Rollback to XP possible?

[Barry Delfino]

I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
installation as Windows.old.

Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
of Pro?

TIA,
Barry

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Barry,

Yes, there is, but be warned that it doesn't always work right:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Charles W Davis]

I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
installation as Windows.old.

Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
of Pro?

TIA,
Barry

As Rick said, but you should really think about it. Are there some issues
that might be solved if you would post them to these newsgroups?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Not with Vista Home. You would need a reformat and a clean install. I would back up files and other things that you want to have installed back on XP

 

[S.Lewis]

Hi Barry,

Yes, there is, but be warned that it doesn't always work right:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Thanks for the link, but oh does that sound potentially nasty........


Stew

 

[Saucy]

I installed Vista Home Premium as an upgrade to XP Pro. It saved my XP
installation as Windows.old.

Is there a way to uninstall Vista and rollback to my previous installation
of Pro?

TIA,
Barry

Barry:

If you are willing to play a bit you might try installing Vista HP "clean".
That is, from scratch on a reformatted harddrive. Upgrading is often
accompanied by 'issues' which clean installing precludes. Just an idea. Have
a look here for instructions on clean installing with the upgrade media:

[How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media - Winsupersite ]
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Post more questions on this newsgroup for info on the process.

Saucy