Urgent Vista Uninstalation

I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall it
and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I was
planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files and
settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my HDD is
thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it. My video
card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM so I cant
play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into uninstalling it
myself with my current resources but I need help incase I don't find a
answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you

You cannot rollback Vista to XP. The only way to get back to XP is a clean
installation. The files and settings transfer wizard in Vista will not work
to restore the files and settings to XP. If the f11 function is not working
then you need to contact the manufacturer of your computer for assistance.
You may be able to purchase restore cd's. You should manually back up your
files to cd or dvd. The Vista settings will not likely work out if
transferred to XP.

You should visit the manufacturer's website and download the drivers for the
NIC, mobo, video, etc and burn them to a cd in preparation for a clean
install.

Why did you upgrade your production or primary OS? Did you not read all the
warnings on the MS site before downloading?

"R.B." <> wrote in message
news:3BE4F46C-3706-4D88-8D3F-...
>I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall
>it
> and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I was
> planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files and
> settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my HDD
> is
> thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it. My video
> card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM so I cant
> play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into uninstalling it
> myself with my current resources but I need help incase I don't find a
> answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you

In article <3BE4F46C-3706-4D88-8D3F->, R.B.
says...
> I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall it
> and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I was
> planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files and
> settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my HDD is
> thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it. My video
> card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM so I cant
> play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into uninstalling it
> myself with my current resources but I need help incase I don't find a
> answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you
>
You can't. Didn't you bother to read the included information?

Back up your files to CD/DVD and it is format/reinstall time.

--
Conor
Grumpy Old Man
Same ****, Different Day.

R.B. schrieb:
> I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall it
> and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I was
> planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files and
> settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my HDD is
> thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it. My video
> card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM so I cant
> play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into uninstalling it
> myself with my current resources but I need help incase I don't find a
> answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you

You need a key for your WinXP Home - it should be on a label on the
case of your computer,
and you need a WinXP Recovery CD - it should be available from the
manufacturer of your computer,
- if both conditions fail, go into a shop and buy a SBE of WinXP,

then you may install WinXP and during that process delete the Vista
partition (you will have your files in folders on another partition
and saved your addresses and e-mails there!).
The boot sector will be overwritten by WinXP.
Be prepared that your settings are gone and all software has to be
installed (including all drivers).

rOy

As the OP noted, he only has a recovery partition and F11 no longer works.
It is a laptop, so there is even more involved due to proprietary drivers.
Simply installing retail XP will not be sufficient. When you try to help
someone, please read the original posting for issues like these.

"Roy Coorne" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> R.B. schrieb:
>> I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall
>> it and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I
>> was planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files
>> and settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my
>> HDD is thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it.
>> My video card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM
>> so I cant play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into
>> uninstalling it myself with my current resources but I need help incase I
>> don't find a answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you
>
> You need a key for your WinXP Home - it should be on a label on the case
> of your computer,
> and you need a WinXP Recovery CD - it should be available from the
> manufacturer of your computer,
> - if both conditions fail, go into a shop and buy a SBE of WinXP,
>
> then you may install WinXP and during that process delete the Vista
> partition (you will have your files in folders on another partition and
> saved your addresses and e-mails there!).
> The boot sector will be overwritten by WinXP.
> Be prepared that your settings are gone and all software has to be
> installed (including all drivers).
>
> rOy

who said it was a laptop? anyway i think i have a copy of windows Hom layign
around somewhere, ill look for it. Instead of the F11 actiavtion when i bot
up comp it says Would you like to boot from CD/DVD? Press Anykey. theoreticly
it should work, and the Vista instalation didnt have any warning, it said
read this for warning then it just described Vista then had a paragraph about
Direct X or something of that matter.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> As the OP noted, he only has a recovery partition and F11 no longer works.
> It is a laptop, so there is even more involved due to proprietary drivers.
> Simply installing retail XP will not be sufficient. When you try to help
> someone, please read the original posting for issues like these.
>
> "Roy Coorne" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > R.B. schrieb:
> >> I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to uninstall
> >> it and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I
> >> was planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my files
> >> and settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of my
> >> HDD is thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate it.
> >> My video card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare RAM
> >> so I cant play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into
> >> uninstalling it myself with my current resources but I need help incase I
> >> don't find a answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you
> >
> > You need a key for your WinXP Home - it should be on a label on the case
> > of your computer,
> > and you need a WinXP Recovery CD - it should be available from the
> > manufacturer of your computer,
> > - if both conditions fail, go into a shop and buy a SBE of WinXP,
> >
> > then you may install WinXP and during that process delete the Vista
> > partition (you will have your files in folders on another partition and
> > saved your addresses and e-mails there!).
> > The boot sector will be overwritten by WinXP.
> > Be prepared that your settings are gone and all software has to be
> > installed (including all drivers).
> >
> > rOy
>
>
>

You should still download XP drivers from the manufacturer's website and put
them on a cd before you start. You may not have internet connectivity
following the reinstallation of XP.

