Deactivating Vista?

[Guest]

Hi all,

I received Vista Ultimate as part of the Friends and Family Beta. I tried
it out on my Tablet PC for about 3 weeks, but I think I want to go back to
the XP Tablet PC edition.

I would like to install this Vista Ultimate edition on a brand new computer
though. Is there a way I can deactivate my tabletPC's license, and then use
this license and activate it on my new PC? Do I just call MSFT?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Guest]

A little more info:

I see the following on Microsoft's website about *activating* Vista.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...8be6-3538-46a6-99fb-05e74aeb48b51033.mspx#EME

But my question is more about how to *deactivate* Vista on my tabletPC.

Thanks!

 

[Conor]

A little more info:

I see the following on Microsoft's website about *activating* Vista.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...8be6-3538-46a6-99fb-05e74aeb48b51033.mspx#EME

But my question is more about how to *deactivate* Vista on my tabletPC.

You can't.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Not technically true, Conor. When Vista was first released the end under
licence bound the copy of Vista to one machine. If you wanted to remove it
from one machine and then install it on another you couldn't. However, the
licencing agreement has now been changed to read as follows: ' You may
uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You
may not do so to share this license between devices.' The only stipulation,
however, is that the Vista copy (home basic, home premium, business and
ultimate) 'must' be a retail copy. You cannot do this if you have an OEM
copy of Vista.
So in answer to your question, Steve, you uninstall Vista off the tablet PC
and re-install it onto your other PC. There is no need to deactivate. When
you activate the copy of Vista on your new PC it will either activate online
or you will need to just ring the activation line. If you do need to
Telephone the activation line all you need do is explain that you have
removed it from your tablet pc and installed it onto a new pc.


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[Michael Solomon]

Not technically true, Conor. When Vista was first released the end
under licence bound the copy of Vista to one machine. If you wanted
to remove it from one machine and then install it on another you
couldn't. However, the licencing agreement has now been changed to
read as follows: ' You may uninstall the software and install it on
another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license
between devices.' The only stipulation, however, is that the Vista
copy (home basic, home premium, business and ultimate) 'must' be a
retail copy. You cannot do this if you have an OEM copy of Vista.
So in answer to your question, Steve, you uninstall Vista off the
tablet PC and re-install it onto your other PC. There is no need to
deactivate. When you activate the copy of Vista on your new PC it
will either activate online or you will need to just ring the
activation line. If you do need to Telephone the activation line all
you need do is explain that you have removed it from your tablet pc
and installed it onto a new pc.

The "End USER License," John, the "End USER License..."

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <#[email protected]> "John Barnett MVP"

Not technically true, Conor. When Vista was first released the end under
licence bound the copy of Vista to one machine. If you wanted to remove it
from one machine and then install it on another you couldn't. However, the
licencing agreement has now been changed to read as follows: ' You may
uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You
may not do so to share this license between devices.' The only stipulation,
however, is that the Vista copy (home basic, home premium, business and
ultimate) 'must' be a retail copy. You cannot do this if you have an OEM
copy of Vista.

And yet you still cannot deactivate Vista -- You simply activate another
copy.

This is different then other software. The mail server I run, for
example, supports both "activation" and "deactivation"

(The logic is far more complex the you might imagine, it takes into
account and allows for moving the server to a second machine, and/or
having a redundant backup in a "hot spare" configuration (where it's
already activated, but not running), additional grace for new versions,
beta releases, and it monitors and flags suspicious activity like the
software being activated and deactivated on several machines repeatedly)

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Thanks Michael I see the typo

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