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XP won't boot\Admin password not accepted in console
It is not a big deal (my finger won't wear out) but I am always leery of these manual on/off switches ever since I had to replace one on a previous computer. The only time Vista will restart without me having to shut it down and do a cold boot is when I have to restart after an update from Microsoft.

Laptop freezes on start up
Did another shutdown and boot and it worked. I didn't need to change any drive letters or anything for this whole process. Now, what does all of this tell us? And is the only fix a new Vista install dvd that MS has fixed? Yeah, like that would ever happen. :( Richard, you know you did, :).

Blank entries in Boot.ini file
So,what if i need to add an entry of Vista which is in another drive than XP? Add another line like so: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(x)partition(y)\zzz="Microsoft Vista" Set the correct values for x, y and zzz and keep in mind kookieman's warning. No, that won't work, Pegasus. Vista doesn't boot with ntldr and boot.ini,

Vista to face the same reputation as Millenium?
So long as both WinXP x86 and Vista x64 can see that folder, it won't matter if WinXP calls it E:\Quicken and Vista thinks it's L:\Quicken. Right now, Vista is on it's own hard drive, when I boot into Vista it see's the Vista partition as drive C, and I have another partition on that drive for data as well.

Boot sector problem with Vista? Howto load Linux onto a clean ...
It goes so fast that I can't write the errors is giving. Tried the start up repair from the DVD and it can't repair it, also tried sending the problem to MS Installing the drive as a slave drive in another Vista or XP computer. Then copy the important data. 2. Create a bootable Bart PE disk, boot from that and

Why should a user care about Linux?
Do you have another tuner card of any type that you can try and install? "efin" <e...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EEF02CC7-876B-4F82-AA4A-A7ABC0E85CA2@microsoft.com... Yes and yes. But as I said, I can't get as far as to install the ATi drivers, because Vista won't start up.

system restore won't start - vista premium
What if the bruised one won't boot? I suppose I should go look it up... Better yet - buy it. It's cheap when you consider all the good you can do with it. I don't see how I'll be happy with Vista unless I either rebuild the box I have now with a faster processor and motherboard and add another gb of RAM,

Reviewer of Vista Service Pack 1 Sees No Significant Changes
If I understand you correctly your setup never boots using the Vista bootloader? One way or another your XP-setup immediatelly changes the MBR to NTLDR style. After the reboot that is initiated by winnt32.exe (XP version) the system won't boot anymore. The reason for this is that Vista uses a new bootloader but

3rd Time Vista Ultimate (x64) won't Boot After Power-Off
PhilT cynical_obser...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "Don" <dd195...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > I've seen similar questions answered with hints that ntldr is in the wrong root directory and needs to be copied/moved to another drive. But of course I can't recall the details.

Active X control won't instal on IE7 and Vista.
Some bios's won't boot off secondary or slave drives. Also, set it to Master explicitly, don't rely on cable-select. SATA drives don't have any and I'll see if I can get another cheap chip and build such a system (I got this chip at a price so low you'd think it was stolen, but it's not--prices in Asia where I

Vista Won't Restart
Milhouse Van Houten b...@myrealbox.com microsoft public windowsupdate I'm not sure why you're looking at URLs, since Windows Update in Vista doesn't even show them to you (unlike IE I read of another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista was the only thing that fixed the problem.

Quicken 2008 Deluxe Vista 64 bit - Couple of questions
<<Neither Windows XP or Vista can boot from an external USB drive. It is by design me thinks.>> Yes, it is likely no coincidence that the inability to boot from Booting from USB would only allow somebody to run Vista on another computer if the copy protection algorithm didn't examine other hardware components.

Vista won't boot up! Please read! HELP!
But the non-dual-boot setup in which my friend was merely trying to copy the data from his XP drive to his new Vista drive was, I think, a little different. I say "I think" because my friend is not a techie, didn't pay much attention to the error messages he saw, and I was not there. "steveb" wrote: I've tried to

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
when I turn on my laptop it will boot up with the HP logo, then it won't do anything. It doesn't turn off, it just stays with a black screen. protects your computer: http://tinyurl.com/2z9qdn AlexB (another Vista expert): "I ruined at least 5 or 6 installations of Vista before I realized what was going on."

Windows Search Won't Start
Neither work (as I still get the step 3 of 3 and then another reboot). I really don't want to have to reinstall vista. Help please! He has tried to get it into Safe Mode but it won't, just goes back into the cycle described above. I've searched on Google and come up with only one hit - that described identical

Please help! Boat won't start....suspect electrical
That’s right, SP1 is now RTM (Released to Manufacturing), but won’t be released via any means to end users or even system administrators for at least another month and a half. `---- http://itsvista.com/2008/02/vista-sp1-released-and-delayed-simultaneously/ Vista's Upgrade: Not Worth the Wait ,----[ Quote ] Although

Vista won't install or boot with more then 3gb ram
It looks like the drive needs to be formated and then have another and try to boot from DVD. But how can I formate without being able to boot from the DVD Funny thing is Norton Ghost 12 won't boot either. It stops booting exactly at the same point as the Vista DVD. Isn't there a way to format via Save Mode with

Vista won't boot after installing extra ram
Microsoft sells almost no licenses directly to customers (Actually, they are selling more "Upgrade" licenses to retail buyers of Vista machines). Other cases of Windows 'simplicity' that even {your grandma}^tm can handle: 10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot ,----[ Quote ] If your computer powers up okay

Vista won't boot with printer turned off
I tried to partition the drive so I had the space to use but it won't allow it because of the corruption which it doesn't fix. Second problem is my boot drives are WD Raptor scsi raid 0 drives. Last week the pc wouldn't boot. Tried my recovery cd and vista installer wouldn't install to the raptors (non system

XP/Vista dual boot XP won't start from Vista boot manager
I've looked at another Vista machine with Vista's WU configured identical and it has the Sign-In Assistant *and* also an update for Windows Live Toolbar(understandable- I don't have the ToolBar installed, though it must be full replacement at 52MB) I've other options(neither of which addresses why WU no longer