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

[Guest]

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!!!

 

[Robert Firth]

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

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

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

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

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.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

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.

 

[Lang Murphy]

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

 

[Jay]

Does that work in Office 2003?

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.

 

[Robert Firth]

No, I don't belive it does.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

 

[Dave]

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

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Does that work in Office 2003?





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

Nope, Office 2007 only

 

[Dave Cox]

Nope, Office 2007 only

Thanks just installed it

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm coming in late on this discussion but I figured it'd be eaier to pick up
where Lang left off than start a whole new thread.

I also want to remove Vista for a number of reasons (including the fact that
my new computer only can with trial versions of Word, Excel etc.). I have
the original XP Home Edition disk but after reading your post I'm afraid to
try and install it because I think it's an OEM version.

Basically I'm wondering, if I adtempt to install it and it's not compatable
will it mess up Vista in any way? I made the 1 recovery disk I'm aloud, but
being that it's such a flukey system to begin with I hate to mess with it too
much. Also, if it does accept XP is it an easy conversion or do I need to be
a computer wiz to downgrade to XP Home?

Any help from anyone would be greatly appriciated!

Thanks,
Tracy

 

[DP]

Hi,

I'm coming in late on this discussion but I figured it'd be eaier to pick
up
where Lang left off than start a whole new thread.

I also want to remove Vista for a number of reasons (including the fact
that
my new computer only can with trial versions of Word, Excel etc.). I have
the original XP Home Edition disk but after reading your post I'm afraid
to
try and install it because I think it's an OEM version.

Replacing Vista with XP will not give you full versions of Word, Excel, et.
To get that, you need to buy Microsoft Office. Do you have installation
disks for Office lying around? If so, you should be able to install that on
Vista. Might have to go through a couple of downloads to upgrade Office to
make it compatible with Vista, but that shouldn't be a problem.

Just to reiterate: full versions of Word, Excel, etc have NOTHING to do with
the operating system.

 

[Guest]

Hmm, then maybe I'm wrong about the proper name of the disk because I know
for sure that I've used it to add excel and power point to other computers so
it is on this particular disk. I guess the real question is, if I put an
older version of microsoft office onto a Vista OS am I going to mess things
up in any way?

Thanks again

 

[DP]

I wonder if you're referring to Office XP? That was the name of one of the
versions of Office, probably circa 2000.
Make sure the disk says Office XP and not Windows XP.
If it's an Office disk, you should be able to install it onto a Vista
machine. You will still have Vista, but you also will have a full version of
Office. You will probably be prompted to download a couple of updates to
Office to make it work with Vista, but beyond that, you shouldn't have any
problems.
I would back up important documents first, though.
Any more questions? Just ask.

 

[Adam Albright]

Hmm, then maybe I'm wrong about the proper name of the disk because I know
for sure that I've used it to add excel and power point to other computers so
it is on this particular disk. I guess the real question is, if I put an
older version of microsoft office onto a Vista OS am I going to mess things
up in any way?

Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. are all part of Microsoft Office they
never were part of Windows. In the past they were often included in
one version or another as a sweetener when you bought a box from Dell,
Gateway, etc.. I'm using a REALLY old version Office Pro 97 and it
works fine on Vista. Look for a Microsoft office CD and install from
that. Assuming you have a CD of it.

 

[Guest]

Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. are all part of Microsoft Office they
never were part of Windows. In the past they were often included in
one version or another as a sweetener when you bought a box from Dell,
Gateway, etc.. I'm using a REALLY old version Office Pro 97 and it
works fine on Vista. Look for a Microsoft office CD and install from
that. Assuming you have a CD of it.

Thanks to you both! I think what Adam's saying about the added sweetener may
be the situation. I'm looking at the disk right now and it says Windows XP
Home Edition 2002 but like I said, the Office programs are definitely on
there. I'm going to back up what I need and give it a whirl, wish me luck

 

[DP]

Thanks to you both! I think what Adam's saying about the added sweetener
may
be the situation. I'm looking at the disk right now and it says Windows XP
Home Edition 2002 but like I said, the Office programs are definitely on
there. I'm going to back up what I need and give it a whirl, wish me luck

1) See if that CD will allow you to install ONLY the office components. You
do not want to install Windows XP. That'll mess up everything.

2) Does the CD have any computermakers name on it, like Dell, Gateway, HP,
etc? If so, you may not be able to use it on another computer.

3) Good luck.