I'd give anything if anyone could tell me how to remove the pre-installed Vista OS from a new PC. It's an Acer X3200 and I don't know how to get around Acer's protection dodges when I try to install XP-pro. Vista just reports with a blue screen of death telling you that you cannot remove Windows. It won't even let you do a reformat, and no amount of messing with the BIOS does any difference. The PC goes through the initial boot-from-cd routine, looking like the XP s/ware is actually loading, then suddenly hangs at the same blue screen - every time.
Oddly enough it's easy to remover Vista from an Acer laptop, yet from a X3200 it just won't budge.
Suggestions PLEASE, anyone?
Mr Rich, I'm not really a fan of any particular broswer. I have used Firefox, IE8, etc., but they're all just as stiff as each other. IE7 is my choice of weapon for no reason other than it's always there, bundled free with just about every version of Windows. Contrary to the stuff being bandied around, I've noticed it runs a heck of a lot smoother than most other browsers around - even more so when the operating system in not Vista.
Since you asked, my thoughts would be to stay with the devil you know. If IE7 works for you, why fix it?