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• Can we install windows vista 32 bit OS on a computer that is pre installed with windows 7 64-bit OS?

  Can we install windows vista 32 bit OS on a computer that is pre installed with windows 7 64-bit OS?

  "ZainS" wrote in message News: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy * .com...

  @ Ken... I tried installinng windows vista by using the recovery disk that will get a customer with the computer dell laptop... and then he was trying to install vista on my computer... It works fine when installing files, but it is and stucks where he says 'finish installation' and he won't do anything after that... I tried to restart my computer and I could see Microsoft coportation logo and then my computer stucks to this screen and wont connect in... not sure what exactly to do... by the ways for your reply thanks

  You cannot use recovery discs to install with, if not for the exact model computer that you install.  You need a full installation detail of the model of Vista operating system you want to install since you don't downgrade your operating system to a system that offers no right of demotion.

• My office uses Windows 7 and my computer is running Vista 64 bit. My home computer can work with my office from a USB files?

  original title: office / Home compatibility

  My office uses Windows 7 and my computer is running Vista 64 bit.  My home computer can work with my office from a USB files?

  The game, August 5, 2010 15:24:35 + 0000, JerryPMP wrote:

  My office uses Windows 7 and my computer is running Vista 64 bit.  My home computer can work with my office from a USB files?

  Yes. There is no problem with their two different versions of
  Windows. The files contain not what anyone who still marks that
  Windows version they were created under.

  But there is a potential problem. If the files have been created with a
  another version of Office that you have, you may have
  Difficulty reading the. For example, Word 2007 and 2010 creates .docx
  files by default (unless you tell her save as .doc) and if you
  an earlier version of Word, you will not be able to open a .docx file
  unless you install the compatibility pack to
  http://Office.Microsoft.com/en-us/Word-help/open-a-Word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-version-of-Word-HA010044473.aspx

  or http://tinyurl.com/29f5scy

  Ken Blake

• I can't install Win 7 Pro 32 bit on a new computer that has win 8.1 64 bit?

  I have a Windows 7 Pro 32 bit installation disc.

  I'm looking for but a new desktop computer. The new computer will come with Windows 8.1 64-bit installed.

  Can I install my Win 7 Pro 32-bit on the new computer during the 8.1 win 64-bit?

  Thank you

  Adam

  I have a Windows 7 Pro 32 bit installation disc.

  I'm looking for but a new desktop computer. The new computer will come with Windows 8.1 64-bit installed.

  Can I install my Win 7 Pro 32-bit on the new computer during the 8.1 win 64-bit?

  Thank you

  Adam

  You will first need to go to the website of manufacturers for your model computer and first find out if there are native drivers in Windows 7. A large number of computers that are preloaded with Windows 8 have no native driver support for Windows 7 by the manufacturer. If there is no native driver, you will need to consider returning the machine and buying a machine preloaded with Windows 8 Pro with downgrade rights to Windows 7 Professional. Or look through the catalogue of manufacturers for systems already preloaded with Windows 7, usually the business sector will have these options.

  I propose to you leave as is and put to upgrade to 8.1 Windows put in day 1 which significantly improves the user experience for mouse and keyboard users, more:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/wiki/windows8_1-windows_install/how-to-install-Windows-81-update-manually-or-using/6015919b-9360-46B4-B33B-34ab61e927e6

• Satellite A300: Vista 64 bits after the new installation by using the recovery disk

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A300 A300 / M00 and when I got it, it had Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. But after awhile, I started to have problems so I decided to reinstall Vista on my laptop. After crossing with the product recovery media, my system become so 64-bit.

  Was not my system suppose to have 32-bit when it was originally with her?
  If no, then how can I install 32 bit once more on my laptop like 64-bit gives me problems with the installation of some of my programs.

  If I need to buy a copy of Vista 32 Bit, where can I find the drivers for my system, because the product recovery media has all the drivers on this subject.

  Thank you for your time.

  Hmm. Your ad is a little confusing.

  Why would you say that Toshiba Recovery disk contains a version of Vista 64-bit?
  How did you check that?
  From my experience, the Toshiba recovery disc still contains the preinstalled operating system.

  Also as much as I know the new notebook from Toshiba are not delivered with the recovery disk, but with a HARD drive recovery option.
  This option allows you to reinstall the OS from the second partition of HARD drive recovery.
  Alternatively, you can use the preinstalled Toshiba recovery disc creator software to create the own recovery DVDs! And this recovery disk contains the same preinstalled OS!

