[b:22w5pdcp]Issue[/b:22w5pdcp]
I have a dual core athlon 64 fx-60 machine with Vista Ultimate newly installed. I want to run VMware Server 1.x to be able to run a Linux distribution as well. The VMware Server install will not complete. I get the message ‘25301 – IIS configuration failed. You must configure manually..’ with an ‘OK’ button. I click OK, and the wizard finishes and tells me it was interrupted and the install will be rolled back, it does that, and that is that. I have tried it using ‘run as administrator’ and not as my ID as administrator on the machine.

[b:22w5pdcp]Solution[/b:22w5pdcp]
OK, a little looking around and I found that if you use F8 when starting Vista and choose to disable device signing, VMware server 1.0.1 will install. You do get some messages about digital drivers and ‘do you really want to do this …’ , just answer affirrmatively and it will complete.

I notice that when you reboot the machine, in order for VMWare to startup correctly, you must disable device signing again. In other words VMWare will not run unless you disable device signing. It was not just an install thing.

From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4392496

Ok, this if my first how to.  So if i do something wrong just tell me I will try and fix it.

Ok, so for starters the whole reason I’m writing this how too is because i just installed a LAMP server onto my box and phpbb. And I had a really hard time with it because i was trying to follow other sites tutorials and they used terminal. Now don’t get me wrong i love terminal and have nothing at all against it. but i learned the hard way that you should check synaptic package manager and add/remove programs first. because if you use synaptic or add/remove you’re ensured that the packages will be installed correctly unlike with the terminal where it’s easier for you to mess up somewhere. Read more »

You can restrict and enable administrative (ROOT) access to users with the Users and Groups application:

• Press System | Administration | Users and Groups
• Select the user who is to be given administrative access and press Properties
• Select the User Privileges tab
• Check the box next to Administer the system and press OK

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The Windows Vista Aero glass interface will only work if you have a high-powered video card. For the select few of you that do, you can also disable it so you can act like you don’t really care about cool stuff. (But you do)

You might also have some performance reasons for disabling it… to do so, just right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize. Click the “Window Color and Appearance” link:

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Then in the next screen, click the link near the bottom for “Open classic appearance properties for more color options”

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Now you should be able to disable Aero altogether by choosing Windows Vista Basic in this screen:

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I received a question from a user who had recently upgraded from XP and they wanted to know how to import their Outlook Express DBX files into the Vista and the new email client called Windows Mail. The Outlook Express files in question are DBX files which store user emails. To get these files into Windows Mail isn’t a straightforward task and here’s the process:

[b:lq762e29]To import from the Outlook Express into the Windows Mail do the following:[/b:lq762e29]
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[*:lq762e29]Make a new folder under the current user’s Documents, such as Documents\Oldmail. This directory needs to be within the user’s space so as not to prevent possible access permissions problems. [/*:m:lq762e29]
[*:lq762e29]Copy all the dbx files that you have backed-up into this folder, making sure that folders.dbx is included. [/*:m:lq762e29]
[*:lq762e29]Make sure none of these files are ‘Read only’ otherwise the import will fail.
To do this Go to ‘Edit / Select’ all in Windows Explorer and select all the dbx files. Then right click on the selection and choose Properties and ensure that the read only attribute of the files is unchecked. [/*:m:lq762e29]
[*:lq762e29]In Windows Mail go to ‘File / Import Messages’ and choose ‘Outlook Express 6’ format and choose to import from a directory. If you have a mail account open, be sure to select the [b:lq762e29]Local Folders[/b:lq762e29] item, and not any subfolder, such an [b:lq762e29]Inbox[/b:lq762e29], etc.
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[*:lq762e29]Use the ‘Browse’ button to go to the directory of dbx files. Make sure that when you set the directory that the path is correct (NOTE: Vista can put the wrong path in here sometimes, so instead of c:\Documents\Oldmail it may put c:\Documents\Oldmail\Documents\Oldmail, so just make sure this is right, if not, change it. [/*:m:lq762e29]
[*:lq762e29]Finally select the files from which you wish to import messages and click ‘Import’ and everything should work ok.[/*:m:lq762e29][/list:o:lq762e29]