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Overstocked with Vista?
LUCIMARIEFLA LUCIMARIE...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I GET AS FAR AS .......GATHERING FILES........AND THEN IT JUST KEEPS SHOWING LITTLE ....... FOR HOURS...!! I DO NOT WANT TO DO A "CLEAN INSTALL", BUT IS THAT THE ONLY WAY I CAN UPGRADE.

My Vista is very slow
PC Guy <pc...@hotmail.com> wrote: [ snip ] There are innumerable reasons people might NOT upgrade, and they aren't all about quality or practicality. Because Microsoft sells a copy of XP/Vista with every PC sold, thanks to their OEM lock-in contracts. These considerations don't apply to Microsoft in their

sound utility problem
2) Are the Vista upgrades like all past versions of windows where you can do a 'clean install' from the upgrade disk? 3) Most importantly, is it legal to have a dual boot XP/Vista setup with buying only the Vista upgrade and not the 'full version'? Of course I already have a valid copy of XP on this PC and I

Installed VISTA now need to go back to XP Media Center Edition
Keith ke...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup It is possible to dual boot between XP and an Upgrade Vista version. Your XP install will not be incapciated by the Vista Upgrade install if you have XP on one partition and Vista on another. You would have to install the Vista

Are you still able to dual boot XP/Vista after a clean install ...
I installed Bootcamp Beta (months ago) and have been using it with Windoze XP. I am going to upgrade to Leopard in the next couple of weeks and am going to reinstall Windows on the NTFS partition. I am considering upgrading to Vista... A huge faction in the Windows world says that Vista is _not_ an upgrade from XP

Building computer - XP OEM vs. Retail questons, and vista upgrade
Ian R wrote: Hi I am currently running XP Pro and I've purchased the Ultimate retail upgrade. I wish to dual boot between XP and Vista so I want to do a clean I have read that when starting the upgrade process with XP, Vista will rename my current install to Windows.old so dual booting would not be possible.

Can you upgrade to Vista on a RAID0 system???
Carey Frisch [MVP] cnfri...@nospamgmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup If you upgrade a Windows XP installation to Windows Vista, You have XP running and done a clean install of Vista using an upgrade disc and can dual boot XP/Vista. Some say once Vista is activated then XP will no longer

Can you upgrade to Vista on a RAID0 system???
Vista arrived in stores months late, forced untold thousands of users to upgrade their hardware, made mincemeat of software and drivers that worked perfectly well in XP, ended up lacking many of the bold-faced features we'd been promised, and came saddled with new and annoying set of video DRM schemes.

VISTA PREM BACK TO XP
This will show you how to do a clean install with a Upgrade version of Vista. I would just delete both partitions and create one big one again during installation. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html Hope this helps, Shawn -- Brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people

TP5 and VISTA
Hi There seems to be some discrepancy about whether or not existing XP installations are made unusable once Vista is activated. So here's the scenario... You have XP running and done a clean install of Vista using an upgrade disc and can dual boot XP/Vista. Some say once Vista is activated then XP will no longer

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista under XP ?
You can find the Vista only method mentioned by various web sites on the Internet with step by step instructions. "Richard" <miller...@cox.net> wrote in message news:6172A288-2169-4601-81DC-AD7093CD2F27@microsoft.com... Do you have to have XP fully installed on your computer before to install upgrade Vista?

need XP/Vista upgrade and dual boot advice
We found that it's quite difficult to upgrade XP to Vista, so that left us with the plan to select a date and start buying Vista when we replaced PC's. We got a Vista box and started testing, but it was pushed back several times due to the fact that no one had allocated time to do the testing.

[Rival] Windows Vista's Plan B Shows Weakness: 'Dumping ...
If you do decide to upgrade, to me it makes no sense to take the intermediate step of going to an operating system on its way out. Despite the naysayers, Vista works just fine, if your hardware is adequate for it, and I recommend that you upgrade to that, if anything. 4. Whether you upgrade to XP or to Vista,

Open Source: Because Newer is Sometimes Faster (No x86 ...
Want to upgrade you XP to Vista? no chance. might as well do a fresh install and shell out $300. `---- http://jagtalon.wordpress. com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/ XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerate ,----[ Quote ] Seldom has the rumor mill turned faster than when gamers talk about gaming

XP Vista - What am I missing?
I have Vista upgrade. I think you can just take the upgrade and install it and when it ask where is your XP you just stick your disk in there and it say Oh gee you really have it so go ahead and continue with your Vista installation, instead of installing the entire XP OS and then the Vista over that which is just

Are you still able to dual boot XP/Vista after a clean install ...
"Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE" (Buy now $350) But especially note: "This is brand new and in the packaging. We are just clearing out some older stock." Now who would want to buy Vista when XP does a satisfactory job? Perhaps sales of Vista upgrade have been very sluggish. Unlike OEM Vista, you would

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/25/firefox-3-performance-gets-a-boost/ Related: Vista vs XP performance: Some informal tests ,----[ Quote ] After posting about the inadequacy of a recent test report I thought it would be interesting to conduct my own informal tests of Vista vs XP performance.

Clean Install Upgrade home premium from xp media center - partion
At the minimum you must own a qualifying product to use the upgrade. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932 3) Most importantly, is it legal to have a dual boot XP/Vista setup with buying only the Vista upgrade and not the 'full version'? Unfortunately no. The Vista upgrade license specifies that the

My take on Vista, former supporter
... to go back to XP Media Center there is no way that I know of to roll back to the orginal OS (I am assuming you did a fresh install and not an upgrade). When I boot the computer I get the options to start with VISTA or another operation system. When I choose the other operating system it puts me into the

FYI: Upgrade from Windows XP to Vista procedure
My question is : is this SP is availlable also for VS2005 under Windows XP ? (in order to build application compatible for Vista from XP) or do I need to upgrade my developpement workstation to Vista ? Is it the same issue with VS 2008 ? Thanks for help.