D10 Downgrade from Vista to XP Pro 64 Bit?

I was thinking about downgrading? Anybody have any experiences with Windows XP Pro 64Bit on the D10s. Was it worth the time and effort to downgrade.
Please let me know.

I just upgraded to 7 and boy system is very snappy. Vista was a Resource Hog Big Time, even with 16GB Of memory and two X5460 and 15k SAS Drive, now system feels much more alive. I see the running services are like half of what Vista used to run. Very cool, microsoft finally made a nice OS. I would suggest everyone should upgrade to 7, throw away Vista! All Drivers installed fine, expect for the Linksys, usb wireless card. No unknown drivers in device manager. Also, didn't have to change any settings in the Bios. Now time to learn windows all over again .

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Windows XP Pro SP2 cd-rom after downgrading from Vista

Hi everybody.
I successfully downgraded my T61p from Vista to XP Pro SP2 using the downgrade cd-roms send by Lenovo.
Everything seems to work well. I downloaded all drivers. No problem.
But I recently installed a rather old software that I frequently used on my old A31p. This software (a Microsoft program !) has automatically modified some files from XP Pro without any autorization.
Once it was done, I was asked by the system to insert the original Windows XP Pro SP2 cd-rom to repair this modification.
Of course, the (Vista to XP) downgrade cd-rom set was not recognized by the Thinkpad as the original XP set.
An original cd-rom which I finally don't have !
I tried with an original XP Pro SP2 cd-rom bought a few years ago for my A31p. Unsuccessful.
Where could I find the XP Pro SP2 cd-rom corresponding to the downgraded system ?
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Regards.
J.L.
Jean-Louis L.
Thinkpad A31p - T42p - T61p - TP Tablet

James,
thanks for your answer.
But I wrote on my first post "I tried with an original XP Pro SP2 cd-rom bought a few years ago for my A31p. Unsuccessful."
Thus, I don't see any difference between an original Microsoft Windows XP2 Pro SP2 version cd-rom and one created by burning a downloaded version of the OS. An original was not recognized, what would a copy do ?
If possible, it might be probably better to create an XP Pro SP2 cd-rom from the "Rescue and Recovery" files which were reinstalled when downgrading from Vista to XP. (I hate the word "downgrade" : while I was doing it, I had the feeling I was upgrading my Thinkpad !)
I have been using for several years (and still use) an A31p (Since 2002, 8 to 10 hours a day) and a T42p. IMHO, the T61p is the same category of "great" notebooks. Thinkpads are really the best notebooks I have ever used. I noted no significant difference between IBM and Lenovo Thinkpads.
Jean-Louis L.
Thinkpad A31p - T42p - T61p - TP Tablet

Soundcard does not after downgrade from Vista to Xp on Equium L350

Hi I have an Eqium L350 Laptop and i just recently downgraded from Vista to XP.
All other drivers work fine apart from my Sound Card.
Does anyone know where to get the drivers i need for my laptop?
I know what the drivers are called
VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM and SIS 7018 Audio Driver
Only problem is i dont know what ones work with my Toshiba L350-10L
There is different versions of these drivers.Does anyone know anyone which one it is?
Thanks in advance :)

Realtek do not have the sound card drivers are you sure it is a Realtek card?
I have seen L350 -10L models with the Realtek ALC268.
But i have installed the Realtek ALC268 Audio Codecs and when i check on Driver Detective and Driver Max it displays the ones i mentioned when i started this topic.
If you can could you maybe find me a link to both drivers that will install and work with my model of laptop from Toshiba if it is not too much trouble for you?
Thanks alot in advance :D

