>>>>Upgrade to Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sergey, you just earned your FIRST NEGATIVE STAR!!!! (GRIN........)
>>>
>>>Seriously, I can't. MS has already busted my chops for over-installing my copy of XP (how many times, now....4,5,6...) .......
>>
>>If your Vista is legit, you can legally downgrade (that is what MS would call it, anyway).
>
>Is that true for all versions of Vista? Do you have a link?
>Upgrading to XP would be a great option for several of my customers.

I'll backtrack some on this after doing some reading.

If you buy a new machine preloaded with Vista Business or Ultimate, you can request to have it 'downgraded' to XP through the OEM or vendor where you purchased it. If your OS came via Open License or SA, you have downgrade rights as well.

See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f4b3cfd-7f4e-46cb-8117-8275f7683d3f&DisplayLang=en

We've done that for almost every machine we have sold over the last 6 months.