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From: Ron Hardin on 8 Dec 2009 04:27
If a system comes with "Genuine Windows 7
Downgrade software" does that mean you can somehow
install XP pro or not?

Not run XP as a virtual machine but actually have
XP pro.
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From: Ron Hardin on 8 Dec 2009 04:48
Hank Arnold wrote:
>
> Ron Hardin wrote:
> > If a system comes with "Genuine Windows 7
> > Downgrade software" does that mean you can somehow
> > install XP pro or not?
> >
> > Not run XP as a virtual machine but actually have
> > XP pro.
> Absolutely. Dell has this configuration for their Optiplex. I don't know
> if they install W7 or XP. With Vista, they installed XP and provided the
> CDs for both Vista and XP....
>

The confusion is that there's also downgrade to Vista, which might be what
you're stuck with.

Some chatter about limited time rights to XP Pro also is around.

I don't see a current authoritative explanation.

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From: Weavertech89 on 8 Dec 2009 16:50

you can dual boot xp and windows 7, I've done it on my computer. wipe
the hard drive/ format. then use magic partition to make 2 partitions.
install xp on the first partition and windows 7 on the other.


From: Ron Hardin on 9 Dec 2009 08:59
Weavertech89 wrote:
>
> you can dual boot xp and windows 7, I've done it on my computer. wipe
> the hard drive/ format. then use magic partition to make 2 partitions.
> install xp on the first partition and windows 7 on the other.

Interesting but not if you don't want windows 7.

The chief effect of change is to break what's working just fine.
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From: Gary Baldi on 10 Dec 2009 14:23
On Dec 10, 3:10 pm, Ron Hardin <rhhar...(a)mindspring.com> wrote:

>  Apparently they've just gone to a universal driver DVD for
> every computer, in a 2-DVD set.
> --

Makes economic sense, just write your Resource DVD software to detect
what hardware is present and the job's a good 'un.

Always wondered why Dell (and all the other major vendors) didn't
adopt such a business model years ago.

Car manufacturers are slowly coming around to this train of though
too, headlight clusters on Fords here in the UK are pretty much
standardised rather than a different set for each model.
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