Use with caution - I've seen reports of drivers loaded that way that then
blue screened. OTOH, I know Barb is using it to get her Wireless card
working, since the driver isn't signed.
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> Yes. The drivers option looks very interesting.
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Looks like a falling out between the person who wrote VBP originally, and
>> the folks he was working with. So he went off on his own and wrote a new
>> version. It's better, IMHO.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>>
>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>>> I'll have to check that one out. For 5456 I had to copy bcdedit.exe out
>>> of the System32 folder and replace the file in VBP with it. Then it
>>> worked fine.
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in
>>> message news:...
>>>> In addition, VistaBootPro has been superceded on my machines by
>>>> easyBCD. More options, and it works with later builds.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>>>>> Don't try to change any drive letters that way. You can't change
>>>>> system
>>>>> drive letters anyway. You are trying to view the system as a whole
>>>>> but each OS has its own scheme independently of the others. They may
>>>>> line up the way you want depending how you install each edition of
>>>>> Vista but it will likely drive you nuts if you try to sort it out
>>>>> from your perspective. Just go by the volume names and let the
>>>>> respective operating systems handle lettering.
>>>>> "- Bobb -" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> I had " previous version" , and "Windows" (X86) for boot options.
>>>>>> After I installed x64 I had :
>>>>>> 1."Previous version" (legacy boot)
>>>>>> 2."Windows" (which was x64)
>>>>>> 3."Windows" (which was x86)
>>>>>> I used VistaBootPro to identify in better. I called them
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. XP and X64 (Boot.ini)
>>>>>> 2. Vista x64
>>>>>> 3. Vista x86
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THEN, I wanted to change the ORDER on the screen to be:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> XP
>>>>>> Vista x86
>>>>>> Vista x64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could NOT change the order because VistaBootPro would only do so if
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> letter assigned to boot. Xp and x86 were Ok - they had a drive letter
>>>>>> ,
>>>>>> but x64 had a PATH like boot.ini \dev.. \.... I checked in the
>>>>>> leftmost
>>>>>> tab and could see the path , but I didn't know - from ITS view - what
>>>>>> letter is VistaBootPro talking about - the letter from xp disk mgmt
>>>>>> view ? SO I had to leave it alone. So for others who multiboot, by
>>>>>> default it is XP
>>>>>> Vista x64 and
>>>>>> Vista x86
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bobb
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