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Dave
07-25-2003, 06:30 PM
Hey,

I heard a story that when you buy a Microsoft product, the license lets you
use previous versions of the product as well. Is this true?

Reason: I want to buy a computer. The company ships with them with XP. I
want to use 2000.

Thanks,
Dave
Roger Spencelayh
07-27-2003, 12:32 PM
In article <YymdnRjJU8JTeryiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, Dave wrote: I heard a story that when you buy a Microsoft product, the license lets
you use previous versions of the product as well. Is this true?

As I understand it, that's only true if you buy a full Microsoft copy of
the software.
Reason: I want to buy a computer. The company ships with them with XP. I want to use 2000.

In this case, it's most likely you have an OEM version of XP. My
interpretation of the licence is that OEM versions cannot be up- or down-
graded.

Roger

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