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If an OEM plans to buy Vista but install XP Pro under downgrade rights – is this possible?

April 26, 2017buy downgrade install OEM plans possible Pro Rights Vista XP

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If an OEM plans to buy Vista but install XP Pro under downgrade rights – is this possible?

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Many OEMs believe that they can purchase Windows 7 or Windows Vista from the MNA or System Builder Channel and use their “downgrade rights” to get a Windows XP Pro license. This is not the intent of downgrade rights and is not the correct license for embedded systems. The option to downgrade is an end user right, not an OEM right. OEMs producing general purpose PCs have a time-limited right to facilitate an end user’s right to install a previous version (downgrade) of Windows.