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steeeler58   06-28-2007 at 06:26:52 PM

Say I have a new computer that came with Vista and I currently have a CD media for XP but not another license. Can I legally install XP over Vista? Is the Vista license backwards compatible, so to say?

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frenchsquared   06-28-2007 at 10:39:53 PM
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NO legal it doesn,t work that way

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steeeler58   06-29-2007 at 02:52:36 AM
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Can you expound upon that?

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Grumpy9117   06-29-2007 at 12:36:59 PM
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Windows Vista and XP each require their own Product Key. In other words, you can legally install XP over Vista with a XP Product Key and no the Vista license is NOT backwards compatible. Is that clear enough?

Grumpy

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