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I'm looking at buying Vista Home Premium 64 OEM for system builders but it says it can only be installed on one computer. Does this mean if my hard-drive crashes I'll have to buy a new copy of vista? If my computer need to be "Re-Imaged" does that mean I need a new copy of Vista?

Hello, my asus says it is missing the config drive and to run repair disc i have no optic drive

Is it possible to create a second taskbar in windows vista? Or is it at least possible to make a custom toolbar act/look like one? Cheers

:pt1cable: ok lets try this again to see if I figured this out. vista "Ultimate" comes in 3 versions. SP1 32-bit for system builders - OEM SP1 64-bit for system builders - OEM SP1 - RETAIL Basically my original question was what is the difference between Retail vs 32 bit or 64 bit OEM? Why...

Hello, In the device manager under "Storage controllers" I have a strange entry marked with exclamation. I don't remember having any items marked with exclamation in the device manager before. Right now it says "AKTGJNNI IDE Controller", when I go to Properties to see driver details, it says...

Hey guys, I've been using my computer fine for about 3 months now. This is a homebuilt system. Here are the specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 DFI DK X38 T2RB Mobo 2x ATI HD 4850's in Crossfire OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 (4x2GB) 2x Seagate 7200.10 320GB HD's in RAID 0 (SATA) 1x WD Backup HD (SATA) 1x...

Hi, As the title mentions, I am wanting to reinstall Vista on my machine, but I am not sure if I am able to. I recently RMA'd a faulty video card (4870x2) and have installed the replacement, but don't know if this counts as one of the 'system changes" that basically makes my OEM disc...

Hello, how can i recovery my laptop?

hi there , I am asking about my pc , does it work with vista 64 fine ??? my pc configuration MOB: Abit AN78 HD cpu : 3.2 GH , amd athlon 6400+ 2x duel core Ram : 4GB ddr2 800 Thanks

I'm looking to buy office 2007. i have Vista 64 ultimate and looking at this newegg item, i see reviews of people saying doesn't work on their 64 bit system, then i see some reviews where office works on their 64 bit system. Sooo.......does it or doesn't it work with vista 64? I'm so confused...

This is really getting on my nerves. I'm about to put linux on my laptop. Anyway, about half the time I connect to a wireless or wired network, vista displays the network as "local only" and won't allow me internet access. I've tried dozens of things to solve this...deleting network profiles...

I just finished building my new PC. The only problem is that I can't get my wirless card to work... Whenever I plug in my network card into the PCI slot, either Windows Vista (64 bit) won't finish booting or once Windows starts, the card doesn't work. Usually it is the prior of the two (the...

Hi guys, so here's the deal: I had a perfectly working vista OS. Last night I decided to install Ubuntu to dual boot Vista with Ubuntu. Install process went fine, Ubuntu works nicely, but when I boot the computer, I don't have an OS boot option...it always boots straight into Ubuntu. At first I...

When I am in explorer and select more than 15 MP3s, the button at the top of the window says "Play in Windows Media Player" When I have 15 or fewer MP3s selected, the button changes to "Play in Foobar 2000" Is there any way to modify it so that no matter how many I select the Foobar 2k button...

I recently bought a internal SATA Samsung 750gb hard drive. I have that drive and a Raptor 150gb. I have the Raptor 150 used to hold my current version of XP, and I am using the Samsung as additional Storage to hold my pictures and music and various other files. I formatted the Samsung under...

I hear that the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Ultimate Will run 32-bit software and games, is this true???

I just purchased a new notebook with Vista Home Premium 64-bit loaded onto it and I am a little paranoid about security. Because I bring my laptop around with me everywhere I go due to my life in general, I am a bit apprehensive about having it stolen if I need to leave it unattended for more...

Hello everyone, I have a newly built computer and I'm having problems installing vista onto it. It keeps giving me this error once i get through all the setup. I'll start off clicking on my HDD in order to install vista onto it.. I can get it to go to this screen here, but it will never...

Alright, i just installed windows vista sp1 on my computer, mostly to learn more about the OS, because ive faced some stuff on some friends laptops that had vista, and couldn't solve much because i didn't knew well the OS. Well until this moment vista has surprised me. Its very fast and stable...

"Microsoft has tried repeatedly to transition XP into end-of-lifespan mode, but has found that PC makers are constantly looking for ways to give customers what they want -- an XP OS." DELL's June 18th deadline for phasing out XP has passed, and DELL has been forced by customer demand to...

I have been running vista ultimate 64 stable for several months now on a new build. However, after downloading and installing service pack 1, it sent me to a blue screen, did a memory dump, and then the computer would not reboot again. It powers on, albeit just the case lights, and fans but will...

