Ok... We are MSDN Universal and Technet Plus Subscribers.  Today I went on
MSDN and downloaded Vista from the following location:
Operating Systems / Windows Vista / English / Windows Vista (x64) - DVD
(English)

I'm running MCE 2005, will I be able to upgrade to Vista Ultimate, or am I
restricted to upgrading to Home Premium only?
Thanks

I'm getting a boot failure because a347bus.sys couldn't be loaded. So i've
tried to repair vista serveral times but it didn't work. Repair finds the
problem and tries to replace the file only to fail and give me an 0x34 error.
I wanted to trie and get in the console but every time ...

I am trying to download a clean copy of windows onto my sony vaio but when it
gets to the download section it says copying files and when that gets to 87%
complete the installation fails what should I do?

Vista installs right up to the part where it TESTING COMPUTERS PERFORMANCE
starts. At this point the install fails.
After a re-boot ,the install continues but asks again for a user name and
password (does not let you use the previously entered one).

A dark gray screen appeared after my "custom" non-upgrade installation of RC1
had seemed to be going fine on a Toshiba Satellite A-105 laptop. I couldn't
get it to do anything last night, but finally closed the case. This morning,
it still wouldn't do anything (except display the ...

When installing pre-rc1 the software terminates says the it can't find files
it need to run. I thinK that my download was corrupted and now I can't
redownload the ISO file.
Did anyone else have this problem?

I downloaded the Vista x86 DVD iso from MSD and when trying to install it I
get the error mentioned above in the subject line.
I tried this a couple of times but the same problem occurs at 70% every time.
I am running a SATA hdd but Vista picked it up just fine. I killed the

Hey Guys, a sort of quick one for you all.. (hopefully)
Currently running Vista on my Home PC and XP Pro on my home Laptop.
Definately impressed with Vista and want to know the best way to install
Vista on both my desktop and laptop. When released, I am going to purchase

I am unclear as to several issues with migrating to Vista on my current
machine. The Vista advisor says my hardware is good to go.
1. I need to replace the physical C/D drive with a larger one as there's not
enough room to install Vista.

I recieved a copy of VISTA RTM x64 Ultimate edition from my employer for use
with remote PC apps for work and such, however it wont install. first it
gives me a message saying upgrade is disabled, this version of vista must be
installed as a clean copy, boot from DVD. I did so ...

To all I ask when Vista is released to the public doeas anyone know whether I
will be able to upgrade from rc1 or will I have to do a clean install ?? I
upgraded from xp sp2 home....When and if I have to do a clean install can
someone explain how I should do this and no I will ...

I hope some one can help. I have been trying to install RC1 but I can't seen
to get past the checking the system part. I get a screen that tells me that I
can't install RC1 because of windows Share Point services are installed.
 Now this is a good trick, since I didn't install ...

Is it me or are the installed disk usages significantly different (a few
GB) between a 32-bit and a 64-bit installation? This is on the same
machine (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3200+ 754 CPU), same
Ultimate Edition, and similiar options in installation. I did notice an

I've just installed the RTM; having run RC1 for a month or so. It's a clean
install, not an upgrade.
My problem is (and was also with RC1), that whenever I log out or reboot,
Vista clears everything in my user profile. Files, settings, mail accounts,