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Vista c&j 04-25-2008
---> Re: Vista Barry Watzman04-27-2008
---> Re: Vista G.G.Willikers04-27-2008
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Posted by er on April 27, 2008, 3:45 pm
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> You have to do a total install from scratch.
>
> Before you do that, right click on the start button and select "Classic"
> start menu, then "customize" it. Vista has settings (this one and quite a
> few more) that make it as friendly as XP or even 98. But they are not
> well known and they are scattered all over the place.
>
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I thought that the primary issues with Vista had to do with performance, not
the interface.

I bought a Compaq V3000 that was labeled as Vista compatible and ready. I
got the free Vista upgrade (?) and lived with it for about a week, before
returning to XP. Thankfully, I had made a complete set of restore disks.

Still living with XP, and with all I'm hearing about Vista, glad I'm not
needing to buy a new machine in the near future.

EQR



Posted by G.G.Willikers on April 27, 2008, 9:46 pm
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 c&j wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a Compaq C700 Presario laptop which came bundled with Vista. I want
> to downgrade it to XP Professional. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated :)
>
> TIA
> klyjak
>
>
Due to recent experience, I would avoid the Maxtor One touch drives.
I have had 2 fail, a week out of the box.

Posted by PJ on April 29, 2008, 8:47 am
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G.G.Willikers wrote:
> c&j wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a Compaq C700 Presario laptop which came bundled with Vista. I
>> want to downgrade it to XP Professional. Can anyone tell me how to do
>> this? Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
>>
>> TIA
>> klyjak
>>
> Due to recent experience, I would avoid the Maxtor One touch drives.
> I have had 2 fail, a week out of the box.

See the article in the last PC Magazine.

Before you start make sure you can collect the necessary XP drivers for
all the hardware. Lacking those, you may have some features that might
not work.

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