Vista OEM Re-Install

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Jason

Help!!

I want to re-install Vista Home Premium OEM, over the top of the existing
Vista OEM installation.

Do I have a hope?

I'm trying to get around a problem in Outlook (2007), whereby Outlook hangs
for around ten minutes if you hit key or click the mouse whilst it is
mid-stream of checking a POP3 mailbox.

To this point, I've tried just about everything, recreating the Outlook
profile, recreating the Windows profile, installed SP1, uninstalled SP1,
installed other office hotfixes, uninstalled same hotfixes, installed Vista
SP1, uninstalled Vista SP1, installed Vista hotfixes, uninstalled Vista
hotfixes.

The next thing I want to do, short of a fresh clean install of Vista, is to
do an inplace re-install of Vista. However, in the Home Premium stakes, all
I have is an OEM disk, which is what the machine came with. Does anyone have
any way this can be done?

I want to try this as a last-resort fix, as it did work for me in resolving
a problem with a different Outlook 2007 problem on a Vista Business machine,
but I feel kind of stuck, and in a position where I now have to purchase a
Home Premium Upgrade, just to get the disk. Seems a lot of expense to go to,
just for a piece of plastic.

Any one? Please??

Thanks!

Jason.
 
Are you using a Dell laptop with the Embassy Trust Suite enabled\installed?
If you are, uninstall this program, and all will be fine.


Dzomlija said:
Jason;668636 said:
Help!!

I want to re-install Vista Home Premium OEM, over the top of the
existing
Vista OEM installation.

Do I have a hope?

I'm trying to get around a problem in Outlook (2007), whereby Outlook
hangs
for around ten minutes if you hit key or click the mouse whilst it is
mid-stream of checking a POP3 mailbox.

To this point, I've tried just about everything, recreating the Outlook
profile, recreating the Windows profile, installed SP1, uninstalled
SP1,
installed other office hotfixes, uninstalled same hotfixes, installed
Vista
SP1, uninstalled Vista SP1, installed Vista hotfixes, uninstalled Vista
hotfixes.

The next thing I want to do, short of a fresh clean install of Vista,
is to
do an inplace re-install of Vista. However, in the Home Premium stakes,
all
I have is an OEM disk, which is what the machine came with. Does anyone
have
any way this can be done?

I want to try this as a last-resort fix, as it did work for me in
resolving
a problem with a different Outlook 2007 problem on a Vista Business
machine,
but I feel kind of stuck, and in a position where I now have to
purchase a
Home Premium Upgrade, just to get the disk. Seems a lot of expense to
go to,
just for a piece of plastic.

Any one? Please??

Thanks!

Jason.
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I have to ask - If the problem is with Outlook 2007, why do you want to
re-install Windows?

Have you tried checking your Outlook data files for errors?


- Close Outlook
- Open a Windows Explorer window, then navigate to the folder
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're using
Vista x64, or "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're
using Vista x86.
- Find the utility called "SCANPST.EXE" (It's icon looks like an
envelope that has been torn in two). Double click this icon.
- Click the Browse button, and locate your "outlook.pst" file (It
should be in the folder
"C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook")
- Click StartDid this resolve your problem? Have you tried installing
Office 2007
SP1?


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Hi Dzomlija,

I considered Outlook as being the issue. Tried SCANPST as you suggested
already.

Things tried so far, with some tried multiple times...

* SCANPST
* Created new Outlook Profile
* Uninstalled Office 2007 SP1
* Re-installed Office 2007 SP1
* Uninstalled Office
* Re-installed Office
* Re-installed Office 2007 SP1
* Created new Vista User
* Uninstalled Vista SP1
* Re-installed Vista SP1
* Re-installed recent hotfixes

I want to try re-installing Vista as this fixed another problem I
experienced with Outlook on another machine, and every Outlook/Office thing I
can think of I've tried already, including the "brute force" complete
uninstall, re-install.

Rgds,

Jason.


Dzomlija said:
Jason;668636 said:
Help!!

I want to re-install Vista Home Premium OEM, over the top of the
existing
Vista OEM installation.

Do I have a hope?

I'm trying to get around a problem in Outlook (2007), whereby Outlook
hangs
for around ten minutes if you hit key or click the mouse whilst it is
mid-stream of checking a POP3 mailbox.

