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Hi

Downgrade rights are for only Vista Business and Ultimate versions to XP Pro, others they will not support http://www.askiris.toshiba.com/Tosh...iceId=&dialogID=30069056&stateId=0 0 30065706 but you then run into support issues on drivers as for some components and main one is Audio is that their may actually be no drivers written for XP for it, may find some after trial and error that work. So make sure you can find compatible drivers for all your hardware devices before the move to XP.

Hardware wise, as Fred says call them as its the only concrete way to find out, but have them email you confirmation too if they do say your Hardware Warranty is still intact after a downgrade to XP.




HP/Compaqs take on this

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...e=c01274160&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&dlc=en&lang=en

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...e=c01092639&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&dlc=en&lang=en

The others I did a quick search on have patching or no info on support status after a downgrade, but as its a Microsoft thing in the downgrade rights, it will apply to all companies, in that only routes to goto XP and stick with some sort of support ( not HP/Compaq ) is to go from Vista Business/Ultimate to XP Pro.

ACER will downgrade certain models but wish to do this themselves when you buy direct from them, as no info on warranty or support is on the support site on downgrades I can see.


One thing to note on OEM PCs and especially laptops if you have to use Recovery, as the recovery partition is Vista it will recover to Vista, mentioning this as some companies support will only troubleshoot hardware issues from a Vista standpoint.