Vista - de install an re-install XP Pro

Unfortunatley Vista and Office12 have not been stable enough for me to run my
busines critcal laptop on it. How can I de-install Vista/Office20007 and
reinstal XP/2003?
the install disk for XP wont work as I get a message stating I am not
allowed to install an oolder OS version than the current install

"Ericpdx" <Ericpdx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Unfortunatley Vista and Office12 have not been stable enough for me to run
> my
> busines critcal laptop on it. How can I de-install Vista/Office20007 and
> reinstal XP/2003?
> the install disk for XP wont work as I get a message stating I am not
> allowed to install an oolder OS version than the current install

"Beta support policy
This is pre-release (beta) software distributed for trial and testing
purposes only."

"In addition, once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll
back to the previous operating system installation-you will either have to
acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall
a previous edition of Windows. Before installing Windows Vista Beta 2 on any
computer, please remember to back up all your files.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

So, reformat the thing, reinstall the operating system that came with it and
then put all your files back that you made a back-up copy of.

Yep, I was a big optimist..."blonde moment"... saw all the MS execs at WPC
running on vista. biggest issue is that Outlook2007 keeps c rashing after
every email read/open....

reformat I will...thx
--
Eric Anderson.
CEO
ERP-Link Corp.
Portland, OR


"Mark D. VandenBeg" wrote:

>
> "Ericpdx" <Ericpdx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news0C39DAA-D359-4A54-8488-4065F37530E1@microsoft.com...
> > Unfortunatley Vista and Office12 have not been stable enough for me to run
> > my
> > busines critcal laptop on it. How can I de-install Vista/Office20007 and
> > reinstal XP/2003?
> > the install disk for XP wont work as I get a message stating I am not
> > allowed to install an oolder OS version than the current install
>
> "Beta support policy
> This is pre-release (beta) software distributed for trial and testing
> purposes only."
>
> "In addition, once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll
> back to the previous operating system installation-you will either have to
> acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall
> a previous edition of Windows. Before installing Windows Vista Beta 2 on any
> computer, please remember to back up all your files.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx
>
> So, reformat the thing, reinstall the operating system that came with it and
> then put all your files back that you made a back-up copy of.
>
>
>

The Outlook/Word crash is caused by an incompatibility with an Adobe Acrobat
plug-in. It is no longer needed, since Office 2007 offers the ability to
save a file as a .pdf by itself. Go to Start>Control
Panel>Programs>Installed Programs, choose Acrobat, and choose "modify" and
then remove that part of the program.

"ericpdx" <ericpdx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D0D9D99-4466-4DDE-B047-F249F94B1F48@microsoft.com...
> Yep, I was a big optimist..."blonde moment"... saw all the MS execs at WPC
> running on vista. biggest issue is that Outlook2007 keeps c rashing after
> every email read/open....
>
> reformat I will...thx
> --
> Eric Anderson.
> CEO
> ERP-Link Corp.
> Portland, OR
>
>

FWIW, I think the ability to save to PDF in Office 2007 is going bye-bye.
Adobe was none to pleased about that one (and aren't particularly happy
about XPS either).


"Mark D. VandenBeg" <mvan103@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The Outlook/Word crash is caused by an incompatibility with an Adobe
> Acrobat plug-in. It is no longer needed, since Office 2007 offers the
> ability to save a file as a .pdf by itself. Go to Start>Control
> Panel>Programs>Installed Programs, choose Acrobat, and choose "modify" and
> then remove that part of the program.
>
> "ericpdx" <ericpdx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D0D9D99-4466-4DDE-B047-F249F94B1F48@microsoft.com...
>> Yep, I was a big optimist..."blonde moment"... saw all the MS execs at
>> WPC
>> running on vista. biggest issue is that Outlook2007 keeps c rashing after
>> every email read/open....
>>
>> reformat I will...thx
>> --
>> Eric Anderson.
>> CEO
>> ERP-Link Corp.
>> Portland, OR
>>
>>
>

Well, here's the rub, Alan: if Adobe is not happy about .pdf in Office, then
they will have to sue Foxit, CuteFTP, Microsoft etc... and I doubt they are
going to or have the desire to invest the resources. I have not used
Acrobat to view or create a .pdf file for a few years, now, and I doubt I
will for a long time. Adobe, because of the fact that .pdf is ubiquitous
globally, will lose if they try to enforce a monopoly against Microsoft
using the legal system. The irony is quite humourous, though!

"Alan Simpson" <noreply@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> FWIW, I think the ability to save to PDF in Office 2007 is going bye-bye.
> Adobe was none to pleased about that one (and aren't particularly happy
> about XPS either).