Down grading from Vista to XP-pls help
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one point to take in is if its a new dell model you may have issues getting XP drivers, its just a thought, but at work we brought some new workstations for a school and had to go to a 3rd party dodgy driver site to resolve the driver issues.. just a thought
yeah with dell its become an issue for us as the city council, becuase school want and need XP. for home use they are better off staying with vista/7 as it's the future and before long you pick it up.
Several points to consider here:
1) If it's a Vista Business license she has, you can get a downgrade to XP for free, otherwise you need to buy an XP license
2) If you're changing OS, ensure drivers are available for the new OS
3) If drivers are an issue, or if she's not averse to change, consider going to Windows 7 - it's a genuine step forward and I'm happily using the RC as my main OS on my machines now.
1) If it's a Vista Business license she has, you can get a downgrade to XP for free, otherwise you need to buy an XP license
2) If you're changing OS, ensure drivers are available for the new OS
3) If drivers are an issue, or if she's not averse to change, consider going to Windows 7 - it's a genuine step forward and I'm happily using the RC as my main OS on my machines now.
indeed, i'm on the full win7 via a gold partnership and because the sidebar is gone and the uac is tweaked it does take out a lot of confusion as many get when they step up to vista and get lots of prompting and some new bar down the side
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upgrading from Vista to XP can be a bit of a pain, you're probably best formatting and starting from scratch.
Depends really, if shes got a disc for XP and doesn't need the support W7 offers, then XP all the way. If not then get W7 as I hear good things about it.
As for upgrading (yes upgrading because Vista sucks), I upgraded my PC to XP not so long ago from Vista, generally it wasn't all that difficult, if you get some software to tell you the hardware (I used PC Wizard 08) and search online, you'll probably find what you need, some drivers even come with Vista, XP, 2000 and 98 support too, so check that out before you go searching.
As for upgrading (yes upgrading because Vista sucks), I upgraded my PC to XP not so long ago from Vista, generally it wasn't all that difficult, if you get some software to tell you the hardware (I used PC Wizard 08) and search online, you'll probably find what you need, some drivers even come with Vista, XP, 2000 and 98 support too, so check that out before you go searching.
I bet its all the DELL Bloatware that comes with the PC,I know when I removed the Mcafee stuff and other bloated freebies from my Dell laptop that they throw in , Vista now runs real smooth even better then XP.
Sad Vista still gets blame for lot of stuff,infact I have no trouble getting Vista to run great on virtually any modern PC,guess I know what I'm doing.
Personally better to go to Win7 then XP if Vista is not an option.
upgrading from Vista to XP can be a bit of a pain, you're probably best formatting and starting from scratch.
Was that a genuine typo or are you one of those cool kids that thinks it's cool to say Vista to XP is an 'upgrade'?
To be fair, I call it an upgrade when I go from getting a BSoD every day (litterally) to once a month max, when going from roughly 1000fps to 1500fps in a DX9 app I made, in taking less than 60 seconds to boot and less than 30 to shutdown, rather than over 2 minutes in both cases, being able to disable on XP the 'feature' that causes wireless spiking, which can't be disabled on Vista. Being able to enter a folder and not fear for my sorting (honestly, entering a folder and having everything in name order when you set everything to type order is a minor bug but a major gripe). When I can browse my folders quickly (XP) instead of waiting for them to load (Vista).
Only thing I ever liked Vista for over XP (and the only reason I ever use it over XP as well) is the fact that the sound drivers are handled better in my opinion, when I got Vista I lost all respect for Microsoft, I'm hoping (geniunly) that W7 changes my opinions because I'd like to use the latest OS for DirectX, but to me Vista was a huge step back in technology.
Only thing I ever liked Vista for over XP (and the only reason I ever use it over XP as well) is the fact that the sound drivers are handled better in my opinion, when I got Vista I lost all respect for Microsoft, I'm hoping (geniunly) that W7 changes my opinions because I'd like to use the latest OS for DirectX, but to me Vista was a huge step back in technology.
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I'm one of those cool kids that thinks it's cool to say Vista to XP is an 'upgrade'Was that a genuine typo or are you one of those cool kids that thinks it's cool to say Vista to XP is an 'upgrade'?
I bet its all the DELL Bloatware that comes with the PC,I know when I removed the Mcafee stuff and other bloated freebies from my Dell laptop that they throw in , Vista now runs real smooth even better then XP.
Sad Vista still gets blame for lot of stuff,infact I have no trouble getting Vista to run great on virtually any modern PC,guess I know what I'm doing.
First thing I did with my XPS and my mum's Studio - stick in the Vista disk and do a fresh install
I've been running it since release, on 6 different machines, and I've never seen any of those problems.
BSODs are caused by bad drivers or failing hardware, so I would suggest you a) check out the drivers you're using, and b) check out the hardware you're using. I have had one BSODs using Vista since release, and that was trying to update crappy Creative drivers.
I've also never had a Vista machine take more than 20-30 seconds to boot
