Re: Downgrading from Vista to XP Pro

Thanks for all your advice, I wasn't totally sure but you have made it clear
we will just have to move with the times.

Thanks again
Wombat

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Eats, roots and leaves.


"Patrick Keenan" wrote:


"Wally Wombat" <WallyWombat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All

I know this might sound odd, but a computer club to which I belong have
been
offered new laptops with vista. This is great, unfortunately most members
have systems with XP.
As they are all beginners and in their mature years this can be very
confusing.
They can obtain a very cheap XP Pro upgrade through Donortec. Can they use
this on Vista?

Wombat
--
Eats, roots and leaves.

No, won't work. You need a version that supports clean installs with no
qualifying media, and Upgrade CDs won't work for this.

Downgrade rights exist only for Vista Business and Ultimate versions - if
hte laptops come with those, you don't need to *buy* an XP license, you just
have to have legitimate XP install media, then contact MS for an activation
code.

Finally, if the laptops come with Vista, you absolutely have to be sure that
the maker supplies XP drivers as well - and get them in advance. If they
don't, you won't be able to get them anywhere else, and portions of the
system won't work.

HTH
-pk



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