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Old January 8th, 2007, 10:53 PM
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Exclamation Installation help

Hey there

today i downloaded windows vista (Business Edition) from my MSDNAA website...

i burnt it to a disc and proceeded to reboot, when i 'press any key to boot from CD or DVD' it loads fine, all files are loaded and the scrolling progress bar goes to plan..

then when setup actually commenses, nothing happens, i can just see and use my cursor and the lovely coloured background, nothing happens at all, has anyone else experienced this?

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Old January 9th, 2007, 04:49 AM
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Had you ran this before? Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
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Old January 9th, 2007, 07:46 PM
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sorted, used upgrade option and everything is fine, apart from no OpenGL!
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Old January 10th, 2007, 08:21 AM
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Driver-Vista-thing for your vid card.

Are you able to Flip-3D on open windows? (Windows key + Tab)
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Old January 10th, 2007, 03:13 PM
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yeh i get a gfx card rating of 5.9, everything is working, apart from no opengl support which pretty much sucks...
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Old January 11th, 2007, 01:50 AM
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Is your video card in this list?

Radeon® 9500, 9550, 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 series
Radeon® X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 series
Mobility™ Radeon® 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800 series
Mobility™ Radeon® X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 series
CrossFire™ Xpress 3200 series
Radeon® Xpress 200, 200M series

Those vid cards have drivers for Vista.
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Old January 11th, 2007, 08:33 PM
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im using a nvidia 7950GT 512mb (Gainward) using the latest nvidia vista drivers, i am able to use opengl now
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Old January 12th, 2007, 01:08 AM
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using a nvidia
Have a look, your not alone.
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i am able to use opengl now
Some people are lucky and some aren't. I guess your one of the lucky ones. Either that or you trying everything
possible got you there.
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