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Porting NDIS Miniport driver from XP/Vista to WM5.0
In Vista Network and Sharing: Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers) Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard. I have already done all this. But I re-checked and did it again. Made no difference.

Windows Vista Downgrade.. To Xp
It's mind-boggling how many bullshit processes constantly run on this OS. I've had to stick with Vista, because from everything I've read, downgrading to XP just won't work with my HP tower which has specific media cards that don't have drivers for XP. I had some major problems with Vista in regards to how the

uninstall windows to roll back from vista to xp
xp-vista-xp xp-vista...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices you guys keeep saying use partition magic 8 to make your partitions then laod vista my experience with partition magic is vista will not let it run propely saying the whole partition is "bad" and can only do one

XP Vista - What am I missing?
Make sure your new computer has XP installed. Are you saying you have tried to install TP5 on Vista and it does not work? And if not, is this just the currently fashionable Vista-bashing from afar, or do you have practical experience of Vista that leads you to say this? Personally no. I run XP, OSX and Solaris.

XP > Vista settings transfer
AlexB al...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general An additional option for your. Maybe. "How to make XP / Vista dual-boot Independently, Here's a guide using grldr For work I need a XP install to run a VPN client. I tried to do this using Virtual PC in Vista--but the whole thing was just too slow.

from Vista to XP
... amongst other things: -Installing the XP networking patch on the xp machine - Getting the workgroup and user names the same on both machines I dont seem to be able to run ipconfig on 1 pc - the window pops up , scrolls and quickly closes. The xp machine says "cable unplugged" when connected to the vista pc,

Why I can't run XP on my new PC??
When you are using XP the drive is C: when you use Vista the drive is C: The other problem, of course, with dual booting XP and Vista is that, whenever you boot to XP, all of your system restore and shadow copy points in Vista are deleted. This is a known problem that is not going to be rectified. Personally, I run

Takes days (almost a week) to install XP VPC on Vista Host
I want to reinstall it but don't want 2 partitions if i don't need them. xp was backed up along with other program that came with the computer at time of purchase on partition D: FAT32 my question is do i need this or is it safe now for me to delete it via computer management? I want to run my computer partition

RPC over HTTP 1st time w/ Vista - Trouble installing Certificate
gordon gbpli...@gmail.com.invalid microsoft public windowsxp general "Steven" <Ste...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6B906934-CB80-430C-9D4C-9D150E827E72@microsoft.com... I want to be able to switch from XP to Vista more quickly, Then install a Virtual PC program on Vista and run XP inside it....

Making the case for Vista 64
And it is much tricksier to install XP after Vista because the normal way to set up dual (or multiple) boots is to install the older operating system first. to XP and provide a recovery disk for it if that machine can run XP; or 2) return the Vista machine and purchase one running the operating system you need.

Motherboard drivers issue with VISTA
Essentially, Microsoft lets you use your new Vista license for an XP Pro install. You have such "downgrade rights", however, only if you bought Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. Note that you can't run both Vista and XP using the same license (so you can't, for example, install Vista on a virtual machine if you're

32 bit vista can't address more than 3.1-3.5 GB RAM
I need to setup an xp/vista dual boot system. Some have advised using VistaBootPRO but I have not really understood how. Could someone please give me step by step instructions and specifically on; 1. What drive should be primary (xp or vista)? 2. In which OS should I run VistaBootPRO? 3. Trying to install vista

install both XP and Vista
Malke ma...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windows vista general Mark Peters wrote: I have a new gaming computer and I've installed Vista Ultimate on it. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on that machine (see Item #1 above), return the computer and purchase one running XP

NewestShareware.com Issue #29
I'm actually planning on doing a reinstall here soon on my system (I'm testing Windows Home Server on this system for a couple days to see if some oddities I'm having on another system are system specific or not) so I could setup an XP/Vista dual-boot and run a quick round of testing and give you actual numbers if

Vista Stability and return to XP
NDIS on CE has some restrictions compared to "desktop" Windows, but in general, a properly written NDIS driver should compile and run on any Windows platform. Where "properly" means that This driver is a virtual NIC driver which when I install on XP/Vista, appears to be a second NIC in my network connections.

GNU/Linux Can do SO MUCH MORE Than Windows and Mac OS X
And there are plenty of examples of dinosaur apps that wont run on a VM. The host can run XP, Vista, or whatever the future holds, with fully optimised drivers for the hardware it is running on. When it comes time to set up a new PC, instead of hunting for '98 compatible hardware, and hunting for drivers or it,

Q 400Gb HDD with Windows 98/ME
Will they both run without messing each other up? Will I be able to Yes, as long as you install on 2 different partitions as as both Vista shouldn't be Heading for the replace XP Pro 32b with XP/Vista 64bit. Then go the vmware route, 64bit host and put back XP 32bit as a guest OS for the things that don't work.

vista to xp on hp
Luckily I can run this on my SBS box so as long as the client tools will install on Vista I should be OK. If not I'll have to use remote desktop to run the I am at the point where my XP Pro install is probably due a good blowing away and re-installing. I am aware that just upgrading XP Pro to Vista will be very

During bootup
Alex T. ~MVP Windows Shell/User~ Makaveli...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Go to http://neosmart.net/ downlaod EasyBCD and run it. This is my problem: I have installed Vista on my C:\ disk. After that I installed XP on D:\ disk. Now I can't boot Vista anymore.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista general -) I had no luck with WET either. Many have reported problems. I had it run for about 15 minutes Vista's WET is made to transfer settings from XP to Vista, so what do you mean 'doesn't communicate' "Big Ron" <m...@nospam.inv> wrote in message