I had installed a evaluation copy version of vista sp2 before the real vista sp2 came out, and I'm trying to install the real vista sp2 but there's a message that comes up on my screen telling me that I have to remove the evaluation copy version of vista sp2 before installing the real vista sp2 and I can't seem to see it on my programs and features lists?
View 3 RepliesSuddenly tonight my Windows Vista Ultimate OS stated that I had only fourteen days left of my evaluation period.This is crazy, because I bought this full version earlier this year, and I am 100% sure I activated it over the net.When slipping the computer the original disk, after a while I says that upgrade is disabled, and that I have to do a clean install.Are those guy at MS completely gone off the walls?Is there a way I can reactivate it?Does anyone know what might have happened?I can vaguely remember some downloading from a MS site to try out something, and after that the message came low and right on my screen stating "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation version. Build 6001"I can't do a clean install now!I fought for months to get everything to work.Damned if I go through that again!Of course it is my fault. I should have read the small print (if there was
any?!).But changing a legit version into a evaluation version without any proper
repetitive warnings,is absurd!
On a previously registered copy of VISTA Ultimate, I installed an evaluation copy of Windows SP1. In the bottom right part of my screen, it states: "Windows VISTA (TM)Evaluation Copy Build 6001." Now, many months later, I have begun getting balloons that my evaluation copy is about to expire, and I need to install any version of Windows VISTA. I REALLY do not want to do a clean install, or loose any data or programs.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI know Vista SP2 is still in "beta" phase but unlike W7 where the WHOLE OS is a beta I've legally paid for a VISTA license -- so after installing SP2 knowing it is still in beta and will expire in Apr I was a bit peeved to see Evaluation Copy stamped on my Desktop - especially when I've PAID for a full VISTA ULTIMATE license. This implies to management etc etc that I've downloaded a temporary copy of the OS rather than a Service Pack especially the water mark doesn't even MENTION SP2 on it. This is the sort of stuff that makes me want to go to torrents to look for cracks in how to get rid of this stuff.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIf I buy a full copy of any version of Vista for personal use, how many computers may I activate it on?
View 9 Replies View RelatedJust to make the lives of Vista advocates easier, this post contains some snippets that you can easily copy and paste into a new message. Microsoft will appreciate the intelligence you exhibit and convincing arguments you develop as you advocate for the best OS available for PCs today .......
View 9 Replies View RelatedWe have two computers. I want to copy my sent messages from computer 1 and download on computer 2 (and visa versa). I am elderly and advise needs to be simple.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI didn't check off the "Leave copy of messages on server" box and now all my messages in my Gmail inbox and Yahoo account are gone. Is there a way to reverse this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently installed Office Home & Student on a new machine with Vista and found that I can no longer copy an Excel chart and past it in the message space in Mail. I could do this with no problem using Office 2002 - XP and Vista. Is the problem with Vista or with Office 2007? I have already changed the registry to allow direct e-mail from Word and Excel to Mail (by-passing the requirement to have Outlook), but this doesn't seem to be related to that silly feature.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have Norton internet security in my PC but i still receiving message from th PC that i have virus.What can be the problem or how can i do to remove
View 4 Replies View RelatedVista Home Premium with 2GB memory DDM installed.
Desktop computer, 320GB hdd. Brand new.
Added a 2gb pen drive in an extra USB 2.0 port on back of computer which indicates when I look at drive (right click> properties> ready boost) that ready boost is activated, cache set at 1810 mb, the maximum suggested by ready boost.
Yet, in Vista welcome center, only 1.87 GB ram shows.
How can I evaluate Ready Boost pen drive's addition to computer performance?
A 21 year old girl at the time (now 23), ransacked my family for half-hundred grands ($50,000+) because U.S. legal system in USA is skewed towards women. men are terrorized, milked & shaken down liek money tress in the name of reverse racism & reverese ceksism (can't spell certain words on this Forum). THAT girl + "free" or rather unfair trade are not just mine, but an inrecasin gnumber of peoples target.
What she was able to steal from me, should nto happen to other men. We go bomb Iraq & threaten a bunch of foreign countries, but here we're growing the opposite extreme: where peopel who have nothing todo with slavery and cekcism are paying for previous generations mistakes.................
If I get the OEM version, I know that a restriction in the license means it cannot be transferred to another computer. I need to get clarification on the following:
1) What happens if my computer crashes and I am told I have to reformat the hard drive and re-install Windows? Am I forced to buy a new license?
2) What if I want to have a backup hard drive, or upgrade my existing hard drive to a bigger one? If it's the same computer and only the hard drive is upgraded or a second one added, does that mandate a new license?
If there is anyone out there willing to trade their 64bit version of Vista Home Premium for my OEM 32bit version of Vista Home Premium, e-mail me at 'I need the 64bit version because my system has 8GB RAM.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI upgraded my pc and bought Windows Vista ultimate 64bit, and i would like to install Windows vista Business 64bit. How can i do it? I took ultimate because it was the only version i could find (in my area anyway) that had a 64bit version in the box. But i don't want the media center, the high definition, and all the multimedia stuff. All of these ultimate "extras" are of no use whatsover to me. So my question is basically can i install the Business version with my ultimate key ? (is it "downwards" compatible in a way ?). I don't understand why ultimate is the only one with 64bit in the box. It doesn't make sense to me. It would have been much more logical for the Business version to be the one with 64bit in the box.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI purchased a new PC in early 2007 that came with XP. A month or so later I received the Vista upgrade CD which I have never installed. I intend to buy Windows 7 when it becomes available and wish to minimize my system upgrade problems as much as possible. Based on my understanding I would have to do a complete harddrive erase to install Win 7 and then reinstall all my applications. If possible and practical I'd like to upgrade XP to Vista and then Vista to Windows 7. My question am I likely to have problems going from a current up to date version of XP to a 2+ year old version of Vista which would require many updates to bring up to the current level?.
