Sorry to hear you are having problems.  I upgraded my E510 desktop from XP Media Center to Vista Home Premium the day it came out and wouldn't consider going back to XP.  I had a minor software problem (one program was not Vista compatible) but I didn't really use that program so it wasn't a "loss".  No hardware problems as the PC was "vista ready" (except I had to upgrade the BIOS), Vista drivers were available for my sound and video cards and my Epson all in one printer/scanner.

 

If you wanted to install XP, you would have to reformat and reinstall everything.  Check the Dell downloads to see if all the XP drivers are there.  If not, you should reconsider.

Hi

Like fireberd, I upgraded my E510 from Winxp Media. I thought it was very slow.

i went back and did a upgrade/clean install. Vista is running great now. Even my old

HP PSC 750 worked and i have it networked with my XP home machine. I have a good

internet connection and Vista connects faster than XP. I did upgrade to 2gig of memory

and better vid. card. One other thing i did was turn off that annoying UAC feature.

 Good luck.

 

My dislikes refer to speed, failure to recognize some software, hardware and drivers and it freezes regularly. 

 

And you think this is a Vista problem

1 some software did you check to see if it is Vista ready did Microsoft right the software?

2 hardware did you check it to see if it was Vista ready .Microsoft did not build the hardware

3 Microsoft did not write the driver.

4 Sure go buy a new XP pro to replace Vista on a new PC boy that does not make sence to me

But i am not the one going back to XP.

5 Have you looked on the XP forum to see all of the XP bugs it is having too.

Looks to me like XP has just as much trouble as Vista and maybe more ! 

Sure go back to XP with all of it,s bugs not me .

Good luck with the XP bugs LOL.

See yea.

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Murdoch Matheson wrote:

I have had Vista now for close totwo months and, like a host of others,  am more than ready to go back to XP Professional until Vista has all its bugs sorted out.  My dislikes refer to speed, failure to recognise some software, hardware and drivers and it freezes regularly.  Other than that it's O.K.!!!

 

How do I go about reinstalling XP on the very latest high  end   Inspiron E1705.  Does it have to be a clean from start installation? Does the new Vista driven mother board support XP drivers?  If not, where do I go from there.

 

Your help please.

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You may be better off to try and solve the Vista 'problems' rather than reverting to XP.

I think that Vista is having the same teething problems that all new or updated OS have had.  It is just so darn irritating to find that Microsoft offers a new system and to blazes with hardware and software and drivers you have that are not compatible. For example anything older than Adobe 7 it just doesn;'t recognise.  I was very comfortable with XP and I never had any but miniscule problems. My colleagues are of similar opinion as are others such as the following links lead you to. 

Thank you for your comments though, I am just too impatient to try and come to grips with Vista right now.  I am in my late seventies....I just don't have the time!! 

 

http://www.betanews.com/article/dell_brings_back_windows_XP_as_option/1177009159

 

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_xp_apps.asp

Software and hardware companies had lots of time to develop drivers for Vista before it's public release. Many companies were developing (and releasing) beta drivers for many builds of Vista during the entire beta cycle.

There is no excuse for companies waiting months after Vista's RTM (release to manufacturing, Nov '06) to have drivers/updates available. This was a major OS, after all.

can xp be upgraded to vista with the vista upgrade dvd.I ask this on the microsoft site

is says that you cannot upgrade 32 bit to 64 bit software.Are 32 bit vista home basic

the same as xp home the same.They have alot in common??.Yes there is a 64 bit

xp it seems.Did it sell well no.Why do 3rd party software people do what to talk

about vista.I may have ago with vista 32bit.Microsoft seem to what sell 100% of

worlds software and seem vista is the way they tring to do it.THE WORD UPGRADE

SEEM TO BE MISUSED.Microsoft also appear to have said that vista thing for pc

purchase between two dates???????are free.I told there anther ways to get same

vista features??????.Why dose Bill need more money?????

 Hi Vistadog

Windows XP HOME is the = to Vista Home 32 bit

XP PRO is the = to Vista Business 32 bit

XP MEDIA EDTION is the = to Vista home premium 32 bit

and all of these can be upgraded to Vista Ultimate 32 bit

If you have any version the above you can not UPGRADE to Vista 64 bit

EDTION it has to be a clean install only. Microsoft told you right on that.

 

If you have any of the upper versions in 64 bit you can upgrade it to a 64 bit version

You can not upgrade from Windows XP PRO 64 bit to ANY version of Vista 64 bit

it has to be a clean install only.

Vista is not just 64 bit software.

Vista 64 bit comes on it.s own DVD  !

Vista 32 bit comes on it,s own DVD  !

If you do not understand why Bill need more money by now you will never understand it.

Why does Dell need more money ? Can you answer that ?

Have a Good Day !