vista issues

stlcards1 · 08-03-2007, 01:23 PM

Yesterday I received my new computer tower from Dell,in which came with Windows vista basic. I've heard stories about people having issues with Vista,that it still has some bugs that need to be worked out and windows crashing. I've had my tower for one day now and 3 times already my windows has crashed on me,where out of the blue my screen goes all black for the most part,where I have to restart the computer everything.

That the computer came with vista already installed,is there in any way I can get rid of Vista and replace it with XP. thanks for any help

alwrmc · 08-04-2007, 04:59 AM

Windows Vista is pretty stable and if you have only had the system for one day I would contact Dell or return the system. You might want to check the cables and seating of the various cards/cables inside the tower. As for the Vista to XP question. Yes you can reformat and install XP on the computer. Dell will most likely not support that option. You cannot install XP over the top of Vista. You can dual boot Vista and XP. but if you are having problems I would try Dell or your reseller first.

**simpswr** · 08-04-2007, 08:25 AM

Have you applied all the Microsoft Updates . . the updates are big improvements to Vista's stability

dai · 08-04-2007, 10:45 AM

i have been running vista all through the beta stages for over 18months and only had one crash and that was not down to vista
do as suggested above get dell to fix it

08-03-2007, 01:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
stlcards1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 66 OS: ME	vista issues Yesterday I received my new computer tower from Dell,in which came with Windows vista basic. I've heard stories about people having issues with Vista,that it still has some bugs that need to be worked out and windows crashing. I've had my tower for one day now and 3 times already my windows has crashed on me,where out of the blue my screen goes all black for the most part,where I have to restart the computer everything. That the computer came with vista already installed,is there in any way I can get rid of Vista and replace it with XP. thanks for any help

08-04-2007, 04:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
alwrmc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 77 OS: Windows Vista HP	Re: vista issues Windows Vista is pretty stable and if you have only had the system for one day I would contact Dell or return the system. You might want to check the cables and seating of the various cards/cables inside the tower. As for the Vista to XP question. Yes you can reformat and install XP on the computer. Dell will most likely not support that option. You cannot install XP over the top of Vista. You can dual boot Vista and XP. but if you are having problems I would try Dell or your reseller first. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 3gb Ram, Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, HP w2207 Monitor, CD/DVD SuperMulti drive (Lightscribe), HD DVD ROM, Realtek ALC 888S, Nvidia 8800 GT OC 512mb. Cuppa JFG right by the monitor Last edited by alwrmc : 08-04-2007 at 05:01 AM.

08-04-2007, 08:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
simpswr Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 4,111 OS: XP, Vista	Re: vista issues Have you applied all the Microsoft Updates . . the updates are big improvements to Vista's stability __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BIOS \| BenchTest \| Spyware Cleaning \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow

08-04-2007, 10:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 40,333 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: vista issues i have been running vista all through the beta stages for over 18months and only had one crash and that was not down to vista do as suggested above get dell to fix it __________________