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I know this is probably the dumbest thing that you guys have ever heard of, but I cannot install Vista Ultimate 64. I'm running Windows XP SP2 and it won't allow me to boot from the DVD I burned with the .iso on it. What are the steps I need …

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I had insalled windows vista evaluation pack in my VMware Workstation. i have installed vmware tools too. now i can get screen resolution of 1024x768. but i dont have audio drivers installed in my guest operating sysem. Also i have an inbuilt graphic memory of 256MB but when i see …

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hi does anyone knw which window is tha latest(i mean after xp are there any other windows), if yes are they any good and are they available on net. thanx

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I have XP installed on my primary sata hard drive and have Vista installed on my second sata hard drive. When I boot the computer it doesnt give me a boot menu it automatically boots into XP. I can only get it to boot into Vista when I have the …

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[url]http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/061023/#story1[/url] If you have to scroll,it's the "Vista changes lock-out anti virus makers" story..

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I have two hard drives 250 gb w/ XP installed & 80 GB w/ Vista installed. I would change boot order of HD's to startup in XP or Vista. This was working great until today Today after loading Vista, shutting down, then rebooting to XP - my XP HD would …

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I'm seeing this from the event log: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM Date: 13/10/2006 13:52:38 Event ID: 10005 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Thor Description: DCOM got error "1058" attempting to start the service WSearch with arguments "" in order to run the server: {9E175B6D-F52A-11D8-B9A5-505054503030} …

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OMFG Media player 11 says my pocketpc 2003 device is "too old to sync" but activesync 4.2 (newest has no problem) what i wanna know is, before i shell out for Vista: a) will sync centre be on all versions (home,pro etc...) or will i need the more expensive version …

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Having problems with vista keep losing printers and computer runiing slow hanging up doing my head in!!! please help

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Ok, so we all know Vista. Panther, and new Linux distros are the latest in the here and now. My question to you is what do you think the world of computing is coming to for our future? Think about three or four generations ahead for this one. After Vista, …

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Here's how it went, I got done building my first pc about a month ago. When I installed the OS I was a little bit...retarded shall I say, and didn't create more then one partition. Now, a month down the line, I'm thinking "hey, I'd like to try the Vista …

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Hi, I have an installer project which installs my application and it's dependencies, which used to run fine on XP. This project has some Custom Actions that registers a service. I can register the service manually using elevated command line. But the custom action hangs. I have created a sample …

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Hey Guys, I missed Microsoft's Beta window although I do have a friend that has a copy. Does anyone know if there is a limit on the number of times a Beta version can be installed? Thanks, AJZ

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hi, when i try to install windows vista beta 2 64bit on a 80 gig harddrive, i get a message about a missing CD/DVD driver, i cannot by pass that, could someone please help me? here's the cpu and mobo that i'm using, please help :'( AMD Athlon 64 3800+ …

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Have you guys heard of any new games for Vista? The 3 I have heard about are CRYSIS, SHADOWRUN and Halo2. I have those previews here ( [url]http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Windows_Vista_computer_games.html[/url] ) but I am wondering if there are any games that I missed.. Mike [url]http://www.windows-vista-update.com[/url]

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I was really excited when I read the initial press releases about Vista. It was going to patch some of the glaring flaws in XP, add some great new features and functionality, include new scripting abilities, and simplify making advanced configuration changes. It was to be to XP what Windows …

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went looking for Folder Options to change to show all files and to set it to one click .,found it ! in mycomputer /properties ,top right, next to search icon ,black arrow ,click and go to search options .

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I have xp on one hard drive and i installed vista public beta on another drive in my computer. The install went fine and i was up and running on both os's. I wanted to access my my documents folder off of my windows xp installation and i was prompted …

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Hello Every one, I had same problem with svchost in Windows Vista which was running on 100%. I found out that was the Antivirus program. I am usually using NOD32. After deinstall it in emergency mode, everything looks good. :-) Machine should work and people should think. :-)

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I don't mean to spam but on my site, we are really interested in finding out whether PC owners like you plan to upgrade your hardware for Vista or not.. We are trying to find out one way or the other whether Microsoft has done a good job of articulating …

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Does anybody know if Windows Vista will have multiple desktops like KDE, and GNOME for linux systems? I am glad that Microsoft FINALLY got the idea and included tabbed browsing in IE (about time). Windows would be so much better with this feature. I use it all the time in …

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[url]http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5365.asp[/url] Paul Thurrott continues to keep us posted on the continuing builds of vista and what improvments, additions, and refinements they have. He also states that while this build has windows media player 11 in it, a beta version of media player 11 for xp will be released with in …

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I know that the new file system microsoft has been working on was origionally scheduled for release with windows vista. But months back it was canceled and it was said that it would be released as a "future upgrade". Then i read that it wouldnt be available for vista at …

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Ran across this article and thought it was of interest: [b]SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Committee to Fight Microsoft ("CTFM"), the first civil rights and consumer action organization in cyberspace, will hold a San Francisco news conference Tuesday, August 9th to announce that it has begun a campaign …

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Microsoft has released the first beta copies of both Windows Vista (ex Longhorn) and IE 7.0 to developers today instead of August 3rd (tactical commercial decision?) [URL=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/234165_msft27ww.html]info here[/URL]

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