Guest MSExchangeStudent Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Hi I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or something?
Guest Gordon Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? > You are at liberty to put any OS you want on YOUR machine.....just be careful that you don't void the warranty by doing so.....if you have a retail copy of XP then go ahead. You may need to go to HP website to check they actually have XP drivers for that make and model.
Guest MSExchangeStudent Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Ok, thank you - i will check for drivers first "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message news:g3th6a$7th$1@news.mixmin.net... > "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message > news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 >> (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it >> and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade >> pack or something? >> > > > You are at liberty to put any OS you want on YOUR machine.....just be > careful that you don't void the warranty by doing so.....if you have a > retail copy of XP then go ahead. You may need to go to HP website to check > they actually have XP drivers for that make and model.
Guest Bob I Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro To do it yourself, you will need to buy a copy of Windows XP Pro, AND locate ALL the XP drivers yourself. Your other option is to buy it from HP with XP already installed. MSExchangeStudent wrote: > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and > put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or > something? > >
Guest John John (MVP) Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro You might have been able to use your downgrade rights and have HP do it for you free of charge. You need to ask them at the time of purchase and you have to buy the computer with a Vista Business license, but unless you already own an XP license and installation cd that is still usually cheaper than doing it yourself because you don't have to pay anything else for the XP license, the downgrade is free. Plus, you still have the valid Vista license in case you want to later upgrade the machine to Vista. And no, you won't be able to use the Vista license on another machine, the downgrade right gives you the right to use one or the other but not both at the same time. John MSExchangeStudent wrote: > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and > put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or > something? > >
Guest Anteaus Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Done a few of these. They work well with XP provided you observe a few points about installation. Main point, make sure the BIOS SATA mode setting is in Legacy Mode, or the XP install will fail at the first reboot. You must change this setting. You would be best to get the drivers first from hp.com. There may be more than one available driver for LAN etc, so have a look in Vista's Control Panel to see which is in-use. This will save guesswork. You will need to format the HD so don't store the drivers on it. In fact I would advise completely wiping the disk, removing the Vista recovery partitions, for a fresh start. Your call as to partitioning, but I would allocate say 50% to the C: drive and the rest to a data drive. Buying with preinstalled XP may not help (othert than giving you a licence key) because of the problem of preinstalled trash, which HP unfortunately seem to have revived after a period of clean installs. Removing this trash often takes longer than a clean install, plus of course removal of promotional trash never leaves you with a truly 'new' computer, only a 'ex-demo' one. "MSExchangeStudent" wrote: > Ok, thank you - i will check for drivers first > > "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:g3th6a$7th$1@news.mixmin.net... > > "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message > > news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> Hi > >> > >> I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > >> (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > >> and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > >> pack or something? > >> > > > > > > You are at liberty to put any OS you want on YOUR machine.....just be > > careful that you don't void the warranty by doing so.....if you have a > > retail copy of XP then go ahead. You may need to go to HP website to check > > they actually have XP drivers for that make and model. > > >
Guest Tim Slattery Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote: >Hi > >I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 >(1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and >put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or >something? Check with HP, they may have a program to help out with this. IMHO, this is *far* more trouble than it's worth. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(Shell/User) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Will the HP machine come with a free downgrade to WinXP? Ask HP for details. It should be available. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ MSExchangeStudent wrote: > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and > put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack > or > something?
Guest KDE Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Actually, if you have the XP disk and license, why don't you partition a portion of your drive and dual boot. That way you can use xp for what you think you need it for, but it'll give you a great opportunity to try and learn vista. My laptop was downgraded to XP to conform to company IT policies, but I reinstalled the Vista that came with it and dual boot. XP for business, Vista for personal.. WORKS GREAT !!! "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? >
Guest Carey Frisch [MVP] Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro HP Notebook PCs - Issues with Downgrading HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario PCs to Windows XP and Restoring Windows Vista: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01092639&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3439686&dlc=en&lang=en -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows Vista Enthusiast --------------------------------------------------------------- "MSExchangeStudent" wrote: Hi I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or something?
