Revert to XP?

Question

I have heard that Dell are offering a package to revert to XP from Vista. Is this the case as I am now fed up with silly Vista issues and want my XP back. Is there such a thing as a downgrade to XP?

rlfranz · Answer

I too share the same frustrations. I have spend way too much of my personal time trying to debug programs and applications that are supposedly 'VISTA capable' but don't work at all. They all worked fine under WIN-XP.

mombodog · Answer

' Is there such a thing as a downgrade to XP?'   Not from Dell.     Sony, Toshiba, HP offer this downgrade to XP for business customers, at the time of purchase for free or a small fee. Message Edited by mombodog on 11-27-2007 05:05 PM

jmwills · Answer

Go and buy yourself a retail copy of XP and install it!!

rdas45 · Answer

I just got the delivery of my Dell 1420,

2.2 Ghz, 2GB, Nvidia 128 mb, Bluetooth, Camera, Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition.

I am just not comfortable with VISTA. I feel its just too much of a mess. XP is way better. I was going through all the drivers list available from Dell support. Few drivers were missing like the

Nvidia, Sound, etc.

I was wondering can i safely REPLACE vista with Xp Professional and still have all the hardware of my 1420 working perfectly fine?

I have read a lot in these forums, but since few drivers are not provided from Dell support, can we safely do this installation and have everything working perfectly fine?

Please help me, i know some of you folks have already answered it but I am just curious to know if there are any flaws in doing so.

I dont wanna experience like Notebook hanging or some major installation problem or hardware detection problem..

Give me some good peice of advice.. Cheers..

jmwills · Answer

The nVidia site will have the driver as will the other manufacturers for their devices.

discostu668 · Answer

my advice would be to stick with vista. i have found that in the time i have had vista installed on my system (dimension 9150) i feel that it is far superior to XP in a lot of ways. some people claim vista to be a bit of a resource hog, but i have never experienced this problem and quite frankly it is obvious that vista is more graphic-intensive, which would account for any extra use of resources. and vista can be daunting at first but once you get used to it, it is very easy to navigate.

any drivers for non-dell hardware like your video, sound cards, camera, scanner, etc... can be downloaded directly from the manufacturer's websites. i would never install dell drivers for these devices as they tend to be grossly out-of-date.

mombodog · Answer

Here are some similar downgrades   1720 http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&message.id=235753   1721  http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&thread.id=239721   E1405  http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&message.id=235754#M235754   Vostro 1700  http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&message.id=234967#M234967     First you have to Identify what hardware models you have in the 1420 and then look for XP drivers that match.

rdas45 · Answer

Hi,   You almost read my mind, i feel vista does kinda hog on the memory and performance of the computer.. I like XP more, so i guess i might just change to xp professional in sometime.. also has anyone does this change from Vista to XP on a inspiron notebook? and specifically if anyone has done it on a Inspiron 1420.   I would appreciate your help. cheers!

reddice · Answer

Although XP is a stable OS it is the most ugliest out of all of them. On XP I switch it right to classic. Vista is much more prettier and that is what matters to me. How good it looks. I had a couple of pieces of software that did not work in Vista so I upgraded them or just got rid of them and did without them. I was not going to put a six year old ugly OS on there. Don't get me wrong XP is strong stable OS but so is Vista but I was not going to downgrade for some software that I can live without.

Robert Moyer · Answer

I just got my xps 420 last week and I went to install my Dragon Naturally speaking 8 and guess what no can do I called  scansoft and they told me they will not put out drivers for 8 but will for naturally speaking 9,which costs $99.00,Isn't that nice!! Print shop deluxe 22 doesn't support it either another one I have   Bob Moyer

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