Ok..so i recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista on it....but I have been heavily dissatisfied with it. I now cant play any of my games (Battlefield 2, GTA, ETC) and other programs normally shutdown with the usual Illegal Error message. It just seems that nothing is working with the new windows at all. I've tried changing compatibility modes and looking for new drivers yet nothing ever works. Since Vista is pretty much useless to me and it makes my computer practically useless....is there a way that I can have my Windows downgraded back to XP for free through microsoft? I know i'm not the only one with these problems. I personally think that Vista was a good idea but it was presented very poorly and it seems like its next to impossible to get any help for it. Does anyone have any suggestions? If I do go back to XP which one should I get?

If you want to go back to Windows XP on your "recently"purchased computer, you have two choices.
Contact the computer manufacturer and see if they will help you.
Buy a retail version of Windows XP full install.

Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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"Brandon"

Brandon wrote:

Maybe the following compatibility update would be worth a look:
(932246) March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update support.microsoft.com/kb/932246/en-us
The following article may offer some ideas also:
(931362) How to troubleshoot a program that does not run as expected after it is installed on Windows Vista support.microsoft.com/kb/931362/en-us

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Have you checked the games newsgroup?
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games

"Brandon"