I'm new to vista, I installed vista with SP1 on my new computer : Q6600 with 4 gig ram DDR2 Gforce 7800GT I run a battery of test and benchmark on vista and my system is performing as it should. my cpu usage is around 5-10% most of the time There's just a problem with the mouse and keyboard...

i got an acer laptop with an ati 3400 gfx card. I cant play any games on it cause it says i only have a Standard VGA card in, which ofcourse is not true. Ive tried searching for the problem, but cant seem to get any straight answer, does anyone have a suggestion? It has workded before, but i...

Ed Bott's at article tells us what we, as hardware board denizens, already knew. Vista 64 is really catching on. I see a tide swell here myself and I think we are more or less at the start of it. Maybe 64 will save Vista's s$$ so to speak, not that it needed saving or anything...

To those who don't know the problem, this is the one: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29982289/system-freezes--iastor.aspx I know it's more caused by iNtEl, just wanna know it's fixed in sp1 or not. Thanks a lot!

Right now I have 32-bit Vista home premium with 2 GB of RAM. I'm most likely going to upgrade to 4 GB (understanding only 3.2 will be used/seen). Is this enough RAM to disable the page file totally? Or will 4+ be needed before one can delete the page file?

I hope someone here can point me in the right direction. Im looking to do a clean install of vista as my acer q6600 has some undesirable programs along with some driver issues. All i have is the microsoft CD key sticker on the side of the computer. I have contacted Acer and they wont send me...

I think I have a hardware problem, really, but since I am not sure what hardware, I'm posting it here. Basically, I built a whole new rig out of fresh parts. Earlier problem detailed here ( http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249062-12-maximus-formula-hangs) - I just hope that mistake can't...

I'm getting a new computer for gaming and music production, Am I getting Vista 32bit or 64bit ? From what I have learned til now, the music prod. programs I'm using upport the Vista 32bit only right now. But here are my specs anyway: 1x Thermalright Ultra-120A CPU Heatsink 1x Pioneer DVDRW...

I get popups on my vista ult sytem every few minutes whether internet explorer is open or not. I looked through the processes for anything deadly but to no avail. Any ideas? Popup blocker is on full in case your wondering. This is driving me CRAZY EDIT: fixed it. scanned with windows defender...

Hi I am building a new computer and wonder about the Vista 64, all drivers are available for my Printer ,Scanner ect so no probs there. I will start with 2 X 2GB Of OCZ PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 and run it on a E8400,With a gigabyte P35 Board,Creative X-Fi Sound Card, and...

I need help on choosing an OS. Right now I could use (and have access to) Vista Home Premium 32 bit, or XP pro 32 bit. First which of these two would be better(and why)? Also if I could get my hands on either 64 bit, do you think that would be better (I have heard that 32 bit programs...

I have a home network consisting of ASDL coming into a Speedstream modem, going into a Linksys wrt54g router. I have ethernet cables running from this computer (XP) to my computer (recently upgraded from XP to vista). Originally, the vista could not see any networks, even with the ethernet...

I have just been trying to install vista onto my computer, the specs are as follows. Striker Extreme 8800GT 4GB PC6400 OCZ 500GB Samsung HD with xp installed 500GB Samsung HD as media storage 160GB Western Digital which i am trying to install vista on It seems to install but at the final restart...

ok... I am taking this kind of question from my good friend Steven Colbert.

1. Login as a user with Administrative privileges -or- have Administrative credentials ready (check under the keyboard for a slip of paper). 2. Navigate to %systemroot%\System32 3. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties. 4. Take ownership of the file and close dialogs. 5. Repeat steps 3...

I'd like to install Vista and XP dual boot on a new system. I need to install Vista first, because it's the OEM version. I'll leave room on the disk for XP when I install Vista, so I won't have to shrink the Vista partition. Otherwise, I'll follow one of the many guides out there for installing...

Hi I was starting out with a new machine and the ASUS Maximus Formula motherboard, and an ASUS 8800GT, 2GB RAM and Core 2 Quad Q6600. This worked fine, until I desided to overclock, by buying a second card to go SLI, which , obviously would not work with the Intel X38 chipset, on the...

Hi, i have a problem with Windows Vista Memory Manager. I Have 2Gb or ram DDR2 1150Mhz. When i start Windows is use 70% of the physical memory then when it finish to load windows it drop to 60%. After a couple of minute it going to 70% then 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% and 95% and it stay there for a...

Hey guys I'm just about finished building my new computer, and I'm stuck on whether to get Windows Vista 64 bit or 32 bit. Price isn't an issue as I can get both copies for free from my university(one perk of being an engineering student). Now there's something I'm wondering about the 64bit...