Jakebo

It really depends on what you are going to be using it for more than anything else. Check http://www.wasatchsoftware.com/products/windows-vista.htm for a feature comparison. See what features you want and then you can easily determine which Vista fits your needs best.

I have not heard of a virus that changes date and time but it would not hurt to do a scan. The only thing I have seen that effects date and time is a bad CMOS battery which will have the date and time reset every time you restart.

If it is a retail version it probably will not work since each CD is tied to it's on product key to prevent piracy. Aside from the volume pricing discount that is one of the biggest benifits of the Volume Licensing program.

For Vista I would recommend Trend Micro. Initially they did have some compatability issues but they have been resolved. Also CA I know works with Vista. Kaspersky is my standard recomendation, but I have run into problems installing Internet Security 6 on my Vista system.

Are you using an OEM, Retail or Volume License CD for the installation. If you are using a Retail or OEM you are going to have problems trying to use one CD for more then one installation. If you are using a Volume License then there might be some different options for you.

For AV I would definantly go with Kaspersky, or NOD32 over Symantec. But Ghost and BackupExec seem to do a pretty good job. At least I don't know of anyone that does it better then Ghost and BackupExcec.

You should have no problems with 2 times. After that you may have to call Microsoft for more installations, but even that should not be a problem.

Might be accidently Muted or something like that check the system volume in the control panel.

Make sure to check the address. If the person sending to you has their information in wrong it will use a bad reply address. Reinstalling Outlook is proably a good thing to try as well. Check the server to make sure there is not a problem on the server end.

As far as I understand there are some security and bug fixes as well. Last I knew Microsoft was only support R2 because it did clean up some issues involved with 2003 SP2.

Check Trend Micro or ESET. Probably ESET would be a little bit better. There is a free download you can get to try it and see how it works for you. And the cost for it is pretty low. Hope it helps.

I would probably stick with XP untill you are ready to get a new computer with Vista. Going to 2000 might make things a little bit faster, but not a lot. Beyond that it sounds like you have the XP running how you want it and making any changes you will ahve to get everything put in order so it may not be worth the trouble untill you are ready to upgrade the whole computer.

Sounds like they gave you defective equipment. I would take it back, if they can't fix it they need to replace it. Unless of course it worked fine at first and has started having problems since you got it. In which case I would suggest calling Compaq Tech Support.

Norton has been getting bad of late, but hopefully they start to make some improvements. As of right now Trend Micro seems to be establishing a good repuation. NOD32 also is a great antivirus product.

I had something like that once a long long time ago and I don't know if it would apply anymore but it was a battery issue. The internal battery was dead so the clock was resetting to a default time every restart. This was at least 10 years ago so I'm not sure if a modern system would encounter the issue.

If you haven't yet run an antivirus and antispyware it would be a good idea. Many times spyware causes the system to run slow because of the spyware using to much of the system resources. I hope you get it all worked out.

Here is the thing that Gates and Microsoft did. Gates and Microsoft pushed for computers in the home. That push was not made much before Microsoft. Before Microsoft a doctor or a lawyer could afford to have a personal home computer, now because Microsoft recognized and pushed the demand a personal computer can be purchased for a few hundred dollars. Someone tell me what Unix of Apple have done to bring systems into common homes. What I see is Apple and Unix bringing the elitism that Microsoft tore down. Microsoft is not the Ferrari of BMW. Microsoft is the Ford. Microsoft is responsible for the PC industry because Microsoft made it possible for anyone to own and use a computer. Apple can make a similar claim, but Apple has focused on their computers being for fun. Microsoft has focused on PCs being functional. Functional seems to always beat fun in the end.

Check with your Enterprise Rep. I can't say for sure with Enterprise agreement, but with Open License, and Select license Windows is available upgrade only. All other products in Open and Select are full licenses. I am willing to bet that the Enterprise Agreement falls in the same way. Microsoft set up volume licensing as upgrade only because they expect Business customers to buy computers with OEM windows.

It definantly sounds like Malware. Either that or whoever was using it was uploading websites or something like that.

If you have the vista upgrade it has to install as an upgrade. You would need to partition. Install XP on the partition, then install Vista.

NOD32 or Trend Micro would be my recommendation.

I love the tabs. I always hated to have so many explorer windows open, but I hate that I seem to come across a lot of web sites that do not work. Also it seems to have some problems with security certificates that gets kind of annoying. Overall though it has worked pretty well for me.

It is a limitation of Windows XP. I have not had a chance to look into Vista to see if it has the same kind of limitation.

Downgrading OEM it would need a key for each. Only volume licensing does not require a seperate key for each license. Jake, http://www.wasatchsoftware.com

Most OEM Vista Licenses include downgrade rights to XP. You would not be able to use an OEM CD that was installed on another machine because it would violate that OEM License. An OEM license is tied to the hardware as soon as it is installed. My recomendation would be to purchase an XP OEM Kit. That should give you the best cost option to install. Jake, http://www.wasatchsoftware.com