FAQ of Windows 8: can I downgrade from Windows 8 for Windows 7?

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• Can I downgrade from Vista 64 for Vista 32

  When I bought my HP laptop, it came with Windows Vista 64 pre-installed.  Because I have several compatibility issues, I would like to go back to Vista 32.  How can I do this?

  You must purchase a full install of Vista 32-bit version, make sure that your system supports 32-bit drivers and you can get them (contact the manufacturer to verify this and perhaps for pilots), and then you must do a clean install to make the change (you can 'downgrade' or 'upgrade' between few different sizes).  Don't forget to backup your data before installing the new.  If you have more than 4 GB of RAM, you must reduce it to no more than 4 GB before you start as well.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• Can I downgrade from windows 8.1 for windows 8 on a HP Pavilion 500-298w?

  Can I downgrade from windows 8.1 for windows 8 on a HP Pavilion 500-298w? The system came with 8.1.

  Hello

  You need Windows Pro 8.1 to get Group Policy Editor.

• How can I downgrade from Windows 7 to Vista?

  I bought a computer with vista. I've upgraded to Windows 7. Can I downgrade from Windows 7 to Vista or even XP?

  You can UN-do the upgrade (the restoration of Vista), but you can not downgrade to Windows XP. See...

  How to uninstall Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971762

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• can I downgrade from 10 to 7?

  can I downgrade from 10 to 7

  I do not recommend coming back because I've seen too much to go wrong.
  Returning can be done only if you have installed in the past 30 days (if you created a new user, you should remove it before come back you)

  Back on the settings > update & security > Recovery > roll back to a previous operating system

  This will only work if the windows.old and 2 hidden folders ($Windows. ~ WS & Windows $. ~ BT) are still present.  If you do that you will need to re - install.

• Can I downgrade from lightroom 5.7.1 5.7.1 lightroom 64-bit 32-bit using the license I have purchesed

  Can I downgrade from lightroom 5.7.1 5.7.1 lightroom 64-bit 32-bit using the license I have purchesed

  Hi, Mr. bebbington,.

  Yes, you can downgrade to Lightroom 5.7.1 32bits.

  32-bit and 64-bit versions are included.

  Kind regards

  Claes

• Can I downgrade from windows 8.1 for windows 7 on a HP Pavilion 500-298w?

  Is it possible to downgrade from windows 8.1 for windows 7 on a HP Pavilion 500-298w?

  Can someone direct me to the instructions?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can buy a license of Windows 7 64-bit.  Buy external DVD media.

  You can find the HP Windows 7 64 bit drivers posted here.

  This document will instruct you on how to disable the UEFI mode and the mode of inheritance.

  Don't forget to create the external HP recovery media before attempting to change the BIOS settings and installing Windows 7.

  Review this article on the 5 different ways to install Windows 7.

• Can I downgrade from Windows 7 Starter to Windows XP Professional

  QUESTIONS: 1) can I demote a machine Win7 Starter purchased through package of retail full license, never installed, XP Pro OS?  Assume that both are 32-bit.  I was thinking of buying one of these netbooks cheap in Walmart stores that are Windows 7 upgrade option to Windows 8 (which I do not wish to use), and experiment.  If Win7 is proving to be as disastrous as I wait, I want to install a new copy of the new detail of full XP Pro including Service Pack 3 (which has never been installed on any computer), to downgrade from Windows 7. I've never used in triplicate.
  The machine is Acer Aspire One with Windows 7 Starter edition, on sale at Walmart for only $228.  They have other editions of Windows, I could buy instead, if the Starter Edition is not eligible for a downgrade.
  2) do you anticipate problems of license?  Do not talk about compatibility, as that varies depending on the machine.  It's just that the installation with MS products is always also annoying complicated and always associated with a licensing problem.  I can't guess at what these problems are, they are never what I expect.  Where the question.

  Backstory: I am wary of XP Professional updating to Windows 7, due to the many people experience incompatibilities.  I ran the Win7 Upgrade Advisor, and he has not yet detected what third-party software was running on my machine in his analysis, other than common programs of MS and stuff from the internet.  So I have ZERO faith it will be compatible with my XP software current and material, so 32-bit (which I use now), or 64-bit (which one of my machines can take in charge, but instead, 32-bit XP Prof OS is installed and running).

  It cost me about $100K of my time to switch to XP, in 2005; I just went through two own XP installed on two of my other machines.  Recovery was not possible.  Cost me three months of my life, these facilities.  Wouldn't do it again.  It is unnecessarily complex.

  So I have to check the effectiveness of Win7.  And if she is not enough justify using, as I hope - I have a lot of detail that new (well, once again) never used XP Professional OS bought in a store, that I can use to downgrade.  ("not OEM, not upgrade or academic, etc. so the full XP license is valid for each packet.)  I understand very well that support ends in April 2014 and don't care if it stops.  What I care about is running my business that threatens to Win7, because it changes the interface and eliminates a bunch of features that have been very productive in XP Pro.

  Of course, my impressions have not been tested on a live installation.  ERGO this post.  For me, it's a $100,000 decision, because it is the cost of my time if I deploy Win7.  Sorry for ranting, but I need to explain the reasons for downgrading in context.  Thank you for your time!

  I guess I do not understand you. If you have a version of Xp retail packaging, you can install it on any computer you want. Nothing MS or anyone else can say about it.

  As others have noted you might encounter a driver for some of your hardware problem is not not compatible wth Xp. The only way to know for sure, or I should say the best way, is to install Xp and discover.

