Ok, I have an issue and HP pissed me off already. Here is the deal. I have 4 new laptops I just received which all are supposed to come with Vista Business with an XP downgrade. I have never received a system with the whole downgrade thing. I was assuming that on first boot I would have a few options.1) stick with vista, 2) downgrade to XP, or 3) if there was not a first boot option that Vista would be installed and I have a disk to perform the downgrade to XP. If that were the case, I wouldnt be here asking. When I first booted the machine it went to an XP isntallation screen, you know, the press f6 to load raid drivers, etc. Then rebooted shortly after that, DID NOT DO A XP INSTALL, just copied some files or some ****. Then after rebooting it went to the welcome to windows, whats your name, configure lan connection, etc. Now, the system is running XP. I have a Vista and XP disk that came with the system. The vista disk notes, this software is already installed, this is for recovery only. The HP tech told me I could reinstall windows, well, no ****, isnt that a little counterintuitive?

Here is what I need to know, how does the downgrade work? Do the downgrades come with XP or Vista installed? Am I supposed to be prompted on first boot which OS I want? Am I supposed to perform an XP downgrade, or a Vista upgrade?

 

I see how it is when a computer guy needs help......

I figured out they are supposed to have XP on there and you get both disks, Vista and XP. Since Vista is licensed it is valid for a previous version of windows as well. If you want to upgrade to Vista, you can. If you want to keep XP, you do nothing. I was just going to perform the upgrade but something happened. Gotta figure that out now, something about being blocked via the unattend file. Which I dont know what that is.

 

... yeah ill always use microsoft products... but doesnt that say something when you get a downgrade option with your computer?

 

It says that people dont know how to use computers and that in reality Vista 64bit is an awesome operating system.

 

First off. There's no such thing as "downgrade" so they blew smoke up your ***.

Second, Dell is the only big pc company that used to offer dual boot but I dont think they do anymore. That I know of.



If you're wanting to dual boot xp and vista. You need to install XP first, then vista. Everywhere I read, that is the really the only way. You need a full copy of xp and vista (not the ones that say "upgrade" on them)

 

Oh I agree 100% its awesome, but they put it on too many computers that are incapable of running it. I have 4gb of ram, SLI 8800 GTS 640's, an FX-62, and dual WD raptor X's and its great. But on my laptop.... it blows.

 

Yea, i'll stick to my linux distro...if i want bs and more bs, i'll install windows

 

i didnt like vista but mojave was awesome

 

How much different is Linux, and does it support gaming? Could you possibly post a screen shot? /Thread Jack


How did things work out for you? Dont know how the customer service tech is with HP, but with Dell you have a Time Limit on technical help on the phone

 

Nice poke Havoc