[itdiscuss] Vista to XP

Thu Feb 5 13:29:26 EST 2009

I have done this for 7 laptops here. Most Important, make sure you have a
way to restore the systems to whatever they came installed with!!! Then, I
suggest that you go through the device manager, and write down everything
that the system has. Then go online and download the XP drivers for the
system. You can locate most of them by searching the dell site, but also
"Google" knows everything! So far, there has only been one glitch - I could
not find the driver for the touchpad on one Inspiron, and XP installed the
default driver. The touchpad works, but we cannot adjust the sensitivity. I
agree with Ken about Vista, but "New" is sometimes difficult to push onto
our staff. I am planning a "Vista training day" in order to familiarize
everyone with the new OS, and then probably moving all systems to 7 when it
comes out. And, contrary to anything you have read or heard, Vista 64bit
does crash, I crashed it on my laptop a few days ago!

Bob Cameron
IT Administrator
First United Methodist Church Lawrenceville
770-963-0386 x158

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   1. Vista to XP (Ray Tyner)
   2. Re: Vista to XP (Marcia Wright)
   3. Re: Vista to XP (Thompson, Ken)

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:36:06 -0500
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Has anyone attempted to retrograde a Vista install to XP?  I have four
Vista computers that were purchased before Dell offered the "buy
Vista/ship XP" deals.  The users are fed up with Vista.

Ray Tyner

Peachtree City UMC

678.642.3362

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:53:48 -0600
From: "Marcia Wright" <marciawright at fumctulsa.org>
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I did a Dell Vostro Laptop and had a very hard time locating some of the
drivers that were needed. Once I located and got all of them installed I
have had no issues come to light.  

Marcia L. Wright

Network Administrator

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Has anyone attempted to retrograde a Vista install to XP?  I have four
Vista computers that were purchased before Dell offered the "buy
Vista/ship XP" deals.  The users are fed up with Vista.

Ray Tyner

Peachtree City UMC

678.642.3362

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From: "Thompson, Ken" <Ken.Thompson at mtw.org>
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Nope, that's kind of moving in the wrong direction. All of us in IT know
that change is tough on our users. But, bottom line, there really is no
going back. We've got to deal with the new OS no matter what if we're going
to stick with PC's. We've just moved the majority of our XP users to Vista
and yes, there were complaints. It takes a few months but once you get past
those, things smooth out and everyone gets happy.

Are the issues just the OS or are there apps that are not working right in
Vista? Our biggest pain point was not Vista, but instead, was waiting on
several applications to get their act together and redesign their software
to work in Vista. Some of these were very big, global companies. That's what
I found to be most frustrating. We're still dealing with print driver issues
for some of our larger copy / printer / fax systems. I was very impressed
with HP - they had most of their drivers updated by the time Vista was
released to market. Wish others would get their act together and do the
same.

I'm now moving to Windows 7 (hope to install tonight). My goal is that as an
IT team we will keep ahead of the coming changes and know what to expect
before we try to do a roll-out to staff. I think this one will be much
smoother than the XP to Vista change - but, remember, 7 is knocking at the
door (is really Vista R2 - but with some really good improvements that users
like).

Ken Thompson | IT Manager | Mission to the World
1600 N. Brown Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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Subject: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP

Has anyone attempted to retrograde a Vista install to XP?  I have four Vista
computers that were purchased before Dell offered the "buy Vista/ship XP"
deals.  The users are fed up with Vista.

Ray Tyner
Peachtree City UMC
678.642.3362

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