Vista - Rollback to XP possible?

I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
installation as Windows.old.

Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
of Pro?

TIA,
Barry

Hi Barry,

Yes, there is, but be warned that it doesn't always work right:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Barry Delfino" <bdelfino@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:G42dndcK3bVZP7PbnZ2dnUVZ_uygnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
>installation as Windows.old.
>
> Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
> of Pro?
>
> TIA,
> Barry
>

"Barry Delfino" <bdelfino@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:G42dndcK3bVZP7PbnZ2dnUVZ_uygnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
>installation as Windows.old.
>
> Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
> of Pro?
>
> TIA,
> Barry
>
As Rick said, but you should really think about it. Are there some issues
that might be solved if you would post them to these newsgroups?

Not with Vista Home. You would need a reformat and a clean install. I would back up files and other things that you want to have installed back on XP

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Peter

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"Barry Delfino" <bdelfino@comcast.net> wrote in message news:G42dndcK3bVZP7PbnZ2dnUVZ_uygnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
> installation as Windows.old.
>
> Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
> of Pro?
>
> TIA,
> Barry
>
>

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OXGWJRthHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi Barry,
>
> Yes, there is, but be warned that it doesn't always work right:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>


Thanks for the link, but oh does that sound potentially nasty........


Stew

"Barry Delfino" <bdelfino@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:G42dndcK3bVZP7PbnZ2dnUVZ_uygnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
>installation as Windows.old.
>
> Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
> of Pro?
>
> TIA,
> Barry
>

Barry:

If you are willing to play a bit you might try installing Vista HP "clean".
That is, from scratch on a reformatted harddrive. Upgrading is often
accompanied by 'issues' which clean installing precludes. Just an idea. Have
a look here for instructions on clean installing with the upgrade media:

[How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media - Winsupersite ]
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp

Post more questions on this newsgroup for info on the process.

Saucy