I have installed Ubantu in my aspire 5050. Now I want to install win XP so that I can open MS Office from Linux

go to the linux web site and down load ubantu to a usb stick
then burn a disc from that usb stick
use the disc to install the os on the computer
ubuntu is the same system as win 7 but with different names for the files and folders so it is easy to pick up and use
if you still have problems there are linux forums with plenty of help as to problems associated with using linux products
I found that it will not install directly from the usb stick and that has been mentioned in the forums but is readily capable from the disc for some reason or other
there are many linux operating system such as apache and the like but ubuntu is by far the easiest and most common
Libra is a very good office suite operating system from linux

the program is win 10 and it is the same sort of program that is on phones
if you want office it will be office 365 which you have to buy each year unlike the old office 2010 that you owned for as long as it is supported
if you want a better operating system that is free and well supported , install linux - ubantu operating system and then libra office
full user manuals are available in pdf version free on line
consider it as it will save you money in the long run

the problem could be that you are using MS office 2007 on an Win XP machine. Try upgrading to Win 7 and see what happens.

You havn't mentioned whether Ubantu inquired about the grub settings during its installation or not. If Windows doesn't have the boot loader than you can manually check it by looking at the boot flag set at a particular partition. This can be done by using an open source media GParted live cd, which can be used by booting from your CD Drive and then you can check and also set the boot flags at a particular partition. You can find it here: LiveCD-Download-8864.html">http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/GParted-LiveCD-Download-8864.html After burning, boot from it and in the GParted menu set the boot flag for the Ubantu partition, then you can use your your Ubantu, only if installed correctly, may be you can't use windows at that time, then remove the boot flag and windows will be back. Try installing Ubantu again and check the settings for grub bootloader.

absolutely! all you need is your windows install CD and the installation will prompt you to select a partition, select your linux partition, delete it and start a new with XP. it's very easy.

As long as Microsoft Excel is installed (if a Windows machine) or OpenOffice is installed (either a Linux or a Windows machine), then yes.

Hi!
you have to delete your hard drive partition....
Than you can easily installed any linux in your notebook....

You can download here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.aspx

See the second section of the left sidebar to choose a version.

You need to install some drivers. Did this machine originally come with Vista?

Hi, I also have an acer aspire 5050 (AMD 64bit CPU).
It came preinstalled with Vista Home Basic which I decided to get rid of. I downloaded a copy of SUSE 10 Enterprise Desktop (5 CD iso's images from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/10.0/iso/ )and burn't them to CD, and installed it straigt off CD.
It installed fine with Gnome (havent tried KDE). There are certain problems that you need to tweak before it all works ok.

The 5 in 1 card reader wont work at all, but I have heard that it might in future kernel upgrades. 

The sound doesn't work untill you edit a file (follow the guide at http://nosrednaekim.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/linux-on-the-acer-aspire-5050/) after doing this and rebooting it works great.

The graphics was another issue, I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. I couldn't get 3d accelleration to work for ages, but have managed to now. First off you have to download the ati driver for the "Mobility Radion X300" for linux (x86_64 for 64bit CPU) from http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html. When downloaded just run it in a terminal ("sh ./ati*%$%*%$*%"). Then after rebooting (the tricky part for non linux geeks!) open a terminal, "su" to root and run "init 3" then log in as root and run "aticonfig --initial -f" when complete run "aticonfig --app=maya --fsaa=on --fs=4 --ovt=opengl" then when complete run "aticonfig --effective=now" then "init 5". Now log on and you can enable 3d in display properties (in control center). The 3d desktop is so much better than Vista could ever be. I have only just got my graphics card working and I havent messed about with all the settings yet so you can probably get it working alot faster with some tweaking.

If you're interested in porgramming or compiling programs for your OS you will need to "build your Kernel" this takes a bit of time but a good guide is at http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_suse i skipped page one and some other bits)

Hope this helps, and you enjoy linux.