VISTA SAYS LAPTOP IS NOT FULLY ACPI COMPLIANT - CANNOT LOAD VISTA

• Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:13 PM

   

   
  

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  I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP WITH THIS, I BOUGHT THIS LAPTOP USED.  ITS A TOSHIBA SATELLITE P105 LAPTOP WITH A INTEL DUO CENTRINO 1.6 GHZ WITH 2GB RAM.  THE LAPTOP CAME PRE INSTALLED WITH XP.  I WANTED TO UPGRADE TO VISTA, SO I HAVE AN UPGRADE DVD AND I UPGRADED TO VISTA WITH NO PROBLEMS, I HAD THE SYSTEM UPDATED WITH ALL THE UPDATES AND VISTA SP2.  SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.  I HAD SOME FRIENDS OVER AND THEY WERE ON THE INTERNET, AND SOMEONE SET A ADMIN PASSWORD AND I DIDDNT REALIZE THIS TIL THE NEXT DAY.

  I TRIED FOR HOURS TO ENTER PASSWORDS TO NO AVAIL, I EVEN TRIED A PROGRAM TO CRACK THE PASSWORD AND THAT DIDDNT WORK.  I DID NOT MAKE A PASSWORD RECOVERY CD, SO I COULD NOT RESET THE PASSWORD, SO I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO REFORMAT AND REINSTALL WINDOWS.  SINCE MY VISTA IS AN UPGRADE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER WINDOWS INSTALLATION ON THE COMPUTER, SO I DID NOT HAVE A COPY OF XP THAT I COULD INSTALL, SO I INSTALLED A COPY OF WIN-2000.  AFTER 2000 WAS INSTALLED, I PIT THE VISTA DISK IN TO DO THE UPGRADE AND IT SAID MY LAPTOP WAS NOT FULLY ACPI CONPLIANT.

  I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD VISTA INSTALLED WITH NO PROBLEMS WHEN I UPGRADED FROM XP, NOW I CANT UPGRADE FROM WIN-2000.  IF ANYONE HAS A SOLUTION TO THIS I WOULD APPRICIATE THAT.

  THANKS

   

   
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