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
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
Any way to use a Dell XP Pro installer on a Compaq notebook? Thx
Betty
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I don't know, what does your lawyer say?
On 8/8/07, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any way to use a Dell XP Pro installer on a Compaq notebook? Thx
Betty
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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.
My son
I don't know, what does your lawyer say?
On 8/8/07, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any way to use a Dell XP Pro installer on a Compaq notebook? Thx
The Dell is gone. All that's left is the disk. Hmmm. That's odd. I can
use the same installer on my Macs. The licensing dark forest is
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.
If I don't have the original computer, am I completely forbidden to use
it on a different computer?
My reading of the MS EULA is that an OS that is bundled with a computer
is only for use with that computer. If you own a retail version of the
OS, that retail version can be installed on any
Do the Vista OS media also have XP on them for downgrading purposes?
Tom Piwowar wrote:
If I don't have the original computer, am I completely forbidden to use
it on a different computer?
My reading of the MS EULA is that an OS that is bundled with a computer
is only for use with that
