If this is the case, then you will need to provide your own full version license. Volume License customers have all rights to downgrade to any edition or version of Windows they wish, so if you are using a Company PC purchased with Windows 7, contact your Administrator about downgrade options available to you. If you are running consumer editions such as Starter edition, Home Basic or Home Premium, you will have to provide your own full version license for the edition or version of Windows you would like to downgrade to.
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You asked: How do I add color in Linux terminal? How do I get rid of the shadow on my desktop icons Windows 7? You asked: How do I change text editor color in Ubuntu? Like this post? Please share to your friends:. What are the 3 buttons at the bottom of Android called? I saw Dell offering similar options for Windows 7 up until last year ish. So I'm not sure on the timeframe a computer can be legally downgraded even if Widget Inc had the legal right to use another company's VLK.
Obtain genuine Windows media and a corresponding product key for the eligible version of Windows for downgrade see next section for eligible Windows versions. Insert eligible downgrade version of Windows media in the CD drive and follow the installation instructions. Type the product key. In this case, the appropriate local Activation Support phone number will be displayed. Call the number and explain the circumstances. When it is determined that the end user has an eligible Windows license, the customer service representative will provide a single-use activation code to activate the software.
Please note that Microsoft does not provide a full product key in this scenario. Activate the software. There is a. Once again thanks for your response. I don't think a consulting company should be able to use someone else's license for us and I've been trying to prove that fact to them. That's why I've been asking all over creation to get a definitive answer. I want to make it right by presenting to them proof that they screwed up and put an OS on our system that we weren't eligible to use.
Not too many end users want to ensure they are legit.. Good luck. PM me again if the consulting company needs someone from Microsoft to reach out. I just called them to ask them to do their due diligence but if they stone wall me I'll certainly take you up on your offer. When the consulting company downgraded the machines, they were the owners. Therefore, they were the end user at the time of the downgrade. From reading the information on the OEM SB site you provided the tab icon for which looks a lot like it is flipping me off , the end user consultant company is allowed to use their VL key to facilitate the downgrade of the version provided that the machines have the proper OEM licenses which they do.
In either scenario, XP downgrade rights would have expired sometime in , perhaps as early as April. On Monday, Microsoft again changed its mind. Users running Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate will now be able to downgrade to Windows XP Professional throughout the entire life cycle of Windows 7.
Windows 7 Professional won't be fully retired until January ; the Ultimate edition will be put out to pasture five years earlier, in January Although Microsoft said it made the change to simplify the work in tracking licensing rights for PCs, the continued popularity of Windows XP may have had something to do with it. The downgrade rights are available only from OEM copies of Windows 7, those that are pre-installed by computer makers.
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