Enabling such rights throughout the Windows 7 life cycle will make it easier for customers as they plan deployments to Windows 7. Going forward, businesses can continue to purchase new PCs and utilize end user downgrade rights to Windows XP or Windows Vista until they are ready to use Windows 7. the OEM versions of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate will continue to include downgrade rights to the similar versions of Windows Vista or Windows XP Professional. Buried in that announcement was an interesting tidbit, quite unrelated, commiting Microsoft to extending its deadline for 'downgrade' rights to Windows XP:Į have decided to extend downgrade rights to Windows XP Professional beyond the previously planned end date Windows 7 SP1.
On Monday, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc announced on the official Windows Blog that the beta versions of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 had just been released to the public.
