Microsoft Later Than Next Year In April Against Win7 Users Downgrade To Xp Users
Beijing May 10, according to foreign media reports
, the U.S. leading market research firm I DC Analyst Al? Gillen (AlGillen) last Thursday that under the original plan, Microsoft will be prohibited Windows7 computer users get downgrade rights to XP.
Last year, Microsoft said that the purchase of a computer operating system pre-installed Windows7, after a certain period of time can get to the WindowsXP Professional downgrade rights. This period of 18 months after listing Windows7. In other words, most late April 2011, Microsoft released Windows 7SP1 or later (the first two criteria in any one subject), Microsoft will be prohibited Windows7 users downgrade to XP.
Microsoft two months ago, acknowledged that the company is working on developing Windows 7SP1 (Note: the first installation of updates), but gave no specific timetable for the SP1 release. Gillen said: "Windows7 XP downgrade rights users have not much time. At the expiration of the above provisions, the non- Software If you want to guarantee our customers continue to deploy XP, Windows 7 can only use the virtual XP mode. "
If the business user has been signed with Microsoft Software Assurance agreement, or after the software has become a Microsoft volume licensing customers are still entitled to any future use of Windows is backward downgrade, the minimum can be downgraded to the Windows95 version.
Gillen that, Windows 7SP1 is significant of the Department, the performance of the product will no longer allow users to downgrade to XP. On the other hand, the SP1 deployment of the planned new Windows7 little impact on corporate users. In accordance with past practice, after the listing of Microsoft's new version of Windows, business users often have to wait until the corresponding SP1 release, will consider a formal deployment.
Fear factor IDC recently on the IT Experts and end-user survey, limited budget funds, worried that the application is not compatible, is reluctant to upgrade to business users for the time being the two main Windows7.
Microsoft's original plan will allow Windows7 downgraded to XP users to set the time limit for 6 months. But the United States, another well-known market research company Gartner analyst Michael? Silver (MichaelSilver) in June last year, said the company plans to "confusion." In reference to Silver's proposal, Microsoft Make this a time limit of 18 months, or after the release of Windows7 SP1 (on both any of the first date).
Windows7 previously praised by the outside world, so consumers have no reason not to upgrade to the operating system. But for enterprise users, they want the company to use a single operating system, PC, in order to simplify the management of the company.
Several major PC makers are still selling Windows 7 downgraded to XP from a computer, such as Dell Some Latitude Notebook Vostro business computers and some of it is. However, after Microsoft released Windows 7SP1, such machines will only be downgraded to Vista Commercial version.
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