Those with other Vista editions, such as Home Premium and Home Basic, don't have those downgrade rights. The present migration scenario is from Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows XP Professional. The downgrade rights are restricted to specific OS editions.
The ability to skip editions of Windows actually has been long-standing policy, as described in Microsoft's EULA, a company spokesperson explained to me. Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional, according a report by veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley published on Monday.Ī Microsoft spokesperson told Foley that downgrade rights apply to 'previous versions of Windows, not just the most recent predecessor' (namely, Windows Vista). Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional Windows 7 Will Have an XP Downgrade Option
