If you give Vista a chance you may discover its positive aspects and not go
with a downgrade.
I bought a new computer with Vista Home Premium.
I learned that if I took my time, learned all I could and admitted my
mistakes with my attempting to tweak Vista,
and if I applied MS suggested fixes,
then,
short of having other proprietary software that does not run in Vista there
is hardly a good reason to downgrade. And problems with downgrading are
enormous to say the least from what I read in forums.
If possible, I suggest you practice learning Vista slowly, the same way
folks learned XP when it first came out. And, then too, there were many
complaints about XO and how horrible it supposedly was.
Vista SP1 may also resolve issues you are experiencing.
And most forums are terrific with great fixes to well explained Vista
issues.
My suggestion learn and stay with Vista. MS will not be downgrading Vista
so it is reasonable to presume it will be here for a while, and something
even more advanced then Vista may be on the horizon, when we the consumer is
ready for it.
Robert
"Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uVeBAawcIHA.5984@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Rachel wrote:
> Quote:
>> I have a new laptop with Vista Home Premium and I want to downgrade to XP
>> Pro.
>>
>> I have read that with the Business or Ultimate editions that I can phone
>> customer support and do a downgrade to get an XP key if I give them my
>> unactivated Vista key.
>>
>> Since I don't have Business or Ultimate, can I do an upgrade to that and
>> then downgrade to XP Pro (as it will be cheaper than buying the non-OEM
>> XP
>> Pro)?
>
> General information about replacing Vista with XP:
>
> A. On an OEM (HP, Sony, 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.
>
> B. On a generic/home-built computer (from non-OEM company) - You will need
> drivers for all your hardware. See the second link below for more details:
>
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows - What
> you will need on-hand
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!