Laptop XP downgrade and Vista using ACT

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XP downgrade and MS application compatility toolkit...?

Some of the newer laptops no longer come with XP drivers. So I was
wondering if anyone has tried using the MS ACT to try and get Win XP
to run on a laptop with driver issues. This might work, but I believe
ACT is designed primarily for upgrade issues.
 
Using any app compatibility mode on drivers is a bad idea. It isn't made to
work on them and the results will be unpredictable at best and catastrophic
at worst.
 
It might be worth testing for those who need XP drivers on a Vista
laptop where none is available.
Using any app compatibility mode on drivers is a bad idea. It isn't made to
work on them and the results will be unpredictable at best and catastrophic
at worst.

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rshimizu said:
XP downgrade and MS application compatility toolkit...?

Some of the newer laptops no longer come with XP drivers. So I was
wondering if anyone has tried using the MS ACT to try and get Win XP
to run on a laptop with driver issues. This might work, but I believe
ACT is designed primarily for upgrade issues.
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Nope, not even remotely. Unless the good possibility of system crashes
and/or data loss are something you enjoy. There's a reason that Vista
rejects incompatible drivers and it's the same reason that XP rejected them,
and Windows 2000, and every other version of Windows. Drivers interact with
the system on a very low and highly privileged level and as a result must --
MUST -- be compatible with the OS. Look at the problems a "buggy" driver
can cause in Vista, or XP, or any other system.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/


rshimizu said:
It might be worth testing for those who need XP drivers on a Vista
laptop where none is available.
Using any app compatibility mode on drivers is a bad idea. It isn't made
to
work on them and the results will be unpredictable at best and
catastrophic
at worst.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/


rshimizu said:
XP downgrade and MS application compatility toolkit...?

Some of the newer laptops no longer come with XP drivers. So I was
wondering if anyone has tried using the MS ACT to try and get Win XP
to run on a laptop with driver issues. This might work, but I believe
ACT is designed primarily for upgrade issues.
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