Help on small issues after WinXP downgrade from Vista

Lenovo 3000 v200
I recently downgraded from Vista to WinXP Professional, and I must say I'm much happier with XP.
Some issues on the install: although I downloaded all drivers from the Lenovo site, the install didn't work from my usb floppy drive.
It recognized the floppy on the F6 portion of the install, but then later it kept asking for the disk to be inserted (it was already in the drive). Workaround was to install by changing to "compatibility mode" in the BIOS, and after install, loading all drivers and changing BIOS back to SATA.
All features of the laptop appear to work perfectly; camera, fingerprint reader, wifi, etc.
HOWEVER: in the device manager, there are 3 yellow exclamation points in the "Other Devices" section, and each of them is labeled "Base System Device." Does anyone know what these are? Why are they not recognized as specific devices? LenovoCare doesn't recognize them either, and I have no idea what drivers to attempt to install for mystery devices.
Also, "Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus" won't install. I have the current driver, and I've tried updating from LenovoCare, but no luck. As I don't use a modem, this seems irrelevant, but I'd like to install it just the same if possible.
Finally, the LenovoCare recognized a need to install a "Hotkey" update, and it claims to successfully install, but everytime I run LenovoCare it says I need it again. Any comments or observations?
Again, the computer works just fine even with these small issues. In fact, it is better than fine; it is a joy to use and a real speed demon with XP instead of Vista. So I'm not trying to do any rocket science or potentially screw up a very nice situation, but I am trying to iron out these small nuisances.
Thanks to all of you who consider my trivial problems. I really appreciate having knowledgable individuals like yourselves help out a very modestly skilled, but reasonably ambitious user.
Cheers,
Fred

Hello Fred,
I created a blog on this forum called.... "I Explain How To Downgrade From Vista To XP Successfully On A 3000 N100 Laptop" Locate this message and read through it. Try the "Auto Detect This System" I Talk about. It will load the latest drivers and the latest...BIOS..... for your particular model if you have not already upgraded it. You did not mention if you had upgraded your BIOS...... if your running an "OLD" version.... THIS..... could be your problem.
Regards

Downgrade from Vista to XP (ThinkPad X301) - are there benefits here?

Hi,
i wonder:
whether it is worthwhile migrating to Windows XP from Vista?
what profits are? disk space? boot time? performance? speed? power utility?
I am interested in your opinions, what you would do?
stay? (vista) downgrade? (XP) or wait? (for Windows 7)
fr0g

redwood01 wrote:
all the drivers are out there, yes. however, in another lovely move by lenovo the thinkvantage > update my system feature was apparantly abandoned. so you have to hunt them all down. their website is ok, and most stuff is there, but you are still sorting though a big mess to get what you need. another disappointment for me, as i justified the extra price of this machine partially on having the automatic update feature.
That is incorrect. The new version of TVSU was released today, and reports are coming in on the TVT board that it's working fine.
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T400 downgraded from Vista to XP resulting in system freeze after 10 min activity

Hi,
I just purchased a T400 and have gone through the process of (re)grading the OS from Vista Business to XP. From the moment the setup dialogue for XP started (machine name, date, users etc), the whole systems freezes after working the machine for around 10-15 min. First, I suspected it to be a mouse freeze, but I get no reponse from neither the keyboard nor mouse (not sure if it is a complete system freeze or to do with mouse/keyboard drivers). Even the clock in the bottom right corner stops running.
To get the system going I need to force the system to reboot using the power on/off button.
The XP restore disc I used came from Lenovo with the computer, and I have followed the instructions by point. Do any of you recognize this problem? And more importantly, know how to deal with it
Message Edited by Missmostly on 10-16-2008 06:28 AM
Message Edited by Missmostly on 10-16-2008 08:56 AM

