Fed up with Vista? Here are step-by-step instructions for downgrading back
to the warm familiarity of Windows XP
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2287685,00.asp
My comment: UPGRADE to XP, and get several IQ points back. XP= The last best
OS made by Microsoft.
article (multipage)
If "buyer's remorse" describes regret and self-doubt after a costly
purchase, then "upgrader's remorse" seems to sum up the feelings some people
have after switching to Windows Vista.
And why shouldn't they feel that way? Windows XP is noticeably faster than
Vista on the same hardware, and it gets by with much less RAM and hard drive
space. Microsoft's Service Pack 3 makes XP even faster, but the same cannot
be said of Vista's Service Pack 1. And Windows Explorer crashes far more
often in Vista (preceded, of course, by the notorious Green Ribbon of
Death). Why, XP's staggeringly superior hardware support alone makes a
convincing case for dumping Vista in favor of its predecessor.
Problem is, downgrading a Vista PC to Windows XP can be a chore, and doubly
so if you want to do it without reformatting your hard disk. The main
roadblock is Windows Setup, which won't let you install an older version on
top of a newer one; you are left with the tedious task of fooling Setup into
thinking that there's no Windows at all on your PC.-Next: Regress Without
Reformatting >