Re: Backwards Compatibility (Windoze OS)

Look up the model number on the manufacturers website for xp drivers.
If the drivers are available, going back to xp is easy.

I've had quite a few clients ask me to take lappys from vista back to xp.

chris




Perry Spiller wrote:
> *Backwards Compatibility (Windoze OS)
> * 
> Anyone got some clues about hardware issues for replacing, say,
> Vista with XP, or XP with W2k, or even jumping from Vista back
> as far as W2k?
>  
> Would there be different potential problems with laptops vs desktops?
>
> A neighbour has a ComCrap laptop, (probably from DSE or Leemings),
> which runs like a dog in quicksand. From memory, the half a gig RAM is
> likely the biggest problem. The other crap that starts at boot-up, (Norton
> etc.,) is not helping.
>
> If she agrees, I'll do what I can to strip out a lot of the start-up 
> items,
> that are hogging resources. If I fail, I might bring it to the next 
> meeting.
> However, the going back from Vista question still seems worth thinking
> about.
>
> Would it work? I have a genuine XP CD, here, that I could bring along.
>
> Perry
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