Going back to XP

Masterdog · 1 Apr 2007 at 15:32

Hey all,

I'm planning to rid myself of Vista for the time being until I really need it (ie, when Crysis comes out) when hopefully there'll be some better drivers around. I had a couple of queries though.
1 - I've got the OEM version of Vista, will I be able to re-install it at a later date? It'll be on the same mobo and everything.
2 - If I overclock in XP (using something like nTune, as opposed to doing it directly in the BIOS), will I still be overclocked when I come to reinstall Vista?
3 - Any reason you can think of I shouldn't go back to XP for the time being?

Cheers,

MD

fail at the internets · 1 Apr 2007 at 15:45

Masterdog said:
Hey all,

I'm planning to rid myself of Vista for the time being until I really need it (ie, when Crysis comes out) when hopefully there'll be some better drivers around. I had a couple of queries though.
1 - I've got the OEM version of Vista, will I be able to re-install it at a later date? It'll be on the same mobo and everything.
2 - If I overclock in XP (using something like nTune, as opposed to doing it directly in the BIOS), will I still be overclocked when I come to reinstall Vista?
3 - Any reason you can think of I shouldn't go back to XP for the time being?

Cheers,

MD

Keep your Vista partition and make an Xp one too, it'll save you time at a later stage and keep your vista liscence in-tact.

Participant · 1 Apr 2007 at 15:54

Masterdog said:
3 - Any reason you can think of I shouldn't go back to XP for the time being?

Vista is better, and drivers should catch up fairly swiftly once they realise it's costing them money.

skanky · 1 Apr 2007 at 16:16

Masterdog said:
1 - I've got the OEM version of Vista, will I be able to re-install it at a later date? It'll be on the same mobo and everything.

i reinstalled vista oem on my laptop on a new hdd and it wanted me to activate again even though nothing else had changed, laptop and all, had to call up as online activation didnt work, few mins later and it was sorted out without any hassles.

the-void · 1 Apr 2007 at 20:36

Masterdog said:
1 - I've got the OEM version of Vista, will I be able to re-install it at a later date? It'll be on the same mobo and everything.
2 - If I overclock in XP (using something like nTune, as opposed to doing it directly in the BIOS), will I still be overclocked when I come to reinstall Vista?
3 - Any reason you can think of I shouldn't go back to XP for the time being?

1. Yes. As long as you have the same motherboard, you can change everything else. Although you may (probably) have to phone MS to validate.

2. No, you will not be over-clocked when you reinstall Vista

3. Not really. XP is a very good OS. Other than increased security (which is certainly debatable and too early to say if Vista is more secure than XP) there are no programs that make use of the additional features of Vista.

Personally, I am waiting until SP1 has been released to tidy up some of Vista's messy basecode and for newer hardware before I reinstall my Vista Ultimate.

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