For six months after Windows 7's official launch, Microsoft will let OEMs sell new PCs equipped with Windows XP Professional Microsoft has relaxed its “downgrade” rules and will let computer makers ...

Microsoft has relaxed its “downgrade” rules and will let computer makers continue to sell PCs preinstalled with the aged Windows XP for as long as six months after it launches Windows 7, according to ...

Downgrade rights for Windows 7 will be “hugely important,” an analyst said Thursday, but he’s not optimistic that Microsoft Corp. will let users continue to install Windows XP on new machines.

In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows Vista, Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, and Sony on Wednesday all confirmed plans to exercise the downgrade rights Microsoft offers with OEM ...

Analyst is not optimistic Microsoft will let users install XP on new machines, even though downgrade rights are just as important for Windows 7 as they've been for Vista Downgrade rights for Windows 7 ...

A federal judge has dismissed a year-old lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged antitrust violations for the "downgrade" rules it set for Windows Vista and XP. The order issued Monday by U.S. District ...