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The only recourse known at this time is to downgrade the BIOS to I did and I now have great performance in my Vista Ultimate Some users have reported success with later BIOS versions under special circumstances, but I wasn't able to get any version newer than to work successfully and I tried all of them that are currently available on the Intel web site. It was only when I hit that things started working well. I don't know if the earlier BIOS will support the Quads or not but if so might be a solution for you.

It worked! BIOS v solved the problem. However, it would not install in Vista x I installed a dual boot to XP and tried to install from there. That failed and my system wouldn't boot at all. I used the BIOS recovery method to finally install and everything works fine now.

Thanks so much for this tip. I'm glad you got things working. I wonder I previously tried all BIOS versions after up to and including without success so I reverted to I just checked Intel's site and found that a new release is available. The release notes says it addresses some problems with Vista and systems over 4GB so I thought I'd give it a try.

Users experiencing a problem not solved by might give it a try. Office Office Exchange Server. The moral of the story? The expandability of Windows PCs is a two-edged sword. Yes, those little add-ins and software programs can do marvelous things, but they can also wreak havoc.

That's one reason I'm extraordinarily cautious about every piece of software I install. And for those who think this is a Windows-only problem and that Apple is flawless in this regard, you might want to read this thread from the official Apple Mac OS X v Here's a small sampling of what real users are reporting after upgrading to Leopard:.

Roughly 30 seconds longer to boot than tiger, and 45 seconds longer to shut down than tiger. But with Leopard, my boot and shut down times more than doubled The system runs like a slug: I just did a restart and it took 5 minute and 10 seconds before it was fully booted. Also, repair permissions takes close to 10 minutes to complete. It would take about 20 seconds to start up tiger but over two min in leopard.

Was no problem before I installed Leopard. Just did the update to And my hard drive sounds like it's in overdrive on my Mac pro. My point? The wrong combination of hardware and software can turn any PC or Mac into a slow starter. On either platform, you don't have to accept it. Developers are in short supply. Here are the skills and programming languages employers need. Time for a Linux smartphone?

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I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Vinod N. Hello Damon, Welcome to Microsoft answers community forums! Post by Apoptosis » Wed May 23, pm I have two complaints This means I can't use features like auto color and auto level as the color is right If i adjust a photo manually the colors I'm looking at are not right If I go to save an image for the web it displays correctly It just doesn't display right when I go to edit the image This is a major concern to me and has resulted to me doing all the picture editing for LR on my laptop.

If anyone knows how to correct this situation please do tell me as I need help! You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Also, rebooting is a non-issue for me because my computer stays on all the time.