Uninstall problem with Vista
- Thread starter Bill Morris
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My wife's laptop (which has Vista) is most certainly experiencing this problem. She went and uninstalled one program, and after that, her list only showed 8 programs (out of over 50).
My wife's XP box has crashed, and all the new computers in the stores around here have Vista preinstalled, which means Word, etc. she has on CD won't work. If we buy a new Vista box and try to install XP or Ubuntu, what's going to happen? My suspicion is that the chipset in a new machine wouldn't be supported.
And a quick look at reconditioned computers advertised on the Web gives me the general impression that Vista may be driving prices of used computers up. I suppose it's a boost for packaged XP, as well.
And a quick look at reconditioned computers advertised on the Web gives me the general impression that Vista may be driving prices of used computers up. I suppose it's a boost for packaged XP, as well.
I would think XP would support most stuff out right now, even if it's being sold with Vista installed.
One way to find out is get the manufacturer and the model number, go to their website and check the driver page and see if they have a XP version of the driver.
If it's a custom built box by a local comp store, then I'd bet that shiny new penny I found that it will work with XP. They're not going to get there hands on anything you or I couldn't and AFAIK, there aren't any Vista only motherboards out there.
One way to find out is get the manufacturer and the model number, go to their website and check the driver page and see if they have a XP version of the driver.
If it's a custom built box by a local comp store, then I'd bet that shiny new penny I found that it will work with XP. They're not going to get there hands on anything you or I couldn't and AFAIK, there aren't any Vista only motherboards out there.
Is Vista going to be the new AOL?
I think I can guarantee XP will work. It would be very unusual for a company to release a piece of hardware that didn't support the previous version of Windows especially only six months after the release of Vista. Most hardware released today still supports 2000 and some even supports 98SE.
Charlie
they gave Vista the wrong name. It should more acurately be named Millenium Edition II (MEII). 
I have a feeling that it will end up much like ME did (back in the day),in the next year or so.
I have a feeling that it will end up much like ME did (back in the day),in the next year or so.
^^^ The Inquirer always calls Vista MEII. 
When I tried to uninstall Vista Beta last summer it ate up 20GB of my Hard Drive and no matter how many times I reformatted it comepletely, the missing 20GB would only appear when Vista was installed again.
The only time I will ever use Vista is if its the default, pre-installed OS on the machine. Upgrading is a BAD idea, especially if you might think you want to uninstall it.
When I tried to uninstall Vista Beta last summer it ate up 20GB of my Hard Drive and no matter how many times I reformatted it comepletely, the missing 20GB would only appear when Vista was installed again.
The only time I will ever use Vista is if its the default, pre-installed OS on the machine. Upgrading is a BAD idea, especially if you might think you want to uninstall it.
I also read that if you use the Vista-compatible version of Word to open and save a Word file created with a previous version of Word that file becomes incompatible with previous versions. I sometimes receive scientific papers to correct before publication, almost always as Word files. If I do such work for somebody and send it back, and either of us is on the wrong side of that kind of divide, there's going to be trouble. But if true, I imagine this will cause trouble for a lot of businesses, not just ghostwriters and editors.
The article I saw on this was about Microsoft trial software, but I take that to mean it applies to Microsoft Office, as well. Here's the link:
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The article I saw on this was about Microsoft trial software, but I take that to mean it applies to Microsoft Office, as well. Here's the link:
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Thank goodness all my important Word Documents are save on my desktop with XP!
TimelessTrek said:
^^^ The Inquirer always calls Vista MEII.
When I tried to uninstall Vista Beta last summer it ate up 20GB of my Hard Drive and no matter how many times I reformatted it comepletely, the missing 20GB would only appear when Vista was installed again.
The only time I will ever use Vista is if its the default, pre-installed OS on the machine. Upgrading is a BAD idea, especially if you might think you want to uninstall it.
When you loaded Vista on was it a clean install or an upgrade? Vista does provide an uninstall facility if done as upgrade so it may of hidden a chunk of space with a large hidden/unmovable file to allow for the uninstall.
