An uninstalling question from a novice...

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jdj983 wrote:

>
> I recently bought a new PC with an AMD Athlon 64-bit processor without
> any operating software. I also, I'm ashamed to say, bought a cracked
> copy of windows XP pro 64-bit off of the internet. The last laugh was
> on me however as, unsurprisingly, the activation code failed and I
> decided to invest in a legitimate copy of windows XP Pro. This time I
> bought a 32-bit edition as I was having some compatibility problems
> with 64 (macromedia, realplayer, etc.), I'll probably buy the 64 bit
> update when it comes out at the end of the year.
>
> Anyways, I obviously now want to uninstall the cracked 64-bit edition
> and install the legitimate 32-bit copy. How?
>
> I've made copies of everything I want to keep and because it's a
> completely new computer, there is really nothing I'm bothered about
> losing.
>
> In windows help it talks about uninstalling from the add/remove
> program but when I go into it, XP is not listed.
>
You need to do a clean install. Boot with the XP Pro cd and go into
Setup. Delete the current system partition, create a new one, format
NTFS, and install Windows on it.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Malke
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:12:46 +0000, jdj983
<jdj983.1tyjqc@pcbanter.net> wrote:

>
>I recently bought a new PC with an AMD Athlon 64-bit processor without
>any operating software. I also, I'm ashamed to say, bought a cracked
>copy of windows XP pro 64-bit off of the internet. The last laugh was
>on me however as, unsurprisingly, the activation code failed and I
>decided to invest in a legitimate copy of windows XP Pro. This time I
>bought a 32-bit edition as I was having some compatibility problems
>with 64 (macromedia, realplayer, etc.), I'll probably buy the 64 bit
>update when it comes out at the end of the year.
>
>Anyways, I obviously now want to uninstall the cracked 64-bit edition
>and install the legitimate 32-bit copy. How?
>
>I've made copies of everything I want to keep and because it's a
>completely new computer, there is really nothing I'm bothered about
>losing.
>
>In windows help it talks about uninstalling from the add/remove program
>but when I go into it, XP is not listed.
>
>Any help would be greatfully received. I'm useless with computers so
>please be gentle.
>
>Thanks,
>
>J

More properly, install the RETAIL copy of Windows XP.
XP has no uninstall feature unless you UPGRADED from a previous
version of Windows.

In your case you will have to do a CLEAN install of XP 32-bit, since
XP 64-bit must be installed CLEAN.

Donald L McDaniel
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