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Vista Fresh Install (it still sucks)
I do however install ie7 on MY machines after fresh install of XP, I would even slipstream it at some point. I don't use it though. Absolutely nothing wrong with IE7 in XP. Learn how to use a computer before you make wild and untrue accusations. I run XP with IE7 on 1 comp, and vista on the other with IE7.

My College Doesn't Support Linux For Students Either.
YEAH, IM FUCKING SURE I WANT TO RUN IT, ASSHOLE. STOP FUCKING ASKING ME ALREADY. The UAC is great - it really focuses attention only on one thing - and that is I'll have to use Lenovo's control for that. XP has always had good support for wireless. Vista even moreso. You're lying. You must work for microsoft.

HP Pavillion DV6000 - Vista to XP, Hard drives not found...
Those same customers who purchase commercial versions of Linux, that have licensed Microsoft technologies, will be able to run MS-Office and Project on Wine, For a modest additional fee, he can install previous versions of the OS (Windows XP instead of Vista...), the corporate customer who is on Microsoft's

OT Windows Vista and requirements
mzagorski mzcycl...@gmail.com comp sys laptops Running Vista Home Premium. Didn't erase anything of HD before trying to install XP Pro. Is there a way I can get XP installed on my HP? Have they screwed around with the BIOS or something? Thanks in advance... Mike Difficult to figure exactly what is going on with

Vista PCs Still Turned to XP, Not the Other Way Around
excite.com> wrote: Juergen Nieveler wrote: The reason is quite simple... if the hack was running with admin rights, but PB with normal user right, PB wouldn't be able to Upgrading XP invalidates your CD-Key so you'll never be able to go back to XP if you want/need to. The trick is to install Vista from scratch,

install cat driver/dual boot problem
Win XP SP2 is what you want to be comparing Vista to. I didn't install SP2 on my old machine 'cos I heard so many negative things about it! <gulp> That was not a good idea. I don't know a lot about Windoze, but I do know that Service Pack 2 for Windoze XP is one that *EVERYONE* running Windoze XP should have

Installing Windows XP Pro on new Dell laptop running Vista?
I specifically pick a partition where I want to install windows xp and windows xp responds in the next screen by picking another drive and asking me to So, ok, it's my mistake and I should have paid closer attention to what drive or partition windows actually was going to format, but from my perspective it sort

[Rival] Apple Shows Why Limiting Choice Harms Consumers ...
run thru courtesy call mainly. I do appreciate all your suggestions. Unfortunately I got a bit impatient so to late now. Now I have to locate me some expert Had slaved the Maxtor to my Western Digital Master(left it jumpered for CS) in my comp. All went well with the XP install. When rebooted, however, XP came

Downgrading from Vista Business
Ian wrote: Hello, I have an authentic Windows copy but do not have the disk for it. I am currently running Windows XP and I want to reformat my hard drive to clean up this old computer. Is there any way that I can download a genuine copy of Windows XP to install onto my comp again after the format? No.

Quicken 2007 Revision 3 is ready - but won't install for me
RC White r...@grandecom.net alt comp periphs videocards ati Hi, Michael. What ATI board do you have? Why do you need Catalyst or other drivers in Vista? I partitioned my main drive. C: partion is XP and V: partition is Vista...both on my main drive. I am installing vista driver while in vista.

I have a copy of Fedora Core 2 installed....
Cannot get Aero to work at higher resolutions? for some reason it likes to turn Aero off as soon as i run it to an external monitor And oh yeh, Vista is def slower then XP I have to do a clean install every so often for the same reasons u would in XP Activation can be a pain if u buy new hardware often I'm getting

Microsoft allows bypass of Vista activation Brian Livingston's ...
My understanding was it will also include CD for Vista O/s if I need to install it in future or whenever i want to re-image. I'm running a home built system for which I bought XP Home the upgrade version, since I did the install many years ago I have yet to find a need to use that XP cd again on this machine.

Vista on 2nd harddrive
With windows XP you're probably running as an administrator, and that same malware can interfere with any file on your computer. All they know is they have to ask IT to install new software they want, or whatever. I can just imagine the massive confusion - and damage - that would occur if you were to suddenly

Debian 4 installs, was Re: my Ubuntu 7.10 review ... [long]
2: Should I decide to install Quicken on my Vista 64 bit install, I would prefer to continue to run it on my XP Pro install as well, run in parallel so to speak for a while. I could see myself eventually migrating to Vista as my main OS, but want to give it time first. Right now, Vista is on it's own hard drive,

GNU/Linux Can do SO MUCH MORE Than Windows and Mac OS X
I was also on the Vista Beta, and had (have) driver/compatibility issues. I've had to build the new system in parallel via KVM switch with my main XP box, I ran System Restore back to before nVidia's nTune install, and got my system back. I hope this helps someone else from running into this.

Upgrading XP Pro to Vista?
If you have an old machine stick with XP which is usable with 128MB ram. Ever tried running KDE or Gnome with all the bells and whistles with 128MB Clearly such arguments hold little weight with the rest of the world which is why Vista will have a larger desktop install base than Linux a few weeks after launch.

Ubuntu, eCS, and XP
If they want to do so, they have only to follow Apple's OSX example (OSX). Speaking of draining, how about running Vista on a laptop? is a PITA to install, has a restrictive DRM system built in, has flakey restart behavior, and drains your laptop battery more noticeably than XP even when set in "average power"

Vista so unpopular that Dell reinstates the XP option
Dean G. dguttada...@4ecp.com microsoft public windows vista general comp os linux advocacy simon4hang.glid...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mar 11, 3:25 am, "PTravel" <ptra...@travelersvideo.com> wrote: I've already posted about Vista running nicely on my new laptop. I've had some encounters with Linux previously,

Vista Home Premium upgrade version want to do clean install
This is opposed to IE6's: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) (The Win98 is presumably an artifact of my WinE/IES4Linux install. I'd have to look.) If I use IE6 on Linux and view the above webpage, I get the very, erm, comforting message Your computer is not running Windows XP,

So you really think Linux is better than Vista, do you?
I would really love to be able to remove OS X from my Apple Intel PC and install XP (or Vista RC1) fresh on a totally zeroed-out HD. I have made all necessary firmware upgrades to my early-2006 Apple Intel iMac 17" machine. Now put up, or shut up. "Now put up, or shut up"? Fuck you. LOL. Steve In other words,