Guest Charles W Davis Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? > I would advise that you learn to live with Vista and forget the instant gratification ploy, It is, in fact, superior to XP. http://tinyurl.com/4reaer
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? No version of Vista with "Home" in the name comes with downgrade rights. To install XP, you must buy a *new* XP license. You must also be absolutely sure, before you start the install, that you HAVE ALL THE DRIVERS needed for that system under XP. Do not just assume that they are available. Have them in your possession, on CD so that you can install them right away. It's a better idea, if you can, to just get the OS you need with the system in the first place. HTH -pk
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro MSExchangeStudent wrote: > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and > put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or > something? > > It's your computer, so the choice is, ultimately, yours. (Although it would have been a lot simpler to have just purchased the computer with WinXP installed, to start with.) However, there could be a couple possible adverse repercussions of which you should be aware. First and foremost, if the specific computer model in question was designed specifically for Vista, there may well be no WinXP-specific device drivers available to make the computer's diverse components work properly. Consult the computer's manufacturer about the availability of device drivers. Secondly, removing an OEM-installed operating system and replacing it with another will almost invariably void any and all support agreements and, sometimes, even the warranty. You would, at the very least, have to re-install Vista before getting any support from the manufacturer. Again, consult the computer's manufacturer for specifics. Thirdly, there may be the additional cost involved in purchasing a WinXP license for this new computer. After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm Then, assuming you were successful in obtaining WinXP-specific device drivers so that the computer can be made to work with WinXP, the backed up data can be restored and applications (those that are WinXP-compatible, that is) re-installed. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest MSExchangeStudent Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Thank you for all the responses - appreciate it "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message news:uXcDTzy1IHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > MSExchangeStudent wrote: >> Hi >> >> I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 >> (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it >> and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade >> pack or something? > > > > It's your computer, so the choice is, ultimately, yours. (Although it > would have been a lot simpler to have just purchased the computer with > WinXP installed, to start with.) > > However, there could be a couple possible adverse repercussions of > which you should be aware. First and foremost, if the specific computer > model in question was designed specifically for Vista, there may well be > no WinXP-specific device drivers available to make the computer's diverse > components work properly. Consult the computer's manufacturer about the > availability of device drivers. Secondly, removing an OEM-installed > operating system and replacing it with another will almost invariably void > any and all support agreements and, sometimes, even the warranty. You > would, at the very least, have to re-install Vista before getting any > support from the manufacturer. Again, consult the computer's manufacturer > for specifics. Thirdly, there may be the additional cost involved in > purchasing a WinXP license for this new computer. > > After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS > installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be > offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part > of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot > devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) > > HOW TO Install Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941 > > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html > > http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm > > Then, assuming you were successful in obtaining WinXP-specific device > drivers so that the computer can be made to work with WinXP, the backed up > data can be restored and applications (those that are WinXP-compatible, > that is) re-installed. > > > > -- > > Bruce Chambers > > Help us help you: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin > > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand > Russell > > The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has > killed a great many philosophers. > ~ Denis Diderot
Guest Weiß, Daniel Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Hi @ALL please be sure to have a seperate WinXP Pro license. You have the downgraderight from microsoft to use an earlier version of the OS you've bought. so if you'll get a WinVista Home you'll will be able to install WinXP HOME with that license. Just for info. Bye, Daniel "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? >
Guest Bob I Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro You seem a bit confused about downgrade rights. The HOME version has none. It MUST be the business or ultimate version, and even then you may not install XP Home. Please see the attached link. http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/f/4/5f4c83d3-833e-4f11-8cbd-699b0c164182/royaltyoemreferencesheet.pdf Weiß wrote: > Hi @ALL > > please be sure to have a seperate WinXP Pro license. > You have the downgraderight from microsoft to use an earlier version of > the OS you've bought. > > so if you'll get a WinVista Home you'll will be able to install WinXP > HOME with that license. > > Just for info. > > Bye, Daniel > > > "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> schrieb im > Newsbeitrag news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> Hi >> >> I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo >> T5200 (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i >> get it and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate >> downgrade pack or something? >> >
Guest Marc Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > pack or something? Unless you run specific audio mixing software, I can't see WHY you'd want to - turn off Aero and turn off UAC. Still, of course that's up to you but it might cost more to get XP and be more hassle... and you might find yourself wanting to upgrade 6 months later. Marc
Guest Marc Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "KDE" <knott_me@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23XWU3Vu1IHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Actually, if you have the XP disk and license, why don't you partition a > portion of your drive and dual boot. That way you can use xp for what > you think you need it for, but it'll give you a great opportunity to try > and learn vista. My laptop was downgraded to XP to conform to company IT > policies, but I reinstalled the Vista that came with it and dual boot. XP > for business, Vista for personal.. WORKS GREAT !!! > I cocked up my Vista installation by resizing the partition it was on when installiling Ubuntu. So my advice is read up on how to do it, and use the Vista disk partition tool - not sure if XP's is OK, my advice is to check! Marc
Guest DanS Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in news:ABDDCA07-E65C-4609-9176-E202B9AE8C8D@microsoft.com: > > "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message > news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo >> T5200 (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when >> i get it and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a >> separate downgrade pack or something? >> > I would advise that you learn to live with Vista and forget the > instant gratification ploy, It is, in fact, superior to XP. > http://tinyurl.com/4reaer The author states: "So, this is not an analysis of “the security”. I don’t look at protective mechanisms and see how they might protect in certain scenarios. Nor do I look at security features and see how they might enable better privacy or help secure business process. And I certainly don’t look at how easy it is to manage the security policy for these products." So, of what use is it ? How does looking at the number of 'security' patches give you any indication of the state of (whatever) today ? I did read the entire thing, and didn't find it objective at all. For instance, there is a chart for MS vulnerabilites that lists what the actual vulnerability is, and this includes components all produced by MS. When you look at the compared Linux versions, there is no description of any, only a total number. My question is how many of those are directly for the Linux flavours actual OS, and not 3rd party programs ? I know the security updates I've seen in the past year have been half OS and half 3rd party apps, but included in the distro. IMO, there's a big different there. Unfortunately, I've never seen any third parties studies that weren't commisioned by one side or the other. It's always one of the players, which IMO, has almost no chance of being completely un-biased. (Like this one, being written by a current and long-time employee of MS.) I'm not saying that none exist.
