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I have 2 new computers with vista home premium and hate it. Would like to buy
XP and the how can I install it on these new computers... Thanks
XP and the how can I install it on these new computers... Thanks
shorebirds58 said:I have 2 new computers with vista home premium and hate it. Would like to buy
XP and the how can I install it on these new computers... Thanks
John said:You would most likely just forfeit the software support, you would still
have hardware support. If you buy the retail versions of XP you have
support from Microsoft, if you buy OEM versions, you are on your own.
Follow the Malke post, as availability of drivers will be most important.
Malke said:Actually, the OP really really needs to check with the OEM. I have a
friend who is a school tech administrator and because they are not
supporting XP in the laptop program this year he called HP about downgrade
rights for putting XP on Vista laptops. He was told that putting XP on the
Vista laptops would void the *hardware* warranty as well as software.
Pretty unbelievable, eh? Now, whether that was just a clueless HP tech or
not we don't know. He was going to pursue this to find out definitively
and I don't know the results of that yet, but it would be foolish for the
OP not to check first. It's only a phone call and better to spend the time
now, no matter how annoying, than find out something unpleasant later when
it really matters.
Seth said:MaximumPC just last month addressed this issue in the WatchDog section.
Many "techs" (L1 support) say that incorrectly. When you escalate up the
food chain, all of the vendors they called (posing as consumers) verified
that the hardware warranty would indeed remain intact.
That said, having now loaded a different OS than the machine was certified
for and not having the manufacturers diagnostic utilities in place, good
luck proving it's a hardware issue and not software.
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