Hi,
XP is very available at a multitude of online retailers and finding a copy
for sale takes less than 30 seconds, even on dial up. As you stated, it is
also available at most any pc shop. The big-box guys, yeh they only sell
what marketing sends them, but if you wanted a '69 Mustang, would you go to
the Ford dealer and buy a new one hoping that you can exchange it for what
you really want later?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Slap" <slap@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eqEOfc#PIHA.4740@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think you are referring to downgrade rights? If your Vista license came
>> from a manufacturer, then you need to contact them to see if they offer
>> this (some do, some do not). If you have a retail copy of Vista, then it
>> begs the question of why you bought it instead of XP (which is still
>> commonly available)? In any case, to install XP you will need an
>> appropriate product key, as the one you have for Vista can not be used to
>> install or activate XP.
>>
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> I've not seen any copies of XP in my area for many, many months. This
> would be your typical shopping spot at a local Big Box retailer. Lots of
> Vista copies tho. Most people wouldn't think of stopping by their local
> corner computer store to see if they have XP.
>
> Of course anyone buying a computer now... say for Christmas, well they all
> come with Vista pre-installed. So you see XP is not commonly available at
> all.
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