Question about changing XP Media centre edition to xp home

I don't want to do anything illegal but is there a way for me to put Xp home on to my laptop without having to buy a new
one.Sort of a downgrade I suppose.MCE came with my laptop which I upgraded to Vista not long after but I would much prefer to have plain ol XP.
Cheers

Hello Anthony
It is not known to me that you can downgrade OS, just upgrade. I am afraid you need to install WXP again using Microsoft installations CD.
I do not know which notebook model you have but if you want to have clean OS installation I recommend you to install WXP Professional.

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