I'm trying to change my motherboard to one that supports the quad core
processor. However I get an inaccessible boot device error when I try to boot
with the new motherboard.
I've tried booting off the installation dvd and repairing, but it can't fix

Help needed: I recently bought a new desktop computer (SP2, Intel Core
Duo 2.33GHz 2GbRAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512 Mb, HD Maxtor stm
3160215AS 120Gb, Sata Gate) with a pirated Windows XP and want to
install a licensed Vista Home Basic.

Hello , I am trying to install vista 64, without much success for a
couple of days. Every time, it comes to halt at expanding files...0 and
wont budge an inch. I left it overnight and it coughed  up  an error
code 0x8007045D, can not install reignited(sth like that) files.

I can't find another board to post this on so i hope it's ok to post here. I
installeed Vista SP2 today via  windows update. Every time I start my laptop,
the decurity Center alerts that anti virus is not running when in fact it is.
Updating, running scans does nothing to change ...

I've tried many ways to get the autorun cd function enabled but it won't
run. The registry fixes don't seem to be there to correct the problem. Any
help is appreciated.

I just received a Dell Studio 1523 as a gift.  I'm new to Vista and
after a couple of days of normal usage a message pops up saying "The
feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk
that is not available. Insert the Dell Communications Disk and click

I'm trying to install a bluetooth device that requires two ports
within the range of COM ports 3-9. When I install the device, COM
ports that are too high are automatically assigned. However, when I
try to manually change these COM ports, it tells me that all the lower

Newbie - I don't even have a Vista Computer, but one is arriving in a  few
days - Vista Ultimate
My old XP computer drives two four year old printers - one HP all-in -one
LaserJet and one Epson inkjet.

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Hi people,
Im new to the forums and only found them due to my current problem -
Ive built my own pc, xp works great but i needed a new HD due to
running out of space so thought 'why not upgrade to vista also'

My father just received a Dell Inspiron 530 with Ubuntu installed as the
OS. He asked me to install Vista Home Premium 32bit w/ SP1 on the system
(a clean installation), but I am having significant trouble installing
it. The disc does not autorun and for some reason the system will ...

I've a 320 GB HDD on my Dell - Inspiron 1525. Vista comes company
installed and there are only two drives on it. C carrying OS and of
285 GB while a recovery drive D of around 20 space.
I want to create 3 more drives on my system. When I shrink the Volume

So I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7428. I had the ram replaced in it
a while ago and it was a faulty stick not too mention it was
mis-installed. Originally there were two 1GB DDR2 RAM Cards and they
swapped one of the 1GB DDR2 RAM Cards for a 2GB DDR2 RAM Card and

I've searched for details on part numbers without luck. Does anyone know if
the "Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Upgrade - Retail" with PN:
66R-02262 comes with a DVD for the 64-bit install? All the references I've
found make no mention either way.

I have just received my new Inspiron 531 with Vista (I couldn't persuade Dell
to sell me one with XP).
I have set it up and initially all was well. Now I have installed all my
programs, I find that I cannot open Internet explorer by double right