Installing Vista Ultimate Horror Story Albert 7/4/2007 6:32:03 PM After determining that my computer is compatible for the Vista Upgrade I began installing Ultimate last night. Everything seemed to go fine until step 3 "Expanding Files". At 21% the computer started shutting down, (no problem the display says it will restart several times during installation). When it restarted however It came up with the "Windows Install" screen again and was shaking all over the screen. It asked for the Product key again. I put it in but then it said I had to install from version already installed. Can anyone tell me how to reverse this installation and get back to xp pro ??? Thanks -- Al

Re: Installing Vista Ultimate Horror Story "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold[ at ]Arnold.com> 7/4/2007 6:58:59 PM "Albert" <Albert[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D13832DD-2B08-454D-AC7C-83E67AD0E16D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > After determining that my computer is compatible for the Vista Upgrade I > began installing Ultimate last night. Everything seemed to go fine until > step > 3 "Expanding Files". At 21% the computer started shutting down, (no > problem > the display says it will restart several times during installation). When > it > restarted however It came up with the "Windows Install" screen again and > was > shaking all over the screen. It asked for the Product key again. I put it > in > but then it said I had to install from version already installed. Can > anyone > tell me how to reverse this installation and get back to xp pro ??? Thanks If this is a retail version of Vista, then call MS Tech Support, You have 180 days of free Vista support. I don't think you're going to be able to go back to XP at this point. You need to push forward, call MS.

Re: Installing Vista Ultimate Horror Story "dean-dean" <dean-dean[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 7/4/2007 7:14:44 PM Setup will re-boot a few times during the install: ignore the prompt to "Press any key to boot from the DVD", each time it reboots; i.e., don't press any key, and setup will automatically continue in Upgrade mode after a few seconds (if you press a key, you'll be back at square one, in which case quit the program, and restart, ignoring the prompt). Setup should then continue... "Albert" <Albert[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D13832DD-2B08-454D-AC7C-83E67AD0E16D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > After determining that my computer is compatible for the Vista Upgrade I > began installing Ultimate last night. Everything seemed to go fine until > step > 3 "Expanding Files". At 21% the computer started shutting down, (no > problem > the display says it will restart several times during installation). When > it > restarted however It came up with the "Windows Install" screen again and > was > shaking all over the screen. It asked for the Product key again. I put it > in > but then it said I had to install from version already installed. Can > anyone > tell me how to reverse this installation and get back to xp pro ??? Thanks > -- > Al