Uninstall Windows And Install Windows XP
May 26, 2008
I have searched high and low for an easy way to revert back to XP from a Vista Premium OEM install. Of course the error message comes up after reboot "Unable To Load OS". I have tried even to dual boot with no success. I have used the following programs to revert back to XP:
-Vista Boot Pro
-EasyBCD
-Paragon Partition Manager Professional
-Acronis Disk Director Suite
Paragon worked but I was unable to dual boot and it left Vista intact on the partition. I deleted the Vista partition after a good XP install and when I rebooted I was faced with the "Unable To Load OS" error message. Does anyone have an EASY solution for this problem? As in a complete hard drive erase to clear the boot files?
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Apr 24, 2009
I am having problems with Live Mail. Very often it will not start. I want to uninstall it and re-install it but I don't know how to uninstall it.It is not listed in Programs and Features. I tried downloading windows live mail and installing it over the top of live mail but I get the message that it is already installed and it will not reinstall.
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Nov 20, 2008
I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit.
I was having problems installing a program (Berlitz German Premier) where the install would just disappear halfway thru the process. A program would not appear under my programs list but when I went to Uninstall an icon for uninstall of the Berlitz software appears for each time I tried to install it. However I get the following error messages (see attached document with screen captures) when I tried to delete it the traditional way.
When I use Windows Install Clean Up utility, the program is nowhere to be found on the list; thus I can't use that program.
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Jun 22, 2009
I replaced an Asus M2N-SLI mobo for an Asus M3N-HT Deluxe Series mobo that has Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit installed on the SATA 1 HD. On the SATA 2 HD opensuse linux 11.1 is installed. When I booted for the first time the Asus M3N-HT Deluxe Series the Windows Vista Home Premium ran well, and I did not have any problems reactivating the operating system. I did had problems with opensuse linux 11.1, but after reinstalling it again on the second HD drive it also works well. I bought a Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Installation DVD, but I cannot install it. How can I uninstall Windows Vista Premium 32-bit so that the new 64-bit version will install properly on the SATA 1 HD?
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Jun 10, 2008
I am running Windows Vista Ultimate and Microsoft Defender is installed by default. I want to uninstall it but it doesn't even show up in the Programs & Features list (Uninstall or change a program window). How do I go about to fully uninstall that program.
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Jul 20, 2009
I have been working on a users computer for a about a week now and have read about 100 posts on google. I am having trouble uninstalling Service Pack 2 from her Vista X64 machine. I want uninstall the service pack because it has created havoc for her computer. It constantly keeps rebooting at random times and shows a blue screen beginning to dump physical memory. Then when Windows boots back up it says it has recovered from a serious error. On average the computer reboots at least 4 or 5 times a day. I have tried to remove it from the control panel and it says "uninstall was not completed successfully." Her system restore date does not go back far enough, so I can not restore her PC before the SP2 was installed. Have tried all the steps from the following post: How to uninstall Windows Vista service packs as a troubleshooting step. The command line option just sits there for about 5 minutes and then returns to the C: prompt, it never asks me to reboot the system. Another technician installed the SP and he did not save the restore files. I have tried to download the SP 2 and place the file in C: emp and uninstall through the command line but this also does not work. I am stuck and need help uninstalling service pack 2. The user also just purchased an HP printer office jet 6500 and have read online that HP printers have not had much success with Vista x64 systems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If possible, I do not want to reload the PC and I only have remote access to the computer.
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Jul 24, 2009
I have just recently uninstalled windows 7 on my gateway MD series laptop I was dual booting with vista usually when i started up it would get a screen that asked me which OS i wanted to startup...then i deleted windows 7 via disk manager i formatted the drive now when i start up i still get the thing asking me which OS to startup even after it is already deleted it is a very annoying problem
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May 29, 2009
Out of sheer stupidity and over-excitement upon installing my new Vista Ultimate back in June last year, when I starting installing the widows Updates, I chose several non-essential updates ... most of which were language packs. I now have Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,Slovenian, Swedish, and Thai....all of which I now need to get rid of. I'm experiencing some system errors that suggest they're related to one or more of these language packs. Regardless, I don't need them and want to eliminate them. HOWEVER, when I attempt to remove them through the lpksetup.exe process (or same with Control Panel>>Regional and Language Options>>keyboards__ and Languages >>Install/Uninstall languages ), it goes through the process (creating restore point, removing language
packs, etc.) and after several minutes, gives me a window which states, "All selected language files failed to be removed". Then, it shows a list with all of the languages I selected which is titled "Failed removals:".
