Whether or not you can open documents depends on whether or not you have an application which can open those documents. So if you saved a Microsoft Word document as a .doc file, you would need a version of Microsoft Word running in Vista in order to open it. The operating system itself doesn't matter as long as you have an appropriate application.
There is no such thing as "Windows XP Vista." There is Windows XP and there is Windows Vista. They are two different versions of the Windows operating system (XP is older than Vista). As to which is better (XP or Vista) if that is your question -- I think most people would say that XP is better, but this probably depends on which operating system you are used to and what type of work you do with the computer. That said, even Windows Vista is out of date, now. New machines will have Windows 8 (or Windows 7 if it is slightly older).
Many new computers do not come with Windows Vista Basic. Some of the older ones do. You can request that they put Windows Vista basic on your computer upon purchasing.
windows explorer is an older version of my computer. windows explorer can be found in windows 2000 and older, my computer can be found in windows xp, vista and windows 7
This is because when a program runs in Windows Vista that isn't compatible with ceirtain visual element of Windows Vista (Usually due to it being an older version of the program) is will change the theme to Vista Basic in order for the program to run properly.
Videos made in Windows Vista will not work in Windows XP because the formats used to create the newer version of a WMM project are not available on the older version of XP.
While an older version of windows, Vista users who upgrade to Service pack 2 will gain greater support for new and different hardware that has been introduced since the release of Vista and includes every update Windows has released for Vista.
Yes, this would work. Yes. XP has to be installed first though because Vista does not allow the dual boot with older operating systems being installed after Vista Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Windows Vista uses the standard Win32 libraries (or Win64 on x64 edition which is reverse-compatible anyway) so what runs on older Windows should run OK on Windows Vista unless it is something specific like a professional application. If you have trouble playing Generals on Vista, Vista has a compatibility mode.
Go with Vista Business. It has shadow copies, which can recover older copies of documents that you accidentally wrote over.
Windows 8 does have the ability to launch applications in compatibility modes which support older Windows versions.
You can upgrade to from older versions of Windows to the latest like XP to Vista but installed programs will probably be removed and need to be reinstalled, and you need to be careful about the stored information on your computer. P.S. Windows 7 is newer and thus recommended instead of Vista in case you already did not know.
If you have a Windows Vista operating system right now, then I would recommend you switching to Windows XP. Vista has had numerous problems. Be sure to get service pack 2 if you purchase an older system.