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Royalty OEM Reference Sheet Windows Vista Downgrade Rights

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downgrade rights from Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate to a ... No downgrade rights are included in other Windows Vista products in the OEM ...

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Royalty OEM Reference Sheet Windows Vista Downgrade RightsPage 1Downgrade RightsDowngrade rights are an enduser right and are documented in the product License Terms or EndUser License Agreement (EULA) and refer to the ability of your customers to acquire the most recent version of Microsoftoperating system software but continue to run a previous version until they are ready to move to the new operating system version.When and Why Would Customers Use Downgrade Rights?Your customer is purchasing a new computer system and needs to run the same operating systemas their existing 10 systemsWindows XP Professional. An OEM may facilitate the end users downgrade rights from Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate to a qualified version of Windows XP Professional (noted below) on the new computer system. This process is further defined in the Desktop Operating System License Agreement (DTOS). The downgrade media must be supplied to you from the end user and must come from a legally licensed version of Microsoft retail OEM/System Builder or Volume License channels.What software versions qualify for downgrade rights?Not all versions of software contain downgrade rights. The chart below shows the OEM desktop operating system software versions that contain downgrade rights in the product License Terms and the version of software the end user can downgrade to. Frequently Asked QuestionsQ. Who can install the downgrade software or reinstall the original software?A. An OEM (when authorized by end user) or the end user. Q. Can I ship media for the downgrade software system as well as most recent version they are using to downgrade from?A. No downgrade media is provided by the end customer. Q. What about product activation? When apreviously licensed version of Windows XP Professional is used for the downgrade wont activation fail on the new PC? A. When an end user is using their downgraderights offered under the License Terms in Windows Vista Business and Ultimat ...

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