Vista - Downgrade from Home Premium to Home Basic?

I require Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software to be able to
use my computer. I've just purchased an HP laptop preloaded with Vista Home
Premium, and have discovered, to my horror, that the current version of DNS
will not run on a 64-bit operating system. (The next version might, but
there's no guarantee.)

The Anytime Upgrade pack looks like an ideal stopgap measure, but will it
allow me to downgrade from Premium to Basic? I'm sure that isn't what it's
designed to do, but does anybody know (for sure) that it will or won't? Will
it then, at some point in the future, upgrade me back to Premium?

Thanks in advance!

No, downgrade will not work, it would take a clean install.
You should try the Speech Recognition built in to Vista. You will find
little D.N.S. could do that S.R. will not.

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"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Contact HP and ask them if your product key will work, and if your recovery
disk contains the 32 bit version of Home Premium. you should not have to
downgrade to Basic. Home Premium 32 should work. That way you wouldn't
loose any functionality. You just need to find out if HP will help you do
that.


"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul the problem is not that you have premium but that your OS is 64 bit
But you are entitled to get a DVD with the 32 bit version of home premium
with a small cost of shipping and handling, and you will use the same
product key
that you now have.

In other worlds if you have the 32bit you are entitiled to use 64 bit for
free
and the opposite.. you DON’T have to buy windows all over again!

so what you will do is format and install the 32 bit version of your windows
after you get the disk.

Its better that you ask HP too or look at their site to see if they offer 32
bit versions of your drivers...

see this link to find more about vista "alternate" media
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...a/default.mspx

Perhaps the OEM in your case HP can supply you with the 32 bit version with
little or no cost
too..




"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul the problem is not that you have premium but that your OS is 64 bit
But you are entitled to get a DVD with the 32 bit version of home premium
with a small cost of shipping and handling, and you will use the same
product key
that you now have.

In other worlds if you have the 32bit you are entitiled to use 64 bit for
free
and the opposite.. you DON’T have to buy windows all over again!

so what you will do is format and install the 32 bit version of your windows
after you get the disk.

Its better that you ask HP too or look at their site to see if they offer 32
bit versions of your drivers...

here is a link if you got the 32 bit version and looking for the 64 bit one,
but I m sure there is a way to do the opposite too

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...a/default.mspx


Perhaps the OEM in your case HP can supply you with the 32 bit version with
little or no cost
too..




"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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He is not "entitled" to a 32bit version. Because it's OEM nobody owes him
anything. Maybe HP will cooperate, but they are obligated to. He may just
have to purchase the 32bit.

Mark

"Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Typo: HP is "not" obligated.

"Mark" <secureourborders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The OEM is not forced to give him a 32 bit DVD, BUT

his product key will probably work nevertheless.

All he has to do is obtain an OEM version of 32 bit vista home premium and
make sure HP has the drivers for his model of
laptop in 32 bit versions.

MS has stated clearly, when you get one version of vista (32 or 64 bit)
you actually own both versions, and can install either one without the need
to purchase another version from scratch.





"Mark" <secureourborders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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to clarify, when I say "All he has to do is obtain an OEM version of 32 bit
vista home premium"
I do NOT mean buying vista from the start again,
only the dvd disk as a media replacement

there are many ways to get this... even if his OEM doesn't want to give a
disk to him.



"Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If HP does not cooperate he will need to purchase at least an OEM version of
Vista 32bit. Microsoft will not give it to him.

Mark

"Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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