What do you call the red-letter text on:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist.../preview.mspx?
You pass through this page on the way to the download.

This is the disclaimer:
"Note: This is beta code and should not be used in a production environment
or on a main machine in the home. Beta 2 is intended for developers, IT
professionals and technology experts to continue or begin their testing of
Windows Vista. Before you decide to use Beta 2, you should feel comfortable
with installing operating systems, updating drivers, and general PC
troubleshooting. Some risks of using beta operating systems include hardware
and software incompatibility and system instability. If you have concerns
about installing this beta software on your computer, we encourage you to
obtain the final release version of Windows Vista when it is available in
2007."

"R.B." <> wrote in message
news:3753C1F4-5A15-4936-9428-...
> who said it was a laptop? anyway i think i have a copy of windows Hom
> layign
> around somewhere, ill look for it. Instead of the F11 actiavtion when i
> bot
> up comp it says Would you like to boot from CD/DVD? Press Anykey.
> theoreticly
> it should work, and the Vista instalation didnt have any warning, it said
> read this for warning then it just described Vista then had a paragraph
> about
> Direct X or something of that matter.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> As the OP noted, he only has a recovery partition and F11 no longer
>> works.
>> It is a laptop, so there is even more involved due to proprietary
>> drivers.
>> Simply installing retail XP will not be sufficient. When you try to help
>> someone, please read the original posting for issues like these.
>>
>> "Roy Coorne" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>> > R.B. schrieb:
>> >> I installed Vista and I like it and its features, but I need to
>> >> uninstall
>> >> it and go back to my previous Xp Home Edition so I can do the things I
>> >> was planning to do this month. I want to uninstall it and keep my
>> >> files
>> >> and settings and go back to my Xp Home Edition. My recovery portion of
>> >> my
>> >> HDD is thier, but the F11 activation is gone, so I can not activate
>> >> it.
>> >> My video card can't keep Vista stable and its sucking all of my spare
>> >> RAM
>> >> so I cant play my games like I could. I will countinue to look into
>> >> uninstalling it myself with my current resources but I need help
>> >> incase I
>> >> don't find a answer. Please post any help to my question. thank you
>> >
>> > You need a key for your WinXP Home - it should be on a label on the
>> > case
>> > of your computer,
>> > and you need a WinXP Recovery CD - it should be available from the
>> > manufacturer of your computer,
>> > - if both conditions fail, go into a shop and buy a SBE of WinXP,
>> >
>> > then you may install WinXP and during that process delete the Vista
>> > partition (you will have your files in folders on another partition and
>> > saved your addresses and e-mails there!).
>> > The boot sector will be overwritten by WinXP.
>> > Be prepared that your settings are gone and all software has to be
>> > installed (including all drivers).
>> >
>> > rOy
>>
>>
>>

I fail to understand why antone would install beta-vista over thier XP
install. This is "BETA" and its an OS. For this reason I would only install
vista on a second partition, or better yet a secondary hard drive (like I
did). Formatting and going back to XP really seems normal to me if you
copied over your origional install.

If you are going to load vista I think you should be prepared to keep the
install and provide feedback to help the process.

In article <9560F81E-61BF-41E8-B062->,
scott123 says...
> I fail to understand why antone would install beta-vista over thier XP
> install.

Because most of them are thieves who have a boot up screen with a big
**** off "You are a thieving ****" commonly known as the Genuine
Advantage warning. This is a free way out. Bill must be ****ing himself
laughing at them.

> This is "BETA" and its an OS.

You're wasting your breath mate.

--
Conor
Grumpy Old Man
Same ****, Different Day.

Maybe they think beta refers to the colorful fish.

Joe

"scott123" <> wrote in message
news:9560F81E-61BF-41E8-B062-...
>I fail to understand why antone would install beta-vista over thier XP
> install. This is "BETA" and its an OS. For this reason I would only
> install
> vista on a second partition, or better yet a secondary hard drive (like I
> did). Formatting and going back to XP really seems normal to me if you
> copied over your origional install.
>
> If you are going to load vista I think you should be prepared to keep the
> install and provide feedback to help the process.