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10-Oct-2007, 11:59 AM #1
Purchasing a new laptop with Vista want XP
I didnt know whether to put it in the Vista forum or the XP forum so I put it here. Question. I have heard that the license that comes with a Vista product will work for a XP Pro installation. Is this correct? Will I be able to install XP Pro using the Vista license or would I have to purchase a new XP Pro license, or at least use one that we have?

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10-Oct-2007, 03:30 PM #2
Only if you have Vista Business or Ultimate ... (According to this) ...
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005512.html

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10-Oct-2007, 04:09 PM #3
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I didnt know whether to put it in the Vista forum or the XP forum so I put it here. Question. I have heard that the license that comes with a Vista product will work for a XP Pro installation. Is this correct? Will I be able to install XP Pro using the Vista license or would I have to purchase a new XP Pro license, or at least use one that we have?

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No you won't. Coa is for an OS. What are your issues with Vista? before making that move, you need to be sure that drivers are available for your system in XP or you will have network problems and probably sound and video problems.
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