I want to uninstall Vista but only have xp upgrade disk

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After severla months of struggling to geet Vista not to block my network,
keep putting my printer offline, refuse to recognize half my peripherals
etc.. (all the usual reasons), I want to go back to XP, which worked fine.

The problem is, I read on the support site that you can only go back if you
have a clean install XP CD. However, my PC came with Windows ME (I think),
and I upgraded to XP via an upgrade disk.

Because it proved to be such a beast to load, I got my local computer expert
to load Vista, I do have the windows.old folder.

I thought I'd ask others before I stat messing with it - can any body advise?
 
You'll need to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP
and perform a "clean install".
 
Robin said:
After severla months of struggling to geet Vista not to block my network,
keep putting my printer offline, refuse to recognize half my peripherals
etc.. (all the usual reasons), I want to go back to XP, which worked fine.

The problem is, I read on the support site that you can only go back if
you
have a clean install XP CD. However, my PC came with Windows ME (I think),
and I upgraded to XP via an upgrade disk.

Because it proved to be such a beast to load, I got my local computer
expert
to load Vista, I do have the windows.old folder.

I thought I'd ask others before I stat messing with it - can any body
advise?
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Now you see why upgrades are cheaper -- sooner or later they can cost you a
bunch of time.

You can try a clean install of using your upgrade Vista DVD:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Some say that Microsoft may now not allow activation, or may in the future
deactivate your system if it this process is used. I have not seen any
confirmation that activation is thwarted.

-Paul Randall
 
Robin said:
After severla months of struggling to geet Vista not to block my network,
keep putting my printer offline, refuse to recognize half my peripherals
etc.. (all the usual reasons), I want to go back to XP, which worked fine.

The problem is, I read on the support site that you can only go back if you
have a clean install XP CD. However, my PC came with Windows ME (I think),
and I upgraded to XP via an upgrade disk.

Because it proved to be such a beast to load, I got my local computer expert
to load Vista, I do have the windows.old folder.

I thought I'd ask others before I stat messing with it - can any body advise?
Click to expand...


The presence of a "Windows.Old" folder indicates that the computer was
upgraded from WinXP to Vista. If this was truly the case:

How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you
install Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us


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