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Dual boot problems
On the machine I'm on right now, I have true dual boot Vista and XP, but then in the Vista side of the house I have the virtual PC with the same XP as the other side of the dual boot. Microsoft suggests doing this to overcome compatibility issues with Vista, and we have some here, like a $1000.00 CD printer that

Reverting back to XP from Vista
EXE was causing the issue. That machine I still have not solved....why the heck would EXPLORER be taking so long to load. Anyway, this method may not solve Compared to when I dual boot it to XP and it is sitting at the desktop for me in under 1 minute. I understand that Vista is a more demanding OS than XP but

Dual boot XP-Vista sur 2 DD differents.
I have XP and Vista as dual boot on a single drive. I want to put Vista on a second drive and dual boot, preferably w/o having to select the boot drive Delete Vista from the XP (old) drive and expand XP to the whole drive. Any problems w/this scenario? If this is OK, how do I dual boot w/o going to the BIOS.

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Mike M...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Tried that already, the drivers install successfully - they just won't run -- Mike S I've got a dual boot system and this runs perfectly well in XP pro, I've tried installing different drivers and uninstalling the hardware etc.

Vista startup slow on high end pc
If you will enter the text "Dual Boot Problems" inside the "Search For" Field within "Windows General Discussion" located at the screen top you will be drive on laptop) and restor my Windows XP Pro SP2 partition back to the hard drive, will there be any problems with Vista dual booting between these two OSes?

Dual boot problems
The laptop came with windows Vista premier. Due to some applications that I require, removing Vista and installing FreeBSD is not an issue. ////jerry Has anyone successfully been able to dual boot Vista + FreeBSD/amd64? I'm eager to have both on the laptop, however I've spent the entire weekend scouring google,

Dual Boot XP Vista - sharing 2003/2007
I saw in microsoft vista FAQ site on some instruction how to set up dual boot. It sounds complicated. I will check into it in a few days. But this is sad, very sad that Microsoft cannot solve this type of user problem. Especially when their newly OS Vista is not compatible with their own XP application softwares

Simple Question
I ordered Vista Ultimate today, and plan on installing 64 bit Vista to dual boot with XP Pro and play around with it. Would like to install FSX and run it on Vista, but obviously my Of course there are ways to fix the activation issue, though I'm not sure MS wants you to run a single copy under 2 OS's. scott s. .

All sorted out at last!!!!
He touches a point that I have never had an issue with because I don't like Windows restore and I use Acronis True Image. Nevertheless, I read the article I multi-boot XP Pro x86, XP Pro x64, Vista x86, and Vista x64 so the example in the Greypaper is for more than just dual-booting. The attachment is in Word

Windows Vista
The issue is obviously (at least to me) in my router. Since I can connect to and surf the Internet to my heart's content and the only issue I have is with My system is a dual-boot running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and Windows Vista Home Premium. I'm running Office 2007 Enterprise Edition and my router is a

How to safely delete XP partition
I just wanted to make sure it would work and I won’t have any issues like having to reinstall the OS I have now with a total complete fresh install just to Setting up dual boot is a real no-brainer these days, especially if it's combinations of XP/Vista or Vista 32/64. Just the boot menu will show "Windows

How to delete XP partition from dual boot
... including 2 new iMacs with OS X Leopard, both dual boot with Vista, 5 new HP Vista Only machines, 4 dual boot XP & Vista on new Dell Computers. I work in tech support and the issues with Vista are repetitive and just plain stupid. I was provided a development DVD copy of Vista Ultimate; I couldn't stand the

Reinstall Windows
Vista is an obvious placeholder for WinXP's real successor. All we really need is for Dx10 to be ported to XP, then totally forget Vista and wait for Vista's successor.... not that M$$ will ever port Dx10 to Win XP. BTW, the above information on dual-boot issues is not second-hand, I own a full retail copies of

How to delete XP partition from dual boot
I also have read that Vista BootPro seems to be a fairly popular third party boot program to use, rather than the built in boot manager of Vista, not sure if this fixes the deleted restore point issue or not. Anyways, any tips from those of you that have set up a dual boot between Vista and XP would be greatly

XP 64 and Audio Issues
I want to setup a dual boot of XP SP2 and Vista Ultimate. XP exist allready on the 1st primary partition. My understanding is that I need only create a 2nd Are there any issues there? I have apps installed under XP to the extended partitions which I ~dont~ intend to use under Vista, but will the 2 OS fight as

Multi-Threaded Programming Without the Pain
I would be very interesting in knowing whether or not it was really Vista that caused this issue with your WinXP installations. But Vista ran great. Back to Square1. I'm just running XP Pro. It's flying, but I'd like to dual boot. But has anyone else had these dual boot problems? Any advice?

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
I forgot about an issue with Restore Points when dual booting Windows XP with Vista. Reading a post by MVP Bert Kinney in another group has jogged my memory about the issue. You should read here for more information: System Restore points and other recovery features in Windows Vista are affected when you dual-boot

Dual boot problems
No driver issues yet. While with 32-bit, the selection of XP over Vista can be argued, there is no such ambiguity with the 64-bit edition. Vista64 is a better supported OS. Taking the subject slightly OT I've been considering dual boot Vista for a while but didn't see any reason to bother yet.

Should I use 64 bit Windows XP?
John Venables JohnVenab...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi All. My pc was originally built to Vista....However, due to some compatability issues, I created a dual boot Vista/XP and this worked a treat....All was okay.... However, after some issues with Vista I rebuilt

The joys of Vista... yeah right....... !!
I set up a dual boot with XP 32 and I don't have any problems with the audio on that OS. The device manufacturer says that there are no driver issues and they have I have 8 GB ram so I really want the 64 Bit OS to work and I've heard horror stories relating to Vista 64 and performance issues when dealing with