Hi,
I posted a message on the forum 5 days ago, and got no replies. I agree the problem description might be a bit vague, so here we go again:
I recently purchased a T400 (model 2765, 21g) with the XP downgrade option (the MS Windows XP Conversion Kit containing 2 CD's: Lenovo's Rescue & Recovery plate + XP product recovery plate with SP2). During the installation of XP (the end part where you set up your user) the computer freezes (no response from keyboard). I power the machine off and on again, and the installation continues as it were. I finish the installation and the computer is set. After additional 10 min the computer freezes again in the same style.
I imagine it to be a powermanagement disagreement between MS system and Lenovos powermanagement system, and set every parameter to be always ON and full performance ( I am running on AC). This time the freeze doesn't happen for an hour. I then begin to reinstall the powermanagement drivers and the general drivers for this particular model running XP (from Lenovos drivers Matrix), and now I am looking at two hour before each freeze. That is if I don't plug in any external hard drives (then the system can crash within 15 min or an hour), and we turn a blind eye to the occational freeze after 10 min on the first boot of the day .
At some point I suspected there to be a conflict with the existing SATA drivers that I also have reinstalled for the occation. Still the system is NOT stable.
And the frustrating thing is that I have no clue why. The sympthom is always the same, complete screen freeze ( I do not know if the system is active behind (no hard drive running)), that can only be cured with a forced boot.
If any of you reconize this, please assist me to a solution. I have by now installed all programs to my liking including all MS updates (SP3 etc), and hope there is a way to get to the core without a complete reinstall (or worse, return to the realm of Vista)

Windows 7 Professional downgrade from Windows 8.1 Pro OEM

Hi,
I purchased new computers for a small business with Windows 8.1 Pro OEM licenses and disks. I was intending to install windows 7 Pro using downgrade rights but when I enter the product key that came with Windows 8.1 it gives me an error with "Invalid
Character".
How can I activate Windows 7 Pro using downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Pro?
Thank you.
André Gomes

You cannot use a Windows 8.1 product key with a Windows 7 installation. You must "activate by phone" and hold on to speak with a Microsoft Activation
Specialist and explain your desire to invoke your downgrade rights to Windows 7. The Microsoft Activation Specialist will then review your request and if approved, will issue you an activation code for Windows 7.
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Missing Drivers - Downgraded from Vista Home to Windows XP Pro SP3 - Lenovo 3000 N100 Notebook

Hey,
I have a lenovo 3000 N100 as well and recently downgraded to Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3.
However, I have a lot of hardware drivers missing (yellow question mark) -
1) Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
2) Base System Device (listed thrice so I'm guessing there are three separate drivers needed)
3)Network Controller
4) Video Controller
5) Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
I have no audio or wireless either. Lastly, I have spoken to lenovo and they asked me to download some drivers from lenovo.com. I did and also downloaded every possible driver for XP on the lenovo site but still had no luck.
I would really appreciate any help/guidance you can offer. I have exausted all resources at this point.
My email is xxxxxxxxxxxxx so feel free to reach out to me there as well.
Thanks a ton.
Kabir
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Message Edited by JaneL on 03-29-2009 09:46 PM

Hey, I have a lenovo 3000 N100 as well and recently downgraded to Windows XP . However, I have a lot of hardware drivers missing (yellow question mark) - 1) Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus2) Base System Device (listed thrice so I'm guessing there are three separate drivers needed)3)Network Controller . I have downloaded some drivers from lenovo.com. I did and also downloaded every possible driver for XP on the lenovo site but still had no luck. I would really appreciate any help/guidance you can offe.. My email is [email protected]
so feel free to reach out to me there as well. Thanks a ton.
Deepshikha

Can't Find Create Recovery Media Feature on T500 (XP downgrade from Vista)

Laptop is a T500 (2082-RF1), with XP Pro (sticker on bottom says Vista).
I cannot find any option to create recovery discs.
There is no Recovery option in ThinkVantage.
Doing a search for "recovery" finds only 3 files in PC Doctor folder. None of them are launch files that I can recognize so I dare not attempt them.
How do I access (or install) the Create Recovery Media function?
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Okay, for anybody else this could help...
Go to Control Panel...
Click the Levono's System health and Diagnostics icon
and follow the flow of instructions... you'll be led to download the Rescue and Recovery.
Now, why lenovo didn't include this with all new laptops, or make it easier to find (on the start-up screen, through ThinkVantage, etc) makes you wonder.

