Downgrade from Vista to XP

[Shenan Stanley]

I can also see this issue coming to the forefront a lot in the
future. Matter of fact this week I've had to decline a
computer-order because it would've come with Vista, which is
unsuitable for the network it will be on.

I think the whole question of downgrading needs to be looked-at
from a legal aspect; with previous Windows releases we didn't have
WPA, so it was purely a moral/legal issue as to whether you were
for example entitled to put 98 onto a computer preinstalled with
2000.

Now, with WPA, we have to use illegal methods such as cracking if
we want to downgrade. Is that an acceptable situation? Personally,
I think not, especially as I can see Vista becoming universal very
quickly, that's the way it always goes. It will inevitably become
the ONLY option on new computers long before the problems of
software-compatibility are sorted-out.

I just read that a Windows Vista Business or Ultimate can be legally
downgraded to Windows XP Pro, accordiing to the MS EULA.

Just look here for the info:
http://www.reasonco.com/vista/vistadowngraderights.htm

Please, when posting such things - search for and post the actual source (in
this case - Microsoft) instead of some third party site.

Windows Vista Downgrade Rights
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...cbd-699b0c164182/royaltyoemreferencesheet.pdf

That way there is no 'other' interpretations to muck up the works - only the
end-reader.