Vista Backlash: Microsoft Quietly Lets Vista Users Revert to XP

[Computer Hope Admin]

Hate Vista? If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Windows Ultimate and you're fed up with the OS you may be able to ditch Vista for XP Pro. Microsoft is quietly allowing you to downgrade to Windows XP Pro.

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[Comp Guy]

Oh wow.

[Dark Blade]

Sweet! Never heard of people actually wanting to downgrade before, but then again, there's never been anything like Vista.

[Richenstony]

WOW i bet bill gates is spinning around...... thats amazing lol i wonder why they haven't offered it to any other vista format user .... 

[Dilbert]

I bet they soon make it available for Vista Home.

[Calum]

If you want XP, why not just buy with XP rather than Vista?
This seems pointless to me.

[patio]

It is.
But many consumers went into the Holiday shopping season last year wanting the latest and greatest thing...
Most pre-built units by the major builders were built with Vista. Only the very knowledgable knew they had options.

[dl65]

I purchased my newest machine with Vista ..... my thinking was that I should give Vista a good test drive.......... Here's what I have experienced after using Vista for almost 8weeks now.
Sometimes, it will operate very good............This may last 2 or 3 days....... and then various error messages will start appearing.
For example........  for no apparent reason, while using IE7 ......... a message will appear saying that Explorer has ceased functioning....... .and there is several options available.......... 1 check for a solution , 2 shutdown and restart.
If I select option 1 check for solution......... the resultant answer is that Adobe Flash player has caused the issue ....and to go to the Abobe site for a possible solution.
Adobe site says sorry............... we dont have a solution.......... LOL ........

Then for no particular reason , Vista simply locks up......... this may occur in almost any program.

I have formatted this new machine twice in 8 weeks ....and am not impressed. I am almost to the point of buying a new copy of XP and dumping Vista.
If anyone has had similar issues with Vista ....and have resolved them , I would appreciate hearing.

dl65 

[Comp Guy]

I purchased my newest machine with Vista ..... my thinking was that I should give Vista a good test drive.......... Here's what I have experienced after using Vista for almost 8weeks now.
Sometimes, it will operate very good............This may last 2 or 3 days....... and then various error messages will start appearing.
For example........  for no apparent reason, while using IE7 ......... a message will appear saying that Explorer has ceased functioning....... .and there is several options available.......... 1 check for a solution , 2 shutdown and restart.
If I select option 1 check for solution......... the resultant answer is that Adobe Flash player has caused the issue ....and to go to the Abobe site for a possible solution.
Adobe site says sorry............... we dont have a solution.......... LOL ........

Then for no particular reason , Vista simply locks up......... this may occur in almost any program.

I have formatted this new machine twice in 8 weeks ....and am not impressed. I am almost to the point of buying a new copy of XP and dumping Vista.
If anyone has had similar issues with Vista ....and have resolved them , I would appreciate hearing.

dl65 

Hehe, I know exactly what you're talking about.

[dl65]

 Comp Guy ......  Perhaps you would care to share your issues with Vista...... and what if anything you have resolved.


dl65 

[patio]

The testbench machine i have has Vista on a seperate HDD...
The little annoyances come out of nowhere but it's been pretty stable for awhile.
Both Photoshop and AutoCad hated it ...or Vista hated them, i still can't tell.

Overall i'd have to say it's not ready for prime time.

[Comp Guy]

Comp Guy ......  Perhaps you would care to share your issues with Vista...... and what if anything you have resolved.


dl65 

I don't usually write to companies about problems, I've only done it like once. Usually I like to fix things myself (or with the assistance of computer savvy people).

Why? Have you written them?

[Richenstony]

I think vista is extremely pretty ..... its a amazing OS with a few bugs deal with it people.... 

[dl65]

patio.......  I may end up doing something similar with Vista.

I installed photoshop on Vista and have had no issues ....... or I dont think so.


dl65  

[Comp Guy]

I think vista is extremely pretty ..... its a amazing OS with a few bugs deal with it people.... 

It should get near as stable as Windows soon.... maybe in another 10 years.

[dl65]

Comp Guy .........  You didnt understand my comment .... based on your response......
I'll try it again......... You akcnowledge you have issues with Vista, but arent prepared to suggest how you have rectified them ? ....or are you just putting up with them?   For the record , I have been in touch with Adobe.


dl65 

[dl65]

Comp Guy ............