How Do I Downgrade From Windows Vista To XP On A 3000 N100 Series Notebook?

Hello. Here is the problem. I have Windows Vista Pre-loaded on my 3000 N100 Notebook, absolutely dislike this operating system and want to erase and load Windows XP. From reading other forum messages I have learned several things.
1) The install disk On Windows XP Home & Professional will not recognize Sata Hard Drives, when it reaches the point of loading where it looks for the hard drive it "BOMBS OUT" with error messages.
Several options are open .............
1) Log into the BIOS, locate the SATA option, and change to compatibility mode.
2) Have a USB external floppy connected with a Sata Driver on it and when installing Windows XP press the "F6" button when Windows asks for any external drivers you want to load.
Here is the problem with the 3000 N100 Notebook series..........
1)There is "NO SATA OPTION" in the BIOS of the 3000 N100 series notebooks to choose. In this model Lenovo stripped the BIOS down to the bare essentials.......and I Do Mean.... "BARE". The latest BIOS upgrade also has no Sata option. Why they did not offer at least this choice of downgrading to XP is beyond me. LENOVO..... I'm not impressed with your notebook. As usual.... Microsoft has all vendors jumping to their tune..... Nothing but "VISTA" at this point in time. What if you hate it??????
2) I have hunted all over the Lenovo Web Site for a "SATA DRIVER" that would work with a 3000 N100 Notebook, no such critter exists. LENOVO..... Couldn't you have at least offered this???? I'M NOT IMPRESSED.
Has anyone been able to downgrade to Windows XP successfully on a 3000 N100 Series Notebook??? How Did You Do It?? Has Anyone Located A "SATA DRIVER" That Works??? IF So, Please Explain To Me Step-By-Step How I Can Get Rid of Vista and Load XP.
Help........Help.......Help........Help......Help!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards

Hello Himleung. Thank you for answering this message. Where did you find a "Sata Hard Drive Driver" that works?? Perhaps you could pass that along to this message forum in case someone else that has a 3000 N100 (may also work with the N200 series) Notebook wants to downgrade from Vista to Windows XP.
This is what baffles me to no end. The Lenovo web site has every driver you need to load Windows XP on the notebook.....**EXCEPT**..... the Sata HD Driver......**OR**...... the ability in BIOS to change to "compatability mode". Duh!!!..... whats wrong with this story. I have never seen such a weak BIOS as the one in the 3000 N100. If I had known this I probably would have gone to another brand. They should have advertised this notebook as...... "Non-Geek Compatible".
Not knowing exactly how you could forward the driver to me I did the following....... I created a new Web email location that you could use to send the driver as an email attachment. The address is....... [email protected] This address will exist just long enough to obtain the driver..... and then......"Hasta-La-Vista" baby......end of story......as I do not want to be bombarded with ads, trash, or perhaps a virus of some sort..... although.....I'm SURE we have GREAT PEOPLE on this message center.
I'm not familiar with the "NLITE" program you mentioned. Again....perhaps you could mention where I can get it and what I need to do to set the program up to run the driver.
Thanks again, Himleung.
Regards,
Train500

11-e010nr after downpgrade from windows 8.1 pro to windows 7 pro can't find drivers

After downgrading from windows 8.1 pro to windows 7 pro can't find drivers: network LAN card, USB driver, CD/DVD driver, etc...

Hi:
See if installing the chipset driver directly from AMD installs the USB3 controllers. Install and reboot.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows%207%20-%2064
Graphics: Try this one...
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/mobile?os=Windows%207%20-%2064
Ethernet: DL and install the 2nd driver on the list...
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=7&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTy...
Card reader: DL and install the first driver on the list.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownT...
There are no drivers for the CD/DVD drive. They should have been installed automatically by Windows.

