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Pretty much, yeah. Just like regular xp, if you dont enter the key, you can only use it for a few days, it would probably lock up or stop working maybe, tell you to upgrade. In that case you would have to downgrade to XP or upgrade to the full version of Vista.

Sounds to me like you would need something like a wireless usb adapter/hub. To my knowledge there isnt anything like that out yet. Heres one I found though to be release fairly soon. Hope that helps. http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/03/belkin-wireless-usb-hub/

I have windows vista beta 2, havent used it much, but I didnt notice a whole lot of difference right off. I believe the beta versions and all will just be discontinued or deactivated sooner or later as the official release is nearing.

Im guessing from your sig this is a custom built computer. First thing I thought of was the case wiring to the mother board, make sure those wires are properly connected and not loose.

Afraid I dont know any other way to test them. You could try searching for ways to do so on google or something, but I couldnt come up with anything. If you have an lcd tv or something like that, sometime they have a vga connection for the computer, or the video card may have an s-vido...

Could be your monitor or your video card. Whats the make and model of your computer? If its on board video, it may be a little harder to troubleshoot than a pci card. Try using a different monitor, and try using the bad monitor on a different computer.

You will probably need a new driver when vista comes out. It should say in the insturctions for your card, or on the box what operating systems it works with. Otherwise check the manufactures webstie (radeon, nvida, etc.) and look up your model number, that should tell you if its compatible...

Problem communicating with server means just that. Its possible you account information or sever or ports numbers need updated in outlook. If outlook is recieving you mail, the incoming server and account info. should be correct. If its having a problem sending mail, than its the outgoing...

Well, I finally got it backup on running. After researching the few resources out there about this, I ended up hooking it up as a slave drive to copy over the 'I386' folder from the xp cd to the slave drive. Than hooked it back up as primary, let the installer run, and chose the new folder i...

Im thinking it may be related to you power supply since there was a power outage. You could try pluging in your computer to another wall outlet / surge protector. If that doesnt do anything, try to test your psu if you can (this can be done with a psu tester, or you can jump it (you will have...

See if you are able to boot from a removable device, such as a floppy boot disk, or windows cd. If that works, you can work from there, and try a reapier install or check your files.

I went into the recovery console and did the "fixmbr" but this didnt solve the problem. Next thing I did was boot to the hard drive, and it started the windows instalation again. I did talk to microsoft who thinks I may have a bad cd, so Ill try to find one I can borrow, but uintil than are...

Get a windows boot disk. A floppy would be best, as the computer will default to the floppy when you startup. If you use a cd, like win. xp, you will need to tell it to boot from cd on startup in the bios, by pressing del. at startup.

Check that your connections between the monitor and computer are secure, and both sides dont have any broken or missing pins. You might also try using that monitor on another computer.

Mozilla firefox works well for pop up blocking, another good one if your using IE is the google toolbar.

Thanks, thats what I was doing, apparently my only option. I guess theres no way to recover the drive as a master drive, leaving windows in place wiht my files (in other words, canceling the auto install)? Thanks

I changed out my motherboard and than tryied to do a windows repair install. However, the re-install keeps coming up with an error about an incorrect parameter (ive tried several xp disks with no luck, im using pro). This leaves me at a point where I can access my hard drive directly as every...

Yeah, I guess the filter thing should work, Ill give that a try. Other than that, Im not sure its worth it to detach the heatsink every so often, as that takes a bit of work, and re-applying the grease.

Im not clear on what the question is exactly, but sounds like a dial up problem. DSL requires authentification, which can be done through the router, instead of the computer. The settings may appear correct, but double check them, and maybe run them across your ISP proveder. Also not you...

Im using an xp-90 heatsink with a thermaltake silent cat fan on it. Its been cooling the cpu fine, and I finally just took it off after about 2 years to switch mother boards, and noticed the heatsink was extremely dusty, as well as the fan, but not as much. There where big chunks of dust in...