Microsoft has won the XP downgrade law suit. After a yearlong battle it has been dismissed by a federal judge. The order has now been issued to put an end to?the lawsuit, which had been filed last February. The complaint,?lodged by? Emma Alvarado, Accused Microsoft of forcing people to upgrade when they don’t want to. The OEM licensing meaning that those consumers who want to run XP have to buy Vista/7 before downgrading to XP.

The accusaations were rejected by the judge because it could not be proved that Microsoft are benifiting from this downgrade practice.?Infact the consumer effectively get two Operating systems for the price of one.

The plaintiff claimed that she had paid $59.25 for Lenovo to do the downgrade. However, Microsoft does not make any charges or receive a royalty if a consumer chooses to downgrade. The reality is that the OEMs are charging for additional media and labour.

So it is infact the computermakers and retailers that charge additional fees for downgrading..