how can i change my laptops window from 8.1 to windows XP?

Abhimanyu Singh · Jun 27, 2014

How can i change my laptops window from 8.1 to windows XP?.. i want windows XP in my laptop, How can i do this? currently i am running windows 8.1 64bit... i want it to be changed to windows XP 32bit.... please help..

jinksy · Jun 27, 2014

Please just don't! Windows XP is now out of Microsofts support. Any vulnerabilities will remain vulnerable.

Whats your issue with 8.1?

bignastyid · Jun 27, 2014

If its a newer laptop(came with win 8.1) there are probably no XP drivers even available for the system. If you really need XP you may want to look into running it as a virtual machine inside windows 8.

ToineF · Jun 27, 2014

Windows 8 sucks, I feel your pain.

XP is not supported anymore so it wouldn't be the smartest move to do that.

What I would do first is to check if you can find most drivers for your hardware compatible with XP. My guess is that it would be doable, but with some work.

Another option would be windows 7. You might have more luck with that one.

Also, if you are a little bit "computer savy" you can partition your drive and install XP on that second partition. That way you can make some tests on that second partition and keep your windows8 partition intact.

Hope that helps

oh and btw, there is a 64bit version of xp i believe.

bignastyid · Jun 27, 2014

ToineF :

There was a 64-bit version of XP. It sucked. Driver and software support was horrendous.

Abhimanyu Singh · Jun 28, 2014

i cannot run some games on my laptop which runs under windows 8.1 64bit. now the problem is that the setup of the games says incompatible 16 bit application... so can i not change my windows to XP 32bit, to play those games?

ToineF · Jun 28, 2014

Abhimanyu Singh :

I am not sure you can install a 32 bit windows on a 64 bit computer. You might want to check on that.

My suggestion here would be to install XP on virtual box or something like that.

Also, the application you are trying to run, try opening it with the vista compatibility.

Right click on your .exe file and select properties, after that click on the Compatibility tab and try playing with some options there. Unfortunately the lower youc an go is Vista, but it might worth trying.

bignastyid · Jun 28, 2014

ToineF :

A 32-bit OS will run in the system(32-bit win 7 for example). he problem is drivers, most manufactures quit making XP drivers awhile ago. 16-bit programs will not run in a 64-bit os without being run in a virtualized environment(vmware, virtualbox) compatibility mode will not work.

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