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 Windows Vista

Software > Windows Vista

Windows Vista is a Microsoft operating system. An upgrade to this operating system is available to those eligible under the terms of a campus-wide license agreement with Microsoft Corp. to various groups at Columbia. This product can be installed on eligible systems used for your Columbia-related work.

If you need help with this software after installing it on a home computer, please get support from a third-party service provider in your local area. One option is a company called Techs in a Sec, with whom Columbia has arranged a discount.

Note: Currently, administrative applications are not certified to run on Windows Vista. Additionally, Windows Vista is only an install supported product; CUIT does not support Windows Vista functionality at this time.

Download and Installation
(Please check your eligibility to download Windows Vista at our Microsoft Campus License Agreement information page.)

Note: Please make sure your computer meets the necessary requirements to install Windows Vista Business with Service Pack 1.
  1. Note: You must use an alternative browser to Internet Explorer (Firefox, Opera, Safari). Internet Explorer will not work to download files larger than 4 GB in size as is the case for this download.

    Download the ISO image (required UNI login):
     Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (4GB)
  2. Save the ISO image to your hard drive, and make a note of where you saved it.
  3. The ISO image windowsvistasp1.iso must be recorded to a blank, writeable DVD. Please follow the instructions of your burning utility to record the ISO to a DVD.

    If you do not have ISO burning software, you can obtain any of a number of unsupported applications: the commercial Nero, Roxio, etc.
  4. After the ISO has been recorded, start your computer using the DVD you just burned.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation/configuration of Windows Vista.
  6. After Windows Vista has finished installing, please follow the activation instructions to fully activate it.



Columbia Documentation Windows Vista Activation

Vendor Documentation Windows Vista Homepage

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