Summary: Folks, if I get the OEM copy of XPpro and put it in my new box, can I do a "clean" install with the Vista upgrade coupon? Also, is there a time limit ...
Summary: Hey Everyone, I have a fujitsu siemens v5535 laptop with windows vista pre-installed. I wish to do a fresh install of windows vista and I have the rec...
Summary: I have bought from PC World an windows vista ultimate upgrade pack. Is it possible to install and purchase a clean install vista ultimate with this sa...
Summary: I just installed Vista on my home computer (fresh install) and installing software is taking a very long time. Installing Skype and FireFox took over ...
Summary: If I was doing that I'd probably do a fresh install. If you don't wanna use the recovery partition there's no point having it so run set up, repartiti...
Summary: Hi there; if i was you mate, i would get rid of vista off you computer all together and do a fresh install of windows XP, as i guess you want to hav...
Summary: also if you are running 64 bit version of vista and you have kaspersky installed it is not going to like sp1, I had to do a fresh install of vista jus...
Summary: I got a Sony Vaio laptop and tried to install Windows Vista Ultimate (64 Bit) on it. It copied the files then when it got to the expanding files phase...
Summary: Upgrades are risky, sometime you get errors and sometimes you dont. It would probably be good if you did a fresh install instead of a upgrade. Also ma...
Summary: MS gave up because they tried everything they could think of ,but failed. The only thing they thought it could be was a hardware issue,but what hard...
Summary: This is a custom built computer running Vista Ultimate. Athlon x2 BE 2400 processor, Gigabyte GA-M16P-S3 AM/2 MotherBoard (w/nVidia Chipset), 2 GB DD...
Summary: This isn't specifically a Vista problem (but I didn't know where else to post it), as it happened on this machine when I had XP, but not for months an...
Summary: The thing about Vista is it performs qualitatively differently, and the old ways of judging performance very often don't apply anymore. With the aggre...
Summary: After numerous install attempts, I finally got to the stage where it says please wait while windows prepares to start......... It has sat on that for ...
Summary: In a previous post I described how I was trying to do an upgrade. I know I can do a fresh install but that is another story. I deliberately trashed th...
Summary: I can't remember for sure but I think I did a fresh install too, that would sound reasonable. Please keep me posted on how it turns out. The thing th...
Summary: Cobra_R 64bit requires at least 4 GB of ram to run at optimal performance vs. 2 GB of ram on a 32bit version If you have statistics to back that up, I...
Summary: INTRO: One of the main features of Windows Vista is the new user accounts security enhancements, but sometimes, defaults don't meet everyone's taste w...
Summary: It feels/sounds more like a Vista bug with your hardware vs something you can fix. There was a bug with Win98 and AMD procs over a certain Mhz that wo...
Summary: OS/2 was developed by M$ and IBM in the mid 80's, eventually with the success of Windows 3.0 M$ decided to go their own way and developed NT3.x from O...
Summary: Hi, I realize other people have asked questions re: this matter, but none answered my question. I just recently installed vista business. I had windo...
Summary: My sound worked perfect using XP Pro, but now that I have installed a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 32 bit the sound no longer works. The Vista dri...
Summary: I have been having a great time trying to get Vista RC1 running on VmWare and Virtual PC. I finally succeeded with VPC. I tried doing a fresh install...
Summary: So you are sorta wondering what would happen if some Einstein in his vast wisdom - decides he wants to make a habit of reinstalling his Vista trial OS...
Summary: TK you aren't the only one with this problem others are having the same problem as well. I had the same problem happen to me on Vista 64 and this was ...
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