Reinstallation Of Windows Vista
May 2, 2010how do i do a clean install of windows without the cd. system manufacturer:Hewlett Packard model:compaq SR5129UK System Type 32 bit
Windows edition Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2
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Upgrade Vista Reinstallation Of Xp Stopped Working
Dec 27, 2008im new here so dont be harsh but last night i decided to format my pc, so i formated it and tried to reinstall vista, the reinstallation worked fine but then it said i had to have a old version of windows for me to activate, because its an upgrade version. i then formated AGAIN and tried to clean-install XP so i could then upgrade to my vista but during my reinstallation of xp it stopped working. this is where it may get confusing haha, after the first part of the xp install it restarts (the first part meaning where it formats and copys all the files to memory) but just after it restarts it comes up with the screen "press any key to boot to CD........" i let it go because ur not ment to boot to cd after that, but on that same screen it comes up with a few different coloured boxes on the screen and it just hangs and thats where im absulutly stumped
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Apr 22, 2010I'm currently experiencing an issue with a Visa Business laptop where it had suddenly been taking approximately 20 minutes to boot, after running various virus scans and checking through the boot logs I was unable to find a solution and as such decided to reinstall Windows to resolve my problem. However, I have found that even after completely reformatting the drive and reinstalling Windows Visa I am still experiencing this extremely long boot time. I have observed that the long boot time does not occur if I select to boot in to safe mode, and for a large majority of the time when the computer is booting the hard disk activity light isn't even flashing with Windows freezing on some attempts while booting.
To attempt to see if this was a hardware issue I downloaded a copy of Linux Mint onto a DVD and booted from it, as expected it booted extremely fast (for a disk) compared to Windows. Being unable to fix the problem myself I have decided to finally request help from people whom would be more knowledgable in this area than me :P To assist in finding the resolution of my problem I have included a copy of the bootlog (I have disabled the drivers that do not load and have noticed no difference in the overall boot time).
Home Basic: Reformat And Reinstallation Of Windows, Keeps Bugging
Dec 9, 2008I have a friend with Windows Vista Home Basic on his HP laptop, he has a valid key in the back of it on a sticker, it worked before, but after a reformat and reinstallation of Windows, it keeps bugging him that it's not genuine. We tried various command prompts found online to reset validation keys or stuff like that, we passed the phone activation successfully, but still there's no change.
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Feb 2, 2010Today, I was forced to use my Vista Ultimate installation disc to reinstall Vista - since yesterday morning, my computer was not able to get out of a loop (first going to Windows Error Recovery and then, when selecting any of the options, going to the green loading bar, where it the green bar stopped moving about 2/3 of the way, and going back to Windows Error Recovery).
The installation went smoothly enough, but I am absolutely clueless how to get my computer to roughly the same conditions it was before this fiasco. Fortunately, it would appear that all of my files and folders from before this re-installation have been saved in the folder Windows.old. However, I am at a complete loss as to how to reconfigure my Internet connection, how to restore my previous screen resolution (there are now only three options for resolution under Display Settings), and essentially getting the basics back in order.
Reinstallation Of Home Premium: Get Activation Key
May 11, 2009I bought HP Laptop 9 months back, which came with vista home premium with it. now it is running very slowly. So i want to format and reinstall the vista home premium. My Question is do I need to get the activation key for the reinstall also(i have product key of the previous installation)? is it legal to reinstall home premium with the product key that i have?
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Aug 19, 2008I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition Dutch Version, updated with SP1 and all the patches/updates until today. However, I have encountered two problems lately, that might be related. During one of the last Windows update sessions, one of the recommended updates was KB940157: Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista for x64-systems (11,8MB).
The update downloaded succesfully, created a restore point, but then during installation of Search 4.0, windows update stops and announces an update fail error:
Failed: 1 update
Errorcode: 800F0900
I've been googling this particular error code in combination with KB940157, but it doesn't bring up any entries. Then later on, I discovered that when I go into the Windows Components window (via Control Panel, Add/remove software), the entire windows stays blank (first it says "Wait a few moments..."). This only lasts a few seconds then shows a complete empty window.
Service Pack 2 For Windows Vista And Windows Server 2008, Hit An Important Milestone In Development
Feb 25, 2009Just had this in my RSS Feed, thought it would be interesting. Announcing the Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 RC - Windows Vista Team Blog - The Windows Blog Quote: This week we are announcing that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has hit an important milestone in development: Release Candidate (RC).
Starting today, the RC of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers to test prior to final release. In the very near future, we will be making the RC broadly available for anyone to download and test. You can expect another blog post from me when that happens. SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include updates that have been delivered since the release of SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging standards. As we’ve described since we first talked about SP2, we’ve taken your feedback into account when developing SP2. Specifically, we expect SP2 to continue the security benefits of both products and simplify deployment for our customers. For an outline of changes in SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, check out the notable changes document. We are planning to release SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 in the second quarter of 2009.
