According to my techie son, it is possible.........

"Karen, Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com wrote in message
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Is it possible to remove Windows Vista from a laptop HP and install
Windows XP? Are we asking for trouble to try it?

Karen, Queen of Squishies