  Good bye

• Vista 64-bit update crashed my computer

  My office has a great until last night updated (December 13, 2011) auto Windows Vista 64-bit.  At the stop, I noticed that I had the option 'install updates day and then stop' to highlight.  I chose this option, and he told me that he was installing a large number (12? 16?) of updates.  I left the computer to do its thing.

  This morning, my wife turned on my computer to discover that she was crashing on start.  It is just at the point where it recognizes my Raid 1 profile (has a yellow 'Verify', I noticed), and then gives me the screen error-'Windows doesn't have to correctly install the drivers' or words to that effect.

  I am now trying to 'fix' by booting from my drive to Vista 64.  However, it was posted the same page/message for about 30 minutes now:

  Startup Repair

  Your computer could not start.  Startup Repair is checking your system for problems... etc etc.

  Is there anything wrong with this machine before updates last night.  I use McAfee Anti-virus, which is updated.  Grrr!

  I seems that the Raid array was the issue.  As a final attempt to solve the problem, I physically unplug one of my two hard drives and rebooted.  When restarted, the computer scanned the remaining drive, fixed some data corrupted, then started successfully with Vista.  I reconnected it the reader who then 'checked' himself to another.

  Still and all, it's a real "IN." these updates to Windows for this to a computer running normally.  I can't be the only person in the world running under Vista 64 that has a Raid 1 configuration.  Microsoft needs to do a better job with these updates.

  Thank you for taking the time to help me with my problem.

• I can INSTALL vista 64 bit on a new pc that has windows 7 on it I do NOT LIKE WINDOWS 7.

  It's vista HP I don't like windows 7.

  Hello ronnieegaston,

  You can install a copy of Vista on the PC provides the Vista drivers are available for the hardware on your PC. You will need to check the site of PC manufacturers to see if Vista drivers are available for all material.

  You also need a copy of Windows Vista retail as an OEM (original equipment Manufacturer) copy is related to the first PC it is installed on. In other words if you had a previous PC comes with a DVD of the Windows operating system you won't be able to install it on a new computer because the operating system is bound to this first machine.

  For the installation of information see this link from my Web site: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install_windows_vista.htm

  This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.

  John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Expert associated with: Windows Expert - consumer: www.winuser.co.uk | vistasupport.mvps.org | xphelpandsupport.mvps.org | www.silversurfer-Guide.com

• Software windows7 OEM was preinstalled on your new computer that u need to buy Ins tech yourself!

  When did Microsoft start allowing computer manufacturers before installing a software on a new computer and there is no free technical support from any of them? I was shocked when I (2 months) has recently purchased a new computer from Best Buy Lenovo and started having problems with it in less than a week. Microsoft was told to contact the manufacturer for technical support, because they provide not supported software without insurance software support! It cost hundreds of dollars to buy it. GEEK SQUAD ' Best Buy' does not provide technical support for the software either unless you buy a service contract with them! I've been using Windows since he came back and I never had to pay for technical support for all new software, go figure.

  I'm sure that manufacturers have to pay Microsoft to install the software on their computer and in turn, I'm sure they charge the consumer for the pre-installation. Is there one disturbed else on this subject, since I would rather than the manufacturer not install anything on the computer and allow me to decide what OS I want to install. Microsoft makes money the pre-installation of the operating system here because if you want to support you or update Windows software technical support to pay computer stores or the manufacturer of insurance or a tech support contract that cost hundreds of dollars to do. This is not fare and Microsoft knows and does nothing on this subject!

  I want a refund on the software pre-installed so that I can buy my own OS of my choice, it's the lowest that companies have disappeared in order to continue to make extra money out of consumers, and believe it or not, they make in these hard times for most Americans, but Microsoft gave nothing back to those who he fool the richest person in America. He and Microsoft has nothing on the software "MISSED" which was published in the past, Vista is a real "LOSER" who will never be a really good OS, I do not how many patches and updates that Microsoft releases. Microsoft should just have all the owners of Vista a really low price for Windows7 or a free copy! Microsoft never showed gratitude to the Americans who bought their products, the good, the bad and the ugly that would have been a nice gesture on their satisfaction!

  A custom PC is one that is made to your specifications.

