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hazoomeh   10-03-2009 at 04:25:23 PM

Hi there,

I installed a genuine copy of Windows Vista Ultimate on a Desktop which currently had Xp Home as operating system. I have successfully managed to install Vista. But when I restart or shut down, a quick message comes up saying "booting windows vista" and then restarts again. And continues to go through the restart process.

Thanks,
Hazoomeh

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hazoomeh   10-03-2009 at 06:20:01 PM
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Sorry about that. My computer is an Advent T9200. Its got P4 3.4 HT (FSB 800) and it has an MSI TG-865PE-V2 Motherboard, 1.0gb memory, 256 Nvidea graphics. It originally had XP home, but I thought it would be good if I updated to Vista ultimate. Every time I turn on the computer, it keeps restarting. Thanks

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thelastpriest   10-04-2009 at 10:36:27 AM
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From the looks of it your stats look pretty low, I dont know the exact stats off the top of my head but is your computer capable of running vista? I know Microsoft has a tool that will check your system stats before install to see if your computer is up to the task.

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digiex   10-04-2009 at 10:48:37 AM
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Could be a driver problem. Cycle restarts is a result of BSOD which happen very fast, you would not notice it. I'm not truly familiar with vista but you can try to boot in safe mode.

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