Downgrading Vista to XP
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From: Jeethu on 20 May 2008 10:15 Hi, I have a new hp dv6000 comes with vista home premium.It is really slow very slow.I have plans to downgrade it to XP pro i need your advice i heard people saying this may bring some trouble and some drivers may not work kindly help me in downgrading vista
From: Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] on 20 May 2008 11:29 >> I have plans to downgrade it to XP pro << The only reliable way to downgrade is to purchase an xp tablet version for that machine from the oem (hp) Simply installing XP pro will result in loosing tablet functionality... even if you successfully install all of the necessary drivers. Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
From: raideray on 22 May 2008 14:58 Microsoft asys you can upgrade XP Pro SP2 to Tablet PC according to this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457081.aspx "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" wrote: > >> I have plans to downgrade it to XP pro << > > The only reliable way to downgrade is to purchase an xp tablet version > for that machine from the oem (hp) > > Simply installing XP pro will result in loosing tablet functionality... > even if you successfully install all of the necessary drivers. > > Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] > >
From: Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] on 22 May 2008 20:10 >> Microsoft says you can... << It _is_ however, important to remember that microsoft will not be there if the process fails... and, without a full backup or oem recovery disks, you create a one way conversion of a tablet to a laptop ;-/ Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
From: Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] on 22 May 2008 20:20
There is excellent information in the link... thanks! Spending a bit of time in the tutorial, the following points seem to be key and would be show stoppers since the XP tablet version is not available separately; Obtain the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 media Obtain and use a tablet edition specific product key... "If a Windows XP Professional product key is used, Windows XP Professional will be installed instead of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005." Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] |