Vista - Can you downgrade from Vista to XP?

No

"tired" <tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC?
> (Assuming
> I have valid licenses for both)

Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC? (Assuming
I have valid licenses for both)

Hi,

No, there is no downgrade path. NT-based systems have never supported
retrograding to another NT system once upgraded, only upgrades from a 9x
system and then only under certain conditions.

--
Best of Luck,

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

"tired" <tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC?
> (Assuming
> I have valid licenses for both)

Didn't think so.... just praying for a "yes"

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> No, there is no downgrade path. NT-based systems have never supported
> retrograding to another NT system once upgraded, only upgrades from a 9x
> system and then only under certain conditions.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "tired" <tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B8CEAA8-7BC1-411F-9464-8BBC34F3F1E9@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC?
> > (Assuming
> > I have valid licenses for both)
>
>

YES....YES....YES..... You now have a yes.....

Just reformat your PC and you can downgrade to XP !!!!


Couldn't resist ------- :-)


Henry


"tired" <tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Didn't think so.... just praying for a "yes"
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> No, there is no downgrade path. NT-based systems have never supported
>> retrograding to another NT system once upgraded, only upgrades from a 9x
>> system and then only under certain conditions.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "tired" <tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B8CEAA8-7BC1-411F-9464-8BBC34F3F1E9@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC?
>> > (Assuming
>> > I have valid licenses for both)
>>
>>

"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
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> YES....YES....YES..... You now have a yes.....

Yes, my prayers were anwered when I reformatted and installed Vista.

Mike

No, but there's nothing to keep you from making an Image (Ghost / Drive
Image / True Image) just before doing the upgrade and then reinstalling
the image. Much faster than starting from scratch. In fact, I think
you would be nuts not to do that.

tired wrote:
> Is there any way I can get back to XP without reinstalling my PC? (Assuming
> I have valid licenses for both)

is there any possible way to get back to xp from vista if so please reply
thanks.

The only "Fall Back" provision is if an upgrade to Vista fails. In
that case the original OS is restored. Can't say absolutely, but I
think Vista is a forward migration only. Don't believe you'll find
an Uninstall in the Add/Remove programs to return to your OS
in use before the upgrade. This is where an Imaging program is
invaluable.

"irelandsown" <irelandsown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> is there any possible way to get back to xp from vista if so please reply
> thanks.

And even if the upgrade fails, as mine have, you can end up with a poorly or
non functioning XP, so I would make a complete backup of XP before
upgrading.

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> The only "Fall Back" provision is if an upgrade to Vista fails. In
> that case the original OS is restored. Can't say absolutely, but I
> think Vista is a forward migration only. Don't believe you'll find
> an Uninstall in the Add/Remove programs to return to your OS
> in use before the upgrade. This is where an Imaging program is
> invaluable.
>
> "irelandsown" <irelandsown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03119285-8351-46AF-A8C1-FCF9CC02F2EF@microsoft.com...
>>
>> is there any possible way to get back to xp from vista if so please reply
>> thanks.
>
>