Downgrading Windows 7 To Vista?
Jan 26, 2011
Basically I'm having all sorts of problems with blue screens and stop errors on starting up my system (bought as windows 7) and it seems it might be a driver problem.I would re-install windows 7 but I don't have the disc for this, I do however have an old vista disk.My question is if I were to boot from CD and install vista, if it were to actually work and get me onto the system, does it wipe clean the hard drive? As there are many photos and such on there I would like to keep.
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Apr 21, 2012
I'm planning to downgrade to vista, (don't ask why) and I was wondering if I will keep the files I already have (images, music, documents) in a Windows.old folder, because I remember having that when I reformatted Windows 7 or something like that.The downgrade to Vista is built in my Samsung notebook (F4 on Startup to repair computer) but I have images/music on this laptop that I can't lose, and I don't have any USB's or hard drives I can use at this moment.
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Jul 10, 2009
I've been mulling this over for awhile and I'm throwing it out for discussion. We all have been playing with Windows 7 Ultimate for months now regardless of the build. Now when we get our Windows 7 HP or pro 10/22 will it let us downgrade from ultimate to Pro for example or is it really clean install time. We all know what a pain it is rebuilding our systems. Or is upgrading from ultimate to ultimate the ony way to avoid the pain of rebuilding our systems.
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Nov 21, 2010
yeah i upgraded to windows 7 last week but i cant play a few games of mine now because the driver updates for my computer is for only vista operating systems...
since i have to go back down to windows vista home premium i had a question, how can i ERASE my entire C drive completely and start fresh with a new windows vista installation disk?
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May 13, 2011
I have a new Dell laptop with windows 7. Win 7 is undoubtedly wonderful but I am used to XP. Can I downgrade the computer from 7 to XP ? If so, how?
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Jun 20, 2012
I'm trying to install Epicor Active planner on a Window 7 OS 64-bit architecture machine. The installation is not successful and instead the screen shot on which the following displays:"This install require a 32-bit archtecture". What procedure should I follow to change a 64-bit Window 7 OS architecture to 32-bit Window 7 OS architecture?
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Jul 16, 2012
I have a computer that is to be decommissioned here at the office, which is to say that it will no longer be used for work. The computer is to be given to a local school. The problem now is that it has been running Windows 7 Enterprise, and the license will expire in a few months. According to this site, [URL], Enterprise can be downgraded into Professional. However I can't seem to find a way to do this. Is this a free service, or do I have to purchase the license again? Customers licensed for use of Windows 7 Enterprise are generally licensed for Windows 7 Professional, which can be downgraded to Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 98, or Windows 95 operating system. You would not, however, be able to downgrade to Windows 7 Home Basic or Windows 7 Home Premium, or other consumer (Full Packaged Product - FPP) versions of Windows as they are different product editions and not prior versions of Windows 7 Professional.I have a legitimate Win 7-Ultimate license on my own computer, but I do not have the install CD for it (at the moment).
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Feb 3, 2013
i Just purchased a HP Envy dv6t 7200 Quad Edition, which is not a Bad PC for HP but it came pre-installed with windows 8. i recently downgraded it to windows 7 and have been using most of the drivers from the HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 which came with windows 7 but i seem to be missing two drivers that i have not been able to find: One Unknown Driver one PCI Device Driver
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I know the unknown Driver may be hard to find but i was hoping to get some help in finding the PCI Device driver.Here are the specs of the laptop:
dv6t Quad
- Windows 8 64
- 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820QM Processor (2.7 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR 5 video memory
- 12GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
- 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
- 9 cell Lithium Ion Battery
- 15.6-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
- SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
- HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated dual array digital microphone
- 802.11b/g/n WLAN
- Backlit Keyboard
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Nov 21, 2010
PC#1 already has Win7 Pro installed on it.I'm building PC#2 and have bought Win7 Home Premium.I want Pro on PC#2, and Home Prem on PC#1. Both OS's are retail box versions, not OEM.I want to downgrade PC#1 from Win7 Pro to Win7 Home Premium without reinstalling. I figure I can change the key on PC#1 to the Home Prem key, so I can use the Pro key on PC#2. Is this as stupid as I think it is? (I won't be offended if you say yes)
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Sep 11, 2011
How do I downgrade from 64 bit to 32 on window's 7?
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Feb 6, 2012
I'm having problems downloading flashplayer 11 on 64 bit, even though it says download successful and I still can't get my video to work.
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Dec 9, 2012
I have a vaio (svs15125cxb) that comes with win 8 installed. I would really like to go back to my w7 x64 but I can't. I disable safe boot, and then when windows 7 gets to the startup screen it freezes. I removed external hardware and tried different ways with no success.
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Sep 1, 2012
I have Windows 7. I'm trying to downgrade to Vista and re-upgrade to 7. My laptop won't even boot up at all because I apparently have a bad hard drive. I have both DVDs to boot it up but I can't even get past the starting windows screen. I also have the original Drivers and Utilities DVD for my laptop that came with it. I'm not sure if I should attempt to boot the Drivers DVD to repair the damaged hard drive or just try to downgrade and then re-upgrade?
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Jan 22, 2011
Have anyone tried doing the same thing? Upgrading/downgrading from Win7 64bit home premium to win 7 ultimate 32bit,What are the complications?
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Sep 15, 2012
I am doing it because my brother had his computer worked on by our Nephew, and he went from XP to 7 ultimate with a hacked copy of 7 ultimate. I have done a fresh install, but it keeps starting and reverting back to Ultimate, The kicker os that I can go to KEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion and see windows 7 home premium as the operating system with no CD product ID. I'll add the product key, and go to regiser it but it won't let me activate it. The thing I have an issue with is that even after a fresh install, it starts up and says windows 7 ultimate.
