A federal judge in Washington state on Friday granted permission to expand a lawsuit filed by two consumers against Microsoft over a Vista operating system marketing campaign. The consumers say Microsoft was misleading when it sold them a Windows XP personal computer labeled “Vista Capable.”

According to the complaint filed, these PCs could only support a stripped down version of Vista.

Microsoft had asked a judge to dismiss the complaint last year. Instead, Judge Marsha Pechman has now opened up the lawsuit to include all potential consumers who purchased the Windows XP PC advertised as “Vista Capable.”

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