It should get near as stable as Windows soon.... maybe in another 10 years.

II'm sorry to appear as if I'm on your case, but I'm not.......... it's just that I wonder which version of the Windows operating system you refer to in your quote?


dl65 

[Richenstony]

Comp Guy ............

It should get near as stable as Windows soon.... maybe in another 10 years.

II'm sorry to appear as if I'm on your case, but I'm not.......... it's just that I wonder which version of the Windows operating system you refer to in your quote?


dl65 

Why would he get that impression 

[Comp Guy]

Comp Guy .........  You didnt understand my comment .... based on your response......
I'll try it again......... You akcnowledge you have issues with Vista, but arent prepared to suggest how you have rectified them ? ....or are you just putting up with them?   For the record , I have been in touch with Adobe.

dl65 

No I'm just sort of putting up with them for now. I haven't done much problem fixing lately.

Comp Guy ............

It should get near as stable as Windows soon.... maybe in another 10 years.

II'm sorry to appear as if I'm on your case, but I'm not.......... it's just that I wonder which version of the Windows operating system you refer to in your quote?


dl65 

XP 

[patio]

I think vista is extremely pretty ..... its a amazing OS with a few bugs deal with it people.... 

There are more than a few bugs.
Don't get me wrong and i don't want to see a Vista bashing thread...those are usually unproductive.
All i am saying is it was rushed to market...wasn't ready ...and hopefully the Service Packs will help as they did with XP.

BTW i've been tinkering with it since the first Longhorn release so it's not a casual observation.

[dl65]

Don't get me wrong and i don't want to see a Vista bashing thread...those are usually unproductive.
All i am saying is it was rushed to market...wasn't ready ...and hopefully the Service Packs will help as they did with XP.

I couldn't agree with you more.   
I was hoping for some incite from other Vista users, who have been able to recify their issues.

dl65 

[Richenstony]

I think vista is extremely pretty ..... its a amazing OS with a few bugs deal with it people.... 

There are more than a few bugs.
Don't get me wrong and i don't want to see a Vista bashing thread...those are usually unproductive.
All i am saying is it was rushed to market...wasn't ready ...and hopefully the Service Packs will help as they did with XP.

BTW i've been tinkering with it since the first Longhorn release so it's not a casual observation.

I agree with it being rushed out to fast but i have no hardware conflicts of any kind with it it runs just as good as x-p if not better , i finally got a dual boot going and i have to say x-p and vista combined is a force to be reconned with .... a lot of people like calum and Chris like the old classic look maybe due to the low memory usage im not to sure but i think its worth the look , they have gone over the top with the boot though , when you get that little vista icon flash that just takes up more time to boot into desktop *yawns*....... i love vista bugs or no bugs ..... its a great OS ...... i like love it ...... im a enthusiastic computer user just like all of you and i want my OS to run without bugs just like all of you , but i think a little time and patients and all vista users will be rewarded with a top notch secure os with no glitches ....

[Computer Hope Admin]

The majority of all my Vista issue were driver / update related issues. Although honestly mostly driver issues. After the first few months I was able to fix most of my issues with drivers. Although some of them still encounter occasional hiccups, for the most part they work pretty good. I'm still primarily using XP though, I still have some big grudges on some of the things they've changed.

Like has been said earlier, I think Microsoft just released this OS too early and that many more of the small glitches still out there will be resolved with the SP and additional updates from vendors. Unlike other operating systems *nix / MacOS Microsoft has a lot of backward compatibility, new computer users, older software, and dozens of other small annoyances they would be so hard to deal with.

[Fed]

I'll bet the big computer manufacturers can't handle the customer support calls for Vista and Microsoft have come to the party to ease their pain.
It's only fair considering W2K is freeware to compensate XP users.

[Comp Guy]

Don't get me wrong and i don't want to see a Vista bashing thread...those are usually unproductive.
All i am saying is it was rushed to market...wasn't ready ...and hopefully the Service Packs will help as they did with XP.

I couldn't agree with you more.   
I was hoping for some incite from other Vista users, who have been able to recify their issues.

dl65 

Sorry, haven't fixed anything. I have issues with my built-in camera.