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08-02-2006
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| | xp files and programs to vista hi i just installed vista over xp and i know http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=38&p=1 tells you how to install xp back and remove vista but i kinda gave up on that ... i was wondering if you could just transfer all the files in teh windows.old file and put it in the vista windwos file so tha all my programs and games and files work.. would it work? |
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08-02-2006
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| | Re: xp files and programs to vista "zubu" <zubu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:26089C57-01F3-45B8-8B2E-ED495D35E9BC@microsoft.com... > hi i just installed vista over xp and i know > http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=38&p=1 tells you how to > install > xp back and remove vista but i kinda gave up on that ... > i was wondering if you could just transfer all the files in teh > windows.old > file and put it in the vista windwos file so tha all my programs and games > and files work.. would it work? The data files, yes, should work. The programs will have to be re-installed, unless you can figure out a way to transfer each of the registry keys and then modify each one to Vista specs. |
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