Received significant updates to DirectX on both x64 and x86.  This will be
the download page for the DirectX installer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A
-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en
And for the DirectX page announcing 'Important ...

I have XP Pro installed on drive C and XP-64 installed on drive D (a separate
drive).  Every time I reinstall XP on drive C, I lose my dual boot forcing me
to reinstall both operating systems, killing me on the time issue.  Is there
any way to restore the dual boot after ...

The thing is, I had Sun JRE installed - updated Explorer and the new version
complains of a missing Java VM. Trying to re-install I'm informed that it is
installed and in good shape. Must I really go through the complete hazzle of
removing it and re-installing again, or what is ...

this is my trouble with the x64 edition of windows. The thing with this
damned OS is that it would not run any version on the Imgae Zone app
that i got with my HP Printer, now as always, HP is oblivious to the
fact that there is a 64 bit edition to the WinXP Pro and so they do not

This is the first Vista x64 registry cleaner that I am aware of:
http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-registry-cleaner.htm
Its utility has already been widely debated here.
Charlie convinced me not to use them.

Can I play any game on XP professional 64 edition? are all the games work on
the XP professional 64 edition. if they can't work, what can I do to make it
work?
Thank you very much!

It's a USB wireless adapter. Got it to work in x64 using Ralink drivers. I
think it's the 2500 chipset, since the drivers say rt2500 in the filename.
Trying to get the same device to work in 64-bit Vista Ultimate RC1. So far,
no go.

Well, I'm faced with going back to XP on my laptop.  I need sound.  Or I
could try Vista 64 RC1.
I did install Vista 64 RC1 on it, and it ran great before I crashed
everything, including the sound.  But I didn't have a chance to install and

ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows
Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD
images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make
images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO ...

I want to install 2 second hand 80GB Sata harddrives in Raid 0+1, because
I read raid is going to be much faster and probably more efficient than 2
single IDE harddrives .
 Can someone suggest methods for partitioning the harddrives and installing

Newegg is selling X64 CD's with SP2b as part of the upgrade coupon.  Has
this now been integrated in the RTM versions?  When will it be available in
final version for those of us who purchased SP1?

Trying to install Flash player 9 on the IE7 x 64bit doesn't work, is there a
version for the 64 bit or should I just use the 32bit version instead?

Will active x become available for x 64bit and if so when?

Next week (backup first) I will reconfigure my two identical SATA II HD's to
RAID 0 in BIOS setup.
Motherboard is ASUS A8N-SLI (Nforce 4 AMD chipset).
This will destroy all my current contents in those HD's, no big deal after

First, though there are a few nice people in this group who would like to
help you, there are those who prefer to insult you rather than admit they
have no answer. I can't imagine they have any kind of a social life due to
this personality flaw, so they infest newsgroups like ...