low grade from vista to xp pro enterprise

the auth key. I have on my install of vista business will allow me to downgrade to xp pro?

Hi Mneill1,
 
Unfortunately, this could not be completed, you must have a key for the Windows XP operating system, Windows vista key authorization would not work for the Windows XP operating system.

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