First the polite technical questions:
Has anyone successfully downgraded from Vista Home Premium to ANY version of XP? Specifically with a (5 month old) Toshiba Satellite A205? I have called and emailed everyone from the the retailer to Toshiba and the answer has been a consistent "no- can't happen".
Now for the irrational ranting:
When I first got my laptop, I didn't see what the big deal was. Why are so many people having issues with Vista? It seemed fine to me.
Then within the first week everything started going downhill. The CD/DVD rewriter failed, then the cd/dvd drive itself failed, the sound failed next, followed by all my windows office apps and more after that. And, yes, everything was re-installed - several times as within a week of having them, they're gone again. I have no viruses or spyware and I never go anywhere that I might potentially pick something up.
In addition to all the failures, the lock ups are just as frustrating. Ctrl, Alt, Delete has become the norm and half the time I'm having to use it before I even get an application open all the way. Especially with Mail and Explorer. I have generic failures popping up all the time that have no specific reason, just "failed to open" or "unexpected error has occured" or "not responding".
I am struggling daily with the urge to smash my laptop on my driveway just to get the instant gratification of hearing/ seeing it explode!
I don't want to know what to do next with Vista. Just how to get rid of it!
Thank you.
