Solve : Windows 7 Home Something - help:?

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Answer» Hello, I bought a new computer and got a bargain on Windows 7 Home (supreme?) something LIKE that. OMG- I can't function! I can't make a folder and put it on my desktop. If I put my curser down towards the tray area, the screen goes blank and makes you think you lost your page. I'm making a website and I can't even organize my html pages and jpgs into one common folder! Could anyone direct me where to read or tell me how to re-install my Windows XP version and re-install it while saving my work I've done the last 4 days on Windows 7 Or can I not re-install Windows XP? I just want a functioning computer and I don't want to go to college to learn Windows 7! I was very happy with XP, I want to go back to it even if I've lost money over the deal. Thanks for any help! Pennie77 Take it back. Quote from: JJ 3000 on February 10, 2011, 11:39:25 PM Take it back. Exactly, its a new computer, its faulty, take it back, simple. and, FYI, Windows 7 is not at fault here, its a faulty computer, if you can use XP then you can defiantly use 7 Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:00:43 AM ...if you can use XP then you can defiantly use 7 That's not a very accurate, or correct statement. Quote from: Quantos on February 11, 2011, 05:13:44 AM That's not a very accurate, or correct statement. Why, whats the major differnece in using XP and 7? I know they aredifferent, obviously, but as far as using XP then using 7, i cant see your point! Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:17:14 AM Why, whats the major differnece in using XP and 7? I know they aredifferent, obviously, but as far as using XP then using 7, i cant see your point! Then you aren't looking very hard. The obvious place to start is drivers. So, the whole GUI is harder to get around because of the drivers, oh yeah, i see your point. No wonder some people prefer XP. Ok, I hear all of you. Thanks so much. But now, please tell me the steps I take to uninstall Windows 7 and then install my XP again? Is there instructions some where? Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks for all your comments! I'm impressed! Pennie77 You will need to travel to the machine manuf. website and ensure there are XP drivers available for it.... Without them you are out of luck... Would still like to know why you are not taking it back, if it is new? What if you install XP and END up with the same problem? Quote from: Quantos on February 11, 2011, 05:20:47 AM Then you aren't looking very hard. The obvious place to start is drivers. When reddevilggg refers to "using" Windows 7 being as easy as "using" Windows 7, he very obviously and very clearly means using the GUI. Windows 7 has an start orb, XP has a start button, they both have Start Menu, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, etc. If you can use one you can use the other. In fact many people find Windows 7 easier to use than XP in that way. GUI design has come a long way since 2001. Belive me,you do not have to be a genius to use W7 which is superior than Xp, as good as XP was. Take note as to what the othesr say. Yiou have a fault in your computer.Tale it back and get them to sort it. You can operate as XP in W7 if you really want to. Quote from: Pennie77 If I put my curser down towards the tray area, the screen goes blank and makes you think you lost your page. This sounds like Peek, part of the Aero desktop experience, is included in the Home Premium, PROFESSIONAL, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. If you hover the mouse over the little rectangle on the right hand end of the Taskbar, to the right of the clock, it makes all your open windows temporarily invisible. If you left click it, it is the same as showing the desktop by minimizing all open windows. This is handy if you want to look at any desktop gadgets you might have. When you move the mouse cursor away, the windows come back again. If you don't like it, don't hover the mouse there! Or disable it by right-clicking on the Taskbar and selecting "Properties", and unchecking the option "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop". Quote I can't make a folder and put it on my desktop. Are you sure about this? I have Windows 7 and I can right click the folder, drag it to the desktop, and when I release the mouse button, choose move here or copy here from the menu. Or right-click the desktop and choose "New" and then "Folder". Just like XP. Quote my work I've done the last 4 days on Windows 7 You find it so impossible to use Windows 7 that you have been working with it for 4 days? Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:00:43 AM Exactly, its a new computer, its faulty, take it back, simple. Quote from: reddevilggg on February 12, 2011, 04:10:13 AM Would still like to know why you are not taking it back, if it is new? I see nothing in the original post that indicates a faulty computer. What I do see is a user who is having some trouble getting used to Windows 7. You've heard of PEBKAC, right? The interface is of course familiar; it has the uncluttered look of Vista but offers the usual enhancements such as desktop clock and calendar. Programs can be launched from the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and anything running can be pinned to the taskbar for future use. This is handy and reduces desktop shortcuts. Likewise, the taskbar for hidden icons has been slightly better, making it easy to see and hide those applications that run in the background. This includes new warning options for security features and one-button access to troubleshooting issues such as Internet and LAN connectivity. Over all, having spent the last WEEK playing with Windows7, I can say it’s easily worth the upgrade. There are dozens of features I still have to explore.

