Hi all hope you can help. I recently purchased Vista Ultimate and installed
it onto an older laptop and all worked fine and dandy.I have since sold that
laptop and purchased a new one and am now installed Vista Ultimate one this
one using the same discs that I purchased ...

I have attempted to upgrade to Vista Premium on my Sony VGN-AR21S laptop,
using the Vista express guide and CD's provided by Sony. Prior to the
install, I re-built my WIn XP MCE partition using an image I created when I
purchased the laptop (Nov 2006). So I have set-up a ...

I'm trying to do a clean install of Beta 2 64-bit. After clicking on
Installat Windows, I get the following message.
"A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a floppy
disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. Note: If the windows

This is a new install, the aero color theme is missing, I have the
vista theme in there.  I have the destop windows manager running, I
tried running that aurora thing.  It's vista ultimate and a
performance rating of 3.8.

Parents got a new computer yesterday but numnuts here got roped into
setting it all up... Anyway, cant even get onto the main screen, the
problem is a box appears saying;
Windows needs to restart because of an unexpected error and so....

I'm trying to test the Vista operating system and I'm using the Action Pack
upgrade dvd for the install.  Upgrade advisior told me I needed a dvd drive
so I installed a new LiteOn dvd drive in my computer.
I verified the new dvd drive was working by making a data disk and copying

I can not install messemger from the windows live messenger tab. I get
getting error message 1601 which refers to disk space. I have 161 gb free. I
have tried it every which way possible and can not get it to install

I'm trying to figure out the correct settings to make an unattend
installation for Swiss German.
The reference guide made me think that those settings should
work:

I got it with the computer but it isn't opening right. it shows me the files
instead of playing. can anyone tell me what to do?

I am having trouble upgrading from XP Pro (SP2) to Vista Ultimate.
The install program gets to the final stage (completing installation -
58%), then has a critical error following a driver install:
The following file: windows/system32/drivers/wasfsd.sys is missing or

I get the following message when tryhing to upgrade my Acer Aspire 5100
notebook computer from XP to VISTA.  Upgrade has been disabled.  The upgrade
compliance checks could not be performed.  Your computer cannot be upgraded.
The upgrade advisor tells me everything is a go.  I am ...

I want to purchase an upgrade from my Vista Business to Ultimate... so first
of all can I download my Business on two of my PC's and then upgrade them
both to Ultimate?

I recently upgraded my new Dell notebook from business to ultimate. I used
the upgrade anytime dvd that came with the pc. I thought about what if I need
to reinstall and did some research. It seems that there should be an icon for
digital locker in the control panel. There is not ...

I am using Windows vista Home Premium, from last 3 days Windows Defender
stops service and anytime I open my laptop there is a window comes with an
information shows"Application failed to initialize:0x800106ba.a problem
caused this program's service to stop".

I'm banging my head against my desk.
I need to buy a laptop today, but the only operating system available in
KOREA (I'm not joking), is Windows Vista Premium in KOREAN. By buying a new
laptop, I feel entitled to a free version of Vista... in my native language,