For the past several days I have been reformatting my hard drive, attempting
to set up a multi boot system, which Vista and XP x64 bit. I cut my hard
drive into 2 equal partitions, installed XP x64 bit, upgraded it to Vista,
and then installed x64 bit again on the other partition ...

I keep getting an error installing Net Framework 3.0, tried  normal fixes
for such errors several times then I noticed that Windows update site
reports the dnload as 90Mb after selection but install window allways
reports a 45Mb dnload that fails to install. So my ??? is how big ...

Didn't I read that buyers who purchased XP Pro 64 bit OEM would get some kind
of price cut / deal to upgrade to Vista? Can anybody here point me to a
Microsoft web page that covers this?
Thank you.

Realtek has released Vista drivers for their audio chipsets embeddeed in many
popular motherboards and notebooks
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=23&
Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
Download link:

I have currently Windows XP Home 32 bit so an update "on the fly" is impossible
if I Boot with Windows Vista DVD in the Tray the Installation appears also
the loading screen appears.
Then the Vista Installation Background (Crystal??) appears and i can run the

A long story, but I managed to whack the boot record with partition
commander. I can get the PC to the "recover" mode using the install
CDROM and my fake raid drivers [3rd party install].
Running bootcfg /scan, it finds my windows installation.  [No surprise

I'm hearing 32-bit drivers for Vista will be hard to come by for a lot
of hardware, does anyone know about 64-bit drivers?   Does anyone
anticipate 64-bit Vista drivers for notebooks be easier to come by? Any
tips on where I can find compatibility information on the web?

I've just downloaded Windows Vista Business version from my MSDN-AA
program. I've burned the downloaded image to DVD and installed on my
machine successfully, but it was only 32 bit version.
I'm not sure how I can install 64 bit version of Vista on my computer.

I run a small business, using SBS 2000 as the sole domain controller.  I
recently upgraded to a dual-boot configuration (with an existing installation
of XP) to XP64 to run some productivity apps.
I read as much documentation about dual-boot as possible, and installed XP64

What about if i wish install on a hard disk with Vista32 Installed, so i want
to install vista64 over the same disk, is that possible?. I ask this because
in a lab i've had a V32 (RC1) installed so i tried to install V64 and every
thing was "normal" until the PC try to boot it's ...

Nikon has finally posted their RAW codec plugin for Vista Photo
Gallery
http://nikonimglib.com/nefcodec/
I've been unable to get it to work in x64. It installs. (follow the

Does anyone have a 64-bit VMWare Guest OS successfully running on a
notebook?  If so, can you share what make, model and configuration notebook?
Thanks!

This is a new problem connected with a previous thread.
I have successfully installed WXP64 on a hard drive which is NOT part of a
raid array. I have added 4 other  new drives, each of 250GB, which I have
configured in BIOS as a Raid 10 array. I had to load various drivers from ...

In typical MS fashion, every time I insert a dvd that has video files
on it, media player 10 install dialog box launches - with no apparent
way to disable this autolauncher. Problem is, I don't want to install
this crap.

There are four important updates, a bunch of language packs and a game.
Go and grab them at Windows Update.
Carlos