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downgrade Vista home prem to xp

  • 06-12-2008 8:09pm
    #1
    webmanie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭


    Hi Guys , i know some where there was a tread on this but cant find it now,
    love to know if any of you had vista home pem and put in xp home and if it worked vista is doing my head in !!!!! :mad:

    Thanks for any help guys ,


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  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055367237

    How long have you been using Vista? In all fairness its just a lot different from XP and yes, takes some time to get used to.

    User Account Control, UAC, is the leading cause of user frustration, and can be disabled in the control panel. Simply, go to the start menu and click on your user icon in the very upper right corner of the start menu (its the same icon you see when you login) - this opens up the User Account panel, and from here, you can disable UAC.


  • #3
    webmanie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭webmanie


    Thank you for the vista link .

    No i guess vista ia ok but ..... i need it for video editing and its not that great it , but it should be Qwad core . guess i like xp and knew it like the back of my hand .


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    i honestly cant imagine XP being any better for video editing. you can always didsable the Aero Theme and save yourself some system resources but to be honest the difference in performance between the two OSs at this stage is negligible.

    For video editing your RAM and GPU are far more important than your processor.


  • #5
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Overheal wrote: »
    i honestly cant imagine XP being any better for video editing. you can always didsable the Aero Theme and save yourself some system resources but to be honest the difference in performance between the two OSs at this stage is negligible.

    Its just soo annoying that they rearranged everything and made it more awkward to do lots of stuff.


  • #6
    ste_burn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭ste_burn


    yes i have downgrade(upgrade) a HP laptop To XP


    the only thing i you will mite need extra drivers to see the hard drive
    these need to be loaded when xp install starts press f6 button to load the drivers from a floppy disk
    it will only work with floppy drive usb flash sticks dont work xp will be able to use it.

    you can get a usb floppy drive to get this to work.

    Please note if your pc is still in warrantte it will void.


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  • #7
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    suppafly wrote: »
    Its just soo annoying that they rearranged everything and made it more awkward to do lots of stuff.
    in video editing or the OS? The OS side of things is far more streamlined. Its like the starbar can read my mind.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ste_burn wrote: »
    Please note if your pc is still in warrantte it will void.

    Not necessarily. The warranty is on the hardware rather than the software. I only heard of one case where a shop wouldn't honour a warranty for someone who put Linux on a laptop but that was a case of them being asses rather than it being the norm.


  • #9
    Donald-Duck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Donald-Duck


    Video editing would be no different at all on vista or xp.


  • #10
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=819
    Transform Windows Vista into Windows VXP — the hybrid

    turns off all the bells so it behaves more like XP


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