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Mar 23, 2008
I have windows vista and it is not compaitble with most of the games I like to play. I went to compatabilty wizard and went through the process but I am still unable to open the game. I get a response that says "ths application can be launched with a relase version of Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003" I have Windows 98 that I would like to install so I can play this game. When trying to install Windows 98 it states that it is not compatible with Vista. Can I uninstall Vista to install Windows 98?
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May 15, 2010
My Toshiba Labtop has crashed.I think a shared file was deleted. Labtop was operating under Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit.It happened right after uninstalling Java; because the dang updates kept popping up and it was getting annoying. Now whenever i start it, it comes to a black screen and a minute later a cursor pops up. Safe mode does not work.I have tried the recovery disk, but to no avail.I know im doing right because i purchased some Boots Disks off ebay and they come right up (PC wizard; Pc doctor).So i bought Windows Vista Ultimate and tried to install and i cant get to install thru boot.I ither need to know how to install windows thru boot, but id much rather just fix current windows.
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Jun 29, 2009
I have to install Windows Vista Business over Windows 2000 on several school computers, then roll it back to XP. Do I need to remove the 2000 first? Need advice on the easiest way to accomplish this
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Oct 9, 2009
I have tried going into Programs and Features and It show it but gives on option to uninstall.
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Aug 15, 2009
I'm running Vista Ultimate SP2 and for some time now I'm having significant trouble installing and uninstalling programs. Whenever I try to install or uninstall, the process starts and it either takes a very, very long time to complete (2 hours or more), or the process hangs and I get a message stating the installer is not responding. I think I have found at least part of the problem in that system restore is not operational. If I open the "system protection" tab, the system restore button is greyed out and there are no disks displayed to create restore points. My belief is that system restore is not creating a restore point when an install/uninstall is started and
thus the process times out.
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Dec 20, 2009
Vista states an installer is already running when attempting to uninstall any software. Error:"Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again."Even while logged in as Admin, after reboot, turing off Anti-Virus, and checking the running processes for any msi or Windows Installer entries. At one point I disabled the Windows Installer service, rebooted the PC, and then started the service again just to get an application installed.
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May 25, 2008
I would like to check the memory for errors BEFORE I load/install Windows Vista Home Premium x64 to avoid install hang-ups. Can you make an ISO CD of this program, load it in your CD/DVD drive and check your memory for errors? I recently updated the BIOS on the board (DP35DP) and it does show all of the 4GB of Kingston ValueRam PC800 1.8v (2x2gb) installed. I have good reason to believe that it's from a respectable manufacturer. Just want to make sure the memory is good before I load up the OS.
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Dec 6, 2009
I am helping a friend install windows updates on her Sony VAIO laptop with Vista Home Premium SP1 installed. Laptop had not been updated since January 2009. All updates completed fine with the exception of KB973565. When installed via automatic windows updates I get the following error...........
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May 15, 2010
i uninstalled "Fable Lost Chapters" because it was using up space on my drive. So i uninstalled the game, half way through the uninstallation the PC lagged so i used task manager to close the uninstaller. My first mistake was right there, after when i tried to uninstall it, it said i had finished but everything was clearly still there.
So i read around the forums, and i used a force uninstaller which worked fine, except the "fable lost chapters" icon was still in the "uninstall or change program" windows, with no stats, (ie how big it is, last altered ect). Game was gone but the value was still there. So i fished around the regeditor hoping to find it, but no luck there. I have also tried using "C CLeaner" to delete the entry but it gives me this error message "Cannot delete MSI installer" no idea what that means.
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Dec 11, 2009
I mistakenly downloaded MS Winter Fun Pack 2004 for XP on my Vista computer, I didn't see that it said for XP when I downloaded and installed it. Using the uninstall in Control panel, I tried to uninstall. I got back an error (1713) message that say's 'can't install'.
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Sep 19, 2009
Is there any reason for me to install a program to the other program files, or is it there just to provide stability? Im trying to figure these 2 out, and really I would perfer to only have 1 program files, just so I dont get them confused. Is there any way to have every program I install go directly to (86), and eventually just uninstall and delete everything in the original program files?
