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Lawsuit targets Microsoft over Vista-to-XP downgrades
Published 2/13/2009 by gkeizer@ix.netcom.com at Latest from Computerworld
A California woman is suing Microsoft over the $59.25 fee she was charged to "downgrade" Windows Vista on a new laptop to the older Windows XP, federal court documents show.
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