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| Uninstall Windows XP |
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| Written by windowsxp550 | |
| Sunday, 13 November 2005 | |
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Or Close To be able to Uninstall Windows XP, you must meet the following Requirements:
[Note: If you upgraded from Windows NT , Windows 2000, or Windows XP Home Edition, You cannot Uninstall Windows XP. You can remove XP and reinstall a diff operating system, however, you would lose all files and programs]
Restart Your Computer In Safe Mode. To do this, tap the F8 key on your keyboard while the computer is booting up. If you did it correctly you will see the following screen: Use the up arrow key and select “Safe Mode”. Then the login screen will come up. Log on with an account that has Administrator Permissions. [Note that Windows XP during installation creates a default Admin, named "Administrator”, so if you are not able to login as an Admin, try using “Administrator” for username and leave the PW blank and click “OK”. If this does not work then that means that during the installation a Password was applied to the Administrator Account by the person who installed Windows XP, so the only way to continue trying to Uninstall, would be to get the password from the person who installed it. If you cannot, then you will have to Reinstall Windows, which will cause you to lose all your files and installed programs.]
Once you are logged in with an account that has Administrator Permissions. Click Start, then Control Panel, then double click on Add/Remove Programs to open it.
In the list of programs, you should now see Windows XP, and you should be able to uninstall it and revert back to your previous operating system.
When you click to uninstall, you will have to click YES , when the following question comes up: “Are you sure you want to uninstall Windows XP and restore your previous operating system?”
After Windows XP is finished Uninstalling it will automatically reboot to your previous Operating System. This guide was written by Jason LeDuc. Copyright © 2005-2006. All rights reserved. Comments (5)
  written by Siva, September 14, 2007 written by ichie, July 03, 2007
hi!, i have a problem with my pc. my brother install another windows xp in the same hard disk but it has already a windows operating system. i want to remove the newly installed operating system becauese i'm encountered some lags and hangs... can you help me out?
------------------------- From ADMIN: This is a Comments section. If you need a response, please post your question in the FORUM where others can view it and respond. written by Toni, February 25, 2007
My parents has a rebuilt computer, long story short my father downloaded xp upgrade first then he tried to download windows operating system ME. Now we are at a loss on what to do or how to fix it. I have tried everything to uninstall XP however I cant find it to uninstall it.Please help!
written by amin, February 06, 2007
what should I do if it does not have windows xp on add/remove programs screen ?
 written by Nathan, January 20, 2007
what do you do if it does not have windows xp on add/remove programs screen
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First make sure that you dont have any important files or folders in the local disk where you installed XP.After
that you just need to overwrite Windows XP on the same local disk.