![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Which Vista? XP Pro downgrade only works for Business or Ultimate. Re: Activating clean install XP, Vista downgrade I tried the number, got a voice saying they were experiencing congestion and I should try againįinally the $60 question - should I keep trying, or am I flogging a dead horse ? - are there other alternatives to get XP activated ? When I objected, saying a HP branded PC was unlikely to be counterfeit, she gave me a number to call Microsoft Australia So I tried by phone, keying in the 54-digit code it generates for phone activationĪnother knockback - so I tried speaking to a humanĭictated the 54-digit code to a female Indian voice, got another knockback, telling me to go to reseller It wouldn't accept the license key from the sticker when it got to that point, so I continued without entering a license keyĪfter getting all the drivers installed, I tried to activate over the net - got a knockback So I erased its disk, then started with my proven working XPsp3 OEM install CD I wanted to install Windows XP from scratch, on a HP dc7900 which has a Vista license key sticker and another sticker saying Vista downgraded to XP Pro Seems to be a few people here familiar with navigating Microsoft's bureaucracy, so thought I'd ask. ![]()
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