How to delete Windows Vista

OK, I inherited laptop from my daughter. Tis got Windows XP and test/trial version of Windows Vista. On boot up, the Windows Vista comes up as default. I cannot login to the Vista as the licence has expired. No matter , I just want to get rid of ...

Message posted on the November 2nd, 2010 - 11:35 AM ET

Test Windows Vista pre RC1 - First part

When it was released, GNT tested the Windows Vista intermediate build to see what the final version could perhaps look like. The Pre-Release Candidate 1 is now out and we will look at what changes have been made since the last time we reviewed it, ...

Review published on the August 30th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Test Windows Vista - part 2

This tutorial will present, before its release, an advanced but not finished version of Windows Vista, the future operating system from Microsoft. This version integrates a lot of new functions that will be described in this second part.

Review published on the January 24th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Memory management under Windows Vista

Windows has always been criticized about their memory management, in particular due to its consummation. So it is normal that we are interested to see how Windows Vista reacts, which is what we will be doing in this article.

Review published on the March 5th, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

Test of Windows Vista

This tutorial will present, before its release, an advanced but not finished version of Windows Vista, the future operating system from Microsoft. This version integrates a lot of new functions that we will look at in detail.

Review published on the January 3rd, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows Vista Test: Presentation of the NT6 core

After having discovered the basic appearance and functions of the Windows Vista desktop, it is now time to look at its core. In this article we will see what really is new in the NT6 kernel.

Review published on the February 25th, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

ReadyBoost: Optimize and Accelerate Windows Vista

Introduced with Windows Vista, the ReadyBoost technology allows you to use a USB key or any other kind of Flash memory card (SD Card, CompactFlash, MMC, etc) to store files that are often used which will help reduce the load time off applications. ...

Review published on the June 21st, 2007 - 10:25 AM ET

vLite: customise your Windows Vista installation

Do you know nLite, the Windows XP personalised installation utility? Now there is its brother vLite for Windows Vista. With the help of vLite you can make Windows Vista lighter by deleting a diverse range of functions, vLight drivers and other ...

Review published on the May 23rd, 2007 - 6:42 AM ET

Flush SMB Cache on Windows Vista?

The short version of my question is: Is there an API call that will dump the SMB cache on Windows Vista when SMB 2.0 is used for Windows Networking? There may be alternatives to dumping the cache that I haven't considered, so allow me to offer a ...

Message posted on the February 17th, 2009 - 4:58 PM ET

Can't start Windows Vista

Hello! I am new to this site and have done alot of reading.I have treid alot of the things on this site to try to get my acer laptop to start Windows vista. I have a Acer aspire Laptop with Windows vista 64 bit It worked fine until the other day i ...

Message posted on the May 18th, 2009 - 5:18 PM ET

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Hi, I have installed on my machine ( as OS ) MS Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Service Pack 1 ( Drive E: [ Local Disk ] ). I want to install on my machine MS Windows 7 Beta ( January build ) but in another Drive ( D: [ Local Disk ] ). After I ...

Message posted on the January 8th, 2009 - 2:11 PM ET

how to make a partition for windows 7 on Windows Vista Sp1

I want to beta test Windows 7. I have Vista Premium sp1 on a 160gig hd (no partition) I would like to keep the vista premium but be able to partition the hd and be able to install Windows 7 onto the other partition and dual boot them? How can I do ...

Message posted on the January 8th, 2009 - 1:31 PM ET

Will SQL Server 2005 Enterprise run on Windows Vista client?

I tried installing SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition on my XP laptop. It didn't work. I viewed the system requirements and it didn't list Vista in the list of OS's (maybe it wasn't out at that time). I'm looking to run SQL Server 2005 Enterprise ...

Message posted on the January 29th, 2009 - 4:24 PM ET

Transfer Text and Windows Vista

I have been transferring text to a .txt file from an application designed in A2007 on Windows XP. It run as expected: DoCmd.TransferText acExportFixed, _ "ExportSpec01", "qryExportQuery", _ ...

Message posted on the February 12th, 2010 - 11:30 AM ET

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