I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP package
and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system. Is
there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
entire system?

"travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP package
> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system. Is
> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
> entire system?

No, there is no rollback to XP after the Vista install is complete. To
reinstall XP you'll need to do a clean install.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Check out this MS KB article...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us

Lang

"travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6AD48849-86A4-4B4A-9E84-02D34C606F63@microsoft.com...
>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP package
> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system. Is
> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
> entire system?

What about if you have not finalised the Vista Installation? When my machine
starts I get three choices:
Earlier version of Windows
Windows VistaMicrosoft Recovery Console

Wopuld one of these restore my previous XP set up?

"Lang Murphy" wrote:

> Check out this MS KB article...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>
> Lang
>
> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6AD48849-86A4-4B4A-9E84-02D34C606F63@microsoft.com...
> >I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP package
> > and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system. Is
> > there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
> > entire system?
>

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote

> Check out this MS KB article...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us

> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>>package
>> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system. Is
>> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
>> entire system?

I looked and looked for that and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting it.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Wilf" <Wilf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> What about if you have not finalised the Vista Installation? When my
> machine
> starts I get three choices:
> Earlier version of Windows
> Windows VistaMicrosoft Recovery Console
>
> Wopuld one of these restore my previous XP set up?
>
> "Lang Murphy" wrote:
>
>> Check out this MS KB article...
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>>
>> Lang
>>
>> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>> >I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>> >package
>> > and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system.
>> > Is
>> > there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping
>> > my
>> > entire system?

No, that's the standard Advanced Boot Options menu.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

No problem; glad you found it now. ;-)

Lang

"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OhMNhWVSHHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> Check out this MS KB article...
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>
>> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
>>>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>>>package
>>> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system.
>>> Is
>>> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping my
>>> entire system?
>
> I looked and looked for that and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting it.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Lol, and after I saw your post and added to favorites I found I had already
put it there, the old brain sometimes doesn't connect, eh?

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote

> No problem; glad you found it now. ;-)
>
> Lang
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote

>> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote
>>
>>> Check out this MS KB article...
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>>
>>> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>>>>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>>>>package
>>>> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system.
>>>> Is
>>>> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping
>>>> my
>>>> entire system?
>>
>> I looked and looked for that and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting
>> it.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

ROTFLMAO... oh, yeah... I can relate!

Lang

"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:eP%23$UQdSHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Lol, and after I saw your post and added to favorites I found I had
> already put it there, the old brain sometimes doesn't connect, eh?
>
> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> No problem; glad you found it now. ;-)
>>
>> Lang
>>
>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote
>
>>> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote
>>>
>>>> Check out this MS KB article...
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>>>
>>>> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>>
>>>>>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>>>>>package
>>>>> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating system.
>>>>> Is
>>>>> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping
>>>>> my
>>>>> entire system?
>>>
>>> I looked and looked for that and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting
>>> it.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"j54ams" <j54ams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Is there any other source than the microsft article for going back to an
> earlier version of windows? That article is to technical for me. I need
> something easier for the average person to understand. Thanks

> "Lang Murphy" wrote:
>
>> No problem; glad you found it now. ;-)

>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote

>> > "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote
>> >
>> >> Check out this MS KB article...
>> >>
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us
>> >
>> >> "travman" <travman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >
>> >>>I recently purchased the Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade from XP
>> >>>package
>> >>> and am having major technical difficulties with this operating
>> >>> system.
>> >>> Is
>> >>> there a way to uninstall Vista and go back to using XP without wiping
>> >>> my
>> >>> entire system?
>> >
>> > I looked and looked for that and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting
>> > it.

Just do a clean install of XP. Make sure you have XP compatible drivers for
your system.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]