Installing Windows XP Without Removing Windows Vista Home Premier?
Jun 12, 2008Just bought a new HP Pavilion DV2860 notebook. For a couple of days I have been using Vista and I didn't really like it. Many of the applications that I used to use in on Windows XP are not capiable with Windows Vista! I have got a Windows XP Professional 64-bit edition CD and was planning to install Windows XP on the notebook. Can I use 2 operating systems on the notebook? I don't want to delete Windows Vista but I want Windows XP.
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Mar 26, 2008I have the Windows Vista upgrade disc and I just bought a new hard drive. Do I need to reinstall Windows Xp and Windows Vista again or is there an eaiser way to do it?
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Oct 9, 2009I calculated that to migrate to Vista or Windows 7 will cost close to =A32000. not including my time - It will take around 100 hours. This is because many of my existing software / tools / utilities does not work on Vista and the vendors expect me to buy a new license because it is a "new product" even though it does exactly what it did before - just on a different OS. Even the products that do work have problems and glitches that have to be worked around. All this takes time MY VALUABLE time. In other words I am suffering because Microsoft want money. In the past some versions of windows were worth migrating to Windows 2000 and Windows XP were great
But most of the improvements to Vista / Windows 7 are mostly transparent to normal users - even monster power users like me. I believe Microsoft have a serious attitude problem. just wait until they take full advantage of TPM to screw even more money out of us. If I am wrong please point out a real tangible benefit that Vista or Windows 7 brings to a large percentage of users or to me. I also I can no longer buy a laptop because they only come with Vista GPU drivers (some come with buggy unsupported XP GPU drivers - great)
Poll: Windows Vista Or Windows XP?
Mar 12, 2008Which do you prefer, Windows Vista or Windows XP?
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Finale 2002 was obviously created for OS's prior to Vista.I'd like to uninstall this program but selecting it on Add/Remove and trying to uninstall it gives the following error message: "An error occurred while trying to uninstall Finale 2002. It may have been already uninstalled. Would you like to remove Finale 2002 from the Programs and Features List". I've been selecting `No'.
The `uninstaller' file that comes with Finale 2002 does nothing when invoked.Since I created a Restore point prior to installing Finale 2002 on June 23, I tried to restore the computer but at this point I can no longer view that point. It won't show on the list of restore points, even if I show restore points older than 5 days. Has that restore point been permanently deleted? If so, is there a way to estore the computer to some date prior to June 23rd. Or perhaps there's a program I can download that will correctly uninstall Finale 2002. I looked on the internet but to no avail. I thought about just re-installing the program again but am afraid of screwing up my Registry.
Cant Get Into Windows Vista
Sep 23, 2009cant get into windows vista when i switch it on the Toshiba logo comes up and then the screen goes blank tried recovery dvd but gets to a screen sayin "Waiting for ODD to initialise" and then nothing happens tried using windows xp dvd but only gets so far and comes up with error message looked in the Bios and it recognises the Toshiba hard dive and the DVDCD player tried to press f8 to get to the screen where you can start in safe mode, go back to last configuration etc. but nothing happens booted with dr. dos and i can browse the C: drive so the hard drive seems ok?
is there a file i can execute on the c: drive via dr.dos to start windows manually or is there a command to get into the screen where i can restore it to the last known good configuration. I have a Toshiba Satellite L300 laptop only 2 weeks old
Getting Bad Feedback From Windows Vista
Apr 6, 2008I am having quite some issues with a new computer that we got for our
company's director. It is an HP Pavilion Media Center m8325f Elite. Although
it comes with Windows Vista Home edition, we bought the upgrade to Windows
Vista Business edition. Once we installed this upgrade, we started having a
blue screen every other time we reboot this computer. The error code that we
get ( 0x0C5 ) talks about a driver that got corrupted. There are some
articles in your site that suggests choosing a specific starting mode to
identify which driver is the one that tries to use a page outside its pool.
It is not even a month since we bought the computer, and now we are
having another kind of blue screen in which Windows complains about a
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PowerDVD 8 + Windows Vista
Dec 13, 2008
Got some problem. I had Windows XP and had no problems playing Blu-ray movies. Now i have Windows Vista Ultimate x86 (tried x64 too) and when i launch PowerDVD movie starts with blank (black) screen all i can hear is sound no picture
If i try to launch only one file form disk it plays perfectly.
Windows Vista Problems
Mar 15, 2009I recently purchased a dell xps 1530 and it had windows vista home premium 32 installed on it for the first 2 weeks it worked fine than gradually the hibernate and the sleep fuctions started booting to windows error recovery when contacted dell the solution was to reinstall windows and then a new series of problems: windows boot manager in which i had to insert the windows cd every time i tried reinstalling windows and after some time the same problems started to appear again now what do i do am thinking of trying windows ultimate.
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