Re: Windows OS downgrade - how does it work?

[Luke Gerhardt <lgerhardt@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/downgrade_rights.aspx

According to the information there, you can't downgrade from 7 Home at 
all, nor does it touch on cross-architecture downgrades.  So, while your 
ideal option would be to go to 7 Pro to get XP Mode, I'd consider the 
costs involved in going from Home to Pro to be punitively expensive.  
You'd also have to be certain that your laptop's processor supports 
virtualization extensions in order to use XP Mode (IIRC).

VirtualBox + valid XP license is the cheapest method by far, and the one 
I currently use.  It will run whether or not you have a CPU with 
virtualization enhancements, although your performance will definitely 
be affected.

On 12/12/2011 1:00 PM, pctech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:36:18 -0500
> from: Jeff Crosby<jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [PCTECH] Windows OS downgrade - how does it work?
>
> All,
>
> We had a laptop stolen Friday and need to get a replacement.  The Windows
> app in use is 16-bit (yea, I know) so I need Windows 32-bit.
>
> Office Depot has a tremendous price this week only on Lenovo G570
> (4334-5VU0) which is Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit.  So it won't work as is.
>   Since it's Home Premium, XP mode is out.
>
> Is it true that I would have downgrade license to Win 7 32-bit Home
> Premium?  If so, how does that work?  Do I need to get physical media
> somewhere?