i have a dell dimension e510 with 1gb of ram and a 240 gb hard drive. i no that there have been problems installing windows vista, and i want to no if i will experience these problems. also, i currently use windowsn xp media center edition, and plan on buying vista home basic or vista home premium. thanx a lot
2007-02-06 08:46:23 · 7 answers · asked by h_a_newman 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Your computer is fully capable of running vista, the problem isnt your PC, its vista and the lack of drivers it seems to have for your older hardware! I never buy a new operating system untill its been proven and this usually takes up to a year! You may also find that some of your software will no longer work. Give it time, make sure your software has vista updates and patches by going to the vendor sites, do the same with any hardware you have. Right now, anyone who is paying for vista is no more than a guinea pig for microsoft.
2007-02-06 08:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imyself downloaded homestead windows vista, and to be easy i actually dont be attentive to why i afflicted,i could no longer use the internet simply by fact the modem driving force is old no technology untill vista is on sale 2007? my anti virus would not artwork norton the full ingredient became into an entire waste of time,i nonetheless have the disk which i burned and that i will attempt all of it lower back sooner or later or week when I even have totally calmed down,i did have some issues installation which i controlled to artwork around yet on the full it became right into a waste of time
2016-10-01 13:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by dorais 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont install vista over your windows xp . if you dont know what your doing then you may verry well run into big problems do you have your windows os ..cd and your computer drivers cd for what i call back up if something goes wrong ? if you dont have them cds do not install vista over windows xp.. install that windows os on a back up hard drive you dont want too end up with no computer too use it is ok evewryone saying no its fine just install what you sould be loooking at is what i told you about good luck
2007-02-06 08:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by me and you 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a look at the info on the below link to read about the Vista requirments.
2007-02-06 08:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, you're looking for Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor! Download, install and run - it tells you everything you need to know!!
2007-02-06 08:51:40 · answer #5 · answered by Smitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would run a norton ghost on your machine before installing so that in case of problems you can switch back withou having to install everthing from new
2007-02-06 09:21:32 · answer #6 · answered by confused_guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should run just fine on your machine. Just make sure to download the current drivers for your machine from support.dell.com and throw them on a disk so when you redo your machine you have them already.
2007-02-06 08:52:34 · answer #7 · answered by Andrew P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