Guest Steve B Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Hi all, I recently bought a new laptop, loaded with Vista. It highjacked my home wireless network It is doing my head in !! Want to swap back to XP Is it easy to do ?
Guest Malke Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Swap o/s back to XP ? Steve B wrote: > Hi all, > I recently bought a new laptop, loaded with Vista. > It highjacked my home wireless network > It is doing my head in !! > Want to swap back to XP > Is it easy to do ? General information about replacing Vista with XP: A. On an OEM (HP, Sony, etc.) computer: 1. Go to the OEM's website and look for XP drivers for your specific model computer. If there are no XP drivers, then you can't install XP. End of story. If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP. 2. Check with the OEM - either from their tech support website or by calling them - to see if you will void your warranty if you do this. If you will void the warranty, you make the decision. 3. If the OEM does support XP on the machine, call them and see if you can have downgrade rights and have them send you an XP restore disk. This will be far the easiest and best way of getting XP on the machine. 4. If XP is supported on the machine but the OEM doesn't have an XP restore disk for you, understand that you'll need to purchase a retail copy of XP from your favorite online or brick/mortar store. 5. Also understand that you will need to do a clean install of XP so if you have any data you want, back it up first. 6. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on that machine (see Item #1 above), return the computer and purchase one running XP instead. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest db.·.. > Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Swap o/s back to XP ? reverting to xp from vista is referred as "downgrading" and there may be a likelihood that your machine may not be able to. you should either contact the salespeople from the store you got it or review the homesite to your machine for advice on downgrading your particular model. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "Steve B" <SteveB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:56BA918A-AD9F-4412-A1CD-5759F64472DB@microsoft.com... > Hi all, > I recently bought a new laptop, loaded with Vista. > It highjacked my home wireless network > It is doing my head in !! > Want to swap back to XP > Is it easy to do ?
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Swap o/s back to XP ? Steve B wrote: > Hi all, > I recently bought a new laptop, loaded with Vista. > It highjacked my home wireless network That is pretty much meaningless, as phrased. Exactly what is your problem? If you truly want help, post the necessary specific details of the problem in the appropriate Vista newsgroup. > It is doing my head in !! Any new operating system is going to entail a learning curve, but that generated by a move from WinXP to Vista is relatively gentle. > Want to swap back to XP > Is it easy to do ? Possible? Maybe. Easy? That depends on many factors, not the least of which is your technical skill set. It's your computer, so the choice is, ultimately, yours. However, there could be a couple possible adverse repercussions of which you should be aware. First and foremost, if the specific computer model in question was designed specifically for Vista, there may well be no WinXP-specific device drivers available to make the computer's diverse components work properly. Consult the computer's manufacturer about the availability of device drivers. Secondly, removing an OEM-installed operating system and replacing it with another will almost invariably void any and all support agreements and, sometimes, even the warranty. You would, at the very least, have to re-install Vista before getting any support from the manufacturer. Again, consult the computer's manufacturer for specifics. Thirdly, there may be the additional cost involved in purchasing a WinXP license for this new computer. After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm Then, assuming you were successful in obtaining WinXP-specific device drivers so that the computer can be made to work with WinXP, the backed up data can be restored and applications (those that are WinXP-compatible, that is) re-installed. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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