Uninstalling XP Pro

You cant uninstall yur operating system. you can A;
install an additional operating system(u can have more
than one on yoour pc)or B: you can reformat your hard
drive and reinstall adiffrent operating system. Also if
you are not an administrator you have restricted access.
xp only resticts what is told to restrict
>-----Original Message-----
>I have tried to uninstall Windows XP Pro, as it restricts
>the games I can play. But it isn't listed in the
>ADD/REMOVE programs list.
>Has anyone got any ideas what I can do?
>.
>

[Harry Ohrn]

Actually you can uninstall Windows XP if the install was an upgrade overtop
of an existing Windows 98/Me setup.

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


> wrote in message
...
> You cant uninstall yur operating system. you can A;
> install an additional operating system(u can have more
> than one on yoour pc)or B: you can reformat your hard
> drive and reinstall adiffrent operating system. Also if
> you are not an administrator you have restricted access.
> xp only resticts what is told to restrict
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have tried to uninstall Windows XP Pro, as it restricts
> >the games I can play. But it isn't listed in the
> >ADD/REMOVE programs list.
> >Has anyone got any ideas what I can do?
> >.
> >

[Ted]

"Harry Ohrn" > wrote in message =
...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have tried to uninstall Windows XP Pro, as it restricts
> >the games I can play. But it isn't listed in the
> >ADD/REMOVE programs list.
> >Has anyone got any ideas what I can do

> Actually you can uninstall Windows XP if the install was an upgrade =
overtop
> of an existing Windows 98/Me setup.

Do you read? He stated that it was not listed in Add/Remove, you =
pillocking retard!

This means, that the person upgraded, and chose not to save the previous =
OS files, changed the filing system to NTFS, or deleted the previous OS =
folder.

[Harry Ohrn]

" Ted" <"""""'""""""> wrote in message
s.com...


>Do you read? He stated that it was not listed in Add/Remove, you pillocking
retard!

>This means, that the person upgraded, and chose not to save the previous OS
files, changed the filing system to NTFS, or deleted the previous OS
>folder.

K-Man, you coward, I was replying to gizelda not the OP. If you hadn't
screwed up your ISP account you wouldn't have to use CDO in which case you
would be able to follow the thread correctly.

.. --

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

[gizelda196]

you cannot uninstall an os! He is obviosly a newbie and
was looking to uninstall it like a program!in either case
(upgrade-vs full install)he would have to format to
revert back to an older os.
>-----Original Message-----
>Actually you can uninstall Windows XP if the install was
an upgrade overtop
>of an existing Windows 98/Me setup.
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> wrote in message
...
>> You cant uninstall yur operating system. you can A;
>> install an additional operating system(u can have more
>> than one on yoour pc)or B: you can reformat your hard
>> drive and reinstall adiffrent operating system. Also if
>> you are not an administrator you have restricted
access.
>> xp only resticts what is told to restrict
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I have tried to uninstall Windows XP Pro, as it
restricts
>> >the games I can play. But it isn't listed in the
>> >ADD/REMOVE programs list.
>> >Has anyone got any ideas what I can do?
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:38:04 -0700, "gizelda196"
> wrote:

>you cannot uninstall an os! He is obviosly a newbie and
>was looking to uninstall it like a program!in either case
>(upgrade-vs full install)he would have to format to
>revert back to an older os.


How to Uninstall Windows XP and Revert to a Previous Operating System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303661

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]

[Ken Blake]

In , gizelda196 wrote:

> you cannot uninstall an os! He is obviosly a newbie and
> was looking to uninstall it like a program!in either case
> (upgrade-vs full install)he would have to format to
> revert back to an older os.


Sorry, but what you say is not so. Harry's reply below is
correct.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup


>> -----Original Message-----
>> Actually you can uninstall Windows XP if the install was an
upgrade
>> overtop of an existing Windows 98/Me setup.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> You cant uninstall yur operating system. you can A;
>>> install an additional operating system(u can have more
>>> than one on yoour pc)or B: you can reformat your hard
>>> drive and reinstall adiffrent operating system. Also if
>>> you are not an administrator you have restricted access.
>>> xp only resticts what is told to restrict
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> I have tried to uninstall Windows XP Pro, as it restricts
>>>> the games I can play. But it isn't listed in the
>>>> ADD/REMOVE programs list.
>>>> Has anyone got any ideas what I can do?
>>>> .
>>>>
>>
>>
>> .