Technology windows xp to replace vista
- Thread starter Lil KaMiKaZe
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install it to a different partition. what you got on your hands is a bitch though. you can make a new partition, make that partition the primary one, and turn the vista partition into a normal storage partition. then re-install xp, boot into xp, copy the needed files, and format the partition that had vista on it.
yeah but that's the idea with first creating an xp partition, installing xp, booting and copying the files you need from the vista partition over to the xp partition before formatting it 
would i always be able to use it?
because i make music in it and i doubt "copy-and-paste" would install properly my vst's in windows XP,plus i've just reinstalled all because the mother-board of my old one fucked up so this one is a new computer(bought it pieces separately)...
If you do nothing about it, nothing will happen. They can't legally lock you out of your computer. It's there as a nuisance.
Get your shit backed up somewhere else, not on a partition on your comp. That way is too complicated, like Preach said. I would say invest in an external hard drive, 500GB comes for under $100 these days, and just put all your files on there. You can still install a bootleg version of Windows and here's where your problem comes from.
The reason that message pops up is because you installed Windows Genuine Advantage from Windows Update. What you do, then, is install whatever version of Windows you want. If it's pirated, turn auto updates OFF. Then, check for updates manually, and deselect the one that says WGA or anything like that on it. You can probably even hide it. Just never download it, or else that's how they get you.
Get your shit backed up somewhere else, not on a partition on your comp. That way is too complicated, like Preach said. I would say invest in an external hard drive, 500GB comes for under $100 these days, and just put all your files on there. You can still install a bootleg version of Windows and here's where your problem comes from.
The reason that message pops up is because you installed Windows Genuine Advantage from Windows Update. What you do, then, is install whatever version of Windows you want. If it's pirated, turn auto updates OFF. Then, check for updates manually, and deselect the one that says WGA or anything like that on it. You can probably even hide it. Just never download it, or else that's how they get you.
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