View 9 Replies View RelatedCan anybody recommend a good but simple software program? I want to copy a dvd that contains pictures from a camcorder.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to copy files from my usb hard drive: K: to my network external drive Z:
I am trying to copy everything from one to another (files in folders and files that are not in folders)
I tried selecting all and then send to Z:, but it took about six hours to copy about 20 gig (I have about 180 gig to copy)
I read some where that robocopy is a faster and better way to copy files.The thing is I do not know what syntax to use. I was wondering if someone could tell me the syntax I should use to copy EVERYTHING from the usb driveK: to the network drive Z:
My old Windows XP PC died months ago (motherboard problems) and so I took out the hard drive (which still functions fine) and put it in my new PC, but I can't seem to copy any of my files in the My Documents folder from the old drive to my newer larger drive. I've had this drive in here for the last several months and have had no problems writing other files to this 'older' drive (250 gig Maxtor 16mb cache, 7,200RPM drive (btw it's only a year old), but when I try to copy files to another drive I get the following error message: "You'll need to provide administrator permission to copy to this file." This only happens with files that are in the My Documents folder. My current login has administrator rights, so I'm thinking some how this has something to do with this drive being from a different computer's installation of XP.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I delete a message, I do not want to open the next message in my inbox. I want to back to the inbox. Is this possible? It is is Outlook.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have experienced two instances were Add/Remove in Vista does not remove all the software, so that comprehensive installation of similar software is not possible. The first concerned a Scanner, where Add/Remove would not remove all the software, so that installation of the new Scanner is not possible, until a procedure recommended by the Scanner's makers involving modifications to the Registry is carried out, which I could not possibly do myself, so it means hiring a Professional to do the job!
The second concerns Spellex. Here again the old version has not been removed, so that installation of the latest version is not fully carried out, making the software useless. How can Microsoft produce Windows where such problems occur? What is the experience of others in case this is a fault with my computer?
I have an Acer Desk top with AMD Phenom 9100e quad processors currently running Vista Ultimate 32 bit. Would I see an increase in performance if I installed the 64 bit version? The System has 4 GB of ram and NVIDIA 9200 Graphics card. I do realise that I will have to do a clean install if I go down this route
View 5 Replies View RelatedDue to a very long and unsuccessful attempt to get Office Enterprise to work properly on a new ACER (VISTA Home Premium) computer that came c/w a pre-installed trial version of Office 2007 as per Office technical support I need to do a clean install of VISTA. My problem is that the only option I have is to re-install the ACER factory load c/w the trial version and all of the other useless stuff. I am contemplating buying either a full or oem version of VISTA Home Premium, Format C, get rid of the hidden partition and start from scratch. What is the difference between oem and full other than the price.. Advice will be appreciated, this is my fourth computer but I have never needed to do anything this drastic before.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI started with the evaluation version given at a show. Purchased a full install (OEM) version, did upgrade. After installing service pack 1 all seemed well. Bottom right of screen still says evaluation copy and a prompt comes up saying times almost up get a real version. Changed the product key multiple times and it keeps kicking back.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI want to re-install Vista, only thing is it's an OEM Version of the OS. Is it possible to re-install an OEM Version of the OS, and how do i go about re-installing it if it's possible.
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Run Winver At Command Prompt And If You See The Following Next 2 The Build 6001 Number: V., Whereas V. = A 3 Digit Beta Build Number, Then You Are Running A Beta Version Of Windows Vista Service Pack One, Just FYI. If There Is No V. Next 2 The Build 6001, Then You Are Running Windows Vista SP1 RTM (RTM = Which Stands 4 Release To Manufacturing = Gold Or Final Release).
1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page. Now it's possible to store file reation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch). 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with "old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ... Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on Some bugs were fixed. New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
Did something happen with the WMP 11? I was looking at some MP3s on Amazon today. Downloaded 1 and it would not play on the WMP. I keep getting a message about dll has a version ( bunch of numbers) were more( numbers) was expected. WMP is not installed correctly and must be re installed. do you want to install player from MS site.
I tried several times and it just bounces me from one place to another on their site. I tried to delete WMP from PC thinking I could re load it, and in the control panel for doing so it's as if it does not even exist. Is it hidden somewhere? I finally tried loading a Real player and it works fine. Just wonder what the hell has happened to the WMP. Vista Home Premium with all the up dates if it matters.
I purchased a new Dell laptop this past Spring and opted for 64-bit Vista Home Premium. I had so many problems with applications (Dreamweaver CS3 and Ulead PhotoImpact 13 as two examples) not running properly that I got 32-bit Vista from Dell and started over. I now need to purchase another laptop and am finding most are being sold with 64-bit Windows with no apparent option, at least from HP and Dell, to order 32-bit instead. Other than being able to address more RAM, what is the big attraction of the 64-bit version that I'm missing?
View 7 Replies View Relatedis there a list of CPU's that can run a 64-bit version of Vista? if there isn't any, can you say if my CPU can run a 64-bit Vista? I got a Intel Celeron M 540 1.86GHz.... (printscreen of CPU-Z is attached) I've read alot about this but still I can't get any smarter... One site says it can't and an other says it can
View 6 Replies View RelatedI currently have windows vista 32 bit. I have inspiron 530. My computer can support win 64 bit, i tested it. My pc came pre-installed with vista 32 bit and i only got the 32 bit reinstallation DVD. How can i get a 64 bit? And can i use my win vista cd key for the 64 bit version?
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