Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-09-2006, 05:15 AM

Russell

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Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to
uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?

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Zack Whittaker

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Re: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-09-2006, 06:43 AM

Unfortunately yes

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"Russell" <Russell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to
> uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?

Andre Da Costa [Extended64]

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Re: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-09-2006, 10:30 AM

If you installed XP and Vista in a dual boot partition, yes, you can format
Vista's partition from within XP, but if installed it on the XP Partition, I
am afraid its a complete format. You have to boot from your XP CD to do so.
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"Russell" <Russell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to
> uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?

millionads

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Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 06:55 PM

How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

Mark D. VandenBerg

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RE: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:14 PM

There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
be pain free, although it may be time consuming.

Good Luck!

"millionads" wrote:

> How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
> someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
> programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
> please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

millionads

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RE: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:18 PM

i Cant do i re-install of xp as it comes up that there is a newer version of
windows on the comp and it wont let me install a fresh xp, also i cant use
my system restore either to put the comp back to the way it was when i boguth
it and ran it the first time, is there no way at all to uninstall vista,
there must be some way that you can uninstall it to roll back to xp, if you
can think of someting i'd appreaciate it very much

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

> There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
> installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
> sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
> backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
> be pain free, although it may be time consuming.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> "millionads" wrote:
>
> > How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
> > someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
> > programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
> > please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

ben

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RE: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:25 PM

you can format the drive, then the install of xp won't complain about there
being a newer version of windows on it

"millionads" wrote:

> i Cant do i re-install of xp as it comes up that there is a newer version of
> windows on the comp and it wont let me install a fresh xp, also i cant use
> my system restore either to put the comp back to the way it was when i boguth
> it and ran it the first time, is there no way at all to uninstall vista,
> there must be some way that you can uninstall it to roll back to xp, if you
> can think of someting i'd appreaciate it very much
>
>
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
>
> > There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
> > installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
> > sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
> > backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
> > be pain free, although it may be time consuming.
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> >
> > "millionads" wrote:
> >
> > > How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
> > > someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
> > > programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
> > > please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

Rick

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Re: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:27 PM

You cannot UNINSTALL Vista!

And, you probably cannot salvage what you lost
in your XP system.

You can probably boot withe the Vista DVD and
then delete any existing partition(s) on the
drive and do a clean install of Win XP.

millionads wrote:

> i Cant do i re-install of xp as it comes up that there is a newer version of
> windows on the comp and it wont let me install a fresh xp, also i cant use
> my system restore either to put the comp back to the way it was when i boguth
> it and ran it the first time, is there no way at all to uninstall vista,
> there must be some way that you can uninstall it to roll back to xp, if you
> can think of someting i'd appreaciate it very much
>
>
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
>
>> There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
>> installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
>> sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
>> backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
>> be pain free, although it may be time consuming.
>>
>> Good Luck!
>>
>>
>> "millionads" wrote:
>>
>>> How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
>>> someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
>>> programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
>>> please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

Mark D. VandenBerg

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RE: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:29 PM

Yeah, System Restore will restore the current operating system, not a
previous one. You should be able to re-install XP from the restoration CD;
but you must do the reinstall/format way, not the update way. Read the first
few paragraphs of Andre's blog for more information:

http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/an...6/14/3002.aspx

"millionads" wrote:

> i Cant do i re-install of xp as it comes up that there is a newer version of
> windows on the comp and it wont let me install a fresh xp, also i cant use
> my system restore either to put the comp back to the way it was when i boguth
> it and ran it the first time, is there no way at all to uninstall vista,
> there must be some way that you can uninstall it to roll back to xp, if you
> can think of someting i'd appreaciate it very much
>
>
>
> "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
>
> > There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
> > installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
> > sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
> > backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
> > be pain free, although it may be time consuming.
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> >
> > "millionads" wrote:
> >
> > > How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
> > > someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
> > > programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
> > > please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

millionads

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RE: Uninstalling Vista

Posted: 06-16-2006, 07:31 PM

ye i suppose i could do that, or i think i'll just use my 3yr next day repair
and just get dell to come out and hopefully sort it out, hopefully, cheers
guys

"ben" wrote:

> you can format the drive, then the install of xp won't complain about there
> being a newer version of windows on it
>
> "millionads" wrote:
>
> > i Cant do i re-install of xp as it comes up that there is a newer version of
> > windows on the comp and it wont let me install a fresh xp, also i cant use
> > my system restore either to put the comp back to the way it was when i boguth
> > it and ran it the first time, is there no way at all to uninstall vista,
> > there must be some way that you can uninstall it to roll back to xp, if you
> > can think of someting i'd appreaciate it very much
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
> >
> > > There is no way to roll back or uninstall Vista. It is not a program you
> > > installed, you wrote a new operating system over your old one. Since I am
> > > sure you were prudent, read all the instructions and made all the proper
> > > backups before you did this, performing a fresh install of Windows XP should
> > > be pain free, although it may be time consuming.
> > >
> > > Good Luck!
> > >
> > >
> > > "millionads" wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do you uninstall windows vista, there is no uninstall button so can
> > > > someone please tell me how to uninstall this as nothing comes up in the new
> > > > programs folder for it, nor is there a add and remove programs anymore,
> > > > please can someone tell me how to get this if my comp.

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