"recurr" <recurr******.com> wrote:
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> This is the response I received from Gateway.
>
> Thank you for your e-mail. If you wish to downgrade the Operating
> System of your Gateway GM5424 computer to Windows XP Professional,
> you will need to purchase and install a retail version for this
> Operating System.[/color]

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> Any support for third party software should come directly from the
> manufacturer.[/color]

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Thanks for the response, it's nice to know that you can change to XP at
your expense and it will not affect your warranty with Gateway since
you'd expect MSFT to support a retail version of XP and the hardware
warranty remains intact.