I have a notebook that came with Vista installed. I really hate it, and
want
to switch to XP,
Your choice, of course, but I think you're very likely making a
mistake. Vista, like anything new to you, takes some time to get
accustomed to, but if the hardware you have is adequate for it, it
should be fine. If you "hate" it, your hate is almost certainly due to
your lack of knowledge about how to use it effectively and
efficiently.
however HP says it's better to keep on vista because you
loose support, bla bla.
It's not a matter of "bla, bla." First, yes it's possible that HP will
refuse to support you if you change operating systems.
Second, and even more important, it's possible that you won't be able
to get all the hardware drivers you need for XP, which means that you
will be able to install XP on it.
Third, if you want to change operating systems, I would strongly
suggest that you should take a step forward (to Windows 7) rather than
a step backward to Windows XP (again, assuming that your hardware is
adequate for it and that you can get all the needed drivers for it.
Is it possible to install XP on vista
You don't install an operating system on another operating system. You
install an operating system on a computer. You will need to install it
cleaning, wiping out everything already on the hard drive (after first
backing up all your important data to external media).
(I have no experience on multiboot
systems,
Do you want to create a dual-boot scenario? Why? If you don't like the
Windows version you have and want to change to a different one, why do
you want both installed? A clean installation of what you want would
be much better, and not waste any disk space.
Moreover, as a general rule, in a dual-boot scenario, you need to have
the older version of Windows installed first. There workarounds to do
it in the other sequence, but they aren't necessarily easy to
implement.
I just want to use outlook express on my notebook
So, is one of the reasons you want to replace Vista that you love
outlook express so much that you want to use it?
I think that's a very poor reason. First, Vista comes with a product
called "Windows Mail." Despite its name being different from "Outlook
Express," it's essentially nothing more than just the newest version
of outlook express, with improvements over the older version. If you
know outlook express, it should be very quick and easy for you to
learn Windows Mail.
Moreover, outlook express and Windows Mail are just two of the *many*
available programs that do e-mail and newsgroup reading. There are
many others, some of them are freeware, and arguably several of the
others are better than either outlook express or Windows Mail. My
recommendation, regardless of what version of Windows you run, is to
try several of the others and decide which *you* like the best. As an
example of what I mean, I personally prefer Microsoft Outlook for
e-mail and Forte Agent for newsgroups over either outlook express or
Windows Mail.
and avoid the lack of
resources caused by vista, ) is that possible?
Vista does not cause a "lack of resources." Yes it requires more
powerful hardware than XP, but in these days of low-priced hardware,
that difference is almost insignificant unless you are forced to run
on very old equipment.