Microsoft has yet to set a deadline for Windows 7 downgrade rights, since the company hasn't announced timing for Windows 7 availability, the Microsoft spokesperson said.

By enabling PC makers to sell PCs with Vista Business or Vista Ultimate PCs, and then perform the XP Professional downgrades as an added service, Microsoft has been able to pump Vista sales numbers while also giving customers a way to avoid Vista's well-publicized struggles. Microsoft has been telling its channel partners that the best way to get their customers ready for Windows 7 is to move to Vista first, but this acknowledgment will virtually guarantee that many companies will simply wait for Windows 7 and skip Vista entirely.ĭowngrade rights aren't new, but they're a poignant sign of the market's distaste for Vista. 'Volume licensing customers have always had the option of downgrading to a previous version of Windows.' 'We will offer downgrade rights from Windows 7 to Windows XP in the same way we did with Windows Vista,' a Microsoft spokesperson told.

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