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Mar 10, 2008
I have tried Uninstalling it via add/remove programs. It says it was completely removed. I then tried to install Trend Micro, however when that runs we get an error message that says "a fatal windows error has occured please restart your computer and try again"
Then from searching thru this forum I found out about the Norton Removal tool. We downloaded and ran that and it found other things to remove. Once it was completed we tried to install Trend Micro again but still get the same error message. At this time we are running a full system restore to bring the Laptop back to out of the box condition. Has anyone had this happen before, and are there any steps I am missing?
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Apr 26, 2009
I understand that Vista SP2 RC update has to be uninstalled before installing SP2 RTM update(when bcomes available). Does 5the Windows Update automatically uninstall SP2 RC update or does it has to be done manually?
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May 5, 2008
can you tell me a way to uninstall Call of Duty other than through putting in the disk and pressing UNINSTALL or in the 'All Programs'? Because it just won't uninstall there: I press install and the window simply closes and nothing else. I am asking this because I have found some patches on the Activision website (now I can get on it again) and I wan't to reinstall it...
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Aug 26, 2009
Is it possible to install Windows OS without using CD/DVD? I got the backup of ISO on my computer. I saw a free program named Wubi but it only installs Ubuntu. I'm starting to hate Vista so I would like to install Windows XP, while waiting for Windows 7
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Sep 22, 2009
Didn't find a post for 7, I'm downloading Windows 7 from the Technet site, which downloads as a .iso file. My question is what do I do with the file after I've downloaded it. I tried to boot off of it as to get ready to install the OS but nothing happens.
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May 20, 2008
I've currently got windows XP pro installed. (I've got the XP pro OS installation disk here too) Is it possible to install it again but on another partition/HDD? (So I have XP installed on a partition, then installed again on another partition create 2 places to boot from.) And if I have it installed twice using the same XP install disk, could I upgrade one of them using a Vista ultimate upgrade disk? (This leaves me with XP pro on one partition and Vista on another.) Am I allowed to do this?
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Dec 29, 2008
I have a brand new Dell XPS 730x with 6 GIG RAM, Intel i7 64-bit processor, and one SATA2 500 GIG hard drive. It came with Windows Vista Home Premium 64 pre-installed...I am trying to run a program that is only compatible with windows xp32bit. I already have done everything from re-formatting the hard drive and erasing it of vista 64... to artitioning it... to running a virtual window with XP in it...None of them have worked...The problem is that when i try to install XP, when it comes time to select the drive to install it is unable to locate any hard drive.... I am unable to load drivers to enable this because it requests for the drivers to be on a floppy, and the machine came without one installed on it...
I go to computer shops, but it is against their secret code to inform me how to do it, they just tell me I will not be able to. However they could do it for me "no problem" but it will cost me $100... I follow instructions very well... If they could do it I could do it.... If i need to get supplies I will get them... I just want to get it done..I have an old ATA hard drive with XP already on it...I purchased an adapter so it can connect to the motherboard...Still I have had no luck...I am not running a RAID config...I have tried the thumbdrive technique...I have tried but am unable to access the bcdedit.exe (and i heard that is for after XP is installed)... I understand that XP32 has to be installed first if it is on one hard drive...I would prefer to be able to use the old hard drive for XP(since it is already installed), and the new one for vista64... and then just dual boot...Every which way I try to install XP it never sees either of the hard drives...change **** in the BIOS? Do I need a cable? Do i need to download a special driver?
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Feb 25, 2010
I am updating my computer and I thought it was finish but my computer restarts and I encountered the death blue screen. I can't switch into safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with Command Prompt and Last Known good configuration. I don't know how to solve this problem because I can't get into any of the modes and even I inserted the installation disc I can't still see any repair computer or what. It will just turn to blank screen with space at the upper left after if i will insert the installation disc.
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Jul 2, 2008
Can not be able to install windows search 4.0
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Feb 15, 2009
When trying to install on a new 64-bit machine, am receiving "the update does not apply to your system" from the installer, and it fails.
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Oct 2, 2009
Version 10 and it still has all the same glitches, endless code and incompatabilities it had since the beginning. Wireless support totally sucks, audio support is a jolk, and usually you have to settle with haveing one of the two work depending on which distro you install. I tried Linux for a third time when I saw the new version 10 and it still sucks. I now have XP back on my Eee PC and everything works as it should with no code hhaving to be written, or config to suffer from The age old question: what can windows do that Linux can't? Aside from everything in general the main answer is WORK!
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May 26, 2009
Im Useing Windows vista and i was wanting to know if i can install Linux with Windows? i heard u can Install Two Operating systems on your computer. but will it work with Linux though?
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