put in the 32 bit instead of the 64. I am not able to do a restore to go back to the way I purchased it. I am not very computer savvy. And what would be the down fall for keeping the 32 bit installed (somone had told me I wouldn't be using the full capicity of the computer).
how do you format HD in Vista. I searched in HELP section. these are entries in results:
How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks? What do I need to do to format a hard disk? What file system should I use? What's a quick format? What are partitions and volumes? How do I create more partitions? How do I add a new hard disk?
under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED.. (ah yes, nothing with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will purchase Windows XP, and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you right-click on drive you want to format and then hit "format"
I am have been trying to upgrade to Vista Ultimate 64-bit with no luck. I get it to install the initial files and when it reboots I get the blue screen of death. I have the 32-bit Vista Ultimate installed with no problems whatsoever. I have a Nvidia 780i sli with pentium quad core 3gb and 2 Nvidia 8800 gtx graphics cards. For my ram I have 8gb of ddr2 8500mhz Kingston hyperx.
I am looking to buy this in a week or so but I got a question. I have been reading numerous boards and some people are saying that when you activate your vista its tied to your current motherboard. So if I decide to upgrade my motherboard in a few months and I have to reinstall my OS from scratch I wont be able to reactivate my vista because its a completely different motherboard? Can anyone clarify this as I know it seems like a bonehead question but I don't want to blow $290 dollars for nothing. My understanding was that the retail let you install as many times as you want no matter if you upgrade your pc every 6 months with new parts.
I am thinking about getting a Solid State Drive. I prefer to get the intel brand, and the 80GB is within my budget. (The Intel X25-M) The speed performance boost is the reason I am interested. If I want to keep my documents and games on my standard hard drive, and load Vista completly on my new SSD drive, would it be a good idea? I know that my x64bit Vista Ultimate is at least 40GB, but not 100% sure if thats it. Plus I know it needs some extra space for other "stuff".
System is dual opteron single core, Highpoint 1820 raid 5 western raptors, another for photos another as scratch disk and a spare tyan 2885 mother board ultimate on raid 5 drive as c drive. System appears stable till I try to do anything as an administrator. I click on something to change something and system locks up. will only work after a hard restart till I click on something again, Where do I need to start looking for problem, system was stable with 2x the memory 4 gigs in XP 32 and 64 even thru the vista betas, I could only reinstall with 2 gigs of memory all ecc and registered all are matched. Office 2007 installed and updated, printers installed, networked etc. last crash I had message 3 days to activate, activate now. I clicked on activate now system locked up
