How Do I Downgrade from Vista to XP [on a Vista 32 bit Hp Labtop]?

So Takebacker, since you're being so vocal about this, what are the tangible benefits of switching to 7 that he should care about?

Because currently it looks like 1 to 0 in favor of XP.

Speed features and it looks awesome? Aside from MS i thought it's general opinion that 7 > XP in every way...

Yes, they do. It's a visual basic/client incompatability issue that everyone with Windows Vista and Windows 7 has. Everyone that I know that has Windows Vista or 7 has come across it at some point when playing Maple. It's a commonly known thing in Japan and throughout every GMS forum that I've been to. If you're on 7 and haven't come across this even ONCE, you're one lucky S.O.B, that's all I have to say.

Even though this part I'm quoting is from page 1... and it seems to have been dropped (slightly) I really should comment on this.

I run Vista with ZERO graphics issues at Zak. I never have to alt tab, and I never have to change graphics setting. Your issue is NOT universal. Vista itself as an OS is NOT the only problem. Compatibility with Vista itself and the laptop's hardware is the actual issue. When Vista first came out, it was installed into multiple computer types that were basically not ready to have Vista on it. (What this implies about Vista as an OS is up to you).

Some computers (such as my laptop that I bought at Best Buy) happened to have a good compatibility with Vista when Vista first came out. One would hope that by now more laptops (mainly the graphics cards) would have easier times interacting with Vista, but that doesn't seem to be the case (Again whether or not this implies that Vista is a bad OS is a completely separate issue).

The main point is that having Vista does not imply that you will have a crappy experience with maple.

My laptop has the bare recommended minimums just to run vista actually. And yet still I can fight Zakum with no graphics issue. I SOMETIMES had a graphics issue when i first got my laptop but even then I had times where I could boss just fine. And even that got fixed with service pack 1.

Even though this part I'm quoting is from page 1... and it seems to have been dropped (slightly) I really should comment on this.

I run Vista with ZERO graphics issues at Zak. I never have to alt tab, and I never have to change graphics setting. Your issue is NOT universal. Vista itself as an OS is NOT the only problem. Compatibility with Vista itself and the laptop's hardware is the actual issue. When Vista first came out, it was installed into multiple computer types that were basically not ready to have Vista on it. (What this implies about Vista as an OS is up to you).

Some computers (such as my laptop that I bought at Best Buy) happened to have a good compatibility with Vista when Vista first came out. One would hope that by now more laptops (mainly the graphics cards) would have easier times interacting with Vista, but that doesn't seem to be the case (Again whether or not this implies that Vista is a bad OS is a completely separate issue).

The main point is that having Vista does not imply that you will have a crappy experience with maple.

My laptop has the bare recommended minimums just to run vista actually. And yet still I can fight Zakum with no graphics issue. I SOMETIMES had a graphics issue when i first got my laptop but even then I had times where I could boss just fine. And even that got fixed with service pack 1.

My Dell 08 laptop ran with Vista fine, until a few updates the RAM just wasn't sufficiant, if you have time to spend money on a bit of Ram it's no problem. But I just snagged my pops hp which has XP, so I don't care bout' vista anymore :r. Honestly I love XP, it takes time for me to get used to, but its simpler to vista imo.

My Dell 08 laptop ran with Vista fine, until a few updates the RAM just wasn't sufficiant, if you have time to spend money on a bit of Ram it's no problem. But I just snagged my pops hp which has XP, so I don't care bout' vista anymore :r. Honestly I love XP, it takes time for me to get used to, but its simpler to vista imo.

Did you mean ran fine in general, or ran fine during boss runs such as Zak?

Well yeah. My only real problem with Vista as of right now is HT. I can handle alt tabbing for Zak but it seems I can't handle HT at all.

Last run I went too as soon as body was summoned I dc'ed. If you guys know any tricks to get through HT on Vista please let me know. Honestly testing stuff is fun but you look bad with organizers dc'ing every run, especially with these new elite squads that don't take 30 people and cut it to 3 parties to maximize profit.

There was another question I had that I'll ask here, and if no good responses are made in a week I'll ask it. How do I set up my computer to do this "dual boot" for Vista and XP anytime I turn the comp on?