Re-Activation of Vista Timeout?

[Nigel Molesworth]

I have several full retail copies of Windows Vista that I will no longer
need when I install full retail versions of Windows 7.

I plan to sell the copies of Vista, but I don't want the buyers to have
problems when they activate it. I know there is a Re-Activation Timeout for
Vista, but I can't remember if it is 90 or 10 days? Can anyone point me to a
reliable source to confirm this? Also, is there a way to tell when
activation on a given PC took place?

BTW, I live in the UK, so please don't tell me that the EULA prohibits my
selling the software, this does not apply anywhere in the EU.

 

[Malke]

I have several full retail copies of Windows Vista that I will no longer
need when I install full retail versions of Windows 7.

I plan to sell the copies of Vista, but I don't want the buyers to have
problems when they activate it. I know there is a Re-Activation Timeout
for Vista, but I can't remember if it is 90 or 10 days? Can anyone point
me to a reliable source to confirm this? Also, is there a way to tell when
activation on a given PC took place?

BTW, I live in the UK, so please don't tell me that the EULA prohibits my
selling the software, this does not apply anywhere in the EU.

There is no reason even in the US why you can't sell full retail copies of
any Windows operating system so I won't tell you otherwise. The buyers will
have no problem activating them. The old rule was 120 days but I don't know
if this is applicable to Vista. In any case, it doesn't matter. If automatic
activation fails (and it probably won't), all the buyer will need to do is
use the telephone activation option. This only takes a few minutes and is no
big deal. You can tell the buyers that.

Malke

 

[Malke]

Does anyone else know, for sure?

Contact Microsoft and ask them.

It does in this case.

If you think it does, then find out for sure from Microsoft or don't take the
chance and sell the discs.

EOT for me.

Malke

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, dgmarsh1.

OK, I am new to this posting game and am NOT on the forum I need, but I
can't seen to get into the one I need.

Rather that post to "the forum", which simply forwards your post to the
Microsoft public news server (and collects click-ad revenue along the way),
where it is available to me and other Usenet users around the world, why not
"cut out the middleman" and post directly to this server yourself. It's
free and does not require you to log on. And you won't be waiting for
messages to be relayed back and forth, resulting in posts that are delayed,
out of sequence or simply lost.

To see for yourself, just click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

That once click will (1) start your default newsreader; (2) create a News
Account for you on the Microsoft public news server; (3) connect you to THIS
newsgroup; (4) download the 300 latest messages here (probably including
THIS one); and (5) display the newest message here for you to read. After
some familiarity, you can customize the newsreader in many ways to fit the
way YOU want to use it.

Try It. I think you'll like it. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

 

[Al]

Title of post is misleading - failure to start "normally" but safe mode is
successful indicates a driver problem (90% of the time). You make no
mention of trying System Restore - also activate boot logging and check the
log.

 

[Luan Pham]

Our other laptop (also vista) hangs at Welcome. It does start up in
safe mode and in safe mode networking.
We've done all the usual reboots including removing the battery pack
several times.

Look like your HD or External HD about to fail. I had seen this when
my 320 GB HD about to crash.