Downgrading is replacing hardware or software with older or less capable versions or equivalents. Going from Windows 7 to Windows Vista, for example, would be a downgrade. It is the opposite of [upgrade].
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How can I restore my laptop from Windows 7 to its original Windows Vista recovery partition?
I bought my Acer laptop 4 years ago with Vista Home Premium x86. It has a recovery partition that I have used successfully in the past to format everything and reinstall Windows to factory settings.
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Legally swapping Windows 8 versions between two laptops
I have an HP dv6t-3000 laptop that came with Windows 7. A few months ago, I upgraded to Windows 8 Professional with Media Center by purchasing and downloading the update from Microsoft. I also just ...
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Downgrading Windows 8 Home Premium to Windows 7
Someone generously donated a Windows 8 laptop to the organization I work for, however we just (finally) standardized on a single OS -- Windows 7. I would like to downgrade to Windows 7, but the OS ...
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How to downgrade and install packages with yum?
I need to install a set of packages which can contain packages which are older versions of already installed packages, in which case a ' downgrade' is necessary; but otherwise, an install is needed.
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Possible to re-install Windows 7 on new Toshiba Windows 8 laptop?
My friend recently bought a new TOSHIBA Satellite C855D-S5340 laptop, and I offered to replace his Windows 8 OS using the Windows 7 disk I have.
I was able to get it to read the Windows 7 bootable ...
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How to downgrade Office 2013 to 2010?
I recently installed MS Office 2013. It's all working fine so far apart from one thing - no compatibility with Mendeley. This is a big deal for me as I have thousands of references stored in Mendeley ...
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Downgrade Windows 7 Ultimate to Home Premium without a clean install
Currently I've got an installation of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I would like to downgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium x64 without a clean install. I've got a (legal) retail disc and tried the following ...
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Is it possible to downgrade an OEM Windows 8 install to Windows 7?
I recently purchased an ASUS K55A. Like all Windows 8 machines, it come with a UEFI feature called Secure Boot. This basically makes sure that the laptop won't load anything other than the Windows 8 ...
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How to revert to older version of libc6 in Ubuntu?
I installed valgrind which replaced libc6 on my Ubuntu 12.04 system with a sligthly different version, which broke an application on my system. Can I somehow revert to the Ubuntu 5.1 version? If so, ...
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How do I downgrade php from 5.4 to 5.3 in CentOS?
I have a webserver running CentOS 6. Yesterday, I installed php-gd with yum install php-gd because I couldn't see graphics on my website. However, when I see my php version, it changed from 5.3 to ...
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Downgrade Microsoft Office Pro 2013 to 2010 retail [duplicate]
I am still running SBS2003 on a VM network with WinXP and win 7 32&64 I purchased a office pro 2013 and I realize that it is not compatible with exchange 2003. Can I downgrade this to 2010 Pro or ...
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I want to downgrade my Windows but not sure how to do it?
I have Windows 8 Pro but it's not useful for daily work. I can spend my time instead working on something better on Win7.
I want to rollback to Windows 7.
I have downloaded the Windows 7 SP1 ISO ...
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Trying to install windows 7 on a windows 8 computer
I sent my computer off to the geek squad to be repaired, but it was a 'junk out', and thus I received a new one, although, unlike my last one, this computer has Windows 8 installed on it, which I did ...
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How do I uninstall IE 10 and get back IE 9?
I recently installed IE 10 on Windows 7. The initial install was smooth and all looked good, until I opened a website (cnn.com) and got a blank screen. So I decided that the pre-release was not ready, ...
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Windows 8 downgrade to windows 7
I have just bought a Lenovo Ideapad Z585 which has Windows 8 pre installed. I don't think it is the Pro version as there is no sticker on the case with the product key. I have spent 36 hours trying to ...
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How to remove Media Center from Windows 8
I bought 2 Windows 8 upgrades, 1 for my PC and 1 for my notebook. I added Windows Media Center to my notebook using the free offer in November (side note: the key was emailed to me within 5 minutes, I ...
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Node.js from yum on Fedora fails to start with v8 symbol error
I installed the nodejs package on Fedora 16 this way:
# yum install nodejs
But it crashed on startup when run with no arguments:
$ nodejs
nodejs: ../src/handle_wrap.cc:65: static ...
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Asus K75D windows 8, install windows 7
I've just booted a brand new Asus K75DE notebook which comes with Windows 8 pre-installed. I was amazed when the serial key was not sticked to the bottom of the laptop, and after some research I found ...
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Downgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Home Premium?
A few months ago, I acquired a Windows 7 Ultimate product key and updated from Home Premium to Ultimate. Well, now I get the "This copy of Windows is not genuine" message. I have the Home Premium ...
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Using a Windows 7 recovery disk for a Netbook with no DVD-Drive
A while back, I decided to put Windows 8 developer preview on my Samsung NC110-A09AU, a trusty little netbook I use a ton. It doesn't have a DVD drive, and I foolishly allowed Windows 8 to install ...
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Can I use an upgrade DVD to downgrade to Windows 7?
I have a DVD for upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7 Pro; Can I use it to downgrade from Windows 8 (normal version)?
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If it is not possible, is there any way to downgrade without having to pay ...
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How do I revert back to Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7?
So I recently install Windows 8 and I would like to revert back to my Windows 7 install using my "Windows.old" folder that ...
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Is there a way to downgrade Windows 8 for free?
I recently got a laptop as a gift, but unfortunately it came with Windows 8.
Does Microsoft offer a free downgrade?
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Downgrade rights for Office 2007/2010 Professional Plus => Front Page 2002
I have a license for Microsoft Office 2007 & 2010 Professional Plus, so I know I have some downgrade rights.
Do I also now have downgrade rights for MS Office 2002 FrontPage Professional ...
