Making vista xp compatible

If we want to test it in windows 7, I mean that actually we want to know whether it works well in XP machine, but we just have the windows 7 now, we could test it with this way.

That's my understanding. Only executables built with this platform toolset are supported to run on Windows XP, but those same executables will also run on Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Actually I set up a Windows XP virtual machine and tried it myself. I literally only installed. I actually tried the Redistributable afterward. Best Regards,. The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. So far in everthing I've read not one person seemed to have trouble finding these options and in all of the downgrade trouble I've read about so far none of the people where able to get as far as the product key part.

So now I'm confused and stuck with as nicer computer I can't use until my buddy brings the disk but, there's no telling when that'll happen. Thanks in advance Ry. Posted by: Andre 05 Jun The ones I have, there is no setup option. How do I install ethernet drivers. Posted by: matthew mccusker 17 Aug Posted by: Social Observer 29 Aug I've attempted to downgrade from vista to xp. Upon completion of loading xp install disk, I get No disk found or available message, and can go no further.

I've also looked at disk m'gmt to format C: drive, but I'm not allowed to, only the recovery drive is formattable. How do I perform this downgrade?? Posted by: rahul 19 Sep I have licenced vista business key , but I want to install xp in my pc. How to install and How to activate my key?

Posted by: Jason Martin 27 Feb Please I desperately need some tech advice on that. Posted by: Donnatella 20 Mar I've tried reinstalling XP but receive a message that I cannot revert back. My laptop came pre-installed with Vista. Nothing seems to let me reinstall XP after requesting a HD wipe. Posted by: Johnny 31 Mar Press F3 to terminate Posted by: Bill 31 May I just put XP Pro on my Inspiron Went fairly easy.

I went online and got the xp drivers for the devices listed in my device manager. Dell has them all available at their website. I did, however, use a new hard drive. I took out the original one and put it in a portable USB case. That way I can transfer files as needed - IF needed. It also keeps my original in tact along with the recover partition and software.

It was about 40 bucks for a faster and better WD drive at Dell. You need to turn off the Flash first than switch to ATA. It also helps if you download the Service pack 2 seperately for XP before you do it. Most programs and Virus protection will need SP2. I run NIS and it works great. The reason I switch was the ever present "Blue Screen of Death". I got sick of it.

I found out in all this that I pretty sure my original hard drive is bad. Now I have and gb Western Digital Drives in it. Than I have the original and another in cases I bought for a few bucks from Dell. Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update 3 hours, 10 minutes ago. Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update 3 hours, 12 minutes ago. I solved my problem by enabling secure boot on the host. I wish Microsoft came up with a clearer error message for such a trivial config issue.

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Follow 4sysops. Poll Will you deploy Windows 11 to end users in your organization in ? Yes No Don't know View Results. Subscribe to email updates Subscribe to post notifications. With five months left until Internet Explorer 11 IE11 retires on June 15, for certain versions of Windows 10 , its time to configure and test Internet Explorer IE mode in Microsoft Edge to make sure your business and your users are ready. But for crying out loud, give use the option to turn this crap off so it'll at least run like XP.

The other topic I wanted to give my 2 cents on was users complaining about how much it sucks up resources and to get the speed up you have to disable a bunch of eye-candy features. Shut-up and quite being so cheap.

While I agree that some of those toys are useless, I like to customize my GUI's to change the scenery. You'll have to come to grips that if you want to see all that flash, you'll need a GPU that has enough horsepower to keep up.

They aren't that expensive these days. As to the need to upgrade and "being cheap" most people don't need a power house of a computer. They don't game, they don't do video editing, they don't need most of the added crap that vista has, and thus they don't need Vista.

I am about to pull Vista off my wife's laptop and put XP on it because it offers better functionality for her. XP is jsut more efficient. In all reality I would have preferred windows 98 to XP but compatibility forced an upgrade. Oh wait, that is what Linux is for. You know there is a problem when an upgrade means going back to XP. Now that that is cleaerd up i would like to say stop flaming!