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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance...
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
Before doing anything drastic, try running the legacy applications in the
Compatibility mode. If still no joy, you'll probably have to do a clean install of Windows XP. But before doing that, be sure that Acer can provide drivers for Windows XP. "jandyman" wrote in message ... our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... -- jandyman |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
I just checked and Acer DOES NOT support drivers for XP on your system. I would try your best to get it working on Vista because if you want XP you will be dealing with third party drivers and some won't work or cause errors and there will simply be some drivers you cannot find. |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:20:14 +0000, jandyman
wrote: our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... Two different OS`s ; what did the error say ? |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
jandyman wrote:
our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... There could be a couple possible adverse repercussions of which you should be aware. First and foremost, if the specific computer model in question was designed specifically for Vista, there may well be no WinXP-specific device drivers available to make the computer's diverse components work properly. Consult the computer's manufacturer about the availability of device drivers. Secondly, removing an OEM-installed operating system and replacing it with another will almost invariably void any and all support agreements and, in rare cases, possibly even the warranty. You would, at the very least, have to re-install Vista before getting any support from the manufacturer. Again, consult the computer's manufacturer for specifics. Thirdly, there will be the additional cost involved in purchasing a WinXP license for this new computer. After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm Then, assuming you were successful in obtaining WinXP-specific device drivers so that the computer can be made to work with WinXP, the backed up data can be restored and applications (those that are WinXP-compatible, that is) re-installed. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
On Dec 18, 3:20*am, jandyman wrote:
our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... -- jandyman Downgrade means you MUST erase the Vista and then start to install the XP via a standard install CD. You can not "set up" to install within a running Vista system. |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
"jandyman" wrote in message ... our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... -- jandyman Quick trip to Acer's web site shows that they do not have any drivers for XP for your Acer desktop "Aspire m5640", only Vista and Win 7 drivers. You can't downgrade the OS on the computer unless the component manufacturers have XP drivers which I would doubt as this is a newer computer. |
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how to downgrade aspire m5640 to xp
On 12/17/09, jandyman posted:
our office bought an acer aspire m5640 with windows vista...we have encountered many problems because some of the programs use in the office are designed only in xp...i tried to downgrade to xp but an error occured...pls help me...thanks in advance... VMware Reader is free and can be used to create a Windows XP Virtual Machine inside of Vista to run the older applications. You will need a valid (previously unused) Windows XP license to install XP in the VM. OTOH, I am running a lot of applications written for XP on my Vista machine with no problems, so I don't know what your difficulty might be (you didn't give us much info to go on). I do have a couple of applications that require hardware drivers that aren't available in Vista; they run very nicely in my VM. -- Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com |