Hmm... thats weird. I had a copy of XP which was a upgrade version and I could boot from disk with that. Maybe Vista is now different..
Kjanx...
sorry you don't like the beta but it is after all just a beta. I'm still using it but after all, with my brain lapsing from time to time it's not an issue ..Anyhow if you want to uninstall it from Vista go to the uninstall programs page via the control panel, then click 'view installed updates' on the left-hand side, from here you'll be able to uninstall the program.
Ok back to the original problem..
bbird have you tried phoning MS?

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