Vista - How to unintall Vista?

Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature... if
one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?

Reformat the hard drive is the quickest.

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"Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature... if one
> could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?
>

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> Reformat the hard drive is the quickest.

Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still think
it would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly took the
wrong approach with Vista.

> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature...
>> if one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?

Hello,

I haven't seen an uninstall feature in XP either. The last time I saw it was
Windows 98, which was because DOS was the operating system running under it,
and after the Windows uninstall, DOS could have been still there.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

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"Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:5gutm9F3gk19tU1@mid.individual.net...
> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>> Reformat the hard drive is the quickest.
>
> Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still think it
> would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly took the wrong
> approach with Vista.
>
>> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature...
>>> if one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?
>
>

Generally you uninstall programs not the operating system.
The ultimate in uninstall is repartition/format the drive.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5gutm9F3gk19tU1@mid.individual.net...
> Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still
> think it would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly
> took the wrong approach with Vista.
>
>> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall
>>> feature...
>>> if one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?

Perhaps because then people would uninstall it accidentally like they delete
the Recycle Bin...



"Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5gutm9F3gk19tU1@mid.individual.net...
> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>> Reformat the hard drive is the quickest.
>
> Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still think it
> would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly took the wrong
> approach with Vista.
>
>> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature...
>>> if one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?
>
>

Windows XP has it if:
1. You upgrade from Windows 9x
2. Keep FAT 32, NTFS removes the downgrade option.
Also the files necessary to downgrade are often deleted by the user.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0E4AAD62-2CE0-4D5E-AC71-369B53276E76@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I haven't seen an uninstall feature in XP either. The last time I
> saw it was Windows 98, which was because DOS was the operating
> system running under it, and after the Windows uninstall, DOS could
> have been still there.
>
> Greetings,
> P. Di Stolfo

"P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0E4AAD62-2CE0-4D5E-AC71-369B53276E76@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I haven't seen an uninstall feature in XP either. The last time I saw it
> was Windows 98, which was because DOS was the operating system running
> under it, and after the Windows uninstall, DOS could have been still
> there.
>
> Greetings,
> P. Di Stolfo
>
> --
> //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language
> //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:5gutm9F3gk19tU1@mid.individual.net...
>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>> Reformat the hard drive is the quickest.
>>
>> Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still think it
>> would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly took the wrong
>> approach with Vista.
>>
>>> "Steve K." <savagebeaste@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5gussbF3g5m38U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature...
>>>> if one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?
>>
>>
That's essentially correct. There would be nothing left for the computer to
run. Since, the user would then have to install another OS, it's better
that such a function be left to formatting the drive as would be the case if
you were going to install a different operating system, something the user
would have to do if they uninstalled Vista.

It also eliminates the danger of a user accidentally uninstalling or the
unwary not realizing the full implications of what they might be doing,
intentionally uninstalling and not only having an unbootable system with no
OS but losing all of their data as well.

--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

vista is not an os...its a piece of junk

carl feredeck wrote:

> vista is not an os...its a piece of junk
>
>
>
carls not a real human. He's a pile of crap.
Frank