Microsoft extends Vista to XP downgrade by six months

Posted on Tuesday, October 07 2008 @ 4:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Register heard Microsoft has given OEMs an additional six months to sell PCs running Windows Vista with the ability to downgrade to Windows XP:

Never mind that Microsoft has kicked off a hyped ad campaign to convince the public to buy Windows Vista PCs, - it's also given users more time to switch back to Windows XP.

OEMs have been given an additional six months to sell PCs running Windows Vista with the ability to downgrade to Windows XP using an accompanying recovery disc.

Partners originally had up until January 31 2009 to provide the Windows XP Professional recovery media with machines running Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate. Now they have until July 31, 2009, a Reg reader has informed us.

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