Downgrade from 2.1 to 2.0X ????

hi
can some one plz tell me how to do the freakin downgrade to 2.02 from this horrid itunes 8 and 2.1 experience on a windows vista computer ???
i tried restoring the old firmware but it keeps failing giving erroe 103 or something like this
thanks

If I were you, I'd try to figure out how to downgrade from Vista back to XP. That would probably fix all of your issues.

Pci network adapter on Thinkcenter EDGE 3484-jpg - win7 downgraded from win8

I need add an extra nic on Thinkcenter EDGE 3484-jpg, computer is natively win8 and uefi boot downgraded (from lenovo) to win7 pro. Tring 2 different network controller pci-e 16x - intellinet - startech pex100s systems freeze while loading bios; removing nic i can access uefi bios but i don't find any option to disable/enable pci-e slot (also disable uefi bios). With same computer model bought some month ago (born with win7 and old-style bios) i have no such problems. Lenovo phone helpdesk told me the network card are not compatible, but they don' t know any pci-e nic who run on this hw. Do you have any hint?

Hi:
Yes, you can burn the files to a CD and use those to install the drivers you need.
You need to install the AMD Chipset and USB 3 drivers which are not on your notebook's support page.
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=cp_117181_1
Download and install both of these drivers for the usb...
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=6943835&swItemId=ob_139250_1&swEnvOid=40...
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=6943835&swItemId=ob_133037_1&swEnvOid=40...
Reboot after each installation.
PCI E/D Controller: Not on your notebook's support page.
Run this file and then manually install the driver.
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=vc_133833_1
To manually install the driver, go to the device manager and click on the PCI E/D Controller needing the driver.
Click on the driver tab, click on update driver. Select the Browse my computer for driver software option and browse to the driver folder that was created when you ran the file.
That folder will be located in C:\SWSetup\sp66974. Make sure the Include Subfolders box is checked and the driver should install. Then reboot.
Ethernet Controller:
Realtek Local Area Network (LAN) Driver
File name: sp69625.exe
PCI Device:
Realtek Card Reader Driver
File name: sp69619.exe
I don't know what model wireless card your model uses, so if you still need the wireless card driver (Network Controller), please do the following steps so I can figure that out and then I will post the link to the wireless card driver you need...
To find the hardware ID, go to the device manager and click on the device labeled Network Controller.
Then click on the Details tab at the top of the Network Controller window.
Now you see a Property drop down list and it is defaulted to Device Description.
Drop down on that list and select the second item (Hardware ID's).
Post the top string of characters you see in the window.

Upgrading Aspire E380 from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 Pro 64 bit - No device drivers were found

I'm trying upgrade my Acer Aspire E380 from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and getting an error that no device drivers were found. This happens after booting from the Windows 7 DVD. The Acer support site only provides Vista 32 bit drivers for this machine. Where can I find the drivers needed for Windows 7 Professional 64 bit?

I think you need to download this:http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/14875/en-us It seems that Windows 7 doesn't have a disk controller driver for this chpset so you need to unzip the above file and take out the disk controller driver and manually load it so that Windows 7 installer can access the hard drive during installation.

How to upgrade to Win 8 from "Win 7 Pro 64 preload through downgrade rights in Win 8 Pro 64"?

If I buy a new W530 that according to the tabook has "Windows® 7 Professional 64 preinstalled through downgrade rights in Windows 8 Pro 64-bit" how could I in the future upgrade to Windows 8 with minimum hassle?
Am not really interested in spending the time on clean installs so am wondering if there is a hidden Windows 8 preload behind the visible Windows 7 preload, for instance available through Lenovo support sending me Windows 8 recovery disks for the W530.
T500: Vista 32, 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 15.4" 1680x1050, 500GB 7200rpm, ATI Radeon HD3650 + Intel 4500MHD. T42: XP, 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 14.1" 1024x768, 250GB PATA, ATI Radeon 7500.
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Hi zilla,
hopefully my post here contains the information you are looking for.
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