Vista problem

[pamela]

My laptop came with Vista Home Premium installed, but I still don't like it after 8mths, does anyone like it.?
 I keep getting messages saying known incompatability issues when I try to download files, and when I tried to install the service pack 1 it jiggered (technical term!) my laptop and I had to reboot and lost a load of stuff.
Has anyone else had these problems and how easy and how much work would it be to reinstall XP.

[Cob-Web]

It took me a long time to get used to Vista - but I wouldn't go back, now 

I don't download much off the web, so compatibility isn't a big issue - there are a few hiccups with older applications like my mobile phone software (no matter how hard I try, it will not synchronise dates  )

I do back up regularly, but touch wood, have not had to do a rebuild since I bought it 

[stuffster]

I abslutely loathe vista - my PC wasnt powerful enough to  cope with it and it made it run slower than ever. So when I bought my new PC I tried to get rid of it and it is a nightmare to do!!

Everything in the programming is designed to stop you being able to delete it - if you put in the XP discs to install it wont let you.

After a few days researching it, I found out the only way to do it is to partition the hard drive, install XP onto a different partitiion and set the pC to boot to that partition by default.

Then, hopefully you should be able to reformat the partition that contains vista.

[Sharon]

We have Vista on all computers in the house....except one, which is an Apple.  Didn't like it to start with, but now find it a lot more user friendly than XP

[Jeeves]

I'm a big fan of Vista - I find it much quicker than XP

[pamela]

The IT guy that visits work advised me to leave Vista on my computer unless I knew what I was doing trying to uninstall it (and I don't!).
I've decided to swat up on Vista and try and make it work for me.
Thanks for help.

[Roslyn McConnell]

I had to down grade my lap top from vista due to incompatibilty problems with the stats packages I use.....when I say 'I' I really mean 'lovely IT lady in work'! it took her a few hours but she said it wasn't a problem really, if I had done it tho I wouldn't be typing this now 

Maybe getting it done professionaly would be the best option?

[daunting]

had it for a year now and still hate it - have so many probs ( never did with xp!! ) and so fed up of having to find codecs so i can use things i never had a prob with before !