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After 4 months of fighting Vista Home Premium, I am done. Have you gone back

to XP and do you have any regrets?


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I have a Dell with Vista Business - no problems

Perhaps you might want to post what problems you have



"GW" <GW@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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"GW" <GW@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



For me, going back to XP after running Vista for 18 months is like going

from XP back to 98. XP is ancient and it shows.



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GW wrote:



General information about replacing Vista with XP:



A. On an OEM (HP, Sony, Dell etc.) computer:



1. Go to the OEM's website and look for XP drivers for your specific model

computer. If there are no XP drivers, then you can't install XP. End of

story. If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB

thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP.



2. Check with the OEM - either from their tech support website or by calling

them - to see if you will void your warranty if you do this. If you will

void the warranty, you make the decision.



3. If the OEM does support XP on the machine, call them and see if you can

have downgrade rights and have them send you an XP restore disk. This will

be far the easiest and best way of getting XP on the machine.



4. If XP is supported on the machine but the OEM doesn't have an XP restore

disk for you, understand that you'll need to purchase a retail copy of XP

from your favorite online or brick/mortar store.



5. Also understand that you will need to do a clean install of XP so if you

have any data you want, back it up first.



6. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on

that machine (see Item #1 above), return the computer and purchase one

running XP instead.



Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

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What exactly is it about Vista that your donâ??t understand or cant get to

work? Or are you just whining?



"GW" <GW@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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"GW" <GW@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



I purchased a new Dell with Vista Home Premium preinstalled as soon as

Vista was released to the public. I never had any problems with it and

learning Vista after having used XP for years was simple. I then purchased a

retail upgrade to Ultimate and have no problems using it.

I think Vista is superior to XP in almost every way. I still have XP on

three other systems but rarely turn them on. I have no regrets whatsoever.

If you are having problems you should post them one at a time and

someone will be more than happy to help you overcome them.



C.B.





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It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged

and unfortunate among us.





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"Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob>wrote in message

Like going from XP back to 98?



That is indicative of complete ignorance. Is it all about GUIs for you or

something?



ss.





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Some of us understand it and make it work just fine, we just don't LIKE the

way it works.

My Toshiba with OEM Vista Home Premium laptop works much better with XP than

it ever did with Vista.

After a couple months with both, I killed the dual boot and erased Vista

entirely from it.



"Edward Eisenheim" <applesucks@apple.com>wrote in message



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"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk>wrote in message

No, the underlying OS is that much better in both cases.



Actually, it is your comment that reeks of ignorance.



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I can't get DVD Maker to encode and burn .AVI files created by my Casio

digital camera. This pushed me off the Vista edge recently. I tried to

create a dvd with one .avi and it sits there are 0% progress for hours with

no movement....



T



"Edward Eisenheim" wrote: