On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: > ... new Optiplex ...opted for Vista Business ... XP Pro shop .. use one of > the Optiplex “Restore” disks that puts a “Vanilla” XP Pro image on the > machine. > So, would that violate the licensing or would that be legal?
That would be compliant with Microsoft's licensing guidelines, as I understand them. I guess the Win 7 license limits downgrades to within 2 years of release or something like that, but Microsoft didn't think up that particular bit of evil until Win 7. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
