So if you have access to an XP Pro CD and have at least Vista Business,
you can downgrade by giving MS a call and they do something about the
activation issue?
This must mean Vista manages this process to replace/downgrade itself
without a total wipe and reinstall otherwise you would need to have and
use the XP pro license ID?
Can anyone elaborate with some of the details of how this works?
db
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I followed up on this statement. I contacted both students. One of
the two, who I believe purchased a Lenovo, had considered a downgrade
but found he got acceptable performance after removing everthing from
the Startup folder (or Vista equivalent).
So only one actually downgraded. I am pasting my inquiry and his
response verbatim. The conclusion seems to be that if your license is
at a high enough level to give you downgrade privileges, it doesn't
matter how you obtain your copy of the product (which may answer
Betty's question depending on the level of her Vista license):
***quote:
It didn't cost me anything - I didn't have a XP Pro CD so what I had to
do was slipstream a copy of windows xp from another computer and
install it from that. That part was really frustrating, but with an XP
Pro disk it'd be really easy. Activation was simple though, I just
called up the number Microsoft gives and gave them my Vista product id.
You should check for what downgrade rights your system has first,
though. I had business which can be downgraded to Pro.
-Chris
On 8/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
How did you do it? Did it cost extra?
Thanks!
--John Emmerling
***end quote:
Too bad. I have an XP Pro CD I could have lent him =).
Did they purchase XP, or did the laptop mfg do a free downgrade?
This empirical evidence may contribute to the discussion:
My son is starting freshman year at college. Two of his friends
ordered new laptops through their Universities, which were delivered
with Vista. Both students are Comp. Sci./Engineering majors. Both
have since gotten downgrades.
On 5/25/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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