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i am not sure how windows vista is ,probably when i tried to download it i had to firstly install download manager.it asked me to allow active x. i did ....bam ...instant blue screen of death...
-- kim

Well then your installation of your previous OS is bad then - try with a brand new fresh copy of XP, then install the beta from that. Make sure you don't activate XP though - save your licenses! :o)
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i am not sure how windows vista is ,probably when i tried to download it i had to firstly install download manager.it asked me to allow active x. i did ....bam ...instant blue screen of death...
-- kim

Zack Whittaker wrote:

Well then your installation of your previous OS is bad then - try with a brand new fresh copy of XP, then install the beta from that. Make sure you don't activate XP though - save your licenses! :o)
--: Original message follows :-- "thekim" wrote in message i am not sure how windows vista is ,probably when i tried to download it i had to firstly install download manager.it asked me to allow active x. i did ....bam ...instant blue screen of death...
-- kim

Is there a change in WPA? Are they limiting the number of times one can activate now?

With the beta 2 release, you receive 10 activations with your passport, this is expected to change by RTM though. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Newf gone Ont" wrote in message

Zack Whittaker wrote: Well then your installation of your previous OS is bad then - try with a brand new fresh copy of XP, then install the beta from that. Make sure you don't activate XP though - save your licenses! :o)
--: Original message follows :-- "thekim" wrote in message i am not sure how windows vista is ,probably when i tried to download it i had to firstly install download manager.it asked me to allow active x. i did ....bam ...instant blue screen of death...
-- kim
Is there a change in WPA? Are they limiting the number of times one can activate now?

I have recently burned the new OS to DVD and ready to install. My question is once I install Vista can I roll my system back to XP SP2 using the System Recovery disk that was created by the computer manufacturer; or will the security partition that was created to work with the disk be wiped out? The C:\ is formatted in NTFS and the security partition is a virtual drive that is not physically in my frame.
Any other advice would be appreciated....
Angelface....

There is no roll back or uninstall. System Recovery will recover your system to a point in the current system only and not to a previous system. Back up, back up, back up. You may want to consider installing to a separate partition or drive and running dual-boot.
"Daveo" wrote:

I have recently burned the new OS to DVD and ready to install. My question is once I install Vista can I roll my system back to XP SP2 using the System Recovery disk that was created by the computer manufacturer; or will the security partition that was created to work with the disk be wiped out? The C:\ is formatted in NTFS and the security partition is a virtual drive that is not physically in my frame.
Any other advice would be appreciated....
Angelface....