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Yet another Windows Vista Updgrade nightmare story
Now Vista is installed and running fine on new HDD and I'm still runing XP Pro on original drive. All in all a painless experience and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well Vista is behaving. My only gripe is that Windows Boot Manager still has an entry for the old Vista install. I would like to remove it although

Vista installation freezes after "Windows is loading files..." scr
And, of course, you'll have to back up all your data prior to doing the clean install (not that you wouldn't with an upgrade, but... well, you know...) I've only done clean installs with Vista, formatting the HD's during install, and my Vista experience has been positive. Yes, IE has stopped working a few times

why did i buy vista...
Booted from the Vista DVD 4. Install progressed as it did on real PC except a lot slower. It took about 2 hours to install. At the end, it "blue screened" with NT_EVAL_PERIOD_EXPIRED. I rebooted and it asked if I wanted to activate Windows. Sure... why not..... but you cannot do that for the beta. It just died.

Vista Installation Files
Following an unfixable error with the Vista Backup & Recovery program I've decided that my first Vista installation has reached the end of its natural life. Anybody with experience of this scenario? Also, if it does install correctly onto the G drive, am I right to assume that the original C drive partition on

2nd Windows Vista Install
HLP files from Vista Install or migrating them to CHM or AP Help. So here's the post. Sad to say goodbye to faithful old WinHelp but I can imagine 16 year old C code is probably Ted Dworkin (Director of Windows Support Experience) told MVPs - "WinHelp does not meet the code standards established for Vista.

Customizing Vista Installation
Manuel Nonaca mbnon...@mns.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup After two weeks of reading windows vista installation NG the majority of the post have been Personally I feel this is the best method to learning the OS and an exciting experience of man vs machine................who will win?

Getting ready to install Vista
Just run it after the vista install. It's not rocket fucking science. Obviously, you haven't been working with operating systems long. Come back in a few years when you have some real experience, junior. Let me laugh at you. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Clearly you don't know shit

Weird graphics after fresh install
I think Windows Vista is the best system by far. Vista speeks for itself. My experience has been great and continues to get even better. All this and a box of cookies who pulls there head out of there ass and buys Vista Home Premium. Oh and also so it takes less than 30 minutes to install.

Access 2003 Packaging & Deployment Wizard for Vista Install
In my experience, major hardware problems or incompatibilities will show up right away; they're not so much a function of the age of the hardware (you know how I've heard of other folks having weird errors with burnt install media, too. As Vista setup runs, it logs information to a file called setupact.log.

Vista install fails after 1st restart
"Andy" <a...@indigo.ie> wrote Just had my first ever real experience with Vista today (Dell PC with Windows Vista Basic Home). Before attempting a Vista install/upgrade it's recommended you run Microsoft's Vista Upgrade Advisor to help anticipate & plan for possible hardware/driver problems.

Dual boot Vista modifying XP registry?
Hi After lurking on these newsgroups I have just signed up and am relating my experience with dual booting. I have 2 Sata Hard disks. XP is installed on disk one Vista would stall very early on. By trial and error I found out that the only way I can install Vista on the second disk was to UNPLUG the first disk.

Vital vista installation tips
... MVP] /before private reply change px with pl in my e-mail address/ Okay this has been my experience with setting up daul boot for Windows Vista and XP. Lastly Insert the recovery disk 1 reboot and to begin the Windows Vista install. When Vista is up and running most likely you will not longer be able to

Migration of Vista Upgrade installation to new drive
jimmuh jim...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Given your apparent lack of experience with dual booting configurations I'm going to There are ways around this (namely by using one technique or another to hide the Vista installation from the Windows XP installation), but they will

MS Announce WinHelp to be Deprecated
Shane <sh...@weasel.is-a-geek.net> wrote in news:eon14j$5ap$1 @lust.ihug.co.nz: So, full install, how much HDD space will Vista chew up? Or does it lock down that 15 Gig and thats it? Use this: http://www.vlite.net/ He he. Google for eXPerience / sniper windows versions :) They have ripped the guts out of vista and

Another Recommendation Post
Rock R...@nospam.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Ok, hopefully someone with experience with your setup will see it and respond. Good luck. "Steven" <Ste...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote Sorry about that, I have posted a section of my own. Titled, "Vista Installation Fails After First

Installing Vista on SATA drive
Even Windows Experience Index said you were good to go, in its back-handed way, and that tests a number of things. It's odd that you could reboot until the 8) Started upgrade fom XP 9) Allowed updated to be downloaded prior to install, then followed defaults all through Vista install. 10) Vista completed its

Vista Installation on Dim 8300?
4) Its been my experience that you can see some causes of the crash from theWin RE feature: You'll have a choice there of using: 1) Startup Repair 2) System Restore 3) Hey everyone; I just did a clean install of Vista last night. I have been adding my programs, data, etc. All of a sudden IE 7 stops working.

What if I change my mind?
He has lots of experience using a free installer that is suppose to be a lot better than the PDW. Tom Wickerath Microsoft Access MVP http://www.accessmvp.com/TWickerath/ From what I've read, I believe we shouldn't install Vista programs in a folder that is located in the root directory.

Vista entering reduced functionality mode without warning
Then you'd better go check out the vista install newsgroup where people that have Vista beta installed can't install the release. .... NO, sir, I found out by EXPERIENCE that OS X is a POS, having used it daily for over a year. I also found out by experience that Windows is a great product.

Vista install space
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Bob wrote: Peoples been warned about updating to Vista due to it still being buggy. Whenever anything new comes out, you always find people with that point of view. I can only report my own experience.