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How To Delete Windows Vista Completely Part 1

We are all aware that today, Windows Vista is being egged on as the new operating system released by Microsoft corporation for use. While I have not tried to use it, there are people who are saying that it is still buggy and may need more patches before the perfect version comes out. Apparently, Windows Vista is following the same footsteps that previous Windows Operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows XP underwent before they were cleared and made reliable to use on.

Unlike the previous Microsoft operating systems, chances are you may find Windows Vista entirely frustrating if in case you want to downgrade to Windows XP once again. There have been posts on the web about turning to dual boot options due to some problems such as driver compatibility on the web but just the same, I think it would be best to delete the entire Windows Vista and install a fresh copy of the Windows XP OS.

This is easier said than done. For one, there will be instances where Vista will stop you from overwriting them if you use the CD to load. If only there was the trusty old FDISK that allowed

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Written by PC Freak on September 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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Announcing the Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerator!

Microsoft Deployment is the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. Microsoft Deployment, the fourth generation deployment accelerator, enables deployment of servers and desktops. Its tools and end-to-end guidance reduce deployment time, Read More……(read more)

Written by Windows Vista Team Blog on November 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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Install Moodle 1.8 under Apache/Vista

Moodle is usually easy to install once you’ve got Apache/PHP 5/MySQL running.

But the installation script for Moodle 1.8 fails- hitting ‘Next’ after entering the database information gave me a blank screen.

The install works fine under XP. But the problem isn’t limited to Vista: John McGrath and others on moodle.org report a similar problem under XAMPP/Win2000. John manually built his configuration file to get Moodle running (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=64692).

I was able to install Moodle 1.8 successfully under Vista following his approach.

  1. Install the Apache webserver. I’m using Apache 2.2.4.
  2. Install MySQL 5 (The most recent installer (5.0.41) works without a hitch under Vista. Don’t forget to unblock port 3306 in your firewall, and set sql-mode=”” in your my.ini file; Moodle doesn’t like strict mode).
  3. Install PHP 5. I’m using version 5.2.3.
  4. Download the latest stable build of 1.8+ from http://download.moodle.org/download.php/stable18/moodle-latest-18.zip.
  5. Unzip the file into your Apache document root (c:\apache\htdocs, if you follow the instructions linked in step one). I renamed the directory c:\apache\htdocs\moodle18, so I could install multiple versions of moodle later for testing.
  6. Create a directory for storing data that is outside the document root (I used c:\apache\htdata).
  7. Create an empty database for Moodle 1.8. I used

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Written by senese on June 7th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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Install PHP under Apache and Vista

I initially tried the msi installer for PHP 5. Unfortunately, it installs only PHP under CGI, which although it has some performance and security issues, might be ok for a quick and dirty development environment.

But the installer is badly broken. You’ll get an error something like

PHP Fatal error:  require_once()[function.require]: Failed opening
required 'SAM/php_sam.php' (include_path='.;C:php5pear') in
sam_factory on line 1

After fighting this for a couple of hours, I ended up installing manually anyway. I used this procedure to get PHP 5 running under Vista:

  1. Install the Apache webserver.
  2. Get the current version of PHP 5 from http://www.php.net/downloads.php#v5. (It’s 5.2.3 at this time). Get both the zip file and the PECL zip file (which includes extensions).
  3. Uninstall any previous installations of PHP 5 (Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features). You may have to reboot your machine.
  4. Disconnect from the Internet. Turn off your firewall. Turn off your virus checker.
  5. Turn off User Account Control (UAC).
  6. Get an administrator prompt by going to All Programs > Accessories. Right-Click “Command Prompt” and choose “Run as Administrator”
  7. Use the command prompt to manually remove directories containing previous PHP installations (like C:\Program Files\PHP…)
  8. Go to the directory where you’ve downloaded

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Written by senese on June 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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Stop User Account Control under Vista

Vista constantly asks for confirmation of actions when you’re installing software. This is designed to prevent worms and trojans from doing their thing, but some installations that worked under XP will fail under Vista because of this behavior. You can fix it (and stop the constant nagging) by stopping “User Account Control” as follows:

  1. Go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
  2. Click on “Turn user account control on or off”.
  3. Uncheck “Use user account control (UAC) to protect your computer”.
  4. Click “OK”.
  5. Reboot.

Written by senese on June 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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Install Apache on Windows Vista

Installing Apache under Windows XP was trivial. Not so, under Vista. Creation of the Apache service fails. The conf directory can’t be set up by the installer, probably due to permission problems.

I finally got it working with the following procedure. I used the latest version of Apache (2.2.4) and Windows Vista Home Premium.

  1. Uninstall any previous installations of Apache Web server (Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features).
  2. Turn off your firewall (Control Panel).
  3. Stop User Account Control (UAC).
  4. Get the most recent version of apache from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi and put it on your desktop. Rename it to apache.msi
  5. Start > All Programs > Accessories
  6. Right-Click “Command Prompt” and choose “Run as Administrator”
  7. Manually remove directories containing previous apache installations (like C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation…)
  8. Change to your desktop folder (At prompt type cd desktop)
  9. Type “msiexec /i apache.msi” on the command prompt.
  10. Run through the Apache installer. I’m running a development server, so I left the domain and computer name blank. Choose the default server on port 80 for all users option. Change the installation directory to c:\apache.
  11. Reboot.
  12. The little Apache feather won’t appear on the task bar under Vista with the present version of Apache (2.2.4). To remove

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Written by senese on June 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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