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Vista Business And XP Pro file and directory sharing issues
Peter Pe...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Lots of warnings both yellow and red...but all to do with shutdown and boot up issues, which are to be expected in my triple boot situation. I couldn't find any for the video card. -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista

vista ultimate x64 install
In Vista Network and Sharing: Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers) Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc) File Sharing: ON Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared Docs) Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical

Downgrading Vista Business OEM to XP Pro OEM, Possible?
Basic question - I recently purchased a new HP laptop with Vista - however, I am unable to read old XP Pro documents on the new system. I'v heard that there are problems - please can you advise what I need to do? <snip> There is no such thing as "XP Pro documents" Its simply a function of the software installed on

Difference between XP Pro & Vista
Several years ago, I upgraded to XP Pro. After getting XP Pro, I added a slave hard drive. I want to buy a new PC and have two questions... 1) I want to reformat the hard drive on the new PC (which will probably be Vista) and get a clean install of the XP Pro that I already bought. Is this possible?

Network XP Pro to Vista Home
whewinCalifornia whewinCalifor...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista networking_sharing John, Your suggestion worked. It took a while for the XP Pro computer to update the antivirus program, so I could not test the new logon name until that was done, but it worked. Chuck, thank you for your

from Vista to XP
NoStop nos...@nospam.com microsoft public windows vista general AlexB wrote: Is there a Ubuntu news group? Indeed? I tried to find one to no avail. a secound computer set up with win xp pro...it works decent..nothing works right in vista..i just use it because i got ripped off..of 240 dollars and i am trying to

Password Prompt? Not PW Protected..... VISTA HP & XP Pro
ndy n...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I really like to know if anybody actually tried this method. I was told same thing by HP, Dell and MS representitives. I installed XP pro on Vista Business sticker workstation. I used old XP Pro key to installation and click on the

Vista Home Premium or XP Pro?... Opinion Please?
A lot of newer computers do not have XP drivers written for them; making it impossible to install XP properly. "billyg" wrote: I have a desktop computer running on Windows XP Professional and a laptop computer running on Windows Vista Home Basic. Could anyone please tell me how do I remove Windows Vista from my

Vista Reboots my XP Pro
So what you are telling me is that even with him using the Vista key that the xp pro key is useless. It's useless to you as long as your friend is still using it. Had he purchased a Full version of Vista, then you'd be able to use his old Full version of XP (if that's what it is). But since he purchased the less

XPS 410 XP Pro Install OVER Vista Fails
"David" <Da...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:95C3F335-88C3-475B-82F5-B704C4788827@microsoft.com... when i try to file transfer from my vista computer to my xp pro computer, the xp pro will shutdown and reboot, even when i try wireless or connected to a cat5 cable, no differance i have a home

Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board.
Carey Frisch [MVP] cnfri...@nospamgmail.com microsoft public windows vista general You can only "upgrade" to Windows Vista 64-bit if you are currently running a 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional. If you are running the common 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional, then you cannot upgrade to the 64-bit

Vista sees network, can't access XP Pro
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Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Hey gang, Have received my Vista Ultimate , along with a new 320 gb sata hard drive, to install it on. I want to keep my current XP Pro 32 bit install as my primary OS, and just play around/experiment with Vista 64 bit Ultimate. I currently have two sata hard drives, a 250 gb and 500 gb, that I use for my XP Pro

remove Vista and install xp pro
Nothing I've done with firewall, TCP/IP settings, LLTD installed on both machines, sharing set up, all in the same workgroup and network being private has allowed the Vista machine to access my XP Pro box. On a whim I booted into Vista RC1 on my machine. Lo and behold, every machine could see each other and access

Vista Upgrade from XP-pro
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:32:04 -0700, mimi <m...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I have tried to install XP Pro as the guest machine on two different Vista machines (one of them being an Intel Mac, and the other being a new HP laptop straight out of the box).

DUAL-BOOTING WITH WINDOWS XP PRO/VISTA
achiomo achi...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista networking_sharing So an hour later, and suddenly xp sees itself and vista. vista still doesn't see xp at all. can't open the vista on xp. maybe another hour? "Mick Murphy" wrote: Run XP's Set UP A Home Network File and Printer Sharing Wizard.

Vista Upgrade from XP-pro
Not Me cargo...@bresnan.net microsoft public windows vista general microsoft public windowsxp general I have done that already. I installed XP Pro on my box (P4-2.6Ghz/800FSB-1.5GB PC3200/256MB BioStar AGP w/NVidia 6200 chip) first and installed a second drive for Vista. XP is on an 80GB EIDE and Vista is on a

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
brandonbuff brandonb...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Well I was able to get XP pro installed... but I can't get online because I can't find the driver for my ethernet card... I searched gateway but they do not list a driver... Also I tried to set up a dual OS,

from Vista to XP
In this case, XP should install without the need for any special drivers on a floppy. That's what I did after getting the blue screen of death several times. Did you delete all partitions and repartition the drives? Vista creates directories that can't be touched by XP without taking ownership. Tom Lake.

Dual booting Vista Ultimate 64 bit with XP Pro
Insight Driver InsightDri...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista networking_sharing Problem Resovled - root cause unknown I did a wipe and clean install of XP Pro. I left it offline until I got to the point where I had to download my anti-virus and firewall suite (McAffee provided free by