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Hello, I bought a new computer and got a bargain on Windows 7 Home (supreme?) something LIKE that.

OMG- I can't function! I can't make a folder and put it on my desktop.

If I put my curser down towards the tray area, the screen goes blank and makes you think you lost
your page.

I'm making a website and I can't even organize my html pages and jpgs into one common folder!

Could anyone direct me where to read or tell me how to re-install my Windows XP version and re-install it
while saving my work I've done the last 4 days on Windows 7

Or can I not re-install Windows XP?

I just want a functioning computer and I don't want to go to college to learn Windows 7!

I was very happy with XP, I want to go back to it even if I've lost money over the deal.

Thanks for any help! Pennie77 Take it back. Quote from: JJ 3000 on February 10, 2011, 11:39:25 PM

Take it back.

Exactly, its a new computer, its faulty, take it back, simple.

and, FYI, Windows 7 is not at fault here, its a faulty computer, if you can use XP then you can defiantly use 7 Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:00:43 AM

...if you can use XP then you can defiantly use 7

That's not a very accurate, or correct statement.
Quote from: Quantos on February 11, 2011, 05:13:44 AM

That's not a very accurate, or correct statement.

Why, whats the major differnece in using XP and 7? I know they aredifferent, obviously, but as far as using XP then using 7, i cant see your point! Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:17:14 AM

Why, whats the major differnece in using XP and 7? I know they aredifferent, obviously, but as far as using XP then using 7, i cant see your point!

Then you aren't looking very hard. The obvious place to start is drivers.
So, the whole GUI is harder to get around because of the drivers, oh yeah, i see your point. No wonder some people prefer XP.
Ok, I hear all of you. Thanks so much.

But now, please tell me the steps I take to uninstall Windows 7 and then install my XP again?

Is there instructions some where? Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks for all your comments! I'm impressed!

Pennie77 You will need to travel to the machine manuf. website and ensure there are XP drivers available for it....
Without them you are out of luck...
Would still like to know why you are not taking it back, if it is new?

What if you install XP and END up with the same problem? Quote from: Quantos on February 11, 2011, 05:20:47 AM

Then you aren't looking very hard. The obvious place to start is drivers.

When reddevilggg refers to "using" Windows 7 being as easy as "using" Windows 7, he very obviously and very clearly means using the GUI. Windows 7 has an start orb, XP has a start button, they both have Start Menu, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, etc. If you can use one you can use the other. In fact many people find Windows 7 easier to use than XP in that way. GUI design has come a long way since 2001.
Belive me,you do not have to be a genius to use W7 which is superior than Xp, as good as XP was. Take note as to what the othesr say. Yiou have a fault in your computer.Tale it back and get them to sort it. You can operate as XP in W7 if you really want to. Quote from: Pennie77

If I put my curser down towards the tray area, the screen goes blank and makes you think you lost your page.

This sounds like Peek, part of the Aero desktop experience, is included in the Home Premium, PROFESSIONAL, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. If you hover the mouse over the little rectangle on the right hand end of the Taskbar, to the right of the clock, it makes all your open windows temporarily invisible. If you left click it, it is the same as showing the desktop by minimizing all open windows. This is handy if you want to look at any desktop gadgets you might have. When you move the mouse cursor away, the windows come back again. If you don't like it, don't hover the mouse there! Or disable it by right-clicking on the Taskbar and selecting "Properties", and unchecking the option "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop".

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I can't make a folder and put it on my desktop.

Are you sure about this? I have Windows 7 and I can right click the folder, drag it to the desktop, and when I release the mouse button, choose move here or copy here from the menu. Or right-click the desktop and choose "New" and then "Folder". Just like XP.

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my work I've done the last 4 days on Windows 7

You find it so impossible to use Windows 7 that you have been working with it for 4 days?

Quote from: reddevilggg on February 11, 2011, 05:00:43 AM

Exactly, its a new computer, its faulty, take it back, simple.

Quote from: reddevilggg on February 12, 2011, 04:10:13 AM

Would still like to know why you are not taking it back, if it is new?

I see nothing in the original post that indicates a faulty computer. What I do see is a user who is having some trouble getting used to Windows 7. You've heard of PEBKAC, right? The interface is of course familiar; it has the uncluttered look of Vista but offers the usual enhancements such as desktop clock and calendar. Programs can be launched from the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and anything running can be pinned to the taskbar for future use. This is handy and reduces desktop shortcuts. Likewise, the taskbar for hidden icons has been slightly better, making it easy to see and hide those applications that run in the background. This includes new warning options for security features and one-button access to troubleshooting issues such as Internet and LAN connectivity.
Over all, having spent the last WEEK playing with Windows7, I can say it’s easily worth the upgrade. There are dozens of features I still have to explore.

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