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1. gothic.x@hotmail...

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 11:54AM  

   I've a Targa with AMD Turion 64 X2, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD and Vista just stops after trying to install it...using the debug version, I can see it stops on drive.sys...any idea why does this happen? I tried both x86 and x64 installations and it's always the same...:|

   Please help!!!

   Tha Laptop has the logo "Vista Capable"!

   Thx!

   gothic.x@hotmail.com
2. MadDoggyca

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 3:33PM  

   To historypro

   If you own a real copy of xp upgrade woudl still do it.. how ever you can inthory not buy a upgrade to vista if you only have a real copy of the beta / RTM builds as thoses linces can not be upgraded

   But I beting youhavea real copy of xp then dida upgrade to beta 2 then RTM there for u stil instied to do a upgrade to Retial Vista trafruing your XP linces over to Vista assuming its a OEM copy of xp.. If its a retial then the lince of the upgradeo ut go ontop of the retail verion of xp in that case I susgest byuying a retail verion Of ivsta so u can mantain the XP lince speretly

   To Wandy

   It run under ether classic theme or just plain Vista theme with no Areo or Glass.. I sugest useing classic theme to incress speed. how ever it will walk fine although another gig of ram wouldn't hurt?
3. MadDoggyca

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 3:34PM  

   ^^sry for bad spelling m keyboard out to lunch *needs replacing*
4. historypro

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 6:19PM  

   Many thanks, MadDoggyca. I began with XP SP.1 (Dell OEM). I upgraded to SP2, but when that corrupted, Windows wouldn't allow me to install the "older" OS( i.e. XP SP. 1), which is why I went to Vista. So if I understand you, the XP license still resides somewhere on my hard drive, even though XP itself was removed in the Vista installation. This means that I can purchase the upgrade version. Am I correct?

   Thanks,

   historypro
5. jeanfor

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 9:54PM  

   When I had 1gb of memory in my system the memory sub rating was 4.2. Now I added 1 additional gb and the memory score is 4.0. This is the same memory, same speed, in fact it is the same HP sku # for the memory. All other scores on my system are 5.0 or up. Can you explain this ?
6. jeanfor

   
   Posted on: January 05, 2007 at 11:07PM  

   I rebooted the system and refreshed the score....It is back to the original value...
7. Teknoman

   
   Posted on: January 08, 2007 at 12:52AM  

   Hmm well im probably just going to install it on the bigger hard drive anyway (gotta have room for updates and whatnot). Anyway if I installed Home Premium on a hard drive that already had games/other programs on it, it would probably have to erase everything on there and i'd have to reinstall everything?

   Also before installing Vista Home Premium on my other HDD, how would I go about uninstalling (and basically clearing out) windows XP from my C drive?
8. Elof_Barsk

   
   Posted on: January 08, 2007 at 8:44PM  

   I just got my (MSDN AA) Vista Business edition and Im Im all set on the hardware front except some leagcy/older hardware (scanners/printers).

   My question is simply if I can install the 32bit edition of Vista first, and then at some later time upgrade or reinstall it but choose the 64 bit version instead? Or am I simply stuck with the version I choose when I install (and activate it) for the first time?

   Much obliged
9. acoppard1994

   
   Posted on: January 13, 2007 at 2:58PM  

   Hello folks,

   I have bought a new PC recently, and am wandering wether the PRemiu, upgrade is worth it. I like the look of it, but I use it primelie for web design and games. Will I have to buy all my software again or can I run a backwards compatibiltity (XP). Is it worth it or not. Also does the free upgrade with the computer (Hp m7655) come as a Cd or does my XP product key run out so i am forced to use the new OS? Any light sharing on the idea would be great.
10. JJJ

    
    Posted on: January 14, 2007 at 5:31PM  

    Hey Everybody

    I have been using Vista since Beta 2 (which sucked)...I am now using RC1 5600 with all the updates. On the whole it has proved a great experience. On the down side, I agree with one of the other guys, third party software seems to take ages to install... the native burning software just grinds so darn slowly.... I wanted to just burn 120 megs of files to cd and it took forever....so I installed Burn Express instead and that was a bit better.

    Also for those not able to run transparency, I used glass 2k...which does the transparency thing to the taskbar and windows, havn't found any software that will do the 3d aero thing.My graphics card is a bit rubbish ...ati 9250 256 mg and not direct x 9. Have only had driver issues with my sound blaster value plus and lexmark z617 printer.

    Gonna cry when RC1 times out in May...ain't got the cash to buy vista...Nick tell Bill to reduce the price or Im goin' back to Suse 10.2!!!! ;-))