Hello, I had windows XP pro and i bought windows vista home premium upgrade, when i went to install it it said that i couldn't upgrade it. So i followed directions on how to do a custom clean install, where you install vista without typing in the product key and without getting updates then you pick what OS you have and do the custom installation, then you install again (2nd time) and choose upgrade instead of custom and go through the process again.

The problem is after installing it the first time, I couldn't connect to the internet, so I couldn't install it a second time. I have an ASUS PQ5 PRo motherboard and when i start up there is this thing called express gate, in express gate I can use the internet but not when i enter Vista. When I put in the PQ5 Pro DVD vista says it can't open it. Also my XP PRO may have been 64bit, and now I am on Vista32 bit and the disck wont work.

I think the internet is a driver problem, if i go to the asus website on a diff computer and get the ASUS drivers put them on a USB and then open them on vista should this work? WHat drivers do I need? Just the LAN one? Also if the Asus DVD wouldnt start up will that mean that I wont be able to open the drivers on the flash drive too?



Please help! I am a noob, and know nothing about computers.

Have you tried to open the Device Manager to check if there are any drivers installed for your network card..? You should be able to install drivers from your CD by choosing to install drivers from the Device Manager and then choose "I have a disc" (?).

didnt work.

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> Hello, I had windows XP pro and i bought windows vista home premium
> upgrade, when i went to install it it said that i couldn't upgrade it.
> So i followed directions on how to do a custom clean install, where you
> install vista without typing in the product key and without getting
> updates then you pick what OS you have and do the custom installation,
> then you install again (2nd time) and choose upgrade instead of custom
> and go through the process again.
>
> The problem is after installing it the first time, I couldn't connect
> to the internet, so I couldn't install it a second time. I have an ASUS
> PQ5 PRo motherboard and when i start up there is this thing called
> express gate, in express gate I can use the internet but not when i
> enter Vista. When I put in the PQ5 Pro DVD vista says it can't open it.

WHat *exactly* does it say?

> Also my XP PRO may have been 64bit, and now I am on Vista32 bit and the
> disck wont work.

No.

> I think the internet is a driver problem, if i go to the asus website
> on a diff computer and get the ASUS drivers put them on a USB and then
> open them on vista should this work? WHat drivers do I need? Just the
> LAN one? Also if the Asus DVD wouldnt start up will that mean that I
> wont be able to open the drivers on the flash drive too?

> Please help! I am a noob, and know nothing about computers.

You should have received a driver CD with the system with VIsta drivers and
it should work unless UAC is blocking you.
Alternately get them here:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx

Yes, start with core drivers, chipset, network, video, then sound etc.

HTH
-pk

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> dod

Thanks I'll try that. What are the core drivers though? Do I need do download the bios drivers?

core drivers..basic standard drivers from the computer company..mostly the ones that will be on a install disk.

if im wrong ...anyone - correct me :P

Ok, I got the internet working! Thanks. But another problem has arisen, I went to finish the Clean Install that I was doing by re installing vista this being the 2nd time. I typed in the product key and selected the get updates option, and then chose upgrade this time. Upgrading from the 30 day trial i have now to the regular vista home premium. Everything went smooth untill the end at the completing upgrade stage, where i got the message "Windows could not install one or more components, to install windows again restart and install again"or something like that. Anyways I am back at the trial version of the vista home premium that i had before. If I try to install it again, I think the same thing might hapen.

OK nm i just did the activate vista now, and that seems to have worked. Should I delete my Windows.OLD file?