To this point, I've tried just about everything, recreating the Outlook
profile, recreating the Windows profile, installed SP1, uninstalled
SP1,
installed other office hotfixes, uninstalled same hotfixes, installed
Vista
SP1, uninstalled Vista SP1, installed Vista hotfixes, uninstalled Vista
hotfixes.

The next thing I want to do, short of a fresh clean install of Vista,
is to
do an inplace re-install of Vista. However, in the Home Premium stakes,
all
I have is an OEM disk, which is what the machine came with. Does anyone
have
any way this can be done?

I want to try this as a last-resort fix, as it did work for me in
resolving
a problem with a different Outlook 2007 problem on a Vista Business
machine,
but I feel kind of stuck, and in a position where I now have to
purchase a
Home Premium Upgrade, just to get the disk. Seems a lot of expense to
go to,
just for a piece of plastic.

Any one? Please??

Thanks!

Jason.
Click to expand...

I have to ask - If the problem is with Outlook 2007, why do you want to
re-install Windows?

Have you tried checking your Outlook data files for errors?


- Close Outlook
- Open a Windows Explorer window, then navigate to the folder
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're using
Vista x64, or "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're
using Vista x86.
- Find the utility called "SCANPST.EXE" (It's icon looks like an
envelope that has been torn in two). Double click this icon.
- Click the Browse button, and locate your "outlook.pst" file (It
should be in the folder
"C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook")
- Click StartDid this resolve your problem? Have you tried installing Office 2007
SP1?


--
Dzomlija

Peter Alexander Dzomlija
-Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...-

_*Prometheus*_
MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP
CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
RAM: 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
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Nope. No-name laptop with nothing special installed. Thought it might be
virus scanner, tried uninstalling/reinstalling, but no luck either...

Some Vista User said:
Are you using a Dell laptop with the Embassy Trust Suite enabled\installed?
If you are, uninstall this program, and all will be fine.


Dzomlija said:
Jason;668636 said:
Help!!

I want to re-install Vista Home Premium OEM, over the top of the
existing
Vista OEM installation.

Do I have a hope?

I'm trying to get around a problem in Outlook (2007), whereby Outlook
hangs
for around ten minutes if you hit key or click the mouse whilst it is
mid-stream of checking a POP3 mailbox.

To this point, I've tried just about everything, recreating the Outlook
profile, recreating the Windows profile, installed SP1, uninstalled
SP1,
installed other office hotfixes, uninstalled same hotfixes, installed
Vista
SP1, uninstalled Vista SP1, installed Vista hotfixes, uninstalled Vista
hotfixes.

The next thing I want to do, short of a fresh clean install of Vista,
is to
do an inplace re-install of Vista. However, in the Home Premium stakes,
all
I have is an OEM disk, which is what the machine came with. Does anyone
have
any way this can be done?

I want to try this as a last-resort fix, as it did work for me in
resolving
a problem with a different Outlook 2007 problem on a Vista Business
machine,
but I feel kind of stuck, and in a position where I now have to
purchase a
Home Premium Upgrade, just to get the disk. Seems a lot of expense to
go to,
just for a piece of plastic.

Any one? Please??

Thanks!

Jason.
Click to expand...

I have to ask - If the problem is with Outlook 2007, why do you want to
re-install Windows?

Have you tried checking your Outlook data files for errors?


- Close Outlook
- Open a Windows Explorer window, then navigate to the folder
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're using
Vista x64, or "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12" if you're
using Vista x86.
- Find the utility called "SCANPST.EXE" (It's icon looks like an
envelope that has been torn in two). Double click this icon.
- Click the Browse button, and locate your "outlook.pst" file (It
should be in the folder
"C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook")
- Click StartDid this resolve your problem? Have you tried installing
Office 2007
SP1?


--
Dzomlija

Peter Alexander Dzomlija
-Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...-

_*Prometheus*_
MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP
CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
RAM: 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
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You can reinstall OEM Vista by using the "upgrade" option of the Anytime
Upgrade DVD.
If you have a version of VISTA installed, it merely "upgrades" to the same
version. You will need your Product Key from the computer case; and in my
case, I had to reactivate by telephone anyway.....but it works.
 
PS: It will not overwrite or damage your programs and data files. It will
only reinstall the system. You will have to re-download any Windows Updates
and patches.
 
I think you're right. If I ever get into this situation again, I think
buying a new copy of Vista, is my only real option.

