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    Ever heard of Edirectbuy

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sun.shine_willy, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. sun.shine_willy

    sun.shine_willy Notebook Geek

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    Hello,

    I have been wanting to go to xp for a while and my Vaio has vista on it. So i go to the site edirectbuy and find cheap windows xp professional software. Is this site legit?

    I also remember microsoft offered free downgrade. Is that still in effect?
     
    sun.shine_willy, Jan 25, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Price is too low to be legit. Plus they claim "unlimited installs" on everything, which is against the EULA of every version of Windows.

    XP Downgrade is only for Vista Business and Ultimate, and only if the manufacturer supports it.
     
    Lithus, Jan 25, 2008
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    jimc Notebook Consultant

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    They are probably selling volume licensed versions or "student" versions which don't need activation, but selling them this way is illegal.
    So I say not legit.
     
    jimc, Jan 25, 2008
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    hopethishelps Newbie

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    Recently purchased from edirectbuy Windows XP Pro + SP2 + Windows 2003 Pro ---- OEM! 65$+shipping. Rcvd 3 CD's in a few days. Reformatted W98SE system drive (16GB WD 5400 drive) and installed XP PRO/SP2 and Office. No problems. Added avast anti-virus. Proceeded to get several hrs worth of updates from MS website (mostly security patches). Backed up. Added in other SW that makes system (old-circa 1998, DELL XPS 450, now w/ Celeron 1.4 Ghz processor, 768MB RAM, NVIDIA 6 series AGP II card) more useful. All works fine and therfore this was a good thing. :)
     
    hopethishelps, Feb 8, 2008
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  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Sure, I guess everything except for the illegal part is just swell.
     
    Lithus, Feb 8, 2008
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