Vista Tutorial - Use XP Pro upgrade on a Vista Home machine ?

New PC bought with Vista pre-installed. I own an unused XP
Professional Upgrade CD.

Can I upgrade / crossgrade / downgrade from Vista to XP Pro using the
upgrade CD ?

I'm anticipating failure when it doesn't detect a previous complying
product - is this so, and if so what media and licensing steps offer a
workaround ?

Thanks,


Phil

Hi Phil, no that won't work, some oem do offer a revert back to xp disc, depending on manufacturer. Do you have a old windows 98 disk, u can use that as your previous os, you just install win xp upgrade disc, it will ask for a previous version which u put in for a couple of minutes, then xp will continue to install.

PS, too do this you will need to boot off XP disc to work.

Anddd!! also most probably you will need to delete the vista partition & start a fresh partition & install on that.

There is no workaround and no end-user right to change from Vista to XP.
You need to contact the source you bought the computer from and either have
them supply Windows XP for it or replace it with a Windows XP system.

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"PhilT" <newsnet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista considers XP to be a downgrade, as it is an older OS, and won't do it.

If you manage to get a '98 and upgrade from there, first check out your
computer's manufacturer
website to see if XP drivers are available for the Hardware installed in
it(Mobo, etc)
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"PhilT" wrote:

On Mar 18, 9:02 am, "Richard G. Harper" <rghar...@xxxxxx> wrote:apart from Vista Business and its downgrade rights, so could I use a
Vista business upgrade followed by the downgrade rights to XP ?


Phil

Nope, not unless you have a valid key and media for XP, you can't.

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