Laptop XP downgrade and Vista using ACT

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.

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"rshimizu" <> wrote in message
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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.

It might be worth testing for those who need XP drivers on a Vista
laptop where none is available.

Richard G. Harper wrote:
> 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]
> * 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" <> wrote in message
> news:deb2a44a-96dc-43ee-8c3e-...
> > 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.

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.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
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"rshimizu" <> wrote in message
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> It might be worth testing for those who need XP drivers on a Vista
> laptop where none is available.
>
> Richard G. Harper wrote:
>> 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]
>> * 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" <> wrote in message
>> news:deb2a44a-96dc-43ee-8c3e-...
>> > 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.