(Vista Upgrades) I just wonder "IF";

IF you could remove a windows vista upgrade by useing the system restore?
If you're restoreing to an earlier point before the upgrade, wouldn't
this keep from having to reinstall all the drivers and return the XP
O/S to that date removing the vista upgrade??? Or will the partition
save Vista?

Sorry to all at Microsoft, but my opinion of the upgrades isn't much.
Our new "Laptop" with only Vista O/S works great !
My desktop with the upgrade is slowly causing me a meltdown..

I've had nothing but problems since the upgrade. I spent weeks e-mailing
back and forth to an engineer to straighten it out, and it's still one thing
after another. Now when I get an update for Windows Live Mail, my contacts
are removed. I have to keep restoring to 11/30........For six months now,
problems. I've turned off auto' updates as of this evening. I maybe on the way
to shooting myself in the foot(so to speak) but I'm really considering pulling
the mouse trigger on that system restore to back about June....

I've had it.....I think there's to much conflict between two systems even if
there's a partition. Yes I followed all the prompts when installing. Somebody
say something senseable fast to change my mind......LOL
I maybe to far gone......

I'm tired of all the hassle.

Hi,

You can't run system restore to a point prior to the upgrade, those points
would have been erased during the upgrade. If you did an image backup of the
XP installation you could restore that, or if the windows.old folder still
exists there is also a procedure that might work.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Rattler" <> wrote in message
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>
> IF you could remove a windows vista upgrade by useing the system restore?
> If you're restoreing to an earlier point before the upgrade, wouldn't
> this keep from having to reinstall all the drivers and return the XP
> O/S to that date removing the vista upgrade??? Or will the partition
> save Vista?
>
> Sorry to all at Microsoft, but my opinion of the upgrades isn't much.
> Our new "Laptop" with only Vista O/S works great !
> My desktop with the upgrade is slowly causing me a meltdown..
>
> I've had nothing but problems since the upgrade. I spent weeks e-mailing
> back and forth to an engineer to straighten it out, and it's still one
> thing
> after another. Now when I get an update for Windows Live Mail, my contacts
> are removed. I have to keep restoring to 11/30........For six months now,
> problems. I've turned off auto' updates as of this evening. I maybe on the
> way
> to shooting myself in the foot(so to speak) but I'm really considering
> pulling
> the mouse trigger on that system restore to back about June....
>
> I've had it.....I think there's to much conflict between two systems even
> if
> there's a partition. Yes I followed all the prompts when installing.
> Somebody
> say something senseable fast to change my mind......LOL
> I maybe to far gone......
>
> I'm tired of all the hassle.

Well I guess nothing I said below was very intelligent. So Rick, how would
one remove Vista? I really don't want to but It really is running me nuts. I
guess I need to go to discussions about the Live Mail with my new problem.

Thx for your input,

Randy

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can't run system restore to a point prior to the upgrade, those points
> would have been erased during the upgrade. If you did an image backup of the
> XP installation you could restore that, or if the windows.old folder still
> exists there is also a procedure that might work.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Rattler" <> wrote in message
> news:E4A36FBA-A1BD-40A3-BA47-...
> >
> > IF you could remove a windows vista upgrade by useing the system restore?
> > If you're restoreing to an earlier point before the upgrade, wouldn't
> > this keep from having to reinstall all the drivers and return the XP
> > O/S to that date removing the vista upgrade??? Or will the partition
> > save Vista?
> >
> > Sorry to all at Microsoft, but my opinion of the upgrades isn't much.
> > Our new "Laptop" with only Vista O/S works great !
> > My desktop with the upgrade is slowly causing me a meltdown..
> >
> > I've had nothing but problems since the upgrade. I spent weeks e-mailing
> > back and forth to an engineer to straighten it out, and it's still one
> > thing
> > after another. Now when I get an update for Windows Live Mail, my contacts
> > are removed. I have to keep restoring to 11/30........For six months now,
> > problems. I've turned off auto' updates as of this evening. I maybe on the
> > way
> > to shooting myself in the foot(so to speak) but I'm really considering
> > pulling
> > the mouse trigger on that system restore to back about June....
> >
> > I've had it.....I think there's to much conflict between two systems even
> > if
> > there's a partition. Yes I followed all the prompts when installing.
> > Somebody
> > say something senseable fast to change my mind......LOL
> > I maybe to far gone......
> >
> > I'm tired of all the hassle.
>
>

Hi,

How does one remove Vista? One formats the system and starts clean. There is
no uninstalling the upgrade, only the procedure I alluded to regarding the
windows.old folder here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Rattler" <> wrote in message
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> Well I guess nothing I said below was very intelligent. So Rick, how would
> one remove Vista? I really don't want to but It really is running me nuts.
> I
> guess I need to go to discussions about the Live Mail with my new problem.
>
> Thx for your input,
>
> Randy
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You can't run system restore to a point prior to the upgrade, those
>> points
>> would have been erased during the upgrade. If you did an image backup of
>> the
>> XP installation you could restore that, or if the windows.old folder
>> still
>> exists there is also a procedure that might work.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Rattler" <> wrote in message
>> news:E4A36FBA-A1BD-40A3-BA47-...
>> >
>> > IF you could remove a windows vista upgrade by useing the system
>> > restore?
>> > If you're restoreing to an earlier point before the upgrade, wouldn't
>> > this keep from having to reinstall all the drivers and return the XP
>> > O/S to that date removing the vista upgrade??? Or will the partition
>> > save Vista?
>> >
>> > Sorry to all at Microsoft, but my opinion of the upgrades isn't much.
>> > Our new "Laptop" with only Vista O/S works great !
>> > My desktop with the upgrade is slowly causing me a meltdown..
>> >
>> > I've had nothing but problems since the upgrade. I spent weeks
>> > e-mailing
>> > back and forth to an engineer to straighten it out, and it's still one
>> > thing
>> > after another. Now when I get an update for Windows Live Mail, my
>> > contacts
>> > are removed. I have to keep restoring to 11/30........For six months
>> > now,
>> > problems. I've turned off auto' updates as of this evening. I maybe on
>> > the
>> > way
>> > to shooting myself in the foot(so to speak) but I'm really considering
>> > pulling
>> > the mouse trigger on that system restore to back about June....
>> >
>> > I've had it.....I think there's to much conflict between two systems
>> > even
>> > if
>> > there's a partition. Yes I followed all the prompts when installing.
>> > Somebody
>> > say something senseable fast to change my mind......LOL
>> > I maybe to far gone......
>> >
>> > I'm tired of all the hassle.
>>
>>