Vista help

[Guest]

Ok..so i recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista on it....but I have
been heavily dissatisfied with it. I now cant play any of my games
(Battlefield 2, GTA, ETC) and other programs normally shutdown with the usual
Illegal Error message. It just seems that nothing is working with the new
windows at all. I've tried changing compatibility modes and looking for new
drivers yet nothing ever works. Since Vista is pretty much useless to me and
it makes my computer practically useless....is there a way that I can have my
Windows downgraded back to XP for free through microsoft? I know i'm not the
only one with these problems. I personally think that Vista was a good idea
but it was presented very poorly and it seems like its next to impossible to
get any help for it. Does anyone have any suggestions? If I do go back to XP
which one should I get?

 

[Richard Urban]

If you want to go back to Windows XP on your "recently"purchased computer,
you have two choices.

Contact the computer manufacturer and see if they will help you.

Buy a retail version of Windows XP full install.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[John Inzer]

Ok..so i recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista on
it....but I have been heavily dissatisfied with it. I now cant play
any of my games (Battlefield 2, GTA, ETC) and other programs normally
shutdown with the usual Illegal Error message. It just seems that
nothing is working with the new windows at all. I've tried changing
compatibility modes and looking for new drivers yet nothing ever
works. Since Vista is pretty much useless to me and it makes my
computer practically useless....is there a way that I can have my
Windows downgraded back to XP for free through microsoft? I know i'm
not the only one with these problems. I personally think that Vista
was a good idea but it was presented very poorly and it seems like
its next to impossible to get any help for it. Does anyone have any
suggestions? If I do go back to XP which one should I get?

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Maybe the following compatibility update
would be worth a look:

(932246) March 2007 Windows Vista
Application Compatibility Update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932246/en-us

The following article may offer some ideas also:

(931362) How to troubleshoot a program that
does not run as expected after it is installed
on Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931362/en-us

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Dave]

Have you checked the games newsgroup?

microsoft.public.windows.vista.games