How to uninstall windows vista on a new computer I bought today!!!

I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home Premium
already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs i use like
Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall Vista and install
Windows XP. Please HELP!!!

Put in a Windows XP disk, turn on the computer, follow the on screen
instructions.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Shoney" <> wrote in message
news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home Premium
> already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs i use like
> Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall Vista and install
> Windows XP. Please HELP!!!

Shoney wrote:
> I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home
> Premium already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs
> i use like Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall
> Vista and install Windows XP. Please HELP!!!

You have to do a reformat and reinstall XP, make sure you have the correct
XP drivers for your motherboard, video, sound, and other devices on CD.

How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/en-us

How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

"Shoney" <> wrote in message
news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home Premium
> already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs i use like
> Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall Vista and install
> Windows XP. Please HELP!!!

I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after upgrading, but
your reasons seem pretty silly.

But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your old
computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP, you will
have to buy XP again.

That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of Panda AV
and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe Writer), which both
work fine with Vista. There are also other AV programs like AVG-Free
Edition which you could use instead.

ss.

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Shoney" <> wrote in message
> news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>> I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home
>> Premium already installed. Vista is not compatible with the
>> programs i use like Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to
>> uninstall Vista and install Windows XP. Please HELP!!!
>
> I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after
> upgrading, but your reasons seem pretty silly.
>
> But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your
> old computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP,
> you will have to buy XP again.
>
> That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of
> Panda AV and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe
> Writer), which both work fine with Vista. There are also other AV
> programs like AVG-Free Edition which you could use instead.
>
> ss.

If he has Office 2007 there is a free (from Microsoft) plugin that will
allow him to write pdf files staright from Office 2007.

"Shoney" <> wrote in message
news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home Premium
> already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs i use like
> Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall Vista and install
> Windows XP. Please HELP!!!


I have agree with Synapse Syndrome's response to you... the main issue is:
do you already have an XP installation CD? If so, is it a retail XP CD or is
it an OEM CD? (OEM meaning it came with your "old" computer.) If the latter,
sometimes manufacturers tweak them so they will not install on any PC but
one made by that manufacturer. And even if you do have an XP CD that you can
use to install XP... like another respondant pointed out, better ensure that
there are XP drivers for all your hardware because some OEM's are shipping
PC's with hardware for which there are no XP drivers. If you don't have an
XP CD which can be used to successfully install XP, then you should
consider, per Synapse's suggestion, buying new software that is Vista
compatible.

Good luck!

Lang

Does that work in Office 2003?

"GreenieLeBrun" <> wrote in message
news:%...


Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Shoney" <> wrote in message
> news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>> I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home
>> Premium already installed. Vista is not compatible with the
>> programs i use like Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to
>> uninstall Vista and install Windows XP. Please HELP!!!
>
> I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after
> upgrading, but your reasons seem pretty silly.
>
> But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your
> old computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP,
> you will have to buy XP again.
>
> That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of
> Panda AV and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe
> Writer), which both work fine with Vista. There are also other AV
> programs like AVG-Free Edition which you could use instead.
>
> ss.

If he has Office 2007 there is a free (from Microsoft) plugin that will
allow him to write pdf files staright from Office 2007.

No, I don't belive it does.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Jay" <nospam> wrote in message news:...
> Does that work in Office 2003?
>
> "GreenieLeBrun" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>
>
> Synapse Syndrome wrote:
>> "Shoney" <> wrote in message
>> news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>>> I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home
>>> Premium already installed. Vista is not compatible with the
>>> programs i use like Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to
>>> uninstall Vista and install Windows XP. Please HELP!!!
>>
>> I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after
>> upgrading, but your reasons seem pretty silly.
>>
>> But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your
>> old computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP,
>> you will have to buy XP again.
>>
>> That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of
>> Panda AV and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe
>> Writer), which both work fine with Vista. There are also other AV
>> programs like AVG-Free Edition which you could use instead.
>>
>> ss.
>
> If he has Office 2007 there is a free (from Microsoft) plugin that will
> allow him to write pdf files staright from Office 2007.
>
>
>

I use Cute PDF Writer. It installs as a printer. Just "print" to it, and it
creates a PDF file.
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp




"Jay" <nospam> wrote in message news:...
> Does that work in Office 2003?
>
> "GreenieLeBrun" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>
>
> Synapse Syndrome wrote:
>> "Shoney" <> wrote in message
>> news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
>>> I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home
>>> Premium already installed. Vista is not compatible with the
>>> programs i use like Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to
>>> uninstall Vista and install Windows XP. Please HELP!!!
>>
>> I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after
>> upgrading, but your reasons seem pretty silly.
>>
>> But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your
>> old computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP,
>> you will have to buy XP again.
>>
>> That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of
>> Panda AV and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe
>> Writer), which both work fine with Vista. There are also other AV
>> programs like AVG-Free Edition which you could use instead.
>>
>> ss.
>
> If he has Office 2007 there is a free (from Microsoft) plugin that will
> allow him to write pdf files staright from Office 2007.
>
>
>

On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:49:49 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
<> wrote:

> "Shoney" <> wrote in message
> news:43F64802-085F-4946-AC7D-...
> >I bought a new computer today that already had Windows Vista Home Premium
> > already installed. Vista is not compatible with the programs i use like
> > Panda Anti-Virus or Adobe Writer. I want to uninstall Vista and install
> > Windows XP. Please HELP!!!
>
> I can understand many people's reasons to revert to XP after upgrading, but
> your reasons seem pretty silly.
>
> But you didn't upgrade - you got Vista with a new computer. As your old
> computer most probably came with an OEM pre-installed copy of XP, you will
> have to buy XP again.
>
> That money would be better spent towards updating your copies of Panda AV
> and Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is no such thing as Adobe Writer), which both
> work fine with Vista. There are also other AV programs like AVG-Free
> Edition which you could use instead.


Excellent advice. I agree.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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