"ndy" <ndy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:09C59DE1-D6D7-467A-B4EB-F4130E29B83A@xxxxxx
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> Were you able to avtivate the XP Pro?
Yes. By calling.
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> I called the avtivation center and they refuse to activate my XP Pro even
> with valid Vista Business OEM key on the workstation.
> They told me I was miss informed and need a valid XP Pro Key.
They didn't even ask for my Vista key. When I got through to a person I
explained the XP Pro key had been used on another machine and I was using
the same cd because I was wanting to use the downgrade right and license it
with a Vista Business license. Then the lady I spoke to just told me the
activation number. Could not believe how easy it was, once I got past the
automated part. I had a printout of the downgrade right document just in
case I was challenged.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...rencesheet.pdf
Good luck.
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>
> At the end I shout at them and they gave me set of ID to activate one
> machine.
> I have to activate 100 XP Pro a month. This is going to be a battle.
>
> "Gav" wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OrNs14d%23HHA.4568@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >
>> > "Gav" <gav@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:%236SlA0c%23HHA.4568@xxxxxx
>> >>I have a Dell laptop which came with Vista Business preinstalled. I
>> >>would
>> >>like to install XP on this machine instead and as I understand it Vista
>> >>Business or Ultimate can be downgraded to XP Pro. Can anybody tell me
>> >>how
>> >>I go about doing this?
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >>
>> >> Gav
>> >
>> > All your questions about downgrade rights are covered in the PDF
>> > document
>> > at
>> > http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...rencesheet.pdf
>> >
>> > Basically - you can downgrade but YOU must source the media (The XP CD
>> > and
>> > License key) to enable you to do this.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mike Brannigan
>> >
>> >>
>> >> >>
>> Oke doke. So after reading that if I have an XP Pro CD I can install XP.
>> Then ring Microsoft to activate it explaining that the license I am
>> actually
>> using is the Vista one not an XP one.
>>
>> thanks for the link. 
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