Help, I am in Vista Hell

[DanG]

don't mess with a boot floppy, just boot off the xp cd. All windows discs since Me have been bootable.
Boot off the disc, format the drive and then install xp. Install XP SP2, install drivers, install antivirus, then the rest of the windows updates.

[Aquattro]

What issues are you having in Vista? Turn off User Access Control, that causes all kinds of problems.

[tmbar19]

I wasn't able to get Vista to work while using Google as a main start-up page. Apparently they are incompatible. Dell sent me three new computers before I managed to figure out what the problem was. Nightmare!
Good luck!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by tmbar19

I wasn't able to get Vista to work while using Google as a main start-up page. Apparently they are incompatible. Dell sent me three new computers before I managed to figure out what the problem was. Nightmare!
Good luck!

I've been using Google as my home page since Beta 2, no issues at all.

[EmilyB]

lol, two suggestions and two rebuttals, I'm still so confused.......

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by tmbar19

I wasn't able to get Vista to work while using Google as a main start-up page. Apparently they are incompatible. Dell sent me three new computers before I managed to figure out what the problem was. Nightmare!
Good luck!

I will try that, google is my main start up page...

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

What issues are you having in Vista? Turn off User Access Control, that causes all kinds of problems.

I tried that once already, I hate having that on there. Then it wouldn't start up without a system restore..

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by DanG

don't mess with a boot floppy, just boot off the xp cd. All windows discs since Me have been bootable.
Boot off the disc, format the drive and then install xp. Install XP SP2, install drivers, install antivirus, then the rest of the windows updates.

I know how to install updates etc. but you lost me at format the drive.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

I know how to install updates etc. but you lost me at format the drive.

It will ask you if you want to install windows, say yes, it will ask if you want to repair the existing install of windows, say no and then it will ask you about the file format and if you want to format, you want format (NTFS), not quick format NTFS.

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by DanG

It will ask you if you want to install windows, say yes, it will ask if you want to repair the existing install of windows, say no and then it will ask you about the file format and if you want to format, you want format (NTFS), not quick format NTFS.

Is my problem the fact that it is the Home Edition? It just says the installed version is newer and won't install.