new comp. with vista home premium

flybyrob · #1 July 11th, 2009, 05:08 PM

ok i think i figured out what i did! I think when i updated my comp. I updated everything! I must of not of seen the part about upgradeding the hardware.. so should i do a systen restore and start over?

flybyrob · #2 July 11th, 2009, 05:11 PM

oh also my friend said that my laptop should run fine on xp! said that all the components look like they will run with xp should i try that and save the trouble?

ddouglass · #3 July 11th, 2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by flybyrob

oh also my friend said that my laptop should run fine on xp! said that all the components look like they will run with xp should i try that and save the trouble?

Xp may run on this laptop ok, but that may not be the complete answer. Laptops for the most part use what is called "Shared" memory for Video memory. For video display this can cause a problem if there are too many background processes/programs running. The computer itself has the priority over the video so if too much is going on with the rest of the computer video is what suffers.
So even with XP a some background processes may have to be turned off to get the syncronization to work right. XP will be less demanding on the processor and will make getting it working easier than Vista though.

flybyrob · #4 July 11th, 2009, 08:02 PM

ok ill see if i can get it to work with vista first...thanks!

flybyrob · #5 September 2nd, 2009, 12:21 AM

ok I still cant get it to work right! I did everything like it says to and still wont work right... the lyrics are way off and some of my songs wont even work...the music plays but the screen locks up and has no lyrics! I have a party coming up soon so i think im gonna buy a new laptop so I can get the right one to work. What kind of laptop should I get?

ddouglass · #6 September 2nd, 2009, 12:42 AM

You can still get Dell laptops with XP instead of Vista and they are having a sale. Be sure to go to the Small Business section to get the XP option.

RIKKI TIKKI · #7 September 2nd, 2009, 02:26 AM

I just purchased a HP laptop from Tiger Direct that had a choice ( actually it came with XP & Vista Business ), you can guess which one I chose

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Probably more bells and whistles than I need, but I hate wanting, and don't have, instead of having and don't need...

ddouglass · #8 July 11th, 2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by flybyrob

ok i think i figured out what i did! I think when i updated my comp. I updated everything! I must of not of seen the part about upgradeding the hardware.. so should i do a systen restore and start over?

No you do not have to do a system restore. You can go to the hardware items (Control Panel/System) and roll back to the previous drivers.
If you go to HP for the request you may be able to get the XP for free or at least they used to.

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