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Mar 24, 2011
I have installed Professional but the key I purchased is a dud. It was a MAC key but when I types it in it turns out it has already been used. I had no luck getting a valid one from the seller.It turns out I only really need Home Premium. If I buy a Home Premium one and authorize with that will it work.The reason I don't want to reinstall is I am using Bootcamp on a Mac Pro and I have to mess around a lot to get it working.
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Jan 21, 2011
I recently purchased a used computer at a very low price. On it was an installation of Windows 7. All seemed to be fine. I cleared out all the old junk, cookies, registry etc. Now I get a window error saying the computer can not verify my copy of Windows Enterprise and I should check with my IT department. I am a single home user with Windows 7 Home Premium on my other pc. I spoke with a local computer store and they said it sounds like the previous owner put a "bootleg" copy of Windows 7 Enterprise on the hard drive. Can I downgrade the Illegal Enterprise edition to my legitimate copy of Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade without losing all the programs and stuff I spent the last week installing on the new used pc?
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Jan 29, 2012
I was using a licensed version OS win7 ultimate on my old system. Now after upgrading the system (mobo, processor changed) it prompts me to purchase a new product key. I found that after a major up gradation using the the same product key violates the user end agreement and so I left it there and I purchased a Home premium .( Somebody suggested to convince MS about the up garadation but didn't try it)
Now in the new sys win 7 ultimate sp1 is running and i have to change the product key within 30 days. My query is- Can I downgrade to Home premuim without a clean install?
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Feb 12, 2013
I received a Dell Inspiron 15 3520 as a gift this Christmas. After playing with Windows 8, I decided to upgrade (downgrade) to Windows 7. So far, every driver downloaded has either worked or done nothing (which is fine) but the video drive has blue screen my computer after updating from both the Dell website and from Device Manager update. I'd like to have a working video card, but I'm afraid that Windows 7 does not support the HD video card in this laptop.
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Aug 15, 2012
My system dual boots to either Windows 7 or Vista Ultimate, or, at least it is supposed to. Something happened and now the system just boots to Winodows 7 without giving me the choice to boot to either. When I use F6 I find that only Windows 7 is listed in the Operating Systems box.
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Sep 13, 2010
New laptop has Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. I have two business programs that won't run on a 64bit system. Partitioned the hard drive to install Vista Home Premium 32bit to create a dual boot system solely to run these two programs.Can't get Vista to load. Followed tutorial meticulously. All goes fine until the "Vista will boot for the first time" step. After this first boot, the screen returns to the "completing installation" page. However, the process dies here and the progress bar across the bottom of the screen never moves, even after an hour. Reformatted the partition and started over with same results. Multiple attempts always die after the first boot.
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Sep 13, 2012
I have two drives (C and D) with Vista on one and Win 7 on the other (not sure if they're actual drives or partitions of a single drive, how do I tell?). I am dual booting and never use Vista. Starting to need the disk space and want to delete Vista. Is this difficult in this scenario?
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Apr 5, 2011
I had recently installed windows 7 on my laptop running windows vista. I did not remove the existing windows vista installation, and thus win 7 was installed in a dual boot combination. Now, i want to remove vista from my laptop and use windows 7 only.The problem is that during installation, win 7 was installed on logical drive and windows vista was on the primary drive. Thus, i cannot delete/format the windows vista partition. Also I cannot transfer the boot drive to the partition containing win 7 because the vista partition is the active one.
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Mar 23, 2012
I have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista with key codes etc and I have a legitimate upgrade disk for Windows 7. I had Windows 7 installed on a previous system build which had a HD crash and now I am starting again from scratch (wiyh backed up data).
Like a dolt, I installed Wondows 7 before I remembered it was an upgrade edition. I've looked all over the MS site and don't see a method I can use to Activate Windows 7 from this point. way to use my legitimate Windows disks and keys without having to wipe the drive, install Vista and then install Windows 7 yet again.
It's aggravating to have legitimate software and not be able to use it without needing to trick the system - surely there is a way to not have to start all over?
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Dec 17, 2012
I currently have Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit installed on my computer. I would like to downgrade to Win Xp for several reasons. I do know that i have to search for the required drivers (for windows xp of course) and download them to install after i install windows XP.My problem is that i do not know what drivers i need to search for since my computer is custom built by a friend of mine that, unfortunately, i do not talk to anymore. I am not very good with computers, but i do know how to install a copy of windows.
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Sep 18, 2011
I'm trying to downgrade from iTunes 10.5 to a version that doesn't crash (see my previous thread). However, whenever I do this, I cannot import my Library file (.itl) because it was created by a newer version of iTunes.
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Mar 18, 2012
I have recently upgraded my win vista 32 bit to windows 7 32 bit home premium. If my comp crashes do i need a vista bootable cd or can i repair it from windows 7 cd which i purchased
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Oct 11, 2009
I have dualboot XP SP3 and Vista Ultimate on my system,,and now i want to install Windows 7 over the XP OS. I wish to keep Vista with Windows 7 without reinstalling Vista.
Can I just install Windows 7 over XP , or should i be careful for MBR,or boot....
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Oct 7, 2009
I have currently installed ONLY XP Pro. I used to have Vista Premium installed on a separate partition, But I uninstalled that. I purchased Windows 7 Upgrade disk.
Here's the question, Do I need to reinstall Vista to upgrade to 7 using the Vista key?
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Mar 18, 2011
Will games for XP/Vista work on Win 7 platform?
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Sep 15, 2012
Will Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 64-bit-System Builder License and Media - 1 PC take me from Vista 32 to Win 7 64?
With so many Win 7 products, upgrades its confusing. I onyl need to take 1 computer from vista 32 to Win 7 64. I'm trying to not buy the wrong item and waste $90.00.
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