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Re: Downgrade Vista Home Premium to XP Home
Brogshy
Of course you can. The license is perpetual and can be activated an
unlimited number of times. The only thing that cannot be done is installing
the same license on multiple computers at the same time.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"brogshy" <brogshy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3172D846-2CFE-4A98-A064-ECD297BE8263@microsoft.com...
>I currently have Vista Home Basic, and I know that I (CAN) downgrade to XP
> Home using my computer's backup cds, but my question is: if at a later
> date I
> upgrade my computer a little more (enough so to run Vista better than it
> currently does) will the license activation accept me upgrading if I've
> upgraded once before?
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
>> Rob
>>
>> No, any downgrade install requires you to perform a clean install on a
>> formatted hard drive.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Rob T." <RobT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:67CA0AEF-7C2D-4A07-B086-502E63F15B9F@microsoft.com...
>> > Can I downgrade to XP Home with an upgrade disk?
>>
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