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Hopefully I'll see you all again soon...
What XP was to 9x and NT/2000, Vista is to XP. If they could fix the upgrade issues -- which I'm not sure they can, given the vast array of hardware out there Anyone want to discuss Apple's legacy of failed OS upgrades ... to the point where many didn't even ship? Apple has broken lots of apps over the years.

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 27-05-07
VMware officially added 64-bit guest support to ESX this fall with the launch of version 3.0.1, even though the hypervisor itself runs as a 32-bit ...... In opposing California AB 1668, Bonnie spreads a heaping | helping of fear, uncertainty and doubt by discussing | wholly unrelated IT projects that failed.

Hopefully I'll see you all again soon...
Billy Watt bi...@benarty.co.uk free uk btinternet chatter refugees Delta wrote: On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:27:59 +0000, Billy Watt wrote: Just as a little add on to this post, I picked up the ultimate edition of vista tonight and went for the 32bit upgrade from my existing XP install. I can put everybodies mind at rest

DO NOT INSTALL SERVICE PACK 1!
This program — which operates only on 32-bit versions of XP and Vista (plus Vista Enterprise) — reports to you on any hardware or software it finds that may .... that I purchased with my Upgrade Version of Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade. The installation failed and tried to roll back to my previous version of XP.

Microsoft Owes 64 Bit users a Spell Checker
Authinticity on the Operating Syst Disc WindowsVistaBasic 32 Bit<< registration failed because labeled codes do not match whatever the pre-installed VistaBasic Please help, I wanna take Vista off and trade for "downgrade" to Windows XP, may I? Many of these Anti-whatever programs have a distinct tendency to

A Firesign Chat for May 03, 2007
Jupiter Jones [MVP] jones_jupi...@hotnomail.com microsoft public windows vista general Incorrect, both 32 and 64 bit DVDs are included in the full and and state it failed to upgrade. Try again. My personal recommendations: a. Once booted, to ensure higher success, delete the XP partition and re-partition.

Another dead linux install
KDE knott...@NOSPAM.hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general you are trying to install a 64 bit video driver on a 32 bit system. go back to the Nvidia website Installation failed. Now, what do I do? My computer is a laptop new which came with Windows XP Media Center, ready for Vistal Premium Upgrade.

Very Odd Networking Issues
Harry Krause harry.kra...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista general Frank Bright wrote: Hi, I was on Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I am now back on XP again and I Then he guided me thru a more clean upgrade install of Vista Home Premium, fresh from a clean XP OS with no other software involved.

Vista Ultimate upgrade option? Concurrent 64 & 32 bit systems?
However that won't get you the Vista Aero interface, which makes a move to Vista from XP more or less pointless. The minimum requirements for running Aero on a ..... and two 32-bit initial sequence numbers (they start at random values), the first number is for status messages via DxgkDdiOPMGetInformation() and the

Apple issues warning on Vista
Ironically, these run windows more slowly than on 32 bit machines, so they are probably not being run as Windows machines. I just had to install a series of about 5 patches that made me reboot my Windows XP machine 3 times. And when I was done, my display and power management were faulty (plug the power in and

Can't Access Printer- Access Denied.
Here's the sequence of events - I built a computer and installed Vista upgrade 32 bit- validation succeeded. Three months later, my MB failed. I received an identical replacement from the manufacturer. At that point I decided to to do a fresh install of Vista 64 bit upgrade version (probably a bad idea to make 2

Here's a question for the Windows fanbois
MowGreen [MVP] mowgr...@nowandzen.com microsoft public windowsupdate Was this an upgrade to Vista from a previous OS or a fresh installation? save it: For x86 [32bit] Vista, XP, WS 2003, Win 2K http://download.windowsupdate. com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe When the download is

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 19-06-07
I even installed Live OneCare to XP and run it from there. What I want to do is run the Vista Ultimate 32bit install disk and place the new 32 bit version as a second UV O/S on a new SATA drive, or as a true upgrade over the ATA XP Pro O/S. That will require using the same purchased registration code on two

Cannolt install Windows Vista
And there's no path from 64 to 32-bit, either. Whenever we decide to change "bitness", a clean install is the only way to go. My version of Vista Business is an upgrade. I also happen to have a legal copy of XP 64 bit so I may just bite the bullet and start from scratch and upgrade to 64 bit and stay with XP for

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 24-06-07
Imagine also that both versions contain both 32- and 64-bit code, such that any computer could install the OS using the ONE install disc, regardless of whether its Leopard is to OS X as SP2 is to Windows XP (NOT as Vista is to Windows XP). And you just compared Leopard to SP2 without specifying any features.

Plz help me... Vista is arguing with spyware & not recognizing its
And yet 3 install tries have all failed at the Completing Upgrade part lastest % was at 68%, with an Error that is not given saying "An error occur and the "Briguy" wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from XP Media Center Edition (SP2) to Vista Ultimate (32-bit DVD). I get all the way to the last step (Completing

Yet another Windows Vista Updgrade nightmare story
A simple 'apt-get install libdvdcss2 win32-codecs nvidia-_97xx ati' will do the trick. `---- http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070528#feature PCLinuxOS 2007 vs openSUSE 10.2 vs Windows XP: Comparing Boot-up/Shut-down timings ,----[ Quote ] My personal favourite openSUSE failed big-time, though the shut-down

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 31-07-07
(funny, XP shows 3 when you have 3 or 4 while vista only shows 2 weather you have 4 or 3 or 2,,and this is supposed to be more advanced? i tried and tried and tried to get it working and it WOULD NOT install. so i gave up and tried to go back to ultimate 32 bit and used my anytime upgrade only to sit here for

Vista Product Keys?
What I am saying is the OS is very disappointing that 32 bit applications don't run fully as promised, and I am disappointed that I have to put the 64 bit XP on the side and not use it for about four years, by then Vista will be out. It is very disappointing that 32 Bit applications run in a limping mode,

linux users - "What the hell is happening here" (linux install sucks)
Does this mean anything to you: Error: Failed to load branding.xml. Type: InvalidMetadataFile Here is a copy of log: PERF: TickCount=20748881 ..... When I try to install it on a brand new laptop (ASUS VX2) running windows vista ultimate 32 bit, Ithe install stops and says a file is corrupt or unavailable.