downgrade?

[tonytonez1234]

am i able to downgrade from windows vista home premium, to windows xp ? free??

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Not for free, you also have to ensure that the hardware that came
preinstalled with Windows Vista is compatible to run Windows XP since there
can be hardware conflicts with XP device drivers. You will have purchase a
full version of Windows XP and do a clean installation, certain SKUs such as
Vista Home Premium do not have Downgrade rights by the way.

 

[David B.]

Downgrade yes, free no. You'll have to purchase an XP license to install XP,
then format the hard drive and install. I would highly recommend checking
driver availability and burning all required drivers to a CD before the
format.

 

[H. G. Cooper]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34015/118/

Microsoft quietly unveils Vista-to-XP downgrade

talk to the people you got the computer from... perhaps instead of buying XP
again, you might be able to upgrade to ulltimate and then get a free copy of
XP.... since this downgrad is not available for everyone and not available
for home premium

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Thats why it is recommended you check or inquire about the manufacturers
licensing policies whether they allow downgrade rights or choice of swapping
out Vista for Windows XP.

 

[tonytonez1234]

thanks very much i will try to contact suppliers and let u know how it goes
cheers

 

[tonytonez1234]

thanks very much for the advice . i will return when i have contacted the
supplier

thanks again

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Downgrade yes,

A clarification here. You can't literally downgrade, but have to clean
install XP. That means losing everything already on the drive.

free no. You'll have to purchase an XP license to install XP,
then format the hard drive and install.

Correct. My only point is that the word "downgrade" isn't really
appropriate for that action, and might mislead the original poster.