Microsoft allows users to downgrade to XP during the entire Win 7 support period

Beijing time on July 13th, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft local time on Monday said that in view of customers worried that the current policy will cause confusion, the company will downgrade the new PC pre-installed Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate The deadline for Windows XP Professional is extended to the entire Windows 7 technical support lifecycle.

Microsoft previously said that users can only downgrade to Windows XP Professional in the first 18 months after the release of Windows 7, or before Windows 7 SP1, after which users will only be able to run Windows 7 or Windows. Vista.

Microsoft announced on Monday through a blog on Monday, "Although most customers have or plan to upgrade to Windows 7, PC vendors mainly sell PCs pre-installed with Windows 7, but corporate customers say they have been downgraded to Windows XP. The rights of the Professional Edition will confuse them, as managing a mixed environment of PCs with different rights will be very difficult. ”

Microsoft said that as long as the Windows 7 technical support life cycle, users who purchase Windows 7 PC can downgrade the system to Windows XP, "In order to facilitate users to manage the PC, we will extend the downgrade to Windows." The term of XP Professional. This will help maintain the consistency of downgrade rights within the Windows 7 technical support lifecycle. In the future, companies can continue to purchase Windows 7 PCs and use the right to downgrade to Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Volume licensing customers that overwrite Windows can choose which version of Windows they are running.

According to Microsoft's original policy, users can only downgrade their systems to Windows XP in the first six months after Windows 7 is released, and this period is extended to 18 months or Windows 7 SP1.