Can I upgrade to XP?

[Pooky]

Without losing all my files... From Vista.

 

[Ou grote]

Without losing all my files... From Vista.

U probably won't be able to access your user folder again, if u have Home edition, so back up the individual files.

You're going to have to format to get rid of Vista anyway.

 

[Pooky]

Damn. I need an external hardrive.

 

[Darknet]

Damn. I need an external hardrive.

Put it on a USB stick.

 

[Ou grote]

And make sure u have XP SP3 handy, as well as updated virus defs etc.

When u go online the first time to update all your anti spyware etc, you don't want to be defenceless.

 

[.Froot.]

I have gone through six months at one stage without antivirus and a firewall on my computer (when I still supported M$ and used their crappy products) and not a single bug or virus or anything came aboard....

 

[Ivan...]

Since Vista I've been virus and spywarez free...

Why do you wanna go back to XP Pooky?

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

So we shouldn't use AV's anymore?

You'll usually be fine if the first thing you do is update your AV or at least download it. Just don't start msn/browsing before you're "safe".

 

[The_Techie]

Since Vista I've been virus and spywarez free...

Why do you wanna go back to XP Pooky?

Since using Sandboxie I've been free of every nasty bit of software the internet can throw at me

 

[kronoSX]

And make sure u have XP SP3 handy, as well as updated virus defs etc.

When u go online the first time to update all your anti spyware etc, you don't want to be defenceless.

that is so untrue..ff is your friend until the last download of avg8 and the update

 

[Ou grote]

that is so untrue..ff is your friend until the last download of avg8 and the update

Been hacked before...

 

[Pooky]

Since Vista I've been virus and spywarez free...

Why do you wanna go back to XP Pooky?

Don't get me wrong, I think Vista is great. It's just GTA San Andreas crashes and The Witcher crashes more, and it's a mission to get DOS games to work on Vista. On XP you could just run them, but on Vista you have annoyingly load them up in dosbox and it's so tedious!

...but it looks like I'm sticking with Vista cause I have no way to back up all my files.

 

[d0b33]

Don't get me wrong, I think Vista is great. It's just GTA San Andreas crashes and The Witcher crashes more, and it's a mission to get DOS games to work on Vista. On XP you could just run them, but on Vista you have annoyingly load them up in dosbox and it's so tedious!

...but it looks like I'm sticking with Vista cause I have no way to back up all my files.

Should have created a dual boot setup, best of both worlds.