[library user]

Your vanity is wayyyyy better than mine, which was going to be...

IS PIRATE BAY DOWN FOR EVERYONE OR JUST ME? (vanity)

But, seriously, I hope some tech-savvy FReeper is able to help you on this.

My knowledge is pretty much limited to XP and earlier.

[rabscuttle385]

Tech ping

[rabscuttle385]

You could try placing XP in a virtual machine using VirtualPC? That’s probably the cleanest method, in my book.

[DemonDeac]

The funny thing is that I could have both installed and bootable spectaculary easily on my mac.

[Sunnyflorida]

Buy a Mac. Install VMWare and both Vista and XP. Can run both at the same time. Easy backup and restore. Works great

[JerseyHighlander]

There is an update for Windows XP that will update the network settings for workgroups that have mix of XP and Vista machines.

I am expecting to need to do this on Tuesday for a family member in Uni. Thankfully the Uni’s IT dept posted a bulletin about the problem. So if this works (or not), please ping us back and let us know.

Dual boot is not necessary. Follow this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

Make sure to d/l and install SP3 BEFORE you install the microsoft hotfix.

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows XP SP3 installed on a 32-bit computer.

[struwwelpeter]

I installed a second harddrive, installed Vista on the primary, XP on the other, and if I don’t wish to use Vista I hit ‘F10’ on startup and choose the secondary harddrive as the boot drive for that session.

[The South Texan]

Buy an Apple, dude.