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bearing in mind i'm not particularly comp literate is it a big hassle to rid myself of vista and return to xp? what do i do to do it? partition, xp, format partition with vista in it? is it that simple? help please. |
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vista / xp shared partition is possible although microsoft doesn't exactly encourage it. You can find lots of info on the webs about it. This is no place to give out detailed advice. Otherwise you'd only get bad advice. |
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But why not upgrade to Linux instead? Vista / Linux / XP triple partition is also possible. Ubuntu does most of the things Windows does, except for some compatibility issues. |
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Triple partition would be too complicated. Do an XP/Vista one. |
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yea, perhaps, although adding linux to any pre-existing set-up is surprisingly easy. XP is a good system though, at least as far as compatibility goes. Vista has very little going for it. |
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Not to be a devils-advocate-type-cunt, but I feel it should be said here that a close friend of mine recently reformatted his entertainment center PC and installed Ubuntu... He is very computer literate, and Ubuntu gave him and his roommates nothing but problems. I believe he said the software was so counter-intuitive that it lacks even a simple way to get the OS off of the computer when you've become totally fed up by it. I haven't used it personally, so I can't really vouch for any of this, but I trust my friend. To get back on topic, it's super easy to get vista off and XP on. It's even simpler if you have 2 harddrives. If you do, download and save a bunch of installer files for things you need to get your computer up and running (graphics drivers, web browser, media player, etc) and save them all to the 2nd harddrive... simply put the xp disk in, tell your BIOS to boot from cd, and then follow the onscreen instructions in the winXP install, making sure to reformat the proper HDD so that it installs winXP clean on one, with the contents of the 2nd harddrive (your "installer package") being untouched. Once you're "logged in" to windows, go to "my computer" and your second hdd will be ready to go with all the programs to get you up and running in no time. |
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oh and if you have a single harddrive, burning a dvd or a couple cd's of all your installer files before you reformat works just as well. |
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vista never gives me any trouble really. i'm not doing anything complicated tho. |
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my hard drives partioned, so could i just install xp on one side, then copy the files over and format the other side? its not that vista is giving me problems i just really dont like the way it looks. microsoft tryin to go mac, which is gash, i dont like mac. linux is an idea ive toyed with but i'm a little scared of the unknown, prob why i dont like mac come to think of it. |
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if you don't like the way it looks, why not just disable all the fancy UI stuff? you can basically make vista look like xp. i'm running norwegian vista atm, so maybe some translations are wrong, but: properties on my computer -> advanced system properties -> click properties of Performance. disable everything except "Use visual style on windows and buttons". voila. you now have xp-ish vista and better performace. |
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i dont even have a computer (xp) |
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Wow. The most ridiculous reason to hate Vista. Epic faiL! |
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If you arent computer literate get OSX. |
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well from my experience, Ubuntu is very easy to use. I gave it to my sister and she says she likes it better than Vista or XP. From what I've used it, it's ridiculously streamlined, fast and easy to install new programs. Even Windows emulation is getting closer and closer to 100%. Of course it's a new working environment, so it takes some time to learn it. It's no substitute for windows, but it does most of the things better anyway. But in our day and age it's inadvisable to have linux as the ONLY operating system, unless you hate games. |
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get to fuck, if i dont like it i dont like it. cheers to anyone else for their useful inputs. |
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he actually has a point, it does look crap, though you can actually change it to the default windows theme right? Right? :( |
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why get windows products full stop? they are shite. you can get osx and run xp on that if you must. |
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I have no idea. Why does anyone want windows default or XP theme in 2009? Say what you want about Vista, but it looks lush |
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Vista may look good, but since I got it 6 months ago I have had about 60 blue screens. It's a piece of unstable shit basically. I actually prefer XP, but what's the point of going back, is bound to fuck my PC up. |
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classic windows look ftw! (actually as old as windows 2000) |
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