re: downgrade to 2000
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 5:55 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by phantom
(5661 messages posted)
Thanks for the info. I have a 2000 disk, and a desktop computer which I built some
time ago. I built it to take 2000, xp, 98, and Linux. I never could get 98 installed.
Just had trouble with the Intel Motherboard software. And I never did install anything
except 2000.
I was wondering if I can just downgrade my Internet Explorer from 7 to 6. I don't
know if Vista will allow it.
That would solve some of the problems I have. But I don't really care for Vista not
even how it looks.
I may just give the laptop away as it only cost me $399.00.
On Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 2:05 pm, Louis wrote:
>I'm not going to offer anything definitively technical, the others who've replied
>to you have much more knowledge than I do. However, I've tried installing OS's on
>a PC that were not supported, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. You've got
>nothing to lose by taking the XP over the Vista if you want to keep that particular
>PC. You can load the XP and then create another partition and load 2K (or use another
>HD) if that's your desire. Experiment with the 2K, download all the drivers you
think
>you may need to get it working with the devices in the laptop. Last resort, find
>out which of the items, like the modem, that can be swapped out for one that is
2K
>enabled. My current notebook was not made with Win95 in mind, yet other than an
error
>warning screen about the video board not working properly when I boot into Win95
>(I ignore it), I've gotten the PC to function, sans audio which I've not spent time
>looking for drivers that may enable it, I can live w/o the audio. On a desktop I
>have that came only with XP, things are not working fully when I installed Win98.
>In this case it looks like the problems I've encountered may not allow it to work
>preperly with the installed video and sound boards. In this case I could change
the
>boards for ones that handles Win98 and XP, or keep experimenting with changing drivers
>and hope to get lucky. Your only other option is eBay for a Win2K notebook, plenty
>of them available. Research them to find one that was able to run on 2K and XP from
>the factory so you know these systems will work. - Louis
>
>
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