Guest Luc Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:58:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > You might have been able to use your downgrade rights and have HP do it > for you free of charge. I thought Vista Home had no downgrade right? Even it if did, that would be to XP Home, but he's talking about downgrading Vista Home to XP Pro. I'd call that a major UPgrade ;)
Guest John John (MVP) Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Luc wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:58:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)" > <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > >>You might have been able to use your downgrade rights and have HP do it >>for you free of charge. > > > I thought Vista Home had no downgrade right? You have to buy the Vista Business edition to obtain downgrade rights to Windows XP Professional. Vista Home has no downgrade rights. Downgrade rights are given to businesses who might want to purchase new computers but who do not want a mixed environment, there are often very good reasons to keep all the computers with the same operating system in a business environment or on a domain. Downgrade right are not new, they have always existed for business customers, you could have purchased XP Pro computers and downgraded them to Windows 2000 if you wanted. John
Guest Kelly Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Ditto. :o) -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "Luc" <lucvdv@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:d4kr64hgko659gl6c07vg9rp5heci2mqti@4ax.com... > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:58:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)" > <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > >> You might have been able to use your downgrade rights and have HP do it >> for you free of charge. > > I thought Vista Home had no downgrade right? > > Even it if did, that would be to XP Home, but he's talking about > downgrading Vista Home to XP Pro. I'd call that a major UPgrade ;)
Guest Luc Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:21:16 -0700, "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote: > I would advise that you learn to live with Vista and forget the instant > gratification ploy, It is, in fact, superior to XP. But superior in what? You can set up XP to be more secure than a default Vista. What Vista does is pretend to give in to those who STILL insist on running everything as administrator, and better protect them from themselves. On the positive side, Vista forces some application developers (including a few in their own ranks) to think about the rights an application really needs, instead of to expect that administrator will be the only access level ever used. What I did on some W2K and XP machines is rename the administrator account to something else, and create a new "Administrator" account that's really a power user. Some of them never notice, but you can count on it that those who DO notice start searching for something that doesn't work, to complain about. The less knowledgeable they are about common security practices (such as NOT clicking on every link because it's there), the harder they complain. And why do managers need administrator rights? Because they don't want an admin ever to have to come near their machine, afraid he'll find something that shouldn't be there. In the case of our general manager that's downloaded mp3's, and he still believes I don't know. Or maybe there's something I *really* shouldn't see, and those mp3's are just a decoy ;)
Guest BLC Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: Downgrade to XP pro Not exactly any OS - If you purchased Vista with a Notebook/PC though an OEM there are constraints on how far and to which editions you can go back to. Rights to OEM versions of systems software are granted in the OEM License Terms. The OEM License Terms for most OEM versions of systems software do not grant downgrade rights. The exception is the OEM License Terms for the Windows® XP Professional operating system and the Windows Vista™ Business and Windows Vista Ultimate operating systems, which grant downgrade rights. See the full text of the OEM License Terms for the specific downgrade rights. Basically if you buy Vista Business you can downgrade to XP Pro Can I downgrade my OEM version of Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional? Yes. OEM downgrade rights for desktop PC operating systems apply to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate as stated in the License Terms. Please note, OEM downgrade versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate are limited to Windows XP Professional (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows XP x64 Edition). End users can use the following media for their downgrade: Volume Licensing media (provided the end user has a Volume Licensing agreement), retail (FPP), or system builder hologram CD (provided the software is acquired in accordance with the Microsoft OEM System Builder License). Use of the downgraded operating system is governed by the Windows Vista Business License Terms, and the end user cannot use both the downgrade operating system and Windows Vista Business. There are no downgrade rights granted for Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Home Premium. Hope this helps BLC "Gordon" wrote: > "MSExchangeStudent" <exchangestudent@newsgroups.com> wrote in message > news:e$T$1Ys1IHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Hi > > > > I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 > > (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it > > and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade > > pack or something? > > > > > You are at liberty to put any OS you want on YOUR machine.....just be > careful that you don't void the warranty by doing so.....if you have a > retail copy of XP then go ahead. You may need to go to HP website to check > they actually have XP drivers for that make and model. > >
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