#Windows xp embedded ghost pro#

End Users of PCs with Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate вЂ“ have the right to downgrade to XP Pro.

OEM pre-installation of XP Pro at manufacture, of devices with Window 7 Pro and Ultimate and Vista Business/Ultimate COAs on them stopped on October 23rd 2010.ДҐ. However, in July, 2010 Microsoft changed their position on this point and communicated that there would be Downgrade rights to XP Pro in Windows 7 for the life of the OS.Д¤.

Microsoft expected it SP1 to RTM 18 months after General Availability of Windows 7.ДЈ. Microsoft communicated to OEMs at the RTM of Windows 7 (July, 2009) that SP1 version of Windows 7 would NOT contain Downgrade rights to XP ProДў. Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) provides download access only to the current (N) and the prior version (N-1)ДЎ. Software Assurance must be attached to the Windows OS within 90 days of date the licenses are acquired.ДҐ. Downgrade rights are granted in connection with OS licenses acquired through Volume Licensing, FPP, and OEM and enrolled in Software Assurance coverage.Д¤. The OEM License Terms for Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate operating systems grant downgrade rights.ДЈ. Please refer to the applicable license terms for your retail copy of Windows.Дў. Downgrade rights are not granted under FPP system licenses. You cannot downgrade a retail copy of Windows. Windows 7 Embedded is not listed as a application SKU for downgrade rights.ДЎ.