I've just got my new Dell precison 690 with two dual core Xenon Intel
processor. I've install XP pro x64. No problem, windows sees my
processors..... but only uses one of them!
By default the bios had enabled Hyper threading and I could only use a

***Hi  all,   just trying  Vista64 rc1 (build 5600) on a Ferrari 1005,
     several  apps say "msvcP (or R) 71.dll   missing"
     ms  solutions said "install  .net 1.1"   which i did,
     but now  dont know  where its gone !

What is the status of service Pack 2 for X64, when will it be released?
Thank you
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There is a known issue with the Xerox Phaser 5500 printer installation
as this runs a program called PSCOUTEXE.
Everytime I print to the 5500 printer it threw up a program error
"PScoutExe has stopped working".  This is a print monitoring program

Installed WS2003 Enterprise x64 evaluation on sata drive with no problems.  
Appears to work fine untill I run Windows Updates.  After installing updates
& re-booting, the system will not completely boot - it just passes the splash
screen, then reboots before the login screen ...

I have a intel storage matrix SATA RAID controller have 2 drives in a RAID 0
array. I have not activated the install because want to make sure everything
is working properly.
The only way the system will boot to the operation system is if the xp cd is

I have a machine with the following video cards in it:
- a PCI-X Nvidia 6600GT (dual-head) set up as the primary display
- a PCI ATI Radeon 7000 set up as secondary
- a PCI ATI Xpert 128 set up as tertiary

I have just begun having a problem when starting up windows x64. During the
logo screen the blue bar stops and stays like that. I can not get into or
past my computer. The only hardware change was a dvd burner that i installed,
recently i unplugged it thinking something screwed it ...

I'm a few weeks into using a new computer with Windows x64 on it, and I just
now realize that I have no spell check in Outlook Express. When I hit F7 I
get a window that says an error occured while checking the spelling.
Does Outlook Express use the spell checker from MS Office?  ...

These questions may seem silly but I'll ask to play it safe - thanks for
your feedback.
ANyone have any issues with adding a 64 bit 2003 server to an existing
Windows 2003 domain if the existing servers are 64 bit?

All:
(details)
Probably a silly question but I just added an x64 r2 server to our
domain.  it is not a DC or a GC. I have successfully added the server

The image file created to be stored on an external HD is the size of the
HD's imaged or is the image file smaller?
My partitions  are 239 111 40 gig. Do I need an external hd of 400gig or
better to store the image file?

Has anybody played with the speech recognition in Vista 64?  I'm at a point
where I really need it (driving a lot and using Outlook for sales calls,
then dictating conversation notes.)  I'm considering buying Dragon's
Naturally Speaking.  But if Vista's voice recognition is ...

I'm installing Windows XP x64 on a RAID0 array. I used the current nVidia
RAID drivers and successfully formatted the array, and Windows Install went
smoothly. However, I can't get past the splash screen. Windows just reboots
every single time and it goes into a loop with no BSOD ...