I'm trying to restore a PC from Vista to XP using the Windows.old folder. I
understand most of the instructions I find here:
Z:\Freelance\May 2007\Uninstall Vista Upgrade\How to restore a computer to a
previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista.htm

Hey Guys
I have Vista Basic in English that I picked up second hand in the US.  I
live in Japan now.  I tried to upgrade from Basic to Ultimate but it says
it's not available in my region.  Does anyone know how I can do this?

Windows XP Pro installed on an 80gb NTFS hard drive.  I used PM8 to reduce
that primary partion by 20gb for a Vista dual-boot.  Rebooted the machine w/
Vista Business FULL in the drive, installed fine into the newly created
partition.  Upon reboot, got the Windows Boot Manager w/ ...

I am dual booting Vista and XP, on separate hard drives. When I install
programs in Vista is there any reason why I cannot install the program right
over my existing XP copy? Would save a lot of space...
Ron

i tried installing office 2007 enterprise on my computer that has vista home
basic running. i keep getting this error that says something like cant find
file "en.us/outlook". bran new sata II hard drive. any suggestions will be
greatly appreciated

I running XP Pro SP1 and have just purchased Ultimate X64 full version, and
want to do an upgrade so hat i dont loose and have to reinstall all my
installed software.
I have purchased a full version of Vista Ultimate X64, does this have the

Am needed alot of help as am not very good at computers and need this
problem resolving in the next few days!! i bought a new laptop yesterday and
when with the guy i asked how i could transfer my files, the guy showed me
the belkin "easy transfer cable" and oh did he make it ...

XP/Vista Dual boot system. This system has 3 hard drives with each OS on
a separate drive.
Upon every boot I get a message lower right that says "Can not connect
to network drive". I click it and it opens up My Computer to show me all

I live in Australia and currently use Vista Home Basic (OEM version from
DELL, new PC). I am planning to change to Vista Ultimate - I did not purchase
the 'upgrade' version, but the full version. This cannot be changed.
I am curious on how I change the OS to Ultimate. Can I easily ...

I've successfully recovered a new sony vaio to it's factory default because
my father sent it to his nephew in Thailand. Now he's having a problem
logging in at the startup. Can anyone help me. We've tried using the admin
password, and admin <blank>, I'm lost now. Also tried ...

I received my upgrade dvd from moduslink today and i have a question.
I want to do a Clean Install on my system, and I want to know if the DVD
includes all the drivers for my system. and if it does i think i can just
install it without worying with the "Load Driver" thing etc etc ...

I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate as an upgrade to XP Pro. I've tried to
launch the install routine under XP SP1 and SP2. In both cases the install
routine tells me it can't run under this operating system and that I need to
boot from the CD. However, if I boot from the CD the ...

I am having no luck moving music, pics etc. from a XP hard drive to a
Vista hard drive. I had a common issue, computer failed and tryingto
salvage data to the new drive. Is there anything that works? Tried
changing permission on files, folders and drive. It will copy the

I have a question, I have 2 PCs with XP Pro, one with a 256mb GE Force video
card and the other with a S3 Savage 32mb Video card...
Can I Install Vista Ultimate on the PC with a 32mb Video Card?

I bought this laptop which came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home
Premium. I use this laptop for both business and personal. Some of my
personal training softwares aren't available for Vista, so I decided to
install XP Home as a dual boot, and every time I try to install XP, I ...