Install Windows XP

Is it possible to install Windows XP on a PC already running Windows Vista?

--Gudmund

Liebach wrote:

> Is it possible to install Windows XP on a PC already running Windows
> Vista?

Maybe. It depends on whether you want to 1) dual-boot; 2) replace Vista with
XP; 3) run XP in a virtual machine.

Provide more details, including information about your computer specs and
make/model, if you want a more focused answer.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Liebach wrote:
> Is it possible to install Windows XP on a PC already running Windows Vista?
>
> --Gudmund
>

If it's a new machine, probably not. The hardware folks and Microsoft
are in cahoots to make sure you use Vista, whether you like it or not.
So, the hardware you have probably doesn't have XP drivers. Ain't
monopolies grand?

Now what *will* work with your hardware is Ubuntu, a free Open Source
operating system. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/

Alias

They should make a new monopoly game with a theme about Microsoft.

Instead of getting a "go to jail" card, you can get a "format and install
vista gain" card... lol





"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Liebach wrote:
>> Is it possible to install Windows XP on a PC already running Windows
>> Vista?
>>
>> --Gudmund
>>
>
> If it's a new machine, probably not. The hardware folks and Microsoft are
> in cahoots to make sure you use Vista, whether you like it or not. So, the
> hardware you have probably doesn't have XP drivers. Ain't monopolies
> grand?
>
> Now what *will* work with your hardware is Ubuntu, a free Open Source
> operating system. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/
>
> AliasTh

On the Bridge! wrote:
> They should make a new monopoly game with a theme about Microsoft.
>
> Instead of getting a "go to jail" card, you can get a "format and install
> vista gain" card... lol

Or, worse yet, a personal interview with the Monkey Man, Steve Ballmer.

Alias
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> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Liebach wrote:
>>> Is it possible to install Windows XP on a PC already running Windows
>>> Vista?
>>>
>>> --Gudmund
>>>
>> If it's a new machine, probably not. The hardware folks and Microsoft are
>> in cahoots to make sure you use Vista, whether you like it or not. So, the
>> hardware you have probably doesn't have XP drivers. Ain't monopolies
>> grand?
>>
>> Now what *will* work with your hardware is Ubuntu, a free Open Source
>> operating system. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> AliasTh
>
>