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    dv6629us, Windows Vista and Quickplay

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cemmec, Nov 30, 2007.

  1. cemmec

    cemmec Newbie

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    Hello everybody,

    When I click on the Quickplay button with my computer turned off. First it starts Windows Vista and then Quickplay. I thought Quickplay should start without Windows, so I contacted HP support. They told that with Windows Vista that's the way Quickplay works. Old versions with Windows XP had a partition in HD that starts QuickPlay without Windows.

    Can anyone confirm this? I think this is strange because I even have to type my password. Why should I use quickplay if I had to start Windows?

    Sorry about my bad English and thanks for the answers.
     
    cemmec, Nov 30, 2007
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  2. j-dogg

    j-dogg Notebook Evangelist

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    i think that was only in xp. hp changed it with vista
     
    j-dogg, Dec 1, 2007
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  3. cemmec

    cemmec Newbie

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    Ok, thanks for the answer.
     
    cemmec, Dec 1, 2007
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  4. mujjuman

    mujjuman Notebook Deity

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    yeah with Vista you cant boot Quickplay separately.
     
    mujjuman, Dec 1, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Quickplay for Xp used to use a version of an embedded operating system, which no longer works with windows vista
     
    timtravel42, Dec 1, 2007
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    cjn14, Dec 7, 2007
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    confirmed.
     
    mujjuman, Dec 7, 2007
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