  Under the MS license agreement with PC manufacturers, they are required to provide a way to restore the PC to the specifications of the factory, either through a hidden restore partition, you access, according to the manufacturers of this PC, instructions to create disk recovery, or by provideing effective recovery disks.

  NB recovery disks are PC specific manufacturer/model they are completely different to a MS Win real cd

• Going to replace my hard drive, I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows Vista 32 - bit with the new drive copy?

  I plan to replace my current hard drive (which is functional, but not surprising in the first place) with a Solid State drive, which will help to my Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook.  I find a reader fully compatible solid state, but I'm not there purchase Alienware.  I'm currently under Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), and I still have the recovery DVD used to reinstall the operating system.  I reformatted my hard drive several times using this disc, each time that the deletion of the whole score and starting from scratch.  Every time I did it, I'm never asked to activate my copy of windows, mysteriously turned on when I boot on my new install of Windows for the first time, without even plugging the cable Ethernet first, and my house has no wireless network.

  I wonder, if/when I install a new hard drive, will have a different experience somehow in regards to Windows activation?  I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows copy at all?  Alternatively, my windows mysteriously will activate itself without ever seeing the internet as it does now?

  I love installing Windows and then do not need to activate it, and I hope I have that experience when I install my new hard drive.

  I just want to know what to expect in terms of my ability to use my copy of Vista OEM, and what process I have to go through to make it fully functional.

  Thank you very much!

  "Gamer6789" wrote in message News: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy * .com...

  I plan to replace my current hard drive (which is functional, but not surprising in the first place) with a Solid State drive, which will help to my Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook.  I find a reader fully compatible solid state, but I'm not there purchase Alienware.  I'm currently under Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), and I still have the recovery DVD used to reinstall the operating system.  I reformatted my hard drive several times using this disc, each time that the deletion of the whole score and starting from scratch.  Every time I did it, I'm never asked to activate my copy of windows, mysteriously turned on when I boot on my new install of Windows for the first time, without even plugging the cable Ethernet first, and my house has no wireless network.

  I wonder, if/when I install a new hard drive, will have a different experience somehow in regards to Windows activation?  I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows copy at all?  Alternatively, my windows mysteriously will activate itself without ever seeing the internet as it does now?

  I love installing Windows and then do not need to activate it, and I hope I have that experience when I install my new hard drive.

  I just want to know what to expect in terms of my ability to use my copy of Vista OEM, and what process I have to go through to make it fully functional.

  Thank you very much!

  The physical hard disk (solid state or record) is not serious for the operating system that is installed on.  As long as the drive is a standard interface and does not require special drivers not work (and most don't), you should have no problem.
   
  The recovery disks you are using are set to read specific information about the motherboard and as long as there is this particular information, that it is looking she will be triggered and doesn't have to go online to activate as the retail of Windows is required to do.  The only problem with this type of activation, it's that if the motherboard fails ever it should be replaced with a similar brand and model or autonomous activation fails and the operating system is an OEM version that is related to this motherboard and cannot be enabled on a newer replacement.

• Accidentally installed a clean Windows Vista 64-bit version when my computer is running 32-bit.

  I wanted to do a clean install of my Windows Vista. I had my manufacturer installation cd but didn't know that they put two in the package. Thinking that they only gave me one and only good cd I just jumped it withou double check and guess what it was that bad. Now, nothing works as it is not installed the proper drivers. Help! Is there a way to fix this? I have the correct installation cd but my cd drive is not workingand I can't online. Is it possible to connect to another computer so that I can get online to download the drivers and then reinstall? Is there a way to get to my score? When I look at the recovery disk folder there is nothing in it. I'm not the most computer savy as you can guess very well but I take directions well.

  Just a few troubleshooting steps to see if the drive is bad or if the DVD player is bad:

  1. If you have another DVD player available try to use this drive in your computer instead.

  2. If you have another computer available, try the disc of Windows 7 by using this computer and see if it can read the disc, or if the disc cannot be read and is bad.

