Anyone gone back to XP after installing Vista?

[Dave Evans]

I had not planned on going to Vista, but Futureshop had a deal on yesterday where you received a free D-Link router worth $139.00 so I figured it was worth my while.

After running the application that checks your system for compatibility it showed no problems with any software or hardware running on my system other than advising I upgrade from 512mb RAM to 1gig if I intended to use Media Center. It also made no mention of the fact that I would have to do a clean install going from XP Pro to Home Premium...arrgg.

So after doing a clean install I load Quickbooks, my accounting software for my business and the most important bit of information I have. It won't even open. I call Quickbooks (in hindsight I should have done this before, but the testing app made no mention of problems of any kind.) they say there may be some minor problems but it will work....IT DOESN'T. Again although there was no mention of a possible problem, my printer does not work and the manufaturer does not have any Vista drivers yet. An Epson printer installed on a comptuer on the network has the same problems.

I installed Mobile Device Center, or the piece of crap they call Mobile Device Center.....I then try to copy an Audible file to a mini SD card using MDC since for some strange reason it won't let me copy and paste it. It took 19 minutes to copy it through Mobile Device Center. Normally it would take 2-3 minutes to transfere a file that size, by copying and pasteing.

Oh, and another biggie....after connecting my 6700 once, it now will do nothing but partially load the Today screen and it locks. It won't even turn off, so now I have to solve this issue as well.........Dave's not a happy camper!!!!....where'd I leave that number for the Apple store.

I'm going back to XP, which is so far MS's best attempt at an operating system.

Has anyone else gone back and had any problems doing so?

Dave

[Ishimaru]

LOL I'll NEVER go back to XP after using Vista! If you remember when XP came out, EVERYONE hated it, and it was JUST like 2000. Now 5 years later, EVERYONE loves it. Give Vista some time to gain momentum, but it IS far better than XP.

[Dave Evans]

Give Vista some time to gain momentum.

Kinda hard to build momentum when you are dead in the water. Business doesn't gain much momentum either when you can't do any accounting or even make an invioice.

Unfortunately for me, I can't just wait for things to iron themselves out. I get Quickbooks back today one way or another. The easiest most reliable method is to go back to XP.

[Ishimaru]

Vista works like a champ for me, and has since I've been using it since Beta 1.

[mikewchandler]

I've yet to try vista yet (other than at a display in Circuit City). So, like usual....I'm no help.

[Ishimaru]

LOL it's ok I honestly LOVE Vista So much more than XP. I have a few gripes with nVidia drivers, but in all honesty, it's working 100% of what I want!

[sabesh]

Dave,

Which version of QB are you using?

Good thing you poated 'cos QB is something I use as well.

Cheers,

Sabesh.

[Ishimaru]

Vista did get an update the other day for added software compatibility...I don't use QuickBooks, so I don't know if that helped it or not. My friend loaded QB 2007 on Vista, and it opened, and worked like a charm, no problems at all. And come on now, 512MB of memory??? 2GB should be minimum!!! Having used it since Beta 1, I know pretty much all there is to know about Vista (I was a beta tester for MS). I just can't bring myself to go back to XP, it's so...dated, plain, and BORING! Granted I have a free license for Ultimate, and a free license for Office 2007 Professional, but I would still pay for it if I wanted it. About copying files over, I tried to copy 550MB worth of MP3's, Vista told me it would take about 30 minutes. It's USB 1.1 so it's not the fastest in the West.

[Dave Evans]

Sabesh, I'm using Quickbooks Pro 2006. It won't even open.

Glad to heaqr you are having such a stellar experience with Vista DarkJedi.

[pen25]

the only way to truely check to make sure it will work properly is to get a new hard drive load it and install everything if it works then awesome add in the old drive pull all info you need. format the drive and go. if it doesnt work you put your old drive back in or dual boot until vista becomes stable enough for your needs. as rule of thumb never upgrade a business machine outright until the first round of fixes come out.

[Dave Evans]

Well.....it won't install XP. I think it needs a full install CD opposed to the upgrade CD I have. It's complaining about files it can't find. I have too much going at the moment so I just dropped it off a a local shopped I deal with sometimes......@#*^&%$#

I had to hard reset my phone to get it back.

[Dave Evans]

as rule of thumb never upgrade a business machine outright until the first round of fixes come out.

Yup, it was dumb thing to do. I wasn't even going to do it except for that stupid free router offer. I should have just set the box aside for awhile, and I seriously considered it, but when I ran the compatability app and it came up rosie, I had a brain fart and went ahead with it. At least now I will have a nice clean hardrive.

[pen25]

Yup, it was dumb thing to do. I wasn't even going to do it except for that stupid free router offer. I should have just set the box aside for awhile, and I seriously considered it, but when I ran the compatability app and it came up rosie, I had a brain fart and went ahead with it. At least now I will have a nice clean hardrive.

we have all been there. i did a wipe and clean of my pc one tie after formatting it and forgot i had some important docs and pictures on that drive. thought i had moved them over to the NAS. oops. lucky for the pictures i had burned them on cd before but those work docs were lost for good. had to re-do them which wasnt fun.

oh and sometimes when things like this happen granted this is a business machine is i sometimes have to "work around" an issue IE doing a full recovery.

[FallN]

I actually got my copy of Vista literally 7 days ago before it was released to the public. I sat there looking at the install DVD and realized that I'm tired of being the "early adopter" that pays through the nose for the "privilege" of dealing with beyond buggy software! No thanks. I decided to wait and let the customer reviews and opinions roll in before playing the upgrade game... And the more I sat looking at that Vista DVD the more it became apparent to me that I'm going to ditch Windows and go Mac... (Once you go Mac you never go back)

Vista is actually making me go out and buy a Mac. Yes, you read that right: IVista has made me ditch Windows machines and defect to a Mac. Bill Gates is rolling over in his grave... Oh, wait, he's not dead yet. Sorry.

[sabesh]

If I ever install vista, it'll be on a new Hard drive. SATA makes things so easy.

Dave: I will prolly have Vista in a couple of weeks. Will let you know then if QB 2007 Pro runs on it.