Dislike Vista Business/Ultimate? You Can Officially Downgrade

Are you unhappy with Windows Vista? I don’t speak for everyone, but I certainly am. It seems that if you are the owner of either Vista Business or Vista Ultimate, you have the right to downgrade to Windows XP as per the official license. The process of this seems to go through your OEM and the article at DailyTech doesn’t delve much into the actual process, but it -is- possible. If you bought a PC with either of those Vista installations installed and are unhappy, it might be worth your time to investigate further, or simply contact your OEM.

As a result of the complaints from customers and businesses regarding Vista, Microsoft recently began offering an “XP downgrade” option for OEMs. The decision to downgrade a Vista installation is fully supported by Microsoft, but it’s up to each individual OEM to provide the option to its customers. Unfortunately, the option only exists for Vista Business and Vista Ultimate installations – Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium users are out of luck.

Source: DailyTech