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werdercanuck
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found this a while ago...
| Quote: | How to remove vista and get back to XP only (for DUAL BOOTS ONLY):
1) Format the Vista partition - this will delete vista (obviously)
2) Insert your windows XP disk - Press a key when it asks, and press R to go to the recovery console.
3) Enter your admin password. For XP Pro, type the password you used during setup, for XP home, there is no default password (so just hit enter)
4) Type FIXBOOT and then hit enter
5) Type FIXMBR and then hit enter
**you may have to press Y to say yes before these**
Eject the XP disk and reboot your computer. Vista is now gone, and your original XP bootloader has been reinstalled
Maybe this should be prominant on the vista forum, because ive got a feeling this is going to be asked a fair few times over the next few weeks
The Easyest way to do this is to download VistabootPRO and install using xp, it has an option to delete Vista bootloader. |
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kaine
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Dec 2006 14:19 Post subject: |
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Disable Windows Update or any release cracked, activated... u have will die
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$en$i
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| WalkerBoh wrote: | | I have mounted my new HD. I have created two partitions and on one of the them i have installed XP. If i install Vista on the other what happens? When i boot my pc i can choose what operating system run? |
Launch Vista setup from within XP, install it on your second partition and you will have a dual-boot that will let you choose which OS you want to launch, then use EasyBCD to tweak the boot process.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 09:47 Post subject: |
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| $en$i wrote: | | WalkerBoh wrote: | | I have mounted my new HD. I have created two partitions and on one of the them i have installed XP. If i install Vista on the other what happens? When i boot my pc i can choose what operating system run? |
Launch Vista setup from within XP, install it on your second partition and you will have a dual-boot that will let you choose which OS you want to launch, then use EasyBCD to tweak the boot process. |
It worked fine.
Now another question.. Is there a way to make Mcafee work on Vista? It messed up all when i installed it. Are there alternative antivirus+firewall working on Vista?.
Last one: In other to play directx9 games do i have to install dx9? Neverwinter Nights 2 did not start because it needed a dx9 dll. I tought that dx10 emulated dx9.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 10:08 Post subject: |
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It uses DX9L
Not all games work in Vista , sad to say...
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$en$i
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 10:25 Post subject: |
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| WalkerBoh wrote: | | $en$i wrote: | | WalkerBoh wrote: | | I have mounted my new HD. I have created two partitions and on one of the them i have installed XP. If i install Vista on the other what happens? When i boot my pc i can choose what operating system run? |
Launch Vista setup from within XP, install it on your second partition and you will have a dual-boot that will let you choose which OS you want to launch, then use EasyBCD to tweak the boot process. |
It worked fine.
Now another question.. Is there a way to make Mcafee work on Vista? It messed up all when i installed it. Are there alternative antivirus+firewall working on Vista?.
Last one: In other to play directx9 games do i have to install dx9? Neverwinter Nights 2 did not start because it needed a dx9 dll. I tought that dx10 emulated dx9. |
For testing purpose i had to install directx9 in order to play some games. Avast antivirus works on Vista, otherwise below is a list (maybe outdated) of applications and games working or not with Vista RTM.
http://tinyurl.com/ya54b5
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 11:26 Post subject: |
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| $en$i wrote: | For testing purpose i had to install directx9 in order to play some games. Avast antivirus works on Vista, otherwise below is a list (maybe outdated) of applications and games working or not with Vista RTM.
http://tinyurl.com/ya54b5 |
The installation of dx9 creates any problem?
From the list it seems that the Mcafee antivirus should work.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 13:56 Post subject: |
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I can't install AVG on vista. I have the latest version (7.5) that should support Vista according to the official website.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 15:22 Post subject: |
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Also the NWN2 bundle dx9 worked.
McAfee Enterprise should support Vista but i haven't find it on the net yet.
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$en$i
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 15:47 Post subject: |
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| WalkerBoh wrote: | | I can't install AVG on vista. I have the latest version (7.5) that should support Vista according to the official website. |
Avast (free) home edition works with Vista Ultimate x64 without any problem so far.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-and-windows-vista.html
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 16:44 Post subject: |
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I was able to install AVG.... I had just to create manually the installation folder.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Dec 2006 20:13 Post subject: |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 6 does not work. Stupid konami n00bs.
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Dunge
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Dec 2006 00:02 Post subject: |
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Great, I still have my Ultimate copy, 19day left and internet connexion to all program except IE stopped working! GREAT! Wsa thinking about registering later on... or leave 1day and use xp until a crack it out.
Now let's say I want to use a business licence file over my ultimate copy (I don't care about extras) and use vmware and melindagates KMS server to activate.... my guess is connexion on vmware won't work? I'm screwed?
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Dec 2006 11:33 Post subject: |
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Today AVG stopped to work without any reason. When i boot my pc it gives me a kernel error. If i start AVG manually then it works it's really annoying. I have tried Avast 4 but i do not think it works fine. There is no icon on the bar saying that the real-time scanning is avaible and also nothing running on task manager.
I give up to use Vista. See you in February 2007 stupid bugged OS.
UPDATE: Symantec Corporate 10.2 works fine.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Dec 2006 15:37 Post subject: |
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vista is fuckin awesome, dont diss.
i dont run any AV on vista, win defender and firewall work great.. tbh I dont see the point of AV right now for vista, its new security measures prevent most worms, trojans and viruses from messing with system settings and files anyway.
my comps been running on vista enterprise now for 4 days straight, its rock solid and runs quickly and efficiently without any need for the odd reboot, unlike XP which would slow down to a slug after closing and opening programs consistantly for a couple of days.
and guess what?
ive got a pathetic (for vista) 512ram and 2800+. SATA HDD solves most speed probs tho 
aero works great on my 128meg 9600SE.. i can play the odd game of HL2, doom (classic  ) and quake3 and all the old skool dosbox and genesis games im hooked to. MediaPortal runs better and more stabler than on XP (maybe due to .NET framework 3).
so far my only qualm is Volume Licensing 2.0, although 180days license is more than adequate, I format every 2 months.
And it installed in 20minutes.
Vista ownz!
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