  If the drive is bad:

  To replace the installation discs for the manufacturer of the computer:

  Contact the OEM computer manufacturer and ask them to send you an installation to your computer disk - they may charge a small fee. Contact information for the manufacturer of your computer can be found here:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/oemphone/

• Student Upgrade Win7 64 bit on a new computer

  Hello

  I built my own computer and it is ready for an operating system.  I have Win7 64 bit.  I am a student and I am eligible for a reduced price.  I'm a little confused because it says I want to download Windows 7 Professional Upgrade.  This 'upgrade' will allow me to install the OS on a computer brand new with no previous operating system?  I also have the option to pay for a disk.  Is this disc a full version?  If I download this update can I just load into a USB and loading the BIOS? or do I need a full version?
  Thank you for any response

  The price of the student is an upgrade, you can not install it on a blank disc, you will need a full version.

  You can wait until Windows 8 is available which will be significantly cheaper than Windows 7 today. If you need Windows 7, you can buy the full version:

  Windows 7 - version comparisons:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/compare-editions

  MS Windows 7 store price:

  http://store.Microsoft.com/Microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102

• new computer hp laptop bits 62, 2 GB of RAM. By mistake, I formatted the hp recovery disk.

  The computer uses windows 7 Home, there is no change made on it before she crashed.and after a while the computer does not detect the CD-ROM. I have shut down the computer and when I turned it on again, it said that Manager of start missing that I need to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart but it never worked. I tried to change the operating system, but it says that I should run an ASR disk which I did not. What should I do to make it restart, please help.

  If you did not a set of recovery disks or USB recovery media, then you have a few options.

  1)Contact HP and ask for help.

  (2) if it is a Microsoft Windows 7 certificate of Authenticity on the bottom of the laptop with all the twenty-five characters of visible license key, you can install with the key license and a disk or USB Windows 7 installation media.

  (3) you can buy a HP recovery disk or HP partner to recover the operating system of the laptop as it was delivered. The recovery disk set also includes applications, and all the drivers required.   How to order a defined recovery disk

• don't have windows vista cd but had only product key with my computer hp laptop

  I bought the hp laptop 530 in 2008 and got a seat windows vista business oem verision. some how I lost my windows now I have no cd to install Windows I got the product key... cany anyone give me the link where I can download the windows vista professional oem

  Hello

  Have you looked to see if you have a recovery partition to reinstall Vista from?

  If you do, press F11 at startup to start the recovery process.

  "Performing a recovery of the system HP (Windows Vista)"

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/document?DocName=c00809678&LC=en&DLC=en&cc=us&product=18703

  Regarding your original question.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• upgrading from vista 32-bit to 64-bit computer win computer 7 B

  So I plan on selling my old computer (only for parts) and keep my driver's license for windows vista, then buy a new computer. My current computer is windows vista family 32-bit premium, but I want to go to windows 7 Home premium 64-bit on the new computer, I can buy the upgrade, or do I have to buy a new license? I'm also curious of what is required to install the upgrade, you need your vista license every time that install you it? Or is this a one-time thing?

  Hello

  There is no way to upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit.

  It must be done with a clean install.

  Pre-installed Licenses OEM (HP, Acer, etc.) and the Microsoft System Builder OEM licenses are tied to the first machine that they are installed on and channels of license when this machine dies.

  OEM licenses are not transferable.

  If you have purchased your own license for sale retail of Windows and installed yourself, yes you can transfer it to another computer.

  Retail licenses are transferable.

  See you soon.

• Satellite A500 - how to move from Vista 64 bit to 32 bit?

  Hei guys,.

  Recently, I bought my new A500 series - 14 c and installed the 64-bit version of Vista. What is happening is that I later discovered that a USB sound card that I use doesn't have vista64 drivers yet, so I wanted to reinstall the OS and choose Vista 32 this time.

  I was wondering how I can do? Can I just create the recovery DVD using Toshiba Recovery? Who will ask me this that IF I want to install or will it just restore the latest version?

  What other ways can I try? My computer did not bring any DVD, so I guess that the two KIND of facilities are always stored on the HARD drive. I don't know where or how to use them.

  > I recently bought my new A500 series - 14 c and installed the 64-bit version of Vista

  I guess that you have formatted the whole HARD disk during the installation of 64-bit Vista.
  Is this good?

  If yes then you would not be able to get the Vista 32 bit OS back because you n t create the recovery disk before installing vista 64 bit OS.

  The Toshiba laptops Toshiba recovery disc Creator called tool.
  This tool allows you to create the recovery disk that you would help to redefine the laptop to factory settings.

  If you don t have this drive and if you are not able to create it so you could order from this page:
  https://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

  Good bye