Vista expiration!

[Guest]

Hi,
I have recently been told that I am the go to university very soon and so I
bought a laptop to help me along the way. Now as with most "off-the-shelf"
computers I did not recieve an operating system disc as XP was already put on
the laptop before purchase. So the question I need to ask is how will I go
about getting XP back on my laptop after Vista RC1 has expired without paying
for and brand new copy of XP or the no doubt expensive brand-new vista?
It would seem quite unfair for Microsoft to ask people to help them solve
issues with their products and then all they got in return was a laptop that
no longer functions or a massive pay out for a brand new operating system
disc.

 

[Jason]

I would recommend contacting the computer manuf to see if you can get a disk backup of the OS. You can also try backing up your system, with a program such as ghost, to a dvd if possible. That way you can just restore your system.

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Jason

Windows Vista RC1 Build 5600
MS Office 2007 B2TR
Hi,
I have recently been told that I am the go to university very soon and so I
bought a laptop to help me along the way. Now as with most "off-the-shelf"
computers I did not recieve an operating system disc as XP was already put on
the laptop before purchase. So the question I need to ask is how will I go
about getting XP back on my laptop after Vista RC1 has expired without paying
for and brand new copy of XP or the no doubt expensive brand-new vista?
It would seem quite unfair for Microsoft to ask people to help them solve
issues with their products and then all they got in return was a laptop that
no longer functions or a massive pay out for a brand new operating system
disc.