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      10-12-2007
Hi, just installed vista ultimate x64 (without any issues whatsoever & is
running perfectly) and am dual booting with vista business x86. However,
both operating systems have the same name in the dual boot selection menu
and in the advanced settings within the operating system. Until I am certain
that that all my software & hardware works on the 64bit OS I'd like to
continue dual booting... so is there an easy way to change the name of the
different operating systems? adding x64 to the name of the 64bit OS would
suffice.

TIA

Dave

 
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Jonathan Yaniv- Windows Live Butterfly Expert
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      10-12-2007
Yup, download VistaBootPro, that's the easiest way to go.

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> Hi, just installed vista ultimate x64 (without any issues whatsoever & is
> running perfectly) and am dual booting with vista business x86. However,
> both operating systems have the same name in the dual boot selection menu
> and in the advanced settings within the operating system. Until I am
> certain that that all my software & hardware works on the 64bit OS I'd
> like to continue dual booting... so is there an easy way to change the
> name of the different operating systems? adding x64 to the name of the
> 64bit OS would suffice.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave


 
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John Barnett MVP
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      10-12-2007
Use VistaBootPro www.vistabootpro.org You can easily edit the boot menu
using this free software.

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"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, just installed vista ultimate x64 (without any issues whatsoever & is
> running perfectly) and am dual booting with vista business x86. However,
> both operating systems have the same name in the dual boot selection menu
> and in the advanced settings within the operating system. Until I am
> certain that that all my software & hardware works on the 64bit OS I'd
> like to continue dual booting... so is there an easy way to change the
> name of the different operating systems? adding x64 to the name of the
> 64bit OS would suffice.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave


 
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Dave
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      10-12-2007
Cheers for that Jonathon & John

Dave
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      10-12-2007
Easy BCD is more friendly and easy to use:
EasyBCD by NeoSmart Technologies would be your answer, it provides a
graphical front end to the BCDEdit Command line that makes it easy for you
to define start-up settings and edit boot entries on the new Windows
Longhorn Server/Vista boot manager. http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
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> Cheers for that Jonathon & John
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> Dave



 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
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      10-12-2007
The easiest way would be to download and run VistaBootPRO:
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

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"Dave" wrote:

Hi, just installed vista ultimate x64 (without any issues whatsoever & is
running perfectly) and am dual booting with vista business x86. However,
both operating systems have the same name in the dual boot selection menu
and in the advanced settings within the operating system. Until I am certain
that that all my software & hardware works on the 64bit OS I'd like to
continue dual booting... so is there an easy way to change the name of the
different operating systems? adding x64 to the name of the 64bit OS would
suffice.

TIA

Dave

 
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John Barnett MVP
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      10-13-2007
You're Welcome!

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> Cheers for that Jonathon & John
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> Dave


 
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Jonathan Yaniv- Windows Live Butterfly Expert
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      10-13-2007
Your welcome :-)

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