I would like to know if I can install MS office XP (should be 2002, I think)
on Window Vista. I am thinking of buying a notebook which is loaded with
window vista, however afraid that I can't use a simple program such as excel
or word which is the reason I buy the notebook. On ...

I have upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate--all of my files are gone.  I
do not have a C:\Windows.old file nor are any of my files located in
the $INPLACE.~TR or $WINDOWS.~Q files.  When I do a search on a file
name it finds a shortcut to the file instead.

Installed the open source ffshow package for Vista, using the defaults.
Still, no DIVX movie will play.  Weather via a browser, WMP or Media
Player Classic, the indication is that the codec is not installed.
What needs to be done to activiate ffshow for this purpose?  Others

Dear group:
I have a HP DV9040us notebook with 2 SATA drives. It came with XP Media
Center Edition 2005. I want to install Vista on the second drive. I don't
want to dual boot or overlay the OS since I understand there are many

Can i install XP, server 2003 on the same computer where Vista is
installed? Vista takes over the boot menu and the system can still
boot to older versions of Windows but not sure what happens if
installing older versions on a Vista machine.

everytime i used motorola phone tools(media file transffer), i keep getting
unsupported format (missing codecs)

I'm trying to deploy Windows Vista Business with WDS on Windows 2003 SP2
server.
I succefully add SCSI drivers to the WinPE and now I'm in trouble with
unsigned driver.

I am a rookie - I am even new to this forum.
I used to run XP and sync my computer with my Hand held computer before
my PDA crashed. My PDA is the Mio pocket PC and runs on Outlook 2002. My
new computer is running on Vista and I cannot get the two computers to

I have just purchased a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium installed. I
have noticed that the button icons at the top righthand corner of the
expanded Internet Explorer window are missing the top line or two of pixels,
so the buttons are incomplete. The same is true of the ...

I can not transfer my Files, because the "old System" have had a different
language
than the new one!
And now????? What can I do?

I have upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium and like it very much, but I
want to reinstall it to get back hard drive space, speed and reliability. The
following question have arisen:
1. I have a 32 bit Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade CD, can I reinstall?

Help!
Can I remove a partition of a dual boot situation of XP and 98SE? I would
like to remove 98SE (I love the OS, but I guess it is the time to move on . .
Vista is here). And regain back the diskspace?

hello im having problems getting vista home premium to reconise my 2 external
storage devices 1) my archos 504 160gb 2) my newly bought freecom 400gb hard
drive. every time i plug either of these devices into any of my usb 2 ports
vista ask to install drivers for the devices even ...

Hello, I am installing Windows Vista Business from Toshiba. I am at step 5
where it uninstalls programs and I have 2 left.
TOSHIBA ConfigFree
DVD-RAM Driver

I've just upgraded XP Pro SP2 to Vista Business.  Other than having
Daemontools installed (stpd.sys problem) during the install, everything
seemed to go ok.  Now that I've got it up and running, I have the following
problem: