Vista additions

[Guest tinybikergirl]

I need to add XP to my Vista so I am able to work from home. Can anyone help

me with this?

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Tinybikergirl

[Guest Chuck]

Re: Vista additions

 

You don't "add" XP to Vista. XP is an earlier windows version, not an add on

to Vista.

Perhaps you can explain why you cannot use Vista to work from home. Is

there some application that does not work under Vista?

It is possible with a fair amount of hassle to setup a computer to run both

versions. Usually, it is necessary to install XP first, then install Vista

with dual boot capability enabled.

 

 

"tinybikergirl" <tinybikergirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I need to add XP to my Vista so I am able to work from home. Can anyone

>help

> me with this?

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> Tinybikergirl

[Guest Stubbo of Oz]

Re: Vista additions

 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:35:01 -0700, tinybikergirl

<tinybikergirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I need to add XP to my Vista so I am able to work from home. Can anyone help

>me with this?

 

Why??!!

 

What is it that you need to do in XP that you cannot do in Vista??!!

 

You can't "add" XP to vista but you could instal it on another

drive/partition and have dual booting.

 

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[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Vista additions

 

"tinybikergirl" wrote in

<news:3EAA4924-FB22-4DFF-AD5E-C938BB702B62@microsoft.com>:

> I need to add XP to my Vista so I am able to work from home. Can anyone help

> me with this?

 

Considering your question and your lack of understanding of operating

systems, find someone local with more expertise to do the work for you

(and provide more details as what you really mean).

[Guest Malke]

Re: Vista additions

 

tinybikergirl wrote:

> I need to add XP to my Vista so I am able to work from home. Can anyone

> help me with this?

 

You've got responses in the other newsgroup to which you posted. You need to

answer the requests for clarification from those posters in *that* thread

and stick to it, not multipost like you've done here.

 

Please don't multipost; it makes more work for everyone and will get you

*less* help, not more. See this for why:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

 

If you have forgotten where you posted or can't find your post, use Google

Groups Advanced Search and search for your name.

 

Malke

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Vista additions

 

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:35:01 -0700, tinybikergirl

<tinybikergirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I need to add XP to my Vista

 

 

 

It is not possible to "add XP to [your] Vista ." Windows XP and

Windows Vista are each operating systems. They are separate from each

other, and neither can be "added" to the other.

 

Perhaps what you want is to have both operating systems installed on

your computer, which presently has Vista installed on it. Is that

correct?

 

> so I am able to work from home.

 

 

Why do you think you need XP to do this? What application(s) do you

need to run at home, and what makes you think that it (or they) won't

run under Vista. With few exceptions, anything that runs under XP

should also run under Vista.

 

If you actually need to do this (and I suspect that you don't), and if

you want a dual-boot scenario, with both operating systems on your

computer, so you can choose between them, yes, it's possible to do

this, but what you want to do is the hard way to accomplish it. It's

considerably easier to add a newer operating than an older one.

 

Another choice is to run Windows XP within a virtual PC environment.

 

One more point: I don't mean to be insulting, but the phrasing of your

question suggests that you are a relative beginner at using

computers. If that's the case, I would suggest that you get this done

by a professional, rather than trying to do it yourself. The risk of

screwing up everything is otherwise great.

 

 

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