Install Xp with Vista

[hary]

My local computer shop tell me that they can install Xp from their disk onto
my Pc providing it has a proper COA.
..
The point is I am buying a new Pc with Vista and presume it will have a
Vista COA.
..
Will they still be able to put on Xp as well and make it a dual boot, and
every thing will be proper and legal, or should vista be removed.
..
Will the shop be able to provide a new COA for Xp they are installing..

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My local computer shop tell me that they can install Xp from their
disk onto my Pc providing it has a proper COA.
.
The point is I am buying a new Pc with Vista and presume it will
have a Vista COA.
.
Will they still be able to put on Xp as well and make it a dual
boot, and every thing will be proper and legal, or should vista be
removed. .

Will the shop be able to provide a new COA for Xp they are
installing..

Ask the shop? (Especially on that last one.)
You will want to see the Certificate of Authority and the Product Key and
the CD itself before you purchase it.

As far as your new machine having a CoA for Vista - that's really up to you
and your asking whomever you buy it from. They will, generally, put on
there what the customer requests. You should request what you want and
installation (not restoration) media for all products the computer comes
with.

In other words - this all depends on you getting the right stuff (a full
Windows Vista license and a full Windows XP license if you want to dual
boot, etc.) - so you need to *ask questions and get answers in writing where
possible*...

 

[hary]

I assume the shop has a retail version of Xp that allows them to put a copy
on any machine, but it must have a COA label for the correct version.
..
I can ask them to remove Vista as that is what I don't want, but that would
leave me with me with a Xp Os and a Vista COA label, unless of course the
shop stick on a new label for Xp.
..
I know little of this subject and am trying to anticipate problems before
they occur..

 

[Don Phillipson]

I assume the shop has a retail version of Xp that allows them to put a copy
on any machine, but it must have a COA label for the correct version.
.
I can ask them to remove Vista as that is what I don't want, but that would
leave me with me with a Xp Os and a Vista COA label, unless of course the
shop stick on a new label for Xp.
.
I know little of this subject and am trying to anticipate problems before
they occur..

It depends on the country where you live. In the
USA or Canada, when buying new from a shop
both PC and OS, it is normal to expect:
1. Free installation of the OS
2. Full documentation of the legality of the OS
purchased.
There is nowadays much pressure on the retail
trade to sell only Vista installations: but consumer
demand persists for XP installations so XP customers
should insist on buying what they prefer (not what
Microsoft prefers.)

 

[Mick Murphy]

They don't just stick on a label; you have to buy the Licence.
That is what it is.

A Vista COA can not be used with an XP Operating System.
Also, a NEW Computer running Vista may not have XP Drivers written for the
Hardware.
Find the computer you want, and check at its manufacturers's website about
XP drivers.