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| How to install Windows Vista | |
| Installation choices for consumer versions of Windows Vista (32-bit only) | |
| Installation choices for 64-bit consumer versions of Windows Vista | |
| How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista | |
| You receive an error message when you try to activate Windows Vista after you upgrade by using Windows Anytime Upgrade | |
| You receive an error message when you try to activate Windows Vista after you use a Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD to upgrade Windows Vista | |
| You receive an error message when you try to activate Windows Vista after you use a Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD to perform a clean installation of Windows Vista | |
| Error message when you try to repair or recover Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Home Premium by using Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore: "You do not have a valid backup image to restore from" | |
| Message that you receive when you use the "Backup and Restore Center" Control Panel item in Windows Vista: "Label and insert a blank disk" | |
| System restore points and shadow copies of files are missing after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 | |
| Error message when you use the Restore Files option to restore a backup file on a Windows Vista-based computer: "The restore did not finish successfully. Error code: 0x8100001A" | |
| The Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) program is no longer included in Windows operating systems starting with Windows Vista | |
| No restore points are available when you use Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 in a dual-boot configuration together with an earlier Windows operating system | |
| How to disable programs that run when you start Windows XP Home Edition or Windows Vista | |
| The Help and Support feature stops working when Dreamweaver is configured as the default XML editor on a Windows Vista-based computer | |
| How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista | |
| Help content does not appear when you click "Help" during the setup of a 2007 Office program on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows XP or of Windows Vista | |
| How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista | |
| How to reset security settings back to the defaults | |
| Problems with the network, hard disk drive, or storage drivers cause a program to stop unexpectedly in Windows Vista | |
| Printers that were installed in Windows XP no longer appear to be installed after you upgrade the computer to Windows Vista | |
| Microsoft does not support changing the location of the Program Files folder by modifying the ProgramFilesDir registry value | |
| How to go back to Windows XP after you have upgraded a Windows XP-based computer to Windows Vista | |
| Fax transmission may not finish after a connection is established in Windows Vista | |
| How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista | |
| No restore points are available when you use Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 in a dual-boot configuration together with an earlier Windows operating system | |
| Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer that is running Windows Vista | |
| Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1: "Installation was not successful" or "An internal error occurred while installing the service pack" | |
| Error message when you try to install a new hardware device on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device" | |
| Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo | |
| Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility | |
| How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista | |
| Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop responding | |
| Icons are missing from Control Panel, or you cannot start Control Panel, the Welcome Center, or games in Windows Vista | |
| Error message when you try to install Windows Vista on a computer that uses more than 3 GB of RAM: "STOP 0x0000000A" | |
| How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista | |
| Error message is logged in the System log every time that you start Windows Vista: "ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot |
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| You experience problems with sound after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 | |
| The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista | |
| Overview of Windows Vista desktop search Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 | |
| You are prompted to activate Windows Vista after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 | |
| Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates | |
| The Windows Speech Recognition language must be the same as the operating system language in Windows Vista | |
| You may experience issues with the Windows Aero feature on a Windows Vista-based computer | |
| Description of the CheckSUR update for Windows Vista and for Windows Vista for x64-based systems | |
| Message when a Windows Vista-based computer takes a long time to restart or to shut down: "Windows is configuring updates" | |
| You may experience connectivity issues or performance issues when you connect a mobile PC that is running Windows Vista to a wireless access point | |
| Windows Vista Ultimate language pack release information | |
| The screen saver does not work when you use a Microsoft wireless pointing device on a Windows Vista-based computer | |
| The screen saver does not start after you install a wireless pointing device | |
| Stop error when you try to download updates from Windows Update on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "0x80070246" | |