Just seems so stupid to have to buy ANOTHER license, to enable me to
reinstall Vista, with the original product key, onto the original equipment
it was originally installed on to. That extra license will then sit on the
shelf ad-infinatum until I can find someone who inadvertantly bought Vista
Basic, which in my world, I am yet to see. Believe it or not, I've never
seen Vista Basic. Premium, Business and Ultimate, yes, but not Basic...

J.
 
Hello all, from Atlanta, GA USA!

I'm new to the forum finding it by a Google search of my problem.

Spent quite a long time with the MS Vista / SP-1 install problem team
trying to figure out why SP-1 and associated other "performance" type
update would not install.

Their "solution" was for me to use the OEM "recovery" disc that came
with my machine, or call the vendor and ask him for Vista install disc.

I called the vendor (CyberPower) and asked if they had anything else
besides the "wipe it out" recover disc, and, of course, they said, "are
you kidding me??" Well, actually they just said no.

No I see where I MAY be able to put in this recovery disc and just tell
it to "upgrade" my system files (which is what MS says I need to do due
to some corruption of sys file [the machine runs fine as far as I can
see, but they did do a VPN poke around my sys and confirmed that
something was corrupted]).

So I want to confirm how to do this before actually doing and wiping
out my HDD.
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Recovery discs USUALLY have only one function: take your computer back
to out-of-the-box condition. You will lose everything you've done
since you first turned on your computer.
 
Hi, Jim.

VistaHeads simply forwarded your post to the Microsoft public news server -
without even telling you! You could "cut out the middleman" and come here
directly by clicking here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

That one click will start Windows Mail (or your other default newsreader);
create a News Account for the Microsoft public news server, which is free
and does not require you to log in; connect you to THIS newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup; download the 300 newest
messages (probably including your own post, and mine); and display the
newest one for you to read. After a few minutes' familiarization, you can
click Tools | Options and customize WM to suit the way YOU use newsgroups.
(Windows Mail is included in every copy of Vista, but many of us prefer to
download and install the free Windows Live Mail - note the subtle but
significant difference in the names - by going here:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview).

Then you can post your question in a new post. Give us the essential facts
(computer hardware description, Vista version, etc.) and ask your question
as straightforwardly as you can. Save your Outlook 2007 question for a
second post - and you'd probably get better results for that in one of the
many Outlook newsgroups; start here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

And you are probably right about one point: Your "recovery disk" will
almost certainly cost you every file that you've added to your computer
since the day it arrived. OEM vendors are supposed to furnish a full Vista
DVD-ROM, as I understand it, but I've heard that many do not unless pressed.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

Jim C said:
Hello all, from Atlanta, GA USA!

I'm new to the forum finding it by a Google search of my problem.

Spent quite a long time with the MS Vista / SP-1 install problem team
trying to figure out why SP-1 and associated other "performance" type
update would not install.

Their "solution" was for me to use the OEM "recovery" disc that came
with my machine, or call the vendor and ask him for Vista install disc.

I called the vendor (CyberPower) and asked if they had anything else
besides the "wipe it out" recover disc, and, of course, they said, "are
you kidding me??" Well, actually they just said no.

No I see where I MAY be able to put in this recovery disc and just tell
it to "upgrade" my system files (which is what MS says I need to do due
to some corruption of sys file [the machine runs fine as far as I can
see, but they did do a VPN poke around my sys and confirmed that
something was corrupted]).

So I want to confirm how to do this before actually doing and wiping
out my HDD.
You can reinstall OEM Vista by using the "upgrade" option of the Anytime
Click to expand...

Is this right??

OK, the basics: I'm running Windows Vista-Business Ver 6.0.6000 Build
6000. SP-1 won't install per my conversation with MS, via the call
center in India.

Finally, whew! I also have a problem with MS Office Outlook 2007. My
problem is that the program stops working when I press the Tasks key.
Everything else works fine, just this one key. I've searched for the
Scan.pst file, but can't find it. Maybe I need to look for it in my
"administrator" profile, but I don't even see the Office 12 folder. I've
used the cleaner on my Office 2003 install and know it works great, but
I can't find it in the 2007 version (Office 2007 Professional).

Hope I didn't go on for too long, but any help with especailly the
Vista problem would be greatly appreciated!!

Jim Cotton / Atlanta, GA / USA
mailto:[email protected]
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