When you say Optiplex restory disks, you mean the ones that came with that
specific machine, right?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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