I'm upgrading my XP Home to Vista Ultimate, no issues in compatibility check,
everything seems fine, except once I've typed in my product key the install
seems to stop. The hourglass cursor appears, and nothing happens after that.
I've left it like this for over two hours now.

I seem to have lost all ability to execute unix commands and open a posix
shell using SUA on Vista Ultimate.  It worked briefly when I first got this
computer last month but have had no luck since then.  I've reinstalled the
SDK and unchecked-rechecked the SUA in Windows ...

Does Vista not have a "boot.ini" file, or some equivalent to steer the boot
to the esired OS in amulti-boot situation?  I can't find a boot.ini on my
new Vista system.

so i bought new hardware.
a new motherboard, a new cpu, and new ddrs.
i had vista installed on my main drive on my old system, activated and
everything.

I have decided to junk Windows Vista and go back to Windows XP Pro. However,
when I boot from the Windows XP Pro disc I after it loads drivers shows a
blue screen and says things like remove any new hard drives or controllers,
check for a virus, etc. with no option of going any ...

Hey everyone, I've got a question! I'm currently in Spain, and I bought a
copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, but I got it in Spanish, which is a
bummer, I mean, I understand it, but I would prefer it in English. Can I ask
a friend for his copy of Windows Vista and install it in ...

1) I just added the     nvidia      *Expert Vision GeForce FX 5200*      vga
card       (into the pci slot* [not pci express]) to my pc which already has
the       nividia         *GeForce 7600GS*        vga card       (pci
express*).

Hello,
i purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade version yesterday, I ran
the upgrade advior and everything passes. When I get to the actual installing
part it gives me a error code 0x80070017 at around 45%. I have ran a disc

Hi,
I created a VHD file using the computer backup in Vista Ultimate. Can I use
the VHD file in Virtual PC 2007.  I tried to use it in a new virtual pc using
Virtual PC 2007 but it says that is not bootable.

two part question,
i upgraded this pc to windows vista home prem.
i know when upgrading, a folder was created, windows.old
what if anything can i delete from that folder?

I got an Apple iPod nano for my birthday and I just got a new computer. It's
Windows Vista and it has Windows Media Player 11. The problem is, I can rip
songs from a CD to the computer but I can't sync the music into my iPod. Can
someone give me advice? iTunes wont download, so I ...

After upgrading from XP to Vista, I now don't have a "Documents" or a
"Music" folder.  The folders simply do not exist in my "User" folder.  (This
might be related to the fact that on XP, I had redirected these locations to
folders on an external hard drive.)

I am an Action Pack subscriber and now that my Office 2007 beta period is
over, I decided that I would grab hold of my Vista and Office release
versions and get it all over with.  I realize that I can NOT 'upgrade' in
the traditional sense since the RC2 was Vista Ultimate and the ...

I have a HD:  )and I want both XP & Ultimate)
150G's partitioned. 140G for xp sp2, leave 10 to load vista just to see and
play around with.  Well I'm gonna need more then 10G's now, eeeh?  So do I
use Partition magic. which I used in the first place or,,  Ultimate//Vista?  

Well, it seems like a patch was downloaded automatically on Wednesday night
that has hosed my system. I come in the next morning to find a system that is
constantly reboot itself shortly after trying to boot into the OS. Running
the Repair option on the DVD gives this message: