"Disk Cleanup" after installing upgrade

[Jerlene]

I don't have one and I don't want one. All I've heard were horror stories about them.

[Nefrit]

My new computer has been supplied with Vista installed. I would like to add windows XP pro and run two OS independently. Can this be done? How?
Thanks

[Jerlene]

You can't actually perform a downgrade of Vista to XP. You need to format and install XP or create a new partition and dual boot.

Install any copy of XP with any product key and then ring microsoft to activate - you will then need to quote a non-activated Vista key and they will profide an activation key for the XP install.

[Help-Desk]

Yea, my new computer was supplied with Vista too and guess what?

It's still in sitting on the "unused" ortion of my desk!

You think Microsoft would let me swap my Vista license to a new XP license?

I'm not very impressed with Vista - why change a good thing?

[Jerlene]

I'm sure they would let you switch back over for a nice fee.

[SpiderM]

Hi,
I think what you're after is the fact that "popunders" often can mess with the Window size you are comfortable with and that's annoying. It used to be that if you controllled popups, you could minimize this but people want to get their ads in your face so they resort to popunders and this can change Window size on the fly. So, when this happens, hit Ctrl +N and make another window. Then with both of the Windows manually resize them by dragging the sides to where you want.
Then close from the X or File and while doing so, hold down the Ctrl button
and Window size will be remembered but a pop under could change this. Then
if a window size alters repeat what I gave you. You will have the Window
size you want every time. This applies to IE windows and Windows Explorer
or folder windows as well.
Cheers!

[Justen]

You should be able to partition your machine where you can run Vista and XP.

This may help- How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP

[Help-Desk]

Please take this XP or Vista poll and let everyone know how you feel!

[Jerlene]

Once again, I prefer XP over Vista. It's just better.

[Joel980]

These are the features Microsoft claims Windows Vista:

Visualizations
Working with Windows Vista is all about seeing, finding, organizing, and confidently controlling your information and your computer desktop. Together, the new Windows Vista user interface is streamlined, useful, and efficient to work with.

Windows Vista provides a solid visual experience, free of flicker, redrawing, hesitation, latency, and visual artifacts. New productivity tools bring clarity to information you're your computer-you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and traverse wizards and dialog boxes more confidently and surely. And the visual sophistication of the Windows Vista environment streamlines the experience across the board by minimizing and refining common visual elements to minimize distracting interface and focus on content, information, messages, and choices.

Glass and Animations
Windows Vista includes refinements that make your experience smooth and sophisticated. In computers that can use the new Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WVDDM), windows are translucent, meaning that it's easier to focus on the content of a window rather than the window itself. This feature (along with other window design enhancements on all Windows Vista computers) reduces distraction and streamlines your work while making windows easier to manage.

Overall, the Windows Vista experience is more polished, smooth, and refined on all computers. Even details such as how windows move when they are minimized have been improved-when minimized, a window now clearly minimizes to the spot on the taskbar where it resides, making it easier to locate later.

Flip 3D
Windows Vista provides an entirely new way to manage windows called Flip 3D. Using Flip 3D, you can use the scroll wheel on a mouse to flip through open windows in a stack, and quickly locate and select the one you want to work with. The Flip 3D feature is even handier when you use it with the new Flip 3D key that manufacturers are adding to many keyboards.

Thumbnails
New scalable thumbnails are used throughout Windows to show you the actual first page for documents, the actual photo for photos, a screen capture for videos, and album art for individual songs. By previewing the actual contents of a file at a glance, you'll find what you want more quickly without the trial-and-error of opening files to preview them.

You'll find thumbnails in the Explorers as live icons; when you rest the mouse pointer over a minimized window on the Task Bar; and when you flip through open windows using Alt+Tab or the new Flip 3D

Well i dont know about the rest features but in looks Microsoft has given it a Mac type of look.