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Originally Posted by SirKenin
I'm using iTunes AND MSN and they both work fine on Vista.
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Same here; I set my wife up with Vista Basic and she uses iTunes for her iPod, works fine here... she also uses Windows Live (Messenger, Windows Mail, etc) and they all work fine.
The problem is most likely with your configuration, and not with the OS..
If you do go with XP and decide then decide you want to go back to Vista, you can do one of two things;
1.) If you made a 'System Recovery Disc', which you were most likely told to do when you first turned on your pre-built computer, then you can run the System Recovery Disc to overwrite the install of XP with a fresh install of Vista OEM.. so long as you don't mess with that 10GB partition that holds your Vista backup files.
2.) You can use a Anytime Upgrade disc (which has all standard versions of Vista on it) to do a fresh install of Vista, then input your product key (located on the sticker on your case, since it's a pre-built PC) and do the over the phone re-activation.. making sure that you tell them you're re-installing Vista on the same PC it came on.
You should have gotten the Anytime Upgrade disc with your new PC purchase, as Microsoft has been having the big names distribute them with the new pre-built computers that run XP and Vista. If you didn't get it, you can try to bum one off of Circuit City or a similar PC retailer.. or buy one from Microsoft for $20.. or, if you're feeling dangerous, download an ISO of the disc and mount it to a disc.
Either way would work fine, but the first way would be the easiest way to get Vista back.
Regardless, don't remove that 10GB partition or touch the data located in it, or you'll be left with only option 2, and you won't be able to use your HP recovery tools, which come pre-installed on the PC.. or any of the pre-installed applications, as those are backed up in that 10GB partition as well.
Good luck
