"silver hair" <silverhair@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B8D8A5EC-60B4-487E-8006-223459E9B53F@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hi, just a comment
> everybody talks about dual boot in vista
> is there a dual boot build in,
> in a Factory installed Vista computer?
> With XP some where in there?
>
>
>
> --
> lucky me I guess
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
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>> "NetLink_Blue" <PcjTv@cooltoad.com> wrote in message
>> news:OdpJjYc6IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> >
>> > "Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann********.com> wrote in message
>> > news:mi24845i206b7q4v442k465o087ic4ffum@4ax.com...
>> >>I run Vista 64bit SP1 with all the latest updates and I am losing
>> >> restore points. If I check for restore points it tells me there are
>> >> none and even if I manually create a restore point it is gone if I
>> >> want to restore. I do have plenty of space on the hard drives and I
>> >> have searched to see if there is an option somewhere that I need to
>> >> set.
>> >>
>> >> It is a nice feature when testing new programs or drivers and I would
>> >> like to get it back. Ahyone know what is going on here?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Al
>> >
>> > If you dual-boot, you will lose your Vista restore points. I used to
>> > lose
>> > my WinXP restore points as well, but SP-3 seemed to fix that for XP.
>> >
>> > net[/color]
>>
>>
>> MS published a KB outlining how to avoid XP messing with Vista VSS files
>> (including restore points).
>> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185[/url]
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No. Vendors will let you pick one preinstalled Windows but not two. Many
also will not support their products if you add a second OS.