How to unintall Vista?

[ray]

Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS? I still think
it would be the best feature. I really think Microsoft truly took the
wrong approach with Vista.

Ok - if you uninstall it, what do you have left??

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Go into mouse properties and set the buttons to do nothing.. the magnifier
function is particularly annoying..

Yes, or no longer connect to the internet.


I don't know how my sister does it but I know why, she moves the mouse
about while constantly clicking the buttons. She doesn't realize she's
doing it and I've not been able to stop it.

She needs a mouse or mouse software that disables the buttons if the
mouse is moving, it wouldn't fix the problem but it would help.

BTW, I'm now doing the exact same thing! Got new mouse and the side
buttons are poorly located for my hand and are too easy to push, it's
going away when I get around to changing it.

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Mike Hall
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[XS11E]

Go into mouse properties and set the buttons to do nothing.. the
magnifier function is particularly annoying..

Good idea, the side buttons are set to forward and back using the
brower but I will disable them since I never use those functions.

 

[hash]

That is your opinion and certainly NOT a fact.
Windows Vista works well for me on older computers and many other
people as well.
If it does not for you either you should learn to use it or determine
what is the issue and resolve the issue.
If that means you need a different operating system, then do so.
But your opinion has no bearing on the facts.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]


I am inclined to agree

hash

 

[Spanky deMonkey]

Carl,

Shouldn't you be posting to primate.retard.general? You are in the wrong
group. You should be with your own species.

Just FYI.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Perhaps the best feature in Vista would be the uninstall feature... if
one could only find it. How does one uninstall Vista?

The normal way to "uninstall" any operating system is to format
the hard drive and install a new OS of your choice.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Ok, but why isn't there an uninstall function in the OS?

How could an OS (any OS) uninstall possibly itself? That would be like
your sawing off the branch you're sitting on.


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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ray;
The previous operating system.
That assumes you have one of the few that allows an uninstallation.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Earth to Jupiter... your OPINIONS have no bearing on facts either.

No, you're not stalking Jupiter. Not at all... as if.

Lang

 

[John Barnett MVP]

My point exactly!

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[Saran]

And it has a larger market share on the desktop then every version of
Linux combined in only 6 months.

I've heard the exact opposite. Can you cite any statistics?

-saran

 

[Saran]

Good idea, the side buttons are set to forward and back using the
brower but I will disable them since I never use those functions.

You never use forward and back in your browser?

-saran

 

[Wayne M. Poe]

Ok - if you uninstall it, what do you have left??

A comp without an OS, which is arguably better than Vista. You cna then
install a new OS of your choice of course.

-saran

 

[Saran]

How could an OS (any OS) uninstall possibly itself? That would be
like your sawing off the branch you're sitting on.

I think what the OP was getting at was uninstalling so you're starting
fresh with a clean slate. Pick an Os and install that. I kind of agree
that an Uninstall feature in Vista would be handy if you want to do a
clean install

-saran

 

[XS11E]

You never use forward and back in your browser?

-saran

All the time but I don't use the buttons on the side of the mouse to do
so. Maybe if I'd had the mouse longer I'd eventually get used to it
but it's too annoying to have stuff popping up all the time.

Now I've used IntelliPoint to disable both the right and left side
buttons and the right side button still works as a right click so the
mouse is going away in favor of an older one w/o those buttons. I
guess that's the risk of using a non-Microsoft mouse with a Microsoft
driver.... I'll be very happy when Logitech gets their new Setpoint
working in Vista 64 w/o conflicts with Quicken and I can go back to my
Logitech mouse...

 

[XS11E]

I think what the OP was getting at was uninstalling so you're
starting fresh with a clean slate. Pick an Os and install that. I
kind of agree that an Uninstall feature in Vista would be handy if
you want to do a clean install

Not me, I'd like to see computers sold with NO OS installed (and a
reduced price, of course). The vendor could then offer whatever OS the
customer wanted and offer installation and setup as well.

Much as I'd like to see that, I also understand what a complete
disaster it might be and I know it's not going to happen!

As far as a complete uninstall is concerned, there's always the option
to delete, partition, format and begin again so I can't see what an
uninstall option would accomplish?

 

[ray]

Ray;
The previous operating system.
That assumes you have one of the few that allows an uninstallation.

If there was a previous aperating system, of course. If not . . .

 

[Saran]

Not me, I'd like to see computers sold with NO OS installed (and a
reduced price, of course). The vendor could then offer whatever OS
the customer wanted and offer installation and setup as well.

Actually I think Dell started doing just that.

Much as I'd like to see that, I also understand what a complete
disaster it might be and I know it's not going to happen!

Um, Dell has been doing it for a couple months at least, according to
Max PC.

As far as a complete uninstall is concerned, there's always the option
to delete, partition, format and begin again so I can't see what an
uninstall option would accomplish?

True, though one might argue, an Os that's supposed to be as advanced as
Vista would have a feature that allows you to effectively uninstall and
leave you with some sort of minimal skeleton OS that gives you a console
and maybe network access, perhaps asking you what OS you'd like to
install and giving you the means to download* it (lynx-like text
browser?) and burn it.

Theoretically one could write something like this in a similar way to
how mini OS's like BartPE work, giving a minimal but useful environment.
OR you could just use BartPE*. If you ask me, this should actually be
rather easy to incorporate into a system, if Microsoft wanted to.

* If you lack install discs.

-saran