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Post by peppercat on Jan 10, 2009 14:54:16 GMT
I know you will say this has been done so many times but !
I have a friend with Vista on her computer.
She wants rid..
If she buys an XP disk is it easy for her to set it up herself ?
If so would you please give me step by step directions for non techy or computer literate (and there are a lot of us ) people..
Thankyou in anticipation/
PS I have searched in here but cant find such directions..
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Post by ken on Jan 10, 2009 19:20:56 GMT
Hello Pepper,
This has been done so many times but!
Firstly she will have to go to the makers website and download the XP drivers for her model of computer, and burn them to disk or put them on a memory card. Her Vista drivers wont work with XP. Without the network card driver, she wont be able to get online to get them later.
Stick the disk in the coffee cup holder and reboot the computer. It should try and boot from the disk; but if it wont, she will have to reboot and push Delete or whatever the F number is to get into BIOS. Then set the boot order to CD/DVD drive as first boot.
Right, now it will ask her to push any button to boot from the disk. It will then load all the files until it gets to the point where it will ask her what she wants to do and she should click Install Windows. She will have to push F8 to except the agreement. It will then look for installed versions of Windows and promptly tell her that she has a later version installed and it cant be done. She should then tell it to delete the C: drive and push D to confirm it. Then tell it to install on the free space left by the delete, it will format C: and go into install mode. Then she just have to follow the directions, put in the key number, UK time zone and language. When it finishes she will have to answer a few questions to get into Windows. Tell her not to bother trying to unlock it, as it wont be online yet and she should just click Skip.
Once she is into Windows, she will need to install all the drivers from the disk she burnt. They might be zipped files when she downloads them, she should unzip them before burning them to disk and burn then naked. The installation wizard will find the right ones if they are ordinary .exe files, but it wont if they are zipped up.
I think thats about it really. If you have got any questions ask someone else, I've just worn my finger out.
KC
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 10, 2009 19:53:48 GMT
 KC....lol, I'm sure you don't mean that, you'll be back ;D[/size][/font] |
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Post by ken on Jan 10, 2009 20:18:12 GMT
I'm over doing it Lynnrose and I'm on the verge of a heart attack. This is my 8th post in only 3½ years, I can't keep up that sort of a pace for ever.
KC
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Post by peppercat on Jan 10, 2009 20:23:13 GMT
Hello KC..
Long time no see.
I know you havent worn your finger out--you have been saving your delicate hands to answer my question with..
Thankyew so much..
I may be back to ask you how to unzip files...rofl..
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Post by peppercat on Jan 10, 2009 20:24:32 GMT
get thee to the jigsaws--and stop slacking..
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Post by ken on Jan 10, 2009 20:51:12 GMT
Your welcome Pepper.
Just double click um and they unzip and a naked .exe file will pop out.
I've had too much going on, to mess with jiggies at the moment. I will get back into it shortly.
KC
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Post by peppercat on Jan 10, 2009 20:55:52 GMT
Thank you again Ken..
Taken out of context it seems quaite rood..lol
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Post by ken on Jan 10, 2009 22:40:42 GMT
Its all in your mind Pepper.
KC
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Post by computing50yrs on Jan 11, 2009 11:38:03 GMT
Regarding the XP Drivers on a Vista PC, I have found that if there is a D; drive set up under vista then this may contain the XP drivers as well as Vista Drivers. Its certainly true for my Medion Laptop
Graham
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Post by peppercat on Jan 11, 2009 14:52:11 GMT
Right Graham and thanks--I will pass that info along..
Ken here is friends reply..
I've printed all that off Peps and will show it to Belinda when she comes tomorrow.
Thanks for getting the info for me, I wouldnt have a clue, I've read all that stuff and
its gobble de gook to me, lol.
And then she goes on to say.....wait for it..
I've been racking my brains wondering where my coffee cup holder is, Lester (grandson)has just pressed a button and shown me and then collapsed laughing when I said what a natty idea it was to supply somewhere for your coffee cup.
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Post by peppercat on Jan 11, 2009 14:53:17 GMT
She didnt really mean it !!!!!!!!!!!
I hope !!
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Post by ken on Jan 12, 2009 17:11:20 GMT
I hope she didn't as well Pepper. I've go visions of her sticking a hot cup of coffee there, rebooting her computer and getting the lot thrown in her lap.
KC
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Post by millwall on Jan 14, 2009 5:16:53 GMT
I hope she didn't as well Pepper. I've go visions of her sticking a hot cup of coffee there, rebooting her computer and getting the lot thrown in her lap. KC Or even worse - over the computer  |
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