I just installed Vista on my home computer. I hate it!!! I made sure my computer was able to support Vista and was told the only problem I would have was my printer. After getting a new printer and fighting to install that for a day after installing Vista, I have had nothing but problems with other programs. My video card can not support Movie Maker which I use to make movies almost on a daily basis as an extra source of income. I don't want to upgrade my computer. I can't even use iTunes!!! I just want to uninstall Vista and go back to XP until I am ready to make some changes to my pc.
Does anyone know how to do this or if it's even possible? I'm not very computer literate, but I am teachable. Please Help!!!!!!!
2007-02-02 23:41:12 · 4 answers · asked by lil_hem_n_va 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I have the Home Premium Upgrade
2007-02-02 23:51:37 · update #1
Back up all your stuff onto disk, grab your XP restore CD's and have fun reinstalling your operating system.
Just restart your computer with the restore CD in the drive - it'll ask you if you're sure about 4 times... read everything, etc. It'll take you about 2hours, and a lot of reboots, but you'll get there.
Too bad you're not into trying dual-booting - I think you might like Ubuntu (a very friendly and easy to use version of Linux).
I will suggest you do two things with Internet Explorer once you're back up and rocking:
1.) Grab a firewall like "Zonealarm" - keeps hackers out.
2.) Grab Firefox - much safer than Internet Explorer.
Remember to do the masses of XP updates AFTER you have a firewall.
Start up Firefox and grab AVG (anti-virus) and Spybot Search & Destroy (anti-spyware). Ccleaner (crud cleaner) would be a good idea too.
These will keep your computer in good shape, if you make a habit of using them every other week.
Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/
Zonealarm - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
Firefox - http://getfirefox.com/
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html
Ccleaner - http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
2007-02-03 01:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by AmandaKerik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, You cant run xp cd directly. You need one bootable cd and put that cd in DVD/CD player. If you have floopy driver then you can use floppy also. You need to change the sequence of booting in BIOS setting.
Once you do that , you format the C drive then restart the system.
After that you put the xp cd in DVD/CD player , It will install XP.
Hope it will help you.;-)
--Alok
2007-02-02 23:51:35 · answer #2 · answered by alok b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK you can go back to XP, but you would have to erase everything and start from scratch, reloading every program from its disk
2007-02-02 23:46:54 · answer #3 · answered by startrektosnewenterpriselovethem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will give u windows xp original key,send me that vindows vista cd
2007-02-03 00:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by Madhu s 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