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Downgrade from WINDOWS 8 PRO RTM X64 BUILD: 6.2.9200.16384.WIN8_RTM.120725-124 to windows 7 ultimate without formatting
how to downgrade from Win 8 Pro to Win 7 ultimate without formatting.
i had win 7 ultimate. I updated it to win 8 build 9200. now i wan to downgrade to my previous version of win 7.
How to do that ...
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Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 8. Then downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7
Is it possible to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 8 and then downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7?
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Can I downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7?
I am about to upgrade to Windows 8 Professional however I was wondering if I would be able to downgrade to Windows 7 if there are any compatibility issues and such forth.
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Adobe Flash CS4 and Adobe Flash CS6: How to export for one another?
A friend of mine asked me for help on a Flash project. I agreed.
I had no prior experience in working with Flash, but I was surprised how comfortable it is to program in AS3, so I was actually quite ...
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Everything that should be done to completely turn windows seven back to windows xp? [closed]
My computer isn't big on processor power or graphics so I'm forced to go back to windows xp. But I want to do it without moving to many of my files (I have a 1TB hard drive with about 200GB of files.)
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Why There Is Limited BIOS Revisions Displayed For My Laptop's Model?
There are actually many BIOS revisions available for my laptop's model - from A04 to A08 and then from A12 to A14 (latest to date). Albeit when signing in to DELL's website and navigating to download ...
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Downgrading from SL to Leopard keeping all apps and files intact? [closed]
I'm currently running 10.5.8 on my macbook and thinking about upgrading it to SL. However, I fear that some programs I have might not be compatible with SL considering in particular I've read both ...
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Windows 7 Professional downgrade rights to Vista and XP - where to find the media
MS has announced that Windows 7 Pro onwards downgrade is permissible to Vista and XP.
Statement given below..
"For a limited time of 18 months after the general availability of Windows 7 or the ...
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Downgrade my current NVidia driver to a specific version
Recently my NVidia driver was updated from 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 to 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1, but I have troubles with it. Is there an easy way to rollback with aptitude to the version before?
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Uninstall Internet Explorer 7/downgrade to Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP SP3
How do I uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from Windows XP SP3 to change it to Internet Explorer 6?
I can't find a good resource for doing so.
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Ubuntu Linux - Can i downgrade my kernel?
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 however I noticed a large rise in power consumption when idle and alot more when doing light work. After reading online I found out this is a kernel thing so I was ...
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Cygwin wants to downgrade my Perl
I'm using Cygwin 2.769. I used setup.exe to upgrade Perl to version 5.14.1-2, which works fine. But now whenever I open setup.exe to upgrade/install some other package, it by default wants to ...
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Downgrading gaming pc to NAS box
I currently have an old gaming pc which I wish to turn into a NAS box.
Im aware and understand the way to install, im more interested in reducing power consumption.
I thought if i removed the ...
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Can I revert back to Ubuntu 9.04 when I've upgraded to 9.10
Can I revert back to Ubuntu 9.04 when I've upgraded to 9.10? I really want to install Ubuntu 9.10 but I'm scared if it does not work, if I will be able to go back to 9.04?
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IE8 is not supported on this operating system
I am using vista. I had IE7 installed on it. Few months ago, I upgraded it to IE9 because I needed it to test few things on it.
As now I am done with IE9, y'day I decided to remove it. It wasn't so ...
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Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 and install Internet Explorer 6
How do I install Internet Explorer 6 as my default browser and remove Internet Explorer 8?
I need this because of the script in my course syllabus.
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Can I downgrade OS X Lion via Migration Assisstant?
I've been having a few little annoying issues with Lion that are irking me (choppy mouse, slow startup/shutdown, dead PowerPC apps). Thinking of going back to Snow Leopard, I don't want to have to ...
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How do I downgrade the Flash player on OS X?
I need to downgrade to the most previous version of the Adobe Flash Player version 10 that is in use by Safari.
How can I do this?
To clarify, I need the previous version of Flash Player 10. There ...
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Problem in downgrading from Vista to WinXP
I have an HP laptop (HP Pavilion DV 2000) with MS Vista 64 bit. I want to downgrade to Windows XP. I have a valid 32 bit Windows XP bootable CD. When I try to insert it and format the system, it runs ...
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Downgrade from ubuntu 11.04 to 10.04 LTS
I'd like to return from ubuntu 11.04 64-bit to 10.04 LTS 64-bit and as I S -ed TFW I've found only reinstal option which I'd tried before.
My problem is that I'm using dual-boot with Win Vista ...
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Is it safe to downgrade Virtualbox from 4 to 3?
A couple weeks ago, I upgraded from Virtualbox 3.2 to Virtualbox 4. I've had nothing but problems with it, grr!
Is it safe to just uninstall Virtualbox 4, and reinstall Virtualbox 3.2? Does VB4 ...
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reinstall and XP downgrade rights
I have to reinstall a system that originally (at time of purchase) exercised the XP downgrade right. But the COA sticker only has a product key for Vista Business.
What key should I use to ...
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How to uninstall GHC 7.x from FreeBSD?
I have installed GHC 7.x on FreeBSD, (installed with binary distribution, not pkg_add) but I have to downgrade it to 6.x.
How can I uninstall it? Or is there general method to uninstall program on ...
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How do I revert to an alternate version of a package on Ubuntu?
I upgraded to an alpha version of a package in a PPA and would now like to revert back to the official version in the Ubuntu universe. What steps do I need to take?
Edit: The question originally ...
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How do I install IE 7 after having already installed IE 8?
I would prefer to have 8 & 7 at the same time, but it is not necessary.
The purpose is for web development testing. Not HTML and layout as that is handled through browser mode, but I want to test ...
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