Re: Vista replaces MBR - is there an option to disable this???

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terca novie;941012 Wrote:
how about using vistabootpro to see what the bootmanager is up to?

you can even uninstall and reinstall the vista bootmanager

'VistaBootPRO Download - Softpedia'
(http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/VistaBootPRO-Download-40162.html)

select a mirror to download

"Default User" <nospam38925@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0074c9bc$0$23773$c3e8da3@xxxxxx> > >
Hi,

I've written a boot manager ('www.sadevelopment.com'
(http://www.sadevelopment.com)) that allows you to
boot up to 256 operating systems with logon security. It uses a
custom
MBR to launch itself, but when this customer boots Vista, Vista
replaces
the MBR. I only have this with one customer. I've installed Vista
myself
as numerous other customers have with no issue.

Way back when the Vista beta was out I saw this behavior. I have to
think
there is some option or setting in Vista that was enabled during the
beta
that did it and that this customer must have that option enabled
somehow.
He says it is not running beta, but he says it has SP1. Does anyone
know
of an option or registry setting like this?

Thanks,

Alan


VistBootPro is a ripoff of the actual original program called EasyBCD
by Neosmart Technologies. 'Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart
Technologies' (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1)

When installing multiple OSs or simply different versions of Windows
each should already be installed since each installer will see it's own
new entries placed in the boot drive's mbr replacing others. Any 3rd
party boot loader is the last thing to be installed.


--
Night Hawk
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