Neowin News Feed for: Downgrade

HP won't support Windows 8 to 7 downgrade on consumer PCs

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:27:00 +0000

HP has posted word that it won't offer official Windows 7 support for any consumer-based PCs that are sold with Windows 8 installed that are later downgraded by the user to Windows 7. Read more...

Major bank downgrades Nokia again, recommends break-up and sell-off

Andy Weir — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:54:21 +0100

Another financial institution has downgraded Nokia - but Credit Suisse has gone further than most, suggesting that, with little hope for improvement in sight, Nokia should be broken up and sold off. Read more...

Microsoft extends Windows XP downgrade rights until 2020 [Update]

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:54:37 +0100

In an unusual move from Microsoft, the software giant announced that it will allow downgrade rights from Windows 7 to Windows XP Professional right up until 2020. Microsoft originally stated that users could downgrade to Windows... Read more...

Microsoft sued for charging consumers to downgrade to XP

Sean Bradford — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:34:04 +0000

When Windows Vista was released to market on January 30th, 2007, Microsoft gave consumers the option to downgrade to Windows XP if they were not satisfied with the new operating system. However charging consumers $59.25... Read more...

Dell triples charge to downgrade PCs to XP for $150

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:30:03 +0000

More than five months after Dell stopped selling its popular Inspiron line of consumer desktop and laptop PCs with Windows XP, Dell is offering the systems with the aging operating system for a surcharge of... Read more...

XP OEM Licensing Extension Is Urban Myth

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:41:12 +0100

Contrary to all the blog buzz, Microsoft hasn't extended OEM Windows XP "downgrade" licensing by another six months. What Microsoft has done is agree to provide OEMs with Windows XP media until June 30. Surely,... Read more...

As WinXP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights

Steven Parker — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:53:17 +0100

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Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline. In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows... Read more...

Sony dismisses rumours of PlayStation 3 downgrade

oddcrap — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:07:57 +0100

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A Sony spokesperson has dismissed rumours that the PlayStation 3's hardware specs are to be downgraded as "ridiculous." A report on website Games Radar claimed that Sony was having trouble fitting all the PS3's components... Read more...

Prudential's AMD downgrade

NTUsEr — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 23:58:05 +0000

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Preudential securities downgraded AMD stock to "sell" from "hold" yesterday, causing Little Zilla's share price to drop by 10 per cent and prompting serious questions about whether analysts are anchored to the planet earth or... Read more...