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re: XP & Vista on the same machine
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Leroy
(2 messages posted)
I just purchased an HP Pavilion laptop which has Vista (of course). Before the purchase,
I queried the sales rep regarding dual boot so I could have XP. I was assured this
was possible. How wrong I was. I spent hours trying the dual boot thing, and of
course, the lack of a driver seemed to be the problem. Then I heard about the Virtual
PC. Found out I could download the "Virtual PC" software directly from MS. Then,
I was able to load XP. Now, I can access XP just fine, but the mouse is erratic
and jumpy. (I am using a logitec wireless mouse.)
But, I do have XP on my Vista machine, and I can run programs. This isn't as good
as a "real" XP OS, but it's better than nothing. I ran into an additional problem
with the transfer wizard between XP and Vista, but I'll post that separately.
On Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:29 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>That's not how it works. Vista drivers will do no good at all in XP. If you can't
>find XP drivers, you are stuck with Vista. Don't you just love Microsoft?
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