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o u poor little babe

I've just upgraded my ram, and when I now run vista it (with only the new module in) vista boots up fine, and you can log on, and if you go into task manager you can see that it recognises the new RAM, however, about 20 secconds later, it blue screens, if I boot up in Safe Mode, it works fine, and I can throw anything at it (in terms of apps) I have my computer set up in a dual boot configuration ...

Hi all, some very helpfull stuff on here!!

I purchased an OEM Vista Ultimate dvd with a hard drive and tried installing it. when it asks for the key, i enter it and the program either gives an error requesting that the installation resources are present, or gives an application error. If I leave the key blank it proceeds to install, but when it eventually boots to windows, and i try to change the key, (from the default to the legitimate) the SL UI notification service shuts down as well as the Software Licensing service.

After restarting them, they open for a few seconds and then shut down again...so Im unable to activate the software. Could anyone give me a clue as to the possible cause/cure for this!?

No, you must have Vista with dual boots to get Vista Media Center

I tried the new cooler (is that a word?) boot up screen. I did the .bak the changing of the file to users full, admin full, then msconfig check the boot thing (the check box vernacular escapes me now) but I followed it well I thought. Apparently not well enough though... Now when it boots it's got this ugly watercolor thing going on and if I uncheck the boot thing then it's all black. Have I created a special feature? in other words just leave it?

Thanks

Linux guy.

I tried the new cooler (is that a word?) boot up screen. I did the .bak the changing of the file to users full, admin full, then msconfig check the boot thing (the check box vernacular escapes me now) but I followed it well I thought. Apparently not well enough though... Now when it boots it's got this ugly watercolor thing going on and if I uncheck the boot thing then it's all black. Have I created a special feature? in other words just leave it?

Thanks

Linux guy.

I tried the new cooler (is that a word?) boot up screen. I did the .bak the changing of the file to users full, admin full, then msconfig check the boot thing (the check box vernacular escapes me now) but I followed it well I thought. Apparently not well enough though... Now when it boots it's got this ugly watercolor thing going on and if I uncheck the boot thing then it's all black. Have I created a special feature? in other words just leave it?

Thanks

Linux guy.

I installed vista with no problems but when I tried to restart with the dvd out of the drive I get an error that a boot file is missing or damaged. If I leave the dvd in the drive and just ignore it when it asks if I want to start from the dvd it then starts from the HD. I have tried uning the startup repair on the dvd but this does not fix the problem. I have also problems installing network printers attached to a different computer. I managed to get an Epson R1800 to work but two other printers including a HP laserjet 1600 will not. I just get an error code when I try to install the drivers.

Hi everyone.

I've got 3 SATA HDs and 3 IDE HDs and Vista Business/XP installed on a dual-booting partition on one of the SATAs. I'm getting stuck at the Vista screen with the progress bar for 12 minutes before Vista boots. Once it's up, it works fine. Aero and everything. Hunk-Dory.

Now, if I unplug all three IDE drives and leave just the SATA's, it boots in about 1 minute. Plug in one drive, add 4 minutes. The next, add another 4 minutes. And so on, til we have 12.

XP, however, boots in about a minute.

I have:

3 ghz Intel Northwoods
2 gig DDR

Hi,

Sorry for this longish post, I just want to explain things as clearly as possible.

I am having problems dual booting XP and Vista. XP boots up as default which is what I want for the time being but I cannot boot to Vista. I do not get the boot loader during start-up so I cannot choose. The only way I can boot to Vista is to have the Vista DVD in the dvd drive at start-up, which loads the Vista boot loader allowing me to choose what OS I want to boot from.

I have 2 HDD’s:

1. My main drive is 250G. This has 2 partitions (200G for XP Pro 64bit and the rest for Vista Business 32bit)