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post Mar 14 2008, 12:58 AM
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I just bought a new computer that was preloaded with vista business [don't ask] and I was wondering if you guys knew how to downgrade to XP. I already know that it's possible and that it's free for business. I've already looked at tutorials and I'm sad to say that I couldn't understand half of what they were saying after reading through it thoroughly.
 
 
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post Mar 14 2008, 10:43 AM
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downgrading is fine. i downgraded my dad's hp pavilion, and made sure i got the right drivers for everything.
before you downgrade, check your device manager and write down the specific drivers your computer has. like some models come with different graphics and sound cards. so when you download the drivers from the site, make sure you download the one for geforce instead of dling the ati or intel drivers.
companies know how terrible vista is, companies know people are buying their cheap 400 dollar laptops and downgrade to xp for faster and better performance. they don't want anything to get returned on them, so they load xp drivers for that specific model on their site.

the computer was buit for the windows platform. windows is plug and play, which is backwards compatible with older or newer drivers. any hardware you have, people will always get around the system. basically any computer can be turned into a mac-osx, windows xp, vista, 2000, linux, etc. all you need to do is find the right drivers, thats all.

downgrading to xp won't hurt, but make sure you know what you're doing.

pm me and i'll run you step by step on how to do it if you're interested
 

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