I just emailed Gateway and asked how to downgrade since Gateway is
managing my licensing rights.

On Mar 20, 3:41 am, "recurr" <rec...******.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> According to "Vista Validation Support - MS" fromhttp://forums.microsoft.com/genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1259956&Site...
> "You'll need to contact your OEM to figure out how to do this since
> they're managing your licensing rights at this point."
>
> On Mar 20, 3:37 am, "recurr" <rec...******.com> wrote:
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> > I've been wanting to downgrade Vista on this Gateway, too. I've
> > thought about asking Gateway, but nice to know you did already. It
> > seems like we have to find our own media and our own product key to
> > downgrade. Do you know if Gateway would provide us with an XP product
> > key?- Hide quoted text -[/color]
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