License Issue

[Jim Matthews]

We are a consulting company who support a product which runs only on Windows
2000 - not XP in any form.

When I purchase laptops, they come with XP Pro and the vendor has always
installed W2K Pro on it for me.

Now they tell me they will not do this, but the Windows XP license "covers"
me if I wish to install myself.

Anyone know if this is true ?

TIA

 

[Austin Henderson]

This is true to my understanding.

 

[Sam]

Yes, I have checked with Microsoft Licensing and all licenses are backwards
compatible, even if you have 5 licenses for Office 2000, you can install
Office 97 no problem from a legal standpoint

 

[Jim Matthews]

Thanks !!

Yes, I have checked with Microsoft Licensing and all licenses are backwards
compatible, even if you have 5 licenses for Office 2000, you can install
Office 97 no problem from a legal standpoint

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Not necessarily: OEM application licenses usually cannot be
downgraded.

Application licenses acquired via the OEM channel follow rights
granted in the OEM license. OEM licenses do not typically grant
downgrade rights

Microsoft Downgrading Chart
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/downloads/downgrade_chart.doc


Bruce Chambers

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