does upgradeing to vista make you xp key no longed any good

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afbosch@hotmail.com - 23 Jun 2008 23:40 GMT

i have a question what if a person upgrade to vista useing a upgrade ver
of the cd--

i heard that if a person does upgrade from xp to vista-- it make the
xp window cd KEY-- no longed good any more to install- in case a
person does not like vista

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Shenan Stanley - 24 Jun 2008 03:34 GMT

afbosch wrote:

> i have a question what if a person upgrade to vista useing a
> upgrade ver of the cd--
>
> i heard that if a person does upgrade from xp to vista-- it
> make the xp window cd KEY-- no longed good any more to
> install- in case a person does not like vista

What type of Windows XP license do you have?
(Retail, OEM, Upgrade...)

In any case - since you have the *Upgrade* version of Windows Vista - as
long as you still have that copy of Windows Vista Upgrade installed and used
on top of whatever license of Windows XP you have - that license of Windows
XP is *in use* because it is making the license of Windows Vista *Upgrade*
valid.

If you were to flatten (format, erase the OS and install again, whatever
words you want to use) said computer and install Windows XP back onto the
machine - this would be valid even not knowing what type of license of
Windows XP you have (OEM, Retail, Upgrade - assuming you still had the prior
OS available, etc...)

So - only while you have the Windows Vista *Upgrade* license installed on
top of (or using) the Windows XP license as its proper path for upgrading is
your license for Windows XP unavailable for continued use. If that copy of
Windows Vista Upgrade is not using that license of Windows XP - then that
copy of Windows XP is available for use.

In other words - to answer your question *as asked*... If you upgrade to
Vista and do not like it and want to go back to Windows XP - as long as your
originally license for Windows XP was valid - you can burn down your
computer (format) and install Windows XP again the same way you originally
installed it onto that same computer. There is no 'downgrade' - you will
have to format - lose everything on the computer - and install Windows XP
fresh.

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afbosch - 24 Jun 2008 04:10 GMT

I have 2 xp cd

one a microsoft xp home upgrade before sp1-- I got that one on e bay
and I use for a long time- ontil I got my new computer- then I got a other
xp home cd xp sp2 full ver this time

well that more or less I wanted to know-- that I can use either one of my
xp home cd--

but

I do have one question what about if I want to dual boot xp with
vista--- how does that affect my xp keys

> afbosch wrote:
>> i have a question what if a person upgrade to vista useing a
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> have to format - lose everything on the computer - and install Windows XP
> fresh.

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DL - 28 Jun 2008 18:10 GMT

If you mean you upgraded to Vista and decide you dont like it then you can
clean install winxp using the origonal winxp cd & key
If you stick with Vista you cannot legitimately use that winxp cd to install
on another system.

>i have a question what if a person upgrade to vista useing a upgrade ver
> of the cd--
>
> i heard that if a person does upgrade from xp to vista-- it make the
> xp window cd KEY-- no longed good any more to install- in case a
> person does not like vista

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