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WoW under build 5472 32-bit is kinda touch and go, for me anyway. i have my system set up with XP on one partition, Vista on another, and my Program Files folder on a third. when i tried to install WoW under Vista, it wouldn't let me unless i chose to install the default path (to Vista's Program Files folder) or uninstalled the existing install and reinstalled. so i opened the existing WoW folder and ran it. it worked. while playing, tho, it tends to spike on system resources usage. i don't know if that's due to running under Vista, or if it's cause i didn't install it thru the WoW installer. but it runs and i've played for a good amount of time. but i wouldn't recommend it right away til it's settled better. it's not nice to be in the middle of a raid or instance and the system lags for about 2minutes and when it catches up you're totally lost to what happened, if not dead.

oh duh. got so busy lookin for the links and other info, i forgot it. CPU is an AMD64 3700+. as for testing it on another machine, after i posted i remembered i have a friends system that i've been lazy about fixing lately (been using it as kind of a deskside table, actually). since i'm going to do a clean install of XP on it, i figured i'd try my copy of Vista on it and i'll be damned, it installed without a problem at all. kind of upsetting since the specs on it are much less (dunno what the motherboard is, RAM: 512, VIDEO: a 64mb ATI somethin, CPU: 1.2Ghz Athalon XP). guess it's something on my system then. but i'm going to see if i can cheat around it by hooking my HDD in her system, install it, hook it back up in mine and see how it boots. hopefully it works.

for the past few days, i've been trying to install Vista build 5472 on my computer, and part of the process goes without a problem. the problem comes when it restarts itself to boot into the OS and finish the installation. after restarting and the boot splashscreen (black screen with 3-segmented progress bar and "© 2006 Microsoft Corp"), the screen just goes black and it locks up. occasionally i'll get the mouse pointer, but it still locks up. i was just wondering if my copy of Vista is corrupt, if there's an issue with my system and the way it's reading files/booting the OS, or if it's a matter of drivers. any help or suggestions would be great. my system MB: DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb RAM: 2gig VIDEO: XFX GeForce 6800GT 256mb HDD: Western Digital 250gb, partitioned in half to (eventually) dual-boot XP and Vista. if there's anything i left out that would be helpful in knowing, mention and i'll post it. i've tried every way to install Vista i can think of: installing XP first then booting and running the install from the DVD, running the install from within XP, installing XP on both part. and running Vista from within XP on the 2nd part and trying the Upgrade install, wiping both part. and boot from the DVD to install Vista on the 1st part., every/anything i can think of. all with the same result. thanks in advance ben.

i wasn't sure where to post this because it kind of covers XP, XP x64, "XP LiveCD", and Longhorn/Vista. sorry if this is the wrong section. anyway, i'm planning to do a mult-boot DVD of at least the following 1) XP Pro regular install 2) XP Pro unattended install 3) XP Pro LiveCD 4) XP Pro x64 5) Longhorn/Vista (still workin on gettin a current Vista) 6) a Linux OS or two (if possible, but i'll worry about it after i get the XP parts settled) i have read flyakite's guide for creating a multi-boot DVD and the unattended guide and believe i have a good grasp on them, so that's not so much the issue. my questions are: 1) is if there's a way to make a straight up XP LiveCD, in the sense of how most Linux ones are (the seemingly whole OS, to run from the CD as if it were fully installed)? i've done plently of searching on this and other forums, and the closest i've come up with is the UBCD guide and info on BartPE and WinPE. but from what i've seen/read, BartPE isn't quite what i want, nor is WinPE. 2) my copy of Longhorn isn't bootable, so i was wondering how to make it so? if i could rip a boot img from another windows and use it, or if someone has it or knows where i can get it. 3) what is the current version/release of Vista? i believe that's all for now. any help would be great. thanks in advance. ben. Title Edited - Please follow new posting rules from now on. --Zxian