Vista to XP

Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.


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Pete the Ref

 

Pete the Ref <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote:
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>Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
>Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
>fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
>not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
>many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
>problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Clean install is your only option. Make sure you have XP drivers
available at the computer manufacturer's website before you take the
plunge.

 

Things hide. You were familiar with XP. What don't you take the time to
become familiar with Vista? You can't keep XP forever.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Pete the Ref" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
> Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
> fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
> not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
> many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
> problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.
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Why bother to install Vista. Win 7 gonna be released end of October and even
it's buggy it has to be better than Vista.

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> Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
> Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
> fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
> not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
> many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
> problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.
>
>
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> Pete the Ref <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

what you are referring
to is called "downgrading"

which means you want
to downgrade your system
from vista to winxp.

unfortunately, you would
have to reformat the disk
then install winxp

and if winxp is an upgrade
you would have to provide
a validating o.s. to upgrade
from and then you will have
to go through the activation
process for winxp.

also, you would have to
double check to see if
your computer can function
with winxp drivers and if
the computer maker has
winxp hardware drivers
for your system for downloading.

however, there is an alternative
to all of the above.

you can download from
microsoft.com a freeware
called virtual pc.

install virtual pc in vista
then install your winxp
in virtual pc.

then you can launch winxp
from inside vista as though
winxp was actually installed
on the hard disk directly.

if you never used virtual pc,
then you can practice with
installing linux or ubantu or
both or more.

you can delete them if you
need to start over and
reinstall them until you
figured out how virtual
pc works.

then once your comfortable
with virtual pc, you can install
winxp and get it activated
afterwards.

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> Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
> Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
> fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
> not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
> many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
> problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.
>
>
> --
> Pete the Ref <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Don't look at things this Summer as somethign permanent - Windows7 had
adderssesd many Vista obnoxious behaviors.

Welcome to the Club, we hate Vista also, but I was able, finally, to tame it
down to WinXp-like appearance except Search, WinExplorer, some colors, etc
have neve rbeen resolved and replaced with 3d party applications on my
machine. But still I am OK to live with this crap until Christmas, when
Windows7 is out.
Many business customers downgraded to WinXP, but there's no point now to
argue.

Windows7 is promised to be a compromize between annoying popups and
stumbling blocks due to security & Media-oriented behavior, and
power/functionality/efficiency on the other side - which are difficult to
combine in one OS, but Windows7 seems to be not bad.

I DONT THINK YOU CAN USE ORIGINAL WinXP disk to downgrade from Vista to it,
preseving settings/etc simply because XP wasn't aware of the future - Vista
came out after it, isn't it obvious? Bu tmaybe 3d party tools allow such
downgrading, I don't know, I know you will end up with dirty harddisk and
some settings/docs messed up.

 

Rich Urban i sin Vista fan club,, I am not, but we both recommend you stay
cool until Windows7

 

Clean install:

First, go to your computer manufacturer's website and check to see if your
model computer has XP Drivers available for it..

If XP Drivers are not available for your Model, forget the idea.

If it has, download them and save to Flash drive or CD.

Next, buy an XP disk and Licence.

Save all your Data, as it will be lost during installation of XP.

Then follow the usual steps to do a clean install.



Once installed, reload ALL your other Programs from original Media, or
download again.

Reload all Drivers and Utilities for your Motherboard.

--
Mick Murphy


"Pete the Ref" wrote:
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> Does anyone know if it is possible to put XP to ovewrite Vista I know
> Vista can overwrite/upgrade XP. As I don't particulary want to do a
> fresh install & have the hassle of re-loading all my programs, as i'm
> not impressesd with vista has too many quirky thing about it plus too
> many different locations where stuff hides itself & then you have a
> problem finding it with XP you knew where thing were.
>
>
> --
> Pete the Ref
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