  If it was me I would make sure that the computer has a restore disk or a partition to reinstall Win 7 if Xp didn't work. If none of those who were present I would clone the drive hard while Win 7 was still about this. Better safe than sorry.

  Finally, I would make sure that I got a usb Ethernet card so that you could make sure you have the ability to connect when the net card driver was not installed with Xp...

• can I downgrade from windows Vista Basic to windows xp home sem

  I have windows vista home basic system. can I go down to windows xp home edition.

  Hello

  There is NO right to downgrade from Vista Home Basic to XP.

  You need Vista Business or Vista ultimate for this.

  If you want XP, see if your computer manufacturer has XP drivers available for your laptop computer/computer model.

  If the XP drivers are available for this purpose, Microsoft sells more than XP, so you should have to take the risk of buying a pirated software on the Net, which is not recommended at all.

  If there is no XP drivers, XP would not work correctly in all cases.

  See you soon.

• Can I downgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Home Premium?

  I've upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Home Premium through the Windows Anytime Upgrade. But I want to downgrade again. I can do this. Please suggest me how to do?

  Please note that you can not perform a "downgrade" from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium.  You perform a "clean installation" of Windows 7 Home Premium using your Windows 7 Home Premium original DVD or recommended by the manufacturer of your computer method of recovery/reinstallation of Windows 7 Home Premium. Carey Frisch

• How can I downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows XP? Where can I get the disks for this?

  No not supplied with the PC recovery CD.  Where to get recovery HP CDs. says buy from Microsoft, Microsoft says contact manufacturer

  original title: Downgrade from windows 7 to XP

  If you have an HP computer with Windows 7 pre-installed,

  (a) you will not be able to find the drivers for your computer hardware for XP (except if you bought your computer, just like Windows 7 was spilled) - even if you could find somehow a copy of XP to install and

  (b) any person at HP who told you to contact Microsoft won't - HP is obliged by its license from Microsoft to provide you with a mechanism (it doesn't have to be physical CDs) to reinstall the operating system that was on the computer when you bought it.

  What is your "product number" HP?  See http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/findModel?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us

  Why would you downgrade to XP anyway?

• can I downgrade from vista to windows 98xp

  can you switch from Windows vista to windows xp

  Yes.

  Install Windows XP to the usual. To activate it, you will need to use the phone-in method and explain that you use your right of demotion. The person will guide you through the activation process. You may not use the Vista operating system whose key you use for the XP install on any computer.

  I suspect it's a typo, but just for clarity: Windows 98 and Windows XP are different operating systems.

  Tom Ferguson

• How can I downgrade from CC to CC 2014 2015?

  I need to downgrade, because Adobe in its infinite wisdom, decided to ditch Adobe Exchange, then drop in 2015 of CC. I have several plugins purchased that I use, which are closely woven into my workflow of companies. I found out about it after the upgrade to 2015 CC and noticing that no plugin could be started / pointed. What is there to do? The CC app does not downgrade from CC 2014 because none of the CC 2014 applications are appearing in previous versions, except for Adobe Exchange, bridge CC and Extendscript.

  Thank you kindly.

  Here is where you will find:

  

• How can I downgrade from Windows 8 64-bit for Win8 32 bit on my HP Envy?

  Bought the HP Envy for my children, but their favorite a few months ago game requires a Java Update, which is not available for 64-bit Windows 8. We waited for an update is available, but it looks like it will take another few months...

  So we decided to restore the system and wanted to change to 32 bit. Unfortunately, during the restoration there was no option to select 32-bit instead of 64-bit.

  What can we do to downgrade successfully to 32-bit on Windows 8?

  afgorkids,

  Welcome to the HP Forum.

  I admit that I might be missing your point, so bear with me...

  This is an excerpt from Java to Windows 8 FAQ page:

  Why only I get the 32-bit JRE when I go to Java.com?

  Java.com offers a version of Java based on your browser and operating system (OS). If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 8, you have access to 32-bit versions and 64-bit Internet Explorer 10 on your system. The desktop version of Windows 8 operating system does not run in 64-bit mode (unless you have improved in Internet Explorer 10 on Protected Mode), Java 32-bit is the default value.

  Java downloads for all operating systems

  Windows which should I choose?

  	Windows (32 bit) offline file size: 27.8 MB	Instructions	After installing Java, restart your browser and check that Java has been installed correctly.
  	Windows offline (64-bit) file size: 29.3 MB	Instructions
  We have detected that you may be viewing this page in a 32-bit browser. If you are using 32-bit and 64-bit browsers interchangeably, you need to install Java 32 - bit and 64 - bit in order to have the plug-in for both Java browsers. " FAQ on Java 64 bit for Windows

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  It's a nice way of saying 'Thank you' for help.

  While I strive to reflect best practices of HP, I do not work for HP.

• How can I downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP on my Compaq Presario v6000 series?

  I have Windows Vista. now, I want to go from vista to xp.how can I do this? Please tell me step by step. I have compaq presario v6000 series laptop? thnk

  original title: vista to xp? HW

  Hello

  First thing to do is to make sure that XP drivers are available for your model computer.

  Search drivers XP here model number: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html

  Then, buy a XP disk and license. You will have to search in online stores (beware of scams, piracy!), for old copies computer stores, etc.

  Then, if you can buy XP, perform a new installation of XP, Vista operating system cut the hard during the XP installation.

  How to do a fresh install of XP: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsystems/ss/instxpclean1.htm

  See you soon.