sonicfreak94
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When comparing XP to Vista, XP is an upgrade from Vista. Weird since it was suppose to be the other way around.
If you know how to use the OS, it's an upgrade. Vista really isn't that bad. I used it for quite a while, and it was really nice. I had no problems except for graphics drivers, but that's my fault for having a really freaking old graphics card that you can pick up for $20 now. The problem he has here is really what the OS is supposed to be doing. It's restricting non-administrator accounts from running applications that require elevated privileges. Changing an entire OS just for this small reason seems ridiculous, and would be a hassle to do. Downgrading to XP is downgrading unless your computer really sucks. And even then, it's still literally downgrading, because XP is an older OS. And as I said, it would be an overall hassle. Plus, clean installs of Windows are always faster =P
All you need is the person who runs the computer to type the pass in when running as administrator, and XWE will most likely run. Or just ask for an administrator account of some sort. May be a bit annoying to have to do that every time, but unless you have access to an administrator account, you're pretty much stuck unless the programs are updated to allow low-privilege user accounts to run it properly.