I've read what I can see about this BOOTSECT.BAK file but I really can't
understand why it's there on my root drive. I've formatted the whole drive
from the recovery console on XP, deleted all partitions and still Vista is
making a backup of something that shouldn't be there. I ...

hi.. i just bought Acer aspire 5920. it came with windows vista original.
yesterday i decided to install XP using slipstreamed XP + sata driver, it
works but now it doesnt detect any windows vista. everytime i restart, it
just load windows XP, it should be an option to load vista ...

i would normally use the search tool, but Windows + SATA is a JOKE, i wont
get into that so dont bother flaming, i just want some simple questions
answered from PROFESSIONALS.
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I have Vista Enteprise in English and I want to install an additional
language (Italian in my case).
I know how to do it with Vista Ultimate (downloading the Language Pack with
Windows Update), but with the Enterprise Edition seems not be so easy...

I have some problems that i cant get rid of without reformatting.  I was
wondering, if i buy the upgrade version of Vista Business, will i be able to
use it since i completely cleared my windows XP running system so i could
start from scratch?  Or do i need to buy the full ...

Hi all, I was searching around but wasn't able to find an answer to this
question but hopefully it should be a quick yes/no from someone knowledgeable.
I'm getting a new laptop which will have some flavor of windows vista on it.
As it turns out we have 5 nice Ultimate licenses ...

I just upgraded to Vista Ultimate with one-step update. Some of the default
folder locations for temp files were changed and after problems with ActiveX
I returned to the defaults.
Still having problems with path errors. For instance when I try to access

I am trying to upgrade from XP Home to Vista Home Premium.  The installation
went well with no issues.  After installation, though, the desktop does not
come up.  I can call task manager and manually start explorer.exe but how do
I get Vista to y?start it automaticall

- I've posted a similar question in the .general group without a sure answer
so I'm posting it here . -
I'm going to buy a new laptop that sports a Windows Vista Home Premium
edition I persoanlly dislike. Unfortunatelly there's no way to "customize"

I've just bought a new and fresh Windows Vista Home Premium. And I've got a
problems with installation. At the beginning of the installation is all
right. I can make a choice where to install the software and other like this,
but when the installation is going on, near the end it ...

I have an external HD that I do not always turn on. I basically use it
for backup purposes. How will "activation" handle this?? Should I turn
it on or off during activation? H*ll, I don't want to reactivate every
time I turn it on or off!

Probably already up here but who has 2 days to read all of the posts...
I upgraded my old workstation from 2000 to Vista Ultimate when my old HDD
crashed.
I decided to skip XP altogether. Since the Win2K install was not compatible

I just tried to upgrade an XP installation to Ultimate and encountered an
error in the Expanding Files phase. (Also when it went into rollback mode,
that also failed and I ended up deleting the installer's temp files and
fixing the MBR by hand).

After upgrade from XP to Vista (and, yes this is stupid I know, having
omitted to deinstall programs that were mentionned to be incompatible with
Vista), I am left with a Vista installation with programs I would like to
de-install now:

Please help, anyone knows what to do? Have just invested in a high end laptop
with Vista Home Premium, and just bought my daughter a Ipod, now trying to
load itunes and quicktime, i get a message reading " i tunes could not be
installed as VBscript is not installed or has been ...