vista question

hittman · 17 Apr 2007 at 14:15

I am currently on XP pro. If i installed vista homje preimum and later decided it was not for me, Would I be able to re-install XP pro?

I heard somewhere the xp pro key/license would become invalid after you install vista? :confused:

Masterdog · 17 Apr 2007 at 14:47

All I can say is mine worked fine, going back to XP from Vista.

Burnsy2023 · 17 Apr 2007 at 14:47

Nope, that's not true. Your XP license is not revoked.

Burnsy

marc2003 · 17 Apr 2007 at 14:48

hittman said:
I heard somewhere the xp pro key/license would become invalid after you install vista?

nonsense. they are 2 separate products. you can re-install xp as many times as you like.

hittman · 17 Apr 2007 at 15:30

ok good. thanks guys.

stoofa · 17 Apr 2007 at 16:12

If your Vista license was an Upgrade license then you can't use the XP & Vista license on seperate machines.
Other than that, you can upgrade/downgrade yourself.

The only time this hasn't been the case is when MS were offering a "one direction" free upgrade to 64bit WinXP for anyone who had bought a license between certain dates.
They made it clear that once you'd made the decision to trade in your XP license for XP 64bit you couldn't go back and it was your responsibility to make sure everything would work OK before you went ahead and did it.

hittman · 18 Apr 2007 at 04:04

regarding OEM, do I have to purchase hardware with it? can't I just get the oem vista?

marc2003 · 18 Apr 2007 at 09:52

no you don't have to buy hardware anymore.

hittman · 18 Apr 2007 at 10:51

marc2003 said:
no you don't have to buy hardware anymore.

really? thats good.

stoofa · 18 Apr 2007 at 11:26

hittman said:
regarding OEM, do I have to purchase hardware with it? can't I just get the oem vista?

You just buy OEM Vista.
However it will be tied to the motherboard inside your machine at the time of installation.
If you decide to upgrade your motherboard in the future you will need to buy another copy of the OS.