http://www.usabilityblog.com/2007/08/my-downgrade-to-xp/ Blogging about user experience, usability, and design Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.usabilityblog.com/2007/08/my-downgrade-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-9403 Best Registry Cleaner Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:38:58 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2007/05/24/my-downgrade-to-xp/#comment-9403 i've got the same problem, and i found the solution here on <a href="http://windowsfix.info/fix-blue-screen/" rel="nofollow"><b>Fix Blue Screen Error</b></a>, just for reference. i've got the same problem, and i found the solution here on Fix Blue Screen Error, just for reference.

]]> http://www.usabilityblog.com/2007/08/my-downgrade-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-8936 Best Registry Cleaner Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:38:58 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2007/05/24/my-downgrade-to-xp/#comment-8936 i've got the same problem, and i found the solution here on <a href="http://windowsfix.info/fix-blue-screen/" rel="nofollow"><b>Fix Blue Screen Error</b></a>, just for reference. i've got the same problem, and i found the solution here on Fix Blue Screen Error, just for reference.

]]> http://www.usabilityblog.com/2007/08/my-downgrade-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-8792 Cheap Textbooks Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:39:54 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2007/05/24/my-downgrade-to-xp/#comment-8792 Vista is not everyone's cup of tea. It has got many restrictions. Even some softwares do not support vista. I think it will take more time for Vista to replace XP. Vista is not everyone's cup of tea. It has got many restrictions. Even some softwares do not support vista. I think it will take more time for Vista to replace XP.

]]> http://www.usabilityblog.com/2007/08/my-downgrade-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-79 James Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:51:27 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2007/05/24/my-downgrade-to-xp/#comment-79 I'm having similar issues - my one-month old laptop has great specs (2Gb RAM, 1.8Ghz Centrino Duo) and that would mean a great machine in usual circumstances. But I was afraid of Vista - turns out my fears were right. I disabled all the shiny add-on features of vista and am running it on the basics, and it STILL manages to eat up 700Mb of my RAM - beats me why. My network card keeps mucking up for no reason other than to give me a headache, and the best of the lot is - the blue screen of death. I hadn't seen it in YEARS - XP never once gave it to me after SP2. But now I'm seeing it rather regularly.. and it's scary. Is this the windows upgrade we've all been waiting for? It's things like these which make me wish I went with my gut feeling and switched to a mac - no, I am not a fanboy - I'm just a normal user who likes it when his PC actually works. And here's the crux of the problem - I don't know if my guarantee allows me to downgrade to XP, or whether that will invalidate it (I don't see a reason why it should, but you never really know, do you?) I'll have to check on that one - if it's OK to downgrade, it's back to XP for me. I’m having similar issues – my one-month old laptop has great specs (2Gb RAM, 1.8Ghz Centrino Duo) and that would mean a great machine in usual circumstances. But I was afraid of Vista – turns out my fears were right. I disabled all the shiny add-on features of vista and am running it on the basics, and it STILL manages to eat up 700Mb of my RAM – beats me why. My network card keeps mucking up for no reason other than to give me a headache, and the best of the lot is – the blue screen of death. I hadn’t seen it in YEARS – XP never once gave it to me after SP2. But now I’m seeing it rather regularly.. and it’s scary. Is this the windows upgrade we’ve all been waiting for? It’s things like these which make me wish I went with my gut feeling and switched to a mac – no, I am not a fanboy – I’m just a normal user who likes it when his PC actually works. And here’s the crux of the problem – I don’t know if my guarantee allows me to downgrade to XP, or whether that will invalidate it (I don’t see a reason why it should, but you never really know, do you?) I’ll have to check on that one – if it’s OK to downgrade, it’s back to XP for me.

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