blogs.zdnet.com - 4/6/2009
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April 6th, 2009 Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:04 am Categories: App Compatibility , Channel , Corporate strategy , OEMs , Resellers , System builders , Vista , Windows 7 , Windows XP , Windows client Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft ...
appleinsider.com - 4/6/2009
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appleinsider.com —
Despite valiant efforts to push its Windows licensees
to adopt Vista and the forthcoming Windows 7, Microsoft...
has one again agreed to extend the option of selling Windows XP for use on new PCs for another year, through April 30, 2010.
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Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010
news.cnet.com - 4/7/2009
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news.cnet.com —
With Windows 7, Microsoft is hoping to have
an operating system that people won't want to downgrade...
from. That said, it does plan on offering users that option. Downgrade rights have long been a part of the Windows license for certain versions, ...
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Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
techreport.com - 4/14/2009
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techreport.com —
Windows XP is still going strong in netbooks
and as an alternative for some pre-built PCs, but...
make no mistake: it's reaching the end of the line. Today, as scheduled, Microsoft has ended the mainstream support phase for the nearly eight-year-old ...
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Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows XP
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 to XP downgrade option
TechSpot —
... with an older edition. This, however, gained notoriety with Windows Vista following numerous complaints from disgruntled users and computer makers actually advertising machines that were pre-downgraded to XP. Microsoft hopes to change this with Windows 7 if early reviews are anything to go by it probably will but it does plan to keep offering users a downgrade option. In fact, Microsoft and its PC partners are going to allow Windows 7 users to downgrade not just to Vista but also to Windows XP . The company claims this is not the first time it has offered downgrade rights ...
Microsoft Takes Worry Out of Windows 7 With Downgrade Options
Maximum PC —
... and ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Windows 7 users will have the option to downgrade from 7 to either Windows Vista or even "the operating system that will not die," Windows XP. ...
Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades
DriverHeaven.net —
... Microsoft has gone public with a piece of its Windows 7 to XP downgrade guarantee that it refused to make official until yesterday: The end date. ...
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