Robin wrote:
> After severla months of struggling to geet Vista not to block my network,
> keep putting my printer offline, refuse to recognize half my peripherals
> etc.. (all the usual reasons), I want to go back to XP, which worked fine.
>
> The problem is, I read on the support site that you can only go back if you
> have a clean install XP CD. However, my PC came with Windows ME (I think),
> and I upgraded to XP via an upgrade disk.
>
> Because it proved to be such a beast to load, I got my local computer expert
> to load Vista, I do have the windows.old folder.
>
> I thought I'd ask others before I stat messing with it - can any body advise?
>
The presence of a "Windows.Old" folder indicates that the computer was
upgraded from WinXP to Vista. If this was truly the case:
How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you
install Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us
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