"Ron Badour" wrote:

> You bought a full retail version of XP--it will install on a drive without a
> system or it will upgrade a drive containing W95 or newer. If you do not
> want to dual boot with Vista, you will need to remove it from the drive and
> then install XP clean. Like one of the posters said, be sure to look for XP
> drivers for your hardware before doing anything.

How would I go about killing WMCE and installing this product? MCE does not
support 3rd-party sound devices such as a driver for a midi interface? I need
to be led by the hand as I'm the one for whom they wrote all those "for
dummies" books!> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>
>
> "Jim E" <JimE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A1A6B55A-4AC1-4361-B5E0-66BE026D2F79@microsoft.com...
> > I've been considering articles either dual-boot of Vist and XP or removing
> > Vista and installing XP alone. On the eve of the June 30 deadline, I
> > bought
> > a copy of XP with SP2. I'm using a 7 month-old system with Vista Home
> > Premium
> > and am not satisfied with it. That version of Vista is not eligible for
> > the
> > down-grade offered by the manufacturer so I bought a package labled
> > Microsoft
> > Windows XP Home Edition that includes SP2. The box also says "For PCs with
> > Windows 95 or earlier, or PCs without Windows." The number 0804 Part NO.
> > X10-87162 is shown and the authenticity label includes the no NO9-00984.
> >
> > I am concerned about whether this is the version I need. The statement
> > "For
> > PCs with Windows 95 or earlier or for PCs with out Windows" seems very
> > limiting and, for example, would exclude W98 or W2000. Can you tell me if
> > this is the version I need? Thanks for your help.
> >
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